Climate activists land devastating blow against big oil by disrupting minor Tekken tournament
The UK-based climate change group Just Stop Oil is often in the headlines for its large-scale marches and disruptive protests, most notably closing sections of the UK's busiest motorway, but this weekend its sights moved from civil disobedience to the fighting game community. A Tekken 7 event being held at EGX 2023 was targeted, during which three activists from the group invaded the stage during the tournament winner's final, before spraying orange paint on the big screen behind the competitors and on parts of the stage.
The protestors subsequently addressed the audience, to a chorus of boos, before being escorted from the venue by security and then being arrested on suspicion of Criminal Damage by the Metropolitan Police.
The choice of target may seem odd. Just Stop Oil's rationale is that EGX itself, a major event in the UK gaming calendar, is sponsored by Barclays Bank. The group claims Barclays is responsible for financing «around $167 billion in fossil fuels» and then takes a detour into blaming Shell's sponsorship deal with Fortnite and various influencers (which raises the question of why it didn't target a Fortnite event).
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