#GamerGate: My View

After following #GamerGate for sometime now, I believe that this is just a sad attempt by "Social Justice  Warriors" to preempt something that is fun (online games) and ruin it. Paula Wright has a great post on this , but I couldn't post my comment so  here it is:

I'm a gamer and I currently play World Of Tank/World of Warplanes/World of Warships. I've played those games since March of 2011. Previous to that I played City of Heroes/City of Villains for 8 years. Additionally, I played NavyField. In all that time, I've never seen anyone harrass a woman in the public chats. Ever. Every time I ever saw anyone who was a "real life" woman ask for help, some of the best players in the game (or server) always came forward to help and did so constructively.

I don't know what Sarkeesian is harping about because in 11 years of playing massively multi-player online games, I personally, never witnessed any of what she is claiming. I have met several wonder women online in those games and I know of at least 3 that have met and later married men they met playing.

So when I hear about the allegations that Ms Sarkeesian makes I wonder just where in the hell she dug them up. While I am more than willing to admit that there are [can't print that term in a family friendly environment] in any given game, I just can't see what she is talking about.

I'll try to link back to her original post...