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Bomb Threat Targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Game Developers Choice Awards Last March
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Let's say that you don't like what she's saying and wants her to stop. Is it easier to listen to her arguments and try to debate them or to threaten her and try to stop the argument? For many, it's actually the latter.
If she has that much power, its only because gamers gave it to her. Without the hate surrounding and amplifying her every example of sexism in the industry, shes just some chick with a youtube account, like countless others. No one even knew her name when she was yammering about how Star Trek: TNG and Elizabethtown was sexist.
Also: she doesnt have that much power. So theres that.
yurinka
Member
She doesn't deverve this award, but to make a bomb threat is too much.
Police, FBI must investigate it. I'm 100% sure nobody is going to put a bomb, but they must stop it. Both if is a self made false threat as argued in other cases with credible reasons or if it's a dumb idiot who just made this for the lulz.
Police, FBI must investigate it. I'm 100% sure nobody is going to put a bomb, but they must stop it. Both if is a self made false threat as argued in other cases with credible reasons or if it's a dumb idiot who just made this for the lulz.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
LOL. Fuck outta here with that. You think if Anita hated Destiny it wouldn't have sold?
Let's clear the air here: Anita is a woman with an opinion. She critiques games. That is a thing that she does. Am I interested in her critiques? No, but then I rarely care about anyone's critiques to begin with. Just because I'm not interested doesn't mean other people can't be. Just because you're not interested doesn't mean you have to watch. If anyone isn't interested, they can NOT watch. Death threats, rape threats, and fucking BOMB threats aren't just out of line, they're illegal and these people should be chucked in the nearest jail cell immediately.
Try reading the article. It's about a past event and has the police already involved.
Opinionatedfish
Member
I cover conventions and political events. Almost every tea party or planned parenthood event I have covered gets a dozen bomb threats. It's the internet. An email or two gets the benefit of the doubt in the eyes of the police. Good that it was nothing. Good that it was investigated. Interesting that it was not reported in a timely manner. It should have been mentioned at least four months ago. In the news cycle, this is a dropped story picked up for the sensationalist headline and discussion that it now can garner. But, at least, we now know about it.
Most likely, it was held back because it is embarrassing to the organizers of the event or there was an active case. Kotaku is hurting the event by publicizing this.
But it is good to know that the event is safe... Unless this causes a drop in attendance.. If I were on the event board, I would be pissed. Kind of like the reports out of SDCC this year.
Most likely, it was held back because it is embarrassing to the organizers of the event or there was an active case. Kotaku is hurting the event by publicizing this.
But it is good to know that the event is safe... Unless this causes a drop in attendance.. If I were on the event board, I would be pissed. Kind of like the reports out of SDCC this year.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Absolute fact
I don't think you know how being right works. Justification of conclusions drawn from evidence are not influenced by the whims of the mentally ill.
The burden is on Sarkeesian to continually justify her conclusions.
Angry people other than gamers make threats to those who disagree with them?
At this entire post:
Nah.
Anita is a big deal when it comes to some game communities, not gaming as a whole. Game developers en masse don't seek her out to consult their game, game journalists and writers don't cite her as a gamechanger when it comes to delivering opinions. Her views don't influence game reviews, at all. She'll probably never have the same influence as actual game developers and games.
Devout levels of devotion? Not at all. Most Gaf threads are constant back and forth affairs about her arguments and points. I personally agree with her sentiment and goals, but really don't dig her arguments and the context behind those arguments. Plenty of Gaffers and people in general feel the same way.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Pardon, but it really sounded like you were phrasing it to mean "she's causing shit and making people threaten her. If you just ignore her she'll go away"
It just kind of sounds like victim blaming is all
Opinionatedfish
Member
A Link to the Past
Banned
Angry people other than gamers make threats to those who disagree with them?
If you had to pick a motive for why this person chose Anita as the reason why he or she (probably he lol) was going to bomb GDC over, what would it be?
