BruceVC

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Nonek I'm sorry to say this but that's terrible advice.....like really bad And because you are the person that claim its a bad advice it makes it great for most people. you make me laugh

Nonek I'm sorry to say this but that's terrible advice.....like really bad

Oh Hurlshot you little Romance lover you...don't be embarrassed..celebrate it Did you feel guilty about your characters actions because it sounds like you were using her?

Nah we like discussing this stuff over and over again. Besides I have set myself a personal vow...so I can't break it ....that I won't stop discussing Romance until Stun agrees that Romance is a relevant part of an RPG journey. I basically want him to agree that Romance makes sense. Now you can imagine how much work that is

Not all of us gayfolk would write a world where everyone humps everyone. I personally prefer Robert E. Howard's take on things. And I believe the movie Osvir spoke about was Caligula.. but that may be because, for reasons that are obvious to those that have seen it, the only non-comedy movie I've seen that's set in Roman times. Sorry for being a little hostile earlier, I did think you were being homophobic and its something that really bothers me I live in South Africa and you can't be sexist or racist in our new multi-racial country but you can still be homophobic and it really frustrates me Anyway I am glad I didn't assume what I thought, sorry for the misunderstanding

Definitely use your power to give an inspirational speech, that's a no-brainer

This thread is an absolute winner, its like reading some fantasy novel. Good stuff..and all your effort is really appreciated Endrosz

Sorry, but you need hard evidence that SJWs care about how women are treated. Like time slips from your local battered women's shelter, receipts of charitable donations to said shelter, photos of SJWs in Syria killing members of ISIS and freeing the women they've enslaved, etc. Your word that SJWs care about the treatment of women really is not good enough. So SJW should be in Syria and Iraq fighting ISIS to prove they care about womens rights Once again I am suppose to take these types of comments seriously No, you don't have to. It's total snark. Also, it's the internet. You have complete control over what you take seriously. I have a follow-up question though. What have you done to help social justice issues lately? Do you donate to charities? If you reveal this, you may get a more favourable view other than "you're all talk", which is what Pseudo's post here boils down to. If you're uncomfortable discussing this information, I'll start: I donated 5€ to Warchild just yesterday (I wanted to do more, but I'm flat broke this month due to moving and getting a new car), I donated 20€ to Humble Bundle last month (to be fair, I get games in return for that) and the month before bought a 24€ shirt from a Markiplier 24 Hour Livestreaming Charity drive, although I can't recall what the charity was since I've donated to a lot of them. I think it was a children's hospital. It's not much, but I don't have much to give at the moment. Man, the quoting system is going crazy today... I don't want you guys to take this wrong way but I don't support various SJ causes because I want people on this forum to either accept me as sincere or to make my comments more credible. Its irrelevant to me if people like Pseudo believe me or not. That's not why I say I am " SJW ", I do it because I believe its the right thing to do because we are living in a time where despite all our advancements there are many cases of discrimination and bigotry that exist in various forms. And if we just keep quiet we don't help the problem The whole sexism in the gaming industry is just part of this whole campaign and its relatively a small part. I am not uncomfortable at all discussing what I do to assist various SJ causes but it seems almost like hubris to tell people on a forum, who ultimately are just names...its not like we really know each other, all my endeavors. As you pointed out there is an automatic prejudice towards some of my comments from some people so its not like people like Volo are going to say " wow BruceVC spends time in a shelter for battered women..that's so inspirational. I'm going to do the same " And the people that do support me don't really need to ask me proof of my commitment to SJ causes But since I do like you and you always go to great lengths to articulate your point I will gladly answer. I donate to various children's orphanages in South Africa, these children are all orphans because there parents are dead from AIDS. We have lots of them in South Africa. I attend regular meetings for a rape support group because my ex-girlfriend was raped 4 years ago and I have never forgotten the utter helplessness of not being able to say or do anything at the time to comfort her. I also am very active on a prominent radio station in South Africa where various SJ issues get raised and discussed. This helps to inform people that things like being gay is okay and that as a women you are allowed to decide who you should want to marry. There are other things I do but that should suffice

Sorry, but you need hard evidence that SJWs care about how women are treated. Like time slips from your local battered women's shelter, receipts of charitable donations to said shelter, photos of SJWs in Syria killing members of ISIS and freeing the women they've enslaved, etc. Your word that SJWs care about the treatment of women really is not good enough. So SJW should be in Syria and Iraq fighting ISIS to prove they care about womens rights Once again I am suppose to take these types of comments seriously

I know Volo doesn't represent your standard supporter of GG ( well I hope he doesn't ) but his comment demonstrates the issue I raised earlier. There is no interest or recognition in any opinion unless it supports his view Completely unhelpful when we talk about the importance of constructive debate Also what SJW diatribe are you talking about, links ?

