It's great to see gaming have it's Metoo moment.
It sucks to see gamers are handling it about as well as I expected.
It sucks to see gamers are handling it about as well as I expected.
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"Dozens of women have levied sexual assault allegations towards several Twitch streamers, YouTubers, gaming/esports personalities and gaming industry"
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This man is so terrible. I remember seeing an anti-BLM tweet from him that was posted here a few weeks back too. Twitch needs to get rid of him.
Twitch released this statement saying that will start permamently suspending people :
So far people have noticed that:
- iAmSp00n
- BlessRNG
- WarwitchTV
- DreadedCone
- Wolv21
are all gone
Basically the people who admitted to it are gone and others are being investigated.
So far people have noticed that:
- iAmSp00n
- BlessRNG
- WarwitchTV
- DreadedCone
- Wolv21
are all gone
Basically the people who admitted to it are gone and others are being investigated.
Seriously I have had conversations with people on here who like summit and I just don't see it. It's clear he's one of those people with about as much self-awareness as Donald Trump. It's sad to see someone that successful that doesn't promote the right thing.
Really great little thread about some of the more general issues that help fuel this gross shit and the unfortunate willingness to tolerate it. Thanks for bringing it up.
Highly recommend reading this thread. I just went through it and the opening post is one of those things where I never would've thought to write it but it immediately put so many things into perspective.
The situation is already muddied, Now people will doubt her more.
She should share her story because this is the right time to do it with the momentum going on.
This one is also fucking messed up. MethodJosh cases
- Edit (WTF so many women coming forward)
www.twitlonger.com
Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
livestreamfails.com
www.reddit.com
Trying to persuade an underage
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Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
The clip last year ago
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r/LivestreamFail - Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
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Didn't comment at all on BLM or Pride month. Tweets some vague shit about hidden agendas instead. And then comes out with this. Says a lot about him.
Fuck summit.
isn't this the guy who said some fucked up shit about suicide? they didn't cut ties completely with him back then?
Yeah someone donated to him on stream thanking him for helping him through a difficult time when he (the donater) was suicidal and dmbrandon basically called him an asshole and told him to fuck off. He also verbally harasses everyone he plays with and is just an overall piece of garbage manchild. Him being a sexual abuser is not surprising.
This one is also fucking messed up. MethodJosh cases
- Edit (WTF so many women coming forward)
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Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
The clip last year ago
LIVESTREAMFAILS - Watch your favorite Streamers fail!
LIVESTREAMFAILS - Watch your favorite Streamers fail!Trying to persuade an underager/LivestreamFail - Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
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This guy sounds like he needs to be in jail or a padded cell.
Anyways, saw this posted:
The Partner Process of Twitch in the last 3-5 years was way too easy to abuse by people with ill intentions. Its a lot easier to get partnered today. If you wanted to get partnered 5 years ago you essentially needed to be recognized by a big time Streamer who would dedicate their time to help you. So its very easy to see how a large number of these female streamers if you go back 5 years many were as young as like 15-16 years old. Young and sadly targeted by Male Streamers who could shower them in attention and promises of getting them partnered etc.
Its why I have said its the Hollywood system all over again. People with the power to make careers were left to their own devices with no one paying attention and used that power to abuse young women and young men.
Its why I have said its the Hollywood system all over again. People with the power to make careers were left to their own devices with no one paying attention and used that power to abuse young women and young men.
So we've reach the point where the porn industry seems offer safer work conditions for their employees than the videogame industry. /s
I know but the problem in their apparent logic of "my favourite streamer is innocent until proven guilt" is to mistake the judiciary and moral vocabulary. On the judiciary ground, sure that you are innocent until proven guilt, but you stay accused, it doesn't give you the right to get out of the trial or cancel the procedure against you. And a case dismiss isn't a verdict of innocence.
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Many of the people who work in this industry are some of the most toxic and insecure people creating products for a generally toxic and insecure people. This industry has been trash from top to bottom.
I am hesitant to ask you of which one you are talking about because it could apply to both (so I edit a /s on my message) but I was thinking about health and hygiene practice ( bacterias and virus don't care about gender barrier) and also to avoid creeps among fans and professionals. In general how women in the adult industry have to protect themselves when you are literally offering vulnerability for the audience.
yeah Method knew about josh but they kept him on cause he was a great healer. Would not be surprised if more comes out. Method have "boys club" written all over them imo.
I was reading a Reddit post on a series of allegations from the Dota 2 scene and found a comment that really puts it to perspective how many industries and communities these allegations have reached so far.
From what I've gathered over these past week and a half, these recent allegations are coming from the following entertainment industries:
EDIT: I'm planning on adding more to this list and will source all the bullet points as well.
