Poll of the Day > 29 y/o GAMERGATE Victim Zoe Quinn still gets DEATH THREATS from MALE Users!!!

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Full Throttle
09/06/17 7:37:04 PM
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Has anyone on the internet ever tried to ruin your personal life?



29 y/o Zoe Quinn, the victim of Gamergate and scandal where an online mob of males from the internet carried an unprecedented campaign of hate and harassment against several women says she is STILL being sent DEATH THREATS and RAPE THREATS, 3 years after it happened!!

It began in 2014 when her ex boyfriend wrote a 9000 wod, single spaced diatribe against her when they broke up and went viral...

3 years later, the game developer says the abuse against her is beyond belief and resulted in her PTSD diagnosis.

She wrote a book entitled "How Gamergate Nearly Destroyed My Life And How We Can Win The Fight Against Online Abuse"

Everyone she knew or worked with also faced the abuse as she received phone calls dozens of times a day with men threatening her and all of her social media accounts were hacked and used to post lurid and false information about her

On gaming message boards, people gleefully debated at how they would "torture" and "murder" her..her entire family was also DOXXED where all of her personal details and home addresses were posted. Someone even sent a picture of her to her father with someone's gross fluids on her picture..

She spoke to DailyMail and described how her story was like an "autopsy" as she felt torn on what to do..

Her book has been optioned by Sony's Amy Pascal with Scarlett Johannson possibly in the lead..

Zoe battled depression and became a game developer where her first hit in 2014 was Depression Quest, an adventure game. She said being a game developer saved her life as she tried to kill herself but said being a game creator has helped her have meaning

But then her ex, Eron Gjoni that lasted a few months nearly destroyed her after he allegedly abused her. When she was celebrating her 27th birthday with Alex Lifschitz, her bf released a manifesto that alleges she SLEPT with gaming jouranlists for favourable reviews.

Gaming boards and the "dark web" caught onto this and started shaming Zoe to no end. She said it was a "witchhunt" to go after gaming girls where these people believed what her bf wrote. Hackers repeatedly changed everything in her online profile. One person wrote "Next time she shows up at a conference, we give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal..a good solid injury to the knees"

They even boasted about her GRANDFATHER'S DEATH as they attacked his OBITUARY page!!

Zoe now lives in the West Coast as her depression went deeper and thinking she agreed with the haters that maybe she has to start "sleeping" with journalists just to give her games a positive review now...but she wasn't going to let it get to her anymore and had to update her status to prove she's alive as people thought she had died if she didn't post anything.

After failing to get an injunction against her ex, she decided to tackle it head on and started a nonprofit called Override that helps people with similar ordeals from angry men who start online mobs to try and destroy others.

Ironically, one of those men APOLOGIZED to her in person for hacking her as she's received apologies from other gamegaters regularly now as Zoe hopes to stop online mobs for wrongfully accusing others of wrongdoing, especially men who believe every conspiracy they read..

Has anyone on the internet ever tried to ruin your personal life?

Zoe -

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Eron - Jerk

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Trolls -

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dioxxys
09/06/17 7:45:56 PM
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Welcome to life, if you are at all popular, you always get death threats, difference is most people ignore it.

You can have 200k subs on youtube and thats all it takes to get regular death threats. You are always going to have immature people that dont like you and act in stupid ways.

I have gotten death threats on the internet/online games, but I dont go crying about it. All it is, is bluffs made to degrade the target, react and they win. Congrats.
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faramir77
09/06/17 7:50:30 PM
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Nobody deserves death threats but Zoe Quinn is a professional victim and a total piece of shit.
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KevinceKostner
09/06/17 7:58:37 PM
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Gamers showing their maturity
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dioxxys
09/06/17 8:00:13 PM
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KevinceKostner posted...
humanity showing their maturity

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InfernalFive
09/06/17 8:08:49 PM
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TigerTycoon
09/06/17 8:16:27 PM
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InfernalFive posted...
victim

lol

She is a victim, a professional victim. She literally makes a living off of it.
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ShadosAtPhoenix
09/06/17 8:17:01 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Welcome to life, if you are at all popular, you always get death threats, difference is most people ignore it.


Pretty much. Or rather, if you are popular and show weakness.

The reality is the world sucks. People like to think that most people are decent human beings and its a minority doing this...but really, people are assholes. The only difference is which way they'll decide to be assholes based on arbitrary criterias (usually they'll be less likely to do shit they wouldn't want others to do to them).

So you have a public persona who loudly yelled what her weakness was, and a ton of anonymous people who don't share that weakness (most dudes don't care about getting rape threats, so they have no issues dishing them out). Combine all that together and you have a shitstorm.

