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Story dates 4 ommentare 228 Unterstützer 3.552 vor 1 Tag $67.602 USD DES $65.000 ZIELS ERREICHT On Broken Phones and Meeting Goals 104% O 14 Tag(e) The Fine Young Capitalists has raised over $65,000 meeting our goal to make a game for one woman. Thank you everyone for everything Diese Kampagne begann am 12. Aug und endet am 26 September, 2014, (23:59 Uhr PT) Unfortunately, we were all surprised when we went over the goal today, Samantha is at her day jo b helping teach people with disabilities how to use computers, and Autobotika is extremely excited but is just finishing up a deadline and Matt is still camera shy Fester Zielbetrag We'd like to thank http://armedgamer.com/for doing the very few review of the project before we were even taking funds. His help was really important and he helped Matt get through his first interview JETZT UNTERSTUTZEN WAHLE EINEN PERK We'd like to thank Internet Aristocrat for getting the word out about the production. Although it wasn't the best situation his traffic really started the ball going USD We'd like to thank @AdamBaldwin for supporting us, and our mission as well as all of #GamerGate, and for being great on television. Keep making it so, I can keep watching it. A Digital Copy of The Game A Digital Copy of The Game for at least the PC and Mac with the possibility of additional platforms We'd like to thank http://www.cinemablend.com/ for getting the word out multiple times, especially during the darker parts of the campaign. You guys have But most of all we'd like to thank/v/, 4chan, and Vivian James who throughout the entire campaign have been nothing but supportive. This is vour victory as much as ours and we thank you for it. People wouldn't have heard about us without your efforts, and this project would not be possible without your contributions.

Social Justice Witch @Relyt22 3 godz @TFYCapitalists @LDixTheGamer @a_girl_irl Would you accept money from the KKK, knowing full well it's a publicity stunt? TFYC @TFYCapitalists 3 godz @Relyt22 LDixTheGamer @a_girl_irl I'm amazed that you are so full of hate that you think that's the only reason/vwould support games CAPTALISTS Social Justice Witch @Relyt22 3 godz @TFYCapitalists @LDixTheGamer @a_girl_irl But WOULD you accept money from the KKK? TFYC @TFYCapitalists-3 godz @Relyt22 @LDixTheGamer @a_girl_irl If you're asking if we would accept money from a hate group, yes you are welcome to donate. CAPTALISTS ● Odpowiedz Podaj dalej ★Ulubione Wiecej PODANY DALEJ ULUBIONE 闓霾 2 16:26-12 wrz 2014 Szczegóły

TFYC @TFYCapitalists-2h Final Total from the referal link is $23,601 from /vI and 4chan. 129 ★ 129

TFYC @TFYCapitalists Follow CAPTALISTS@ What doesn't kill me.. pic.twitter.com/xWRVX0amk2 Reply Retweet * Favorite More You're doing it wrong from sent 40 minutes ago Keep your pathetic 4chan cronies off of 2X. Stay out of 2X yourself, of you know what's good for you. We don't want you This s--- makes you look worse than you already do, which FYI, is pretty f------ bad. You accepted money from harassers and abusers? Knowing they were doing it to be perverse? Yeah, f--- you. You made the wrong choice. Now you have to live with it. Maybe next time you'll take a leaf out of The Prostate Cancer Foundation's playbook and not a retarded ass. The world can hope. But we won't be holding our breath. permalink report block user mark unread reply RETWEETS FAVORITES 31 27

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Overview

The Fine Young Capitalists' Game Jam refers to a charity event launched by Matthew Rappard to assist five women game developers in creating video games to raise money for charity. The event gained prominence in August 2014 after it was revealed that indie game developer Zoe Quinn had attempted to sabotage the event.

Background

On August 12th, 2014, an Indiegogo^[3] campaign titled "The Fine Young Capitalists" was launched, which asked for support in promoting games designed by women to give the proceeds to charity.

On August 18, Redditor SillySladar claimed that Quinn intentionally sabotaged a female-centric game development event on the grounds that the idea was oppressive, possibly to promote her own event Rebel Jam (shown below, left).^[1] On August 19th, The Fine Young Capitalists released a SoundCloud^[2] recording containing their explanation as to what was going on and why they were doxxed.

