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.but when I talk to pro-GamerGate folks and read what they're discussing, I don't think they hate women, or even feminists, as much as how the progressive culture is operating. And with that reading, I think they're right. Progressive gaming culture has become so toxic, so discon- nected from reality that the tactic of dealing with a vocal oppo- sition has literally been the same for two months: don't address their claims (even if you think they're mostly invalid) and don't engage except to insult. http://www.pocketgamer.biz/stateside/60086/im-ashamed-of-progressive-game-culture-and-heres-why/

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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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Jimmy Wales cries "Abuse"

Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales 2h @maureenjohnson YAY! Lately, after the disaster of #gamergate (Why did i type that, to invite abuse?) I am happy about bronies! わ£71 ★5 ..。 Lusty Argonian Maid @_HouseOftheDead 2h @jimmy. Wales @maureenjohnson I mean.. Complaining about #gamergate makes you money. Nice business move. Jimmy Wales @jimmy_ wales 2h @_HouseOftheDead You prove my point. Lunacy わ ★..。 Wikete @Wikete 1h @jimmy_wales HouseOftheDead Prove what? Are you saying her comment was abusive? わ£7 Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales 1h @Wikete@_HouseOftheDead What? It was irrelevant and had nothing to do with anything I said typical for gamergaters. わ ★ Wikete Wikete 1h @jimmy_wales_HouseOftheDead So was you using the hashtag in a denigrating manner Of course there was a response Shoud I say typical of you わt3 ★ ..。 Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales 1h @Wikete @_HouseOftheDead And the result was exactly as expected. Abuse. £71 ★… Wikete Wikete 1h @jimmy_wales _HouseOftheDead Show me this abuse わ£7

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They found my rant. Sargon of Akkad retweeted it.

+aoJb news+ boards operate meta [llv pol gamergate ftech co ja furry k int cow tg cuteboys /sw ibaphomet pone / christian letypol v fit mu argentina /bane ifringe sp anek tchlist ドし ade i "03/18/15 (Wed) 07:38.57 id:00a734 No.486995 2 486990 like this paper seriously cited BRIANNA FUCKEN wu, it's stupid s--- but it doesnt discredit the concept of social science Leader 03/18/15 (Wed) 07:40 18 ID: 72ca No.486999 making an argument that the board has been taken over by feminists, as well as implying that one cannot be both academic and feminist academia and feminism cannot go hand in hand. Too much bias goes with it because it is a belief system and not a science for you people, as can be seen from any feminist article ever witten at DiGRA especially the interpretive ones Although this video begins with his waming, "Please do not contact any of the people mentioned in this video" Sargon of Akkad, October 2, 2014), the focus on specific individuals and the anonymity of the online forums suggests that those mentioned were to blame I cannot imagine why Third, there appears to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what the goals of critical theories are. Throughout online conversations the phrase "Cultural Marxism" is used to suggest that researchers conceive "of culture as central to the legitimation of oppression" (Sargon of Akkad, September 9, 2014) Although the Frankfurt School, which our Fishbowl is repeatedly connected to in this comment section, worked hard to demonstrate the power of dominant media discourse the commenters seemed to assume this meant academics planned to deploy media this way Similarly, a nideo by actual feminist" Christina H Sommers, widely shared by GamerGaters, actively conflates direct-effects media theorists with cultural studies (American Enterprise Institute, 2014) You morons just established that you want the industry to grow up, be more feminine and whatnot and go straight to the defence of the who's, now you admit that the Frankfurt School and Critical Theory are a big inftuence, and somehow this is not cultural marxism. It f------ is you t---- tcha EjiaBpVzOohs in faimess, many involved in GamerGate have balked at the DiGRA conspiracy theories More about how dishonest your little clique is, the people who seem to be dishonest that I know off are A Brady Curlew, Dianne Carr, Mary Flanagan, Jennifer Jenson, Mata Haggis, Suzanne de Castell, Mia Consalvo, Adrienne Shaw, David Nieborg, Catherine Beavis, Nicholas Taylor, Jo Bryce, Sara M. Grimes, Jason Rutter, Robin Potanin, Shanley Dixon, Kelly Boudreau, Tanya Krazywinska, Braxton Soderman, Ben Light, Annika Waem, Jane Friedhoff, Jon Black, Emma Westecott, Hannah Epstein and Alexandra Leitch. (Yes, Ive been doing a LOT of digging) All of these people appear to have tried to find evidence for their conclusions rather than test a hypothesis, worked with poor research data that should have never, ever come through any kind of peer review or have forged lecture material Leader 03/18/15 (Wed) 07 40:39 ID: 9bedba No.487001 Fu目article here Leader 03/18/15 (Wed) 07:42:11 ID: 032738 No. 487006

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FreeBSDGirl helped Leigh Alexander out of suspension.

