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04 Mar 2021, 3:24 pm

Pretty much everything is the subject of massive shouting matches in "the gaming world" though (which mostly means PvP gamers, I guess). It's what competitive gamers do. They have no chill. If they did, they would presumably be doing something else instead... :wink: It's not everyone, of course, but that kind of environment attracts those types of people and that type of animosity.

So I still don't understand what is the purpose of that growing list. Any comprehensive list of "what gamers fight each other over" would have to include literally all imaginable (and some unimaginable) things anyone could fight each other over.


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23 May 2021, 11:46 am

I’m back with another update! Also, as you might notice, I’ve once again changed which symbols I used for prefacing each question by using a different numeral system that I concocted myself. My reasoning is that I’m convinced someone might try to popularize my questionnaire without crediting me, so I’m putting my own personal touch on this list so that any potential plagiarists could be exposed even sooner. I apologize if it looks too counterintuitive.

0. Give your age.
1. How much d’ya feel kids know more than adults?
2. How much d’ya feel adults know more than kids?

3. How much d’ya like violent games?
4. How much d’ya like sexy games?
5. How much d’ya condone rape?
6. How much d’ya like nauseating games?
7. How much d’ya like explicit recreational drug usage?
8. How much d’ya like minigame gambling NOT using any cash?
9. How much d’ya like wilfully rude language/symbols/gestures?
a. How much d’ya like accidently rude language/symbols/gestures that translated poorly to foreign gamers?
b. How much d’ya like harming children in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
c. How much d’ya like harming non-rare animals in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
d. How much d’ya like harming non-rare plants in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
e. How much d’ya like harming fictional AI characters in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though very advanced robots ain’t commonplace, cyborgs have become a sizable group over time.)
f. How much d’ya like harming genetic clones in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though clones ain’t commonplace, donor-conceived folks have become a sizable group over time.)
g. How much d’ya like accessibility for differently able gamers?
h. How much d’ya like differently able characters depicted as cultural rebels?
i. How much d’ya like diversity & minority representation?
j. How much d’ya like games favoring feminism?
k. How much d’ya like games abasing feminism?
l. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Western powers have subjugated for ages, like Arabs, Blacks, Hispanics, Native American Indians, Pacific Islanders, the Roma & South Asians?
m. How much d’ya think Jews may join the gamer crowd?
n. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Japan has subjugated for ages, like the Ainu, the Chinese & Koreans?
ñ. How much d’ya like games hating slavery?
o. How much d’ya like games about non-nuclear families?
p. How much d’ya like erasing non-hateful LGBT content?
q. How much d’ya like polygamy?
r. How much d’ya like clothes inspired by fairly non-controversial flags in games?
s. How much d’ya like controversial political icons like SS swastikas & various flags (for the CSA, Imperial Japan, the USSR, etc.) that fell out of favor over time in games?
t. How much d’ya like Nazi antagonists?
u. How much d’ya like Nazi protagonists?
v. How much d’ya like big companies over tiny ones?
w. How much d’ya like edutainment?
x. How much d’ya like games that might resonate with the furry fandom?
y. How morally absolutist are ya?
z. How morally relativist are ya?
A. How much d’ya like games that depict/reference events resembling/relating to the 9/11 attacks?
