#GamerGate bar meetup disrupted by bomb threats in Washington DC
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[quote]Late yesterday evening, around 300 ordinary GamerGate supporters and major figures alike, including Christina Hoff Sommers and Milo Yiannopolous, attended a meet & greet at a small bar in Washington D.C. Heralded as the first real-life Gamergate meetup, the good cheer and joviality lasted well into the small hours of the morning, and the opinions of all attending were that an air of comradery and sanity evinced the true spirit of all GamerGate. #GGinDC was a trending topic as far away as the UK, and many were thrilled to meet the big names of the movement.
Earlier in the night, unnamed callers phoned the bar to warn the owners that a “hate movement” was meeting there, or to inform them that the bar was helping “perpetuate harassment.” Never mind that unsolicited calls to a business owner might be considered harassment. These gadflies were rightfully dismissed by the unimpressed proprietors of the establishment, who were of course able to see the perfectly normal, cordial meeting right in front of them. However, this was not to be the end of the mischief that anti-GG ideologues were set to wreak that night.[/quote]
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Source: [url]http://www.reaxxion.com/8310/gamergate-bar-meetup-disrupted-by-bomb-threats[/url]
[b]Summary: False bomb threats called in, bar is evacuated, given the all clear, they go back inside and joke about touring the media circuit and starting up Patreons[/b]
Where's Vice? Where's Kotaku? Where's Gawker? Where's Gamasutra? Where's Polygon? Where's CBS News? Where's The Rolling Stone? You get the idea.
Certainly a bomb threat in Washington DC is deserving of coverage, just as Brianna Wu's harassment received, just as Anita Sarkeesian's harassment and bomb/shooting threats received. I couldn't find one news story about this other than a couple blogs.
I hope people stir that shit up real hard
The most confusing thing is why is a guy named Andrey Yezhov (in cyrillic), which is a very Russian name, is to put up bomb threats in Washington DC?
Was that you, ezhik?
[QUOTE=proch;47644579]I hope people stir that shit up real hard[/QUOTE]
I hope they trace it back and put these people in prison because it's clear Arthur Chu is involved. What kind of fucking idiot calls in a false threat in the nation's capital?
Arthur Chu doesn't seem like a smart man.
[QUOTE=Korova;47644593]I hope they trace it back and put these people in prison because it's clear Arthur Chu is involved. What kind of fucking idiot calls in a false threat in the nation's capital?[/QUOTE]The things he said are certainly suspect, but it can't really be confirmed he did it at this time. He's definitely going to be getting some calls from some unamused men with badges though.
[QUOTE=Domokun;47644597]Arthur Chu doesn't seem like a smart man.[/QUOTE]
He isn't. He's just famous for putting random factoid bullshit in his head.
[QUOTE=Korova;47644604]He isn't. He's just famous for putting random factoid bullshit in his head.[/QUOTE]Wasn't he actually accused of cheating?
"GG is the isis of the videogame world"
*anti-gg proceeds to make bomb threats*
What :v:
What kind of complete moron makes bomb threats (fake or not) in downtown DC
[QUOTE=kweh;47644621]"GG is the isis of the videogame world"
*anti-gg proceeds to make bomb threats*
What :v:[/QUOTE]
It was one anti-gger.
There's douchebags on both sides, and pretending one or a handful of persons on one side represent everyone from that camp is what's causing this huge animosity in the first place. Some people have harassed people in the name of gg too, but that doesn't mean I stopped supporting gg because the bad actions of one individual.
I dont understand why gamergate(ers?) need to meet up
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;47644647]i still dont understand gamergate
are gamergaters the ones who are sjws or the ones who dont like sjws?
help[/QUOTE]
Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;47644655]I dont understand why gamergate(ers?) need to meet up[/QUOTE]
Because people who have similar interest(s), common goals, and ideas tend to have social gatherings.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;47644663]Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.[/QUOTE]
That didn't really make it any more clear...
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;47644663]Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.[/QUOTE]
But you exist so there's at least one in existence.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;47644663]Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.[/QUOTE]
Oh boy here we go...
