This is kind of what I was getting at.
Like, if I was accused of something tomorrow on Twitter that wasn't true, what am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to do? It seems like I'm screwed no matter what.
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Alexis Kennedy accused of predatory behaviour. Described as "open secret" in the industry.
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This is kind of what I was getting at.
Like, if I was accused of something tomorrow on Twitter that wasn't true, what am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to do? It seems like I'm screwed no matter what.
If you're interested, you should still support Failbetter. Alexis hasn't been there in years, and they've publicly denounced him.
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Dammit. I love the Fallen London universe, and Cultist Simulator is the only game I've ever helped crowdfund. I was going to contribute to Book of Hours because an occult library sim sounds straight up my alley, but I guess I won't be doing that now.
I'm glad he's no longer with Failbetter, at least. Hope the victims get the support they need.
I'm glad he's no longer with Failbetter, at least. Hope the victims get the support they need.
I would like a link too since his name is now attached to this. I can't find anything via Google.
Can't open twitter (in China atm). What's it about? Already stopped thinking about Miegakure since a while ago but still.
I never understand this kind of fear mongering. It's entirely irrational.
If you were accused of doing something that is entirely out of character, that you would never do, then there's no reason to respond in a guilty manner. Presumably you have met people in your lifetime who would defend you if you were accused of behavior that is completely out of character and not, as is the case here, instead have many, many people come forward to say, actually, not only is this completely in character, but they know of other instances of it happening and have heard of it for many years.
This isn't ever just a single tweet from a single person. Basically every single time lots and lots of people come forward to say that it matches a pattern of behavior and to corroborate accounts. This hand wringing some people seem compelled toward makes genuinely no sense whatsoever. If you're an innocent person, you won't have a pattern of guilty behavior for tons of people to point to and say "look at this shit," so you don't have to imagine how you would react to such an event. It's not going to happen to you. So why worry?
It's a bizarre impulse to shift the topic to yourself and focus on your own imagined victimization instead of the actual victims on record.
These things happen though, so it's not really an irrational fear. An acquaintance of me was accused of rape years ago, lost almost everything. Turns out she lied (bragged about it years later). He never recovered from that.
That being said, it was a he say, she say situation (and one could argue the girl was crazy).
This looks to be a they say, he says situation so there's more fire (more truth maybe?) to the case. Needless to say I'm not going to call anyone out for l
To the people angry about 'whispers' and wanting to end 'open secrets', what do you suggest?
I am connected well enough to have previously heard warnings about AK, but it wasn't my information to make public. I have never met him. Confidential info is a means for me to stay wary and protect those close to me. Reputations like this happen all the time in every industry.
I am connected well enough to have previously heard warnings about AK, but it wasn't my information to make public. I have never met him. Confidential info is a means for me to stay wary and protect those close to me. Reputations like this happen all the time in every industry.
Nolan Bushnell dealt with the accusation of sexism he received very professionally and in an emphatic way.
He basically admitted being wrong, despite most of his former employers defending him.
This is what he stated:
From what I have read when I followed this, he wasn't accused by any of his former employers, but the issue was raised by people aware of how things were run when he managed Atari.
I don't want to derail the topic nor defend Bushnell, I just wanted to point that if you are accused of something, even if you believe you are in the right, the best thing to do is to apologize.
"If somebody was hurt by my action, please accept my apologies."
I think it's a very nice sentence.
What?!
You do realize there's a fuckton of innocent people currently incarcerated in the US? Estimations from 2014 range from 100.000 to 140.000. Let's not pretend the finger is never pointed towards innocents and that just by upholding the naive belief of "oh my friends will have my back" that everything will be alright.
This is not a defence for this Alexis Kennedy person btw (no idea who they are even) but simply to call out an incredibly bizarre and naive post.
False rape accusations aren't very common at all. Yeah, sure, "but my friend...." but, in a lot of those cases I hear about there's more to it than that, if that friend even exists and isn't just some made up rhetorical device. If you want to be careful, Trust but Verify is what I adhere to. Multiple accusations from multiple people with consistent detail is good evidence. As I've said before, it's hard to get people to agree on lunch, much less agree on how the accused operates, manipulates, and abuses.
Another thing to consider is slippage. Sometimes, abusive people let slip what they do or how they do it. Take R. Kelly and his song "Marry the Pussy".
Another thing to consider is slippage. Sometimes, abusive people let slip what they do or how they do it. Take R. Kelly and his song "Marry the Pussy".
Along with the accusations we know of, this is very telling of how he thinks of women/girls and the way he commits his crimes. It's worth it to look back over statements that seemed just a little odd at the time to see if it lines up with accusations. And most of y'all are assuming rape gets prosecuted easily when the most successful cases have eyewitnesses like Emily Doe's case or many, many victims, like Larry Nasser or Jerry Sandusky. Also assuming that everyone believes rape victims, which is still definitely not the case!
This post is a joke and I imagine you know that.
Innocent people are incarcerated all the time, but the burden of proof placed on a case for sexual assault -- or in this case accusations of coercion and abuse of power that would never, ever result in arrest or incarceration -- that took place years ago is so high that it isn't the case. Stop trying to compare cases of police deliberately or carelessly arresting the wrong person and targeted arrests against minorities to a twitter thread.
