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> #gamergate started as part of a harassment campaign against Zoe Quinn The problem has never been about Zoe Quinn.She can f$ck whoever she wants. The issue

by aikah 12y ago

> #gamergate started as part of a harassment campaign against Zoe Quinn The problem has never been about Zoe Quinn.She can f$ck whoever she wants. The issue is so called "game journalists" f$cking Zoe Quinn then writing articles about her praising her work,funding her through Patreon,and not disclosing the fact that they are also f$cking her. The issue is "game journalists" colluding in google groups to push a leftwing political agenda that has NOTHING to do with gaming,not even because they believe in that agenda,but because they profit from it directly. This "webpress" has basically become a PAC,there is no difference.The way they opperate,the way they are funded,they have a plateform and they use it to push political bullshit. It's about corruption.It's about a small elite of journalists and crooks, that knows each other,conspire to drive a political agenda,that is fundamentally extreme and is hurting the independent gaming industry and the independent gaming press. And yes even leftism or feminism can be as extreme as conservatism or any -ism. That's all.

acdha 12y ago
> The issue is so called "game journalists" f$cking Zoe Quinn then writing articles about her praising her work,f You meant one journalist, who never reviewed her game and mentioned her once before they started dating, right? I've watched this unfold and it was rather starkly different from the charming story you're telling. On the off chance that you aren't intentionally spreading propaganda, here are a few links which cover how things actually happened: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how... http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for-non-geeks-1642909080 http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for...
- aikah 12y ago
  linking to arstechnica ,sure , when the head of its gaming department is at the center of that shitstorm ... who is spreading propaganda again ? http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed...
  - eropple 12y ago
    Generally speaking, the guy linking to frigging Breitbart is a good lock to be the guy spreading propaganda. Y'all have been played most effectively by guys like Nero--guys who sneered at you until they realized they could make a name off you. Y'all froth at Sarkeesian all day long for "not being a gamer"...and yet this is the guy you put up as having Useful Things To Say? Get real.
    - aikah 12y ago
      Generally speaking you should actually read the damn article linked before commenting it.The guy who wrote the article worked at the Guardian.He is not a right wing nut.
      - eropple 12y ago
        Nero is one of the more loathsome right-wing extremists you will run across outside the straight-up Stormfronts of the world; he dresses it up a bit better but if you dig a bit you'll figure it out. He's happy to be known as wearing Iron Crosses (seriously, holy shit) and is the token "gay against marriage equality" trotted out by Breitbart when they need him. He's spoken positively of the BNP in the past, too. (Oh, and he stiffed numerous contributors when he ran The Kernel, but that's just him being a turd, not a right-wing turd.)
- uvTwitch 12y ago
  Nathan Grayson is one of the accused people. He's written a few articles on Kotaku painting her game in a positive light. Kotaku is a Gawker Media site - one of the two sites you've linked to. You can see why your evidence might not be taken so seriously in this context. Robin Arnott is also one of the accused people. While not a journalist, he is one of the judges for Indiecade. Her game won an award on last year's indiecade, winning over Papers, please and other titles - quite a clear conflict of interest. Kyle Orland is also one of the accused people. You can see an article on depression quest by him right here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/what-depression-quest-taught-me-about-dealing-with-mental-illness/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/what-depression-quest-... There has also been unearthed that the IGF, which granted awards to Fez in two separate years, had judges who all had a financial investment in it, and according to Edmund McMillen, there was direct decision to cause it to win because of this, not on it's own merits. These are the sort of things people backing gamergate are angry about. Few people are interested in harassment campains, despite what the opposing side claim.
  - BryantD 12y ago
    "Robin Arnott is also one of the accused people. While not a journalist, he is one of the judges for Indiecade. Her game won an award on last year's indiecade, winning over Papers, please and other titles - quite a clear conflict of interest." That's also not a thing that happened. Depression Quest did not win an award at Indiecade. It wasn't even one of the finalists. There's a press release here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200020/IndieCade_announces_2013_finalists.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200020/IndieCade_announce... "The 36 finalists represent only a fraction of the total number of games to be exhibited, which will include top picks from the inaugural VR Jam and over 120 non-finalist selections including Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest." So Depression Quest was exhibited, but it wasn't a finalist and it didn't win an award. The actual award winners are listed here: http://www.indiecade.com/2013/award_winners/ http://www.indiecade.com/2013/award_winners/ Seriously, man. I'm not trying to win an argument here: I am earnestly and sincerely recommending that you step back and think about the people who lied to you about these things. You're swimming in a toxic cloud of hate and anger. It's not healthy.
    - 12y ago
valas 12y ago
Sorry, you sound like Rush Limbaugh. Stop clinging to silly conspiracy theories of journalists sitting down together and deciding future of the gaming industry. Journalists don't care about future of gaming industry, as long as it bring clicks to their articles.
- aikah 12y ago
  Sorry, you sound like Rachel Maddow. Distording facts and saying i said stuff i never said.
- imanaccount247 12y ago
  Really? http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed...
vacri 12y ago
Of all the genres of journalism to get so passionate about ethics about, you choose this?
- aikah 12y ago
  Of all posts on the internet you choose to comment this one?
  - vacri 12y ago
    Check my profile - I comment on tons of posts. Doesn't mean I'm that passionately invested in them.
    - aikah 12y ago
      Yeah,says the pot that calls the kettle black... I'm not a creep, I dont check profiles nor give a fuck about yours.