B. How much d’ya like imouto characters in games?
C. Name the intended demographic for the most popular console games from 1980 to 2000. Choose only ONE reply: 1) They were only made for white males. 2) They were only made for Japanese males. 3) They were made for all. 4) None of the above is truly correct.
D. How much d’ya deem gamers privileged?
E. How often d’ya think non-gamers harm gamers?
F. How much d’ya deem gamers too insensitive?
G. How much d’ya deem game addiction bad?
H. How much d’ya deem games overrated?
I. How often d’ya think misery makes ya smart?
J. How often d’ya think bad things occur accidently?
K. How much d’ya judge game characters’ physical traits (bust/waist/hip ratio, hair color/length, hand/foot dominance, hearing acuity, height, visual acuity, etc.)?
L. How much d’ya judge game characters’ personality test results (via blood type, Eastern/Western zodiac sign, MBTI, etc.)?
M. How much d’ya deem book-burning good?
N. How much d’ya think games may abase Islam?
Ñ. How much d’ya think games may abase Catholics?
O. How much d’ya think religious content must be erased, even if in context, it abases no religion?
P. How much d’ya think games may abase science?
Q. How much d’ya believe non-speculative fictional war games must be fact-checked?
R. How much d’ya deem all forms of genocide denial bad?
S. How much d’ya feel all major global conflicts should be deemed world wars?
T. How much d’ya like seeing colonizers’ flaws?
U. How much d’ya like pinball?
V. How much d’ya like personal computer gamer culture?
W. How much d’ya like Apple Inc. fan culture?
X. How much d’ya like China’s government’s impact on the game industry?
Y. How much d’ya like Brexit?
Z. How much d’ya like the French “Yellow Vest” protest?
10. How much d’ya like the OWS protest?
11. How much d’ya like game companies abasing the DPRK’s government?
12. How much d’ya like game companies abasing any form of Russian ultra-nationalism?
13. How much d’ya like the EU?
14. How much d’ya like NATO?
15. How much d’ya like the UN?
16. How much d’ya like casual gamers?
17. How much d’ya like game companies trying to be eco-aware?
18. How much d’ya like nuclear power?
19. How much d’ya like game companies funding gun-makers?
1a. How much d’ya like the US military aiding game companies?
1b. How much d’ya like positive portrayals of US government agencies like the FBI, CIA & NSA?
1c. How much d’ya like NASA aiding game companies?
1d. How much d’ya like game companies buying what Wikipedia calls “conflict resources?”
1e. How much d’ya like game companies praising diet/exercise for health’s sake?
1f. How much d’ya like games shilling non-organic food?
1g. How much d’ya like games that fat-shame?
1h. How much d’ya like companies enforcing blatant product placement outside of game adaptions of other works & games about stuff like sports/music?
1i. How much d’ya like game companies enforcing strict copyright laws?
1j. How much d’ya like what Wikipedia calls “genericide?”
1k. How much d’ya like crypto-currency?
1l. How much d’ya like digital piracy?
1m. How much d’ya like game companies for not using “Happy Birthday to You” before it fell into the public domain?
1n. How much d’ya like companies applying what Wikipedia calls “linguicism” in game translation?
1ñ. How much d’ya like metric units in games?
1o. How much d’ya like the short scale naming system over the long scale naming system in games?
1p. How much d’ya like games abasing capitalism?
1q. How much d’ya like games abasing democracy?
1r. How much d’ya like police apologia?
1s. How much d’ya like police tactical units?
1t. How much d’ya like games hating abortion?
1u. How much d’ya like pro-euthanasia themes in games?
1v. How much d’ya like game companies poking fun at controversial groups like the one TV Tropes referenced on the Church of Happyology page?
1w. How much d’ya like companies favoring Israel over Palestine in war games?
1x. How much d’ya like companies favoring Palestine over Israel in war games?
1y. How much d’ya value sleep?

