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[BumblebeeCody]

Notch is so damn rich.

 

[Izuna]

clearly.

Yes, clearly. What was she talking about then? If not the life of girls that play games?

 

[Zaheer]

That was great, but there was still nothing that could beat the first 45 seconds of Minecon 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRdcptG365I

 

[Glass Shark]

kill me

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Yes, clearly. What was she talking about then? If not the life of girls that play games?

She asked "Do you find it hard to compete in a world of gaming where it's mainly male dominated?" and just gets a random number thrown at her and told that she's wrong. That's a terrible way to answer a genuine question that could actually have lead to some decent discussion.

 

[Auctopus]

So those are the people that console exclusives appeal to...

Edit: Oh god, that poor girl who asked a thought-provoking question to someone she perhaps looks up to and gets a smarmy, sarcastic response. This is terrible in more ways than cringe.

 

[Stevey]

nvm:

 

[Trace]

So those are the people that console exclusives appeal to...

I've never actually seen someone ask for a console exclusive before.

I thought they were a myth.

(Bungie pls give Xbox One players the rest of the Destiny stuff it sucks anyway)

 

[TheSpoiler]

I love to laugh at 10-year-olds, it makes me feel superior.

Okay.

I mean, it's okay to giggle at a funny thing a kid did. There's a difference between that and being malicious.

 

[Broritos]

Bless these silly kids.

 

[King Gilga]

I have a young cousin that I gave my minecraft account to a a year or so ago.

He got really obsessed, minecraft books, clothes etc.

I got real worried that he'd turn out like one of these people so I changed the password.

It sends me a password reset attempt email like every week.

Bless him.

 

[Glass Shark]

I love to laugh at 10-year-olds, it makes me feel superior.

It's not making fun of the kids, for me it's more like "oh god oh god this is exactly how I would have acted when I was that age"

 

[NeonBlack]

But really tho, I need my console exclusives.

 

[Lady Siara]

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the absolute cringiest, how bad is this

A 3 for me. I'm disappointed, felt pretty tame compared to previous years.

 

[Kthulhu]

please note that this is now how I will picture every person on gaf who is overly invested in console exclusives from here on.



I'm not so sure.

Most people in the tread seem happy about it.

 

[PillarEN]

I have a young cousin that I gave my minecraft account to a a year or so ago.

He got really obsessed, minecraft books, clothes etc.

I got real worried that he'd turn out like one of these people so I changed the password.

It sends me a password reset attempt email like every week.

Bless him.

Why you gotta go kill your cousin's dab man?

I kinda feel sorry for him (not literally but more like "aww, poor kid")

 

[Alcotholic]

I didn't realize minecraft was still so popular.

 

[EvilKatarn]

I don't know if the keemstar fanboy is the hero or villain of this event.

Or maybe that dude is representative of CrowbCat and his male-dominated audience (potentially pro-gamergate viewers)?

*Loud groan*

 

[Kthulhu]

I have a young cousin that I gave my minecraft account to a a year or so ago.

He got really obsessed, minecraft books, clothes etc.

I got real worried that he'd turn out like one of these people so I changed the password.

It sends me a password reset attempt email like every week.

Bless him.

Was he like, unhealthy obsessed, or Pokemon obsessed? Cuz I f-ing loved Pokemon as a little kid.

 

[Mesoian]

I don't know if the keemstar fanboy is the hero or villain of this event.


*Loud groan*

Wait, that wasn't actually Keemstar?

 

[Squire]

She asked "Do you find it hard to compete in a world of gaming where it's mainly male dominated?" and just gets a random number thrown at her and told that she's wrong. That's a terrible way to answer a genuine question that could actually have lead to some decent discussion.

This was how I saw it, too. She bombed the question. Ironically I f there's any GG pandering happening here, I'd actually guess it's her. Because not only did she bomb the question, she threw out that stat to answer with a certain dismissiveness as though the question was preposterous on top of it. Like, "how dare you bring up that 'male-dominated industry' nonsense?"

