Christopher Posted December 14, 2014 You have somehow forgotten the NYT's most (in)famous reviewer, a woman who has already been targeted by Norman Mailer for her supposed hatred of white men, and who has already been targeted by nerds after her review of the final Harry Potter book. Michiko Kakutani Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted December 14, 2014 I guess most book reviewers I can think of off the top of my head are male though, so who would they even target? Probably women reviewers on Goodreads, given some of the drama and controversy that has come out of reader reviews from there in the last couple of years. Also, metalgate is the least fucking metal thing I've ever heard of. Fucking posers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted December 14, 2014 This is still going, and their propaganda is as stupid as it ever was: I love that they've drawn a map that shows them losing their imaginary war horribly. I love that all the vast territory that the "corruption" has occupied is deemed "neutral," so that they can say no territory's been lost despite getting kicked out of originally sympathetic places like 4chan. I love that they claim the FTC was originally part of the "corruption" but is now occupied by #GamerGate, just because the FTC is allegedly planning to release new guidelines sometime next year about placement of advertising in web articles. #GamerGate, if you're going to make stuff up, you could at least draw a map that actually conveys a sensical narrative, maybe even one of right action. What the one that Christopher posted looks like is the purple country invading the orange one because the former doesn't recognize the latter's territorial claims... which actually seems about right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted December 14, 2014 You have somehow forgotten the NYT's most (in)famous reviewer, a woman who has already been targeted by Norman Mailer for her supposed hatred of white men, and who has already been targeted by nerds after her review of the final Harry Potter book. Michiko Kakutani Whoops. She somehow slipped my mind entirely. That's embarrassing. My bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irishjohn Posted December 15, 2014 I love that they've drawn a map that shows them losing their imaginary war horribly. Yup, that's pretty good. A complete lack of self-awareness is always funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadHat Posted December 15, 2014 I really hope that if metalgate shows anything, it's that these movements are reactionary in the purest sense of the word. They're trying to rally people around their cause with the thinnest pretence imaginable, and the great part is that almost nobody seems to be taking the bait (aside from the lead singer of Disturbed... really?). If you want some reassurance that most sane people know shit when they smell it, here's the one and only thread on the topic posted to /r/metal. https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/2p69pg/so_metalgate_is_now_a_thing_on_twitter/ The one thing that's slightly disappointing is how many people who categorize themselves as "neutral" still perceive it as being a choice between two sides in opposition. The idea that there's an anti-metalgate already and that they're implicitly demanding your support is such an unfortunate assumption. Even if metalgate dies out immediately (which I expect it to), GG and their ilk will have won a small victory by further driving a wedge between people who might have otherwise been supportive of certain causes, and "SJWs" who are seen to be fighting a petty culture war over non-issues. Not that people who speak about social justice don't have their own perception problems (like any other vocal group), but it certainly doesn't help when the average bystander comes away with the conclusion that both ends of the spectrum are equally inane (b-b-b-but radfems called me a cishet!). The perfect expression of this is TotalBiscuit's posts in that medium blog. He obviously views himself as immensely "neutral" and level-headed in all this based on his hilariously ignorant but condescending twitlongers, and yet he immediately reacted to the news that metalgate was even a thing by decrying a response that didn't exist. Then he realises that it was a complete non-event and casually brushes it off later, like, "Oh, that thing I reacted to with zero information or insight? Not really a thing FYI, just thought you ought to know." Clearly the voice of impartiality. What pisses me off the most is this is the same guy who constantly harps on about not twitter mobbing people because he sees @ replying someone with as many followers as he has as an invitation to harass. And then he goes and lends his considerable weight to a movement that is fucking predicated on twitter mobbing. How un-self-aware do you have to be to not see the conflict there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henroid Posted December 15, 2014 What in the hell is "Metalgate" and why is there still a brazen lack of respect for history when it comes to naming shit? This better be a Hideo Kojima joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted December 15, 2014 Well at least it lasted longer than a Woodgate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted December 15, 2014 What in the hell is "Metalgate" and why is there still a brazen lack of respect for history when it comes to naming shit? This better be a Hideo Kojima joke. A good article on this #metalgate bullshit for anyone as confused as I was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted December 15, 2014 I love that they've drawn a map that shows them losing their imaginary war horribly. That`s the idea. though. They see themselves as underdogs defending against a greater threat instead of the most priveleged and catered-to group on the planet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Synnah Posted December 15, 2014 This is still going, and their propaganda is as stupid as it ever was: The more I look at this shitty map, the more confusing and annoying it is to me. The misspelling of 'Anti-GG' and 'Authoritarian', the conflation of 'Anti-GG' with corruption, the choices they made regarding which 'factions' control which areas, the inclusion of #MetalGate as an area almost as large as #GamerGate despite being basically nothing, the assumption that Anti-GG/Corruption is somehow responsible for the UK Pornography Ban, it's all so stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted December 15, 2014 Milo announced today that he's writing a book about GG, apparently titled "Gamergate: The Definitive Story". People responded with #gamergatebooktitles. Some favourites: Of Mice and Not All Men Horton Harasses a Who Official Prima Strategy Guide to Harassing Women A Confederacy of Dunces Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted December 15, 2014 Every last one of those is pure gold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted December 15, 2014 If you want some reassurance that most sane people know shit when they smell it, here's the one and only thread on the topic posted to /r/metal. https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/2p69pg/so_metalgate_is_now_a_thing_on_twitter/ Ahhh, that's great. Pretty much metalheads seeing that it's bullshit and declaring themselves as left-wing liberals, and a handful of GGers trying to give them "objective" summaries of GG, getting told to fuck off and then claiming that SJWs are brigading the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted December 15, 2014 Another good one: "Catcher in the Rye, Basically" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted December 15, 2014 How the fuck does Milo still get paid to write? