#mp event

[yuveim]

UK residents - write to your MPs now to call for an immediate ceasefire

As people around the world celebrate the holidays the genocide in Gaza continues and the atrocities worsen every hour. This Christmas write to your local MP to demand their support in the UK government calling for a ceasefire. This government's abstention in stopping the genocide is direct complicity.

Find your local MP by searching your postcode on the parliament.uk website here and get their email address / phone number

Use one of the below websites to send an email directly or use a template that asks your MP and the Government to seek an immediate ceasefire and advocate for the end of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Write in your own words if you can. Templates/websites that send the email for you: https://www.map.org.uk/campaigns/protect-palestinians-against-atrocities-in-gaza https://islamicrelief.good.do/protect-civilians-in-gaza/email-mp/ https://una.org.uk/gaza-crisis-write-your-mp https://www.amnesty.org.uk/groups/manchester/points-make-lettersemails-about-israelgaza https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/oxfam-blog/how-you-can-help-gaza-make-your-voice-heard/

Sign this UK Government and Parliament petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648292

Reblog/send this to your UK friends to call more people to action.

#please reblog #message/email me if you would like help drafting an email to your mp #[email protected] #gaza #gaza genocide #uk #uk politics #palestine #current events #gaza strip #gaza ceasefire #palestinian genocide

[neverswungonswingingstars]

Sam Reid 💕

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #sam reid #interview with the vampire amc #iwtv amc #amc immortal universe #amc iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #vcsource #iwtvedit #mp #when i get home and get my glasses I have more pics from this event i need to obsess over

[queermania]

it's never too late to start all over again + dean's shadowed face being lit up by cas' call + romeo and juliet cross + welcome home + face caress = my sanity going out the window

#lost and found was the best episode of the season #but this sequence of events?? #an Experience #deancas #widower arc #mp

[asleepinawell]

get loved little guy

#fallen london #flmp #mp #i have 17 cats #18 if you count the fact I'm an honorary cat #i can do better #new holiday event coming up i hear #i am primed to adopt all the cats that may or may not be available #anyone reading these tags please know that i have 17 cats IN THE GAME #i have one cat irl and she is the best cat ever

[mybodyfails]

happy birthday @hanarchy

#han jisung #stray kids #skz #mp #chris! #happy birthday my darling! 🫂💕 #i hope you can always be as happy as this jisung #thank you for being my friend on tumblr and IN REAL LIFE #(i still got your keys 😺) #ily and i'm excited about organising future events with you and going to korea for hannie solo adventures #mwah 💋

[mortispoxi]

After taking the time to really sit and process the roller coaster of information that was the recent People Make Games video about the drama surrounding Studio ZA/UM, I wanted to make this post to go over some of my thoughts that I had about the video. If you have not watched the video but are curious what people are saying about it or you have and you want to read someone else’s perspective, then I invite you to read through as I babble incoherently.

Overall, I thought it provided an interesting, in-depth look at the timeline of events leading up to Kurvitz, Rostov, and Hindpere’s dismissals while also giving us a proper inside scoop to the interpersonal relationships of both the former and current Studio ZA/UM employees. However, I do think the video has a couple of problems specifically with the way some of the information is presented on top of the fact that it loses focus partway through from the real issue which is the alleged fraud that took place by the investors to acquire the majority share within the company.

A big problem that I had with the video was the way in which Kurvitz behavior and final statement are disproportionately framed in the narrative. Now I am not about to go on a lengthy rant to dismiss everything Robert Kurvitz did to his friends during his time at the studio. In fact, the thing that I really liked about this video was how Chris Bratt, the writer and interviewer, holds no punches when it comes to the accusations of misconduct we heard from current Studio ZA/UM employees against him. Instead, I think it needs to be addressed that Bratt left out background context, whether intentionally or unintentionally I do not want to speculate, that could potentially explain what happened to everyone leading up to the expulsions to make Kurvitz appear far worse than how he might’ve been. I fully believe every word Argo Tuulik, Kaspar Tamsula, and Petteri Sulonen has said about working under Kurvitz and his inner circle so by piecing together all their statements to create a timeline of events the investors start to look far less innocent than how they portray themselves to be in the video.

