Good thing the internet never forgets.
[url]http://archive.is/4thRG#selection-649.52-649.383[/url]
[QUOTE=download;52473934]Shock.[/QUOTE]
Any contact on Twitter over this probably leads to a block just like August 2014. I wouldn't be surprised if Alex had many friends in games media, and this is the first of many 'articles'.
If she did have many friends in the media we would have already seen a ton of articles by now.
Pretty sure this is just Destructoid trying desperately to stay above those filthy youtubers.
So apparently they purposefully left out the part where she made threats:
[media]https://www.twitter.com/leonardjfrench/status/886560578453598208[/media]
[QUOTE=Fangz;52474798]So apparently they purposefully left out the part where she made threats:
[media]https://www.twitter.com/leonardjfrench/status/886560578453598208[/media][/QUOTE]
Wow I didn't expect that he could be such a SAVAGE
[QUOTE=Fangz;52474798]So apparently they purposefully left out the part where she made threats:
[media]https://www.twitter.com/leonardjfrench/status/886560578453598208[/media][/QUOTE]
Any media outlets roasting Destructoid due to conveniently leaving out key parts of the truth?
[QUOTE=Van-man;52474808]Any media outlets roasting Destructoid due to conveniently leaving out key parts of the truth?[/QUOTE]
Here's a response from Total Biscuit
[media]https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/886587801768255489[/media]
So do these journalism outlets have a flowchart they follow where anyone who is both trans/female and widely hated has to be whitewashed and defended, no matter what the circumstance is?
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;52475146]So do these journalism outlets have a flowchart they follow where anyone who is both trans/female and widely hated has to be whitewashed and defended, no matter what the circumstance is?[/QUOTE]
A lot of its probably from Anita's fear-campaign against people she disagrees' with I believe
Welcome to Gamergate 2, I guess.
This is the same website that allowed [URL="https://archive.fo/S3J88"]this fucking stupid article[/URL] through, so I guess this is to be expected.
[sp]your "this game is for pedophiles" narrative falls apart when you immediately post a picture and a video consisting of nothing but huge tits[/sp]
[QUOTE=dustyjo;52475247]Welcome to Gamergate 2, I guess.
This is the same website that allowed [URL="https://archive.fo/S3J88"]this fucking stupid article[/URL] through, so I guess this is to be expected.
[sp]your "this game is for pedophiles" meme falls apart when you immediately post a picture and a video consisting of nothing but huge tits[/sp][/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/ku6VjL0.jpg[/t]
Jed is confirmed pedo according to himself
[QUOTE=J!NX;52475309][t]http://i.imgur.com/ku6VjL0.jpg[/t]
Jed is confirmed pedo according to himself[/QUOTE]
Every now and then I think I'm a hopeless, pathetic nerd who will never find love. Then I see shit like this and I think "You know, maybe I'm not so bad."
Honestly this is a really ugly situation that's going to impotently fizzle out in the courts - Mauer seems to be suffering some kind of breakdown based on her conduct and has taken on a legal dispute that she doesn't have any hopes of feasibly winning - even if she owns the rights to the content she's claiming on (she doesn't) this still counts as DMCA abuse and pretty much blows her case out of the water. I just hope that Mauer can get the help she needs after all of this is over.
On another note this entire thing's brought a lot of ugly and toxic views from a lot of people to light in regard to transgenderism even though that has literally nothing to do with the story at hand.
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;52475451]Honestly this is a really ugly situation that's going to impotently fizzle out in the courts - Mauer seems to be suffering some kind of breakdown based on her conduct and has taken on a legal dispute that she doesn't have any hopes of feasibly winning - even if she owns the rights to the content she's claiming on (she doesn't) this still counts as DMCA abuse and pretty much blows her case out of the water. I just hope that Mauer can get the help she needs after all of this is over.
On another note this entire thing's brought a lot of ugly and toxic views from a lot of people to light in regard to transgenderism even though that has literally nothing to do with the story at hand.[/QUOTE]
It's part of human behavior really, many people, when they get angry, will instinctively attack anything about a person which they can.
[QUOTE=Xavith;52473917]yikes
Destructoid top quality journalism
[url]http://archive.is/4thRG[/url]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7aUzBh4SE[/media][/QUOTE]
Well that was relatively quick:
[QUOTE][B]5 hours ago - 10:43 AM on 07.16.2017 (server time)[/B]
[Note from the Editor: Destructoid is a multi-author blog. This story in particular was an opinion piece that should not have appeared on our home page, but instead on Mr. Holmes's personal blog. We stand by Holmes in that he should always write from his gut, but that doesn't mean Destructoid endorses any part of this editorial. There's two sides to every story, and that's become very apparent here as more sources come forward. This is a story that is still developing and requires more investigation. -Niero][/QUOTE]
[URL="https://archive.fo/acsAm"]Also seems like the author's been eating most of his words that were contributing to bending the truth.[/URL]
[editline]Edited[/editline]
Turns out the author of that article is [URL="https://archive.is/KXpV4"]the very same guy who wrote that fateful "gamers are dead" article[/URL] which fanned the flames that helped Kickstart the event known as Gamergate, and thus lead to Journalists, indie game developers and bloggers being put under the proverbial microscope so they couldn't pull backroom deals anymore without being called out.
