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[–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (3 children)

Fuck, that's awful.

I would recommend calling your local police department and letting them know that you may have hoax calls directed at you in the near future. Just as a precaution. :(

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 26 points27 points  (2 children)

I don't think swatting is as much of a thing in Canada, thankfully. I quickly did a check of my info to make sure it was scrubbed. Here's hoping everything is fine. I honestly think he was doing it just to intimidate me rather than to actually do anything malicious, but all there's to do is wait.

[–]Steam_Powered_CatLoL:Steampowerecat 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Seriously call the police and let them know to expect hoaxes. I know you're trying to not let this be a thing but SWAT team calls can get you or someone in your house killed.

[–]rosie_the_redditorEVE // GW2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's malicious, even if it's not physically damaging.

[–]GymLadyThrowaway 38 points39 points  (2 children)

The possibility of doxxing and general harassment is one of the reasons I gave up my original Reddit username. I also changed my username on some other sites.

I fucking despise the fact that I can't say the most innocuous comments under a certain name if it has even the slightest tinge of feminism. But if Anonymous wants to fight anonymously, then so shall I.

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's true :( Their rage seems trully bottomless. Innocuous is how I would describe what I was saying. I was defending a Japanese dev's decision to make a change to a single character's design in order to avoid getting flack for it. This literally amounted to adding a bit more white to her texture. The fury this action invoking was almost cartoonish.

[–]moonshinesalute 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, actually I have one username for here, one for my steam (I actually changed my steam name several times until the original name scrolled off), one for ps4, a different one for Facebook and yet another different one for Twitter and Youtube. The thing is that somehow my steam username - the one I was using for years, got tied in with my Facebook somehow and so I googled it once, and all these pics of me started popping up everywhere and then led eventually to some personal information so I had to literally change everything, including getting this new username and deleting my old ones. So much fun. And I'm still trying to work on it, because I want to be sure before I start streaming or anything like that.

[–]foxden_racing 20 points21 points  (0 children)

If it starts to uptick...call the police.

Warn them that you're the target of online harassment, tell them that you fear false SWAT team complaints, and ask about setting up a 'yes, that was a false report' style check-in before they burst through your door high on adrenaline.

Please. Nobody deserves to be injured or worse because of an internet hate train.

[–]autobahnPC/PS4 (dude) 68 points69 points  (2 children)

But it's about ethics in games journalism!

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 39 points40 points  (1 child)

Right? For all of their talk about principles and ethics, they're sure willing to throw them out at the drop of a pin.

[–]vaenaps3/ps4 26 points27 points  (0 children)

But they must punish those uppity feminist bitches who want to [insert thing here] their video games on PRINCIPLE! And that makes it ethical!


If I ever release my own independent game no one will know I am female. I'm literally using a gaming pen-name within an incorporated entity. Nothing is worth getting involved with this shit community.

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm an artist and I need an online presence to get work. As someone who works freelance I want to be found and be contactable to people willing to hire me. I think this is why doxxing is a popular way of intimidating devs. By virtue of their profession they need to be visible.

If you're working on a project solo then yeah, anonymity is an option with a lot of appeal

[–]EWaltzSteam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rowling did it for Harry Potter.

I kind of want this to happen: some hugely popular game climbs up, everyone plays it, it's like Undertale levels of adored, and the dev comes out from anonymity as a woman. I feel like something like this needs to happen.

[–]unicornwhiskers 11 points12 points  (2 children)


What is this?

[–]iignobleHeart 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I think that's good advice from him, it's important to get your voice out there, rather than being silenced out of fear from them. That's exactly what they want, to stop having any "SJW" views online.. So good luck with your writing! I hope you do publish it online :)

[–]KovitlacYT/Twitch: RudeOnion 29 points30 points  (2 children)

Woot, lucky you! Such honor! Much glory! xD

Seriously though, I hope everything turns out okay. I haven't had any real information of mine leaked (that I know of), but I did run a search on my gamertage/youtube name and 4chan, and someone was asking who this "(my GT) bitch is, and why does she post all over videos showing sexism??" (I'm paraphrasing, but that's basically it). Luckily, it didn't actually amount to anything. Which is good, because back when I made videos for a specific community, there was a very small but determined group of individuals who seriously enjoyed harassing me. They would jump at the chance to continue that, if they had more of my information.


they linked to my professional portfolio and LinkedIn site. I really think the only reason they do it is to make people feel scared and vulnerable and therefore intimidated into not talking. It's really telling that this is something done by the side purporting to fight against what they perceive to be "censorship".