Depression Quest dev claims harassment and misogyny. Facts come out showing she's lying (imgur.com) 136 submitted 4 hours ago by MannoSlimmins ( d'A 。 Oh 4chan, please stop this literal r--- 71 comments share all 71 comments sorted by: best▼ [-] Sillysladar 156 points 4 hours ago* She f------ doxxed me, ruined a production for women, refused to contact us and is currently taking money for a game jam with no start date, no location and no judges Okay here is my story We ran a group that literally said, "Any woman come up with an idea for a video game, we'll give you concept art so you can pitch your game, and we'll put all the pitches online. The internet will votes on the best one and we'll make that game and give the profits to charity. If you get a lot of interest online and want to make the game on your own, you can leave the contest at any time." Literally everyone that was in the top 5 didn't have programming experience so they couldn't make their game on their own She was like "Why do you expect woman to work for free to make games," we said well they get 8% of the money as royalties and they just have to give an idea, other people will make the game and the profits go to charity Doesn't matter, it's oppressive. She started a f------ twitter storm, crashed our website, got my personal information doxxed, got us banned from Twitter. We email reporter what up and their like "Duhhhh if Zoey says it oppressive it must be true. Maybe you should give her money for Rebel Jam which has no start date, location or any other information but totally isn't a scam." This happen at 3 major online publications. We literally said we'd pay her to consult on future projects and we'd close down the contest if she would explain to us what is exactly offensive No response, no response at all, unless a reporter contacted her and then she's the victim All this information is f------ online, the pitches are online, we did everything we said but no online journalist will publish the story http://www.thefineyoungcapitalists.com/Voting Please vote, even if we don't raise enough money if show there is enough of a interest we can get the winner a grant to make their game. I am literally making no money on this contest, I just wanted to focus on something other then woman being oppressed I wanted to show that they made good games and everyone said "That not what women in games want to talk about."

On August 21st, YouTuber PressFartToContinue uploaded a video explaining the story behind how Quinn led a crusade against The Fine Young Capitalists game jam (shown below).

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Notable Developments

Vivian James

On August 22nd, users on the /v/ (video games) board on 4chan began promoting The Fine Young Capitalists' Indiegogo page. After $5,000 had been raised, a user suggested they created a custom character to represent the image board. The character Vivian James was subsequently decided on by the collective and was received by The Fine Young Capitalists that same day.

TFYC Follow vs design and we are goingtose what we can @TFYCapitalists do to have the character appear in the chosen game 4:16 PM-22 Aug 2014 329 RETWEETS 457 FAVORITES

Indiegogo Hack

On August 24th, the campaign page on Indiegogo appeared to get closed and subsequently removed. It was rumored that the page got hacked and made to look as if were so. The Fine Young Capitalists subsequently shared this message on their Tumblr account,^[9] and said that they would try to get the project repaired with the help of Indiegogo.

THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CLOSED StoryUpdates 3 Comments 217 Funders 1,556 You are an idiot! $25,466USD RAISED OF $65,000 GOAL you are an idiot 3996 O 34 days left This campaign started on Aug 12 and will close on September 26. 2014 (11:59pm PT) σ Fixed Funding @ CONTRIBUTE NOW SELECT A PERK 582 1.417 12 A sharet8EmbLinkowin $2,000 uso CAMPAIGN CLOSED: Women making video Games For Charity 9 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Gaming THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CLOSED Character Design Really want to design a character for a video game, but worried about being judged by our panel of experts? Skip the judges and have our talented concept artists work on your design, whether they like it or not! The final product will be a polished digital painting ready for mass production. Dear N/ Comes with all previous Perks We think it is abhorrent what you are doing to Zoe Quinn and other indie devs Indiegogo does not support hacking or other illegal activity that comes from your message board, We are shutting this fundraiser down before things get more out of hand. Note: Shipping and Handling to be billed separately O out of 5claimed Sincerely The Indiegogo Teamm Do you think this campaign contains pronibited content? Let us know

On August 26th, the page was restored and updated with a message explaining that Rappard's Indiegogo account had been compromised and thanking 4chan users for their generous donations. By that day, the page had received over $32,000 of its $65,000 goal.

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Reddit – The Fine Young Capitalists

