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I feel compelled, as a female video game player, that while tired and cliched, being portrayed in an objectified manner or the use of damsel in distress plot lines don't offend me in the slightest. And even if it did...guess what? I have the power to simply not buy the game. Nor would I ***** about it. Because, while I might not personally be a fan of such a game...someone else may be. And they should be able to have the ability to game how they like.

If you don't like the content just don't purchase it. I don't like beets. So when I go to the store, I don't get any. I don't complain to beet farmers about being offended by their disgusting produce and that they should stop growing them.

It was never funny in the first place. "I'm coming to your house to **** you with a K-bar" is not funny.

Also, from your argument you seem to think that misogyny and misandry are equal. They're not. There is a LOT more misogyny in gaming (and everywhere else) than misandry. Being threatened for pointing that out is not cool (see: Saarkesian).

And finally, if by "third side" you mean "people who don't care", why are you here commenting?

it was funny at the beginning, seeing people from both sides running like headless chickens trying to make a "holier than thou" argument. it stopped being funny when people started to spew death threats, that is true.

also, it doesn't matter who has more than the other or who is more than the other. In this case, it's like people trying to show off who's being more bullied. The discussion has stopped being relevant long ago since all there's now is bile in each word being said, with both sides screaming death and murder to any voice of reason that tries to break out this cycle.

and while the "third side" doesn't care that much, they can still have opinions in the matter.

Damn that's nasty.

So I don't actually follow gamergate, but reading Kluwe's article did manage to catch me up pretty quick. I have to say, my local gaming circles were pretty tame, so I wasn't really exposed to a lot of what he's talking about. Once I had dwelled in a few online gaming communities for a while, the unfortunate reality of what Kluwe is conveying became readily apparent. Gaming has come a long way in the past ten years, but it certainly does not feel that way.

As for not doxxing him: He's a 193cm 98kg duder. They don't have the balls to show up at his door.

As he seems utterly incapable of delivering a statement without the hyperbole or insults, his words becomes less and less valid as he goes on. This statement of his will largely fall on deaf ears because he *chooses* to attack people rather than to address them like fellow human beings.



How is this any worse from any other famous person having their info leaked online, it being a actor, singer or whatever? Because she speaks up against gamergate?

But speaking of crazies, people critical of gamergate threatens gamersgate.com (https://imgur.com/Cn9UT9i) and proves once more that people just as batsh*t crazy on your side.



See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEMdf8D0lfw

I am actually quite surprised that you haven't done much research yourself on why gamergate exist, all you seem to think of gamergate is that it is nothing but misogyny.



I don't feel ashamed for being a gamer or calling myself a gamer for playing games and enjoying them at the same time. And nor should you.

Repeat after me: "I am a gamer. I demand transparency in the gaming press. I want the industry to hire people with the right skill set, regardless of their gender, skin color or beliefs. I do not agree with nor will I support misogyny, bigotry and racism."

Bad Nerds gonna Bad vOv

Yet, when individuals who is critical of Gamergate doxxes and threatens someone (there are women too) who is pro-Gamergate, it is just dandy? Why doesn't media report on that?

The cognitive dissonance is mind-boggling.

That depends who you ask really, because everyone has their own opinion on what Gamergate is.

One might say that pro-Gamergate are people who are okay with women in the tech/games industry being doxxed (having private info leaked). being threatened with **** and murder to silence her.

Another one would be that pro-Gamergate is about consumer advocacy, calling an end to the corruption (the rosy relationship between games journalists and game developers). That games websites like Kotaku is rapidly becoming a thing of the past in the age of youtube personalities like TotalBiscuit, which they are fully aware of and they have chosen to fight back. Using whatever methods that are available to them.

As someone that has remained as an quiet observer to this debacle since it started, I have looked at both sides and all I can say is that there are more rabid people on a soapbox with a twisted agenda, that picks apart everything that is being said, than there are sane people.

Like in all wars, there are no winners here.

remember those aliens from sesame street? those that went "YIP YIP YIP!" and "NOP NOP NOP!"?

yeah, add a "GRR TRAITOR TO THE CAUSE!" when someone decides to go rational.