• Corruption in Gaming Journalism Discussion V2 - Back from the dead!
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[QUOTE=Hidole555;47283914]TotalBiscuit has gone NUCLEAR! HE'S WIIIILD! Tweets rearranged to be read from top to bottom for your convenience. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UtM0TSP.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] That random wibbly wobbly jelly :v:
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yes we all read it thanks
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he's so british he can't even contain it
Highlights of modchat leak and analysis : Long post of quotes!~ [B]First mention:[/B] [quote] Sep 15 15:59:33 <ForestL> [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1mg2sw/video_footage_of_anita_sarkeesian_admitting_she/[/url] Sep 15 15:59:37 <ForestL> 4chan raid Sep 15 15:59:40 <ForestL> [url]http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/210029564[/url][/quote] Detestably, the first moment gamergate was ever popularized - even though that 4chan thread never specifically mentioned a raid, anything involving a link from 4chan is considered that - this is the beginning of gamergate, even before Zoey Quinn. It shows the policies that reddit mods take towards anything involving the word harassment. [B]Reaction to their actions towards the thread:[/B] [quote]Mar 15 14:40:36 <AutoFalc0n> (BipolarBear0) The admins have shadowbanned a game developer who recently made headlines on Reddit by accusing Anita Sarkeesian of stealing her work. She tried to do an AMA and quickly found the thread deleted and her entire account banned without explanation. : gaming - posted by JustReward 2 hours ago - 3,807 upvotes, 1,204 downvotes - 372 comments Mar 15 14:41:13 <allthefoxes> wut lol Mar 15 14:44:49 <BipolarBear0> ! mods gaming Mar 15 14:44:52 <BipolarBear0> k Mar 15 14:44:56 <BipolarBear0> !mods gaming Mar 15 14:44:56 <redditBot> r/gaming has 10 mods: Dacvak, AutoModerator, el_chupacupcake, Pylons, pastanate, airmandan, IKingJeremy, synbios16, Thorse, and gamingmoderator Mar 15 14:45:08 <airmandan> yes I'm reading it right now Mar 15 14:45:19 <airmandan> i haven't got a single damn clue wtf is going on Mar 15 14:45:21 <IKingJeremy> Sup? Mar 15 14:45:28 <BipolarBear0> It's simple, airmandan Mar 15 14:45:30 <airmandan> i was aware of the post regarding allegedly stolen artwork[/quote] -- [quote]Mar 15 15:00:27 <HandicapperGeneral> someone care to fill me in on what happened there Mar 15 15:00:38 <IKingJeremy> People like this receive sexual satisfaction by playing the victim. Mar 15 15:02:02 <IKingJeremy> Basically the admin shadowbanned someone, posted about it on their blog, someone made a witch hunt type post about it on r/gaming, and now they are crying censorship because it got removed. Mar 15 15:03:04 <IKingJeremy> To clarify, the individual that was shadowbanned posted about being shadowbanned on her blog. Mar 15 15:15:02 <IKingJeremy> !mods games Mar 15 15:15:02 <redditBot> r/games has 16 mods: Deimorz, Dacvak, tevoul, Pharnaces_II, fishingcat, foamed, Forestl, Piemonkey, XavierMendel, DeltaBurnt, AutoModerator, GamingBot, IceBreak, nalixor, GamesMods, and agentlame Mar 15 15:15:06 <IKingJeremy> [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/20hyhi/the_admins_have_shadowbanned_a_game_developer_who/[/url] Mar 15 15:15:06 <XavierMendel> Yo Mar 15 15:15:06 <AutoFalc0n> (IKingJeremy) The admins have shadowbanned a game developer who recently made headlines on Reddit by accusing Anita Sarkeesian of stealing her work. She tried to do an AMA and