Do note that Anita KIND of has a history of being threatened with murder from the gaming community.
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Deleted member 126221
Unconfirmed Member
For some reason, I found that post hilarious.
Trolls essentially riled up gullible and easily angered gamers to entertain themselves. Misinformation becomes the status quo, people argue over things that aren't even remotely true.
There's some truth on that.
At the same time, there's the assumption that the "gamers" making this threats are american, white, male, single and play console games mostly...when for all intents and purposes noone knows. Heck, could be from Europe, could be married...even women; noone knows.
What sucks is that we're close to finish 2014 and some things just never change.
A couple of reviews of some games have mentioned things regarding the representation of women in said games, but it's largely been in cases where such criticism is quite warranted and it's not like it's happening in every single review.
Manchildren have taken this to mean that a plague of the dreaded social justice crusade is sweeping up the precious vidja games that they just want to play and the mean women shut and sleep with them instead because they are nice guys and are so much better than those jerky jocks.
This can't be said enough. I'm not a fan of Anita, but at the very least I think she'll help pave the way for someone more informed/familiar with video games to speak about similar topics.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
I like your narrative. From "in no indicative of any community" to the unfounded claim of "religious Sarkeesian devotees". Just wondering, why do you have the need to critize Sarkeesian in such a thread? Which is about her receiving a bomb threat? With baseless claims on top of that.
yurinka
Member
Ah ok. In any case, they should investigate who sent the mail (they can do it for cases like that). I highly doubt somebody will ever put a bomb for a reason like that, but they must stop it.
In the video interview with the SFPD spokeperson where they say Anita didn't contact them this August, when she claimed that had to move due to threats, they mentioned that they only registered that she contacted from March. So it should be this one.
You say that like it's equivalent to receiving death and bomb threats.
A Link to the Past
Banned
I'd venture to say most people who would issue bomb threats ARE white. Aren't most bomb threats made by white people?
EDIT: Also, I think a good thing to look at is Egoraptor. A lot of people hate his views in Sequelitis, especially OoT, and find them somewhat unfounded. Yet, the celebrity he received for them hasn't caused nearly as much ire as a feminist viewpoint. Why don't the people who threaten to kill Sarkeesian for her quote-unquote incorrect viewpoints also threaten Ego, who many I'm sure feel that he's completely incorrect on the subject of OoT's quality (or lack thereof)? Likely because he's male, and he's way harder to intimidate than Anita. Plus he's like 6'2.
EDIT: Also, I think a good thing to look at is Egoraptor. A lot of people hate his views in Sequelitis, especially OoT, and find them somewhat unfounded. Yet, the celebrity he received for them hasn't caused nearly as much ire as a feminist viewpoint. Why don't the people who threaten to kill Sarkeesian for her quote-unquote incorrect viewpoints also threaten Ego, who many I'm sure feel that he's completely incorrect on the subject of OoT's quality (or lack thereof)? Likely because he's male, and he's way harder to intimidate than Anita. Plus he's like 6'2.
So...developers should stop making games that appeal to the people who largely buy games?
I can agree with less harassment. But mean tweets are harmless. How many times has Anita actually been raped or killed? Cowards from the Internet will always exist. Ignoring and reporting is the best way of dealing with them. Not retweeting them for sympathy points.
Let's not go there.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Someone brought up the point of accusing people of being a specific "type", so why not?
On the other side of the coin, wasn't there also a thing that showed Reddit's MRA page to be predominantly white?
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Insane. Some members of the gaming community are utterly abhorrent.
Sorry about my baseless claims. I redacted them from the post and I feel quite stupid for making them.
But you should see her Twitter followers. They're crazy.
Astro Racer
Banned
Jack Thompson was an activist against game violence, much like Sarkeesian, and he had WAAAY more death threats than her (Which people didn't seem to have a problem with). So it's not really a gender thing. Anyone can get death threats.