 

[Nzyme32]

please note that this is now how I will picture every person on gaf who is overly invested in console exclusives from here on.

Now?! This is how have viewed it for a very long time.

 

[CountAntonius]

Sorry for low quality. I'm not a gif maker on Sunhi_Legend's level

Kudo still at Microsoft?

 

[Mesoian]

This was how I saw it, too. She bombed the question. Ironically I f there's any GG pandering happening here, I'd actually guess it's her. Because not only did she bomb the question, she threw out that stat to answer with a certain dismissiveness as though the question was preposterous on top of it. Like, "how dare you bring up that 'male-dominated industry' nonsense?"

Eh, I think her heart was int he right place, using real facts to go, "No but look, you're not alone, there are so many other girls playing games now!", but it did kinda ring hollow because it doesn't answer the question and didn't instill faith the question asker was looking for. The woman after that beating the "all games make you a gamer" didn't help things as that shit will never resonate with people at a fucking minecraft con, those within what are the most hardcore of hardcore.

 

[Kinyou]

That was great, but there was still nothing that could beat the first 45 seconds of Minecon 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRdcptG365I

"How many of you have autism?"
What a rude little boy

 

[Jiraiza]

I remember being pretty cringey when I was like 9-13. Good thing those days are past me. And not recorded on Youtube.

Those poor kids.

 

[Messofanego]

This was how I saw it, too. She bombed the question. Ironically I f there's any GG pandering happening here, I'd actually guess it's her. Because not only did she bomb the question, she threw out that stat to answer with a certain dismissiveness as though the question was preposterous on top of it. Like, "how dare you bring up that 'male-dominated industry' nonsense?"

I think you're projecting, because in context, it comes across as fine. I don't see the dismissiveness.

She asked "Do you find it hard to compete in a world of gaming where it's mainly male dominated?" and just gets a random number thrown at her and told that she's wrong. That's a terrible way to answer a genuine question that could actually have lead to some decent discussion.

How do you know it didn't lead to discussion? You're watching an edited soundbite. The question was about competing with others in a male dominated world, and then she counters that women aren't quite as rare since it's not as male-dominated as the player demographics show that almost half are women, anyway.

Here's the actual video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27f6WkDWwk#t=9h22m35s

You'll see that it's not the only answer the young girl gets.

"I've been gaming a long time and honestly I haven't run into any problems playing with male friends or random male people that I meet online. It's never been an issue for me."

There's mention of that perception being born out of the 90s due to advertising.

 

[Zukuu]

Did you want me to die from a cringelapse?

 

[Rongolian]

I fucking LOST it at the kid talking about what he would do in VR. Poor camera people, they didn't ask for this.

 

[rec0ded1]

Why are you all cringing this is like a mirror being held up to gaf.

Spoiler

We're all shy extroverts

 

[King Gilga]

Why you gotta go kill your cousin's dab man?

I kinda feel sorry for him (not literally but more like "aww, poor kid")

I do too, but sacrifices gotta be made for the greater good.

Was he like, unhealthy obsessed, or Pokemon obsessed? Cuz I f-ing loved Pokemon as a little kid.

I'd say some hybrid between wow and pokemon obsessed.

I just think it's pretty unhealthy to get that obsessed over a single game, if it's the same but multiple different ones it's fine imo.

 

[bounchfx]

I can't finish this. It's just too much. the harambe part Lol

omfg. It's tails! oh wait.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

The internet has ruined society.

It's time to shut it down.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

Well, when I thought Harambe the meme that will never go away couldn't get any worse...

I learn somewhere through the video that idiotic arm swaying I kept seeing these dumb kids doing was a new layer of stupidity on top of a cake of stupidity themed around the death of a gorilla.

Well, bravo internet not only have you made me hate dab and stoner culture, the harambe meme officially has earned my complete ire.