quickly found the thread deleted and her entire account banned without explanation. [deleted from Reddit frontpage] : Games - posted by JustReward 2 minutes ago - 3 upvotes, 0 downvotes - 3 comments Mar 15 15:15:13 <IKingJeremy> Same person, same link on your sub. Mar 15 15:15:13 <XavierMendel> Got'm Mar 15 15:15:16 <IKingJeremy> k Mar 15 15:15:27 <XavierMendel> Automod filtered it in under 15 seconds Mar 15 15:15:42 <XavierMendel> 2/3 comments had to be removed manually Mar 15 15:15:42 <IKingJeremy> Still got 3 upvotes. More evidence of vote manipulation. Mar 15 15:15:45 <XavierMendel> We can do better... Mar 15 15:15:54 <XavierMendel> Mhm Mar 15 15:16:05 <XavierMendel> It got a comment by a random user Mar 15 15:16:08 <XavierMendel> Which automod filtered Mar 15 15:16:12 <IKingJeremy> As a mod of both gaming and IAMA I'm getting this at both ends. Mar 15 15:16:17 <XavierMendel> But it couldn't have been seen on /new since automod filtered it too fast Mar 15 15:16:22 <XavierMendel> Which means he had to have been linked there Mar 15 15:16:29 <IKingJeremy> Only way it could be worse is if I was an admin. Mar 15 15:17:18 <XavierMendel> IKingJeremy: Feel free to look into this person [url]http://www.reddit.com/user/Monkeyman611/[/url] Mar 15 15:17:30 <XavierMendel> They're the one commenter that could've only gotten there by being linked Mar 15 15:17:37 <redtaboo> [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/20hkiu/the_admins_have_shadowbanned_a_game_developer_who/cg3e165[/url] Mar 15 15:17:38 <AutoFalc0n> (redtaboo) Deimorz comments on The admins have shadowbanned a game developer who recently made headlines on Reddit by accusing Anita Sarkeesian of stealing her work. She tried to do an AMA and quickly found the thread deleted and her entire account banned without explanation. - posted by JustReward 2 hours ago - 5,210 upvotes, 2,062 downvotes - 731 comments Mar 15 15:17:52 <XavierMendel> They just modmailed us Mar 15 15:18:26 <IKingJeremy> Redditor for 8 months. 1 link karma, 84 comment karma. No verified email address. That is a secondary account if I ever saw one. Mar 15 15:19:14 <XavierMendel> [url]http://www.reddit.com/user/JustReward[/url] Mar 15 15:19:26 <XavierMendel> Recent comments [url]http://www.reddit.com/user/JustReward[/url] Mar 15 15:22:43 <IKingJeremy> airmandan Mar 15 15:22:46 <IKingJeremy> [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/20hytp/so_whats_up_with_airmandan_deleting_that_anita/[/url] Mar 15 15:22:46 <AutoFalc0n> (IKingJeremy) So whats up with airmandan deleting that Anita post : gaming - posted by Gboon 6 minutes ago - 5 upvotes, 1 downvotes - 2 comments Mar 15 15:22:48 <IKingJeremy> lel Mar 15 15:24:25 <XavierMendel> Huh Mar 15 15:24:33 <XavierMendel> This justreward person Mar 15 15:24:42 <XavierMendel> You notice they only ever comment on gender/sjw stuff? Mar 15 15:26:39 <XavierMendel> This is still getting votes [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/20hyhi/the_admins_have_shadowbanned_a_game_developer_who/[/url] Mar 15 15:35:41 <IKingJeremy> I contacted the admin about it about 3 minutes after removing it. Mar 15 15:36:02 <IKingJeremy> They will look into it to see if vote manipluation is taking place. Mar 15 15:36:12 <XavierMendel> I'm sure they know about it Mar 15 15:36:30 <XavierMendel> Deimorz is scary good at keeping track of everything going on Mar 15 15:36:37 <IKingJeremy> I know.