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| − | |[[File:Chris ray.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Youtuber Chris Ray releases a video<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6EAmH538o Chris Ray: "RANT: #GamerGate - Zoe Quinn, Journalism, and Anita Sarkeesian"]</ref> in response to the "Gamers are Dead" articles.]]
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| − | |[[File:Fabulous hair.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Journalist [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] publishes one of the first exposes of #Gamergate in the mainstream media.]]
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| − | [[File:Silverstring+Logo+Avatar.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The PR company [[Silverstring Media]] is revealed to have several connections to organisations attacking gaming.]]
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| − | * Youtuber gamer Chris Ray releases a video<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6EAmH538o Chris Ray: "RANT: #GamerGate - Zoe Quinn, Journalism, and Anita Sarkeesian"]</ref> on "Gamers are Dead" attack articles, and how gamers own media is re-stigmatizing gaming and are undoing the progress video games had made in being accepted by a wider audience, all in an effort to deflect from concerns over their own ethical issues.
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| − | * [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], Associate Editor at Breitbart London, publishes one of the first GamerGate articles from the mainstream media which covers how games journalists have attacked the gaming community. In the article, Milo describes how the games press "rounded on its own readers, accusing them of bigotry and misogyny" and how the gaming community was "sick of being lectured to... by hypocrites and liars.".<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart Milo Yiannopoulos: "Feminist Bullies Tearing the Video Game Industry Apart"]</ref> Yiannopoulos would later reveal the existence of the [[GameJournoPros]] secret email list.
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| − | * A new pro-gamer website, [[GoodGamers.us]] <ref>[http://www.goodgamers.us/]</ref> promising to uphold ethical journalistic standards is announced:
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| − | *[http://wiki.gamergate.me/index.php/Operation_Disrespectful_Nod Operation Disrespectful Nod] is launched on Github. Operation Disrespectful Nod is an email campaign to cut off ad revenue from anti-gamer journalists by contacting their advertisers.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/sdL2EAN.jpg Image montage of Operation Disrespectful Nod emails]</ref>
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| − | * The UK newspaper [[The Guardian]] publishes an article attacking the games industry for having "a culture of hate and suspicion".<ref>[https://archive.today/eHC9z The Guardian : How to attack a woman who works in video gaming]</ref> The article focuses on Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian involved and dismisses gamers' concerns about corruption in games journalism.
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| − | * The author of the Guardian piece, [[Jenn Frank]] is revealed to have had an undisclosed conflicts of interest,<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2f6o2w/the_guardians_jenn_franks_conflict_of_interest/ The Guardian's Jenn Frank's conflict of interest with Zoe Quinn and Maya Kramer]</ref><ref>[http://i.imgur.com/HkWh7j2.png Jenn Frank CoI with Z.Quinn and M.Kramer]</ref> having been funded on Patreon by [[Silverstring Media]] PR agent [[Maya Kramer]]. Anita Sarkeesian and Johnathan McIntosh of [[Feminist Frequency]] are also both advisors to Kramer's company Silverstring.<ref>[https://archive.today/xumWt Silverstring Media: Team and Advisors]</ref>
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| − | * A Youtube video is released by investigator CameraLady,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmuCCyuqSA Indie fensible! The Maya 'Legobutts' Kramer Story! v2 (Mirror)]</ref> detailing several corporate and clique connections in the indie games scene, centered on Silverstring Media, and the prestigious [[IGF|Independent Games Festival (IGF)]] awards. Questions are raised about the fairness of the IGF games judging process.
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| − | * A pastebin<ref>[http://pastebin.com/hnxggVBw The Playful is Political: A fishbowl conversation on Identity and diversity in game culture DiGRA 2014]</ref> of a deleted google doc, giving an example of how the academic organisation [[DiGRA]] is seeking to promote the inclusion of Identity Politics into video games. DiGRA is also connected to PR firm [[Silverstring Media]].<ref>[http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2014/8/5/a-to-z-a-digra-letter-series A to Z: A DiGRA Letter Series -- Part 1]</ref><ref>[http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2014/8/20/a-to-z-a-digra-letter-series-part-4 A to Z: A DiGRA Letter Series -- Part 4]</ref>
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| − | ==02 Sep 2014==
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| − | [[File:Daniel Vavra.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Game developer [[Daniel Vavra]] states that developers are remaining silent on #Gamergate due to intimidation by games journalists.]]
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| − | * Czech game developer [[Daniel Vavra]], designer of the Mafia series, makes a series of tweets saying that game developers "scared to write about the real subject" of #Gamergate, for fear that the poweful games media will no longer cover their games in retaliation, saying that "This is how few can terrorize many." He says that he will place his career on the line to speak about the real issues.<ref>[[Daniel Vavra]] tweets (Sep 2nd)
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| − | [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506879378085937152 (1)], [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506880298681126912 (2)], [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506881151546695681 (3)], [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506882173279166464 (4)], [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506883333440413696 (5)], [https://twitter.com/danielvavra/status/506883773502193664 (6)]. TS: [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506879378085937152 (1)], [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506880298681126912 (2)], [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506881151546695681 (3)], [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506882173279166464 (4)], [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506883333440413696 (5)], [http://tweetsave.com/danielvavra/status/506883773502193664 (6)]
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| − | [http://savetheboobplate.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/developers-should-not-be-scared-of.html Blogpost on tweets]</ref>
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| − | * Independent games website [[GamesNosh]] publishes an article<ref>[http://gamesnosh.com/womans-perspective-gamergate/ [[GamesNosh]]: "A Woman’s Perspective on #GamerGate"]</ref> by a female gamer on #Gamergate, on how the issues of transparancey in games journalism and indie dev favouritismare being buried in Gender issue. The article also notes how the media is systematically ignoring female gamers supporting #Gamergate.