[–]KovitlacYT/Twitch: RudeOnion 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I know exactly what you mean. They're so against make-believe censorship that they're frantically trying to censor anyone who dares speak out against them.

[–]Chocow8sMostly PC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is so screwed up. Please take care, OP.

[–]EffieBSocial Justice Bard 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Fuck 'em. SJWs 4 lyfe. (Seriously, best of luck with this bullshit. I'm so sorry that happened to you.)

[–]SharkWomanWhatever I feel like GOSH 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Super lame. Fingers crossed they dont act on whatever malicious things they might threaten you with.

In other news congrats on being a lady game dev! I am also a Canadian (student) game dev, and I have a funny mix of excitement and fear at what I may experience once I get a job in the industry. Are you a West coast or Eastern dev? Aside from this incident, how has the northern game industry been for you? I would love to learn more from you but I totally understand if you arent comfortable discussing it due to these miserable people harassing you.

[–]BackupChallenger 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Yeah, also it is important to understand how much even a little data can do for someone that wants to dox you. they can extrapolate a lot of things out of it, and before you know it they have enough to social engineer the rest till they have everything. And it isn't limited to SJW comments either, everything that annoys someone can start doxxing on you.

[–]Elaine_Benes_/id/elaine_benes 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Last week my husband got doxxed (sort of) by a crazed Hillary supporter because he said "fuck you" to the guy in a Facebook conversation about free college on a mutual friend's page. Guy took it to Twitter to @ the social media department where my husband works and try to get him fired. I just kind of hate the internet right now.

[–]KiloJools 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Hillary supporter?! Jesus. That's the shit I expect from the Drumf guys, not HIllary. WTF Is wrong with that dude.

[–]Elaine_Benes_/id/elaine_benes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And like, we're happily going to vote for Hillary obviously. He just stepped on a land mine of crazy

[–]PMmeYourNoodz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ugh. That stinks. Hopefully there is no fallout for you.

[–]Casey234Steam 9 points10 points  (1 child)

I'm really sorry to hear this. As someone who does want to get into game development, this kind of thing seriously worried me.

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't let them scare you. That's what they want to do

[–]redmoondogeSteam: "💕 Mānoa 💕" 9 points10 points  (1 child)

I am sorry you are being harrassed for your opinion. However, never, ever bow down to such people. Your address is public? Fine, let them bring pizza. Your opinion is made of your experiences, emotions and actions and they can not silence your very being.

[–]DireTaco(Male) Steam/FFXIV/Switch 36 points37 points  (0 children)

If only it were pizza and not, say, SWAT teams.

[–]paul_33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are way too many sad losers that think this sort of behaviour is ok. Anything to hurt the "SJWs". A win for their side right?

So much toxic hate

[–]moonshinesalute 2 points3 points  (1 child)

How people who do this justify this stuff in their minds is beyond me.

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His excuse was that it's "not doxxing" because it wasn't ultra personal information. They give themselves a lot of moral leniency I think

[–]noodlewormSteam 2 points3 points  (1 child)

So often I see people making comments about how its just not a big deal, and it shouldn't bother anyone to get comments.

I feel like I have to remind them that it very well can happen to me. I've had people tale the time to PM long rants and threats to me. I know there are certain people who would make a game of trying to track down my information to scare me, just because of any inane comment I might make. and thats scary.

I'm genuinely afraid to do anything that might put a target on my back. I'm a video editor who used to have ideas about creating a Youtube channel, now I feel I cannot publicly represent myself on that platform.

[–]PhazonZimI have a lot of consoles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is worse than the censorship they think the "SJWs" are doing. They think SJWs are only out to harass game devs online. The're targeting us and pretending that's justified. It's insanity :(

All thre is to do is be safe but stand fast against this type of harassment.

[–]Enforcer84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sucks. My sympathies. These assholes really piss me off.

[–]blackfish_xxALL THE SYSTEMS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well you probably deserved it, what with your trying to push your SJW agenda onto innocent male gamers and oppressing their free speech.


seriously though, stay safe.