I admit that I’m no expert when it comes to world history, but looking back, 2014 was a really rough year. Arab countries had to deal with a resurgence in Islamic extremism, people in Hong Kong tried and failed to counter the Chinese government, India’s government had begun fully embracing Hinduism’s answer to Islamism, online political propaganda became more abundant in Indonesia, there was more violence between Israel & Palestine, Russia had brutally invaded Ukraine and Venezuela’s economy really starting going down the tubes. There were even some events that affected people around the world that year, like a new strain of Ebola that spread to various countries (even though it was originally noticed in December 2013) and a serious software bug that was revealed to the public several months after it was mistakenly introduced. Of course, some hard right people and hard left people in the “Free World” don’t care about all that because pop culture is the only culture that matters to them.

It's always between a giant douche and a turd sandwich, isn't it? Just to be clear, I'm convinced that both of the main factions are two sides of the same damn coin that's definitely lost its value over the years, hence why I wish for nothing more than a plague on both their houses. As far as I'm concerned, it seems like the only winning move is not to play, but that won't stop some people with an ax to grind from siding with one group of zealots just because they only care about condemning the other side's sins. Since neither side is willing to apologize for any time their members harassed or doxxed those who disagreed with them, I believe anyone discussing this flame war should be afraid, be very afraid. The only solid advice I can give is to convince others to spit out the Kool-Aid that either cult offers them, because whoever wins, we lose. Also, please don't mention this schism by its name, since nothing good comes from directly mentioning That Which Must Not Be Named; don't think it, don't say it!

For those of you that correctly typed out You-Know-What, as in the name of the online phenomenon that's been traumatizing me for months on end, WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!



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23 May 2021, 10:26 pm

I'm convinced this whole thing is just a problem in the Anglosphere, because a good number of people from elsewhere didn't fall for the "my enemy's enemy" fallacy. Go ahead and check these sites out, assuming you're okay with learning about opinions that could be deemed problematic, unpatriotic or haram in general.

