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##Current Happenings

[Livechan developer adds a /v/ board](http://a.pomf.se/nbmkky.png) for [Video Game discussion](https://livechan.net/chat/v) and [GamerGate + NotYourShield](https://livechan.net/chat/v#%23GG%2B%23NYS).

[Moot speaks up, confirming that GamerGate discussion is no longer allowed on /v/.](http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/264227139/regarding-recent-events) ~~*moot removed the sticky, luckily there's still an archived copy of it* ~~*Update: Now the sticky is back. It's a new thread with the same text as before. No idea what that is all about.*   
[Migrate](http://a.pomf.se/khegwn.png) to [/burgers/](https://8chan.co/burgers/) or [/v/](https://8chan.co/v/) on 8chan instead.  
As expected, most people are not all too happy with that announcement. [/v/ is being flooded in protest,](http://i.imgur.com/WorR3KO.jpg) [as are /sp/](https://i.imgur.com/iRLPyap.png) and some other boards.

Milo Yiannopoulos exposes "GameJournoPros", a secret mailing list on which several prominent gaming "journalists" "discuss what to cover, what to ignore, and what approach their coverage should take to breaking news".  
[His article with all the important information.](http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite)  
[Milo confirms that more details are still unpublished.](https://twitter.com/Nero/status/512353477628940290)  

[Summary of InternetAristicrat's stream. Read this if you don't know what to do next.](http://pastebin.com/KGwY37Fn)

[Richard Dawkins posts a tweet in support of C.H. Sommers.](https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/512110699435524096)

GamerGate-related threads are being deleted and OPs banned from [/v/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxriv52CMAIeG-r.jpg) once again. The OP here on github is being autofiltered as well.  
[People are being banned/kicked from IRC.](http://i.imgur.com/dtzjFBr.png)  
[Appearently threads are being deleted because of "spamming".](http://i.imgur.com/n74rwJ4.png)  
[4chan's feedback page just 404'd.](http://www.4chan.org/feedback)  
[They aren't even bothering anymore with giving a proper reason for banning.](https://twitter.com/DignitasSunBro/status/511986066132598784)  
[More IRC logs.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxrjxO2IQAAIsok.png:large)  
[Mods banned a bunch of German IP ranges, affecting people who have never even heard of GamerGate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcV2RCvPKvM).

[Polygon is at it again, this time attempting to discredit C.H. Sommers as a "conservative" among other mind-bending things.](https://archive.today/BQbD7)

["Are video games sexist?" by Christina H. Sommers. Trigger Warning: BTFO's SJWs to hilarious degrees.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxqSwzFy5w)

[Some thoughts by InternetAristocrat on how to proceed with GamerGate. Also, he announced a livestream. 9/17/2014 at 6pm central standard time.](http://pastebin.com/tAppaZjy)

[Moot atended XOXO, the place where Sarkeesian hold her "listen and beLIEve"-speech.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxsc_qeCMAAnvlO.png#_=_)

[Thunderf00t was suspended from twitter.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4vaZy0a18)

["I believe that Kotaku writers are indeed entitled to pay into a game developer Patreon if that's what they need to do to access a developer's work for coverage purposes. They can even expense it." -Stephen Totilo](https://archive.today/ofdPK)  
Sometimes, I really wish I was making some of these happenings up.

[Infographic for people coming to GamerGate from the WikiLeaks tweets](http://a.pomf.se/zbgeak.png)

[Julian Assange on reddit censorship](http://a.pomf.se/qwmnxm.png)

[GamerGate gets a supportive shout-out from WikiLeaks!](https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/511727048931282944)

[The wikipedia article on GamerGate is completely unbiased! (not)](http://i.imgur.com/pHt972J.jpg)

**NOTE:** *Try to give this person the least amount of attention possible. Don't make any tweets about/directed at her, don't watch her videos, don't spread non-archived article about her, etc.*   
Sarkeesian holds a speech at XOXO Festival and calls for a "Feminist Army". [Includes discrediting GamerGate as a conspiracy theory via cherry-picked tweets](http://i.imgur.com/ju4wdDc.jpg) all that stuff you would expect.  
[I can't make this shit up:](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxgTiF_IcAAYEEl.jpg) ["Listen and believe"](http://i.imgur.com/eVZTv7m.jpg)  
["A room full of mid-30s white people call discuss "oppression" and "diversity" in gaming"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxftFbRIMAI_LGu.jpg:large)  
[BuzzFeed in full support of this](https://archive.today/oG0P9)  
[As is The Verge](https://archive.today/5UQjh)  

[techraptor interviews Daniel Vavra on GamerGate](http://techraptor.net/2014/09/12/interview-daniel-vavra/)

[goodgamer.us interviews TFYC](http://www.goodgamers.us/2014/09/14/interview-the-fine-young-capitalists/)

