Game journalism backlash - the microcosm theory

playingwithknives · 2015-05-15T12:12:22.000Z

CLWheeljack:

So, I can’t be bothered to find the link to reply, but this is in reference to the Boston Magazine article about Gjoni, and the fact that he constructed a 9000 word or whatever Zoe-Post to start this whole thing, which I thought was super weird.

Well, apparently huge, meandering “fuck you” letters are now just going to be a thing in the games community:
http://kotaku.com/league-of-legends-pro-quits-burns-every-bridge-on-his-1704588382/

17 single spaced pages. I guess it’s a generational over-sharing thing, combined with youth?

A combination of attention whoring, and a monstrous ego.

pembroke_corgi · 2015-05-16T09:00:29.000Z

Befitting of a Kotaku story in every way then. If it were any place else I’d have wondered why they bothered linking it.

Desslock · 2015-05-17T17:49:48.000Z

Wow, Briannu Wu is quite broken. Trigger warning: milo RT

https://twitter.com/Nero/status/599608940733833216/photo/1

Tortilla · 2015-05-17T20:23:32.000Z

Desslock:

Wow, Briannu Wu is quite broken. Trigger warning: milo RT

https://twitter.com/Nero/status/599608940733833216/photo/1

I’m glad it’s still about ethics in game journalism and not about harassing certain high profile femin . . . oh sorry, should have looked at your link before I posted.

ShivaX · 2015-05-17T23:06:51.000Z

To be fair, she’s a complete fucking idiot and an impossibly arrogant asshole.

I’m all for equality. I hope someone punches her in the face. Preferably Mike Tyson. With brass knuckles.

playingwithknives · 2015-05-17T23:09:00.000Z

There’s some posts in the identity politics about redefining badic words and concepts, and your redefinition of pasting IGDA statistics as harassment is a perfect example.

magnet · 2015-05-18T08:03:38.000Z

Milo’s intended reaction is illustrated by ShivaX: “I hope someone punches her in the face.”

That’s much closer to harassment than to ethics in journalism.

Desslock · 2015-05-18T12:30:15.000Z

magnet:

Milo’s intended reaction is illustrated by ShivaX: “I hope someone punches her in the face.”

That’s much closer to harassment than to ethics in journalism.

Briannu Wu’s words are so ridiculous that they prompted an outspoken anti-GG poster here to jokingly wish Wu harm… yep, clearly GG is what’s wrong here, not Wu, anti-GG, or SivaX personally. Excellent discernment!

magnet · 2015-05-18T12:44:50.000Z

Yes, GG is what’s wrong here. Because wishing someone harm is not funny, particularly if thousands of other people are doing it at the same time.

Your words are pretty ridiculous too, but it would quite out of line to constantly wish you harm in this forum. In fact, that might even constitute harassment.

ShivaX · 2015-05-18T15:10:32.000Z

magnet:

Yes, GG is what’s wrong here. Because wishing someone harm is not funny, particularly if thousands of other people are doing it at the same time.

Your words are pretty ridiculous too, but it would quite out of line to constantly wish you harm in this forum. In fact, that might even constitute harassment.

Look, if you’re a huge asshole, I want someone to punch you in the face. It has nothing to do with gender, politics, GG or anything else.

Don’t be the world’s most insufferable asshole. The End. Just don’t. If you are, people will fucking hate you and hope someone punches you in the face.

magnet · 2015-05-18T15:18:20.000Z

Harassing the world’s most insufferable asshole is still harassment.

Desslock · 2015-05-18T15:49:55.000Z

magnet:

Yes, GG is what’s wrong here. Because wishing someone harm is not funny

Um, someone on “anti-GG” side issued the “threat.” Or you could just stick with the actual individual, instead of misapplying labels that are inherently dehumanizing anyway. Your lack of cognitive reasoning is far more harassing than anything in this forum.

Timex · 2015-05-18T15:58:37.000Z

I hate this thread and want it to die.

Dan_Theman · 2015-05-18T15:59:39.000Z

Timex:

I hate this thread and want it to die.

… in a fire, no less. After it gets punched in the face, preferably.

Juan_Raigada · 2015-05-18T16:40:45.000Z

Thirded.

CLWheeljack · 2015-05-18T18:00:46.000Z

Well, honestly, there’s only one way to be sure…

ReptileHouse · 2015-05-18T18:41:09.000Z

I’ve been playing a lot of Kerbal Space Program lately. I have a launch vehicle all primed and ready to go. Just give the word!

Though it wouldn’t surprise me if Jeb ended up getting distracted and nuking Moho by accident.

ShivaX · 2015-05-19T09:44:34.000Z

magnet:

Harassing the world’s most insufferable asshole is still harassment.

I’m pretty sure I didn’t say shit to her.

playingwithknives · 2015-05-19T11:05:39.000Z

Collective responsibility ShivaX, collective responsibility, and if you disagree, you do realise social justice rededucation camps and public shaming ceremonies (complete with shaming placards) are actually a thing?

AntediluvianArk · 2015-05-19T11:32:57.000Z

playingwithknives:

Collective responsibility ShivaX, collective responsibility, and if you disagree, you do realise social justice rededucation camps and public shaming ceremonies (complete with shaming placards) are actually a thing?

Oh dear, those poor historically disenfranchised male fraternities and rubgy players! How will they cope? Why are those pesky liberals trying to reform their thinking and actions like Delta Kappa Epsilon (both President Bush’s were members) chanting “No means Yes; Yes means Anal” on a residential quad at Yale in 2010 and calling women sluts as they walked by! I’m going to go wring my hands nervously about how campuses are treating these organizations.

-Todd