The lights are on
If you're unable to access the Firefall beta next week, don't panic; it's just part of developer Red 5 Studios' protest in solidarity against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act legislation.
The game's beta and its site will be down for 24 hours starting January 18, according to Shacknews. Red 5 Studios joins other virtual protests, including planned temporary shutdowns of Minecraft and Reddit.
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I've heard of this game from my friend, I'm kinda interested to see when this free-to-play comes out.
Good for them. I personally haven't heard of this game but still commend them for standing up as a company for what they believe.
I really like the idea of temporary shutdowns in order to get the attention of the public. Permanent shutdowns are what will happen if SOPA isn't stopped.
lame way to protest.
Ehh like this is going to accomplish anything. The main people pushing this bill are the people paying politicians millions of dollars each year. These politicians don't care about Minecraft, Reddit, or some free to play game yet released. Hell Google could close down for a full week and I doubt it would cause barely a ripple in the political landscape.
Anyway I guess it's a good effort, but the way we've allowed money to sway our government is to deep rooted. You can't clean it up with a protest or a weak online campaign ad. It's going to take a revolution and no one's there yet.
Lol!! I read the title and was like "Wait...What??!!! O.o
Didn't know there was a studio named Red 5