Halloween event

[Mr. Ajani O. Brown]

To the developers,
As you can see here on one of the cards there are upside down crosses. As a Christian this makes me unable to take part in this event. Halloween is already a little sketchy; I'm apart of a christian guild name Followers of Christ in Dilum and I don't think none of us will like this. I'm going to try get our leader to contact the developers but please fix this before the event comes out.

References:

Event - 2023 Halloween Event

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[PJS299]

Last year's Halloween Event had the Tarot Card Caravans in it, which is controversial if you should build that, because it's a game.

As a fellow Christian, I can tell you to not worry about this, because it is obviously not an upside down cross. That is just a design on the cards. You can see that the center bar is off center, and the bars on the right are longer than the ones on the left. I'm pretty sure those are just supposed to be stars or something. Not to be rude, but that does seem a little far-fetched.

Also, Inno is not going to change the design on the cards. So if you are still convinced that the design is an upside down cross, then good luck, I guess. And the devs most likely won't see this, so if you need more info, try filing a ticket with support.

 

[Pericles the Lion]

Even if it were an upside down cross, in Christianity it would be referred to as a "Petrine Cross" or the "Cross of Saint Peter". Any association with the occult is a recent phenomenon.

 

[Lormarc]

I don't see an upside down cross. Just looks like a design to me, more star-like.

 

[Sharmon the Impaler]

It's a star dude , Inno would never do something so deliberately offensive , go play the game and stop reading into everything

 

[Darkest.Knight]

lol, I could care in the least about someone's irrational religious preferences.

 

[Expletive Deleted]

Does this apply to other aspects of the game for you?
Such as refusing to participate in cultural settlements. The Sun Temple, Shinto Temple and Mugal temple are all non-Christian in origin.
Or is this selective outrage?

 

[PJS299]

Hey y'all, let's not be too rude. I could see how that could be mixed up. I know religion is a big part of my life, and I assume it is part of @Mr. Ajani O. Brown's life too. A lot of us have been playing this game for a very long time, and can see the little things like this as dumb, but for him, us, it could potentially be a problem. (Thankfully this time it's not!)

 

[Johnny B. Goode]

To the developers,
As you can see here on one of the cards there are upside down crosses. As a Christian this makes me unable to take part in this event. Halloween is already a little sketchy; I'm apart of a christian guild name Followers of Christ in Dilum and I don't think none of us will like this. I'm going to try get our leader to contact the developers but please fix this before the event comes out.

References:

Event - 2023 Halloween Event

This year foretells some spooky treats! Share your speculations in the discussion thread. allage_halloween_hal23_9_large Event Mechanics By the looks of the assets, we may be getting a Hearthstone or Inscryption type of minigame. Cards card_special_1 card_special_2...

forum.beta.forgeofempires.com

Seriously? You ignore all the demonic images on the cards, not to mention the werewolves, zombies, vampires and witches, and complain about these "crosses" that could actually be any number of things? This is part of why American Christians are sometimes laughed at, making a big deal about nothing. (And I'm a forgiven believer myself.)

 

[Dursland]

We seem to have those types of complaints every Halloween.

They don't go anywhere, because Inno is a German company - not an US corp beholden to religious interests.