[Yet another publication trying to discredit GamerGate, this time Cracked](https://archive.today/0gGBF)

[LeoPirate Video on 9/11 Harassment](http://youtu.be/vOoJuRYIRjM)

[boogie2988 on the backslash he has received for supporting GamerGate](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxf4yFfIQAELerF.png:large)

[Interview with Greg Lisby, regarding ethics in journalism.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-7RLxrsJ04)

[Ben Kuchera of Polygon refuses to speak with a transgender female game dev after hearing she is in support of GamerGate](https://twitter.com/deviever/status/510547381297758208)  

[Gamasutra's Alexa rank continues to drop.](http://i.imgur.com/JScbNnU.png)  

http://www.staresattheworld.com/2014/09/anita-sarkeesian-fabricate-story-contacting-authorities/  

[goodgamers.us launched: "All of the gaming news, none of the bullshit"](http://www.goodgamers.us/)  

[Milo Yiannopoulos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos)[@Nero](https://twitter.com/Nero) makes a [thread on 4chan](https://twitter.com/Nero/status/510221194164187136) that reaches [2660 replies and 795 images](http://a.pomf.se/vsybnt.png).   [Jadusable](https://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable)[@AlexanderDHall](https://twitter.com/AlexanderDHall) also [posts in the thread](https://twitter.com/AlexanderDHall/status/510232373364285441).  
Archived thread: https://archive.moe/v/thread/262952626/

[UniLever confirms they will no longer advertise with Polygon](https://twitter.com/SHG_Nackt/status/510012273830932480)

[Developer speaks out, "...GamerGate's been a long time coming."](https://archive.today/ix6Wv)

**TFYC SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED ON 09/11! GOOD JOB GUYS!**  
[Statement by TFYC](http://thefineyoungcapitalists.tumblr.com/post/97242984635/on-broken-phones-and-meeting-goals)  
[spark82 CONFIRMED AS THE HERO OF VIDYA](http://i.imgur.com/c1O6pFf.jpg)  

[GamerGate is now spreading to Japan as well!](http://a.pomf.se/dcgvrw.png)

[Very detailed pastebin showing how the Gamer+ clique (Silverstring, DiGRA, Gamasutra, among others) is connected to one another.](http://pastebin.com/PmdSbPHN)

[Joe Rogan (1.41M followers) is interested in covering GamerGate.](http://i.imgur.com/PqZyj4v.png)

[Jason Schreier's "justification" as to why he is not writing about TFYC.](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s9dufq)

[Speaking of NeoGAF; TFYC were banned from said site.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxQDNcNCEAEAQqu.jpg:large)

[Yet another anti-GamerGate article by The Telegraph](https://archive.today/e6Jub)

[Another article trying to discredit GamerGate surfaced, this time voicing support for NeoGAF out of all sites.](https://archive.today/xbPE1)

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##Very slightly less Current Happenings

[Polygon loses Scottrade as an an advertiser!](https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/509486352174694400)

[Kotaku gone from the list of StackSocial affiliates!](https://stacksocial.com/business/affiliates)

[APGNation's interview with TFYC, giving more details on how Zoe hindered them](http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/09/09/6977/truth-gaming-interview-fine-young-capitalists)

A bunch of articles trying to discredit #GamerGate as a misogynistic movement created by conspiring 4chan users were published in the past ~24 hours:  
[1. arstechnica: Chat logs show how 4chan users created #GamerGate controversy](https://archive.today/GC5MS)  
[2. Wired (Note: same author as the arstechnica article): How 4chan manufactured the #GamerGate controversy](https://archive.today/LTFr9)  
[3. The New Yorker: Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest](https://archive.today/nb14y)  
[4. Bustle: What Is "#Gamer Gate"? It's Misogyny, Under The Banner Of "Journalistic Integrity"](https://archive.today/UWsE3)  
[5. The Telegraph: Misogyny, death threats and a mob of trolls: Inside the dark world of video games with Zoe Quinn - target of #GamerGate](https://archive.today/vdsyJ)  

["#GamerGate is winning!!!": A pretty motivating video by MundaneMatt detailing how we actually *are* having an effect on gaming media.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nENGp6d684I)

[TotalBiscuit rambles about the gaming media and current events for 30 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e78JRIHRjC0)

Two supporters of #GamerGate doxxed; Zoe proceeds to tweet the dox around  
[1. Censored screencap of the dox](http://i.imgur.com/He7UCVW.png)  
[2. Screencap of Zoe's tweet](http://i.imgur.com/k96uLWF.jpg)  
[3. Zoe attempting to backpedal from the spreading of the dox](https://archive.today/lIn6s)

