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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![>S Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:31:33 No.35959870 File >>35959905 2235959936 >>35959947 >>35959964 >>35960088 (2 KB, 130x130) My god... /sp/ It's gone They've f------ nuked it. Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:32:12 No.35959886 File: hahahaha.jpa (111 KB, 1398x323) Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:38:40 No.35960088 File: Screenshot (42 pna (7 KB, 401x161) 9/18/2014 - Nevr 5get STUPID JANITOR All [1] [2 [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Next Catalog Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:32:45 No.35959905 >>35959948 35959870 >They've f------ nuked it WHAT THE F--- Al 35959870 Ive never seen anything like this in all my time here Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:33:41 No.35959936 >>35959984 35959870 HOLY F------ S--- THE MOD JUST DELETED 8 PAGES OF Isp/ F------ 8 WHAT THE S--- IS GOING ON Anonymous 09/18/14(Thu)20:33:59 No.35959947 35959870 Holy shitballs, where did it all go?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/833/990/c95.jpg "I have no idea if this is even relevant.")
![[-] throwaway8 23746 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) I've been following the story for a few weeks now, and getting most of my information from the subreddit /r/kotakuinaction (which was formed because discussion was silenced on /r/gaming and other places here on reddit) I'll admit right now that I agree with most of the "gamergate" position but I'll give you the facts as I understand em First, some backstory: Zoe Quinn and about 150 other gaming "professionals" (including a large number of gaming journalists and editors for nded t e from the one g one another's patreon accounts or companies, dating or sexua relationships, and even being roommates. Whether or not this is "ethical journalism" or not, it's clear their onal lives and personal lives were deeply intertwin licts of interest. The beginning: In mid-August Zoe Quinn's ex-boyfriend posted on his blog accusing Zoe of cheating on him. Specifically, he named 5 men in prominent positions in the game journalism community. Recently, Zoe had made a "video game" called Depression Quest. Objectively Depression Quest (DQ) is a bad game, and essentially consists of webpage hyperlinks organized into a "choose your own adventure" story. In spite of this, DQ was well reviewed on a number of gaming journalism websites like kotaku. When the allegations of cheating came to light, some people began to question whether or not her sexual relationships with journalists had anything to do with her good reviews. At this point the public was unaware of the extensive friendship network and google group The accusations: Two major groups arose in response to the allegations. One group was focused primarily on finding out "how deep the rabbit hole goes" in terms of gaming journalism's perceived ethical indiscretions. The other group was focused primarily on harassing Zoe personally. The ethics group disagreed with the harassing group, but anonymous harassment is as old as the internet and that didn't stop the haasing group The response: umber of different gamingoalism websites which all cused "ers" of being contained the same basic message: "the gamer identity is dead". These article misogynistic man-children and essentially called for all rational non-haters to distance themselves from the identity This elicited a response from three groups of the public - The journalism ethics group from before went into red alert. They already suspected some kind of conflict of interest and back-room coordination in the gaming journalism industry. And a simultaneous, united front fronm a number of different websites seemed to be their smoking gun The harassment group also went into overdrive. Right around this time Anita Sarkeesian released her latest criticism of the video gaming industry. Lots of gamers had already taken issue with her approach, since she admitted to not being interested in games prior to raising $160,000 on kickstarter. They viewed her as an their list "Gamers" got m now Many of them ebac rs the "harassment" olved. The wom act tha rting wom w we res rs the rhe istinctio etween the rassm assm emonstrate that the more th orting the ethical standards mmi ts with three m n western society. Authors symp the "ethics" grou the "ethics" grou ncy and improved ethics in gaming journalism. Third, some of the most prominent sites whose editors and administrators are supportive of the "social justice" cause have begun to be boycott. Sites like kotaku and polygon have had their traffic plummet in the past few weekS nst a backdr the web. Multiple subreddits Eventually even 4chan, threads about gamergate o people discussing posts from rs ory. The efforts pport fema rs Capitalists rea rse with the of thi nalism rom m permalink save report give gold reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/833/910/72e.png "The Controversy in Summery: In case you've been out of the loop.")
