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Forums - Gaming - Women Leaving Games Over Harassment Is "a Real Shame," IGDA Director Says

mornelithe said:
Skeetys said:
IGDA is a hate group.

I don't think IDGA, IGF, or UBM are hate groups, I simply think their ideology is inconsistent with free speech and freedom of thought.  I also think they've wrapped themselves in this nice echo chamber, and refuse to even discuss the topics of great import, with anyone who doesn't think exactly the same way they do (which is born out with the GG-autoblocker, that's even blocked the head of an IGDA wing, for disagreeing that all GGers be put in Nazi gas chambers).   I think certain individuals associated with aGG, are certainly as vile as some of the fringe sides of GG (Arthur Chu, Shanley Kane, Randi Harper etc..) but I don't think it's fair to generalize the entirety of it, just like it's not fair to generalize the entirety of GG as a hate group.  There are psychopaths on both sides (as you will find in any political or social movement), but those crazies do not represent the whole.

The real problem with this whole debacle is the lack of conversation happening between the two sides, and the GG Autoblocker is not helping. 

sounds like their" crazies" happen to be running the show and not on the fringes



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Lawlight said:
So, who actually left gaming?



I doubt any one  demographic has left gaming  due to harrasement more than any other demographic (if any) 



IGDA denouncing harassment carries the same weight as Bill Clinton talking about the importance of trust in one's marriage.



Lawlight said:
So, who actually left gaming?

I dont think anyone left gaming over drama on social media. If you're serious and you love making games, people arguing on the interweb won't make you stop doing what you love.



€300million invested to hire people who don't want to be in those jobs to begin with? That's 1/3rd of a billion for "positive discrimination" kinda sickening time to be a guy trying to get work in IT.



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Lawlight said:
So, who actually left gaming?


only one I know of was Phil Fish.



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ganoncrotch said:
Lawlight said:
So, who actually left gaming?

only one I know of was Phil Fish.

I think he was asking about women, not children. :p

But that is an interesting observation.



Anyone leaving his/her job over harrasment is a shame



I almost left gaming because of harassment here



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Ruler said:
Anyone leaving his/her job over harrasment is a shame

it will be party on the street when mutti merkel quits her job over harrasment...  but shes a robot...