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submitted 3 months ago by Vittelius@feddit.org to c/games@lemmy.world

I'm not going to post an update every time a (small) milestone is reached, but i felt this time it was warranted.

Sweden and Poland both passed their respective thresholds. That brings us to 3 out of 7 countries where we need to pass the threshold. We are also past 25% of the one million signatures needed continent-wide.

Thank you to everyone who already signed.

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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago

Fine! I’m signing it!

Germany at 75.47%. We’re a bunch of slackers aren’t we?

[-] Lampenoel@feddit.org 29 points 3 months ago

I already did my part, but might as well spread the word among my friends.

[-] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 59 points 3 months ago

This is going very well it seems! I see the next few countries close to passing the threshold are:

  • Denmark (88%)
  • Netherlands (87%)
  • Germany (75%)

Assuming we get those, we would need one more country. The highest remaining country is Ireland (55%). Getting all those still wouldn't reach 1M signatures, but the rest could keep being distributed across the EU (even including countries which have already passed the threshold, I'm assuming).

This is all very exciting and gives me a lot of hope! Keep signing folks!

[-] Vittelius@feddit.org 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

(even including countries which have already passed the threshold, I'm assuming).

You assume correctly

[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

At this point I'd that say getting enough individual countries is almost inevitable in the process of getting 1M signatures. If the distribution between countries remains as it is, every country with more than 25% right now would reach the threshold by the end.

Seems to me like the individual country threshold is only added to prevent initiatives getting single-handedly pushed by a single big country and never be the blocker for regular initiatives.

So yeah, the best strategy would most likely be to keep pushing the big countries: Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Speaking of Italy, what's up with them? Only 18%? Those are rookie numbers.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Could be due to Italy's very old demographics. Fewer people who care about videogames.

[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 3 points 3 months ago

That's one thing I checked first, but compared to Germany for example, the average age and percentage of people playing video-games is apparently just a few percentage points of difference. Though "people playing video-games" could of course mean anything and I'd wager that the average person playing casual games on their phone might not care as much.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 54 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

While we're on the topic of EU initiatives, the tax the rich initiative still needs signatures. It aims to set a floor on tax rates for the very wealthy, and have member states use that new money for environment, employment and social policies.

They've hit the threshold for France and Germany, but still need more signatures everywhere else.

[-] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Apparently during the summer I missed all kind of this stuff: just voted!

Had it been enough presented in different social media?

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago

Damn Poland beat out the Netherlands.

We need to focus our efforts on Malta 🇲🇹

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

Nah, France and Spain. We only need 7 countries to pass their thresholds, and after that, only raw numbers matter. We need the big population centers, and France and Spain are way behind Germany.

[-] Brickardo@feddit.nl 14 points 3 months ago

This initiative has been barely mentioned in Spain anywhere that I know of.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

If you're there, perhaps you can signal boost?

[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 19 points 3 months ago

Denmark is at 87%, nice. Let's make it reach 100%!

[-] Combativ@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

Doing my part

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the update. It reminded me to sign.

[-] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I missed this iniative completely! Just voted!

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

If only brexit didn't happen...

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