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| − | * Totalbiscuit's makes a light-hearted satirical parody on pretentious indie devs (warning: (poor) singing).<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/shania-bain-that-dont-impressa-me-much TotalBiscuit Sings!]</ref>
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| − | * The Guardian edits their previous article with a partial disclaimer stating the author financially supported Quinn's game.<ref>[https://archive.today/Wl8PU The Guardian : How to attack a woman who works in video gaming (Update)][http://i.imgur.com/tsCj6fw.png (Image)]</ref> The update omits that the author had been financially supported by Maya Kramer of Silverstring.
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| − | * The BBC technology desk publishes an article on the scandal, focusing exclusively on the tweets sent to Antia Sarkeesian<ref>[https://archive.today/RpO7w Gamers take a stand against misogyny after death threats]</ref> and a narrative of misogyny in video games. The BBC's technology desk, assigned to cover the scandal, would consistently refuse to cover the problems of corruption in games journalism or address the viewpoints of gamers throughout its coverage in the coming months.<ref>[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/832212-gamergate BBC news bias on #Gamergate]</ref>
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| − | ==03 Sep 2014==
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| − | [[File:Ninouh90.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Ninouh90 was the first to tweet using the [[#NotYourShield]] hashtag.]]
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| − | *Ninouh90 creates the [[NotYourShield]] hashtag, in which minorities and women call for games journalists to stop using accusations of misogyny and racism to deflect discussion of corruption in the industry.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Ninouh90/status/507019008009195520 @Ninouh90 I love games, and I'm black, so to all you who claim to be fighting for equality I'm #notyourshield for your agenda.] [http://tweetsave.com/ninouh90/status/507019008009195520 (TS)]</ref> The hashtag gives a voice to female and minority gamers who don't want to be used as an excuse for social justice lobbies to push political agendas onto gamers.
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| − | * Youtuber [[EventStatus]] releases a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBmifFUBmg8 "The Outright Hypocrisy, Manipulation & Disrespect of Consumers by Media"], outlining the ugly attacks and stereotyping of gamers by journalists, and the lack of coverage of this by the media.
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| − | * Youtuber [[MundaneMatt]] releases a video criticizing recent assertions that gamers are "like nazis" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO589ti_-Pc MundaneMatt: "We're Gamers NOT Nazis #GamerGate"]</ref>
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| − | * Youtuber [[Boogie2988]] releases a video disputing the gaming media's assertion that Gamers are misogynist or racist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQk5YqjO0E Boogie2988: "I am NOT A bigot. Are You?"]</ref>
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| − | * Game developer Ben Quintero is "downgraded"<ref>[http://loltaku.tumblr.com/post/96517102414/here-is-the-article-he-was-demoted-for-writing Ben Quintero downgraded on Gamasutra]</ref> on [[Gamasutra]] after writing a blog post<ref>[https://archive.today/Uhmw8 Ben Quintero: "Can We All Get Along?"]</ref> on the site calling for reconsiliation between gamers and game journalists.
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| − | * Al Jazeera publish an article on Gamergate.<ref>[http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201409032102-0024126 #GamerGate: Misogyny or corruption in the gaming community?][https://archive.today/wfQ9j (AT)]</ref>
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| − | ==04 Sep 2014==
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| − | [[File:David Auerbach.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|[[Slate]] contributer [[David Auerbach]] writes an article noting that Games journalists are becoming obsolete.]]
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| − | * TakuChat publish an article outlining how indie game developers Paul Hubans and [[Jennifer Dawe]] have been ostracized for stepping out of line in the indie game scene.<ref>[http://www.takuchat.com/indie-developer-lost-connections-just-re-posting-video-gamergate/ Indie Developer Paul Huban Lost His Connections Just for Re-Posting a Video on #GamerGate] [https://archive.today/wQlxT (archive)]</ref> Huban's lost connections for retweeting a recent video about corruption in the IGF, and Dawe had been attacked for disagreeing with Zoe Quinn in the past.
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| − | * [[David Auerbach]] from Slate magazine publishes an article stating that “Gaming Journalism Is Over." Auerbach describes how traditional games journalists were faced with a dwindling reader base due to popular YouTubers such as PewDiePie and that they were basically "rage-quitting their meal ticket" by attacking their remaining audience.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/09/gamergate_explodes_gaming_journalists_declare_the_gamers_are_over_but_they.html Slate: "Gaming Journalism Is Over"]</ref>
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| − | * Gearbox employee [[Anthony Burch]] openly reveals that his former coworkers at Destructoid gave ''Borderlands 2'' favorable reviews due to his personal connections.<ref>[http://attackongaming.com/gaming-talk/borderlands-2-writer-outs-destructoid-as-corrupt-in-wake-of-gamergate/ Borderlands 2 Writer Outs Destructoid As Corrupt In Wake Of #GamerGate] [https://archive.today/FSLM9 (AT)]</ref>
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| − | * Matt Rappard of [[TFYC]] appears on Honey Badger Radio discussing the Scandal and surrounding problems in the games industry.<ref>[http://honeybadgerbrigade.com/radio/honey-badger-radio-quinnspiracy-2-electric-boogaloo/ Matt of TFYC on Honey Badger Radio]</ref>
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| − | * [[Adam Baldwin]] and the [[Internet Aristocrat]] appear on the Ed Morrissey Show to give an overview of and discuss the scandal<ref>[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/52292531 InternetAristocrat and Adam Baldwin on The Ed Morrissey Show] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0wODEcW2I (Youtube link)]</ref>
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| − | ==05 Sep 2014==
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| − | [[File:Ashton Liu.jpeg|right|thumb|Contributing editor [[Ashton Liu]] "goes rogue", outlining his reasons for siding with gamers against extremist journalists.]]
