Topic: Anita Sarkeesian - Feminist Frequency - Donating in Bitcoin - page 15. (Read 39015 times)

I had no idea who this woman was, but after a little reading and looking at her website I can tell you she isn't doing any favours for female gamers at all.  In fact, I really think she is going to have the opposite effect.  Do I think there is gender bias in video games?  Of course I do, but that really comes down to the lack of female developers out there.  Does the money going towards these videos do anything to fix that?  I really doubt it, it's designed to upset female viewers (making them feel victimized) and offers nothing constructive to them.  If you want to attract women into video games, why not show them clips of games that would appeal to them, instead of horrific acts of violence towards women?  She could instead put that money towards helping women get involved.  That's more constructive I think.

I notice the games she picks are very specific genres that are supposed to be violent and cater to a certain audience.  They are not representitive of video games as a whole. Her one example of a non-violent game (well relatively... I guess stomping on heads is sort of violent ;P), Mario was very weak... and offensive towards Princess Peach.  Yes, she plays the damsel-in-distress, but that doesn't make her "useless" and if she had played the Mario series, she would know that you can play as her in quite a few of the titles.  You are encouraged to play as her on certain levels as she has her special floating ability.

What does Anita expect her end goal to be? Censorship of these games? As an artist I feel this would be the most deplorable option.  This is not going to help women gamers at all, it will only garner resentment.  There are seriously a lot more options out there that she fails to bring up. 

I can think of a lot of examples of popular games where there are strong female leads/characters, the Metroid series, Final Fantasy series(also has a lot of effeminite male characters), Tales of Xillia/Symphonia, Tomb Raider, Chrono Cross & Trigger, ...Balloon kid... XD.  Right now I've been playing Civ V with my husband and they have lots of female leaders you can choose from which is pretty cool.

So I guess my main point is, I would not donate any Bitcoin to this cause and you probably shouldn't either.  Anita fully admits that she doesn't like video games, so it's kinda difficult to take her seriously on this topic.  Spend that money on a video game that deserves it, not some crummy made videos.

I have the feeling a lot of women in the game industry are disgusted to know they are represented by those addicted selfish attention creatures... But what do I know, being a male and all...

No one is going to donate to this crap "feminist" who's doing these videos just to make money and publicity(5 mins of fame).

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http://youtu.be/Km3DZQp0StE

Anita Sarkeesians 'death threats' and Joss Whedons 'misogyny'!





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tXyqPCOCM

#GamerGate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0wODEcW2I

https://twitter.com/hashtag/GamerGate?src=hash

 

I replied to your private message.

Anita is a liar, a hypocrite, and she doesn't even like video games by her own admission. Her entire project is carefully calculated to milk money for cultural Marxists like yourself. She is a professional 'victim.' If you want to donate to her in bitcoins, ask her about it, but know that you are contributing to a con-artist and a terrible human being.

Also, Tim Schafer is an idiot and he's not the one conning people out of money. He's also not very talented, it was those around him back in the LucasArts day that had the talent. His own games are very hit and miss. By listing the people who support her all you are doing is exposing the people in the industry that have terrible political bias (and lack of critical thinking ability) and should not be supported. The game industry has been infiltrated by their kinds and they need to be purged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_MVPq1SJY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRSaLZidWI

She's set herself up as a 'damsel in distress', the very trope she criticizes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tXyqPCOCM

Would you like to donate to Anita Sarkeesian?

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I'm not hearing any Bitcoiner comment(or complain   ) on Tim Schafer who said that Anita's work is pretty damn good. Maybe you now will all start to dismiss Tim Schafer[1] because he said that Anita Sarkeesian is a pretty sound person? We have lots of high profile people answering to Anita Sarkeesian, one among them Steve Jaros of Saints Row. 'Saints Row 4 developer says Anita Sarkeesian "is right" in latest Tropes vs. Women in Videogames', article written by pcgamer.com.

[1] (Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, and Broken Age and co-designer of the early classics The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Day of the Tentacle)

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Or just follow the example of Tim Schafer(Wikipedia: "Schafer is best known as the designer of critically acclaimed games Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, and Broken Age and co-designer of the early classics The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Day of the Tentacle.") on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimOfLegend/status/504095132220526592


By the way, I think I've seen this person on Humble Bundle, presenting videos. Yes, that's it. I actually didn't know he helped in making full throttle a reality! Wow.

Not to mention Steve Jarros: https://twitter.com/SteveJaros/status/504227522423185409

Very recently she published another video since ~Aug 25. (2014) "Women as Background Decoration (Part 2)"

In all the critisism this thread has received regarding Anita Sarkeesian, I've seen not one single part of a transcript part quoted. "Quoting sources" anybody?  

This link will take you directly to the Transcript of the "Women as Background Decoration (Part 2)" video: http://www.feministfrequency.com/2014/08/women-as-background-decoration-part-2/#more-20630

You are also able to find many transcripts on her tropes vs women in video games series.

I think that attitude towards me suits you well. You don't have to counter my arguments. You can think of me as somebody 'lesser' and thus you don't have to counter my arguments.

Anyway this hate-wave that she is receiving on a global scale is pretty severe. You personally got a comment on it? http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/27/6075179/anita-sarkeesian-says-she-was-driven-out-of-house-by-threats

In short, she is making waves around the internet and "gamers" wanna show their hate.

This thread here received some arguments but not hatred. If you can't grasp the difference then I feel sorry for you. BTW the bitcoin community don't need to change. It's open and diversified enough. Members/newcomers need to adapt, adopt and improve if they looking for wider acceptance.

Just an idea: What do you think about not behaving like a sixteen years old basement dweller when someone doesn't agree with you? You know arguments and counter-arguments are not insults and differing opinions are not hatred.

Anita Sarkeesian received The 2014 Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award from Neil Druckmann the writer and director(1of2) of The Last of Us. Here's what he said about The Last of Us:


The gaming industry is already changing. Is the Bitcoin community too, or being rude is more important than letting more people know about Bitcoin?

This tweet sums pretty much up all the hate this thread has received: https://twitter.com/russpitts/status/501836320097189888

You are not helping anybody with that hostile attitude.

Here is a video explaining why Anita Sarkeesian is a con artist and why you will follow her like a religious zealot no matter what she does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqJCCnued6c

That quote represents everything you said that has any value. You accidentally admitted that Anita does start internet fights in order to gain victim status. Side-stepping the issue by saying that the response she got was hostile does not make it okay to purposefully start fights in order to gain pity money.

As far as helping bitcoin, we are doing a good job in this thread by pointing out an extremely solid case of a con artist.

Your twisting of language is extremely obvious. Saying that you have been playing games since you were 5 years old means two things; You have been playing them since you were 5, and you are an huge fan of games. Anita has zero integrity, and now you are showing us exactly how much integrity you have when you can't even keep your words straight.