- Uncyclopedia’s Spanish-language counterpart hated both sides: [1], [2], [3], [4]
- Some Russian tropers took a third option: [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
- A popular Hungarian gamer blog condemned both factions: [10]
- A popular French meme blogger didn't like either side: [11], [12], [13]
- Some South Korean geeks had issues with both camps: [14], [15]



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01 Jun 2021, 9:54 pm

Does anyone have some more thought-provoking questions to add to my questionnaire? What other websites are firmly neutral about this fiasco? Would you like to talk about some other tragic events from 2014? Feel free to comment away!



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20 Jun 2021, 4:37 pm

Should I cross-post this to the politics forum? I was really hoping to get some feedback on this project that I've been working on for the past few months.



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0. Give your age.
*rather not, not a polite question ;)
1. How much d’ya feel kids know more than adults?
*not a matter of more but of different, or as kahlil gibran said in The Prophet, "children live in the house of tomorrow, and you as parents can never enter this house, not even for a visit."
2. How much d’ya feel adults know more than kids?[/b]
*also debatable as a blanket statement of fact. many adults are empty-headed, just as many kids are.
3. How much d’ya like violent games?
*not.
4. How much d’ya like sexy games?
*mebbe. ;)
5. How much d’ya condone rape?
*not
6. How much d’ya like nauseating games?
*nauseating is relative and subjective.
7. How much d’ya like explicit recreational drug usage?
*medicate me :hic:
8. How much d’ya like minigame gambling NOT using any cash?
*not a gambler of any kind.
9. How much d’ya like wilfully rude language/symbols/gestures?
*i am very rude/profane myself.
a. How much d’ya like accidently rude language/symbols/gestures that translated poorly to foreign gamers?
*some are amusing as the best "Engrish" usually is :lol:
b. How much d’ya like harming children in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
*not
c. How much d’ya like harming non-rare animals in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
*not into harm in general.
d. How much d’ya like harming non-rare plants in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselv
*not
f. How much d’ya like harming genetic clones in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though clones ain’t commonplace, donor-conceived folks have become a sizable group over time.)
*not
g. How much d’ya like accessibility for differently able gamers?
*should be mandatory across platforms IMHO.
h. How much d’ya like differently able characters depicted as cultural rebels?
*good idea :)
i. How much d’ya like diversity & minority representation?
*a great thing :)
j. How much d’ya like games favoring feminism?
*ok with me.
k. How much d’ya like games abasing feminism?
*the only kinda abasement i can handle is abasing of evil.
l. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Western powers have subjugated for ages, like Arabs, Blacks, Hispanics, Native American Indians, Pacific Islanders, the Roma & South Asians?
*see above answer.
m. How much d’ya think Jews may join the gamer crowd?
*that is way above my pay grade’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Japan has subjugated for ages, like the Ainu, the Chinese & Koreans?
*not for me. i am japanese-ancestry.
ñ. How much d’ya like games hating slavery?
*as long as it is action and not just talk.
o. How much d’ya like games about non-nuclear families?
*fine by me :)
p. How much d’ya like erasing non-hateful LGBT content?
*i have no reason to do that.
q. How much d’ya like polygamy?
*not for me.
r. How much d’ya like clothes inspired by fairly non-controversial flags in games?
*ok by me.
s. How much d’ya like controversial political icons like SS swastikas & various flags (for the CSA, Imperial Japan, the USSR, etc.) that fell out of favor over time in games?
*in a historical context
t. How much d’ya like Nazi antagonists?
*IMHO best to leave 'em in the dustheap of history and concentrate on positive characters.
u. How much d’ya like Nazi protagonists?
*not
v. How much d’ya like big companies over tiny ones?
*prefer small
w. How much d’ya like edutainment?
*greatest thing since sliced bread :study:
x. How much d’ya like games that might resonate with the furry fandom?
*not my cup of tea.
y. How morally absolutist are ya?
*not
z. How morally relativist are ya?
*somewhat.
A. How much d’ya like games that depict/reference events resembling/relating to the 9/11 attacks?
*only in matters of historical education and possibly revisionist history, or speculation about alternative scenarios
B. How much d’ya like imouto characters in games?
*i plead ignorance of that.
C. Name the intended demographic for the most popular console games from 1980 to 2000. Choose only ONE reply: 1) They were only made for white males. 2) They were only made for Japanese males. 3) They were made for all. 4) None of the above is truly correct.
*i plead ignorance.
D. How much d’ya deem gamers privileged?
*i plead ignorance
E. How often d’ya think non-gamers harm gamers?
*i plead ignorance
F. How much d’ya deem gamers too insensitive?
*i plead ignorance
