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-'''The Fine Young Capitalists''', often abbreviated '''TFYC''', is a feminist production support company which provides resources and opportunities in media production for under-represented demographics.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> Their guiding principle is to prove that women have marketable ideas by encouraging people to invest in them, with profits going to charity.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Their relevance to GamerGate lies in their interaction with [[index.php?title=Zoe_Quinn|Zoe Quinn]] where the project was almost destroyed, and their struggles to get their story told due to the biased games media.
+'''The Fine Young Capitalists''', often abbreviated '''TFYC''', is a feminist production support company which provides resources and opportunities in media production for under-represented demographics.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> Their guiding principle is to prove that women have marketable ideas by encouraging people to invest in them, with profits going to charity.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Their relevance to GamerGate lies in their interaction with [[index.php?title=Zoe_Quinn|Zoe Quinn]] and her lover, Dokidoki where the project was almost destroyed, and their struggles to get their story told due to the biased games media.
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 == Doxxing[[[index.php?title=The_Fine_Young_Capitalists&action=edit&section=2|edit]]] ==
-On 28 February 2014, shortly before beginning to collect pitches, [[index.php?title=Zoe_Quinn|Zoe Quinn]] became aware of the project. She misunderstood the idea and believed that the women were being asked to work for free for six months.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]][[#cite_note-7|[7]]][[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> She also believed that their policy regarding transgender people was intolerant in terms of trying to police when you qualified as a woman.<sup>[[#cite_note-9|[9]]]</sup> Unsatisfied with the answers she got, and upon realizing the traffic generated to their website had caused it to crash, she and [[index.php?title=Maya_Kramer|Maya Kramer]] celebrated &quot;killing an exploitative startup's website.&quot;<sup>[[#cite_note-10|[10]]][[#cite_note-11|[11]]][[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup>
+On 28 February 2014, shortly before beginning to collect pitches, [[index.php?title=Dokidoki |Dokidoki]] became aware of the project. She misunderstood the idea and believed that the women were being asked to work for free for six months.<sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]][[#cite_note-7|[7]]][[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> She also believed that their policy regarding transgender people was intolerant in terms of trying to police when you qualified as a woman.<sup>[[#cite_note-9|[9]]]</sup> Unsatisfied with the answers she got, and upon realizing the traffic generated to their website had caused it to crash, she and [[index.php?title=Maya_Kramer|Maya Kramer]] celebrated &quot;killing an exploitative startup's website.&quot;<sup>[[#cite_note-10|[10]]][[#cite_note-11|[11]]][[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup>
 Motivated by Quinn and Kramer's discussion, former [[index.php?title=Destructoid|Destructoid]] writer [[index.php?title=Jonathan_Ross|Jonathan Ross]] found Facebook posts from one of TFYC's partners and tweeted them publicly.<sup>[[#cite_note-13|[13]]]</sup> The person in question did not appear in any public information because he preferred to remain a silent partner.<sup>[[#cite_note-14|[14]]]</sup> Kramer retweeted one of Ross's tweets,<sup>[[#cite_note-15|[15]]]</sup> and because of TFYC's inexperience with [[index.php?title=Twitter|Twitter]], they believed that Maya herself had doxxed them.<sup>[[#cite_note-16|[16]]]</sup> He held Quinn partially accountable because he (incorrectly) believed Kramer was Quinn's PR agent, and because Quinn retweeted or replied to a tweet containing his information, spreading it to her followers.<sup>[[#cite_note-17|[17]]]</sup>
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 == Struggling for Coverage[[[index.php?title=The_Fine_Young_Capitalists&action=edit&section=3|edit]]] ==
-Due to the controversy that followed their interaction with Quinn, the project was dealt a serious blow. Due to concerns over being accused of being transphobic, one partner left, losing TFYC $10,000.<sup>[[#cite_note-18|[18]]]</sup> Their reputation was severely damaged and the accusations of transphobia and exploitation followed them everywhere, often leading to social media discussions being shut down.<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]]</sup> Journalists too, believing the accusations levied against TFYC, refused to cover them. Regardless, they began collecting pitches on 10 March 2014, which continued until 14 April.<sup>[[#cite_note-20|[20]]][[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup> The five winners of the first phase were announced two weeks later on 29 April.<sup>[[#cite_note-22|[22]]]</sup>