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| − | * Ashton Liu, contributing Editor to RPGFan.com, publishes blog post "Gamers Are Not Dead, They Just Leveled Up",<ref>[http://rpgfanashton.tumblr.com/post/96720124203/gamers-are-not-dead-they-just-leveled-up "Gamers Are Not Dead, They Just Leveled Up"] [https://archive.today/y1TWY (AT)]</ref> outlining several scandals, and decrying the behavior of major games websites as extremist and reprehensible, as well as their silencing and censorship of dissent. He admits that by doing so he has "gone rogue" from the mainstream game journalism clique.
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| − | *Wikipedia entry on #GamerGate is created. Groups such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism Wiki_ProjectFeminism] band together in an edit war to paint the movement as sexist and misogynist. At its peak, #GamerGate's Wikipedia entry had over 300 edits in a 3 day timespan from WikiProject Feminism.<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/OqKXtgv.png WikiProject_Feminism hot articles 17 September 2014]</ref> As of 27 Sep 2014, #GamerGate was still the most edited article in the WikiProject Feminism group, with 53 edits being made over 3 days.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/5dwQnH4.jpg WikiProject_Feminism hot articles 27 September 2014]</ref>
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| − | * Kotaku editor [[Stephen Totilo]] writes an article on Gamergate, in which he states that his journalists are entitled to pay into developer's Patreon funds in order to gain access,<ref>[https://archive.today/ofdPK Stephen Totilo "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]</ref> and expense this cost.
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| − | [[File:Burgersandfries irc.png|right|thumb|150px|Discussion in the #burgersandfries public IRC chatroom]]
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| − | * Zoe Quinn publishes a series of tweets <ref>[https://archive.today/15YCl #GameOverGate: Zoe Quinn blows #GamerGate wide open.]</ref> containing excerpts from 4chan threads and the #burgersandfries IRC channel, alleging that #Gamergate was a planned "raid".
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| − | * A twitter account spams illegal pornography at the Feminist frequency twitter account. 4chan users quickly report the offending account for abuse.<ref>[https://archive.moe/v/thread/261852859/#261857697 4chan users reporting Sep 6th account]</ref>
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| − | * The LA Times prints an anti-gamer article in the vein of the earlier "Gamers are Dead" pieces in the games media<ref>[http://imgur.com/a/cDYtY The LA Times Prints an anti-gamer article]</ref>
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| − | * MundaneMatt post a video response saying #Gamergate supporters are not responsible for the tweets to feminist frequency <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDpX9WSXnc MundaneMatt: #GamerGate was NOT behind tonight's harassment of Anita Sarkeesian (revised version)(Youtube)]</ref>
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| − | * Gamergate and related hashtags continue to trend on twitter.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/uzm5MUc.png #GamerGate and related hastags still increasing in activity on twitter]</ref>
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| − | * Alexander "Archon" Macris of [[The Escapist]] enters the #burgersandfries IRC channel to ask a set of questions<ref>http://puu.sh/bohgM/3fd73cb48f.txt</ref> about recent events, and receives responses from users in the channel rebutting several of the claims being made against #Gamergate.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/cBv8Wx5.png Responses to IRC Interview. Rebuttal of the IRC logs]</ref><ref><[http://attackongaming.com/The-infamous-IRC-Channel.log IRC Channel log of #burgersandfries@rizon.net channel</ref>
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| − | * [[MundaneMatt]] releases a video response to Quinn's tweets, explaining that #burgerandfries is a public IRC channel for discussion and updates of the emerging scandal.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv0Fg20i1iA MundaneMatt: WTF is #GameOverGate? (Youtube)]</ref>
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| − | |[[File:Polytron Indiefund infograph.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|Gamers reveal conflicts of interest in the Indie gaming scene. Both IGF and Indiecade award judges are revealed to have been investors in Polytron's Fez, which won awards at the respective shows.]]
