So what is this about Zoe Quinn and gamers threatening her?

desura · Sep 14, 2014

She made a game about depression which pissed a lot of people off. Her ex-boyfriend of less than a year actually created a blog which accused her of being very promiscuous...lots of detail...

thezoepos******************

wtf is this shit? People have threatened to like cripple her, which is fucked up.

Soundmanred · Sep 14, 2014

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2397551

master_shake_ · Sep 14, 2014

She was accused of sleeping her way to having her game on steam.

Then she used the DMCA to get videos of her story remove from YouTube.

So there's that.

Before the dosbox gets here she doesn't deserve threats.

Also she raped her boyfriend.

shortylickens · Sep 14, 2014

So, you post a cuss word in the title, and a broken link in the thread.

You sir, are not a good forumist.

desura · Sep 14, 2014

shortylickens said:
So, you post a cuss word in the title, and a broken link in the thread.

You sir, are not a good forumist.

eh, forums don't let me post a wordpress link for some reason.

http://thezoepos******************

thezoepost wordpress

eits · Sep 14, 2014

she is yuck

master_shake_ · Sep 14, 2014

Apparently she was a guy.

master_shake_ · Sep 14, 2014

To the op try tiny URL

Elixer · Sep 14, 2014

Don't bother, it has been covered, as was mentioned.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2397551

tl;dr Whhhaaa I got busted + typical net trolls + Whhhaaaa hear me roar! + more feeding of the trolls.

0roo0roo · Sep 20, 2014

Elixer said:
Don't bother, it has been covered, as was mentioned.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2397551

tl;dr Whhhaaa I got busted + typical net trolls + Whhhaaaa hear me roar! + more feeding of the trolls.

Jodell88 · Sep 20, 2014

^^

WhoBeDaPlaya · Sep 20, 2014

Just read the Encyclopedia Dramatica entry.

zinfamous · Sep 20, 2014

master_shake_ said:
She was accused of sleeping her way to having her game on steam.

Then she used the DMCA to get videos of her story remove from YouTube.

So there's that.

Before the dosbox gets here she doesn't deserve threats.

Also she raped her boyfriend.

lol. I think I saw you posting about this chick in some thread recently.

You've got a major hardon for this one, and I'm not sure why.

:hmm:

KLin · Sep 20, 2014

Who the fuck is zoe quinn

dighn · Sep 20, 2014

oh wow wtf is all this drama

Fayd · Sep 20, 2014

KLin said:
Who the fuck is zoe quinn

exactly my reaction.

Schmide · Sep 20, 2014

This is one story where the TL;DR is TL;DR. (mind blown)

Elixer · Sep 20, 2014

0roo0roo said:
Just no

The coverage in that thread is weak.

...

Here is a markdown enabled pastebin of all links.
http://markdownshare.com/view/a524affd-e679-40be-8aa1-72058065dc2a
The information was gathered via this reddit thread:
http://www.reddit.com/r/SRSsucks/comments/2f027x/sj_media_is_shitting_out_article_after_article/

Now, that was one heck of a post!

Bottom line is, some people will do/say anything to ... 'get some'.

rockyct · Sep 20, 2014

This whole thing would have been over weeks ago if the normal outlets hadn't tried to stomp on the fire and censor the controversy. The deleting of any discussion related to the topic just fuels the backlash. Even 4Chan has now blocked discussion of the issue. The people defending Zoe Quinn think this is a gender bias issue and the people upset think this is a story about conflict of interest. When the gaming sites write articles condemning the misogynist gamers, it's only going to make the other side rage not because they actually are misogynists are upset because they got called out. They rage because the media isn't addressing the conflict of interest issue and are dismissing the legitimate concerns gamers have that industry (journalists and developers) is literally and figuratively in bed with each other. If Kotaku had just fired/suspended the main guy at the heart of the conflict of interest at the beginning, this whole thing probably would have been dead for a while.

drebo · Sep 20, 2014

rockyct said:
This whole thing would have been over weeks ago if the normal outlets hadn't tried to stomp on the fire and censor the controversy. The deleting of any discussion related to the topic just fuels the backlash. Even 4Chan has now blocked discussion of the issue. The people defending Zoe Quinn think this is a gender bias issue and the people upset think this is a story about conflict of interest. When the gaming sites write articles condemning the misogynist gamers, it's only going to make the other side rage not because they actually are misogynists are upset because they got called out. They rage because the media isn't addressing the conflict of interest issue and are dismissing the legitimate concerns gamers have that industry (journalists and developers) is literally and figuratively in bed with each other. If Kotaku had just fired/suspended the main guy at the heart of the conflict of interest at the beginning, this whole thing probably would have been dead for a while.

Who fucking cares?

Some people had sex. One of them happened to be a reviewer, one of them happened to be a game developer. Big fucking deal.

This would have been over weeks ago if people just minded their own fucking business and weren't so fucking prudish.

So her game is on steam. That doesn't mean you have to buy it if you don't like it (or her.) Big fucking deal. There are thousands of games on Steam I don't want to buy. Her's is just another drop in the bucket.

cubby1223 · Sep 20, 2014

Wow! I guess it hadn't occurred to me to take gaming journalism seriously in the first place...

RelaxTheMind · Sep 20, 2014

cubby1223 said:
Wow! I guess it hadn't occurred to me to take gaming journalism seriously in the first place...

used to think of myself as a "gamer" but i guess not, because after reading i still cant take it seriously.

Rakehellion · Sep 20, 2014

Oh, that girl. She's a fraud. I don't care what happens to her.

amdhunter · Sep 20, 2014

A bunch of virgin gamers angry at a woman for using her vag for bettering her life?

Jadow · Sep 20, 2014

ohh unethical video game reviews, better get congress to start hearings. seriously who cares.

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