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Offline Perrine

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Anyone here following ...
« on: October 17, 2014, 08:10:14 PM »
Is anyone here following #GamerGate?

For those who have not it's best summarized like this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0FxelrCQAIozpJ.jpg

and also...

You know it's real serious and "something got real" when they get someone like this man involved http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/gamers-vs-pc-bullies/# . Thee fact that he devoted a blog post, and a very good one at that shows #GG are gonna get a huge spike in defenders.  Right now #GG considered the ISIS of gaming.
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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2014, 01:19:30 AM »
Is anyone here following #GamerGate?

For those who have not it's best summarized like this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0FxelrCQAIozpJ.jpg

and also...

You know it's real serious and "something got real" when they get someone like this man involved http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/gamers-vs-pc-bullies/# . Thee fact that he devoted a blog post, and a very good one at that shows #GG are gonna get a huge spike in defenders.  Right now #GG considered the ISIS of gaming.
That happens when you respond to reasoned, if sometimes shallow and cherry picked, arguments with rape and death threats....

The makeup of those who play computer games is changing and some people don't take kindly to flaws in how some people (women mostly) are portrayed and handled in games being pointed out.
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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2014, 02:57:46 PM »
I'm following the Hurricanes heading to your back yard curval -- and praying you are all safe.  :pray
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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2014, 11:52:14 AM »

Offline Motherland

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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2014, 01:37:04 PM »

You know it's real serious and "something got real" when they get someone like this man involved http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/gamers-vs-pc-bullies/# . Thee fact that he devoted a blog post, and a very good one at that shows #GG are gonna get a huge spike in defenders.
Someone who previously made a blog post called 'Multiculturalism Kills' also posted an article defending misogyny, how surprising and unexpected. What an escalation of the stakes.

While I don't agree with doxxing and other things that I thought were hilarious as an edgy pre-teen 4channer, I do still think it's hilarious that we're supposed to excuse things like rape and death threats as 'just part of gamer culture deal with it or get out', whereas when this happens it's the end of the world and a horrible tragedy.

Also the fact that this movement can only garner support from Breitbart and Ron Paul moonbat bloggers (I'm sure Fox has an expose in the oven) should probably inspire some lucidity

(I haven't been following this, just been generally aware that it's finally coming to a head. After a decade of observation and participation in FPS, MMO, bulletinboard and imageboard culture, not to mention years of "i'm a nice guy why don't girls give me sex" culture in high school, I don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.)
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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2014, 06:23:31 PM »
I don't normally watch social news and such, but this I'm kinda interested in. Can someone lay out what this is all about for me? Something about one independent female game developer promising sex to journalists who will raise hell with her competitors?
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Re: Anyone here following ...
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2014, 07:59:28 PM »
I don't normally watch social news and such, but this I'm kinda interested in. Can someone lay out what this is all about for me? Something about one independent female game developer promising sex to journalists who will raise hell with her competitors?

Their grievances are all laid out here.
https://archive.today/ubZ63
https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/wiki/index
Scroll down & take your time to read with an open mind.


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