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeadpool Posted December 15, 2014 I love that they've drawn a map that shows them losing their imaginary war horribly. I love that all the vast territory that the "corruption" has occupied is deemed "neutral," so that they can say no territory's been lost despite getting kicked out of originally sympathetic places like 4chan. I love that they claim the FTC was originally part of the "corruption" but is now occupied by #GamerGate, just because the FTC is allegedly planning to release new guidelines sometime next year about placement of advertising in web articles. #GamerGate, if you're going to make stuff up, you could at least draw a map that actually conveys a sensical narrative, maybe even one of right action. What the one that Christopher posted looks like is the purple country invading the orange one because the former doesn't recognize the latter's territorial claims... which actually seems about right. That in and of itself is likely PART of the propaganda. You can't appear to be in the lead or "winning" in a war of words/information or people tend to get apathetic and listless. It has to be a constant uphill battle 100% of the time if actual lives aren't on the line. You have to be an underdog, otherwise you're part of the "machine." Even if, as a white heterosexual male in America (which is why you ALWAYS hear the narrative of global white oppression during things like WAR ON CHRISTMAS or CHRISTIANITY UNDER ATTACK IN AMERICA??? media narratives), you are about the furthest thing from an underdog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted December 15, 2014 (Late entry: "Belittle Women") Kind of related to the underdog status, Rob Fearon posted some good stuff on GG earlier: https://storify.com/nachimir/the-circle-of-shit An underdog myth definitely feeds into their apparent need to sustain what they're doing through perpetual conflict. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted December 15, 2014 That`s the idea. though. They see themselves as underdogs defending against a greater threat instead of the most priveleged and catered-to group on the planet. That in and of itself is likely PART of the propaganda. You can't appear to be in the lead or "winning" in a war of words/information or people tend to get apathetic and listless. It has to be a constant uphill battle 100% of the time if actual lives aren't on the line. You have to be an underdog, otherwise you're part of the "machine." Even if, as a white heterosexual male in America (which is why you ALWAYS hear the narrative of global white oppression during things like WAR ON CHRISTMAS or CHRISTIANITY UNDER ATTACK IN AMERICA??? media narratives), you are about the furthest thing from an underdog. I understand that. I'm more just tickled that the underdog complex of #GamerGate is so strong that it prevents them from making intelligible or compelling propaganda. It's like these idiots think that Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech was just him screeching, "They're fucking bombing us, you dipshits! Get off your asses and do something!" Inspiring, to say the least. They want to be underdogs, sure, but they also want their few and tiny victories to be written in lights, so we have this confusing map where #GamerGate is as big as the "corruption" but has conquered much less territory, and that territory is only a small toehold in Tumblr and in the "corruption" proper. Because they want so bad to be weak but strong, it's impossible to tell what's going on, at least without the laughably inept naming scheme. Is the purple blob opportunistically invading the orange blob because the latter's dealing with a rebellion elsewhere? Maybe, it's hard to say. Maps as a pedagogical tool are supposed to make complex political situations immediately visible and comprehensible to an uninformed viewer, but somehow #GamerGate has managed to make one that does nothing of the sort. Honestly, you think with #GamerGate's obsessive conviction that they're fighting new-age Nazis, they'd have the sense to show Europe in 1940, rather than an ugly Tamriel-as-the-internet. There's an actual narrative of struggle there, albeit one still totally unconnected with the current situation. Maybe they could even have a map of Europe in the first days of Operation Barbarossa, with Russia labeled "Metalgate" or something. See? I loathe #GamerGate, but I can still invent better propaganda for them than they themselves can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted December 15, 2014 Metalgate was depressing for the second before it transpired to be completely illusory. The misspelling of 'Anti-GG'I assumed that was some sort of pointless non-pun on "Anita". Is even that giving the author too much credit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brodie Posted December 15, 2014 Is even that giving the author too much credit? yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itsamoose Posted December 15, 2014 How the fuck does Milo still get paid to write? Aren't all video game sex scenes forced and awkward? Also, what the fuck is this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted December 15, 2014 There's been a marked improvement in said scenes over the years. I... think. Whatever the case, Dragon Age: Origins is by far the worst of all of them forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted December 15, 2014 And I know cute lesbians, and apparently scissoring is overrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted December 15, 2014 Aren't all video game sex scenes forced and awkward? Also, what the fuck is this? Milo wrote a review of Dragon Age: Inquisition. That's a quote from it, addressing how his suspension of disbelief was broken by the fact that lesbians are attractive and not bitter because obviously that's just total farce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites