Sticking my dick to my thigh with duct tape so I can enter the Gaming Ladies event.
You can hear them coming with their tinted hair, black shirts and 85kg of weight.
Cooking Mama and Baby simulator tournaments.
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Female only gaming event cancelled following online harassment
- Thread starter kulapik
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Except what happened here is proof that they are not "stupid." And no, it would not be anything remotely similar to a "men only" event.
Women are harassed and treated like dirt in this industry. Because they are women. Men are not.
If you don't think it shouldn't exist, there's nothing wrong with it. So why don't you want them to exist?
Wait I'm so confused.
I don't get it. Segregation is progress, is it sarcasm or... what is that supposed to mean?
Shit like this is exactly why women only events need to exist, it's been a "Men only" world for a very long time.
SmackAttack
Member
Seeing "Gamers" typed in quotes when referring to girls who game is stupid in any language. We're never leaving that "Ur not a real gamer unless..." thing are we?
psychowave
Member
Quoting for the new page, I hope that's okay.
Obligatory "gaming has been a male-only event for years" response.
These women felt like they needed to create a space where they could come together and get involved in the culture. The fact that they felt the need to do this justifies it entirely. It doesn't matter what you feel about it. (I'm glad you pretty much acknowledged that, though.)
What do you propose, a generic 'gaming' event that loads of guys will go to and the women will be in the minority and probably treated awkwardly? (Playing to a stereotype here, but still.)
Poor GRIMES
Banned
"Mens only" events happen already. They're just not named as such because, well... let's take a look at E3.
Finding ONE woman quickly turns into a Where's Waldo game
Sad that they cancelled the event but also understable. Sadly this won't stop the harassers as they think they could get more out of the people who DARED even think of such an event. GamerGaters and other sperglords only think about the end result, the death and suicide of those who go against their worldview in any way.
The pro-censorship of the Alt-Right needs to stop, but I have no answers to that from a logical perspective. The major publishers need to outright condemn this crap, it needed to be done YEARS ago, heck, it should have been the standard back in the early 2000s, we've been dragging our heels thinking that it wouldn't matter.
It's people like that that give the Jack Thompsons of the world legitimacy, if the culture becomes too toxic and ends up damaging the industry we'll know who to thank.
The pro-censorship of the Alt-Right needs to stop, but I have no answers to that from a logical perspective. The major publishers need to outright condemn this crap, it needed to be done YEARS ago, heck, it should have been the standard back in the early 2000s, we've been dragging our heels thinking that it wouldn't matter.
It's people like that that give the Jack Thompsons of the world legitimacy, if the culture becomes too toxic and ends up damaging the industry we'll know who to thank.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
They're being facetious and trying to equate women-only events with "segregation", along with all the negative connotations that come with that term.
I do feel like the brutal truth is they should have just gone ahead with the event.
- go ahead with event
- if guys show up 'trolling it', humour them and move on
- once event is done and it (probably) went fine, hold another one the next month
- there will be fewer assholes trolling
- hold another one the following month
Etc. Just playing it straight and acting as if the trolls don't exist is always the best way to go.
I suppose there's a small chance the trolls could/would really cause safety problems, etc.
Thanks for the translation.
JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.
Thank you. Also *vomit*
- go ahead with event
- if guys show up 'trolling it', humour them and move on
- once event is done and it (probably) went fine, hold another one the next month
- there will be fewer assholes trolling
- hold another one the following month
Etc. Just playing it straight and acting as if the trolls don't exist is always the best way to go.
I suppose there's a small chance the trolls could/would really cause safety problems, etc.
Thanks for the translation.
JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.
Thank you. Also *vomit*
Sephiroth_VII
Member
Well, I mean, how would the Internet have reacted to a "male only" gaming event? I doubt it would have been any better. Doesn't excuse it mind you, just goes to show that there are morons on both sides of this fence.
"Mens only" events happen already. They're just not named as such because, well... let's take a look at E3.
Finding ONE woman quickly turns into a Where's Waldo game
lol nice. I found someone with long hair, but they may or may not be a woman.
I see
Once again, the kind of people who are most likely to mock safe spaces and call people special snowflakes act like that more than anyone else. Because god forbid that women try to avoid toxic behaviour from men with an event like this.
Some day people are gonna realise that gaming isn't the boys only club and it's a losing war to try resisting against letting anyone other than white men enjoy games without harrassment. No one wins from it and eventually it'll be one of those "I can't believe that's what actually happened" moments when looked back on in the future.
Some day people are gonna realise that gaming isn't the boys only club and it's a losing war to try resisting against letting anyone other than white men enjoy games without harrassment. No one wins from it and eventually it'll be one of those "I can't believe that's what actually happened" moments when looked back on in the future.
Thanks for this.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Well to be fair it would be pretty shitty if I couldn't attend the event just because I'm a man and more importantly I would love to hear more about women in the video games industry.
Some of them have a way of seeing things that can redefine how you see and how you can create video games.
When I was studying computing we were about a 100 in our school and there were about 7 women and 2 of them were what I would call geniuses real one and they always had a way to create code that was way more creative elegant and most important easy on the CPU side.
I always considered myselk kinda smart but believe me I was ashamed of how stupid I was compared to them but sadly one of them had to drop out being alone in a 25 guys class and around about 5 women whop were way older than her corroded her moral and I think that was a gigantic loss in the IT industry she coud've been the next Margharet Hamilton.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
No one would be talking about sticking zucchinis in their pants to sneak in.
This place is not an anomaly, it's just better policed.
Embarrassing behavior all around, behavior I expect will get have waved away because "not all gamers!"
"Mens only" events happen already. They're just not named as such because, well... let's take a look at E3.
Finding ONE woman quickly turns into a Where's Waldo game
I found one! Near the guy in the gray suit!
Disgusting, just absolutely no self-awareness on their part about how horrifically pressed they are about this event.
FC made it to Neogaf, ive seen everything lol
what i find weird is:
- this event wasnt even going to be streamed because of trolls and etcetc
- the conferences werent going to be shown even on a pre-recorded format, so if youre a man and youre interested in hearing what they say about gaming, your fucked
what i find weird is:
- this event wasnt even going to be streamed because of trolls and etcetc
- the conferences werent going to be shown even on a pre-recorded format, so if youre a man and youre interested in hearing what they say about gaming, your fucked
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
why would a women only event be created? why would a men only event be created? figure that out and you'll see why what you said is dumb
Kamek Koopa
Member
This is ridiculous.
Not only because Forocoches is not a gaming community and people here is atributing this inmature behaviour to gamers, but also because we are reaching the point of defending that male exclusion is actually a solution to women's problems.
Not only because Forocoches is not a gaming community and people here is atributing this inmature behaviour to gamers, but also because we are reaching the point of defending that male exclusion is actually a solution to women's problems.
I've been following this shit for the last couple of days and it's very sad.
For all non-spaniards, Forocoches makes 4chan look like educated people. They are the worst of the worst, a forum filled with racist, sexist scum that lives "for the lolz".
Sadly, King caved in due to the pressure these fuckers have. These people have managed to distort the results of polls on tv shows and even managed to make a difference when selecting a fucking piece if garbage to go to Eurovision.
Some of them are really upset the news arrives to Neogaf claiming that a "feminazi" convention like this doesn't deserve such notoriety.
My ex-roomate works at King Barcelona and he is so upset by this
For all non-spaniards, Forocoches makes 4chan look like educated people. They are the worst of the worst, a forum filled with racist, sexist scum that lives "for the lolz".
Sadly, King caved in due to the pressure these fuckers have. These people have managed to distort the results of polls on tv shows and even managed to make a difference when selecting a fucking piece if garbage to go to Eurovision.
Some of them are really upset the news arrives to Neogaf claiming that a "feminazi" convention like this doesn't deserve such notoriety.
