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4th Oct 2014 from TwitLonger
If you are very confused about the word Gamergate, don't worry, you're not alone.
Gamergate, or "playing House", is a over the past few weeks swept through Europe and the debate on the game, and even can be said to be a war between gamers and the game media, discussion related to game media corruption, feminist game industry of sex discrimination and abuse, or from multiple angles. What happened is complex, even for European and American game insiders are hard to digest.
If you have a heart of gossip, games in Europe and America, "Gossip Girl" are interested in it, and June to see how they may wish to follow the grapes.
(Warning: front of crater, non-combatants do not easily try)
Origin: independent game developer behind the private love story
It all began with a lovestruck man tortured by betrayal and his tearful complaints on a blog.
Dang Eron Gjoni with filled with burning of anger and a star broken of heart, rhetoric fierce to records Xia he was girlfriend Zoe Quinn--independent game depression confessions (Depression Quest) of developer--betrayed of antecedents and consequences Shi, he must cannot imagine to, these onerous procrastination, and contains xiufen and pain of text will in network Shang set off uproar, and raised game circle one players and game media Zhijian of war.
Tale of two people very threadbare, Bitch is nothing but pure male encounters green tea. After being betrayed and angry Eron Gjoni, on August 16 ex-girlfriend Quinn are listed in various misdeeds on Worldpress blog disclosed her personal information, including her online chats, and accused her in the course of exchanges between the two men had affairs with at least five game-related practitioners. Only one of the five men was subsequently confirmed by other sources is well-known game with Rock-Paper-Shotgun media Kotaku writer Nathan Grayson, and he went on to become the identity of light the fuse network this prolonged dispute.
Netizens media speculated that Quinn uses the body in Exchange for game development, indie games the positive assessment of the confession of depression to help smooth login Steam game platform. Although netizens after Grayson reflected extensively in a report on a failed game jam that exist outside of the game has never been mentioned in reviews of the game, but opinion seems to have firmly lock the intimate relationship between game developers and media, proved to be treated like a game media corruption.
Diffusion: to silence the media and "public review"
In accordance with the usual media keen on circumstantial, is good at labelling consistent style, it should be able to occupy for a long period of time the media headlines. Yet is perhaps the event touches the gaming industry behind a maze of chain, or in order to protect the female developers from further harassment and attacks, this time the media collective silence.
Kotaku, and Polygon, and Rock-Paper-Shotgun, IGN and Destructoid, The Escapist, and other well-known game sites are reticent about this matter some editors claim that the matter is purely personal and had nothing to do with gaming site.
Understandable attempts to silence the media help public opinion subsided over time as soon as possible, but the unpredictability of things flew in the opposite direction without hesitation. Veiled in some of the media player is precisely its "guilty conscience" the best evidence, they convinced the game is overly intimate relationship between media and developers and will no longer play the role of protector of player interest, will rise to even comment, "review of public opinion" in height.
Of course, the media's collective silence is not "public review" on the only incentive.
On August 17, the Mundane Youtube podcast Matt Zoe Quinn released a video on the topic, underground affair in the gaming industry are discussed, as well as the so-called "social justice Warrior" (Social Justice Warriors, refers to those who like to explore in the game reviews sexism, homophobia and other social justice issues of the people) of hypocrisy.
Video sporadic was only a small part of winning approval from his audience, most of the content is deemed the author shallow conjecture. But then this video because of Zoe Quinn issued a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) copyright notice being shielded, Quinn said video stole more than one picture in a depression of the confessions, this statement was eventually withdrawn.
Along with Mundane Matt's video has been screened, another Youtube podcast Internet Aristocrat (formerly known as Jim81Jim, critique of a long-term commitment to "social justice Warrior") was unable to speak on August 18, he released a video for their provocative rhetoric to further tap this gossip gossip, and righteous in facing the critical moment of the game media industry manipulation and corruption are prevalent confusion.
Meanwhile, another Youtube celebrity, Star Trek explanation Totalbiscuit/the Cynical Brit (real name John Bain, had against his own Youtube Channel's DMCA copyright notice) also commented on the matter on his Twitter. Although he remained neutral as possible in the comments and a rational attitude, but he soon met with independent game developers (including the developer Phil Fish of the Fez) onslaught.
But these were merely foreplay, real upheaval took place at on the Reddit Web site, the Forum was one of the most massive clean, TotalBiscuit and thousands of comments related to the discussion list is automatically deleted. Reddit popular game forum posting several members had tried to explain the whole incident, the results are being invited to tea by the administrator, or even silenced. Large gag action makes the gradual heating up the situation, there is even an administrator was fired because he revealed these banned words and deeds for stems in part from Zoe Quinn's request.
Same as the Reddit site NeoGAF even 4Chan (the site is famous for its open discussion the dark side of human nature) is not immune to, relevant comments came moments be deleted. Meanwhile, United Kingdom Web site Gamesnosh published a commentary against the scandal was quickly blocked. Gamesnosh is busy contacting their hosts and restore the article, is also being screened by and transferring them to the N4G article, then disappear altogether, even in the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) also trail in no time.
Silence the media and "public review" did not stifle users strong curiosity for this event, the so-called "anti-people's mouths than chuan" Suppression of opinion is tantamount to fuelling Quinn scandal (Quinnspiracy) in a short period of rapid intensification, 4Chan and Tumblr with Reddit users began to unite mining Zoe Quinn's black history.