/u/__Hello_my_name_is__ said:
From what I've gathered over these past week and a half, these recent allegations are coming from the following entertainment industries:
- Pro-wrestling
- TV & Film
- Comic Books
- Video game developers and publishers
- Ubisoft
- Riot Games
- Obsidian
- Video game communities
- Dota 2
- Fighting Games
- StarCraft 2
- Destiny
- Twitch
- Streaming personalities
- Management agencies
- YouTube gaming personalities
- eSports personalities
- Games journalism
- Trading card games
- Tabletop games
EDIT: I'm planning on adding more to this list and will source all the bullet points as well.
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Yeah and now admitted doing nothing for a year and protected Josh. What a fucking pieces of shit
Guild knows Josh behavior
Christ.
Way too fucking common, to the point of being normal, and so few people acknowledge it (or even know about it, perhaps). Awful.
I saw what he said. It's still a bunch of nothingness. Basically, here's paraphrasing what he said: "I'm not saying that these people shouldn't speak out. I know that a lot of these claims are true and these people should absolutely speak out. I'm just saying it's dangerous to accuse someone without being 100% sure"
It's entirely bullshit. He knows in 99% of these cases, it's impossible to have any investigations that yield undeniable evidence regardless of the fact that the claims the women made are most likely true. He has no other solution on the matter other than that it's "dangerous to accuse someone without being 100% sure", even though he knows it's impossible to be 100% sure.
It is sad to see the evolution of this going the opposite direction of what it did in the film industry. No wonder women in all these geek fields are so hesitant to talk in it could have been a catharsis moment for the industry.
This one is also fucking messed up. MethodJosh cases
- Edit (WTF so many women coming forward)
Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
The clip last year ago
LIVESTREAMFAILS - Watch your favorite Streamers fail!
LIVESTREAMFAILS - Watch your favorite Streamers fail!Trying to persuade an underager/LivestreamFail - Poopernoodle speaks out about what happened between her and Method Josh
8,334 votes and 1,316 comments so far on Reddit
holy shit i was somewhat aware of the whole poopernoodle thing but had no idea what the fuck had went down
Miniladd has tweeted a response which has acknowledged his actions. I would post it were I not at work.
Sorry, I was talking about video games. I know nothing about the porn industry.
Isn't Hassan also center of that age old Twitch "joke" that if you send him nudes as girl streamer then you wont be banned, ever?
I feel incredibly sorry and angry for these women. It's unbelievable how toxic these communities and personalities can be. From my own experience from the Smash community it was very sobering to hear about how creepy and uncomfortable some of the people I thought were my friends would be towards women coming into the scene. It's no surprise these communities are mostly all boys' clubs.
I hope this results in real change.
I hope this results in real change.
I was really impressed by Purge's take on this (Dota) situation.
Purge was one of the first streamers i ever heard talking about women being harassed out of the business. His reflections on the whole Grant affair are really interesting. Kudos.
Purge was one of the first streamers i ever heard talking about women being harassed out of the business. His reflections on the whole Grant affair are really interesting. Kudos.
That's promising. They need to keep going and be thorough.
Ban esports organization Method, for instance. For years management harboured and enabled an apparent psycho accused of rape and grooming minors. Should not be allowed to operate until all the people responsible for that are gone. And those people should never again work in any management position. What they did (and didn't) is absolutely irredeemable.
Esports organization Method parts ways with methodjosh
I’m making this thread because I know these people in this guild and have close ties. For people who are unaware Josh was a prominent irl twitch streamer whilst he was playing for the WoW guild Method and was accused of multiple instances of grooming/sexual assault/coercion. This all came out...
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That's the only choice people not in leadership positions have as far as I'm concerned. I could not stomach working for or with such scumbags. I wouldn't blame someone for sticking around for financial reasons, contracts or whatever, but if you have a soul, you should make arrangements to leave ASAP.
Method's brand image is now "psychopath rapist enablers."
Even if you don't have a soul, that's not good for business. Their sponsors better demonstrate their brand values and dump them.
She posted on Reddit that if need comes she has a lots of receipts to share: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/hfn9vu/accusations_against_hassan_bokhari/fvylgsv/
More news from the Dota scene. Tobiwan, a huge caster and personality for years in the Dota 2 community:
Is it any surprise there are now twitch staff being implicated? Its been the long running joke about the whole platform and why some like alinity and such get away with stuff.
Toby should've *been* banned years ago when he was dropping hard Rs in game chat.
Came to post this one. LD believes it and will not be working with Toby anymore.
Regarding Toby, here's a post from Meruna:
For context for those outside the Dota 2 scene: Meruna is a cosplayer and the girlfriend of Synderen (Synderen and Toby are considered one of the most famous casting duos in the scene). They've worked together for years now.
"Lastly, syndereN did not know of this as it happened before I met him. I told him for the first time yesterday. We've been together 8 years."
Horrible.
For context for those outside the Dota 2 scene: Meruna is a cosplayer and the girlfriend of Synderen (Synderen and Toby are considered one of the most famous casting duos in the scene). They've worked together for years now.
"Lastly, syndereN did not know of this as it happened before I met him. I told him for the first time yesterday. We've been together 8 years."
Horrible.
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