G. How much d’ya deem game addiction bad?
*any addiction is bad.
H. How much d’ya deem games overrated?
*that is a subjective question.
I. How often d’ya think misery makes ya smart?
*misery can educate but i don't know about smart.
J. How often d’ya think bad things occur accidently?
*you'd have to ask god. that is way above my pay grade.
K. How much d’ya judge game characters’ physical traits (bust/waist/hip ratio, hair color/length, hand/foot dominance, hearing acuity, height, visual acuity, etc.)?
*i generally don't unless they are scantily clad and pretty/sexy.
L. How much d’ya judge game characters’ personality test results (via blood type, Eastern/Western zodiac sign, MBTI, etc.)?
*way above my pay grade.
M. How much d’ya deem book-burning good?
*never unless it is "mein kamph."
N. How much d’ya think games may abase Islam?
*against abasement of things in general.
Ñ. How much d’ya think games may abase Catholics?
*see above.
O. How much d’ya think religious content must be erased, even if in context, it abases no religion?
*against censorship.
P. How much d’ya think games may abase science?
*a dangerous thing to do, against it.
Q. How much d’ya believe non-speculative fictional war games must be fact-checked?
*fiction should be left alone, per game rating. impressionable ages must be protected.
R. How much d’ya deem all forms of genocide denial bad?
*100%
S. How much d’ya feel all major global conflicts should be deemed world wars?
*way above my pay grade.
T. How much d’ya like seeing colonizers’ flaws?
*100% a good thing.
U. How much d’ya like pinball?
*closest i've come to playing that was pachinko.
V. How much d’ya like personal computer gamer culture?
*never was a part of it.
W. How much d’ya like Apple Inc. fan culture?
*never cared for apple in general.
X. How much d’ya like China’s government’s impact on the game industry?
*way above my pay grade.
Y. How much d’ya like Brexit?
*unwise in an objective way.
Z. How much d’ya like the French “Yellow Vest” protest?
*i'd be one of 'em. :bounce:
10. How much d’ya like the OWS protest?
*ditto.
11. How much d’ya like game companies abasing the DPRK’s government?
*100* in favor.
12. How much d’ya like game companies abasing any form of Russian ultra-nationalism?
*100% in favor
13. How much d’ya like the EU?
*have nothing against 'em.
14. How much d’ya like NATO?
*ditto.
15. How much d’ya like the UN?
*ditto ditto
16. How much d’ya like casual gamers?
*nothing against 'em.
17. How much d’ya like game companies trying to be eco-aware?
*nothing wrong with that.
18. How much d’ya like nuclear power?
*modern designs are much safer, the old designs need to immediately be phased out.
19. How much d’ya like game companies funding gun-makers?
*karmically bad.
1a. How much d’ya like the US military aiding game companies?
*morally questionable
1b. How much d’ya like positive portrayals of US government agencies like the FBI, CIA & NSA?
*iffy.
1c. How much d’ya like NASA aiding game companies?
*iffy
1d. How much d’ya like game companies buying what Wikipedia calls “conflict resources?”
*morally questionable.
1e. How much d’ya like game companies praising diet/exercise for health’s sake?
*100% good.
1f. How much d’ya like games shilling non-organic food?
*nothing against it.
1g. How much d’ya like games that fat-shame?
*100% evil.
1h. How much d’ya like companies enforcing blatant product placement outside of game adaptions of other works & games about stuff like sports/music?
*no worse than tv commercials and adverts in general.
1i. How much d’ya like game companies enforcing strict copyright laws?
* i prefer copyleft.
1j. How much d’ya like what Wikipedia calls “genericide?”
*if it makes for more PD stuff, all the better.
1k. How much d’ya like crypto-currency?
morally iffy and fiduciarily iffy.
1l. How much d’ya like digital piracy?
*i leave that to god.
1m. How much d’ya like game companies for not using “Happy Birthday to You” before it fell into the public domain?
*they were just CYA.
1n. How much d’ya like companies applying what Wikipedia calls “linguicism” in game translation?
*karmically IMHO it is better to respect different cultures.
1ñ. How much d’ya like metric units in games?
*WAAM-We Amuuuricans Aint Metric.
1o. How much d’ya like the short scale naming system over the long scale naming system in games?
*way above my pay grade.
1p. How much d’ya like games abasing capitalism?
*fine by me.
1q. How much d’ya like games abasing democracy?
*100% evil
1r. How much d’ya like police apologia?
*morally iffy.
1s. How much d’ya like police tactical units?
*they serve a purpose but have gotten out of control.
1t. How much d’ya like games hating abortion?
*not my game.
1u. How much d’ya like pro-euthanasia themes in games?
*no objection
1v. How much d’ya like game companies poking fun at controversial groups like the one TV Tropes referenced on the Church of Happyology page?
*satire and parody are protected by first amendment.
1w. How much d’ya like companies favoring Israel over Palestine in war games?
*morally iffy
1x. How much d’ya like companies favoring Palestine over Israel in war games?
*morally iffy
1y. How much d’ya value sleep?
*100% to be treasured. :heart:
I admit that I’m no expert when it comes to world history, but looking back, 2014 was a really rough year.
*IMHO 2020 was worse by a hair.



