The Fast Track To Internet Infamy

[NuclearKangaroo]

haha ok i must admit that was a good one

i used to think that SJW list of journos was stupid... until this whole thing started, but ever since then ive seen people say stuff dangerously close to "all white men are rapists"

i think this difference should always be pointed out, advocating for equality is not the same thing as being a SJW, a SJW is an extremist that needs to shove his beliefs down everyone's throat, and that is obsessed with the race, gender and sexual oritentation of people, to the point where they usually come off as racist, sexist and heterophobic

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Bob 'PC-Gaming-is-Dead' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2911-PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming] Chipman, surely?

C'mon! Let's give old controversies some love and be smug in hindsight.

why does this guy keeps giving me reasons to hate him?

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Bob 'PC-Gaming-is-Dead' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2911-PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming] Chipman, surely?

C'mon! Let's give old controversies some love and be smug in hindsight.

It's been a while, but wasn't the point of the video to say that PC gaming wasn't "Dying/Dead", but was actually just having it's market change, or something like that?

Hence why the full title was "PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming".

OT: Anyway, funny comic. I guess this makes them even for that one time Erin sent an angry mob to Sharon's home. ;p

Edit: This one.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comicsandcosplay/comics/critical-miss/8189-42

A Critical Miss comic claiming all white men are horrible in some way?

Honestly, nothing is amiss here.

I couldn't even get mad if I wanted to.

And you should be mad, why? :/

 

[VanQ]

A Critical Miss comic claiming all white men are horrible in some way?

Honestly, nothing is amiss here.

I couldn't even get the joke if I wanted to.

Fixed that for ya.

I get the joke. I just can't help but think that they're purposely trying to recreate the WGDF shitstorm again.

 

[DrRockor]

So why was Bob on this dumb list of dumb? He's a film critic who talks about games and general nerd culture as well. I wouldn't describe him as a games journalist.

 

[Idsertian]

I don't really care for the issues that the strip is attempting to address, from either side of the argument, I just want Erin to stop looking so put-upon in the second panel.

I just... dammit, guys! How can one drawing elicit so much sympathy?!

 

[Bombiz]

@Zachary_Amaranth
I wouldn't really call you "internet infamous" since besid this site i haven't seen you be mentioned any where else. in fact i haven't even heard of you until coming to this site.
quick (~1min) google search didn't reveal much besides a steam and "that guy with the glasses" profile.

so where do you get "internet infamous" from?

I'll just repeat the previous response:

Dude, I just described myself as a social justice warrior. At least entertain for a moment that I might not have been serious. I was actually having fun with claims I was infamous both on and off The Escapist. Apparently, for srs. That you could only find two o my linked accounts on a Google search actually makes it funnier.

As for being Zoe Quinn, the internet exploded when it found out how many penises she'd taken. I can totally top that.

And remind people that when someone refers to themselves directly as a "social justice warrior" they might not be serious.


Though looking for my own post, I did find Shrek's post, which I missed before.

You've uncovered the truth behind the Quinnspiracy!

Does that mean we've reached Quinnception?

Sorry. I didn't see that post from before. It did seem like you where being serious. Though it was probably my inability to detect non-obvious sarcasm through text alone.

 

[Haru17]

Lees hair hype, lol.

 

[Caiphus]

So why was Bob on this dumb list of dumb? He's a film critic who talks about games and general nerd culture as well. I wouldn't describe him as a games journalist.

Doesn't mean that people can't get super mad about him

 

[Aaron Sylvester]

Is it supposed to be ironic that this comic is trying to take the piss out of something that it's guilty of doing anyway?

 

[JimB]

Bob 'PC-Gaming-is-Dead' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2911-PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming] Chipman, surely?

C'mon! Let's give old controversies some love and be smug in hindsight.

Why does this guy keep giving me reasons to hate him?

Uh, leaving aside whether hate is a proportionate response to someone saying something about gaming, I don't know what you mean by "keep," since the video linked is three and a half years old.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Bob 'PC-Gaming-is-Dead' [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2911-PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming] Chipman, surely?

C'mon! Let's give old controversies some love and be smug in hindsight.

Why does this guy keep giving me reasons to hate him?

Uh, leaving aside whether hate is a proportionate response to someone saying something about gaming, I don't know what you mean by "keep," since the video linked is three and a half years old.

i mean "keep" in the sense that the more i know about moviebob, the less i like him

that video wouldve been laughable on itself, but im already pissed by the terrible stuff that guy said to everyone critizing gaming journalism

 

[IndieGinge]

In all honesty The critical miss guys do seem to spend of time taking the piss out of straight white males. Don't know if either of them are gay, but if the comics anything to by they are both certainly white.

Then again they seem to have it out for Evangelion fans the most.

Dude, they ARE Evangelion fans. They just enjoy poking fun at a famous thing that they like. And then it got so much attention that they decided to keep doing that. I think, I'm not a psychic after all.

They don't have anything against straight white males in general either. They just like going after the Reddit/4Chan users who tend to say a lot of absolutely stupid and/or hateful things. I'm a straight white dude, and I've never felt attacked by anything they say because I don't routinely say hateful and ignorant things. I think. I suppose if I was ignorant I'd be ignorant of my ignorance. But that's besides the point. They don't have a problem with people who aren't being dickheads, regardless of their race.