(2015-03-11 17:15:571 <frecbsil i just got leighalexander"s account unsuspended in about 1e minutes [2015-03-11 17:16:00] freebsagirl> gatergate's going to be Bad. (2015-83-11 17:16:85 <Strivinglly> I saw [2015-e3-11 17:16:09] <BassBone > Were you responsible for that? [2015-03-11 17:16:11] <BassBone > Good job. [2815-03-11 17:16:16] eowrobot freebsdgirl: oh cool (2015-83-11 17:16:22 <Strivinglly> coLLUSION WITH TWITTER CONFIRMED [2015-e3-11 17:16:25] <freebsdgir1> she was likely mass reported. (2015-83-11 17:16:28 <lifestyled> there's a post in KIA where a commenter seriously believes that hazi shutting down is a reaction to the FBI thing because we are afraid of being found out to be lars [2015-03-11 17:16:42] <strivingAlly> LOLLLLLLLLLLLL lifestyled t2e15-83-11 17:16:43 <TreezusSaves> Gators will do Gator things [2015-83-11 17:16:48 <spAnnington> lifestyled that's pretty funny. 2015-03-11 17:16:56] 《Treez ussaves> Their cpinions are worth less than the energy needed to transmit them [2015-03-11 17:17:02] <Strivinglly> Weren't they also saying antiGG" people would be jailed for defemation? [2015-83-11 17:17:04 <sp4nnington> I would have at least expected sone 'existential crisis angle. t2e15-83-11 17:17:1] lifestyled props freebsdgirl for helping leigh [2015-83-11 17:17:23] <zegota> freebsdgirl, how does that even work? Clearly there's not an auto-ban threshold or RogueStar would be f------ sone. I don't understand how leigh gets banned, even accidentally, and so many GGers are l aound o e but thanks for clearing it up [2015-83-11 17:17:42] くfreebsdgir1> i can't discuss that

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"@Support would you care to explain why I was forced to delete these tweets to re-activate my account?"

Delete Tweet. Delete Tweet. Tweet 1 or5 Stephanie Stephanie After attempting to harass @Grummz, freebsdgirl shills her non-profit anti-harassment charity. #Gamergate http://t.co/CPo1oWArNs 39 8M-5a Mar 2015 As of right now @freebsdgirl is starting another harassment parade. Please keep an eye outGrummz we haven't spoken before but good luck Delete Tweet. 0 PM-13 Mar 2015 Stephani I'm still writing the last part of the article. Getting bullied by @freebsdgirl's followers isn't going to make it stop. Delete Tweet. Delete Tweet. 258 PM-8 Mar 2015 Tweet 2 of 5 Tweet4 or5 stephanie Stephanie @ freebsdgirl goes after@JennOfHardwire for screen capping her responses to @Grummz #gamergate http://t.co/Go7w6QoxIW 2:24 PM、13 Mar 2015 @ChrisWarcraft @freebsdgirl I don't want someone like this running anti-harassment campaigns http://t.co/cZyboiRXpo 015 PM-7Mar 205 Delete

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Bob Chipman salty over Adam Baldwin's voice actor role.

idDQD [SXSWI 3/15/15, 1:33 PM @the moviebob it doesn't make any sense to me, how are people so attached to him being a voice Bob Chipman 3/15/15, 1:29 PM BACK k@legobutts He was on a scifi show that got canceled "too soon," which means we'll NEVER be rid of him. idDQD [SXSWI 3/15/15, 1:28 PM how is adam baldwin still tweeting about anything at all, how is he still a voice people listen to

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Randi is nervous.

