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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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![09/06/2014 This tweet was shot at @phubans today to mock him after assuming he was part of the GamerGate movement since he came under fire from his colleagues for sharing a GamerGate video about corruption in the IGF daphny @daphaknee 1h @phubans HA HA YOU LOSE 329 PM-6Sep 2014 Details Colapse 6. Reply Retweet * Favorite More Shortly afterward, @phubans points out that this tweet was sent at hinm but also mentions that it came from the same person who slapped him in the face “pretty hard" at a GDC party, enough that his girlfriend at the time had something to say about it Paul Hubans @phubans 8h Funny how now I'm being attacked for something I never had any stake in, beyond sharing one video 富Paul Hubans @phubans ...and this is coming from someone who thought it would be funny to slap me in the face pretty hard at a GDC party as a way of saying hi わ£718 *16 daphny edaphaknee h phubans HA HA YOU LOSE 29 PM-6 Sep 2014 Details Coluose Paul Hubans @phubans 8h My GF at the time didn't think it was funny. She actually reproached her for doing i わ t331 *31 Wiew more photos and videos @daphaknee, or Daphny David is clearly anti-GamerGate, as illustrated in this picture she posted to her Facebook, where she poses with a super-imposed drawing of a mutilated penis with the hashtag #GamerGate on it: According to her Facebook and this post, she is now in a live-in relationship with James Murf. Daphny Drucilla Delight Davic Augst 29 THIS IS A VERY SUBTLE DEPICTION OF A RECENT ACOUISITION IN MY LIFE-with James Murtf Share 22 people lke his Briana Hernandez You acquired an eavesdropping orange juice drinker? Augst 28 8:44pm 1 Markus Withakay CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT DAPHNY DONT KNOW WHY YOURE KEEPING IT SUCH A SECRETI Augst 28 8:51pm 5 Paul Eres is that dragonmaw upst 28 at 10 Though Murff himself isn't of much importance, it shouldn't come as any surprise that he's not only using his administrative powers on forums he moderates to silence all discussion on the topic of GamerGate and corruption in the game industry and game journalism scene, but here he can be seen openly bragging about it Re: Polytron hacked Reply #74 on: August 24, 2014, 07:21:21 PM » Time to abuse my mod powers to respond to a locked thread There is no conspiracy. Game journalism/indie scene is not corrupt; it has, at worst, mild nepotism for exposure, as people tend to write about what they already know about; it's why no-name indies often have trouble becoming known without a well-known benefactor. Sex and money for exposure is definitely not a thing, though, and the main problem with game journalism is not indies. It's that stupid assholes want to keep it the same boring drivel buillshit 'number score reviews" it has been for several decades. The industry is seeing a huge shift, and it's one that is leaving the average s----- channer/redditor in the dust. Zoe's ex did a very very s----- thing by airing all their laundry in public and implying her success was because of f------ around, and channers took hold of it to push back against the evolution of games If you think this 2Q thing is about integrity at all, you're a f------ idiot Logged hum ble 8dmrtion of the ilirmtable superior sprit who reveals hmself in the sight details we are able to perceve ith our frail and My religion consists of feeble mind. “Snoop Dogg Pages: 1.34 15] People like this are not isolated incidents in the game industry and indie game developer community. They are physically, verbally, and authoratatively abusive to anyone who doesn't share their ideologies Re: IGF 2014 looming Reply # 70 on: October 10, 2013, 03:46:34 PM from: I on October 10, 2013, 06:39:30 AM for the IGE? This upcoming IGF will be my 5th year as judge. Lopped humble admiration of the ilimitatie supenor sprit who reveals himself in the sight details we are able to percerve with our frail and My religion consists of eeble mind. Snoop Do9g It should also be noted that Dragonmaw aka James Murff appears to be a regular at the IGF why you should care, see here: https://wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgw5NRUfs44 for what this means and](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/826/005/3d7.jpg "3d7.jpg")
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