“I have no idea what’s real now” says Ross Scott as Stop Killing Games reaches 1 million
The goal’s been hit, but there’s still big trouble ahead. It’s not a full win for the Stop Killing Games campaign just yet.
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Ross Scott just shared a big update on the Stop Killing Games (SKG) campaign. It crossed the 1 million signature threshold, but it’s not all great news. Turns out, a bunch of those signatures might not be valid. Some people may have messed up while signing, and some of them might even be fake.
Stop Killing Games hits 1 million but it’s complicated
About a week ago, Ross Scott posted a video wrapping up the SKG campaign, saying it didn’t quite reach the mark and probably won’t, since there’s only about a month left. He also got into what’s next for the initiative, what happens if it fails, and the whole situation with Pirate Software.
But a lot has changed since then. Now SKG has over 1 million signatures, but not all of them are valid because some people filled it out wrong. So technically, the campaign still needs more support, though it’s hard to say exactly how many. As Ross explained:
I’ve heard 10%, 20% is better, 40% should be really safe. Or it would be, but we have a second problem.
There have been reports of people faking signatures, which isn’t just sketchy, it’s actually a crime, since this isn’t just some Change.org petition. The EU Commission will be checking the signatures, and fake ones could even get handed over to law enforcement like Europol or Interpol. That makes it tricky to know the exact number of legit signatures, but Ross guesses there are at least 600,000 to 700,000 real ones. And as he concludes:
I guess I have to keep this up until July 31, because now there’s no such thing as a safe margin.
In some countries, like Italy and Belgium, the digital ID signing system wasn’t working. People there are being advised to either try the manual method or check back in a few days.
If you want to sign the Stop Killing Games initiative, refer to the campaign’s page.
Ross also talked about the mentions of people harassing Pirate Software. He made it clear – again – that he doesn’t support that kind of behavior and doesn’t wish any harm on him. But he also pointed out that he can’t control what others do.
Meanwhile, Pirate Software posted on X, saying that, in his view, his videos “do not seem to have any impact on the movement at all.” And, well, the public reaction hasn’t been too kind.
Some people are saying Pirate Software is just making it all about himself and still isn’t owning up to what he did wrong. So, just when it seemed like this whole thing was wrapping up, the debate is clearly still going strong.
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