Environmental activist group Just Stop Oil disrupts EGX Tekken tournament, covering equipment in orange paint

Date:
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:29:46 +0000

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Three Just Stop Oil activists appeared on stage during EGX 2023's Tekken 7 winners final tournament and covered equipment in orange paint.

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Environmental activist group Just Stop Oil interrupted a Tekken 7 tournament at the UK gaming event EGX in London yesterday (October 15). It covered a large screen and two monitors with orange paint.

A total of three Just Stop Oil activists took part in the disruption, which occurred during the winners final of the tournament. Videos of the incident show the group smearing paint onto the monitors which the finalists were using, and using adapted water pistols to target the screen showing the
match, before sharing their message on stage. According to a press release posted on the groups website, security escorted them out of the venue before being arrested by the Metropolitan Police for criminal damage. THIS ISNT A GAME: Just Stop Oil Disrupt UKs Biggest Gaming Convention 3 supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the winners final of Tekken 7 at #EGX2023, covering the equipment in orange paint. Were fighting for our lives. Join us
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The group is calling on gamers to march with them from the end of the month, as they demand that the UK government put a stop to all new gas and oil projects. They also reference Barclays banks involvement in EGX. The bank, which, according to the Rainforest Action Networks 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report , spent $190.58 billion (roughly 156.66 billion) in fossil fuel financing between 2016 and 2022, hosts the Rezzed Stage at EGX, and has done so for the last three years.

Video games let us escape into new and exciting dimensions, but real world physics are about to deliver the deaths of billions, a Just Stop Oil spokesperson said in a statement. Put more carbon into the atmosphere at this point, and its game over. Gamers cooperate to win, and we need these skills
to survive.

Everyone must step up and join in civil resistance against new oil and gas, because this isnt a game. Lets unite to make this world safe, so that we can get back to exploring cyber worlds. Join Just Stop Oil on a slow march
through London from October 29.

One of the protesters who took part in the action stated: It is vital that we draw as much attention as possible to the genocidal decisions the government is making. I wont stand aside while billions are sentenced to death, and neither should you.

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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/environmental-activist-group-just-stop-oil-di srupts-egx-tekken-tournament-covering-equipment-in-orange-paint


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