So another 17th of March is coming around, another great opportunity for WG to mess up cultural sensitivities.
WG are going to get someone shot and I'm very serious about this, imagine if you walk into some parts of Belfast or Derry or any nationalist area with 4 of these 6 Tshirts, not everyone will immediately recognise those are british tanks but what do you say if you are asked what are those vehicles? the moment you say those are British you are in a world of trouble. It is HIGHLY inappropriate to continue using British vehicles for St Patrick's day, I've spoken year after year with CSMs about this and multiple times suggested to use USA vehicles.. for god sake this year there is a AMX50B on one of the Tshirts? why are there French vehicles on a St Patrick's Day shirt?
A few years ago they used a Cromwell tank on the portal, when it was pointed out what Cromwell himself who the tank is named after did in Ireland it was promptly removed. They continue to associate the 4 leaf clover with St Patrick's Day instead of the shamrock also, these Tshirts have the correct flower but in game just wait for it the 2d skin has the clovers on it once again. Then we have the FV 3D camo put into the game, a British tank with Slanté wrote on the side of it … it's disgusting really when we have so many USA tanks in the game and given our positive history with USA it should be all USA tanks used if anything.
I'd advise nobody to buy these 4 out of 6 (ones of actual tanks on them) of these Tshirts, they are insulting and in the wrong place in N.Ireland or Dublin especially you will get into a lot of trouble.
I Just don't think CSM are passing on feedback given, if I ever had proof they aren't then this is it. Year after year this British-Irish stuff is pointed out and WG continues to do it.
I'm not anti-British or anti-French but I do draw the line at plastering British tanks all over St Patrick's Day merch when we have US tanks as alternatives and given everything that has and is still happening on this island it's about time WG started listening.
St Patrick's Day is celebrated across the world as a day of wearing green and getting drunk but we should not forget there was a time not that long ago when we were not allowed to celebrate in our own country and having symbols of that empire mixed in with shamrocks is wrong.
Stop it.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/11npw1f/wgs_st_patricks_day_insensitivities/
