And with 12% every voter would’ve had to vote at least twice with a portion needing to vote at least thrice for Israel to get first place.
Only if there were an even proportion of ESC-voters across Spain's population, which I see no reason to assume. People with a political motive are more motivated to vote than everyone else who might not have cared for any of the songs and thus not voted at all.
I couldn't tell you an exact number but I'd say that taking these polls, the 12% who say Israel was justified in everything they did would well be enough.
It doesn't need a majority of people supporting Israel, just enough people who feel strongly about the topic. Even in countries where a majority of people are against Israel, millions do still support them and they may feel even stronger about it if their government is against them.
Supporters of Israel had a way to express their support on the ESC, while supporters of Palestine didn't, as Palestine didn't participate in the contest. So you only got political votes from one side of the conflict, while the remaining votes were spread out over any of the other countries. No conspiracy needed, although I will admit it's possible.
While I agree with removing Israel, purely political voting is nothing new for the ESC. Ukraine winning in 2022 wasn't because of the song either.
Crazy how much airtime this game gets, for what it is. Seems like we'll know about every aspect of the game in excruciating detail by the time it releases. The first one was already twice as long as it needed to be, but I guess as long as it makes Sakurai happy....
I was gifted that book, but I admit I haven't really read it. I do miss Iwata-era Nintendo. It wasn't perfect, but it felt far less "soulless corporation" than it does now. Having an actual game developer leading a gaming company is definitely better than a random corpo. And Iwata himself seemed like a decent person.
I believe the map is supposed to represent the position of the European commission (who would have voted on it first), not the parliament. Good to hear your MEPs would have likely been against it though.
I guess ideally, we should put the right to encrypted communication into law or even into national constitutions. Unlikely to happen though.
The entire crew has been working tirelessly day and night to finish development for release on Oct 31st, but we’re just not quite there yet.
Hope the delay means they now won't have to work tirelessly day and night until it's released. I'd rather wait a few months longer for a game that was developed without crunch.
Well that fucking sucks. One of the few major tech companies we could be proud of in Europe, staunch supporters of open source principles. Now part of a soulless American tech corporation. RIP Arduino.
I disagree with the notion that letting users make their own decisions regarding where to install apps from is a vulnerability. That's how computers have always and are supposed to work. It's like saying banking apps are a vulnerability because people can transfer money to scammers through them.
If that's what you want to assume, ok. I think we're past the point of useful discussion here, as neither of us can back up our assumptions.