From d469782ca12d4e26a05efd1bf818be61e04a6d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: f57fea14 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 23:31:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Changed `AT` and `TW` to `\[AT\]` and `\[TW\]` to make them stand out more (Will show up as [AT] and [TW]) --- Current Happenings/README.md | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Current Happenings/README.md b/Current Happenings/README.md index 8544dd8..bf7b725 100644 --- a/Current Happenings/README.md +++ b/Current Happenings/README.md @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Ironically enough, [the Botnet also seems to be used by none other than the ISIS ### Oct 14th (Tuesday) -* The ride never ends: [CNN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSP_7fsdYPI) (TW: direct link!) and [BBC](https://archive.today/9n8iI) made a reports on "death threats against female game developer", spinning the narritive into the direction of "GG is a misogynist movement" once again. +* The ride never ends: [CNN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSP_7fsdYPI) (\[TW\]: direct link!) and [BBC](https://archive.today/9n8iI) made a reports on "death threats against female game developer", spinning the narritive into the direction of "GG is a misogynist movement" once again. * Stream is over now, watch the VOD [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKvF5jOXUk). TL;DW: GamerGate wasn't even really talked about much, Host was biased towards Brianna Wu's narrative, Hotwheels BTFO'd her pretty hard. ~~[Huffington Post Live will be talking about GamerGate today.](http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/gamergate-and-sexism-and-misogyny-in-video-game-culture-/5437df2b78c90a43d9000be8) Guests are Erik Kain (Forbes), Fredrick Brennan AKA Hotwheels (8chan admin), and Brianna Wu (Giant Spacekat). @@ -748,23 +748,23 @@ http://i.imgur.com/Wg6iLvL.jpg * A Youtube interview with TFYC is published, describing the story of their project and its difficulties with Zoe Quinn - http://youtu.be/1d6Q3VpqXyk -* 4chan users [propose a donation campaign](http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/816/363/e9f.png) from 4chan users to the TFYC Indiegogo campaign. [AT](https://archive.today/5eVCS) +* 4chan users [propose a donation campaign](http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/816/363/e9f.png) from 4chan users to the TFYC Indiegogo campaign. [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/5eVCS) ### Aug 20th (Wednesday) * The Editor of Kotaku, Stephen Totilo [issues a statement](https://archive.today/8KjOG), saying that neither he nor the leadership team has found compelling evidence that Nathan Grayson was trading sex for positive review coverage in the case of Zoe Quinn. Totilo had earlier made a series of tweets on this event. -* It is revealed that Quinn's game Depression Quest recieved an IndieCade Award, awarded by a panel which included Robin Arnott, one of the people Eron alleges Quinn had an affair with. [TW](https://twitter.com/FartToContinue/status/502132193771421696/photo/1) +* It is revealed that Quinn's game Depression Quest recieved an IndieCade Award, awarded by a panel which included Robin Arnott, one of the people Eron alleges Quinn had an affair with. [\[TW\]](https://twitter.com/FartToContinue/status/502132193771421696/photo/1) -* NeoGAF forum owner Tyler Malka [creates a thread mocking the emails](http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=878576) he has recieved from users complaining about the censorship of the controversy on the NeoGAF forums. [AT](https://archive.today/tgRkl) +* NeoGAF forum owner Tyler Malka [creates a thread mocking the emails](http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=878576) he has recieved from users complaining about the censorship of the controversy on the NeoGAF forums. [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/tgRkl) ### Aug 19th (Tuesday) -* Youtuber video game critic "Total Biscuit" makes [a twitlonger post](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s4nmr1/) discussing the Quinn scandal, decrying the misuse of the DMCA act to censor criticsm, also noting the current "massive nepotism problem" in games journalism, and the already intense nature of debate around the scandal. [TW](https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/501616744411443201) [AT](https://archive.today/http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s4nmr1/) +* Youtuber video game critic "Total Biscuit" makes [a twitlonger post](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s4nmr1/) discussing the Quinn scandal, decrying the misuse of the DMCA act to censor criticsm, also noting the current "massive nepotism problem" in games journalism, and the already intense nature of debate around the scandal. [\[TW\]](https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/501616744411443201) [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s4nmr1/) -* TotalBiscuit's post is reposted in the Reddit [/r/gaming](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming) subreddit. Reddit