[/quote] This was the reaction towards reddit's angry reaction towards their shadowbanning of the user who posted the original thread - not a huge amount to see other then the claims of sockpuppet accounts. (From XavierMendel, who by the way, if you are still here could commentate on these logs and verify them!!) [B]Little facts about Autobot[/B] [quote]May 13 00:39:01 <ForestL> multi-mod, "gaben" "master race" "cunt" "fedora" "sjw" and stuff like that May 13 00:39:29 <redtaboo> !mods wtf May 13 00:39:35 <redtaboo> hm May 13 00:39:37 <redditBot> r/wtf has 13 mods: masta, ani625, BritishEnglishPolice, Kylde, wtf_mod, thegrammarunicorn, WTFGESTAPO, BitterDivorcedDad, Ihatewhenthathappens, AutoModerator, Lynda73, careless, and Anti-Kerensky May 13 00:39:40 <Gaget> what does sjw mean? May 13 00:39:42 <redtaboo> oh, slow May 13 00:39:46 <dihydrogen> San Jose whales May 13 00:39:51 <dihydrogen> (social justice warriors) May 13 00:39:58 <dihydrogen> there are a lot of retarded acronyms on reddit May 13 00:40:03 <dihydrogen> people like to identify with cliques May 13 00:40:36 <ForestL> we also have "anita" on auto-report May 13 00:40:36 <ForestL> le May 13 00:40:38 <Gaget> I wish I could ban the words gaben and master race from bapc May 13 00:40:42 <multi-mod> wtf is anita? May 13 00:40:47 <Gaget> It is bleeding. May 13 00:40:50 <Gaget> Over from PCMR May 13 00:40:53 <Gaget> hard May 13 00:40:55 <dihydrogen> i have "pls" banned May 13 00:41:00 <dihydrogen> things like "volvo pls" May 13 00:41:06 <dihydrogen> also the stupid dongers shit May 13 00:41:58 <multi-mod> I wish they could ban dongers from twitch May 13 00:43:43 <multi-mod> last night I cracked and banned all the [blank intensifies] stuff May 13 00:43:54 <Gaget> I'll never understand the LoL bullshit. May 13 00:44:03 <BipolarBear0> I played LoL once[/quote] Just shows that SJW, Anita and Zoey Quinn are on auto-report - first mention of Zoey Quinn! [B]Thread is brought up[/B] [quote]Aug 19 05:48:41 <XavierMendel> !mods gaming Aug 19 05:48:41 <redditBot> r/gaming has 12 mods: Dacvak, AutoModerator, el_chupacupcake, Pylons, pastanate, airmandan, IKingJeremy, synbios16, Thorse, gamingmoderator, lula2488, and mookler Aug 19 06:48:56 <IKingJeremy> Sup? Aug 19 06:50:45 <XavierMendel> IKingJeremy: ohey Aug 19 06:50:52 <XavierMendel> I wanted to talk to you about this zoe quinn shit Aug 19 06:50:56 <XavierMendel> See what you guys are doing about it Aug 19 06:51:23 <IKingJeremy> I just got on reddit about half an hour ago. Aug 19 06:51:28 <IKingJeremy> Getting caught up. Aug 19 06:51:28 <XavierMendel> I've been holding off commenting on all those "/r/games mods are evil censorship" things on /r/gaming Aug 19 06:51:33 <XavierMendel> There's quite a bit. Aug 19 06:51:42 <IKingJeremy> There was a post on our front page about that. Aug 19 06:51:45 <IKingJeremy> The r/games mods Aug 19 06:51:48 <IKingJeremy> I removed it. Aug 19 06:51:56 <IKingJeremy> Working through the modque right now Aug 19 06:52:02 <IKingJeremy> Getting ready to tackle modmail[/quote] The thread is posted and /r/games do their thing on their own chat, while in modchat they say they are removing any claims of "evil censorship." On /r/gaming and the like. [B]Mod asks another mod of another subreddit to delete threads of censorship on /r/games[/B] [quote]Aug 19 11:32:49 <creesch> !mods bestof Aug 19 11:32:49 <redditBot> r/bestof has 12 mods: illuminatedwax, S2S2S2S2S2, bechus, davidreiss666, Skuld, soupyhands, AutoModerator, GodOfAtheism, Aschebescher, greatyellowshark, 316nuts, and stopscopiesme Aug 19 11:32:58 <Lurlur> Don't blame you creesch Aug 19 11:33:01 <Piemonkey> any of you guys here? Aug 19 11:33:06 <x316nuts> sup Aug 19 11:33:09 <Piemonkey> [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2dziaj/moderator_deletes_every_comment_on_a_thread_about/[/url] Aug 19 11:33:14 <Piemonkey> that should probably be removed ASAP Aug 19 11:33:15 <x316nuts> sigh Aug 19 11:33:25 <Piemonkey> this whole zoe quinn bullshit has been insane Aug 19 11:33:29 <creesch> that is more srd stuff than anything else Aug 19 11:33:33 <x316nuts> that shit's gunna fuckin ruin my day[/quote] Piemonkey is r/rgames mod, x136nuts is bestof mod. [B]More posts about censorship, not even trying to hide it now.