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[QUOTE=ChronoBlade;46635556]This is just as bad as when that developer threatened to kill Gabe Newell and said it was a joke.
How hard can it be to [B]NOT[/B] make the wrong decision? Fucking IDIOTS... GOSH![/QUOTE]
It's hard to make the right decisions. Admiting you fucked up, trying to fix your mistakes, reaching out for the people you wronged, these are all hard things to do. It's easier to throw a fit and giva the money you don't to someone else or say stupid shit on twitter.
[QUOTE=NeverGoWest;46628770]You know, this has happened on Kickstarter before, for example the guys who made the Planetary Annihilation spent their Kickstarter money on expensive cars instead of, you know, the game.[/QUOTE]
Was there ever proof that this was the case and not just Jon Mavor using his own money?
I saw the images but they looked like a coincidence to me.
[QUOTE=ChronoBlade;46635556]This is just as bad as when that developer threatened to kill Gabe Newell and said it was a joke.
How hard can it be to [B]NOT[/B] make the wrong decision? Fucking IDIOTS... GOSH![/QUOTE]
I'd say this is worse. That guy said something really stupid that he probably didn't mean out of anger, this developer took other people's money and gave them away to something they didn't agree to and isn't showing any real signs of regret.
[QUOTE=Simski;46635947]I'd say this is worse. That guy said something really stupid that he probably didn't mean out of anger, this developer took other people's money and gave them away to something they didn't agree to and isn't showing any real signs of regret.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, no matter how much of a temper Maulbeck had, at least he was 100% committed to actually developing his game until he stepped down (which he did to save the company).
[QUOTE=Matthew0505;46633410]Makes sense that a fraud would give their stolen money to an organisation run by a fraud.[/QUOTE]
At this point I wouldn't even be surprised if feminist frequency turned out to be a massive money laundering front.
Suprised FemFreq hasnt worked to give the donation money back to backers.
Prepare for feminist-loyal press shitstorm. I would like to see another attempt to claim white straight male gamers as devils in the flesh.
[QUOTE=Felinix;46638005]Prepare for feminist-loyal press shitstorm. I would like to see another attempt to claim white straight male gamers as devils in the flesh.[/QUOTE]
Stuff like this is why people don't believe gg it's purely about 'ethics in gaming journalism' you just can't help yourself, feminist conspiracy bla bla
[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;46642795]Stuff like this is why people don't believe gg it's purely about 'ethics in gaming journalism' you just can't help yourself, feminist conspiracy bla bla[/QUOTE]
well, 14 websites did publish nearly identical articles about how gamers were dead
that does point to a weird level of planning between them all to all drop the same article on the same day.
Gotta make sure to disregard all posts contrary to your opinion and focus on the one asshole that supports it out of 20 people.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;46642966]well, 14 websites did publish nearly identical articles about how gamers were dead
that does point to a weird level of planning between them all to all drop the same article on the same day.[/QUOTE]
If all gamers were suddenly dead, I'm sure a lot more than fourteen websites would publish articles on it.
But yeah, I agree that that whole thing was shady as hell. It's pretty obvious that certain gaming news websites, or at least certain writers of those websites, are in cahoots with each other and try to push a narrative.
[QUOTE=V12US;46644723]If all gamers were suddenly dead, I'm sure a lot more than fourteen websites would publish articles on it.
But yeah, I agree that that whole thing was shady as hell. It's pretty obvious that certain gaming news websites, or at least certain writers of those websites, are in cahoots with each other and try to push a narrative.[/QUOTE]
They were/are.
GameJournoPros. I believe every site that ran a "Gamers are Dead" article had a couple members on that list. And they weren't tiny sites either, they were the big guns.
[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;46625099]I'd just like to point out that they're not representative of third wave feminism as a whole, which is really just backlash against second wave feminism. In other words, it's about primacy of the individual and recognising there are women from many backgrounds who don't share a collective experience of womanhood because of their social status. It's not about reversing gender roles, sexism and racism onto white men.
Not that I'm defending the likes of Sarkeesian and McIntosh. They're idiots that are given a whole lot of credit they don't deserve, but blaming multiple opposing perspectives for their stupidity is a bit much.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I know. I support any feminists that believe in actual equality, such as Christina Hoff Sommers. Not the ironic brand that FemFreq and their associates/followers push. To be quite honest I haven't done a lot of research on the different "waves" of feminism, so I probably shouldn't have included that snippet in my post.