IGF, INDIECADE AND POLYTRON BTFO'D ON STREAM BY LORDKAT - Hard evidence for racketeering leaked:  
[1. Transcript of the stream](http://www.lordkat.com/igf-and-indiecade-racketeering.html)  
[2. Infograph](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bw-dYT_CIAActWR.jpg:large)  
[3. Video by ShortFatOtaku (Has been made Private)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM_Z5YTop7g)  

Evidence of leddit admins/mods "censoring, reading personal messages, shadowbanning, altering content, and threatening people with charges of CP" surfaced:  
[1. Soundcloud link] (https://soundcloud.com/user613982511/recording-xm-2014)  
[2. Indiejuice article](http://indiejuice.tv/moderating-front-page-internet/)  
[3. One admin denying claims of censorship](http://a.pomf.se/ycliin.png)  
[4. Reddit in full damage control](http://a.pomf.se/chzjot.png)  
[5. /r/gaming mod trying to justify the deletion of a submission of TotalBiscuit's new video](http://puu.sh/bsC0f/132c0012be.png)  

Zoe lurks on 4chan IRC channels, makes logs, then post these logs on her twitter out of content under the label "GamerOverGate":  
[1. Video by MundaneMatt on this topic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv0Fg20i1iA)  
[2. Rebuttal of the IRC logs](http://i.imgur.com/cBv8Wx5.png)  
[3. Response to #GameOverGate](http://i.imgur.com/g385IJM.jpg)

Der Spiegel, a once quite respected German news magazine, publishes an article heavily biased against GamerGate:  
[1. Scan of the article](http://i.imgur.com/QvFixou.jpg)  
[2. Translation by someone on leddit](http://reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2fsxf3/der_spiegel_a_german_newspaper_printed_an_article/)  

[Some dipshit spams Anita Sarkeesian's twitter with CP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDpX9WSXnc)

[VoD of InternetAristocrat's "shitaku" stream, in which he talks about GamerGate related stuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpwyEq_m0zc)

[#GamerGate and related stuff still increasing in activity on twitter](http://i.imgur.com/uzm5MUc.png)

[Los Angeles Times joins the Gamer+ side](http://imgur.com/a/cDYtY)

[Matt of TFYC on Honey Badger Radio](http://honeybadgerbrigade.com/radio/honey-badger-radio-quinnspiracy-2-electric-boogaloo/)

[InternetAristocrat and Adam Baldwin on The Ed Morrissey Show](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/52292531)

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##Slightly Less Current Happenings

[LeoPirate on #GamerGate and corruption](http://youtu.be/9rTFDhVmnUE)

[Boogie releases a new video supportin GamerGate!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQk5YqjO0E)

Adam Baldwin and Internet Aristocrat arrange meeting at Radio Show by [EdMorrisey on ustream](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-ed-morrissey-show): http://a.pomf.se/nrawuw.png

[The Guardian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian) cuts off freelance writer Jenn after [her writing of an article biased against GamerGate](http://a.pomf.se/qnkglm.png): read [tweet 1](https://twitter.com/jennatar/status/507411245717135360), [tweet 2](https://twitter.com/jennatar/status/507411245717135360)

[Lawfag cancels his indiegogo campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lawyers-against-gaming-corruption#activity) after hosting an [Ask Me Anything on Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/2feuyz/attorney_representing_goodgamersus_ama/).  He is working on refunding all donations.

[NOTE: now cancelled] Lawfag launches his indiegogo campaign, "Lawyers Against Gaming Corruption": http://igg.me/at/GamerGate/x/8571466

Gaming site promising to have actual journalistic standards is announced: http://www.goodgamers.us/

Mod on #4chan IRC kicking people for complaining about the banning and autosaging: http://i.imgur.com/pBzNGlV.png

[NOTE2: autosaging is back agan] [NOTE: not anymore it seems] /v/ was autosaging #gamergate threads and banning OPs: http://i.imgur.com/yGNIMpI.png

Based female gamer giving her opinion on this whole subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyscI9wZ8Bk

New MundaneMatt video dissecting the assertion gamers are "like nazis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO589ti_-Pc

Ben Quintero "downgraded" on gamasutra: http://loltaku.tumblr.com/post/96517102414/here-is-the-article-he-was-demoted-for-writing

Lawfag and IA might have some glorious plans for the future: http://a.pomf.se/ohuszo.png

[NOTE: he's back now with a new trip] lawfag banned from /v/: http://ask.fm/Lawfag/answer/119126950824

Based boogie2988 starts a petition on change.org against the agenda versus gamers: http://www.change.org/p/the-gaming-industry-please-stop-the-hate

Pastebin of a deleted google doc detailing how Silverstring Media is trying to push a "feminist" agenda in the gaming industry - http://pastebin.com/hnxggVBw