[/B] [quote]Aug 21 13:29:00 <Lurlur> nope, spoke too soon Aug 21 13:29:40 <Lurlur> No i didn't Aug 21 14:20:39 <Gaget> nalixor, did you guys allow any threads about zoe in /r/games? Aug 21 14:23:46 <nalixor> yes. Aug 21 14:23:50 <nalixor> our big meta post Aug 21 14:23:57 <nalixor> and a discussion topic about the industry Aug 21 14:24:10 <nalixor> with assurances that no one would talk specifically about Zoe Quinn Aug 21 14:24:17 <nalixor> we barely had to police it Aug 21 14:24:20 <nalixor> people were pretty well behaved Aug 21 14:24:39 <Gaget> They keep bringing more shit up in /r/pcgaming and the head mod keeps approving it. Aug 21 14:24:48 <Gaget> It is like -- really dude? Aug 21 14:25:13 <Gaget> 3 mods already quit. Aug 21 14:25:30 <nalixor> sounds like a shit sub. Aug 21 14:25:44 <nalixor> !mods pcgaming Aug 21 14:25:44 <redditBot> r/pcgaming has 10 mods: paro, HardwareLust, misterwizard, CSFFlame, PineappleMeister, Ali-Sama, OpTic_Niko, Gaget, AutoModerator, and BotWatchman Aug 21 14:26:04 <nalixor> paro?[/quote] [B]Pretense[/B] [quote]Aug 23 21:38:01 <IAmAN00bie> for thinking we all slept with Zoey Quinn cause we don't let them witch hunt her [/quote] The reasoning behind the censorship is to stop a "witch hunt" from occurring like in reddits very unfortunate past - a minor insight into the mods of reddit's thinking. -- From this point, there's a lot of logs about XaiverMendel as mods are suspicous/start saying shit about him, obviously some time has passed and not much other info comes up, KiA has been created and mods comment on it as a "shithole" and full of hilarious quotes and conspiracy theories - "gamergate" tag has been officially created. Anything else is them mentioning how they hope people forget about the censorship thing and it blows over. Let's see if anything else happens after this : There's going to be a lot more summarizing and small quotes from here on out since not a lot of it is incriminating of anything. [quote]Sep 18 10:27:58 <jmarquiso> We're going to be caught with our super secret mod chat saying bad things about a rightous movement![/quote] Heh. Yeah, a bit more then that... It's been a month now, mods think gamergate has completely blown-over and moved to smaller sites. Yet it continues. A lot of logs are about how terrible the harassment is and how it's all they focus on. Witch-hunting allegations, etc. [B]/r/ News code[/B] [quote]Sep 23 16:16:10 <hermithome> url: ["knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate", "breitbart.com", "kotatkuinaction"] Sep 23 16:16:10 <hermithome> body+title: ["journalis[tm](.{30})?mafia", "Titanium.?Dragon", "Daniel Vavra", "Joseph Bernstei Sep 23 16:16:22 <JustPassingThrough> i am uhh gonna just borrow /u/qtx for /r/news while yalls talking bout regex Sep 23 16:16:28 <hermithome> cordismelum: "fish(.{80})?schaf.?er", "schaf.?er(.{80})?fish", "biase(ed)?(.{20})?(report(ing|ers?)|journalis(ts?|m)", "(report(ing|ers?)|journalis(ts?|m)(.{20})?biase(ed)?", "femi.?nazi", "feminists?", "MR[MA]", "social justice (warrior)?", "moot", "[o0]ct([o0]ber).?1(.{4})?", "1(.