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GamerGate: A State of the Union Address For the great bunch of tse kids having a deathly serious shouting contest in the miodle of the playground over row the sides and monkey bars shaus be unazed fact. you wouad be justned into belileving that this may very well escalate into a disastrous slap-fight the lkes of which the reputation of the gaming Industry as a whole may never recover from. Indeed, right now it he "gamers" versus the "games joumaists" battling over the culture and soul of gaming. And both sides have made ther positions qute clear on the ner But how did it get this way? What, exacty, sGamenGate all about? And why are people acmittedly, tmere is a delage of information that is, quite simply, werwheiming for the Now, before I go on, 1 am compelled to stale up front with you that 1 am in ful support of GamenGane and that icountgive a s--- less about social jusice or ts various seif-idolizing I am providing you with fuil disclosure on ood farh in o social justice prevalent ty radkcai temrie eporing ve in hopes that t would go away Intro APR Ofer Credit Card with as excilusively white and malie with paiarcha games media relationsrips, toon sexual ard financial, with those Tat had the power and intence to wevegot details about a smal group of people that wanted to promote true feminism by way of running a conlest that woud alow temale, independent game developers a chance at pubiishing a game of their own not because they happened to be female, but " the mert of their - We've got more details that the previoushy mentioned female developer, ater learning about this group and their contest, aggresshvely pursued to fhave them shut dow because it theeatened a similar idea she had hat was more oriented toward personal prott and recogniion by using those she had inappropriate relationships with to assist . We've got a consumer base, piqued by these findings, startng to ask quesions on the of nese relaionships between games ts and the subjects they are - We've got these same consumers asking perfectly reasonable questions directly toward the games joumaists ony to be met with ulgarity and being blocked fhom further ·weve got a well known ultra-temnist, sensing a telow female in dstress, stepping up to defend this blameless vicam being oppressed by angry male judgment . we've got games journalists, sensn resow ideologues being C Kized openy supporting and defending these women by using their powers of social network reach - We've got attempts by the average interested person to hoid perfectly rational and civ once renown tor being the eptome of open discussion . We've got moderators at these very institutions not just censoning comments and entire armored-personnelcamer to collectvely stomp on one man who asked questions and then ran him over for good measure We've got claims of harassment and claims of death threats against bo of hese - We've got games journalsts publishing aricle after article in under a 24 hour period denouncing. condemning, and demonizing ail gamers as whne, male, heterosexual basement-dwelling "nerdmen. misogynists who froth the mouth with desre to keep - We've got games meda industry personalities showing full support for their friends in games jounnalism by respecttaly nodding in agreement with them and going leaps and bounds ahead of the hetoric by comparing gamers to terrorist onganizations known for We've got p----- ofm gamers as a resuit of all of these things who have Snaly come to water is the reason why trings are e way got support tfor these and even within the of manipulation in the form of a prvane cabal made pubic thanks to the eforis a jounalist discussion reads pertaining to he emale developer and the questions being asked by the pubic at large conceming said collusion, and whether or not to get togetner and personified megaphones that can end careers, betrayers of free speech, smles, cries ies, burgers and fries Here at GamerGate, we've got r a This loose Smelne is important to establish in order to answer the question of why people are gamers shouid have ju voices were sienced, right? Clearty,they should have just let all that hate and vitriol directed t them side. Because you know, ignoring E has worked so wel al his time usten, none of this is rypertole None of this exaggeration And, taky none of this has atways been oke and w. continue to be so perpetuity for the foreseeable future we need look no further than mainstream media as the precedent that sen this sort of behavior Garners禍o understand that Tis is both their faut and the taut of the ones theyve alowed push the Make no mistake this movement is not about any one indvidual person. Contrary to the opposing opinion of misdirection, this movement is nor about hate or misogyny or harassment and that the ma atove that it is exclusive to white, heterosexual men that should be checking mei This movement has become about wanting transparency in games journalism such that whose game they'he writing about and wholesale advocating that hey, at minimum, disclose sort of dscosure of ther polnc al belets and agendas such that " they're gorg to wrte an breasted, scantily clad woman, people know right off the bat that the witer may be ful of way that isnt hidden on ut a game, where is promoting misogyny because it alows you to be a big- deological zealotry You can see how Ive provided an example earler on by dleclaring up support of GamerGate. Easy night? It's not some deologies being Injected into its media content-OF ANY KIND But that's exactly what's happened. Games are a meam that is mert to be shared and en ed by everyone、 "'s not some secret club house where girts or minornies arent alowed. Gamers neither want nor te the constant bulying by that they scale" and step aside to let the say in a medium that was meant for everyone For the games journalists, they understand the foothold they've gained over the years They hat, by genda down your roats and hat you wot object unless you want to risk looking lke a racist, ora misogynist. or a bigot of some kind Because tmey truty believe in the ideokogies hat they inject into ther writings. They truiy beleve that by not giving a woman the benefit o he doubt when she claims that she was r---- because a man held the door open for her and told her it was is prvilege that you are somehow victim-blaming and are theretore a misogynist. And tmey're wiling to snuff out criticism of any sort wih extreme prejudice They are fighting tooth and nail to keep that foothold, at all costs, and they are wiling to burn the entire house down in order to make sure no one else takes n away from them This barely scratches the surface of GamerGate And as someone who just stepped into this. s accomplishing nothing but increased theioric from bolth sides. But that's no faut of yours as I said, there is A LOT of intonmation out there and trying to absorb r al at once can be ovenehelming so the polint that you may conclude its not worth it. That's okay, But what isnt aking it seriousy and to just shut up about it and ri al go away and work itse out. In case you havent been paying atteon not only does mat approach not wor, but its exacly mat attitude that has alowed this to become so problematic for ev价one inolved What you are seeing now is controntation at work. You are wthessing change at work. What change, you ask? well thars the question of me day, isit it? what has GamerGate accomplished beyond attempting to be louder than the games journalists that have tried every trick in the book to slence, deflect, misdirect, or cthenwise marginalze cracism Read up on how some jounaists involved, such as Jenn Frank, have left their postions . their polcles for ther staff negarding the relationships with and funding of sources they wne about to include ful disclosures of such activities or not wite about them at al. Read up on how advertisers have puted out of some of mese publications in light of the -Read up on the several games media publications that have sprung up in the midst of an rus as brand new sources tor gamers to get ther trusted games news and ieviews Read up on The Fine Young Captalists and what and ipolu did for them (before being Read up on gaming personality Lo-Pings chanity that met its 2k goal in half an hour and doubled r aner another hour or two. Read up on the wel known people who have stepped up to bat tor the cause well that attenion for the much larger mpications it has None of this would have been possble had people stayed silent. None of this would have been possible had people not engaged the games joumaists None of thts would have been possinle had people not spoken out about this loudly enough to caich the amention of well known people who wouid iater become sympathetic to the movement None of nis wouid have been possble had people not allowed games media and games jounaists to destroy by puting t heir uter contempt for their asplay kind of refonm in the games meda and games journalism industry. An apology is not going to cut anymore The pont of no senrn was crossed the moment games Kumalists gamers how they truty fet about them ignoning it does not work it will not work, and it is in the first place done more for the games industry in the past month aione than anyhing the games joumaists have tried to do in the past ten years

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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
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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