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0. Give your age.
1. How much d’ya feel kids know more than adults?
2. How much d’ya feel adults know more than kids?
3. How much d’ya like violent games?
4. How much d’ya like sexy games?
5. How much d’ya condone rape?
6. How much d’ya like nauseating games?
7. How much d’ya like explicit recreational drug usage?
8. How much d’ya like minigame gambling NOT using any cash?
9. How much d’ya like wilfully rude language/symbols/gestures?
a. How much d’ya like accidently rude language/symbols/gestures that translated poorly to foreign gamers?
b. How much d’ya like harming children in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
c. How much d’ya like harming non-rare animals in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
d. How much d’ya like harming non-rare plants in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
e. How much d’ya like harming fictional AI characters in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though very advanced robots ain’t commonplace, cyborgs have become a sizable group over time.)
f. How much d’ya like harming genetic clones in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though clones ain’t commonplace, donor-conceived folks have become a sizable group over time.)
g. How much d’ya like accessibility for differently able gamers?
h. How much d’ya like differently able characters depicted as cultural rebels?
i. How much d’ya like diversity & minority representation?
j. How much d’ya like games favoring feminism?
k. How much d’ya like games abasing feminism?
l. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Western powers have subjugated for ages, like Arabs, Blacks, Hispanics, Native American Indians, Pacific Islanders, the Roma & South Asians?
m. How much d’ya think Jews may join the gamer crowd?
n. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Japan has subjugated for ages, like the Ainu, the Chinese & Koreans?
ñ. How much d’ya like games hating slavery?
o. How much d’ya like games about non-nuclear families?
p. How much d’ya like erasing non-hateful LGBT content?
q. How much d’ya like polygamy?
r. How much d’ya like clothes inspired by fairly non-controversial flags in games?
s. How much d’ya like controversial political icons like SS swastikas & various flags (for the CSA, Imperial Japan, the USSR, etc.) that fell out of favor over time in games?
t. How much d’ya like Nazi antagonists?
u. How much d’ya like Nazi protagonists?
v. How much d’ya like big companies over tiny ones?
w. How much d’ya like edutainment?
x. How much d’ya like games that might resonate with the furry fandom?
y. How morally absolutist are ya?
z. How morally relativist are ya?
A. How much d’ya like games that depict/reference events resembling/relating to the 9/11 attacks?
B. How much d’ya like imouto characters in games?
C. Name the intended demographic for the most popular console games from 1980 to 2000. Choose only ONE reply: 1) They were only made for white males. 2) They were only made for Japanese males. 3) They were made for all. 4) None of the above is truly correct.
D. How much d’ya deem gamers privileged?
E. How often d’ya think non-gamers harm gamers?
F. How much d’ya deem gamers too insensitive?
G. How much d’ya deem game addiction bad?
H. How much d’ya deem games overrated?
I. How often d’ya think misery makes ya smart?
J. How often d’ya think bad things occur accidently?
K. How much d’ya judge game characters’ physical traits (bust/waist/hip ratio, hair color/length, hand/foot dominance, hearing acuity, height, visual acuity, etc.)?
L. How much d’ya judge game characters’ personality test results (via blood type, Eastern/Western zodiac sign, MBTI, etc.)?
M. How much d’ya deem book-burning good?
N. How much d’ya think games may abase Islam?
Ñ. How much d’ya think games may abase Catholics?
O. How much d’ya think religious content must be erased, even if in context, it abases no religion?
P. How much d’ya think games may abase science?
Q. How much d’ya believe non-speculative fictional war games must be fact-checked?
R. How much d’ya deem all forms of genocide denial bad?
S. How much d’ya feel all major global conflicts should be deemed world wars?
T. How much d’ya like seeing colonizers’ flaws?
U. How much d’ya like pinball?
V. How much d’ya like the US fighting game community culture?
W. How much d’ya like personal computer gamer culture?
X. How much d’ya like Apple Inc. fan culture?
Y. How much d’ya like China’s government’s impact on the game industry?
Z. How much d’ya like Brexit?
10. How much d’ya like the French “Yellow Vest” protest?
11. How much d’ya like the OWS protest?
12. How much d’ya like game companies abasing the DPRK’s government?
13. How much d’ya like game companies abasing any form of Russian ultra-nationalism?
14. How much d’ya like the EU?
15. How much d’ya like NATO?
16. How much d’ya like the UN?
17. How much d’ya like casual gamers?
18. How much d’ya like game companies trying to be eco-aware?
19. How much d’ya like nuclear power?
1a. How much d’ya like game companies funding gun-makers?
1b. How much d’ya like the US military aiding game companies?
1c. How much d’ya like positive portrayals of US government agencies like the FBI, CIA & NSA?
1d. How much d’ya like NASA aiding game companies?
1e. How much d’ya like game companies buying what Wikipedia calls “conflict resources?”
1f. How much d’ya like game companies praising diet/exercise for health’s sake?
1g. How much d’ya like games shilling non-organic food?
1h. How much d’ya like games that fat-shame?
1i. How much d’ya like companies enforcing blatant product placement outside of game adaptions of other works & games about stuff like sports/music?
1j. How much d’ya like game companies enforcing strict copyright laws?
1k. How much d’ya like what Wikipedia calls “genericide?”
1l. How much d’ya like crypto-currency?
1m. How much d’ya like digital piracy?
1n. How much d’ya like game companies for not using “Happy Birthday to You” before it fell into the public domain?
1ñ. How much d’ya like companies applying what Wikipedia calls “linguicism” in game translation?
1o. How much d’ya like metric units in games?
1p. How much d’ya like the short scale naming system over the long scale naming system in games?
1q. How much d’ya like games abasing capitalism?
1r. How much d’ya like games abasing democracy?
1s. How much d’ya like police apologia?
1t. How much d’ya like police tactical units?
1u. How much d’ya like games hating abortion?
1v. How much d’ya like pro-euthanasia themes in games?
1w. How much d’ya like game companies poking fun at controversial groups like the one TV Tropes referenced on the Church of Happyology page?
1x. How much d’ya like companies favoring Israel over Palestine in war games?
1y. How much d’ya like companies favoring Palestine over Israel in war games?
1z. How much d’ya value sleep?