{4})?[o0]ct([o0]ber).?, "(.{8})?10(.{4})?0?1(.{8})?", "(.{8})?0?1(.{4})?10(.{8})?"[/quote] This was sent out to mods as a way to autoblock gamergate, there's a bunch more code for other stuff but this is one of them. More logs about KiA, how it's about social justice and not journalists. (At the time, I would have probably agreed with them.) A lot of discussions about how stupid it is, how insane they are and how anything slightly regarding evidence would set off another shitstorm - At this time, now in october, Anita has declined to go to a college over a death thread, mods say it's stupid and she should have gone. [quote]Oct 16 18:21:10 <JustPassingThrough> i feel like this is a climactic point for gamergate, it got the attention it was desiring for all the wrong reasons, hopefully should fizzle out soon[/quote] Some info has been leaked - eyes point towards Xavier.. [quote]Oct 19 23:38:45 <XavierMendel> I somehow neglected to read the title ._. Oct 19 23:38:47 <nalixor> well, there's one person who sits in here that I know has leaked before. It's probably him. Oct 19 23:38:54 <nalixor> Maybe he's bored. Oct 19 23:39:05 <XavierMendel> I bet it's JIDF. Oct 19 23:39:14 <nalixor> not leaked from here, mind you. Oct 19 23:39:19 <nalixor> but a private mod channel. Oct 19 23:39:34 <XavierMendel> Oh right, he's still got me on ignore so he can't hear dissenting views. Oct 19 23:39:58 <BipolarBear0> Nah it's not him Oct 19 23:40:03 <BipolarBear0> SolarAquarion is a good guy deep down Oct 19 23:40:05 <BipolarBear0> Just dum Oct 19 23:40:13 <XavierMendel> lolwut Oct 19 23:40:16 <BipolarBear0> Or are you not talking about him Oct 19 23:40:44 <BipolarBear0> Lol I forgot how many people leaked shit from private communities Oct 19 23:40:48 <SolarAquarion> XavierMendel, eh? Oct 19 23:41:01 <XavierMendel> SolarAquarion, eh? Oct 19 23:41:18 <XavierMendel> is this a canada-off eh cause I'll lose eh Oct 19 23:41:28 <fritzly> I have proudly never leaked anything Oct 19 23:41:50 <SolarAquarion> XavierMendel, i don't know eh Oct 19 23:41:54 <XavierMendel> There should be a club. Oct 19 23:42:11 <BipolarBear0> Speaking of dum Oct 19 23:42:12 <nalixor> BipolarBear0, I wasn't talking about SolarAquarion.[/quote] Logs go on, they talk about gamergate, some people like totalbiscut and trust his word on journalistic integrity far over KiA. As a result, the word gamergate is banned from the chat (albiet, terribly), and only under moderator supervision is the talk allowed, as evidenced further down the chat logs - Here starts the juicy shit! [B]Xavier defends Not Your Shield[/B] [quote]Nov 08 00:04:46 <IAmAN00bie> but realistically: they're dying out Nov 08 00:04:52 <Forest|_> to show how crazy people are about GG Nov 08 00:04:57 <Forest|_> brb Nov 08 00:05:03 <IAmAN00bie> they survive only on their own anger, perpetuated by peole continually talking about them Nov 08 00:05:04 <XavierMendel> Can you prove that, IAmAN00bie? Nov 08 00:05:13 <snarkypants> what about #notyourshield Nov 08 00:05:16 <IAmAN00bie> prove what? them dying about? Nov 08 00:05:36 <IAmAN00bie> lol, they have no direction Nov 08 00:05:49 <IAmAN00bie> prominent peole keep leaving Nov 08 00:05:56 <IAmAN00bie> "b-but we have no leaders!" Nov 08 00:06:09 <XavierMendel> I've seen people say that those in #notyourshield don't count as women and minorities since they don't agree to hate gamergate Nov 08 00:06:09 <IAmAN00bie> so much infighting (all funny to see) Nov 08 00:06:13 <XavierMendel> It's crazy Nov 08 00:06:23 <IAmAN00bie> cool story Nov 08 00:06:30 <BonSequitur> You do realise that a ton