by aikah 12y ago

acdha 12y ago

> The issue is so called "game journalists" f$cking Zoe Quinn then writing articles about her praising her work,f You meant one journalist, who never reviewed her game and mentioned her once before they started dating, right? I've watched this unfold and it was rather starkly different from the charming story you're telling. On the off chance that you aren't intentionally spreading propaganda, here are a few links which cover how things actually happened: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how... http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for-non-geeks-1642909080 http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for...

aikah 12y ago
linking to arstechnica ,sure , when the head of its gaming department is at the center of that shitstorm ... who is spreading propaganda again ? http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed...
- eropple 12y ago
  Generally speaking, the guy linking to frigging Breitbart is a good lock to be the guy spreading propaganda. Y'all have been played most effectively by guys like Nero--guys who sneered at you until they realized they could make a name off you. Y'all froth at Sarkeesian all day long for "not being a gamer"...and yet this is the guy you put up as having Useful Things To Say? Get real.
  - aikah 12y ago
    Generally speaking you should actually read the damn article linked before commenting it.The guy who wrote the article worked at the Guardian.He is not a right wing nut.
    - eropple 12y ago
      Nero is one of the more loathsome right-wing extremists you will run across outside the straight-up Stormfronts of the world; he dresses it up a bit better but if you dig a bit you'll figure it out. He's happy to be known as wearing Iron Crosses (seriously, holy shit) and is the token "gay against marriage equality" trotted out by Breitbart when they need him. He's spoken positively of the BNP in the past, too. (Oh, and he stiffed numerous contributors when he ran The Kernel, but that's just him being a turd, not a right-wing turd.)
uvTwitch 12y ago
Nathan Grayson is one of the accused people. He's written a few articles on Kotaku painting her game in a positive light. Kotaku is a Gawker Media site - one of the two sites you've linked to. You can see why your evidence might not be taken so seriously in this context. Robin Arnott is also one of the accused people. While not a journalist, he is one of the judges for Indiecade. Her game won an award on last year's indiecade, winning over Papers, please and other titles - quite a clear conflict of interest. Kyle Orland is also one of the accused people. You can see an article on depression quest by him right here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/what-depression-quest-taught-me-about-dealing-with-mental-illness/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/what-depression-quest-... There has also been unearthed that the IGF, which granted awards to Fez in two separate years, had judges who all had a financial investment in it, and according to Edmund McMillen, there was direct decision to cause it to win because of this, not on it's own merits. These are the sort of things people backing gamergate are angry about. Few people are interested in harassment campains, despite what the opposing side claim.
- BryantD 12y ago
  "Robin Arnott is also one of the accused people. While not a journalist, he is one of the judges for Indiecade. Her game won an award on last year's indiecade, winning over Papers, please and other titles - quite a clear conflict of interest." That's also not a thing that happened. Depression Quest did not win an award at Indiecade. It wasn't even one of the finalists. There's a press release here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200020/IndieCade_announces_2013_finalists.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200020/IndieCade_announce... "The 36 finalists represent only a fraction of the total number of games to be exhibited, which will include top picks from the inaugural VR Jam and over 120 non-finalist selections including Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest." So Depression Quest was exhibited, but it wasn't a finalist and it didn't win an award. The actual award winners are listed here: http://www.indiecade.com/2013/award_winners/ http://www.indiecade.com/2013/award_winners/ Seriously, man. I'm not trying to win an argument here: I am earnestly and sincerely recommending that you step back and think about the people who lied to you about these things. You're swimming in a toxic cloud of hate and anger. It's not healthy.
  - 12y ago

valas 12y ago

Sorry, you sound like Rush Limbaugh. Stop clinging to silly conspiracy theories of journalists sitting down together and deciding future of the gaming industry. Journalists don't care about future of gaming industry, as long as it bring clicks to their articles.

aikah 12y ago
Sorry, you sound like Rachel Maddow. Distording facts and saying i said stuff i never said.
imanaccount247 12y ago
Really? http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed...

vacri 12y ago

Of all the genres of journalism to get so passionate about ethics about, you choose this?

aikah 12y ago
Of all posts on the internet you choose to comment this one?
- vacri 12y ago
  Check my profile - I comment on tons of posts. Doesn't mean I'm that passionately invested in them.
  - aikah 12y ago
    Yeah,says the pot that calls the kettle black... I'm not a creep, I dont check profiles nor give a fuck about yours.