It’s abundantly clear that Kurvitz was notoriously hard to work with. However, what’s also clear was the tremendous amount of stress everyone was under while also still being in the throes of burnout after working on the game nonstop for months. I think the investors (Kender, Haavel, and Kompus) purposefully set the team up for failure by creating impossible deadlines without informing the writers, approving Kurvitz and his inner circle to take time off while disallowing the others from taking theirs, and attempting to restructure the company in preparation to franchise Disco Elysium against Kurvitz wishes and thus he felt scared enough to push for his role to be de facto creative leader anywhere he could. What seems to be three full years of forcing everyone to crunch, miscommunicating when important deadlines were, setting impossible work standards to meet, and readying themselves to snatch more power within the company may have helped sow the seeds of animosity the writers began growing towards one another.

All of this is nothing new for those of us who have been keeping an eye on the drama from the start. We were told long in advance by the likes of Martin Luiga, who although left the project early on has been friends and worked alongside him for the better part of two decades, that Kurvitz possesses less than stellar leadership skills and that there was no merit in what the investors would end up accusing him of doing to warrant his dismissal. That confirmation was given long before the release of the PMG video and cements the idea in my mind that perhaps Kurvitz erratic behavior that was described by the current Studio ZA/UM employees was not the cause but rather a symptom of a much larger problem happening around him (i.e. a toxic work environment brought on by the investors using manipulation tactics to further stress and cause resentment amongst the collective). Yes, Kurvitz was at times uncooperative and dismissive towards his fellow employees, but this aspect of his character and the situation was played up to be a far greater problem in the PMG video than what the context suggests. I’m also inclined to believe this interpretation because Argo Tuulik, despite having legitimate, unresolved issues with his friend, does still regard Kurvitz very highly and even believes that he should still have artistic access to Elysium.  

When you think about it from this perspective, it makes perfect sense as to why Kurvitz was acting erratically around his fellow coworkers who eventually lashed out at him. On top of Kurvitz’s subpar leadership skills, he clearly was rapidly losing control of the situation which caused a great amount of stress for everybody involved as he scrambled in every which way to hold onto his position within the studio. It does not surprise me when it’s admitted by Sulonen that Kurvitz was thinking of taking the source code to potentially start over with a newly founded company since the situation was rapidly deteriorating and everyone was getting more and more frustrated with him and his inner circle. The impossible working conditions they found themselves in was a pressure cooker for the animosity and resentment building within the disillusioned group. Clearly the investors made their workers run themselves ragged in order to divide everyone and make it easier for them to take advantage of Kurvitz’s now frequent outbursts to finally push him out of their way.

Everything that I’ve said above can easily be discerned from the context clues found in the interviews from the current and former ZA/UM members. Which if you think about it is an unfortunate statement because Bratt does not seem to register the complaints of mismanagement by the hands of the investors from either side and instead only points the spotlight at Kurvitz’s past transgressions. What I am describing is one of the major issues I have with the PMG video. The video talking about the ongoing legal battle to determine if corporate fraud took place seemed to disproportionately focus on the problems Kurvitz and his inner circle had with other team members and not issuing a public apology to his former colleagues. Now that doesn’t sound all too bad on paper, right? If Kurvitz apologized, it could help begin the healing process and make for a good closer for the video. Well, that’s where the problem comes into play because Kurvitz response to Bratt’s request for comment regarding what Tuulik, Tamsalu, and Sulonen said about his poor conduct should not come as a surprise to anyone who had been paying attention. In the video, Bratt hails the email Kurvitz sent back to him as arrogant and dismissive which he then uses to accuse him of not standing with his fellow workers in solidarity and not taking accountability for his actions. However, right at the start of his interview, Kurvitz informs Bratt that at the behest of his lawyers he does not want the full interview to be published as they are worried Studio ZA/UM might take something he said as an admission of guilt and use it against him in a court of law. Therefore, when asked to comment about what his former colleagues said about him, he fires back an email that basically says that he wants the focus to be on the thing that really matters, the lawsuits and the shady activities of the investors. Bratt, clearly not liking his response, decided to attack his statement even though had Kurvitz given PMG what they wanted he could potentially be incriminating himself. Whether he denies or fully understands that his actions hurt others, the way he responded is 100% justified and did not deserve the level of vitriol he got from both Bratt and the public. It seems like a double standard that Ilmar Kompus can deny answering a question by claiming he cannot comment due to the ongoing lawsuit during his interview but when Kurvitz does it for the exact same reasons he is attacked. Again, Kurvitz is fully responsible to rectify the hurt he caused others but legally he’s in the clear and Bratt seemed to purposely neglect that aspect of the ongoing narrative.