of fake sockpuppet accounts were set up for that hashtag ya Nov 08 00:06:38 <XavierMendel> BonSequitur: Can you prove that? Nov 08 00:07:20 <XavierMendel> It's hard to fake images of individual people in entirely fresh pictures with usernames, timestamps, and clear messages Nov 08 00:07:26 <XavierMendel> But again, I'm open to new information Nov 08 00:07:51 <BonSequitur> [url]http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/[/url] Nov 08 00:08:14 <IAmAN00bie> pol did that before too Nov 08 00:08:18 <IAmAN00bie> during #endfathersday Nov 08 00:08:37 <IAmAN00bie> but even so, there are legit accounts in NYS Nov 08 00:08:42 <IAmAN00bie> but even then, it doesnt matter Nov 08 00:08:46 <BonSequitur> Yes Nov 08 00:08:47 <IAmAN00bie> NYS has become a shield for GG Nov 08 00:08:50 <IAmAN00bie> a dying shield, mind you Nov 08 00:08:56 <IAmAN00bie> notice its inactivity? Nov 08 00:09:27 <BonSequitur> Well GG is pivoting away from that because it didn't work Nov 08 00:09:31 <XavierMendel> Yes, and #stopgamergate2014 is much more active Nov 08 00:09:34 <BonSequitur> Rumour has it the next step is to try tumblr Nov 08 00:09:38 <BonSequitur> And that didn't work either Nov 08 00:09:41 <XavierMendel> it obviously worked cause nobody's talking about it anymore Nov 08 00:09:42 <BonSequitur> Or rather, I doubt it will work Nov 08 00:09:55 <XavierMendel> They're certainly not bringing it up randomly for the sake of arguing with strangers Nov 08 00:10:14 <penis> why are we talking about gamergate again [/quote] [B]Xavier on making ghazi or Kia subreddit of the day :[/B] [quote]Nov 29 15:51:57 <Lurlur> lost in the purge, XM? Nov 29 15:52:05 <XavierMendel> [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditoftheday/comments/1fyqvi/june_9th_2013_rparadoxplaza_a_series_of_maps_that/[/url] Nov 29 15:52:07 <XavierMendel> Yup. Nov 29 15:52:16 <XavierMendel> Good thing I add a signature to all my SROTD posts Nov 29 15:52:17 <Lurlur> Oh, I was just doing that XD Nov 29 15:52:42 <Meneth> 7550 subs. Now that's a long time ago. Nov 29 15:52:59 <Meneth> XavierMendel: GamerGhazi sub of the day when? ;) Nov 29 15:53:04 <Lurlur> I was just looking in the spreadsheet Nov 29 15:53:18 <Lurlur> Meneth, that's on my dibs list... Nov 29 15:53:20 <XavierMendel> Meneth: Never. Whenever I do anything remotely controversial I get shat on for a few months. No thank you. [B]Nov 29 15:53:36 <XavierMendel> I decided not to do kotakuinaction when requested, even[/B][/quote] [quote]Nov 29 15:54:53 <XavierMendel> They're both subs defended and loved by their respective sides Nov 29 15:55:12 <XavierMendel> Neither is perfect or horrible, but people say they are depending on which bias they confirm Nov 29 15:55:26 <XavierMendel> it's a shitstorm I'd rather not have in SROTD[/quote] [quote]Nov 29 15:55:30 <Meneth> Ghazi isn't perfect. It is a lot better than KiA though (not that that's saying much). Nov 29 15:55:47 <Lurlur> In your opinion, Meneth Nov 29 15:55:51 <XavierMendel> Lurlur: this Nov 29 15:56:05 <XavierMendel> In your opinion it's better because it fits your views more than KIA does.[/quote] [quote]Nov 29 15:57:13 <XavierMendel> Due to the harassment I've gotten from people who browse gamerghazi, I'm more biased toward kotakuinaction. That said, I don't agree with them on all points either.[/quote] [I]Interesting.[/I] Rest of the conversation is back and forth banter about opinions and bias. Rest of logs are about Xavier and random info about him, his opinions on communities and etc. Hopefully you guys learned a bit. Nothing else interesting really happens.