If I go online, get famous enough and say "Im afraid of spiders", my inbox is immediately going to be filled with pictures of the world's scariest spiders.

Making this about gender is giving the world more credit than it deserves. People are assholes to everyone they possibly can be.

"But I'm not an asshole! I never try to hurt people!" one will say. Bullshit. Just take a step back and think of all the times you did something someone said they didn't like, and you felt they were overreacting. That's exactly what those internet trolls (think) they are doing, just with a slightly more universal topic.
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wwinterj25
09/06/17 8:19:36 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
Has anyone on the internet ever tried to ruin your personal life?

Nope. You can't ruin what's already broken.
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dioxxys
09/06/17 8:28:17 PM
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TigerTycoon posted...
InfernalFive posted...
victim

lol

She is a victim, a professional victim. She literally makes a living off of it.

I think that was his point

just put it in quotation marks and italicize it
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Zeus
09/06/17 8:32:05 PM
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Given that she was a bullshit artist who, besides engaging in massive conflicts of interest, tried to spin the event to build her brand, can't say I care much. As for the real victim in this, it was gamers themselves who have been lied to by "journalists" who were literally in bed with game producers.

Full Throttle posted...
Her book has been optioned by Sony's Amy Pascal with Scarlett Johannson possibly in the lead..


Because any of her behavior deserves to be rewarded. She gamed the system -- fucking over gamers -- and has likely become a millionaire thanks to her egregious behavior and useful fools buying into her story hook, line, and sucker.

Full Throttle posted...
3 years later, the game developer says the abuse against her is beyond belief and resulted in her PTSD diagnosis.


Given that she's hotshot the whole situation for massive PR, a book deal, and a movie deal, you shouldn't believe a damn word she says.

Full Throttle posted...
Eron - Jerk


She cuckolds him and he's the jerk?

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Golden Road
09/06/17 8:33:14 PM
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A professional victim is someone who tries to claim victimhood when they aren't actually a victim, not someone who's victimized a lot and people are just tired of hearing about it. You shouldn't lump the two groups together.
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Shanty_Irishman
09/06/17 8:34:49 PM
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As much as I want to hate her, without her Milo would have never entered into my life.
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RoboXgp89
09/06/17 9:09:02 PM
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She' still gets attention because she's a woman

What she's upset about isn't just isolated to gamer culture.
American culture is pretty much just a greasy turd trying to lose traction down a slide.

I was more pissed about Anita Skeesharin or whatever

Zoe Quinn definitely lied about giving that money away to charity or what kind of game she sold anyway
If you want to play a real shitty game about depression i suggest playing the 'cat lady'
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gravy
09/06/17 9:11:57 PM
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She'd be pretty if she tried taking care of herself.

Oh shit. I just bullied her.
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Lightning Bolt
09/06/17 9:20:26 PM
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"Tried to ruin my life" is a bit melodramatic, but yeah I've gotten a bunch of death threats on the internet. Who hasn't?
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Zeus
09/06/17 10:02:40 PM
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Lightning Bolt posted...
yeah I've gotten a bunch of death threats on the internet. Who hasn't?


Lurkers, maybe.
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Tropic_Sunset
09/06/17 10:05:56 PM
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I don't see anything in that anonymous troll account that says the user is male. What, can't females not be issuing death threats? OP is sexist.

Not to mention that in either case the troll could identify as female. OP is transphobic.

Down with Duckbear.
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Melon_Master
09/06/17 10:24:53 PM
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faramir77 posted...
Nobody deserves death threats but Zoe Quinn is a professional victim and a total piece of shit.

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dioxxys
09/07/17 8:02:39 AM
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Oh yeah my feminist friend whom I was talking about in this topic (https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/75748826), actually is like 100% on board with Zoe Quinn, when ever someone tries to levy valid criticisms against her he uses victimizing her as if it were some form of valid defense.
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Mead
09/07/17 8:47:16 AM
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I don't know much about Quinn but to my knowledge there was never any evidence that she slept with journalists other than the accusation from her ex, yet I have seen tons of comments and posts accusing her of being a slut.
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KevinceKostner
09/07/17 11:37:10 AM
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Mead posted...
I don't know much about Quinn but to my knowledge there was never any evidence that she slept with journalists other than the accusation from her ex, yet I have seen tons of comments and posts accusing her of being a slut.

Whether or not she did the community's reaction was wholly inappropriate.
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ninja_lootz
09/07/17 3:06:39 PM
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KevinceKostner posted...
Whether or not she did the community's reaction was wholly inappropriate.