+Due to the controversy that followed their interaction with Quinn and Dokidoki, the project was dealt a serious blow. Due to concerns over being accused of being transphobic, one partner left, losing TFYC $10,000.<sup>[[#cite_note-18|[18]]]</sup> Their reputation was severely damaged and the accusations of transphobia and exploitation followed them everywhere, often leading to social media discussions being shut down.<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]]</sup> Journalists too, believing the accusations levied against TFYC, refused to cover them. Regardless, they began collecting pitches on 10 March 2014, which continued until 14 April.<sup>[[#cite_note-20|[20]]][[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup> The five winners of the first phase were announced two weeks later on 29 April.<sup>[[#cite_note-22|[22]]]</sup>
 Determined to get coverage, TFYC continued contacting press, and eventually got a response from an IndieStatik reporter, Chloi Rad, who liked the project and conducted an interview with them, with the intention of publishing the article after GDC 2014, which was held in mid-March, following an opportunity to get Quinn's comment on the situtaion.<sup>[[#cite_note-23|[23]]]</sup> Rad then went silent for a week, so TFYC posted a sketch of her on an AMA posted on [[index.php?title=Reddit|reddit]] on 24 March, in order to get her attention.<sup>[[#cite_note-24|[24]]]</sup> <sup>[[#cite_note-25|[25]]]</sup> TFYC successfully got Rad's attention, but not in the manner they were hoping for. Rad demanded they remove her name and image from the AMA, claiming that upon talking with Quinn she agreed the project was exploitative and transphobic, even though all the issues Quinn had with the project were addressed in the interview.<sup>[[#cite_note-26|[26]]]</sup>
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 Vivian James
-The publication of [[index.php?title=Thezoepost|thezoepost]] on 16 August 2014, and the resulting controversy, would get TFYC's project the attention it was sorely needing. On 17 August, in a reddit thread about the [[index.php?title=Wizardchan|Wizardchan]] harassment, a TFYC representative posted about what happened to the production.<sup>[[#cite_note-32|[32]]]</sup> The post was then featured Internet Aristocrat's videos, and consequently spread all over the internet.<sup>[[#cite_note-33|[33]]]</sup> The video games board at [[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]], /v/, found out about the project and enthusiastically supported it.
+The publication of [[index.php?title=Thezoepost|thezoepost]] on 16 August 2014, and the resulting controversy, would get TFYC's project the attention it was sorely needing. On 17 August, in a reddit thread about the [[index.php?title=Wizardchan|Wizardchan]] harassment, a TFYC representative posted about what happened to the production.<sup>[[#cite_note-32|[32]]]</sup> The post was then featured Internet Aristocrat's videos, and consequently spread all over the internet.<sup>[[#cite_note-33|[33]]]</sup> The video games board at [[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]], /scat/, found out about the project and enthusiastically supported it.
-Starting on 19 August, /v/ was the top contributor to TFYC's IndieGoGo campaign.<sup>[[#cite_note-34|[34]]][[#cite_note-35|[35]]][[#cite_note-36|[36]]]</sup> They requested a referral link and specified that their portion of the profits should go to the Colon Cancer Alliance to &quot;chemo butthurt,&quot; that is to say, cure bad blood.<sup>[[#cite_note-37|[37]]]</sup> Amidst cynical accusations that they were only donating to spite Quinn and feminists in general, /v/ continued donating, raising $5,000 in just one day.<sup>[[#cite_note-38|[38]]][[#cite_note-39|[39]]]</sup> They raised enough money that they were given the opportunity to have a character of their design added to the winning game, a design which wound up being [[index.php?title=Vivian_James|Vivian James]].<sup>[[#cite_note-40|[40]]]</sup>
+Starting on 19 August, /scat/ was the top contributor to TFYC's IndieGoGo campaign.<sup>[[#cite_note-34|[34]]][[#cite_note-35|[35]]][[#cite_note-36|[36]]]</sup> They requested a referral link and specified that their portion of the profits should go to the Colon Cancer Alliance to &quot;chemo butthurt,&quot; that is to say, cure bad blood.<sup>[[#cite_note-37|[37]]]</sup> Amidst cynical accusations that they were only donating to spite Quinn and feminists in general, /scat/ continued donating, raising $5,000 in just one day.<sup>[[#cite_note-38|[38]]][[#cite_note-39|[39]]]</sup> They raised enough money that they were given the opportunity to have a character of their design added to the winning game, a design which wound up being [[index.php?title=Vivian_James|Vivian James]].<sup>[[#cite_note-40|[40]]]</sup>
-The support from /v/ was heavily criticized by people already critical of the project. They claimed that 4chan was one of the most misogynist places on the web and a feminist production accepting money from them was being hypocritical. TFYC responded by saying any claims that 4chan can't take part in a feminist project because of who they are is oppressive, and there are far more important social justice issues to tackle than stopping 4chan from donating to the Colon Cancer Alliance.<sup>[[#cite_note-41|[41]]]</sup>