Vita: misogyny (Misogyny) VS "feminist bitch"
After netizens effort from 4chan found, this affair was not the Zoe Quinn went public with his debut in the game, her game development experience full of controversy, is thrilling.
As early as the beginning of 2013, Zoe Patrick Lindsey Quinn and her writers, musicians Isaac co-produced Schankler confession text web game of the depression (Depression Quest) submitted to the Steam platform to launch the "favored light (GreenLight)" project, which assist developers in early market research platform.
The confession of depression is a word game or can be known as interactive fiction. Game in which the player plays a tormented people with depression, the plot revolves around his daily life, including work experience and social connections. Players will be in a deep depression with music to read large blocks of text and still images for different choices I decided to follow the plot unfolds. Behind these options include a range of analytical, indicating depression levels of in-game characters, and is undergoing psychological treatment, or whether taking the pill. It seems that games seem to lack adequate recreational and more with educational and scientific in nature.
Quinn was surprised by is that the negative comments, such as tide after the game is released, many players said vehemently, the depression confession no playability, is "silly" is not really a game at all. Players even suspect that developers choose the topic of depression, just wanted to kidnap the player standing on moral high. According to Quinn said in an interview, she continued to suffer from harassment or intimidation of players, game was eventually forced to be taken down.
But she didn't stop there, encouraged by a few players and IndieCade international independent game developer event after invitations in October 2013, she once again submit the game to "favor light", this time successfully passed the audit published in the platform of the game, a large number of attacks and harassment are once again coming to her, but this time she made public her story.
She claimed to have been from the online community on Twitter Wizardchan (an image from a Virgin only forums, some users are considered to suffer from misogyny) in the Internet mob attacking her personally, and posted the screenshots section contains serious sexist and insulting remarks. According to the screenshots, players seem to resist the game is that they simply do not accept women as developers making games.
Wizardchan Members insisted that the harassment is not related to them, may have come from people with Quinn herself because her complaint began with her first submission to the Steam after the game and refused, perhaps for what she called "treatment of female game developers in the gaming community" comment and her game to earn exposure, ensuring that the second submission can go through.
Looking back, Quinn's complaint does not have context, suspected of taking hype, and then Internet opinion is very powerful--in Western countries, women's rights is a sensitive topic, alleged violations of women's rights will be magnified by the media scrutiny. Online discussions on sexism and feminism in the game industry uproar (part of the gaming media in China have been reported on the matter).
Then, in February 2014, Quinn and PR representative of the Maya Kramer on Twitter public announcement against a named "The Fine Young Capitalists" (referred to as TFYC) game development game Jam event organized by the group. This is a public recruitment of female gamers to game with innovative charity tournament, designed to attract inexperienced females to take up the game, the winner will be able to see the game's development process. Game part of the money raised will be used for competition and player bonuses, and the rest will be donated to a charitable organization.
Quinn said she disagrees with TFYC emphasized gender approach, and concluded that the recruitment rules of unremunerated work of women players will be offensive to female game developers. TFYC's explanation that the female competitors only provide innovative, concrete contents of the game require developers to put in several months time, huge workload will be assumed by the game designers from TFYC.
TFYC's Member SillySlader (real name is Matthew Rappard) later, in a section that has nothing to do with the game questioned claims that Quinn on active policies, Quinn Twitter followers attacked an active Web site, private information and without authorization discloses Rappard (network popular as "doxxing"), while she also received harassing emails and a death threat letter.
Quinn on Twitter has denied the charges, and joked TFYC's Web site because it had a "chance" DDOS attack, collapsed. Users by searching for Quinn's Twitter history, however, confirmed the attack with her about.
Whatever the truth, TFYC's rift with the Quinn was born.
Eron Gjoni until ex-boyfriend broke the news a few months, the network began to emerge about Quinn to indie games and games journalism that affect anonymous leaks.
A female developer comments in the WordPress blog, Quinn in the field of independent games created a culture of intimidation against dissenters. Tumblr account "Shitty Web Comics" published an article complaining the game news industry is under serious threat due to spreading Quinn did. Gjoni was in the first place – ex-boyfriend also said in the blog there are several anonymous wanted Quinn for what they've done in public, but was abandoned in gaming circles for this response.
Just when Quinn besieged on all sides, some independent game developers such as Phil Fish stand in solidarity with her. When another game developer Wolf Wozniack accused Quinn on Twitter had sexually harassed him at Phil Fish's wedding, Fish message sharply criticized him, forcing him to apologize and withdraw charges.
Then Quinn Patreon account stolen the entire incident climaxed, leaked records show that quite a few investors Quinn Media reporter for games or editing. In the eyes of players, this was too real for media support for game developers using transaction charges. Angry fans protest, denounced the game lack of journalistic ethics in the eyes of the media.
Intensification: a hacker "v" letter
Read this, comment if you think moral failings, as well as by mass delete, player media conspiracy was not enough drama, on August 19, the new climax of the--Quinn Tumblr account hacked, their personal contact information is posted on the Web site.
Subsequently, Quinn and her friends, are suffering serious harassment issued a response, saying these acts of "terrorism". Shortly thereafter, Polytron (Fish company) and its dropbox has also been attacked by hackers, Fish private financial information is released to the world. He then log in Twitter that he gaming disheartened, announced it would sell the Fe