 

[Max_imus]

OT (sort of): I wonder what happens if you change the white part of that sentence to black.

I dunno. Maybe it continues to be a very silly sentence that shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone in their right mind? It's a comic strip that pokes fun at both sides of the mess, lighten up, for goodness' sake.

OT: Ah, the power of humor and irony. Maybe we can start having a chuckle at this whole thing and each other, now that the dust has begun to settle. Thanks a bunch, you two. You give me hope.

 

[Vault101]

A Critical Miss comic claiming all white men are horrible in some way?

Honestly, nothing is amiss here.

I couldn't even get the joke if I wanted to.

Fixed that for ya.

I get the joke. I just can't help but think that they're purposely trying to recreate the WGDF shitstorm again.

How anybody I can offended by that given the context....baffles me

I mean I can understand why Somone would be offended at WGDF [footnote/] weather I think that offence is justified is another thing entirely[/footnote] but this? As much as I don't like to dictate to people what they should or shouldn't be offended by...there are limits

 

[RA92]

A Critical Miss comic claiming all white men are horrible in some way?

Honestly, nothing is amiss here.

I couldn't even get mad if I wanted to.

The joke went so far above you that it's reached escape velocity and is now orbiting your head. The last panel is poking fun at the SJWs who try to gain infamy by generalizing all white men, while the first panel is making fun of the zealotry of some anti-SJWs. This is the perfect representation of the situation at hand.

You guys are overtly sensitive!

It's been a while, but wasn't the point of the video to say that PC gaming wasn't "Dying/Dead", but was actually just having it's market change, or something like that?

Hence why the full title was "PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming".

It was a really garbled argument, like how the console motion controls would supersede the mouse and keyboard (we saw how that turned out) and how devices like laptops would replace PCs... while it was already considered part of the PC platform? I remember shaking my head because he was gleefully showing all the supposed alternatives to the PC being closed systems (the antithesis of PC gaming), as if that was a good thing.

 

[jamail77]

I don't understand, isn't this essentially the same joke as "White Guy Defense Force"?

No, it's making fun of this.

http://imgur.com/NFGgOEU

Oh, wow. Here, I thought that was just included to emphasize the ridiculous dismissive attitude you see in these discussions, but no, that list actually exists. O_O

Also, I've given the bare minimum required effort, before being allowed to ask for help without being shamed for not trying, that is, into finding out who Matt Lees is and all I found out is apparently he's some major gamer. Could someone just summarize who he is? I'd appreciate it.

It's been a while, but wasn't the point of the video to say that PC gaming wasn't "Dying/Dead", but was actually just having it's market change, or something like that?

Hence why the full title was "PC-Gaming-Is-Dead-Long-Live-PC-Gaming".

It was a really garbled argument, like how the console motion controls would supersede the mouse and keyboard (we saw how that turned out) and how devices like laptops would replace PCs... while it was already considered part of the PC platform? I remember shaking my head because he was gleefully showing all the supposed alternatives to the PC being closed systems (the antithesis of PC gaming), as if that was a good thing.

Even when people get mad at MovieBob from time to time, whether it's going on too much about Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man or just him not admitting to when he's legitimately acting snobby (something that usually doesn't happen and is just a pathetic insult to discredit people who know more about something than you) or dismissive due to some stubbornness or fanboyism, he's still better at the movie and TV shtick. He really should stick to that. Whenever he talks about games you can guess at a very likely chance at him saying something far more ridiculous though the episode he did on Zelda was decent compared to his other gaming episodes.

 

[Max_imus]

OT (sort of): I wonder what happens if you change the white part of that sentence to black.

I dunno. Maybe it continues to be a very silly sentence that shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone in their right mind? It's a comic strip that pokes fun at both sides of the mess, lighten up, for goodness' sake.

OT: Ah, the power of humor and irony. Maybe we can start having a chuckle at this whole thing and each other, now that the dust has begun to settle. Thanks a bunch, you two. You give me hope.

I'm confused. Did you think I took the comic seriously or found it offensive or something? I didn't. I was just wondering what people would say. Call it morbid curiosity.

Ah, sorry if I misinterpreted that, it happens at 6 AM I guess. I was just a bit baffled that a thought like that could even come up in this context.

 

[Grahav]

Erin's boss has it wrong. Erin doesn't need to say anything inflammatory. She nearly needs to continue that sentence about diversity and by the time it hits the web, it'll BE "all white men are rapists."

As someone who evidently is "infamous,"I should know!

Sadly accurate.

Acting like a dickwack grants you free advertising. EA was right all along!!!

Just sad.

OT (sort of): I wonder what happens if you change the white part of that sentence to black.

Here in Brazil? Jail.

 

[lacktheknack]

A Critical Miss comic claiming all white men are horrible in some way?

Honestly, nothing is amiss here.

I couldn't even get the joke if I wanted to.

Fixed that for ya.

I get the joke. I just can't help but think that they're purposely trying to recreate the WGDF shitstorm again.

Well, wouldn't you? That was hilarious. Maddening, but hilarious.