Wednesday, September 17, 2014

NEOgaf's disgusting behavior

I'm happy to report that due to actions from certain individuals, namely, C.H. Sommers, Milo... whatever his last name is (Sorry, bro... but you know who you are!) and Adam Baldwin, the controversy seems likely to start swinging in our favor.

It helps that these individuals have their own, very different followings and idealogies, while Quinn's supporters don't. C.H. Sommers, from what I understand, has torn down Quinn's version of what the gaming industry is like for women, Milo went ahead and did some real journalistic work to obtain the knowledge that, gaming media outlets are told what to print, and Adam Baldwin outright told these people off to their faces, gaining the attention of the other two in the first place.

All in all, in the grand scheme of things, it looks like Zoey Quinn and Pals aren't going to be able to get off scot free for much longer.

Try telling that to NeoGAF, though.

Two pro Quinn threads have popped up in the past few hours. One, of course, covering the Cracked article. I've already gone over that. It's a pile of shit, but if you tried to say that on NeoGaf, you would be banned immediately. (This behavior has been well documented, by the way. Evilore is a fucking dictator)

But it's the OTHER thread that got my attention, mostly because of it's absurdity.

'Bomb threat targeted Anita Sarkeesian.'

Got your attention yet? Just wait until you see what they try to tell you about this.

Someone called in a bomb threat at this year's GDC Awards and threatened to set off a bomb unless the Ambassador Award being given to Anita Sarkeesian was revoked.

An anonymous e-mailer threatened to blow up a bomb at the Game Developers Choice Awards this past March unless the hosts rescinded an award recognizing feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, the organizers of the event have confirmed to Kotaku.

"We can confirm that approximately 25 of GDC's organizers received an anonymous email early in the morning of Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 during GDC 2014," the organizers said in a statement.

"The email stated the following: 'A bomb will be detonated at the Game Developer's Choice award ceremony tonight unless Anita Sarkeesian's Ambassador Award is revoked. We estimate the bomb will kill at least a dozen people and injure dozens more. It would be in your best interest to accept our simple request. This is not a joke. You have been warned.'"

The threat merited the attention of the San Francisco Police Department's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Division, which sent officers and bomb-sniffing dogs to the Moscone Center, where GDC is held.

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http://kotaku.com/bomb-threat-target...-la-1636032301

I was present at the awards so that's a bit unsettling.

This absolutely eclipses anything else I have ever seen from these people. Kotaku is outright fabricating evidence, and NEOgaf is trying to spread it by putting it in an environment where dissent simply isn't allowed.

This is propaganda, plain and simple. Sites like Kotaku are fabricating this narrative in order to keep making money through cheap and illicit methods.

It's also worth noting the location of where this was supposed to have happened. GDC, going by the name alone, is an indie development contest. And since we know the indie scene needs sites like Kotaku to keep functioning the way they are... these people are  going to back them up, if pressed.

This is some serious stuff, and it's honestly a little mind blowing. I know people like Internet Aristocrat have traced all of this to a single multimedia conglomerate, but it's had to pick out the details through tweets.

These people are trying to call us TERRORISTS. Let that sink in for a minute. They need to discredit us, and to think that they stooped so low is just... wow.


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