[QUOTE=Thlis;47284038]Is that a joking remark or was the Nostalgia Chick actually purporting that?[/QUOTE] [img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/lindsayEllis_zpsnjssah3a.png[/img] I originally thought she was joking, but I heard she has been muting/blocking people who have been pointing out the fact that it is an international holiday and DST doesn't affect the whole world.
A shit load of that was about Xavier more then anything, the only really interesting info is at the top. Rest of it is really stuff we have heard before, with exceptions to what I highlighted. [editline]a[/editline] My automerge, damnit. [editline]a[/editline] On the one about asking another mod to delete : I might have misread, look at the thread link and take with it what you will. (Can't edit the post.)
[QUOTE=Fangz;47284305][img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/lindsayEllis_zpsnjssah3a.png[/img] I originally thought she was joking, but I heard she has been muting/blocking people who have been pointing out the fact that it is an international holiday and DST doesn't affect the whole world.[/QUOTE] Or it could be that she's muting the inevitable people on twitter that are being dicks about it. The word "clearly" makes it pretty obvious she's joking.
[QUOTE=Fangz;47284305][img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/lindsayEllis_zpsnjssah3a.png[/img] I originally thought she was joking, but I heard she has been muting/blocking people who have been pointing out the fact that it is an international holiday and DST doesn't affect the whole world.[/QUOTE] Poe's Law leads me to believe that she's blocking people who thought she wasn't joking
[QUOTE=Fangz;47284305][img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/lindsayEllis_zpsnjssah3a.png[/img] I originally thought she was joking, but I heard she has been muting/blocking people who have been pointing out the fact that it is an international holiday and DST doesn't affect the whole world.[/QUOTE] Again, benefit of the doubt here, but a lot of comedians and people in general tend to take a dim view on people who do the whole "um, actually *fact that ruins the joke*" thing.
[QUOTE=Thlis;47284038]Is that a joking remark or was the Nostalgia Chick actually purporting that?[/QUOTE] Pretty sure it was a joke and AGG ran it as not a joke
Xavier was banned from the IRC channel for leaking the chat
[QUOTE=Wii60;47284374]Xavier was banned from the IRC channel for leaking the chat[/QUOTE] IRC network, not just one channel.
[QUOTE=Wii60;47284374]Xavier was banned from the IRC channel for leaking the chat[/QUOTE] Was it him though..? How do they know? [editline]9th March 2015[/editline] And as that guy said IN THE CHAT, what information is at stake? Oh we get to see what their thoughts on the matter were? What difference does that make?
[QUOTE=Fangz;47284305][img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/lindsayEllis_zpsnjssah3a.png[/img] I originally thought she was joking, but I heard she has been muting/blocking people who have been pointing out the fact that it is an international holiday and DST doesn't affect the whole world.[/QUOTE] Shes definately joking, but the fact that people think that DST was used to be sexist in some way is hilarious to me.
[QUOTE=Psycho9182;47283828]ayy [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1JbiJbl.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] What a transparently predatory cunt. The part that just floors me is that if anyone in any other section of media was as openly racist and sexist, they would not have a job. Thanks to UMB and GUK, she has her own fucking platform. You'd think the lessons of one Rush Limbaugh would be enough.