Now, I’m not about to pull a whole reddit conspiracy in my write up. I do believe Chris Bratt, who directed this video, went into this with the very best of intentions to tell the full story with an emphasis on the workers who were affected by the situation. However, the problems that I’ve listed above make me worry what will be the takeaway from someone who is only a casual observer of the ZA/UM situation. Personally, I have been following this from the beginning so I’ve had a lot of time to develop my own insight into things but that’s usually not the case for most people. What I’m concerned about is whether Bratt may have unintentionally furthered the investors narrative by pushing people’s focus away from themselves and onto Kurvitz who has largely had the support of fans and outside viewers up until this point. Studio ZA/UM as it stands is desperate for a leg up in the PR battle it’s had with Kurvitz since October 1st, 2022. They lost so much support once the announcement was made that Kurvitz and his inner circle had been terminated, and lost even more upon the release of collage mode, that it makes logical sense that they want more people to be on their side so when the time comes for the studio to announce another game their reviews and sales numbers won’t immediately be tanked by angry fans. So, the fact that this video seemingly only held its focus on the misgivings of Kurvitz closing statement and personality instead of what is actually being fought over, alleged corporate fraud and theft of IP, may have unwittingly handed the investors that distraction that they have been looking for. Since the release of this video, I’ve seen an unfortunate mix of people arguing over the ethics of the situation, those switching sides to now support the studio, and outright calling for Kurvitz to lose the right to access his life’s work. This is not the outcome me and many other like minded fans want to see from this mess. At the end of the day, Elysium is Robert Kurvitz’s life work, and he deserves a chance to legally regain those rights even if he is a prideful and arrogant person. His personality should not dictate whether he is allowed to prove in a court of law that the investors took something that isn’t theirs. Bratt’s well-meaning but deeply misguided efforts to report on the ZA/UM situation may have done more harm than good. I consider this to be the biggest flaw of the video and the reason why the contents ultimately did not sit right with me despite the accuracy and importance of the reporting.  

Just as a quick reminder for those who aren’t entirely up to speed or want a refresher, the reason why Kurvitz and Studio ZA/UM are fighting over the IP rights in the first place started when Kurvitz was promised by the investors that if he signed over the rights to Elysium and his book he would eventually be able to buy back a portion of the shares to the company and upon release of the sequel buy back even more. At no point was anyone supposed to possess a majority percent of the shares in the company to remain equitable amongst all participants. So, Kurvitz signed this contract under the assumption that the investors would hold up their end of the bargain while in the short term he would get the funding needed to complete the rest of the game. Unfortunately, when Margus Linnamäe left his position within the company, Ilmar Kompus agreed to buy him out of his share allegedly using the money intended to produce the sequel thus acquiring the majority share which tipped the balance of power. Now, the IP rights are currently held by the company YESSIRNOSIR Ltd. which no one holds shares of but is still owned and controlled by sources within Studio ZA/UM. The lawsuit itself is Kurvitz claiming that the way Kompus bought into the majority share of the company was done illegally and should he be able to prove in a court of law that fraud took place it would immediately delegitimize and invalidate Kompus’s control which would then give Kurvitz and Rostov a chance to reclaim power along with all the subsidiaries of the company which includes YESSIRNOSIR Ltd.