moderators delete 25,000 comments [in the thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2dz0gs/totalbiscuit_discusses_the_state_of_games/). [AT](https://archive.today/ENcGC). +* TotalBiscuit's post is reposted in the Reddit [/r/gaming](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming) subreddit. Reddit moderators delete 25,000 comments [in the thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2dz0gs/totalbiscuit_discusses_the_state_of_games/). [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/ENcGC). * One of the /r/Gaming moderators was in [contact with Quinn](http://i.imgur.com/0ZAaahT.png). The same moderator [states](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2dzrlv/on_zoe_quinn_censorship_doxxing_and_general/) that the mass deletions were to prevent doxxing -* Gamers unable to speak in /r/gaming flood into related subreddits such as [/r/games, which are also been deleting comments](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2dzpmx/rgames_meta_discussion_500000_readers_zoe_quinn/). /r/Games has a readership of 500,000 at this point. [AT](https://archive.today/Ru0PK) +* Gamers unable to speak in /r/gaming flood into related subreddits such as [/r/games, which are also been deleting comments](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2dzpmx/rgames_meta_discussion_500000_readers_zoe_quinn/). /r/Games has a readership of 500,000 at this point. [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/Ru0PK) * Most major gaming websites such as NeoGAF, and the [Gamespot forums](http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/zoe-quinn-saga-reddit-4chan-ect-being-censored-by--31506935/) heavily moderate, edit, delete, and censor discussion of the controversy. 4chan /v/ mods are also allegedly also deleting threads. [The Escapist Forums](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.858347-Zoe-Quinn-and-the-surrounding-controversy) remains one of the few major websites still permitting open discussion of the controversy. @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ http://i.imgur.com/Wg6iLvL.jpg * Zoe Quinn issues a [Digital Millenium Copyright Act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act) takedown notice on Mundane Matt's video, alleging copyright infringement ([DMCA notice](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/815645-quinnspiracy)). The video is taken down by Google. (The DMCA order would later be released on ~[Aug 21st](https://twitter.com/mundanematt/status/502575957178580993)) -* Threads appear in The Escapist Magazine forums discussing the controversy [Thread](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.858347-Zoe-Quinn-and-the-surrounding-controversy). [AT](https://archive.today/fhR59). Posting is subject to very heavy moderation. +* Threads appear in The Escapist Magazine forums discussing the controversy [Thread](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.858347-Zoe-Quinn-and-the-surrounding-controversy). [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/fhR59). Posting is subject to very heavy moderation. * TFYC (The Fine Young Capitalists) [alleged doxxing and harrassment](http://imgur.com/V3nHOOI) which their project received from Zoe Quinn, in a [Reddit thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2dt5hu/depression_quest_dev_claims_harassment_and/) disscussing Quinn's earlier harrassment allegations against WC. @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ http://i.imgur.com/Wg6iLvL.jpg * Threads discussing Eron's post first appear on the somethingawful.com and Penny Arcade forums. The threads are deleted. -* A fellow somethingawful.com forum poster informs Quinn of the existence of Eron's post via [twitter](https://twitter.com/TheQuinnspiracy/status/500489989109465088). [Archive](https://archive.today/CizL0) +* A fellow somethingawful.com forum poster informs Quinn of the existence of Eron's post via [twitter](https://twitter.com/TheQuinnspiracy/status/500489989109465088). [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/CizL0) * Approximately 6 hours after its creation, the first imageboard threads discussing Eron's post appear on 4chan. Archived Versions: [1](https://archive.moe/v/thread/258174703/), [2](https://archive.moe/v/thread/258179638/), [3](https://archive.moe/v/thread/258182378/). There is little consensus among the anonymous posters. These threads are also deleted. @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ http://i.imgur.com/Wg6iLvL.jpg ### Jan 8th -* Nathan Grayson gives Zoe Quinn's game Depression Quest a prominant viewing in [his Rock Paper Shotgun article on recent Value Greenlights](http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/08/admission-quest-valve-greenlights-50-more-games/) [AT](https://archive.today/38dwH) +* Nathan Grayson gives Zoe Quinn's game Depression Quest a prominant viewing in [his Rock Paper Shotgun article on recent Value Greenlights](http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/08/admission-quest-valve-greenlights-50-more-games/) [\[AT\]](https://archive.today/38dwH) ## 2013 -- 2.11.4.GIT