Yes. According to the rumours (Screw you, spellcheck, I spell it British), Zoe slept with 5 men besides her husband. Hence, "Five Fun Guys", according to her.Quellist said:As someone who doesn't really follow gamergate one way or the other, can someone please explain what 'Five Fun Guys' has to do with Gamergate? Is this supposed to be some kind of reference to these men Zoe is said to have slept with?
I'm entirely neutral here, just curious.
Correction: she was unknown until her boyfriend wrote about his emotional trauma resulting from her actions. The social justice you refer to followed that accounting.Avnger said:Honest question: Why are you this angry and upset with a small-time dev who was completely unknown until she began receiving an immense amount of harassment from anonymous internet users? Were you her boyfriend? Did she personally harm you and/or a friend of yours? If not, I fail to see how one could have such blinding hatred against another random person on the internet that would cause you turn go off on such a rant about her.90sgamer said:This just in, rapist*, professional victim and would-be drama queen of morally ill repute damages Nintendo in an attempt to become relevant again, and various piddlesquats buy it as unquestioning people are wont to do.
Liz knows what's up. That's why you're the only game journalist I particularly like, Liz.
* Zoe admits to having diddled at least five guys, one of whom was her boss, while in a monogamous relationship. According to her published opinion, cheating on a partner is rape.
On topic: Meh another article about Zoe. To be fair to the people getting mixed up about the reference, Nintendo purposely referencing the Watergate scandal is more than a little out of character in a Mario game; Also, the whole "gamergate" thing is still on a lot of minds in the gaming community.
Look up reductio ad absurdum. By taking her argumument to its silly logical conclusion, I demonstrate that the argument is invalid.Karadalis said:Even if true, it's an assine definition of rape. It really only paints you as attacking her for the sake of it.90sgamer said:* Zoe diddled 5 guys, one of whom was her boss, while in a monogamous relationship. According to her published opinion, cheating on a partner is rape.
Who is even dog piling who?Dazzle Novak said:All the usual suspects have seized this opportunity to dogpile, so no need for my input. Still...
"You're so vaaaaaaain! I bet you think this parody of the most iconic presidential scandal in recent history accompanied by a lousy pun is about you. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?"
Quellist said:As someone who doesn't really follow gamergate one way or the other, can someone please explain what 'Five Fun Guys' has to do with Gamergate? Is this supposed to be some kind of reference to these men Zoe is said to have slept with?
I'm entirely neutral here, just curious.
(Boyfriend, not husband.)thebobmaster said:Yes. According to the rumours (Screw you, spellcheck, I spell it British), Zoe slept with 5 men besides her husband. Hence, "Five Fun Guys", according to her.
Actually im pretty sure the "five guys" thing came from a youtuber called the internet aristocrat... who was one of the reasons this whole thing about zoey was even discussed and then censored everywhere but on the escapist... wich then kickstarted gamergate thanks to the streissand effect and people being quite pissed about the censorship.. and then the gamers are dead articles hit the web and all hell broke loose.. the rest.. is history.shrekfan246 said:(Boyfriend, not husband.)
Before it was called Gamergate (probably after, too, but they transitioned over to Literally Who so quickly once other women were thrown into the mix that it's a bit hard to keep track anymore), Quinn was being referred to (on this very website, no less) as "Five Guys Burger and Fries", due to the allegations raised against her in the post that kicked everything off that said she slept with five other people.
I didn't say it started here, just that it was also present here.Karadalis said:Actually im pretty sure the "five guys" thing came from a youtuber called the internet aristocrat... who was one of the reasons this whole thing about zoey was even discussed and then censored everywhere but on the escapist...