My ex-roomate works at King Barcelona and he is so upset by this
A male only gaming event would not be equivalent to a female only gaming event, so the hypothetical is pointless.
Any "both sides!" argument sanctifies the status quo, the same status quo that results in responses like those in the OP to begin with.
Boooooooooooooth sides
NipplesAndToes23
Member
This shit is even happening in Spain.
Darryl M R
Member
I think this comparison is ignorant for a lot of reason but the main one is that these "women only" or "black only" events are usually hosted because certain people are not accepted or supported in certain spaces or industries.
Similar to how I see nothing wrong with a male only stay-home parenting 101 event because men are not known to be full-time stay at home parents and there are stigmas.
Hypotheticals don't show much of anything tbqh
psychowave
Member
Maybe if so many male gamers weren't such pieces of shit that wouldn't be an issue.
zerokoolpsx
Member
That is pretty sad on so many levels. Can't believe they were gonna troll the event.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Sure but this specific event is not made for you. Your free to look and even request for events featuring women though.
No one is saying that male exclusion is a solution to women's problems. What is being said though is that it's good that women both young and old can see people with them they can associate themselves. And events such as this one would show that gaming is as much as a women's hobby as it is a men's hobby. This might even make some of them willing to work in that industry.
How is that bad for anyone?
That works in a perfect world but the world isn't perfect so these minority groups need things like this.
SolarMystic
Member
Such is the nature of cockroaches. Just gotta be sure and smash them whenever they show their ugly faces. Trump supporters generally don't last very long in OT it seems.
Why is that weird? People have a right to control the publicity of that which they create.
That's already the normal state of things, so making a publicized event declaring as such is basically running up the score.
It's why white people don't have a dedicated history month in America (yet.)
Yeah, seems about right.
LOL
I thought it was the classic cringey image...then BAM! Extreme.
I don't get why some people are so annoyed about these kind of events. I'm not even sure if they are annoyed or just have some sort of agenda, or maybe it's just a bunch of bored people who troll for fun.
Any way you spin it I feel kinda sad for them. Hopefully they find love and purpose in their lives one day.
Lionel Richie
Member
There is no "fence" here man, there are only insecure assholes who can't deal with not being the target demographic for something. This is such a ridiculous situation that it isn't one you can rationalize, more than anything this was a private event that the people who organized wanted to see one specific audience attending and they can't do that because some people in this world view this as taking sides on some proxy war that doesn't even exist if you're not a really disturbed human being. This is some Lovecraftian shit.
"Mens only" events happen already. They're just not named as such because, well... let's take a look at E3.
Finding ONE woman quickly turns into a Where's Waldo game
Another person far left, directly under the 'R' in Square Enix. Blue shirt
Wooooo
The fact we have to do this to prove a point...
ViolentP
Member
How do we know they need it if they are never allowed to have it?
Pankratous
Member
Surely this post is trolling, though?
I can't imagine even if someone was a raging misogynist coming up with such a poor idea. It seems like it's a big joke, designed to cause outrage across the net? Like a domino effect.
They can't possibly actually think that is a good idea. Surely.
I actually can't imagine a group of guys committing the actual act that they talk about. It seems so over the top ridiculous. At most I can imagine them protesting outside.
Nice find! And it looks like she's talking to another woman. I wonder if their conversation passes the Bechdel Test!
Sigh, we need more female playing video games, but shits like these is what keeping away from it.
I honestly don't get why Sexism is so prevalent in this medium. Movies, Music, Literature, Theater, ect have moved on to be more progressive and yet Gaming have stuck in the same mold of ignorance and hatred.
I honestly don't get why Sexism is so prevalent in this medium. Movies, Music, Literature, Theater, ect have moved on to be more progressive and yet Gaming have stuck in the same mold of ignorance and hatred.
Mr.Deadshot
Member
I agree. Canceling the event was the wrong move. Now the trolls already won.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Yeah I'm just saying that prohibiting men will only agravated the most stupid males while preventing the more open minded to be able to be informed if only the panel were women only that would've been great the event being it too kinda moot their point.