Randi Harper freebsdgirl 6h Yo Grummz, I hear you want to talk to someone from the @EFF. FYI, the service sharing block lists is run by an EFF employee. Randi Harper Gfreebsdgirl 6h Grummz ggab was mentioned, or so I was told. but even blockbot wouldn't fall under this. t3 16 *46 わt32 * Randi Harper Ofreebsdgirl 6h Randi Harper freebsdgirl 6h @Grummz it's a user curated list. this is apropos to anti-spam, or even just blocking IPs. So... that's a bit awkward. @Grummz わ£73 *24 Mark Kern &Grummz 6h @freebsdgirl And that's very...interesting. Mark Kern Grummz 6h freebsdgirl Its not your list I'm addressing Randi Harper freebsdgirl 6h @Grummz indeed. i unblocked you so we could have this conversation Randi Harper Ofreebsdgirl 6h @Grummz ggab was mentioned, or so I was told. but even blockbot wouldn't fall under this. 13 Randi Harper freebsdgirl 6h @Grummz I've already talked to several major tech cos about EU law early last week. Randi Harper Ofreebsdgirl 6h @Grummz it's a user curated list. this is apropos to anti-spam, or even just blocking IPs. Randi Harper freebsdgirl 6h Grummz that's just one of the many reasons this wouldn't work. but you're welcome to talk to a lawyer れ £72 *1 Mark Kern Grummz 6h @freebsdgirl Again, not talking about your blockbot or US law.

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2 UNB #GamerGate: Gender, Diuersity and Uideo Game Culture Friday, March 20th, 2015 Tilley Rm 5,1:00-2:30 pm Reception to follow in Tilley Rm 28 Panelists: Nathan Thompson, PhD Student, Dept. of Sociology Mary Beth Piper, MA Student, Dept. of Political Science Lauren Cruikshank, Asst. Professor, Media Arts & Cultures Program, Dept. of Culture & Language Studies Presented by: UNB Gender & Women's Studies Program UNB Department of Sociology UNB Media Arts & Cultures Program UNB Department of Culture & Language Studie:s 3

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Lieutenant Gamergate

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The Block Bot rewrites its description after possible Legal Action

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Ef bee...AYE!

What anti-#GamerGate actually believes will happen if the FBI gets involved: Did you call Chris Kluwe a f-- on Twitter? What will actually happen: Did you conspire with others to create arn industry blacklist so as to deny people employment?

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Polygon Reviews Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., admits to not finishing it.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. 3DS Nintendo | Release Date: Mar 13, 2015 Summary Critic RevieWS User Reviews Details & Credits Irailers& Videos User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Ratings Metascore ST Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critics Your Score 0 What's this? Code name S.T.E.A.M. got generally positive reviews, except from polygon. They didn't even finish it: 3.5 I didn't finish Code Name STEAM. Sneer all you want, The only positive part of the review is praise of their ideological ally Wil Wheaton: literature's greatest heroes? It's just embarrassing. Special clemency granted to actor and geek idol Wil Wheaton, who injects his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln with enough energy and verve to occasionally buoy the leaden script. 3.5 305 Adam Baldwin(hated by the sites like Polygon) also did voice work in this game. Is Polygon's review such an outlier due to ideological bias mixed with sheer laziness of the reviewer?

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We military now.

Rami Ismail @tha rami Hilversum, Netheriands Chief Executive Business & Development Guy at indle game studlio Viambeer. Creator of presskto. Drinks only real cane sugar coke http:wwww.ramismai.com 1016 374 So love NC, and decided to look into the people that make it. I've noticed an awful lot of hostility towards "GamerGaters" or whatever they're called. After a little research, I don't see what there's so much to hate about'em. Just seems like people being people. Your thoughts? Gamergate is a militarized movement that pretends to be about'ethics in videogame journalism'. It has been part of a larger movement that has causeda lot of hate, hostility and harassment in the industry. Participants vary wildly, but tend to be radically opposed to feminism, diversity initiatives, academia, criticism of the artform or progressive game design, or a combination thereof Gamergate has engaged in dogpiling, threatening, harassing, doxxing and intimidating - and were such a large problem that most major companies in the games industry have spoken up against the movement and the damage it causes to the industry and the reputation of the industry. Individuals tend to speak up against it less frequently, because the damage of Gamergate targeting you can include attempts at getting you fired, personal information being spread, harassment and threats against yourself or your loved ones. Many targets have resorted to using tools to make their social media experience usable again, and two-factor authentication became ubiquitous for people in the industry after the rise of Gamergate You can look up coverage about it on most major news sites, including CNN BBC and in the gaming press. I'm strongly opposed to the movement, having been a minor target (worst I got was a photo of my front door with a threatening rtarget!) and knowing several of main targets An upside of the movement is that now it is clear that our industry has community issues. While a majority of the games industry is very supportive of diversity efforts, we still have rotten apples and a subsection of gamers is still very hostile towards 'others'. We have a long way too go ,直

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