From the way I saw it, it certainly felt like Bratt went out of his way to put blame on the deteriorating work environment and splintering of a two-decade old artist collective squarely on Robert Kurvitz shoulders. If I were to speculate, I think in his anger after not receiving the conclusion he had been hoping for from his interviewee, Bratt refused to acknowledge the very real fact that his hands are legally tied with the things that he can publicly talk about which had the unintentional consequence of villainizing Kurvitz. Bratt is still correct in his assessment that Kurvitz is arrogant and people were hurt by his actions but whether intentional or not misrepresenting how much Kurvitz and his inner circle was responsible for the strife while neglecting to even acknowledge the amount of meddling the investors were doing behind the scenes only detracts from his argument and puts into question who he’s really representing in his video.

#disco elysium #za/um #studio za/um #robert kurvitz #people make games #my thoughts #'kurvtiz was a shitty boss' and 'kurvtiz didn't deserve to have his shit stolen from him' are two statements that can coexist #i don't condone his actions but I do think they didn't just come out of a vacuum #cause if it was just his bad behavior that got him dismissed it doesn't explain why Rostov and Hindpere were fired along with him #it's just weird to me that pmg didn't think to question if the investors might've been the ones to kick off the chain of events #yes yes I know this is meandering but this is a ramble post so it was never gonna be concise in the first place #mp

[flamefly]

elysia saw an opportunity and took it like the queen she is

#honkai impact #honkai impact 3rd #elysia #su #kevin kaslana #honkai #mihoyo #hoyoverse #fanart #my art #artisina #the FC summer event is one of my favorite honkai events EVER it was so cute and fun and bittersweet and everything the thirteen deserved 😭😭 #also all of their summer outfits Slayed #su looked so good fnvrjcnrjvfnjvf also he's a natural comedian i love him sm #ely is the cutest ; ; #hi3 #mp

[octavare]

I DID A (study) WITH YOUNG CECIL.

It is *heavily* inspired by a screen cap from John Wick that I provided under the readmore. I was going for accuracy, the goal was to be able to overlay both images and they’ll match. This is because *it’s a study.*

Also the lighting was fucking sick too and I need to get better at lighting so yeah. Good candidate picture. Anyway.

As you can see, basically a note for note recreation. Still. I enjoyed drawing it. And I hope you enjoy looking at it.

#mp art #invincible #amazon invincible #invincible comic #invincible cecil #cecil stedman #this would probably be situated between the time in his backstory where he got the scar #and before the other big event that I’ll not name to protect the show only people

[liesmyth]

the girls are fighting!!! (Borrell v. von der Leyen)

#he really called out urusula + germany and italy like that #I am once again reminding Europe that enabling ethnic cleansing does NOT actually make up #for your historical AND ongoing domestic antisemitism #italy's mussolini apologist cryptofascist racist ass gvt sending military ships 'against yemeni rebels endangering israel'... #clean up your fucking antisemitic MPs at home first #josep borrell #gaza #palestine #european union #current events

[hyunpic]

ohhh… 🥹 hyunjin is gonna attend w korea’s event tomorrow. it’s apparently an event part of w korea’s breast cancer awareness campaign

#it’s so sweet that he’s attending an event with a good cause like this 🥲 #woodz will be there too… my rockstar friends will be reunited 💖 #mp

[pilloclock]

‼️🇵🇸SIGN THIS NOW UK DEMAND FOR A CEASEFIRE BEFORE TOMORROW

#ceasefire #Gaza ceasefire #how to help Gaza #how to help Palestinians #uk #england #English #Manchester #email your mp #contact your mp #free palestine #Palestine #pro palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #from the river to the see #share this #please share #current events #world events #royal family #Tory’s #tory #James daly #take action #activism #awareness #help #how to help palestine #ceasefire now #uk demand ceasefire

[born-in-hell]

But on a somewhat deep analysis of the situation it is really telling that his own dedicated fanbase is collectively stopping to talk abt him as a cc and to post fanart while d's fans are supporting him in the situation ?????? Idk if he realizes that it is kindaa weird.