Suddenly the original stance of the article makes sense.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52475879]Well that was relatively quick:
Also seems like the author's been eating most of his words that were contributing to bending the truth.[/QUOTE]
So they are calling it an opinion piece now as well as referring to their site as a 'blog' multiple times? I wonder what is going behind the scenes right now at Destructoid.
Ah, fuck you WYSIWYG editor, thanks for fucking up my edit.
[editline]Edited[/editline]
Nvm, fixed it in notepad.
[QUOTE=dustyjo;52475247]Welcome to Gamergate 2, I guess.
This is the same website that allowed [URL="https://archive.fo/S3J88"]this fucking stupid article[/URL] through, so I guess this is to be expected.
[sp]your "this game is for pedophiles" narrative falls apart when you immediately post a picture and a video consisting of nothing but huge tits[/sp][/QUOTE]
Just remember they can never be as bad as Polygon:
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-Xqkh8XoAACS4j.jpg[/IMG]
Can't find the original tweet anymore so I guess they realized it was an awful tweet even by their standards, didn't edit the [URL="https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/26/15438184/call-of-duty-wwii-trailer-reveal-diversity?utm_campaign=polygon.social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=polygon&utm_source=twitter"]equally awful article though[/URL].
is a 2nd gamergate seriously already forming
did they seriously not learn their lesson when gawker got knocked the fuck down by both GG and Hulk hogan
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;52476366]the difference is gamergate was essentially a subjective matter that spiralled into a shitload of different things
this is just a person breaking the law and playing the trans card, anyone who defends mauer is most likely doing it for good boy points or just to stir shit[/QUOTE]
There's a more likely chance that this'll lead to a change to the DMCA so it'll be harder to file fraudulent claims without quick repercussions, than this being GamerGate all over again.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52476473]There's a more likely chance that this'll lead to a change to the DMCA so it'll be harder to file fraudulent claims without quick repercussions, than this being GamerGate all over again.[/QUOTE]
And i hope that'll happen and that Alex has to bend over for the long arm of the law.
So wait, I haven't been following since page 1. The first page is about a composer filing DMCAs against all videos with any of her music in it, wrongly, and then 7 pages later it's a faction war between those who defend and those who attack transgendered people?
The fuck did I miss
Basically she's trans and the internet doesn't like her therefore transphobia because games journalism.
I still don't understand how someone who was admitted to a hospital was let out in like a week. I feel like it would take a bit longer than that to evaluate someone's sanity.
It's not difficult if you can fake sanity and then convince the doctors it was a case of harassment.
[QUOTE=Paincake;52477420]I still don't understand how some one who was admitted to a hospital was let out in like a week. I feel like it would take a bit longer than that to evaluate someone's sanity.[/QUOTE]
It all comes down to that you can't "force" your help on someone. If they don't [I]want[/I] help, they'll find a way to get out of it or outright reject it entirely.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;52477121]So wait, I haven't been following since page 1. The first page is about a composer filing DMCAs against all videos with any of her music in it, wrongly, and then 7 pages later it's a faction war between those who defend and those who attack transgendered people?
The fuck did I miss[/QUOTE]
people intentionally muddying the waters with identity politics, again
aka
[video=youtube;LUdHA5liNec]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUdHA5liNec[/video]
Seems like [URL="http://archive.is/bBsO4"]Ars Technica is now repeating Destructoid's initial mistake[/URL], partly by sourcing the Destructoid article:
[QUOTE]River City Ransom Underground was removed from Steam late last week, part of an unfolding legal drama surrounding a composer who has been directing DMCA copyright-infringement takedowns at games she says don't have the rights to her music.
Conatus' Andrew Russell, one of the developers of River City Ransom Underground, said in a short statement that "we are aware that RCRU is down on Steam. We have contacted Valve's copyright department, and will let you know when access is restored." But composer Alex Mauer confirmed to Destructoid that the removal was the result of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act request she made against the title.
"Conatus never got my written permission to use my music in the game," Mauer told the site. "As far as I know, they have Disasterpeace's [one of the game's composers] signature and are trying to act like that alone is enough to have secured rights."
Mauer has previously issued DMCA takedown notices for a number of RCRU YouTube videos that she says feature her music without permission. Conatus took to the Steam forums earlier this month to clarify that the company was not behind those YouTube requests and to defend a right to use Mauer's music. "Alex Mauer produced, in collaboration with others, works for RCRU as a subcontractor, and Conatus believes that it possesses the legal right to use those collaborative works in the game," the company wrote.
The RCRU takedown follows a similar situation surrounding Star Mazer: DSP, another game Mauer had removed from Steam via a DMCA takedown over music rights. Star Mazer's developer, Imagos, set up a GoFundMe page to fund their legal effort against that takedown and eventually got a restraining order against Mauer that led to the game's return to Steam last week.
"Imagos Softworks successfully got their DMCAs retracted by bringing me to court and getting a restraining order," Mauer told Destructoid. "Conatus could do the same. These companies think that acting like they have secured rights is the same as actually having secured rights. Neither Imagos nor Conatus have, but the public is quicker to believe them over me, just because they are game developers."
While Conatus goes through the DMCA process with Steam, River City Ransom Underground is still available on GOG as of this writing.[/QUOTE]
Have I stumbled back in time?
Looks like they are using River City Ransom as a jumping off point as well. Did someone revive gamejournopros?
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