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2014/08/31 10:15:42
Subject: Zoe Quinn and the five guys; corruption in video game journalism
Goliath wrote: It's ridiculous to the point of a Tom Clancy novel.
Nah. See, if Tom Clancy had come up with it, that post would include a description of the brass knuckles being used, where they came from, who has famously used them, and their technical specs
Goliath wrote: It's ridiculous to the point of a Tom Clancy novel.
Nah. See, if Tom Clancy had come up with it, that post would include a description of the brass knuckles being used, where they came from, who has famously used them, and their technical specs
The whole thing seems a storm in a rather small teacup to me. I've never even heard of Zoe Quinn until this stuff about her sleeping around to get in with some game reviewers. It seems pretty small potatoes. She sounds like a desperate attention seeker if she gives out sexual favours on that basis.
Anita Sarkessian seems to have turned her feminism professional, nothing gets said about her partners pile of sexy cosplay pics on his blogs/sites even if he does co-produce her videos. So it seems rather selective and therefore cynical. If people want to give her money through a kickstarter to help her buy a pile of computer games to play that's really their bag, you can't stop them. She describes the sexist nature of computer games, and defines the character types she will focus on, in her kickstarter advert. Clearly she's writing to a conclusion she has already decided, even if she has so little knowledge of gaming she has to buy the games in order to play for this 'research'. She's also made a huge amount of money from the kickstarter, over $150,000. I'm not sure where it all went but clearly a lot of people want to buy into what she's selling.
2014/08/31 12:29:08
Subject: Zoe Quinn and the five guys; corruption in video game journalism
Just out of curiosity, I've been popping in every now and then and checking this thread out.
With all the people and personalities getting this wor ked up about games, it reminds me of the documentary, "The King of Kong".
There were people saying and doing over the top crap in the way of plotting and character assasination over a video game, coming off looking like tiny minded people whose biggest worry was getting to be lauded as the best Donkey Kong player in the world.
I think they're more focusing on how everyone blames them for things (cause you know, the cesspools of the web are the real victims here ) but some weird stuff has been happening on 4Chan /v/ the last few weeks since this started.
This campaign and its related issues have been on the sidelines this whole time, but it is very un-4chany thing for 4chan to be doing. 4chan now has a movement on it's board that actually cares about the sites image rather than reveling in its negative reputation. Very strange indeed.
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ZebioLizard2 wrote: 4Chan, Reddit, Tumblr...All groups that absolutely hate each other are working together...
Kind of a Red Letter day that marks the beginning of the apocalypse.
Woah, woah woah woah.
4Chan, Reddit, AND Tumblr are all together on this?
Is it Internet Hate Machine, or are they actually focusing on the issues of how bad the industry is right now?
LordofHats wrote: I think they're more focusing on how everyone blames them for things (cause you know, the cesspools of the web are the real victims here ) but some weird stuff has been happening on 4Chan /v/ the last few weeks since this started.
This campaign and its related issues have been on the sidelines this whole time, but it is very un-4chany thing for 4chan to be doing. 4chan now has a movement on it's board that actually cares about the sites image rather than reveling in its negative reputation. Very strange indeed.
LordofHats wrote: I think they're more focusing on how everyone blames them for things (cause you know, the cesspools of the web are the real victims here ) but some weird stuff has been happening on 4Chan /v/ the last few weeks since this started.
This campaign and its related issues have been on the sidelines this whole time, but it is very un-4chany thing for 4chan to be doing. 4chan now has a movement on it's board that actually cares about the sites image rather than reveling in its negative reputation. Very strange indeed.
I am confused. How come 4chan has not yet sprouted thousand of the most vile rule34 images on Vivan James? Is that even possible?
"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
https://twitter.com/WarComTeam/status/1268665798467432449/photo/1
2014/09/01 14:36:30
Subject: Zoe Quinn and the five guys; corruption in video game journalism
I am confused. How come 4chan has not yet sprouted thousand of the most vile rule34 images on Vivan James? Is that even possible?
Oh they've produced a few. But just the character's basic design is so reserved and unsexified that it seems a step above their usual flavor. Add in that part of the FYC campaign ended up hacked at the hand of feminists hackivists and you have an extremely bizarre reverse of how things would normally be expected to go considering 4chan's involvement
One of the rewards for Games Jam pledges was that the donators could design a character that would be featured in the games produced by the charity event, and after /v/ donated $2000 they earned this reward. Various discussions and votes were held on /v/ to pick the character's name and appearance and produced Vivian James;
She has since been taken as a sort of mascot representing the users of /v/.
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The colors of her sweater are meant to represent the Piccolo Dick meme/joke produced by /v/;
Daily Dose / Piccolo Dick refers to an animated GIF of the Dragon Ball character Piccolo anally raping Vegeta.
Images related to the gif are often not aimed at representing the GIF, but instead just contain the colors green and purple. The idea of this is to make the combination of the two colors evolve as a trigger in a person’s subconscious that results in him being reminded of the gif each time he sees those colors.
So not only did they produce a female character who is not skimply dressed, but the colors of her sweater are meant to invoke a male on male rape joke