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| − | * @Cainjw publishes an extensive analysis of the early timeline of Gamergate, rebutting Zoe Quinn's claims that there was harassment conspiracy by #4chan.<ref>[https://medium.com/@cainejw/a-narrative-of-gamergate-and-examination-of-claims-of-collusion-with-4chan-5cf6c1a52a60 @cainjw Medium Article "A Narrative of #GamerGate and Examination of Claims of Collusion with 4chan"] [https://archive.today/f86gb (AT)]</ref>
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| − | * A team of gamers investigating the leaked Polytron data from August releases a video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLkJ6HDQz1o&t=6m45s Youtube Video "Indie-fensible! Bigger Fish to Fry! (Mirror)"]</ref> outlining conflicts of interest at the [[Independent Games Festival]] (IGF), and the IndieCade game awards, centered around the the investment group [[Indie Fund]]. Indie Fund and Polytron investors are revealed to have been judges in the 2012 IGF awards, at which Polytron's "Fez" won the Grand Prize,<ref>[https://archive.today/j5Cyb "14th annual IGF announces winners" (2012)]</ref> while also entitled to a percentage of the game's sales upon its release the following month. The awards chair of IndieCade, at which Fez also won 2 awards, is also revealed to have been a [[Polytron]] investor. (Gamesnosh Article on video<ref>[http://gamesnosh.com/fez-investors-outed-judges-2011-igf-award/ Gamesnosh: "Fraud in the Indie World? – FEZ Investors outed as Judges for Title’s Awards"] [https://archive.today/TXTSv (AT)]</ref>)
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| − | * [[Gamesnosh]] publish an Op-Ed on "The Long, Sad and Drawn out Death of the Games “Journalist”<ref>[http://gamesnosh.com/long-sad-drawn-death-games-journalist/ Gamesnosh: The Long, Sad and Drawn out Death of the Games “Journalist”]</ref>, covering the historical, cultural and economic reasons for the profession's decline
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| − | * Philip Wythe publishes a Daily Targum article,<ref>[http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2014/09/twitter-harassment-adulterates-good-faith-discussions Daily Targum "Twitter harassment adulterates good faith discussions"]</ref> outlining the problems of harassment and abuse within social justice communities and how they have silenced and impeded discussion around recent events in gaming.
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| − | *Gamasutra writer Greg Costikyan responds to #GamerGate by stating that good men defend women, saying that "To defend the honour of Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, [[Leigh Alexander]], or yes, Anna Anthropy, I will be willing to meet any of you, on horse or afoot, with sword or pistol, at a time and place of your choosing."<ref>[https://archive.today/vT7vp Gamersgate: STFU]</ref>
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| − | *In a <ref>Reddit moderator XavierMendel audio interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTZ4tpKr8Y (Youtube)] [https://soundcloud.com/user613982511/recording-xm-2014 (Soundcloud)]</ref> former Reddit mod XavierMendel describes the internal politics between Reddit mods and admins and the circumstances behind the 32,000 comments deleted in a thread on r/gaming during August. The interview describes Reddit's admins and moderators having a social environment similar to a collection of high school cliques with radical groups such as /r/SRS given disproportionate amounts of power relative to their size and behavior. XavierMendel also states that he started developing a reddit plugin which could encrypt PMs and subreddits, but ceased development after reddit admins threatened to accuse him of aiding and abetting in the distribution of child porn if he continued. (IndieJuice Article <ref>[https://archive.today/37HxU Indie Juice: "Moderating ‘the front page of the internet’."]</ref>)
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| − | [[File:Escapist Defy Media JOURNALISTIC ETHICS GUIDELINES.png|right|thumb|200px|In response to recent events, [[The Escapist]] publish their revised Journalistic ethics guidelines, as well as a note on the state of gaming.]]
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| − | * The Escapist magazine releases a Publisher's note on the state of gaming,<ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/12223-The-Escapist-Publisher-Issues-Public-Statement-on-Gamergate Publisher's Note: The State of Gaming]</ref> addressing the recent fallout from the "Gamers are Dead" articles in August. The note also discusses the meaning of the gamer identity, the current state of the games industry, and game journalism. Also published is a set revised ethical standards<ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/12223-The-Escapist-Publisher-Issues-Public-Statement-on-Gamergate.5 DEFY MEDIA, LLC JOURNALISTIC ETHICS GUIDELINES]</ref> for content across all of Defy Media, addressing concerns raised during recent events.
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| − | * Tyler Malka, owner of the forum NeoGaf, tweets that #GamerGate is being kept afloat by “200 nonspecifically disenfranchised manchildren.<ref>[https://twitter.com/NeoGAF/status/509058517391507456 @NeoGAF Be sure to boycott NeoGAF]</ref>
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| − | * [[Rock Paper Shotgun]] publishes a long article giving their response to recent the concerns raised in recent weeks,<ref>[https://archive.today/y5xAe RPS: "Hello: Videogames Are For Everybody"]</ref> stating that the evidence appears to point towards a "conspiracy of misogynists to silence progressive writers". RPS also affirms that it will continue its stance on game criticism, stating that "But if you talk about games, you talk about politics." <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nENGp6d684I "#GamerGate is winning!!!": Video by MundaneMatt detailing how gamergate is having an effect on gaming media.]</ref>
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| − | * [[TechRaptor]] tweets that their website database was hacked and they have lost several days of data.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TechRaptr/status/509130046074650624 @TechRaptr May lose a few days of data. Sorry, everyone]</ref> It is the latest in a series of attacks on the website following its coverage of the scandal to date.