Disregard all the crazies who are sjws
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;47644647]i still dont understand gamergate
are gamergaters the ones who are sjws or the ones who dont like sjws?
help[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1454983"]You can find an explanation here.[/URL]
tl;dr as I understand it: GG are the ones calling out gaming journalism for corruption. A lot of people being called out on it hide behind/are sjw's and say they're being persecuted for their gender and/or belief instead of engaging in debate about the nature of journalism in a capitalistic reviewing system.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;47644663]Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.[/QUOTE]
Are you saying they don't?
Who do you think called the bomb threat?
[QUOTE=SelfishDragon;47644681]Are you saying they don't?
Who do you think called the bomb threat?[/QUOTE]
By the look of it a man going by the name of Andrey Yezhov.
[QUOTE=SelfishDragon;47644681]Are you saying they don't?
Who do you think called the bomb threat?[/QUOTE]
The person who called in the bomb threat is a douchebag. Doesn't mean they have to be a sjw. I'm not defending asteroidrules's opinion, but marking everyone who is anti-gg as an sjw is not a productive way to engage the opposition.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;47644663]Gamergaters are the ones who pretend SJWs exist.[/QUOTE]
I wonder why someone would say that just shortly after defending a proven [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1463492&p=47644517#post47644517"][B]liar and fraud[/B][/URL] whom, by pure "coincidence" is anti GG.
[QUOTE=richard9311;47644680][URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1454983"]You can find an explanation here.[/URL]
tl;dr as I understand it: GG are the ones calling out gaming journalism for corruption. A lot of people being called out on it hide behind/are sjw's and say they're being persecuted for their gender and/or belief instead of engaging in debated about the nature of jourlaism in a capitalistic reviewing system.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget anti ggers hiding behind shady deals, like the Zoe Quinn debacle that went from people fiding out that she slept with like 5 different people for good reviews and the further silencing of the people who reported it by deleting comments and banning people, and calling them biggots and racists who were complaining because of them not being cis individuals.
Then we got Anita reeling in a shitload of money to make 2 videos a year of her nitpicking about female characters in videogames, and Brianna Wu who is rich as fuck, shat a horribly bad game but aparently is important because shes a trans individual who received death threats made by herself.
Theres crappy people on both sides though.
It's ok if the other guys do it :^)
[QUOTE=Vic_Boss1;47644909]It's ok if the other guys do it :^)[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=kweh;47644730]Don't forget anti ggers hiding behind shady deals, like the Zoe Quinn debacle that went from people fiding out that she slept with like 5 different people for good reviews and the further silencing of the people who reported it by deleting comments and banning people, and calling them biggots and racists who were complaining because of them not being cis individuals.
Then we got Anita reeling in a shitload of money to make 2 videos a year of her nitpicking about female characters in videogames, and Brianna Wu who is rich as fuck, shat a horribly bad game but aparently is important because shes a trans individual who received death threats made by herself.
Theres crappy people on both sides though.[/QUOTE]
InternetAristrocrat and KingofPol come to mind.
[QUOTE=Swilly;47644952]InternetAristrocrat and KingofPol come to mind.[/QUOTE]
To which they were told to fuck off and everyone doesn't care about them now.
[QUOTE=Banned?;47644960]To which they were told to fuck off and everyone doesn't care about them now.[/QUOTE]
Milo is also like that dirty informant that a good cop has to use to get shit done in TV shows.
Gamergate is still happening? Shit thought it died months ago
I've lost all interest in w/e the fuck you lot were fighting about
[QUOTE=Zang-Pog;47644738]There are idiots on both sides yes and I don't care for the whole GG vs AGG thing. What I care about is the blatant corruption in gaming journalism and [B]rigging awards so their friends all win money from it[/B]. That's wrong and makes the indie scene look [I]horrible[/I][/QUOTE]
I stopped caring about GG stuff aswell, only following it every now and then to see what else had been done. It all got stuck in a battle of sponsor destroying so that shitty journalism websites didn't get revenue, which is fine, but nothing else happened for a while so meh.
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