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5 min readSchedule 1 Faces an Activist Backlash Over a Single Achievement
The indie game Schedule 1 — a game where players cook and sell methamphetamine, cocaine, and other drugs, addict townspeople, and occasionally kill them — has drawn criticism over one of its achievements: "Indian Dealer." The achievement is earned by selling something to a customer and then pickpocketing it back, a reference to the phrase "Indian giver." The controversy, which Asmongold walks through in detail on his show, began with a single Twitter user named Crow who posted a tweet with 59 likes asking the developer to remove or rename the achievement because it is "incredibly racist." The gaming outlet The Gamer then ran an article headlined "Schedule 1 Comes Under Fire for One of Its Achievements," framing the situation as a broader social media outcry. Asmongold's response is not a defense of the joke so much as a sustained argument about who gets to decide what stays in art, and why the mechanism of manufactured outrage matters more than the specific phrase.
The Mechanism of Manufactured Outrage
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:32) **Intro: Schedule 1 Under Fire** - Asmongold introduces the topic: the indie game *Schedule 1* is being criticized by "modern audience activist" types, specifically a gaming journalist article from *The Gamer*.
- 2 (02:57) **VTuber Model Update** - Asmongold gives a brief update on his VTuber model, which he plans to use for future content.
- 3 (03:50) **The Gamer's "Racist" Article** - Asmongold reads and reacts to *The Gamer's* article titled "Schedule 1 comes under fire for one of its achievements."
- 4 (06:20) **The Original Tweet: 59 Likes** - Asmongold shows the original tweet from user "Crow" that sparked the controversy, which has only 59 likes.
- 5 (09:06) **The "Caterpillar Karen" Theory** - Asmongold argues that these online activists are often attractive women who are enabled by "white knights."
- 6 (11:08) **The Hypocrisy of the Complaint** - Asmongold highlights the absurdity of complaining about a potentially offensive achievement in a game about selling hard drugs.
- 7 (12:55) **It's Just Two People Agreeing** - Asmongold reveals that the main account complaining and the account that wrote the "lengthy statement" are likely the same person or a very small group.
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