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| − | * Two gamers editing the emerging Wikipedia gamergate article are doxxed by a "social justice" blogger in an extensive blogpost.<ref>[https://archive.today/uYReY Wikipediocracy: "Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity"] [http://i.imgur.com/He7UCVW.png 1. Censored screencap of the dox]</ref> Zoe Quinn makes a tweet about the blogpost<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/k96uLWF.jpg Screencap of Zoe's tweet]</ref>
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| − | [[File:TFYC logo.png|right|150px|thumb|APGNation publishes an interview with [[TFYC]], on the difficulties their feminist game jam suffered due to the influence of Zoe Quinn]]
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| − | *A confirmed former games journalist makes a post in the /r/Games subreddit detailing corruption in the Australian gaming press. The source states that unprofessionally close relationships between Australian game publishers and game journalists motivated them to kill a story after a security breach resulted in over 40,000 user accounts getting compromised by hackers .<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2fv3mg/of_corruption_in_the_australian_games_industry/ Of Corruption in the Australian Games Industry]</ref> EA would later confirm that the incident occurred at the community forum for developer Firemonkeys on Sep 8th, 2013.<ref>[http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA-Admits-40-000-Users-Were-Hacked-Whistleblower-Steps-Forward-67256.html EA Admits 40,000 Users Were Hacked After Whistleblower Steps Forward]</ref>
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| − | * As a result of gamers consumer emails, one of the "Gamers are Dead" sites, Polygon is reported to have lost an advertising sponsor.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/509486352174694400 Polygon loses Scottrade as an an advertiser.] [http://tweetsave.com/chriss_m/status/509486352174694400 (TS)]</ref> Another sponsor, Stacksocial is alleged to have pulled ads from Kotaku<ref>[http://nichegamer.net/2014/09/big-gaming-journalism-is-dying-and-heres-why/ ]</ref> polygon
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| − | * [[APGNation]] publishes an interview with Matthew Rappard of [[The Fine Young Capitalists]],<ref>[http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/09/09/6977/truth-gaming-interview-fine-young-capitalists APGNation's interview with TFYC, giving more details on how Zoe hindered them.]</ref> on the difficulties that TFYC's feminist game jam faced due to opposition from Zoe Quinn throughout 2014, as well as their recent interactions and difficulties over the course of the current scandal.
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| − | * A large number of articles painting #GamerGate as a misogynistic movement created by conspiring 4chan users are published over a 24 hour period, including in the Telegraph and Der Spiegal <ref>[https://archive.today/GC5MS 1. arstechnica: Chat logs show how 4chan users created #GamerGate controversy]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/LTFr9 2. Wired (Note: same author as the arstechnica article): How 4chan manufactured the #GamerGate controversy]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/nb14y 3. The New Yorker: Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/UWsE3 4. Bustle: What Is "#Gamer Gate"? It's Misogyny, Under The Banner Of "Journalistic Integrity"]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/vdsyJ 5. The Telegraph: Misogyny, death threats and a mob of trolls: Inside the dark world of video games with Zoe Quinn - target of #GamerGate]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/xbPE1 Examinder.com Another article trying to discredit GamerGate surfaced, this time voicing support for NeoGAF out of all sites.]</ref><ref>Der Spiegel : [http://i.imgur.com/QvFixou.jpg 1. Scan of the article]<br />[http://reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2fsxf3/der_spiegel_a_german_newspaper_printed_an_article/ 2. Translation by someone on leddit]</ref>
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| − | * The Taiwan electronics newspaper DigiTimes, publishes a commentary arguing that "Time is running out for console makers to clean up GamerGate"<ref>[http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140906VL200.html DigiTimes : Commentary: Time is running out for console makers to clean up GamerGate]</ref>, and that the demonization of gamers and other negative press could impact fourth quarter holiday sales of video games and consoles.
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| − | * Game Journalist Jason Schreier writes twitlonger giving reasons for why the story of [[TFYC]] and their game jam's difficulties are not being reported on Kotaku.<ref>[http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s9dufq Jason Schreier's "justification" as to why he is not writing about TFYC] [https://archive.today/BpSve (AT)]</ref>
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| − | * During a discussion on Gamergate during the Rooster Teeth, Patch podcast, machinima filmmaker Burnie Burns comments that "the language and vernacular of gamers is winning or losing" and also "cheating" and that gamers will react if they believe the system is being cheated<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJO6LRUL88&t=11m17s Rooster Teeth Podcast: The Patch #69: Plague Inc, Gamer Gate, Destiny, and Moms Rolling Horde]</ref>.
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| − | * Amid increasing censorship of Gamergate discussion on websites, the forum [[Gamergate.community]] forum is founded<ref>http://gamergate.community/</ref>.
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| − | * Japanese twitter users begin to tweet about the #Gamergate and #NotYourShield hashtags <ref>[http://a.pomf.se/dcgvrw.png GamerGate is spreading to Japan as well.]</ref>
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| − | * A very detailed pastebin emerges outlining the many connections among a clique centered around the PR company Silverstring media, involving game journalists, indie developers, PR contacts, and academics.<ref>[http://pastebin.com/PmdSbPHN Very detailed pastebin showing how the Gamer+ clique (Silverstring, DiGRA, Gamasutra, among others) is connected to one another.]</ref>
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| − | * The Fine Young Capitalists $65,000 IndieGoGo campaign is successfully funded with the help of donations from gamers on 4chan and other websites<ref>'''TFYC SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED ON 09/11! GOOD JOB GUYS!''' [http://thefineyoungcapitalists.tumblr.com/post/97242984635/on-broken-phones-and-meeting-goals Statement by TFYC] [http://i.imgur.com/c1O6pFf.jpg spark82 CONFIRMED AS THE HERO OF VIDYA]</ref> (despite being banned from NeoGAF<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxQDNcNCEAEAQqu.jpg:large TFYC were banned from NeoGAF.]</ref>).
