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Ash Effect 26894 POSTED: 13 September 2014 3:11 am Anonymous Source Hey all, Some of you still following may be following me on Twitter (@Ash Effect). I was the one who wrote the piece at the rpgfanashton tumblr page. l've been looking closely at all points regarding this debacle the last few days, and The Escapist has been good about engaging the readership and posters (this is one of the only major sites where this discussion is still actively allowed), to the point of the co-founder (?) having to actively set the record straight. That nets major respect points from me, so l thought l'd air some of the problems that forced me to jump into this whole mess headfirst. It'll be long winded, but bear with me on this. Sorry if I get a little preachy, and sorry if this breaks the rules somehow, I'm really not used to forum posting, my online presence is nearly nonexistent. Posts: 3 Joined: 13 Sep 2014 A little background: I am a first generation Chinese. My parents came from outside the country. They came to this country because they sought a place where there would be more freedom to grow for their future children: me and my brothers. To this end, they emigrated to America, which to many people in the east can be considered a 'land of opportunity.' They came a bit after the entire Vincent Chin incident back in the 70s, so they knew racism was still a very real problem, but they were determined to make a life here. In 1999, the Chinese American community was horrified as Wen Ho Lee was indicted for the crime of being Chinese working in a high security job. The lesson was learned: keep your head down and work somewhere that didn't demand sensitive information. Keep our heads down, and just mind our own business, they said. Since then I was able to visit many third world countries, even lived in them for extended periods of time. Keep this in mind, it relates to my next points. What I find incredibly disquieting about this entire scandal - if you want to call it that and the subsequent hit pieces on gamers is that they hauntingly resemble the propaganda articles that the People's Republic of China run on elements and people they deem to be subversive." They will use all sorts of language decrying these elements/individuals in character assassinations that paint them as monsters, terrorists, and worse (notice a resemblance on the statements made on Twitter?). The end result is that the citizenry (on readers, in this case) should join them in decrying these elements/people so they can be good citizens (readers) Further, the actions taken by the sites in question are a symptom of a greater problem. If you'll recall I'd been talking about "keeping your head down." Well, that's no longer an option. Consider the pieces run against Stardock CEO Brad Wardell. Sure the claim got dismissed, but his kids were still being harassed, he was still getting threatening phone calls, etc. Keeping our heads down might still make us targets now. Instead of fearing government run propaganda pieces, we now have to worry about court of public opinion smear pieces that will ruin our lives in different but all too real ways, all on the word of someone who journalists feel is "oppressed" (which is a loaded term, you can't quantify oppression especially when there's so many variables). Consider Wolf Wozniak. Consider TFYC. Consider Wizardchan. They were targeted because the were inconvenient to certain people. These people had power to sway public perception and opinion, and thus they swung the public against these individuals. Being a journalist is a responsibility, regardless of what kind of journalist you are. Even as a journalist for a medium, you have the ability to influence people's choices. I once wrote a glowing review of Tales of Graces f. My friend saw my review, purchased the game, and subsequently asked why I didn't warn him that the story was just so boring. My brother didn't buy Code of Princess because my review of it was less than stellar. As such, when writing about something that can affect lives in very real ways, a journalist has an utmost responsibility to limit the damage caused while still reporting on the facts. Without accountability other than to one's own ideology, we are no better than those at Xinhua News Agency My parents came to this country with a hope that their children, their grandchildren, and their great grandchildren would not face the same type of oppression, fear, and worry that they faced in their home countries. If anyone attempts to deny them that hope or take it away, I will fight back, because l also want better for my future children, my future nephews and nieces, and my future grandchildren. If journalists were to begin acting like they did when Wen Ho Lee was indicted, or ran massive hit/smear pieces like the PRC, I will arm myself for war, because that's what it is.

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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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