P. S.: Once again, please refrain from directly mentioning [REDACTED] in response to this questionnaire.



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0. Give your age.
1. How much d’ya feel kids know more than adults?
2. How much d’ya feel adults know more than kids?
3. How much d’ya like violent games?
4. How much d’ya like sexy games?
5. How much d’ya condone rape?
6. How much d’ya like nauseating games?
7. How much d’ya like explicit recreational drug usage?
8. How much d’ya like minigame gambling NOT using any cash?
9. How much d’ya like wilfully rude language/symbols/gestures?
a. How much d’ya like accidently rude language/symbols/gestures that translated poorly to foreign gamers?
b. How much d’ya like harming children in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
c. How much d’ya like harming non-rare animals in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
d. How much d’ya like harming non-rare plants in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves?
e. How much d’ya like harming fictional AI characters in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though very advanced robots ain’t commonplace, cyborgs have become a sizable group over time.)
f. How much d’ya like harming genetic clones in games not about saving yoself & those who can’t save ‘emselves? (Though clones ain’t commonplace, donor-conceived folks have become a sizable group over time.)
g. How much d’ya like accessibility for differently able gamers?
h. How much d’ya like differently able characters depicted as cultural rebels?
i. How much d’ya like diversity & minority representation?
j. How much d’ya like games favoring feminism?
k. How much d’ya like games abasing feminism?
l. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Western powers have subjugated for ages, like Arabs, Blacks, Hispanics, Native American Indians, Pacific Islanders, the Roma & South Asians?
m. How much d’ya think Jews may join the gamer crowd?
n. How much d’ya like games unironically reinforcing old negative clichés about folks Japan has subjugated for ages, like the Ainu, the Chinese & Koreans?
ñ. How much d’ya like games hating slavery?
o. How much d’ya like games about non-nuclear families?
p. How much d’ya like erasing non-hateful LGBT content?
q. How much d’ya like polygamy?
r. How much d’ya like clothes inspired by fairly non-controversial flags in games?
s. How much d’ya like controversial political icons like SS swastikas & various flags (for the CSA, Imperial Japan, the USSR, etc.) that fell out of favor over time in games?
t. How much d’ya like Nazi antagonists?
u. How much d’ya like Nazi protagonists?
v. How much d’ya like big companies over tiny ones?
w. How much d’ya like edutainment?
x. How much d’ya like games that might resonate with the furry fandom?
y. How morally absolutist are ya?
z. How morally relativist are ya?
A. How much d’ya like games that depict/reference events resembling/relating to the 9/11 attacks?
B. How much d’ya like imouto characters in games?
C. Name the intended demographic for the most popular console games from 1980 to 2000. Choose only ONE reply: 1) They were only made for white males. 2) They were only made for Japanese males. 3) They were made for all. 4) None of the above is truly correct.
D. How much d’ya deem gamers privileged?
E. How often d’ya think non-gamers harm gamers?
F. How much d’ya deem gamers too insensitive?
G. How much d’ya deem game addiction bad?
H. How much d’ya deem games overrated?
I. How often d’ya think misery makes ya smart?
J. How often d’ya think bad things occur accidently?
K. How much d’ya judge game characters’ physical traits (bust/waist/hip ratio, hair color/length, hand/foot dominance, hearing acuity, height, visual acuity, etc.)?
L. How much d’ya judge game characters’ personality test results (via blood type, Eastern/Western zodiac sign, MBTI, etc.)?
M. How much d’ya deem book-burning good?
N. How much d’ya think games may abase Islam?
Ñ. How much d’ya think games may abase Catholics?
O. How much d’ya think religious content must be erased, even if in context, it abases no religion?
P. How much d’ya think games may abase science?
Q. How much d’ya believe non-speculative fictional war games must be fact-checked?
R. How much d’ya deem all forms of genocide denial bad?
S. How much d’ya feel all major global conflicts should be deemed world wars?
T. How much d’ya like seeing colonizers’ flaws?
U. How much d’ya like pinball?
V. How much d’ya like the US fighting game community culture?
W. How much d’ya like personal computer gamer culture?
X. How much d’ya like Apple Inc. fan culture?
Y. How much d’ya like China’s government’s impact on the game industry?
Z. How much d’ya like Brexit?
10. How much d’ya like the French “Yellow Vest” protest?
11. How much d’ya like the OWS protest?
12. How much d’ya like game companies abasing the DPRK’s government?
13. How much d’ya like game companies abasing any form of Russian ultra-nationalism?
14. How much d’ya like the EU?
15. How much d’ya like NATO?
16. How much d’ya like the UN?
17. How much d’ya like casual gamers?
18. How much d’ya like game companies trying to be eco-aware?
19. How much d’ya like nuclear power?
1a. How much d’ya like game companies funding gun-makers?
1b. How much d’ya like the US military aiding game companies?
1c. How much d’ya like positive portrayals of US government agencies like the FBI, CIA & NSA?
1d. How much d’ya like NASA aiding game companies?
1e. How much d’ya like game companies buying what Wikipedia calls “conflict resources?”
1f. How much d’ya like game companies praising diet/exercise for health’s sake?
1g. How much d’ya like games shilling non-organic food?
1h. How much d’ya like games that fat-shame?
1i. How much d’ya like companies enforcing blatant product placement outside of game adaptions of other works & games about stuff like sports/music?
1j. How much d’ya like game companies enforcing strict copyright laws?
1k. How much d’ya like what Wikipedia calls “genericide?”
1l. How much d’ya like crypto-currency?
1m. How good are ya at engineering?
1n. How much d’ya like digital piracy?
1ñ. How much d’ya like game companies for not using “Happy Birthday to You” before it fell into the public domain?
1o. How much d’ya like companies applying what Wikipedia calls “linguicism” in game translation?
1p. How much d’ya like metric units in games?
1q. How much d’ya like the short scale naming system over the long scale naming system in games?
1r. How much d’ya like games abasing capitalism?
1s. How much d’ya like games abasing democracy?
1t. How much d’ya like police apologia?
1u. How much d’ya like police tactical units?
1v. How much d’ya like games hating abortion?
1w. How much d’ya like pro-euthanasia themes in games?
1x. How much d’ya like game companies poking fun at controversial groups like the one TV Tropes referenced on the Church of Happyology page?
1y. How much d’ya like companies favoring Israel over Palestine in war games?
1z. How much d’ya like companies favoring Palestine over Israel in war games?
1A. How much d’ya value sleep?