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| − | * Youtuber and games journalist George Wiedman, aka "Super Bunnyhop", releases a long video on Gamergate<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNZFWR0Q8M Super BunnyHop: Dragon Con Was More Fun Than Video Games]</ref>, discussing the issues surrounding relationships between journalists and their sources. The video includes an interview with Georgia State University Professor Greg Lisby<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-7RLxrsJ04 Super Bunnyhop unedited Greg Lisby interview]</ref> on ethics in journalism, and an email interview with retired New York Times journalist Mitch Keller<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/rTXvx00.jpg Full text of Mitch Keller's email to Super Bunnyhop]</ref>.
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| − | * The website Goodgamers.us is launched <ref>[http://www.goodgamers.us/ New game news website goodgamers.us launched: "All of the gaming news, none of the bullshit"]</ref>
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| − | * A game developer from New Zealand post on KotakuInAction saying that Gamergate has been a long time coming, and that many developers have been the targets of industry bullying at the hands of social justice cliques<ref>[https://archive.today/ix6Wv New Zealand Developer speaks out, "...GamerGate's been a long time coming."]</ref>
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| − | * Milo Yiannopoulos makes a thread on 4chan that reaches 2660 replies and 795 images <ref>[https://archive.moe/v/thread/262952626/ Archived Milo 4chan thread]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/Nero/status/510221194164187136 Milo tweet announcing 4chan thread]</ref><ref>[http://a.pomf.se/vsybnt.png Milo 4chan thread with 2660 replies and 795 images]</ref>.
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| − | *[[TechRaptor]] releases an article of an interview conducted with [[Daniel Vavra]], co-founder of [[Warhorse Studios]] and supporter of GamerGate.<ref>http://techraptor.net/content/interview-daniel-vavra</ref>
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| − | *[[Leigh Alexander]] of [[Gamasutra]] appears at XOXO Fest<ref>[http://2014.xoxofest.com/conference/ XOXO Fest Conference Timetable]</ref> and admits to promoting an agenda in her articles.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEOUSoRBsvQ Leigh Alexander, Writer - XOXO Festival (2014)]</ref>
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| − | *Wikileaks tweets support for #GamerGate.<ref>[https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/511727048931282944 @wikileaks #GamerGate'ers should know that the pattern of censorship & cronyism they see is mirrored at the very top. Level up]</ref>
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| − | *A 4chan moderator demands that users stop posting a Cracked article written by Zoe Quinn and starts banning anyone who mentions it. /v/ explodes, and the mod responds by stating that the bans were a violation of the "no commercial spam" rule. All relevant threads and all subsequent #GamerGate threads are deleted.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2gk7ck/4chan_gamergate_threads_being_killed_by_extremely/ 4chan #GamerGate threads being killed by extremely butthurt moderator for the time being]</ref>
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| − | *Feminist Christina Hoff Sommers publishes a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxqSwzFy5w video] denouncing recent attacks on gamers.
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| − | *Prominent skeptic Richard Dawkins tweets support for Christina H. Sommers and states "We don't let religion pass myth off as fact. Feminism should be no different." Dawkins refers to Sommers' attackers as the "Big Sister is Watching You Thought Police."<ref>[https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/512110699435524096 @RichardDawkins The "Big Sister is Watching You" Thought Police hate @CHSommers' Factual Feminism, and you can see why]</ref>
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos reveals the presence of a secret games journalist mailing list called [[GameJournoPros]] which secretly communicates outside of the public eye in order to control the narrative in the gaming industry.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite Exposed: The Secret Mailing List of the Gaming Journalism]</ref> The group consists of 150 figures in the games industry from various different sites.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/21/GameJournoPros-we-reveal-every-journalist-on-the-list The List: Every Journalist in the GameJournoPros Group]</ref>
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| − | *Rooster Teeth podcast video posted to Youtube explaining how award shows are rigged and influenced by cronyism.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V___D9qNKOQ&feature=youtu.be&t=13m11s</ref>
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| − | *[[NicheGamer]] releases an article of an interview they had with an anonymous Xbox developer who supports GamerGate.<ref>http://www.nichegamer.net/2014/09/gamergate-interview-anonymous-xbox-edition/</ref>
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| − | *Chris Poole aka. moot returns to 4chan after attending the XOXO fest in Portland, OR.<ref>[http://imgur.com/ACz7rEw the_real_moot at #xoxofest]</ref> moot releases a statement that #GamerGate threads are being deleted from 4chan because "they violate our blanket 'no personal information / raids / calls to invasion".<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/snmdgRT.png Regarding recent events moot ## Admin]</ref> 4chan users report that multiple threads about corruption in gaming journalism are being deleted from /v/, /pol/, and even /b/. The 4chan userbase splits, with many members leaving for [https://8chan.co 8chan].