Daniel Vavra, designer of the Mafia series, is on our side: http://a.pomf.se/rxtbws.png

Gamasutra, Polygon, Kotaku and RPS loosing traffic (possibly due to #GamerGate?): http://i.imgur.com/1wyEap9.png

The BBC publishes a one-sided and biased pro-Sarkeesian article: https://archive.today/RpO7w

The Guardian edits their article with a disclaimer stating the author "purchased and supported [Sarkeesian's] work": http://i.imgur.com/tsCj6fw.png

@legobutts selling t-shirts based on this drama (she's directly involved in) and might be profiting of it: http://i.imgur.com/lDdFWhI.png

Totalbiscuit's opinion on pretentious indie devs (warning: singing): https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/shania-bain-that-dont-impressa-me-much

How to win IndieArcade: http://i.imgur.com/x3HO47j.jpg

SR4 creative director voices his support for Anita Sarkeesian: https://archive.today/cebK5

IGN joined the Gamer+ side (no surprise here): https://archive.today/RsfWv

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##Older Happenings:

breitbart.com article, pretty heavily biased but still in support of us - http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart

op disrespectul nod in full effect, keep it up - http://i.imgur.com/sdL2EAN.jpg

they have shills at the fucking guardian now - https://archive.today/eHC9z

vox media possibly coming under pressure from samsung due to this mess? - http://i.imgur.com/zNpjpxp.jpg

people being escorted off PAX for mentioning #gamergate? - https://twitter.com/joerogan/status/320004871346606080 http://i.imgur.com/p42lPz3.png

boogie2988 is on /v/ and supports us - http://a.pomf.se/nedoaq.png

The Escapist takes a stand for integrity - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.858347-Zoe-Quinn-and-the-surrounding-controversy?page=375#21330098

Evidence for possible collusion? - http://markdownshare.com/view/a524affd-e679-40be-8aa1-72058065dc2a http://i.imgur.com/ZJ0nDpt.jpg

Maya Felix Kramer (aka @legobutts) Call Out - http://pastebin.com/qWX5qTvB

Leigh Alexander calling Adam Baldwin a crackhead - http://i.imgur.com/Dw4oAnq.png

Leigh Alexander getting BTFO'd by MundaneMatt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJf6sFThGbs

Christina H. Sommers (an actual feminist) supports our cause - http://i.imgur.com/pavWden.png

Possible happening on monday at PAX - http://i.imgur.com/0TMWn75.png http://i.imgur.com/Bq8Dywe.jpg

New IA video incoming - https://twitter.com/Int_Aristocrat/status/505667357990060032

Techraptor shadowbanned from reddit for reporting on this - http://i.imgur.com/I9ssnGJ.png

this "gamer+" shit has been in planning for over a year now - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/game-words-incorporated/VxYXZhDqv8I

Cliffy B has a brother who works for the conglomerate Polygon belongs to - http://i.imgur.com/DAbE8nY.jpg

FIRE RISES - Losing ROPE
http://i.imgur.com/qMMVHER.jpg

ISIS joke by BETA SJW
http://i.imgur.com/sNCIuBR.png

a larian studios (divinity: original sin) employee speaks out against SJWs affecting gaming: http://orogion.deviantart.com/journal/Save-the-Boob-plate-380891149

Yellow journalism Mk 2 - https://archive.today/3QoY3

Based TFYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn7Q4XbWqvQ&list=UUhwoDCOjliin3x0Y_ShiGGw

Story of TFYC - http://youtu.be/1d6Q3VpqXyk

Karen Straughan talks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFSMi5G3R4

What Really happened(MundaneMatt Guest) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_8RHSyS14

Zoe Quinn on TFYC - http://youtu.be/xiWADnV8pmw

IndieGoGo campaign - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2/x/8485163

Based Jontron rant - http://youtu.be/cf7i0z2Zi7U?t=1h17m2s

Screenshot hacked IndieGoGo - http://i.imgur.com/EKNGSDJ.jpg
(btw no fiddles and fries, if the project doesn't get funded we get our money back)

Censorship on Reddit - http://imgur.com/a/f4WDf

More Conflict of Interest/Nepotism - http://imgur.com/a/bqhRY
http://imgur.com/a/x0NpT
http://i.imgur.com/Wg6iLvL.jpg

Wolf Wozniak PAX Passes - http://i.imgur.com/cr6tfHr.jpg
Ex-boyfriend speaks - http://www.reddit.com/user/qrios
Ex-boyfriend speaks part deux -http://antinegationism.tumblr.com/post/95602910146/what-all-that-zoe-quinn-stuff-was-about-a-totally

Banning on Steam Forum for Critique
http://i.imgur.com/VwHDs2Z.jpg

Kotaku breaking their own rule on ETHICS
http://i.imgur.com/hE1US8k.png