+The support from /scat/ was heavily criticized by people already critical of the project. They claimed that 4chan was one of the most misogynist places on the web and a feminist production accepting money from them was being hypocritical. TFYC responded by saying any claims that 4chan can't take part in a feminist project because of who they are is oppressive, and there are far more important social justice issues to tackle than stopping 4chan from donating to the Colon Cancer Alliance.<sup>[[#cite_note-41|[41]]]</sup>
 Vivian James too was criticized heavily. On 28 August, [[index.php?title=Vice&action=edit&redlink=1|Vice]] ran an article in which they claimed Vivian was created to spite feminists.<sup>[[#cite_note-42|[42]]]</sup> Dismayed by this hit piece, TFYC posted a response in their blog, where they asserted Vivian James was precisely the type of non-idealized female character that should be encouraged, and wondered what type of feminism &quot;would sacrifice one of its own for the advantages of another.<sup>[[#cite_note-43|[43]]]</sup>
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 == Peace Treaty with Quinn[[[index.php?title=The_Fine_Young_Capitalists&action=edit&section=6|edit]]] ==
-Due to the publicity the TFYC had recently received, which in turn spread their accusations against Quinn even farther, Quinn contacted TFYC on 27 August.<sup>[[#cite_note-51|[51]]]</sup> She was concerned that in their reddit post, which was getting a large amount of attention, TFYC incorrectly stated that Quinn doxxed them, and made the DDoS of their website seem intentional and malicious. Over the next week they exchanged a number of emails attempting to craft a statement that TFYC would publish to declare that they had reached an understanding. They also talked on the phone, where they discussed the possibility of publicizing their accord at [[index.php?title=PAX&action=edit&redlink=1|PAX]] Prime 2014, which was held from 29 August to 1 September and at which Quinn was scheduled to speak.<sup>[[#cite_note-52|[52]]][[#cite_note-53|[53]]][[#cite_note-punched-54|[54]]]</sup>
+Due to the publicity the TFYC had recently received, which in turn spread their accusations against Dokidoki even farther, Dokidoki contacted TFYC on 27 August.<sup>[[#cite_note-51|[51]]]</sup> She was concerned that in their reddit post, which was getting a large amount of attention, TFYC incorrectly stated that Dokidoki doxxxxxxxed them, and made the DDoS of their website seem intentional and malicious. Over the next week they exchanged a number of emails attempting to craft a statement that TFYC would publish to declare that they had reached an understanding. They also talked on the phone, where they discussed the possibility of publicizing their accord at [[index.php?title=PAX&action=edit&redlink=1|PAX]] Prime 2014, which was held from 29 August to 1 September and at which Quinn was scheduled to speak.<sup>[[#cite_note-52|[52]]][[#cite_note-53|[53]]][[#cite_note-punched-54|[54]]]</sup>
-Quinn struggled with wording that implicated her in what happened, but TFYC were unwilling to alter it significantly because she was a significant participant in the what happened and they believed her partial admission of fault was needed to repair their image.<sup>[[#cite_note-55|[55]]]</sup> In the end they agreed to a wording for the peace treaty and it was published on TFYC blog on 29 August.<sup>[[#cite_note-56|[56]]][[#cite_note-57|[57]]]</sup> They also edited their reddit comment and replaced with with an audio recording less focused on blaming Quinn.<sup>[[#cite_note-58|[58]]]</sup>
+Dokidoki struggled with wording that implicated her in what happened, but TFYC were unwilling to alter it significantly because she was a significant participant in the what happened and they believed her partial admission of fault was needed to repair their image.<sup>[[#cite_note-55|[55]]]</sup> In the end they agreed to a wording for the peace treaty and it was published on TFYC blog on 29 August.<sup>[[#cite_note-56|[56]]][[#cite_note-57|[57]]]</sup> They also edited their reddit comment and replaced with with an audio recording less focused on blaming Dokidoki.<sup>[[#cite_note-58|[58]]]</sup>
-Shortly after the publication of the peace treaty, on 5 September, TFYC posted a small excerpt of their email conversation with Quinn on twitter as evidence that Maya had doxxed them.<sup>[[#cite_note-59|[59]]]</sup> Quinn felt that TFYC had used their emails to attack a woman and stopped talking to them.<sup>[[#cite_note-60|[60]]]</sup> This sudden falling out after TFYC had helped her get funding for her Rebel Jam left them feeling used, so they took down the peace treaty and redirected the URL to a more harshly worded statement published on 3 September.<sup>[[#cite_note-punched-54|[54]]][[#cite_note-61|[61]]]</sup>
+Shortly after the publication of the peace treaty, on 5 September, TFYC posted a small excerpt of their email conversation with Dokidoki on twitter as evidence that Maya had doxxxxxxxxed them.<sup>[[#cite_note-59|[59]]]</sup> Dokidoki felt that TFYC had used their emails to attack a woman and stopped talking to them.<sup>[[#cite_note-60|[60]]]</sup> This sudden falling out after TFYC had helped her get funding for her Rebel Jam left them feeling used, so they took down the peace treaty and redirected the URL to a more harshly worded statement published on 3 September.<sup>[[#cite_note-punched-54|[54]]][[#cite_note-61|[61]]]</sup>
 == Project Success[[[index.php?title=The_Fine_Young_Capitalists&action=edit&section=7|edit]]] ==

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