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos releases additional email chains from the GameJournoPros group. Contents of the leaked emails include game journalists joking about sleeping with PR and developers, banding together to purchase a "feel better" gift for Zoe Quinn, and taking turns calling Eron Gjoni a psychopath.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/18/The-emails-that-prove-video-games-journalism-must-be-reformed The E-mails That Prove Video Games Journalism Must be Reformed]</ref>
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| − | *Video game critic Liana K jokes at a conference about inflating the scores of games that deserve a 7.5/10.0 to an 8.0/10.0 so the game developers do not get penalized by Metacritic averages, as a way of calling attention to the harmful influence that Metacritic has in the industry.<ref>[http://youtu.be/UGxtAvzQt2s?t=43m15s IGDA Toronto Rant and Rave Night 2014]</ref> Despite suggestions to the contrary,<ref>[http://theralphretort.com/liana-k-admits-changing-review-scores-metacritic/ Liana K Admits to Changing Review Scores Because of Metacritic]</ref> there is no evidence of Liana actually manipulating her scores, and she has strongly denied the accusation<ref>[http://redlianak.tumblr.com/post/99602108875/my-response-to-the-recent-ralph-retort-challenge-to-my My response to the recent Ralph Retort challenge to my ethics]</ref>
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| − | *[[NicheGamer]] releases an article of interviews they had with anonymous, named and aspiring developers. The article also includes an interview with the creator of the [[NotYourShield]] hashtag, Jason Miller.<ref>http://www.nichegamer.net/2014/09/real-gamedevs-sound-off-regarding-the-gamergate-controversy/</ref>
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| − | ==19 Sep 2014==
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos is mailed a large package of toilet paper to his home address.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Nero/status/512950178916339712 @Nero Someone, I don't know who, has sent 90 toilet rolls to my home address. I think I know what they're trying to say]</ref>
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos releases transcripts from GameJournoPros in which James Fudge, the managing editor of GamePolitics.com and Ben Kuchera, opinion editor at Polygon.com, pressure Greg Tito, the editor in chief of Escapistmagazine.com to delete a forum thread about Zoe Quinn and corruption in the gaming industry.<ref>[http://yiannopoulos.net/2014/09/19/gamejournopros-zoe-quinn-email-dump/ GameJournoPros Zoe Quinn Email Thread Dump]</ref>
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| − | *Reddit admins add a new feature which would allow moderators to collapse all a deleted or removed comment and its replies. Users are still able to uncollapse the comment if they can find it.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/2gsdh1/moderators_new_subreddit_setting_lets_you/ Moderators: new subreddit setting lets you collapse deleted/removed comments]</ref><ref>[http://imgur.com/NukUda7 Moderators: new subreddit setting lets you collapse deleted/removed comments imgur version]</ref>
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| − | *Matt Rappard from TFYC reports another hacking attempt on their account.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TFYCapitalists/status/513048546858532864 @TFYCapitalists A group is attempting to hack various accounts Matt owns. He has changed the password on the majority of his accounts to prevent intrusion.]</ref>
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| − | *Adland.tv speculates that the Gamers are Dead attack will shrink the overall advertising budget for games journalism as an industry <ref>[http://adland.tv/adnews/gamergate-insulting-consumers-shrinks-market/1027025677 #Gamergate - Insulting consumers shrinks the market]</ref>
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| − | *[[TechRaptor]] interviews an anonymous Xbox One developer who sheds some light on corruption in the gaming journalism industry.<ref>[http://techraptor.net/content/interview-xbox-one-developer-gamergate An interview with an Xbox One developer: GamerGate and more] [https://archive.today/iYOyy (Archive)]</ref>
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| − | *The seminal blog post [http://mitrailleuse.net/2014/09/19/intellectual-bullying/ Intellectual bullying and the postmodern discourse of GamerGate] is published on the Mitrailleuse.
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| − | *[[The Escapist]] is temporarily taken down due to a DDOS attack on the primary GamerGate thread on their forum.<ref>[https://twitter.com/archon/status/513365103329423360 @archon A DDOS attack is currently underway against @TheEscapistMag. The attackers are specifically targeting the GamerGate forum thread.]</ref>
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| − | *All activity related to GamerGate is banned from the TVTropes forums.<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByCibyfCAAACyuQ.png:large tvtropes gamergate ban]</ref>
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| − | *The Ralph Retort reports that in 2011, Neogaf sold user content to Kotaku without the permission of the user. The source chose to remain anonymous due to the damage that could be caused if he/she went public.<ref>[http://theralphretort.com/neogaf-allegedly-sold-kotaku-user-content-without-permission/ NEOGAF allegedly sold Kotaku user content without permission]</ref>
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos is mailed a syringe at his home address.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Nero/status/513666683916255232 @Nero No idea what's in this syringe]</ref>
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| − | *Dina Abou Karam, community manager for The Mighty Number 9, blocks Kickstarter supporters who support GamerGate from the game’s official twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/FortesSnC/status/513488629264416768/photo/1 @FortesSnC @MightyNo9... wait, what? I'm blocked from following a project I pledged $300 to because I support #Gamergate?]</ref>
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| − | *Stardock CEO Brad Wardell releases a blog post in which he expressed sympathy for GamerGate and dismay at the "character assassination and harassment" conducted by its opponents.<ref>[http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/457868/Gamergate_Escalates Gamergate Escalates]</ref>
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| − | *Editor Titanium Dragon is banned from Wikipedia for "inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory content" into an article about Zoe Quinn. Titanium dragon had included a Cinemablend article describing the doxxing of TFYC and a Forbes article about accusations made by Zoe Quinn against Wizardchan.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/gYvqWOA.jpg Titanium Dragon banned from Wikipedia]</ref>
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| − | *8chan announces a partnership with 2ch.net.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/RN79zbQ.jpg @infinitechan #2ch partners]</ref>
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos posts the first #radionero [https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/radioneroep1_1 broadcast]. Guests include Christine Sommers and Adam Baldwin.