![So l saw this post on /r/KotakulnAction and decided to see how Ir/GamerGhazi would react to the same kind of questions as you can see they dont seem to like it... /r/KotakulnAction t GamerGhazi Some questio 149 comments Kotaku!nAction 1 day ago by thoraw ▼ 6 hours ago by pro-gg-throwaway I am not I am not looking for you to change my mind, I just want to hear som e answer from you. oyou to 1) Can you provide proof of harassment of GGers based on the fact that 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats of @spacekatgal and @femfreq was done by 2) What do you think about the pro-gg people being 3) What do you think about the women supporting 2) Why is it ou call it af 3) What is 4chan's involvement with the GG movement? Did they create it and #notyourshield? So you dont have proof? It could have been ne? Maybe trolls? points 1 day ago 1. Yeah: here's a tumblr full of them http: Delvaris Gubmint GunGrabber 4 points 6 hours ago 1. No, I'm sure it was done to them because of their winning personality and had nothing to do with their 2. Most of us dont, although we do feel their pinning it on an open hashtag that any body can be in is immoral. We've nt that is people that di 2. I think it's super s-----. Nobody should be harassed over 8chan and then admitting to it in the same thread that they are going to use it as proof we hate women, without them I also don't think it's in terms of volume. I think claims otherwise are manifestly 4chan has very little power over #gamergate and #notyourshield. The starter of #notyourshield was accused of being a sockpuppet account, but provided proof he was real. Oddly enough, the account that accused him of it, A Girl Irl was actually a legit sockpuppet made by a male SA goon who was very anti-gg. The starter of #gamergate was Adam Baldwin, I doubt 4chan has power over him or 3. That's fine? Unlike Gamergate I don't have an issue withUnlike gamergate?? Just look at the votes on each question You may not but the rest of the subreddit does people who have dissenting opinions. Main rule is no pro-gg shilling. I hope you enjoyed my answers in the short time before your s--- gets deleted. No shilling No discussion StandWithLilith 1 point 5 hours ago No, I'm sure it was done to them because of their inning personality and had nothing to do with their Also, the irony in a real minority of beina fake is hilarious. le that disagree That's exactly it. Who the f--- do you think harassec them, it's not a f------ coincidence that these people just re redpilledredditor Social Justice Wamior 3 points 5 hours ago Dude this whole mess started with the harassment and doxxing of ZQ. Her f------ nudes where hacked and is was all done on 4 doxxed? And this harassment towards all these people has all taken place during this crap, and targeted the the exact people gamergaters are obsessed with. Jesus f------ christ dude. Imean...are you kidding me? do you think 5 hours ago 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats Brianna Wu was threatened shortly after her doxx was that it was from GamerGate is the most valid. admission, mention GamerGate at least once. And even if they didn't, the fact that GamerGate frequently aligns itself with the ant-Sarkeeslan brigade should at least ralse What do you think about the pr o-gg people being So its bad but not as bad as the stuff happening to the people on your side It's awful, but it's not equivalent. GG's reponse to their or 3) What do you think about the women supporting meaningless. Women can, in fact, work to the n's rights. There were women who age, for crying Social Justice Gla.. 3 points 5 hours ago same as above t On your last point, Ill just leave this: Missepus 1 point 4 hours ago 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats of No, I leave it to the correct authorities to investigate. There is a strong correlation and logic indicates causation, but I have no evidence. As for my personal belief. I don't think its 2) What do you think about the pro gg people being 3) What do you think about the women supporting From what I saw of the three women on Huffington Post, enthusiastic about their compatriots, and quite loyal Slothsrightsactivist Psy-ops Specialist 2 points 3 hours ago are Random statement without reason looking for poit6hours And GG are the ones against discussion? Iam not That's good, I don't have the slightest interest in educating [deleted] -2 points 5 hours ago Anonymous Tue 02 Sep 2014 23:59:14 No.261347271 Report Oucled By: 2134742926 1347529261347843 261347833 281347997 26134044 hat do you think about the pro-gg people being And demand the SJWs stop using you as a shield to deflect genuine crticism GG was not started for harassment someone cailing you a mean name on Twitter can not be compared to an organization that was founded to harass hat do you think about the women supporting what is "the above screen shof" that shg nackt is talking about? so that people wouldn't question their motives it doesn't i think its zoe in a bar she has 4chinz on screen through ignorance and/or buying into the journalistic an, are few among the sock puppets and compose of the ty of the tag's another 4chan account posting on t 1 hour ago te 1. Occam's razor. Anita also says that one of the threats did explicitly mention GG. You may not believe her, but she actually has a pretty good track record of telling the truth about these things. You've been burned before by doubting her, why stick your hand in the fire again? She most likely cannot release more details of the threats because they are evidence in an ongoing FBI investigation, but she also has a No proof, just sayin the timing was wein Giving fair reasons why FemFreq shouldnt wouldnt lie 2. I think it's awful, and I don't deny that they likely came from people who are anti-GG. Anyone in GG who gets threatened should contact the police so they can investigate. If there is anything I personally can do to help the people who have been threatened, let me know. I would be happy to o as well as assist in any police investigation should I have any useful i Finaly someone willing to admit that there are bad roup 3. I believe that women are fully capable of making their own decisions. I don't agree with them, but that's okay. Im to make my own SuchPowerfulAlly [M) A Lesser Baldwin 1 point 20 minutes ago erally one rule](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/848/612/0da.png "GamerGhazi's response to the same situation")
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