OracleofGaming

A traveler was on a long journey, looking for a new home. He came upon the magnificent gates of the grand city of Gaming. Just outside the gate was an old woman in humble garb, begging for her supper.

The traveler approached the old woman and gave her a portion of his rations. They got to talking and the traveler mentioned he was looking for a place to settle down.

"What kind of city are you looking for?", the old woman asked.

"Somewhere were people are kind and inclusive, where the respect others and participate in honest discourse. A place where a person need not fear the evil acts of others, where I can create freely and enjoy the creations of others" the traveler replied.

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Often the cry is heard "police your own movement" or "separate yourselves from the toxic tag and start anew". We can't be held responsible for the toxic actions of a few, nor do we believe their allegations that as a majority we are toxic.

But let's put ourselves in their shoes. Let's assume that GamerGate is largely toxic and that there are just a duped reasonable few who are unwittingly shielding them from criticism (a baseless accusation; if that were the case than we would be failing miserably).

If that was the case, why on EARTH would you want the neutrals to leave them? Why would you want a group of pure radicals festering in their own hatred? Why would you want any chance of them

Just an idea, to get some good discussion going: how about we make a daily/weekly megathread where we can talk about our opinions about gaming? We've got some diverse opinions here, and we can benefit from sharing them.

Like the title said, we can start by talking about women in gaming; positive and negative perceptions of them in games, women in the industry, in journalism, even people we know. To start, I'd like to share a favorite game of mine, Legends of Fae. (http://www.endlessfluff.com/lof_info.html). It's mostly a puzzle game, but it features a female protagonist who is physically disabled. She is portrayed as talented and intelligent, despite the fact she does not posess physical

Okay, this has been on my mind for some time, and it is very, very relevant to the media's perception of GamerGate. We've all seen the smear pieces, seen the biased coverage, and the lack of investigation, but there's one thing affecting how people see us that we're not addressing: The term "SJW" and how frequently it come up on this sub, on /gg/ and on twitter.

I know most of the people here know that "SJW" is usually only reserved for people who enforce extremes and want to silence any meaningful debate. We use it to describe people who think they can speak for minorities and the oppressed but aren't really interested in listening to them, and enabling them to speak for themselves. That

I joined this sub to harass some female devs and keep gaming a boys club. So far all I've found are charities, reasonable discussion and fact finding. What gives?

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