[video=youtube;7-UBZ8DfW6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-UBZ8DfW6o[/video]
[QUOTE=27X;47284564]What a transparently predatory cunt. The part that just floors me is that if anyone in any other section of media was as openly racist and sexist, they would not have a job. Thanks to UMB and GUK, she has her own fucking platform. You'd think the lessons of one Rush Limbuagh would be enough.[/QUOTE] This is the part that blows me away and I think about it a lot every time it happens. A lot of the shit we've seen would get people fired [I]anywhere else[/I] but these people have a fucking home writing about video games. What happens if/when they need to, I dunno, move the fuck on to another place for a job? Would anyone be willing to hire them for anything? They're so fucking public with everything any employer could just go on their Twitter and see all the shit they've spewed for [I]literally years[/I] and think "Guess I'm not hiring this prick."
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;47284276]he's so british he can't even contain it[/QUOTE] See, that's the thing, about us british, in general it takes a lot, over a long time to piss us off, but when we get to that stage? Hide yo kide, hide yo wife because we don't fucking hold back.
With how Gamergate has been handled for the last few months, I feel this is somewhat relevant: [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/comments/2ybtuh/someone_lied_about_me_and_got_me_expelled_from/"]Some guy on Reddit's SuicideWatch is talking about how he lost his scholarship and got kicked out of school for p.much talking to someone else about different bone structures relating to eyes.[/URL]
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;47284387]Was it him though..? How do they know? [editline]9th March 2015[/editline] And as that guy said IN THE CHAT, what information is at stake? Oh we get to see what their thoughts on the matter were? What difference does that make?[/QUOTE] Yeah you don't need to be a genius and you certainly don't need chatlogs to know the mods were colluding to shut GG discussion down. Sucks that you got banned Xavier, but at least you got banned doing the right thing. And really it only makes them look a lot worse.
Y'know I wouldn't be mad if I got banned for something that made sense. Being banned for dumb stuff like "oh you told someone the truth about us" is just silly.
[url]https://twitter.com/tegiminis/status/574768502906613760[/url] LindsayEllis just retweeted this. Welp, looks like you guys were right about her.
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;47285248][url]https://twitter.com/tegiminis/status/574768502906613760[/url] LindsayEllis just retweeted this. Welp, looks like you guys were right about her.[/QUOTE] "bc anybody "celebrating women in games" who leaves out anita, leigh, lana, is disingenuous"
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;47285248][url]https://twitter.com/tegiminis/status/574768502906613760[/url] LindsayEllis just retweeted this. Welp, looks like you guys were right about her.[/QUOTE] The lack self awareness with r/gamerghazi/Neogaf/AGG is astounding, "TB sics his audience at AGG" when in fact that is a common tactic with AGG.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;47284836]With how Gamergate has been handled for the last few months, I feel this is somewhat relevant: [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/comments/2ybtuh/someone_lied_about_me_and_got_me_expelled_from/"]Some guy on Reddit's SuicideWatch is talking about how he lost his scholarship and got kicked out of school for p.much talking to someone else about different bone structures relating to eyes.[/URL][/QUOTE] While it isn't really relevant to corruption in vidya, that's absolutely infuriating. I can only imagine the SJW response to that kind of thread.
Reminds me of people who say that whoever made black history month February was racist because it's the only month with less than 30 days....
[QUOTE=Glent;47285275]"bc anybody "celebrating women in games" who leaves out anita, leigh, lana, is disingenuous"[/QUOTE] Who is Lana?
[QUOTE=SpotEnemyBoat;47285278]The lack self awareness with r/gamerghazi/Neogaf/AGG is astounding, "TB sics his audience at AGG" when in fact that is a common tactic with AGG.[/QUOTE] Besides, what type of angry reply would not be called "siccing your audience"? Does TB have to make an extra tweet telling his followers not to comment every time he says something negative about someone else?
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