 

[stump sock]

Now?! This is how have viewed it for a very long time.

sometimes I think I give people more credit than they deserve. including gaf.

 

[TheJoRu]

Man, being a kid that age was the absolute worst, I was just like that. Not young enough anymore for people to think you're cute, not old enough to look or act in a way that will make people take you seriously. Just a whole bunch of embarrassment.

 

[xealo]

On the scale of how much cringe there was, this was pretty tame compared to previous years.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I am aware that I am making fun of a probaly 10-12 year old. Kinda reminded me of the good old Sega vs Nintendo days.

 

[Necron]

The internet has ruined society.

It's time to shut it down.

I just watched Crowbcat's other Minecon videos and came to the same conclusion.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

How do you know it didn't lead to discussion? You're watching an edited soundbite. The question was about competing with others in a male dominated world, and then she counters that women aren't quite as rare since it's not as male-dominated as the player demographics show that almost half are women, anyway.

Here's the actual video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27f6WkDWwk#t=9h22m35s

You'll see that it's not the only answer the young girl gets.

"I've been gaming a long time and honestly I haven't run into any problems playing with male friends or random male people that I meet online. It's never been an issue for me."

There's mention of that perception being born out of the 90s due to advertising.

Yeah I dug around for that clip, the two extra comments still don't actually address the girls comment at all.

 

[SchrodingerC]

"I'm dressed up as my favourite Youtuber Keemstar."

 

[QuantumSquid]

Sorry for low quality. I'm not a gif maker on Sunhi_Legend's level

Is that Steve Burns from VideoGamerTV undercover at MineCon?

 

[eggandI]

I have a young cousin that I gave my minecraft account to a a year or so ago.

He got really obsessed, minecraft books, clothes etc.

I got real worried that he'd turn out like one of these people so I changed the password.

It sends me a password reset attempt email like every week.

Bless him.

Lmao I did the same thing back when Minecraft was just blowing up. He was spending way too much time playing it so I changed the password and he spammed my email with password reset requests

 

[Fuser]

Oh fuck, I'm officially too old for this shit. I only watched because some of crowbcat's videos have made me chuckle but this was too much. I have no idea what the kids were asking, what that weird dance move was. I have no idea who this keemstar guy or girl is or why he or she is somehow important or popular and I really couldn't give a shit either way.

I know what Minecraft is and I know it's popular but...what. What the hell was that.

 

[Zemm]

Edit: Oh god, that poor girl who asked a thought-provoking question to someone she perhaps looks up to and gets a smarmy, sarcastic response. This is terrible in more ways than cringe.

That was such a horrible reply to that question. I'm assuming it's the "females in game dev" question we're talking about.

 

[Timeaisis]

"I'm a very shy extrovert"

K

 

[Pie and Beans]

The Keemstar Troll kid has terrifying quantities of "dont give a fuck". Getting up on stage and accepting a prize competition just to troll the entire event is some big balls "I HAVE NO LIMITATIONS" madness.

Its so weird to see "trolling" bleed in to real life. Do we immediately qualify these people as psychopaths?

 

[Starfield]

The Keemstar Troll kid has terrifying quantities of "dont give a fuck". Getting up on stage and accepting a prize competition just to troll the entire event is some big balls "I HAVE NO LIMITATIONS" madness.

Its so weird to see "trolling" bleed in to real life. Do we immediately qualify these people as psychopaths?

They're called extroverts

 

[PillarEN]

Oh fuck, I'm officially too old for this shit. I only watched because some of crowbcat's videos have made me chuckle but this was too much. I have no idea what the kids were asking, what that weird dance move was. I have no idea who this keemstar guy or girl is or why he or she is somehow important or popular and I really couldn't give a shit either way.

I know what Minecraft is and I know it's popular but...what. What the hell was that.

You don't need to know Keemstar other than he's a pretty loathsome guy making money off of others misery

But if you are curious idubzz does a good job or explaining.

 

[JawzPause]

And people asked why notch took his money and ran