^[2] SoundCloud – The Fine Young Capitalists

^[3] Indiegogo – The Fine Young Capitalists

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http://socialjusticeviv.tumblr.com/post/98412304682/the-fine-young-capitalists-arent-actually-helping Social Justice Viv The Fine Young Capitalists aren't actually helping women get into the games industry Note: I get most of my info from here So, there's been a lot of back and forth about TFYC. Are they trustworthy? Are they feminist? Will this help women get into the industry? The way 4chan would talk about it, they donated to a charity to help women get into games. not a a for admitted such t The money raised doesn't go to charity. Absolutely none of it. It goes directly to TFYC and to Autobotika who they're hiring to make the winning game. Even if they get more money than they need to make the game. They still get to keep any excess. This is a very important detail. Matthew Rappard, the founder, says this is to show that games developed by women can be aki She is just the "idea person who hands off her idea to them to make. EDIT. He now says the winner, Danielle, will be in charge of a team I source TFYC's website because whenever they talk about it, they always do so as, These developers bringing the idea to life, and talk about the winner and the developers as separate entities. At no point does he seem to clarify what the winner's role will be in the process besides providing ideas. that you give will pay for the salary of professional video game developers that will take the creator vision ánd bring it to life The artists will be paid, the creator will receive royalties and you will have backed a roject created by a women because you believe that woman can succeed in If the game is profitable, the message sent is not that women can make profitable games. It is that Autobotika can make profitable games. So, how does this help women get into game Well, then Mathew would say that because the woman gets to have the game in her portfolio, it will help her get a job in the industry. There is a problem with this, too. The point of a portfolio is to show a potential employer work you have done. It is a resume of sorts, to convince them that you have the skil's they want for the job. An Autobotika developed game does not show the skills of the woman who came up with the original ideas. It shows the skills of Autobotika. What game development company is looking for an ideas person who has nothing in their portfolio to show that they can execute those ideas? I've seen many job listings at game development companies. deas Person has never been one of them. Perhaps I am wrong Perhaps this very moment Bioware or Platinum Games is looking for someone with 'good ideas" and is okay with that person having no experience with the work necessary to make those ideas a reality. I could be wrong, but I doubt it The other women don't even get that. They essentially have a way to show off their ideas but no game in their portfolio. 1 have good ideasl' they can say, but everyone thinks they have good ideas. At least, most people do. Well, at least the profit will go to helping women, nght? No, it will not Exactly 8% of the net profit will go to the ideas person I suppose this could be a decent amount of money if the game sells wel enough. But will it sell well? Autobotika is not a well-known name when it comes to game development. They don't have a pre-existing fanbase to buy a bunch of copies and to convince others to do so. Does TFYC intend to advertise the game when it's ready for release? What are their marketing strategies? Will those come from money already raised or wil they be deducted from the gross profit, thus lowering how much the 'idea person" gets? 74%goes to charities so, assuming it sells well (which is a pretty generous assumption), this will help chanties a decent amount. So yay, it can still hep women get into game development! Except that's not what Ni and 4chan want their chunk of the profits to go to. They want their ofits to go towards finding a cure for n cancer. To cure butthurt EDIT Apparently other considered options were male abuse shelters and prostate cancer.It sounds definitely like 4chan thought it'd be a laugh to give their profits from a feminist game jam contest about getting women into the industry to services specifically targeted towards men. So, just keep that in mind the next time 4chan tries to abuse that goodwill. STRAW POLL what hould we Colon Cancer Alliance votes (52%) L. Prostate Cancer Foundation 2 MANKIND Initiatwe (Charity Men) 37 votes ao%) Surviwors UK (Male R--- and Sexual Alouse support) 5. Jewish Internet Defense force (JIDF 14 votes t7%3 b. Friends of The IDE (FIDF 65 total votes So, not only does that not help women get into games, it isn't even women-focused at all So much for this alegedly feminist organization. I don't know if TFYC is intentionally scamming people or if their complete lack of experience with this sort of thing has resulted in the trainwreck we see today, but it's clear that the main benefactors of this are Matthew Rappard, TFYC, and Autobotika. Fun Fact Matthew Rappard is an executive director at Autobotika. Did you know that? Special effectart dietor oPlo the sow Aresting Desch be prodaned bis s f Tobster Ragtare wich ws a Bt where be aaged the beanding of sevecal ka incloding the etbork and Teletoo Frem there be erked a the Special Efects director aa the asinated show Des Hamihon nd as the Head of 1atative Developeonest at Loopedia in Toets.o3,ws melia geedt can Oge Syptbesis and alo becace Autoboika orth's eutive prodae to age our projets and eices in Canada him Perhaps you believe his explanation. I do not. I'm sorry for the folks who donated to TFYC. They're being taken advantage of in a big way, and they've committed themselves so completely to this on an ideological level that I don't think they can even convince themselves to pull out before it's too late. I simply hope that after this people will be a lttle less trusting of TFYC, and of certain websites that helped fund them. Addendum This week, Humble Bundle is donating to a charity to give scholarships to women. This would help women get into the industry Maybe pul your donation from TFYC if you can and give it to Humble Bundle instead? https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly EDIT The post originally said 92% went to charities This is incorrect as apparently 8% goes to TFYC and 10% to Autobotika So 74% to charities. The net profits are also "after royalties, which I am unsure as to what that would entail Source #autobotika #matthewrappard拊fyc he fine young capitalists #gamergate 46 notes Sep 25th, 2014

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