There is no "community". Random people on the internet had a wide variety of reactions: a small percentage of which was extremely negative.
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joemodda
09/07/17 3:55:14 PM
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Her videogame Depression Quest is a masterpiece that will be hailed for ages to come.
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Archgoat
09/07/17 4:20:19 PM
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What did this lady do so bad to generate such hatred and anger from people? From the replies on this thread seems like a lot of people really hate her, did she ruin your life somehow?

She made a bad game? Maybe slept around a bit? Had a boyfriend who wanted to publicly shame her, and that is her fault?

I don't get people sometimes.
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KevinceKostner
09/07/17 4:21:50 PM
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Archgoat posted...
What did this lady do so bad to generate such hatred and anger from people? From the replies on this thread seems like a lot of people really hate her, did she ruin your life somehow?

She made a bad game? Maybe slept around a bit? Had a boyfriend who wanted to publicly shame her, and that is her fault?

I don't get people sometimes.

It's about ethics in game journalism bro
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Archgoat
09/07/17 4:36:32 PM
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KevinceKostner posted...
Archgoat posted...
What did this lady do so bad to generate such hatred and anger from people? From the replies on this thread seems like a lot of people really hate her, did she ruin your life somehow?

She made a bad game? Maybe slept around a bit? Had a boyfriend who wanted to publicly shame her, and that is her fault?

I don't get people sometimes.

It's about ethics in game journalism bro


So that means it is OK to send death threats and slut shame a person? Shouldn't you hold the journalist accountable instead of the other person? What proof is there that she actually even did this? Just her ex's word?
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Zeus
09/07/17 4:37:30 PM
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Mead posted...
I don't know much about Quinn but to my knowledge there was never any evidence that she slept with journalists other than the accusation from her ex, yet I have seen tons of comments and posts accusing her of being a slut.


...seriously? Low-tier shit-trolling even from you, considering that multiple sources -- including the publication that one of the journalists wrote for -- confirmed the relationship:
http://kotaku.com/in-recent-days-ive-been-asked-several-times-about-a-pos-1624707346

Archgoat posted...
What did this lady do so bad to generate such hatred and anger from people? From the replies on this thread seems like a lot of people really hate her, did she ruin your life somehow?

She made a bad game? Maybe slept around a bit? Had a boyfriend who wanted to publicly shame her, and that is her fault?

I don't get people sometimes.


Apparently massive hidden conflicts of interest and then playing the victim card for massive profits isn't enough to annoy people? She cheated on her boyfriend with a journalist at a publication which then gave her game good reviews and, when she was confronted, she accused all gamers of being misogynist before repeatedly attacking them to build up a huge pile of cash for herself. She's a pile of shit and, if you don't "get" that, there's something wrong with you.
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JanwayDaahl
09/07/17 4:54:32 PM
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Isn't this the skank who slept with some game reviewer for good reviews, then cried rape about it?
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What_The_Chris
09/07/17 4:56:46 PM
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I haven't heard anything about that hag in years, I thought her time of fake relevance was done
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Archgoat
09/07/17 5:17:25 PM
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Zeus posted...
Mead posted...
I don't know much about Quinn but to my knowledge there was never any evidence that she slept with journalists other than the accusation from her ex, yet I have seen tons of comments and posts accusing her of being a slut.


...seriously? Low-tier shit-trolling even from you, considering that multiple sources -- including the publication that one of the journalists wrote for -- confirmed the relationship:
http://kotaku.com/in-recent-days-ive-been-asked-several-times-about-a-pos-1624707346

Archgoat posted...
What did this lady do so bad to generate such hatred and anger from people? From the replies on this thread seems like a lot of people really hate her, did she ruin your life somehow?

She made a bad game? Maybe slept around a bit? Had a boyfriend who wanted to publicly shame her, and that is her fault?

I don't get people sometimes.


Apparently massive hidden conflicts of interest and then playing the victim card for massive profits isn't enough to annoy people? She cheated on her boyfriend with a journalist at a publication which then gave her game good reviews and, when she was confronted, she accused all gamers of being misogynist before repeatedly attacking them to build up a huge pile of cash for herself. She's a pile of shit and, if you don't "get" that, there's something wrong with you.


That link you posted does not show in correlation that she slept with a journalist for a good review. It says she had a relationship with someone that works at Kotaku, but that he did not even review her game, and only wrote one piece on a game she worked on.

Regardless of that, I don't know that much about her, or if she profited on playing the victim card, if she did, then the people who paid her are stupid, and maybe she is good at marketing herself?

