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> Having worked in the industry I'd believe basically anything anyone told me about the horrors they've seen. Can you (safely) provide any anecdotes? Genuinely

> Having worked in the industry I'd believe basically anything anyone told me about the horrors they've seen. Can you (safely) provide any anecdotes? Genuinely curious - not doubting you.

Pfhreak 6y ago
Engineering manager asked a report to 'bend over and take it' from the only openly gay guy in the studio. Lots of off color jokes, (e.g. including animals having crudely animated sex in the background of builds that got sent to playtesters. Jokes about 'red rockets' and 'bearded clams' likewise), loud and angry arguments about whether characters were 'sexy enough' to appease the straight male player (and being 'excited' to see what cosplay of said sexy character would look like.), etc.
- pwdisswordfish2 6y ago
  > asked a report What does this mean exactly? Other than that, which I can’t really judge because I don’t understand it, it’s just people talking and having fun… No sexism, no discrimination, no abuse. I realize any expression of being a sexual being is frowned upon in Americas puritanical workplaces, but it’s hardly scandalous. Neither is expressly aiming at the market of heterosexual male adolescents. There is a lot of talk of working environments being “unfriendly” towards female coworkers, and it’s a legitimate problem, but it still falls very short of a “MeToo reckoning”. TFA isn’t much better. The Avellone guy apparently got a women drunk and groped her. That’s a #MeToo worthy offense and it should be enough to prosecute and “cancel” him. The rest is him sending DMs and a weird drive-by cancel-attempt on one Omeed Dariani, who made an “unwelcome sexual overture”. The proposed party presumably said no and nothing more happened, or the article would mention it. I really don’t know what’s going on in the article. Avellone abused a woman. Dispense justice accordingly and stop trying to elevate any and all sexual behavior to the same level.
  - Pfhreak 6y ago
    > What does this mean exactly? "Hey you, lost the game, eh? Well, motherfucker, you better bend over and get ready to take it from <person>, you fucking loser, eh?" (Laughter) I mean, maybe that's just joking around and having fun, but clearly not everyone there felt that way.
- allarm 6y ago
  Sounds like fun, except the bend over part.

> Having worked in the industry I'd believe basically anything anyone told me about the horrors they've seen. Can you (safely) provide any anecdotes? Genuinely curious - not doubting you.

Pfhreak 6y ago

Engineering manager asked a report to 'bend over and take it' from the only openly gay guy in the studio. Lots of off color jokes, (e.g. including animals having crudely animated sex in the background of builds that got sent to playtesters. Jokes about 'red rockets' and 'bearded clams' likewise), loud and angry arguments about whether characters were 'sexy enough' to appease the straight male player (and being 'excited' to see what cosplay of said sexy character would look like.), etc.

pwdisswordfish2 6y ago
> asked a report What does this mean exactly? Other than that, which I can’t really judge because I don’t understand it, it’s just people talking and having fun… No sexism, no discrimination, no abuse. I realize any expression of being a sexual being is frowned upon in Americas puritanical workplaces, but it’s hardly scandalous. Neither is expressly aiming at the market of heterosexual male adolescents. There is a lot of talk of working environments being “unfriendly” towards female coworkers, and it’s a legitimate problem, but it still falls very short of a “MeToo reckoning”. TFA isn’t much better. The Avellone guy apparently got a women drunk and groped her. That’s a #MeToo worthy offense and it should be enough to prosecute and “cancel” him. The rest is him sending DMs and a weird drive-by cancel-attempt on one Omeed Dariani, who made an “unwelcome sexual overture”. The proposed party presumably said no and nothing more happened, or the article would mention it. I really don’t know what’s going on in the article. Avellone abused a woman. Dispense justice accordingly and stop trying to elevate any and all sexual behavior to the same level.
- Pfhreak 6y ago
  > What does this mean exactly? "Hey you, lost the game, eh? Well, motherfucker, you better bend over and get ready to take it from <person>, you fucking loser, eh?" (Laughter) I mean, maybe that's just joking around and having fun, but clearly not everyone there felt that way.
allarm 6y ago
Sounds like fun, except the bend over part.