Call to boycott new Harry Potter game over JK Rowling trans comments fails

Wonder when Evan Davi’s will be covering the game’s success?!

Hogwarts Legacy reviews are coming in and the feedback is great.

I downloaded the game files on the PS5 last night to be ready for tonight's pre-release of the deluxe version. It's the 2nd highest selling game for my country in the PS store.

Another two weeks later update.
It's still top of the steam charts by money coming in. It actually releases and becomes playable this Friday. Games usually enjoy a big boost in sales on release. This is usually visible by the game moving to the top of the charts as the cash pours in. We won't be able to see this because it's already top of the charts.
In terms of the boycott it is not possible for the boycott to be more of a failure than it already is.
The bean counters will already be eyeing up a second one to rake in even more money off the back of how sucessful the first one has been.

LOL I never would have expected to see Asmongold on Mumsnet. Asmongold often has reasonable opinions though he comes off a bit weird to people who do not know him but I occasionally watch his videos he is funny.

He is right most people don't care about boycotting the game. They have no fucks to give and many will probably buy it just because some were calling for boycots. He is right that people are tired of TRA.

Two weeks later I thought some of you might be interested on a different take of the attempt to boycott the Harry Potter game which is still selling very strongly.
This is a you tuber called Asmongold. He's quite sarcastic so take what he says with a pinch of salt. e.g. Sometimes he agrees with stupid things to pretend to jump on the stupidity bandwagon, but he never has the patience to not give his true opinion. He's not afraid to speak his mind.
On this HP boycott he doesn't come at it from either "side" he just tells why he thinks the idea is stupid and highlights some hypocrisy. He's commentating on another you tuber's video who does have a side.
I thought it's interesting because it's a very different point of view to see the situation from and it can be good to get an outsider's take.
He's a popular you tuber with a lot of followers who covers video games.

There's a lot of things going on with the hate towards JKR. The main one being that she's a mother-like figure to these activists, who are rebelling against their own mothers telling them "no, you can't transition to be a teenage catgirl", it also seems convenient that Harry Potter exists in so many forms. You can't look a movies, games, books, Lego etc without having the whole trans debate shoved down your throat.

A lot of these games websites are fronts for activism and you will find from time-to-time essays talking down to readers about trans rights etc. Also interesting that a number of game writers are transbians, who can't get any other jobs.

Some absolute nugget on Twitter is currently - despite not despite “brave” enough to use hashtags &/or keywords for the sake of her mentions - basking in the applause for:
Saying it loud
My trans friends and followers’ health and safety mean more to me than any beloved franchise.

Absolute absence of shame all round.

Brazilian prostitutes are not, regardless of their sex, endangered by video games. Not even “Grand Theft Auto”. Words, even super mean ones, are not violence; and they are certainly not literal violence.

Nobody is endangered by the existence of this game - what causes damage, however, is TRAs endless shrieking about an imminent trans genocide; literal violence; & the “fact” that simply to exist as a trans person is enraging the transphobes/Nazis/fash/[alt-]right/other ill-defined bogeyman & they will physically harm you as soon as look at you. Messages like that are deleterious for health & wellbeing.

So you can't answer the question. What a surprise. Not!

I didn't know you were the official spokesperson for all lesbians. That's cool.

You have repeated the dogma like a good little believer yes.

So why don't you explain to us why we should believe a man is a woman? We need something more than "because he said so". If it's so glaring obvious and correct and easy to understand you should be able to explain it to all of us right?

I am eagerly awaiting your answer.

Do you not click on BBC articles either?

Which sites are you willing to click on? I recall you linking to the Scottish Daily Express, Yahoo News, the Metro and the Guardian. Anything else?

Agreed!

And I did specifically ask how glinner had harassed anyone. Glad you agree that there's no proof of that. Thanks.

@MargaritaPie you understand that lesbians who are attracted to females only feel trolled by the transwomen on dating sites right?

That many of them feel harassed by it? Enough to try and set up specifically female only sites. Which transwomen then try to infiltrate and take down.

Why is that ok in your book? Why shouldn't lesbians be able to set their own boundary of female only?

With the PlayStation exclusive quest, I see you too are a woman of taste 😌

They genuinely do not have a clue what they mean when they type those letters in that order or make those sounds. It's like a child copying a telly advert.

Like I said, you may as well profess your sincere belief that trans women are sdlflkj, as it's equally meaningless if you can't say what the word 'woman' means.

Unless M does think that trans women are biologically female, in which case M is erasing the existence of trans people having a sex that doesn't 'match' their gender. (And is, obviously, wrong).

They've been on here for years doing this parroting thing, it's quite odd really but by now everyone realises M just types random non-sequiturs. It's a useful reminder of the utter lack of substance behind the mantras.

@MargaritaPie To believe transwomen are women you have to define what a woman is.

What is a woman?

You were asked if trans women are female, and posted some bot answer instead of answering the question yourself, so doesn’t sound like you do have your own opinion or belief on that after all.

So you think transwomen are female? Yes or no? (Or 'don't know'?)

The pizza would be a Margherita.

Nah you are very salty.

Maybe it's a reference to the pizza? Or maybe I'm a Mexican Margaret?

Women's Rights Are Human Rights . Keep dicks away from non-consenting women .

Go JKR!

@MargaritaPie
I think your mumsnet name is so appropriate for you.
The first thing to do when making a margarita is to frost the rim of the glass with salt.
You come across as an incredibly salty person.