Heinous images in STO event promotions

oliviaclaire · June 2016

I was browsing the news section for annual events held by STO and came across the following: Star Trek Online: 4th Annual Shutup Wesley Event.

Take a close look at the image used to promote it:

Why is there a Freemason symbol known as the all-seeing eye at the top of the tree?
Why is there an upside-down star behind the tree—a symbol used by Satanic sects/cults?
The spread wings and the font, Gotenburg B Bold, created by a German typesetter Dieter Steffmann, resemble the Reichsadler and the fascist propaganda posters or magazine covers from WW2 Germany:

Additionally, I searched for Christmas events in STO and there's almost nothing official except the above annual event. Instead, there's some kind of substitute called "Q's Winter Wonderland". Where is the wonderful time of the year? Did Grinch steal Christmas in STO and Cryptic's offices? By contrast, there are very prominent Halloween event promotions that actually use the word "Halloween". Isn't that odd?

Of course, the people involved in running and promotion of the above annual event are free to explain themselves.

iconians · June 2016

This thread is bad.

Unknown · June 2016

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thay8472 · June 2016

hmm while not on subject ... I think we could use a TRIBBLE mission in STO. Maybe the Nah'kul are playing in WW2 (again)

Now on subject ... what?

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flumf · June 2016

Do you intentionally look through the game and website searching for things to be offended by?

sheldonlcooper · June 2016

Why have you posted so many n.a.z.i images to demonstrate that that doesn't really look like any of them? It's much closer to U.S. Air Force wings. You, sir, are a failure at your craft.

nikeix · June 2016

Another oliviaclaire one-post-and-never-look-back troll thread? Where's my surprised face?

echatty · June 2016

Only eleven posts and you post something like this?

Like was said, ShutUpWesley is a fleet and they run that independent of anything in Cryptic. The Winter Wonderland is what is official Cryptic.

ShutUpWesley isn't doing anything illegal, and those wings? I too thought they looked more like USAF wings than any satanic symbol. And yes, I know what AF wings look like, my dad was AF for 21 years.

thunderfoot · June 2016

Obvious Troll is more obvious than usual in this case.

Are there really people with nothing better to do in their lives than latch onto the most ephemeral of connections and then shout at the rest of us about hidden agendas and secret conspiracies and undercover hate groups?

Please, for your own sake, and ours, OP go and seek some professional psychological help ASAP.

Like a lot of people in this game and on these forums, I am thoroughly sick and tired of the countless smear campaigns constantly conducted against SFD and their associated fleets. Knock off the B.S. Before you make yourself look even more unhinged and foolish. STO is a d****d game!

you don't like them. We got it the first five hundred times you told us. Go. Away.

evilmark444 · June 2016

I smell something ...

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warpangel · June 2016

Stupid conspiracy theory thread is stupid.

nikeix · June 2016

@pwlaughingtrendy you might be tempted to just close this thread, but I implore you to look at the entirety of the OPs post history (which will take less than a minute...) and ask yourself, "how often have I seen someone BEGGING to be banned off the forums quite so aggressively as this toad?"

I'm betting the answer you find yourself giving is "almost never -- BANNED"

benirving · June 2016

the certain group in question likes to make promotional images inspired by dictators and genocide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwjj4e1VRfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz4AWjnlPvY

azrael605 wrote: »

Shutup Wesley is an in game player fleet not associated with Cryptic in any way. Q's Winter Wonderland is the only official in game winter holiday event.

then why do we have an official announcement about them?

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9705633-star-trek-online:-4th-annual-shutup-wesley-event

artan42 · June 2016

What's wrong with Satanism?

benirving · June 2016

they really love this stuff

khan5000 · June 2016

oliviaclaire wrote: »

I was browsing the news section for annual events held by STO and came across the following: Star Trek Online: 4th Annual Shutup Wesley Event.

Take a close look at the image used to promote it:

Why is there a Freemason symbol known as the Eye of Providence or the all-seeing eye at the top of the tree?

Why is there an upside-down star behind the tree—a symbol used by Satanic sects/cults?

The spread wings and the font, Gotenburg B Bold, created by a German typesetter Dieter Steffmann, resemble the Reichsadler and the fascist propaganda posters or magazine covers from WW2 Germany:

Additionally, I searched for Christmas events in STO and there's almost nothing official except the above annual event. Instead, there's some kind of substitute called "Q's Winter Wonderland". Where is the wonderful time of the year? Did Grinch steal Christmas in STO and Cryptic's offices? By contrast, there are very prominent Halloween event promotions that actually use the word "Halloween". Isn't that odd?

Of course, the people involved in running and promotion of the above annual event are free to explain themselves.

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echatty · June 2016

Yeah, looking back over her previous posts, she looks like a one-off. Start thread, watch fire, rinse, repeat.

Not worth the trouble.

At least I'm assuming female with a name like oliviaclaire.

benirving · June 2016

they also have lots of strange sites around the webz:

https://blogmildew.blogspot.com/

https://rpdenied.blogspot.com/

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3627820

http://www.derrit.de/u/repetitiveepic.html

http://the-disease.co.uk/mobile/forum/viewthread/m/3849391/id/13155614/post/71005163

alethkiraen · June 2016

Oh my.

echatty · June 2016

Well, those are certainly upstanding sites, aren't they?

And if it isn't coming through, that was sarcasm.

So she's with Dental. Can't say I'm overly-impressed.

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legendarylycan · June 2016

anyone notice how threads like these ALWAYS crop up on the weekends? methinks cryptic would be well served by grabbing a mod willing to work weekends

baudl · June 2016

WOW, so much butthurt...seriously and the kind of shallow research on the symbol is also astonishing. I'd say obvious troll is obvious, but then again, there are idiots out there that are beyond measurement.

I mean seriously, did you look up any other air force insignia, of any other country before making that assessment?

tessaravejgan · June 2016

You wouldn't happen to be related to that idiot that got excited at an image of a nebula or that freak that saw a TRIBBLE or something slammed on to a ship. Anyway reported for trolling.

risian4 · June 2016

OP, perhaps you should worry less about fleets you're not a part of and focus more on playing the game.

And I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion that one might wonder about their choices of featuring certain historic persons in their sigs etc., it is, ultimately none of your or mine business and you should wonder about such things in private, not bring it to the forum and openly discuss it here.

kodachikuno · June 2016

Im not sure which is more interesting here... the levels of stupid to which the OP will stoop, or their desperate need for a new hobby.

Welp either way.. *sets up popcorn stand*

rattler2 · June 2016

shadowfang240 wrote: »

anyone notice how threads like these ALWAYS crop up on the weekends? methinks cryptic would be well served by grabbing a mod willing to work weekends

Yup. Weekend's here. While the Cat's away, the Mice will play.