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wtf is gamergate
| It's not a story the Jedi would tell you.
| Basically it was a consumer revolt against ultralib game journos and censorship, which ultimately got hijacked by the far-right. Amazingly, it still lives on as a shell of its former self.
Unfortunately, they never touched any issues that actually mattered in gaming, like DLC and lootboxes. The entire thing was fueled by strong emotion over something that didn't even matter.
| The most accurate description you will find is on knowyourmeme site. As silly as it sounds.
Because of some turbo-autist attempting to flood Wikipedia with missinformation about it, it got locked on the missinformed version.
Don't trust the wiki article on GG.
| >>323648
The issue of journalistic integrity was the center of it and it definitely mattered but as you said it was mostly emotionally fueled and that rarely ends well.
| Here's some videos on it:
(Headphones Roc0mmended)
Mister Metokur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wt8k-3xD5s
Sassy and Opinionated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxnkA9Tn7K0
TL;DR Gamers on 4chan/v/ wage war on Feminist SJWs and their cucked Journal writers, that eventually end up getting the alt right involved. It was a mess from all sides.
| >>323554 some ugly skank had sex with 5 guys, triggering a catastrophic chain reaction that destroyed the internet.
| >>323736
I disagree with the 4chan comment all the posts about it were deleted same with reddit. But thst only fueled it more i geuss
| >>323736
>>324074
People were talking about it on 4Chan but then suddenly discussions of any sort were suddenly forbidden.
So everyone with any sense moved to 8Chan.
| It was ALWAYS SHIT! Here is your complete history:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate
| Gamergate became so ugly political so nobody would tell you whole story, its either red or blue pill.
| It is also very important event in history of Internets, since because of Gamergate m00t ceased to be 4chan admin. (while 4channers get banned and went to 8chan)
| It is also how some fucking autists was humilated by mass media and they decided to strike back.
| And also its a prime example how Americans can't live in peace and their country should be liberated.
| Depressive girlsu Zoey Quinn made Depression Quest
This game get good review from some media, and players thought its bad game.
and was there some theory that she was sleeping with owner of magazine or somealime
And this small event was made big not important boom in media and look! We have GamerGate!
| >>324296 gossip being gossip people talked about Zoe and her ex's blog post, she didn't like it and her jerno friends called the gaming community names, see gamers are dead articles etc, and people got upset at that, trash fire ensues
| Zoe quinn isn't her real name it's like Chelsea Vanderfuck or something.
| >>324296
It received good reviews from literally only one site- from an article written by someone she dated.
When people pointed this out, she claimed that she was being harassed and that her mediocre game was being panned because she was a woman.
That's how it started.
| >>324746
Pay no attention to 4chan's story. Depression Quest was a free game, and it was not reviewed by anyone! Not even by Kotaku or Rock Paper Shotgun where the good review supposedly came from.
Zoe really was harassed, too. 4chan and Reddit jumped on the opportunity. It's a bit confusing because not everyone in those communities took part in it, and there were guys trying NOT VERY HARD to make her look like she was making it up.
| Ask it to a 100 people and you will hear a 100 versions.
| I still like the version about 5 guys.
| >>324872
Harassed? Probably.
By gamergate and thousands of people?
No.
People were shitting on journalists and complainig about nepotism. Burgerlady was just trying to rake the oppression for her own so she could beg for patreon.
Sure it started with her but people moved away from her as a focus. Yet she kept screaming about it and pretending she had a folder of sorts with "thousands of threats" sent to her.
| What's silly is that merely dissagreeing with an opinion is a threat for these people. They overblow it for sake of attention.
| >>325304 that's how slimes like anita sarkeesian make her career.
Just do stupid shit, get called out/harassed because of it, run to the media with the sob story, get money from people that's easily get duped by that kind of story.
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