I can't believe you could make a post like this and then call someone else naive.
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I swear, you can't even hit on woman these days without being called the next ted bundy.
This ain't it, dude...
I'd suggest you rethink what you just posted.
I legitimately don't understand why people think it's a good idea to post things like this, not only in general but in a thread like this specifically. What's the point?
Because there's a bunch of twats out there who think it's edgy and funny. They usually follow it up with the classic Oh CaN't YoU tAkE a JoKe?
As someone said above they wouldn't dare post it from their actual main account, god forbid they are outed as a shitty person whilst pretending otherwise.
Uh... Not really the place to post that dude...
At least read the OP involved first.
It's great to see these disgusting people getting outed in all entertainment industries. Hope this sparks more outings of people who shouldn't have a job at all within the video game industry.
WTF is up with all the fucked up/disgusting takes/drive-by shitposts in this thread and similar threads here on ERA???
WTF is up with all the fucked up/disgusting takes/drive-by shitposts in this thread and similar threads here on ERA???
They're really showing their ass in this thread too because:
- This isn't a criminal case and likely won't ever be, yet they keep bringing up court proceedings and "innocent until proven guilty".
- This is a UK issue yet they keep bringing up US statistics.
- This isn't a rape case (AFAIK) yet they keep bringing up the dangers of false rape allegations.
- There are multiple noteworthy people backing up the claims, including people in the company he was once the CEO of, yet they are treating it as "he-say, she-say".
Well, the garbage has been removed, just reported YellowMustard and now poster is permanently banned from ERA.
Such an awesome and excellent response to the victims who are coming out to speak out against Kennedy. This is the type of official response that should be released.
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I can't fucking stand all these sexual predators preying on people in the games industry. They're all fucking scum.
If I had it my way, this Alexis Kennedy guy would have his life destroyed. I'd want him beaten within an inch of his life. I'd have him hacking up blood and bile while he thinks about what he's done to women in the games industry. I'd start ripping out his toenails really slowly, hearing him beg for forgiveness and mercy. I'd flay that bastard open like the worthless sack of meat he is, taking my time to make sure he feels every single second of his punishment. Finally, I'd cut him down limb by limb, one layer of flesh, muscle, and bone at a time. I'd let his victims join in to hopefully get them som ioda if relief. It wouldn't be much, but it's what this goddamn monster deserves.
If I had it my way, this Alexis Kennedy guy would have his life destroyed. I'd want him beaten within an inch of his life. I'd have him hacking up blood and bile while he thinks about what he's done to women in the games industry. I'd start ripping out his toenails really slowly, hearing him beg for forgiveness and mercy. I'd flay that bastard open like the worthless sack of meat he is, taking my time to make sure he feels every single second of his punishment. Finally, I'd cut him down limb by limb, one layer of flesh, muscle, and bone at a time. I'd let his victims join in to hopefully get them som ioda if relief. It wouldn't be much, but it's what this goddamn monster deserves.
he's a terrible person and deserves everything coming his way, but what you posted is honestly fucking terrifying and bizarre
No. This attitude does not help victims, it focuses on your feelings and over rides theirs. Don't do this.
Having once acted out revenge, as a reaction to my mother being hit by a stranger, when I was much younger, it really doesn't actually feel like anything has been resolved. I think the core of the matter is that we have these feelings, like you are having, because we feel like they will return power to those it was taken away from. It's really on the person who was directly aggrieved that can put the matter to rest, for themselves. The rest of us on the periphery, just have to learn how to process it more constructively.
I was lucky not to go to jail and have a semi-productive life ruined because of a emotionally driving absence of judgment.
We don't need to be doing this. Expose them and let justice take care the rest, as hard as that is to believe in at times. They can't hide anymore.
All these threads about allegations are like that. Kinda comes with the territory sadly. I just hit the report button and move on
The Twitter link on the OP leads to a thread that goes into more details. The thread also has a link to another account.
Agreed.
Look, I get that it generally comes from the mindset of 'Well, I'm NOT guilty of this stuff, so when I put myself in this situation mentally I'm going to imagine what it's like to be accused of this stuff I'd never do' which isn't entirely terrible, because if someone can't imagine what it's like to be predatory there's some positives to take from it.
But, you just aren't going to find a disparate group of accusers suddenly forwards as we've seen in this case and I don't know why other people can't see that. Do we occasionally see one person make a false accusation? Sure. It happens. But you don't see multiple people coming forwards talking about it, with multiple other people confirming that it's an open secret etc etc.
I've heard of some of the people coming forwards. I hadn't heard of Alexis Kennedy. I'm not sure what Rhianna Pratchett would stand to gain by lying here. It's extremely illogical to presume Kennedy is the victim of conspiracy and multiple false charges.
Obviously the biggest concern here is the victims but as someone who very eagerly backed the Sunless Skies kickstarter and really really enjoys their work, I felt pretty awful about this revelation especially. Seeing many of his victims come out now to say that the current team at Failbetter has been nothing but supportive and did everything they could to sever all financial ties years ago is genuinely reassuring and relieves at least some of the queasy feeling I've had since reading the news.