[QUOTE=blerb;46644988]Christina Hoff Sommers[/QUOTE]
[quote]First, today's movement takes a very dim view of men; second, it wildly overstates the victim status of American women; and third, it is dogmatically attached to the view that men and women are essentially the same.[/quote]
[url]http://web.archive.org/web/20090117085529/http://aei.org/docLib/20090108_ContemporaryFeminism.pdf[/url]
I really like this woman.
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;46645417][url]http://web.archive.org/web/20090117085529/http://aei.org/docLib/20090108_ContemporaryFeminism.pdf[/url]
I really like this woman.[/QUOTE]
I find it very sad that some feminists attack her. It reminds me a bit of that incident with the woman who established the first women shelter. After she stated that both men and women can be victims of domestic violence some feminsts didn't like that statement at all. And as she tried to esablish the first men shelter, those feminists got very violent and even killed her families dog.
Sick and twisted individuals.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;46623276]What do you call a developer who takes money and then doesn't develop?[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Ubisoft.png[/IMG]
Is she in jail yet?
I want an edit of the lodesemone video with anita's face instead of harry's
What a load of fucking bullshit. Feel sorry for anyone who funded them.
[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;46642795]Stuff like this is why people don't believe gg it's purely about 'ethics in gaming journalism' you just can't help yourself, feminist conspiracy bla bla[/QUOTE]
gamejournopros ring a bell?
or are you just willfully pretending an actual conspiracy didn't happen with hard evidence of it lmfao
[editline]5th December 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=V12US;46644723]If all gamers were suddenly dead, I'm sure a lot more than fourteen websites would publish articles on it.
But yeah, I agree that that whole thing was shady as hell. It's pretty obvious that certain gaming news websites, or at least certain writers of those websites, are in cahoots with each other and try to push a narrative.[/QUOTE]
Its not "obvious" its fact, there is logs, dates, screenshots, and even admission by the participants that there was collusion to publish a certain narrative.
honestly shit like this, and the shit AAA companies pull, sours games for me completely.
what an asshole, this sort of shit is the reason i avoid funding stuff on sites like kick-starter, even if i really like the idea
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;46645417][url]http://web.archive.org/web/20090117085529/http://aei.org/docLib/20090108_ContemporaryFeminism.pdf[/url]
I really like this woman.[/QUOTE]
She's definitely right. I really wish there were more women doing physics (my life for the past four years has been a freaking sausagefest), but I don't think it's for societal reasons that women don't pursue physics in as great numbers as men (at least not entirely); it's something deep down inside of our brains that differentiates us.
If you really want to study physics (and I mean actually want to and you don't just do it because you were good at it in high school or something) then you bloody well study physics, and nothing anybody tells you otherwise is going to matter because you're not just going to wake up one day and think, "actually, fuck it, I don't want to understand how the universe works anymore". Curiosity is like a disease, and a male dominated environment isn't going to cure that in your mind.
I presume the same applies to most other STEM fields too, however I wouldn't be surprised if that applied more strongly towards the academic side of things than the industry side of things.
I am actually all with her on this one.
[QUOTE=MasterCox;46652577]I am actually all with her on this one.[/QUOTE]
at least say why
Donate whatever the fuck you want to whatever organisation you want, just do it after
1. You've paid the IRS, which if you do owe them, you really need to fucking pay them.
2. You pay back the people whose money you took and who you fucking OWE the money to, after that, do whatever the fuck you want with the money that is yours.
[QUOTE=blerb;46623449] Equality is great and all but the "equality" they preach is anything but. I don't have a problem with their culture existing alongside regular gaming culture (whatever that may be)[/QUOTE]
It's kind of stupid that they think anyone is saying they can't play games or that they specifically get bullied for playing games. Like welcome to online games. Nobody cares who you are but will find something to troll you over anyway. It actually just puts you a level down when you take the bait and it's all on your own shoulders. Why do they think they're a special snowflake that deserves to get no harassment in online games? Everyone gets it and it's part of being online, deal with it and become a better person
[QUOTE=Evi.tf;46652583]at least say why[/QUOTE]
She was being harassed and proved her point.
[QUOTE=MasterCox;46656841]She was being harassed and proved her point.[/QUOTE]
I don't think I understand your point. Is it that her being harassed justifies mishandling funds that were given to her by investors and getting in deep shit with the IRS?
Does being harassed justifies one's every actions, in your mind? Heck, if that's the case, you can very easily come up with contradictory scenarios. I shouldn't have to point out why that's an idiotic thing to think.
[QUOTE=MasterCox;46656841]She was being harassed and proved her point.[/QUOTE]
what point?
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