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19 Jul 2021, 7:10 am

RE: the aesthetic question, I do have an aesthetic but I would never condemn anyone for liking or disliking a character design. Heck, I like characters a lot more by personality than by aesthetic, and if I see a design as having issues (such as NSFW or objectification) I won't hesitate to point them out.


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23 Aug 2021, 7:04 pm

In other news, it would seem that some people in foreign countries have begun to think The Anti Side is the lesser evil compared to Team Pro, assuming these popular websites genuinely represent public opinion.

South Korea: [16], [17], [18]
Japan: [19], [20], [21]



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10 Oct 2021, 8:53 pm

As a follow-up to my previous post, I'd like to say that while Google seems to have the same biases as the other sites I had mentioned last time, the search engines popular in countries like China, Czechia, Russia and Ukraine seem to be reinforcing a different partisan narrative.



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10 Oct 2021, 9:22 pm

This test is overwhelming for my ADD brain. :oops:

I don't think my taxes have ever been that long.


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17 Oct 2021, 3:49 am

I'd like to offer two more observations about all this talk about gaming culture:

1. As I said before, it seems that China’s most popular search engine, Baidu, has sided against the regressive left. To me, that indicates that all this infighting isn't really a conflict between moonbattery and wingnuttery. If anything, it's a battle between non-ironic political correctness gone mad and extreme rejection of identity politics.
2. Maybe it's my obtuse view on politics in general, but I think this event has more in common with the Endless/Eternal September of 1993 than it does with the Watergate scandal. Roughly twenty years (or one generation) before so many people raged hard about video games and the like, there was a spike in internet usage, and it led to all sorts of chaos and confusion that permanently changed internet culture for netizens at the time. The only difference here seems to be that today, some fringe doxxers with a taste for extremism can permanently violate your privacy if you condemn one or more groups of politically partisan hacks, or at least refuse to praise them, though if you’re really unlucky, you can be utterly misrepresented instead of hated for who you really are.



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24 Oct 2021, 11:49 pm

I really do wish more people would condemn both sides of conflicts like *********, like Galago, Se7enist and Tony Goldmark. Both sides have sown too much discord for either of them to be fully in the right. (By the way, I’m sorry if I’m acting like a noob by simply referencing a bunch of seemingly randomly selected people I’ve never met just because their ideas about this topic are fairly in line with my own.)



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03 Nov 2021, 4:44 am

Okay, so I've already talked about how 2014 was a hectic year for several countries, but I want to talk a bit more about how this sort of calamity might have happened before. Instead of comparing this harassment campaign to the revolution of the Internet during the 1990s, maybe I should compare it to the backlash against the New Left during the 1970s (even though I'm too young to have witnessed it all unfold in the first place). In both of these situations, there was a rebellion against a tradition of neglecting minorities' rights, but the left-wing extremism and propaganda got so intense that many adherents started thinking to themselves that "liberalism was a mistake", so they jumped ship and made themselves at home on the other end of the political horseshoe. Now, we have to worry about two groups of pop-culture pundits so fervent about ideological purity that gossip about them reads lack a bad satire of new religious movements.
I know it's naïve and cliched to claim that society in the US changes regularly throughout generational cycles, but I don't know how else to describe how things fell apart these past few years. What do you all think about this? Am I ignoring something about either side or even entire patterns of behavior from third parties, and if so, what is it?



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10 Nov 2021, 3:28 am

Considering that so many people involved in this discussion have been arguing mostly about video games from Japan, I think it’s worth noting that a major Japanese video game website (4Gamer.net) and two Japanese video game companies (Nintendo and Roninworks) have outright condemned this movement’s supporters without necessarily playing apologists to the movement’s detractors. It seems the only way anti-SJWs will get the game they want is to rely on coders in the Anglosphere, but only two companies (The Fine Young Capitalists and Anomalous Games) have tried that, and their respective games are mediocre and vaporware. By the way, is it okay if I start using the g-word that I omitted from the title of this thread?