irstupid on 14 March 2017
| Asriel said: I haven't been able to read the review, and still can't access it, but haven't been a fan of Jim Sterling's work on Destructoid. The important point is though he shouldn't be denied a platform because you disagree with what he says, especially not when that involves deliberately crashing his website. Disagree with him? Explain why, write a blog, comment on the review, post something to Youtube. It is an age-old problem with gaming, though. Only last month the US Gamer reviewer that awarded Horizon 2.5/5 received death-threats and insults for their trouble. It's a sign of the immaturity still there in the medium, and the license to cause harm the anonymity of the internet seemingly provides for some people. Movie reviewers are able to have contrary opinions on major films, whether it's the latest hotly praised blockbuster or an Oscar darling. Game reviewers should be afforded the same freedom. |
The death threats and so on are bad, but I see DDOS'ing as nothing more than a peaceful protest. It's like if you protest outside a governement building to make life harder for politicians so that they notice and listen to what you want to say.
A DDOS to me is about as peaceful as you can get. People clearly did not like what he did and thus are doing a peaceful method of making him aware of it. Flooding his comments in youtube he can ignore or disable. Shutting down his websites by DDOS is something that will affect him and make him take notice.
