Me and all of my Ukrainian friends have a pretty big problem with the <Z> title.
During the invasion of Ukraine by Russia letter Z ended up being a symbol of the invasion and is now being used by war supporters online and offline to show allegiance.
It's basically turned into their version of the swastika - Russians will use the symbol in pro-war advertisements, publicly display it in order to show allegiance or just use Z as their signature in online messages to show their support.
You can read about the symbol here on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(military_symbol), or just by typing "russia z" in Google you will find many examples of what I'm talking about. Here's an article about a person getting fined in Germany for publicly displaying the symbol on their car: https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-f...car/a-63556158
I tried to get over it, and yet, even two years after the war started I still shudder when I see the title in-game. I've spoken to a few of my Ukrainian friends who play the game and they also get PTSD when they encounter the title or immediately judge the player in a negative way for the slight chance that the title is used as a pro-aggression symbol.
I don't really have a good suggestion as how it can be changed, but I still want to ask to do something about it.
Thanks.
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During the invasion of Ukraine by Russia letter Z ended up being a symbol of the invasion and is now being used by war supporters online and offline to show allegiance.
It's basically turned into their version of the swastika - Russians will use the symbol in pro-war advertisements, publicly display it in order to show allegiance or just use Z as their signature in online messages to show their support.
You can read about the symbol here on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(military_symbol), or just by typing "russia z" in Google you will find many examples of what I'm talking about. Here's an article about a person getting fined in Germany for publicly displaying the symbol on their car: https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-f...car/a-63556158
I tried to get over it, and yet, even two years after the war started I still shudder when I see the title in-game. I've spoken to a few of my Ukrainian friends who play the game and they also get PTSD when they encounter the title or immediately judge the player in a negative way for the slight chance that the title is used as a pro-aggression symbol.
I don't really have a good suggestion as how it can be changed, but I still want to ask to do something about it.
Thanks.
Continue reading...