VN Ren'Py Summer in the City [v0.82] [FlipDaShit]

[FlipDaShit]

President Summerson Needs Your Attention!

Dear citizens of smut world,

I wish I could come to you with a more pleasent and upbeat post, but the adult gaming world has once again been struck hard last night I'm afraid. Many of you have undoubtedly noticed that "something is rotten in Denmark".

Last week, Steam has added a new rule to their guidelines after receiving pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard regarding certain NSFW content. In case you're out of the loop, you can read in detail about the situation in this article by Gamespot:

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As of last night, itch.io has also been pressured into taking action against adult games. Nearly all adult games have been delisted until further notice. This does have an immediate effect on the income of developers affected by this measure. Adult games won't appear in search lists and can't be found via certain tags anymore which in turn cripples the important impulse buying sales. I am losing roughly $200 per week under these circumstances. This is income I can't afford to lose. Yes, the margins are this narrow. And this of course goes for pretty much any other smut dev out there. Here is the official statement by itch.io:

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I'm not asking for money, I'm asking for action. There are currently two promising petitions going on with the goal of stopping payment processors from dictating morality. Please take a moment and consider adding your voice too:

Worldwide petition:

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For US citizens only:

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This absurd scheme has been going on for too long already and just reached a new level that could endanger the livelihood of many, if not all adult game developers and therefore the games we all love and cherish, unless we stop them. Letting them off the hook will undoubtedly have ramifications down the line. They won't stop after having tasted blood.

Sincerely yours,

President Summerson

P.S. Additional note for the US: A bill called the "Fair Access to Banking Act" has been proposed in February of this year. Info here:

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In a nutshell, this bill says "Unless people are spending money on content that is literally illegal, payment processors are not allowed to block it." Please contact your local politicians to get them on board. (Thanks to Stephen)

 

[Udayana]

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Banks dictating what is moral or not. It's rather incredible. Well, America is a denomitional country, it's perhaps not so incredible.

 

[diesel009]

Banks dictating what is moral or not. It's rather incredible. Well, America is a denomitional country, it's perhaps not so incredible.

its not the banks though its a group Collective shout that has started a campaign against adult games they are a bunch of karens trying to stop porn apparently they started targetting X now

 

[Elduriel]

its not the banks though its a group Collective shout that has started a campaign against adult games they are a bunch of karens trying to stop porn apparently they started targetting X now

no-no, it's the payment processors, and politics in general. That group in itself wouldn't amount to and enforce shit without visa/mc bending over to their bullshit.

 

[diesel009]

no-no, it's the payment processors, and politics in general. That group in itself wouldn't amount to and enforce shit without visa/mc bending over to their bullshit.

yea but they started the whole thing and they bend over because of negative publicity

 

[c3p0]

no-no, it's the payment processors, and politics in general. That group in itself wouldn't amount to and enforce shit without visa/mc bending over to their bullshit.

Without reading more than that. It is the last news about Steam and Itch I would bet. Also if you want to know who is lobbing for that, here you go:

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The two campaign against this change:
US:

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Rest of the world:

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But who am I...

 

[Rexermus]

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President Summerson Needs Your Attention!

Dear citizens of smut world,

I wish I could come to you with a more pleasent and upbeat post, but the adult gaming world has once again been struck hard last night I'm afraid. Many of you have undoubtedly noticed that "something is rotten in Denmark".

Last week, Steam has added a new rule to their guidelines after receiving pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard regarding certain NSFW content. In case you're out of the loop, you can read in detail about the situation in this article by Gamespot:

You must be registered to see the links

As of last night, itch.io has also been pressured into taking action against adult games. Nearly all adult games have been delisted until further notice. This does have an immediate effect on the income of developers affected by this measure. Adult games won't appear in search lists and can't be found via certain tags anymore which in turn cripples the important impulse buying sales. I am losing roughly $200 per week under these circumstances. This is income I can't afford to lose. Yes, the margins are this narrow. And this of course goes for pretty much any other smut dev out there. Here is the official statement by itch.io:

You must be registered to see the links

I'm not asking for money, I'm asking for action. There are currently two promising petitions going on with the goal of stopping payment processors from dictating morality. Please take a moment and consider adding your voice too:

Worldwide petition:

You must be registered to see the links

For US citizens only:

You must be registered to see the links

This absurd scheme has been going on for too long already and just reached a new level that could endanger the livelihood of many, if not all adult game developers and therefore the games we all love and cherish, unless we stop them. Letting them off the hook will undoubtedly have ramifications down the line. They won't stop after having tasted blood.

Sincerely yours,

President Summerson

P.S. Additional note for the US: A bill called the "Fair Access to Banking Act" has been proposed in February of this year. Info here:

You must be registered to see the links

In a nutshell, this bill says "Unless people are spending money on content that is literally illegal, payment processors are not allowed to block it." Please contact your local politicians to get them on board. (Thanks to Stephen)

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you heard President Summerson, sign petition or go to gulag

 

[Cra1g281]

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President Summerson Needs Your Attention!

Dear citizens of smut world,

I wish I could come to you with a more pleasent and upbeat post, but the adult gaming world has once again been struck hard last night I'm afraid. Many of you have undoubtedly noticed that "something is rotten in Denmark".

Last week, Steam has added a new rule to their guidelines after receiving pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard regarding certain NSFW content. In case you're out of the loop, you can read in detail about the situation in this article by Gamespot:

You must be registered to see the links

As of last night, itch.io has also been pressured into taking action against adult games. Nearly all adult games have been delisted until further notice. This does have an immediate effect on the income of developers affected by this measure. Adult games won't appear in search lists and can't be found via certain tags anymore which in turn cripples the important impulse buying sales. I am losing roughly $200 per week under these circumstances. This is income I can't afford to lose. Yes, the margins are this narrow. And this of course goes for pretty much any other smut dev out there. Here is the official statement by itch.io:

You must be registered to see the links

I'm not asking for money, I'm asking for action. There are currently two promising petitions going on with the goal of stopping payment processors from dictating morality. Please take a moment and consider adding your voice too:

Worldwide petition:

You must be registered to see the links

For US citizens only:

You must be registered to see the links

This absurd scheme has been going on for too long already and just reached a new level that could endanger the livelihood of many, if not all adult game developers and therefore the games we all love and cherish, unless we stop them. Letting them off the hook will undoubtedly have ramifications down the line. They won't stop after having tasted blood.

Sincerely yours,

President Summerson

P.S. Additional note for the US: A bill called the "Fair Access to Banking Act" has been proposed in February of this year. Info here:

You must be registered to see the links

In a nutshell, this bill says "Unless people are spending money on content that is literally illegal, payment processors are not allowed to block it." Please contact your local politicians to get them on board. (Thanks to Stephen)

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president summerson was right, we need to fight this and fight it hard, the UK has now pushed through an online safety bill which is censoring everything, meaning you need to verify your age by either uploading ID or doing a face scan, now i know why itch and steam were removing the games early they must of known about this, also the other group of protestors are a part of it aswell forcing itch and steam to remove content