BUT 88hs fanbase still support him and arent letting go of him fully bc everyone knows that he doesn't support w d has done. The situation in my view is more of a person that cant let go of a shitty friendship

#and idk when the twitch rivals event happened i payed a bit of attention and 88h spent more time w the q2//mp ppl he has JUST MET than w d #and d &co were just overall toxic to him on that event as far as we could see #so idk maybe im caring too much but i do kinda get my own fun doing this #although the situation w d is horrid and w bbh its just sad #idk someone should reach out to him after that fucking tweet like man

[greencarnation]

Being annoying is free and all of you should be so much more annoying. Call your representatives again even if you've already called five times today and spam your instagram stories and never shut up about it to your friends and families even if they don't give two shits

#i cant tell you how many people ive dragged along willingly or unwillingly to events this month just by being really fucking annoying abt it #listen i watched a child die a minute ago the last thing i care about is being perceived as obnoxious #nothing could matter less #be more fucking annoying #if your mp still hasn't answered and you've emailed every day email again #bring it up in class at work everywhere you can #so many of y'all are scared of coming off annoying or being judged and im begging you to realise that thats the least of your worries #palestine #gaza #israel #free palestine

[ireallyamabear]

i’ve been feeling very doom and gloom lately about the state of the world and our place in it as queer people and part of why was probably bc i haven’t spend a lot of time in queer spaces in the last few month; so i made it a point to go to the big Berlin CSD parade this afternoon and just stand and watch all the floats and people go by, and there were so many and they kept coming and coming by for hours and i’m feeling a way about it; the girls, the boys, gays, dykes, faggots, fairies, butches, femmes, men, women, the enbies, so many trans people; first timers, old timers, daddies, leather daddies, rainbow families, kids; puppies, people walking their puppies on a leash, the kinsters; the queens, the drag queens, the drag kings; the undecided; the transsexuals and agender people, the queers; babies, elders; aces, lesbians, the bisexuals, the pansexuals, the free hugs people; the asses, dicks, tits, the tattoos, the wigs, all the glitter; the freaks; the most normal people you will ever meet; the bears, the furries, the smooth shaved, twinks and twunks and whoever; the couples, throuples and more, the friend groups, the people walking alone; the friends and family they were all there and we missed you

#there are a few pride events i went to this weekend actually #and though i am aware of the criticism of the big csd event #i really needed the sheer number of people it's good for the sould so good #csd #pride #pride month #queer #berlin #mp

[moonpaw]

Hey do you know if there's any way to get the boop badges still? I missed April 1st but I would give an arm to have a cute cat paw badge

sorry anon, unless staff makes them buyable in-store, you may be outta luck

#mp answers #april fools events havent been repeated either #maybe staff will put them in the store one day?

[very-lost-hobbit]

I will not shut up about Ukraine until it is free of Russian tyranny. BTW.

#Where I live is so comforting #the world might forget. But in this community? We haven't and we won't. Not since 2014. Not since BEFORE 2014 #Ukraine WILL win. Ukraine WILL be free. We know it in our hearts #and I genuinely believe the Canadian Conservatives backtracked on their voting against a trade deal with Ukraine #(their whole 'carbon pricing is eeeeevil' schtick) partially because they realized how much of the diaspora is in their base #Especially on the prairies. I know *I* sent my MP an angry letter about it. And I know I'm not the only one. #(I'm also not part of their base but that's not important) #*Obligatory there are other things going on to care about too #having a day #kat gets personal #me #current events