The more forum dwelling members will no doubt have noticed the little kerfuffle going on in the world of video games. A little ''war'' has been raging for almost eight month's now and it has shown no signs of stopping. This site has at least a few gamers and others may have come across the hashtag on twitter so, since it doesn't seem to be ending I'l ask the members of my favorite site how they stand on the subject.
For those that don't know: Currently the forum dwelling gaming community has been split into two side. The ''Social justice warriors'' for lack of a better term who want better portray of woman and minorities in gaming. A rabbit faction of those people admittingly try to blacklist or ruin the careers of those they don't like and lets be honest, can sometimes get worked up over minor things or things they don't know a thing about.
On the other side there are the gamergaters who claim to stand for more ethics in game Journalism and who try to reign in an increasingly nepotist and ideology driven press. A rabbit faction of those people admittingly harass or send death treats to feminist activist and lets be honest, can sometimes get worked up over minor things.
For eight whole month's these camps have either been rousing each other on in their echo chambers or otherwise coming out to yell at or ruin careers on the other side. Its hard to figure out were the camps end and the Trolls begin though so that's something to consider.
I hope that was a neutral summery, not picking a side so if there's someone here who's passionately involved on either side...please don't kill me!
So what are the opinions about this mess on this site? I know Anita Sarcesian was name dropped at least once so at least someone knows about it.
As for me, I'm neutral since I don't hold any strong opinion of Feminism, and ethics in game journalism? Its not my game journalism that's under fire since its mostly an American thing. The main Dutch gaming site would make Gaters pretty happy though. Overall its a far from my bed show. On individual bullet points I'd probably be closer to Gamergate but I don't feel inclined to voice my support either way.
A few month's ago I would say I didn't care but....I do care! In somewhat of a dark way but still. The whole thing...well its kind of fascinating how people are willing to ruin careers over what's essentially internet drama!
So yeah, should be a fun discussion right?