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| − | *An anonymous contributor from a US congressional IP address edits Kotaku's wikipedia page to state that GamerGate opponents are running a campaign of cultural marxism. The edit was quickly reverted.<ref>[https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/514080679030566912 @congressedits Kotaku Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US House of Representatives]</ref>
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| − | *[[TechRaptor]] interviews game developer and Stardock Corporation CEO [[Brad Wardell]], who speaks out against irresponsible journalism and supports #GamerGate's end goals.<ref>[http://techraptor.net/content/fire-away-interview-captain-brad-wardell-ceo-founder-stardock-corporation An Interview with ‘Captain’ Brad Wardell; CEO and Founder of Stardock Corporation.] [https://archive.today/LGrca (Archive)]</ref>
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| − | *Gamergate breaks one million tweets.
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| − | *Milo Yiannopoulos publishes another GameJournoPros article describing sloppy, unethical reporting by Kotaku opinion editor Ben Kuchera. The article describes how Kuchera published a story about false sexual harassment allegations against Stardock CEO Brad Wardell. Milo cites two unnamed industry sources who thought that the articles were intended to cause "professional damage to someone he perceived to have right-wing politics."<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/23/How-sloppy-biased-video-games-reporting-almost-destroyed-a-CEO How sloppy biased video games reporting almost destroyed a CEO]</ref>
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| − | *Jimmy Wales, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, responds to GamerGate issue by saying "To everyone who is asking me. I know little about #GamerGate and will not have time to look into it until Thursday. Meanwhile, relax, ok?"<ref>[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/514373521318100992 @JimmyWales Gamergate Tweet]</ref>
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| − | *Eron Gjoni asks for financial assistance in an ongoing legal battle with his ex girlfriend.<ref>[https://twitter.com/eron_gj/status/514514465812144130 ?@eron_gj Yo, #GamerGate]</ref> Eron's GoFundMe page is taken down shortly afterwards due to a cited TOS violation .<ref>[https://twitter.com/eron_gj/status/514561233266442242 @eron_gj What the hell? My GoFundMe page got taken down for ToS violation? Hang.]</ref> Eron later confirms that his GoFundMe was fully funded (approximately 2,000 USD) before it was shut down and that he was able to receive his money.<ref>[https://twitter.com/eron_gj/status/514563480545132544 Alright gang, no worries. Apparently the donations are still in.]</ref>
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| − | *Contributer to IGN, Matt Clark has a meltdown on Twitter.<ref>blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/09/gamergate-ign-contributor-has-public-meltdown-following-game-journo-pro-leaks/</ref>
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| − | *[[The Escapist]] publishes an article of interviews conducted with female game developers on the subject of GamerGate.<ref>http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/features/12306-Female-Game-Developers-Make-Statements-on-GamerGate</ref>
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| − | *Jimmy Wales tweets that the GamerGate Wikipedia entry is "not unfair to either side. It's just a badly written battleground." Wales proceeds to state that he will lock current editors from changing the GamerGate Wikipedia entry and bring in neutral 3rd parties to rewrite it.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/515267195501572096 @JimmyWales Gamergate followup tweet]</ref>
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| − | *Allum Bokhari posts an article on Techcrunch deploring the politicization of gaming journalism and compares the gamer revolt to what would have happened if game journalists had sided with Jack Thompson instead of denouncing him.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/25/gamergate-an-issue-with-2-sides/ #GamerGate – An Issue With Two Sides]</ref>
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| − | *EA director Chris Mancil comments on GamerGate. Mancil points to a "loss of connection between ordinary gamers and the games industry" as the primary driving force behind #GamerGate and compares the rage with "banks, cellular providers, airlines, cable companies and the hate those relationships generate with customers who NEED that service but get treated like beasts."<ref>[https://archive.today/zmm3G - See 4th comment down for response from EA Chris Mancil]</ref>
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| − | *Rumors spread of SilverString Media bringing in PR teams to do damage control on GamerGate.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2hikp3/psa_pr_campaigns_have_begun/ KIA PR Campaigns have begun]</ref> 8chan posters suggest that PR will attempt to neutralize the uproar from gamers with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation attack from moderation].<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/H3MYgmL.jpg Beware of PR Attacks from Moderation In 'N Out Chef]</ref>
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| − | *KotakuInAction posters report seeing over 1,700 twitterbots spamming #GamerGate tweets.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2hjcfq/twitterbot_swarms_1726_rts_and_only_19_favorites/ Twitterbot swarms]</ref>
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| − | *InternetAristocrat releases GamerGate Part 1: The Path We've Taken [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dbi-8rPShE&list=UUWB0dvorHvkQlgfGGJR2yxQ video].
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| − | *KingofPol is doxxed by a 4chan moderator. KingofPol later confirms that he was was doxxed on his official twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/516184214728114176 @KingofPol Facebook Photos]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/516183975132672000 KingofPol at 4chan]</ref>
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| − | *Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon, tweets that many people find the Sarkeesian Effect documentary to be "hurtful and exclusive" and considers taking it down.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jackconte/status/517170857228398592 @jackconte Sarkeesian Effect hate]</ref> Patreon later decides not to take down the Sarkeesian Effect account.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jordanowen42/status/517744347937525761 Patreon Sarkeesian Effect response]</ref>
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| − | *Intel pulls advertiser support from Gamasutra.<ref>[http://imgur.com/mXXfVnI support.replies@mailbox.intel.com]</ref>
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