I still don't see how, even if all that is true, her getting death threats is OK. Honestly, I would of never even heard of her or that Anita lady if it wasn't for super angry gamer dudes.
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Mead
09/07/17 6:25:05 PM
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Zeus posted...
Low-tier shit-trolling even from you


Given that this is your response to half the posts on this board, I would prefer it if you no longer quoted and responded to my posts @Zeus
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KevinceKostner
09/07/17 6:27:23 PM
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Mead posted...
Zeus posted...
Low-tier shit-trolling even from you


Given that this is your response to half the posts on this board, I would prefer it if you no longer quoted and responded to my posts @Zeus

The man's response to anyone that deviates front his very specific worldview
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Jen0125
09/07/17 6:33:01 PM
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man this chick is really trying to stay in the spotlight huh
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ajmrowland1
09/07/17 6:39:07 PM
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faramir77 posted...
Nobody deserves death threats but Zoe Quinn is a professional victim and a total piece of shit.

This. In fact, death threats don't help the people making them.
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dioxxys
09/07/17 6:57:19 PM
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People always try to bring up her getting death threats as if its a valid defense in response to her criticisms.
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dioxxys
09/07/17 6:58:48 PM
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short video on gamergate for those who dont know what it was about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STl7-_f4_eA
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Golden Road
09/07/17 6:59:17 PM
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dioxxys posted...
People always try to bring up her getting death threats as if its a valid defense in response to her criticisms.

There are no valid criticisms in the first place!
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Mead
09/07/17 7:00:09 PM
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dioxxys posted...
People always try to bring up her getting death threats as if its a valid defense in response to her criticisms.


I literally have never heard of her outside of people making negative statements about her regarding this whole scandal

If her ex hadn't posted some childish manifesto publicly I doubt I ever would have heard of her
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dioxxys
09/07/17 7:23:05 PM
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Mead posted...
If her ex hadn't posted some childish manifesto publicly I doubt I ever would have heard of her

Well it was more of the reaction to the childish manifesto that made gamergate as popular as it was
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JanwayDaahl
09/07/17 8:00:08 PM
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Jen0125 posted...
man this chick is really trying to stay in the spotlight huh


what do you expect? when most of the male population consists of fat male feminists defending evil women like this, they will keep hogging the spotlight
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Mead
09/07/17 8:41:01 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Mead posted...
If her ex hadn't posted some childish manifesto publicly I doubt I ever would have heard of her

Well it was more of the reaction to the childish manifesto that made gamergate as popular as it was


So the death threats then
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Mofuji
09/07/17 10:15:27 PM
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I'd say she'd need to stay relevant to get Patreon money to buy drugs, but she comes from a rich family, so daddy will buy her drugs.
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dioxxys
09/07/17 10:23:07 PM
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Mead posted...
dioxxys posted...
Mead posted...
If her ex hadn't posted some childish manifesto publicly I doubt I ever would have heard of her

Well it was more of the reaction to the childish manifesto that made gamergate as popular as it was


So the death threats then

No, death threats didnt blow up gamergate, people get death threats all the time, we dont see 1 million gamer gates happening all the time do we?

The only reason gamer gate got as big as it did is because on August 28th, a bunch of articles were dropped on gaming journalism sites attacking gamers as a whole and lumped all of them together with all the deplorables.

People honestly weren't THAT interested in someones stupid love scandal drama.

I invite you to watch the TLDR summary of GG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STl7-_f4_eA


Or if you want a more in-depth perspective from a veteran game dev:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DiVLJO-pA
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Golden Road
09/07/17 10:28:05 PM
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dioxxys posted...
people get death threats all the time

No. They don't.
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dioxxys
09/07/17 10:29:15 PM
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Golden Road posted...
dioxxys posted...
people get death threats all the time

No. They don't.

dude you have really naive to believe that
Anyone with even 200k subs on youtube, is enough to get you death threats on the regular.
All it takes being popular and bam.
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VeeVees
09/07/17 10:35:03 PM
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zero sympathy lol
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Mead
09/07/17 11:13:51 PM
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Golden Road posted...
dioxxys posted...
people get death threats all the time

No. They don't.

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dioxxys
09/07/17 11:44:07 PM
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Mead posted...
Golden Road posted...
dioxxys posted...
people get death threats all the time

No. They don't.

Interesting how the only thing you have not bothered to address anything else other then how often death threats occur. Regardless of how often it happens we still dont see something like gamergate happen that often. Were I to say it happened daily, weekly, or monthly, my point still stands that there is no correlation to gamergates explosion in widespread general awareness and death threats, so therefore death threats can not be attributed to its cause for rise in fame.
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