Thanks for this. It's why I recused myself from arguing with him about this matter, because I felt my frustration get the better of me. I recall that several times I've asked people to be more civil to Bruce. At the same time... If this is still your view of #GamerGate after all this time, it lends credence to accusations that you're just yes-manning what other "SJW" oriented people have said since not a single actual, demonstrable fact supports this claim and many speak against it. #GamerGate is very quickly becoming the best thing for empowering and defending talented female developers that this industry has ever seen. Are you aware that at this time the vast majority of #GamerGate figureheads are women? Many women, like Georgina Young from TechRaptr and game developer Jennifer Dawe. I mean, literally we have, what, just TotalBiscuit as male representation at this point? Other than random Twitter spam. #GamerGate actively encourages its female (and minority) voices to come and speak. The few things that have remained constant in #GamerGate is that we are against harassment, biased and nepotist gaming media and support women in gaming. Are you aware that the opposition of #GamerGate has been actively boycotting female developers (Jennifer Dawe) and bullying women who have the audacity to, oh, just ask questions off the internet (Claire Schumann)? That almost all of the oppositions critcism falls towards games with female characters designed by women (Rhianna Pratchett who wrote the latest Tomb Raider, Mari Shimazaki who designed the character of Bayonetta) to be empowering? Have you seen the BroPill interviews with anonymous female developers who are scared to reveal their names because if they reveal they are pro-GamerGate, the opposition will harass them and their companies until they quit? If there was misogyny in #GamerGate in the first place (and I still question that there ever was as every single source of this claim has had a vested interest in keeping the status quo regarding games media) it's long been chased off and has joined the opposition. Are a lot of people in #GamerGate disagreeing with third wave, intersectional feminists? Yes. Does that equal misogyny? I'll let TotalBiscuit answer that for me. Either #GamerGate is the least effective hate movement ever conceived, or it's very devious in letting the opposition commit its misogyny for it. I appreciate the effort you put into your posts. It does appear that GG is making strides in its attempts to be seen as a movement that doesn't discriminate against minorities in the gaming industry But if the opinions of GG are reflected in these forums and views then there is still loads of work to do I'll give you an example, this video was a posted in this thread about a week ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47-FMmMLy0 This video didn't even attack GG but raised valid issues that still exist in the industry and discussed something that we should all recognise But the majority of people in this thread initially dismissed it immediately saying it was nonsense and some people expressed " outrage" This was despite the fact video clearly stated that men are also the victims of harassment. There were of course a few people like yourself, Namutree and Amentep who did support the concept of the video So now we go back to the question " do GG and its members really want to engage in real debate around this issue " All I seem to see is contempt from the majority of people on this thread around any point that seems to be different to theirs. So I would encourage people to practice what they preach and try to more open minded about a different part of the narrative around harassment in the gaming industry. This video and the reaction to it is a good example of this contempt So I would say work still needs to be done on both sides to get people to be accepting of other opinions and less dismissive

Nice post Keyrock, I agree with your general sentiment. We should always try to maintain a certain level of decorum

Volo what worries me the most about that statement is not how fatuous and unrealistic it sounds but rather if you actually believe it... It would demonstrate you are suffering from a form of dementia and that would personally really worry me :ermm: Here's an idea, instead of hurling random ad hominems; prove that all SJWs actually care about women. Well that's an easy one to answer, I am a SJW and I definitely care about how women are treated No, you don't. You showed time and time again you only care to be percieved as a good carrying guy and don't actually care one bit for women. Wow, that's a serous accusation against my character. Its just slanderous really I don't suppose you can give a example of where " I don't actually care about women "

Volo what worries me the most about that statement is not how fatuous and unrealistic it sounds but rather if you actually believe it... It would demonstrate you are suffering from a form of dementia and that would personally really worry me Here's an idea, instead of hurling random ad hominems; prove that all SJWs actually care about women. Well that's an easy one to answer, I am a SJW and I definitely care about how women are treated

The last official comparisons placed US health care in the same category as Cuba. And Cuba has been living under a US enforced embargo and in poverty for over 50 years. Which is why Obama is trying to implement a form of NHS, there is a recognition that changes need to happen to the American healthcare system

Volo what worries me the most about that statement is not how fatuous and unrealistic it sounds but rather if you actually believe it... It would demonstrate you are suffering from a form of dementia and that would personally really worry me

They aren't running around harassing, assaulting, or killing people and getting away with it on a daily basis.... It's hard to have a reasonable conversation when you throw out hyperbole like this. I support law enforcement reform, I want to see way more accountability, I want a dramatic shift in the way police interact with their communities. Do you support these things? How do you expect to achieve any of them if you treat every police officer as some thug who goes around harassing, assaulting, and killing people on a daily basis? Do you recognize how hostile (and frankly unrealistic) that sounds? It's weird to me that the same people that want to yell at the police for not respecting the ideals of innocent until proven guilty are so fast to condemn an entire police force without evidence. Hurlshot is 100 % correct, you guys are generalizing and making sweeping and unproven statements and making them sound like "facts " Its very hypocritical and sounds silly

It's now become a catchall phrase meaning someone who doesn't share a SJW's point of view. In fairness, the term "social justice warrior" is itself a catchall that lumps together a spectrum of radical far-left-wingers. To be fair, my definition of SJW was the extreme Social Justice activists who would ignore facts and just scream and paint people who politely disagreed and posted facts to back up their arguments ass horrible oppressors who deserve death. As GamerGate moves on people who fit that definition seemed to become the norm on the anti-gg side rather than the fringe element that it started as. A misogynist is someone who dislikes women and has a prejudice towards them. This dislike of women can be overt or covert What you see mostly nowadays is the covert display of misogyny, like GG where real misogynists mask there bigotry around other issues. So this gives them the opportunity to be sexist but pretend they not as they say they are doing it other reasons like " integrity in the gaming industry " And as usual this doesn't apply to all people who support GG

So it seems many people have played this game and I'm keen to hear some overall impressions and a score of 100 Are you disappointed? Impressed ? Satisfied ? And don't forget your overall score out of 100

What about Western (Yank) aggression and interference? No such thing in Bruce's world. And he doesn't feel sorry either, he feels the Serbs deserved the NATO bombing and by association would probably prefer if Moscow was a smoking crater. Germany (and the EU) is the biggest loser here. Taking a hit almost as bad as the Russians are to their economy... to support US policies and destabilization of europe. Perpetuating NATO presence in europe instead of building up an independent EU armed force. Nothing to gain out of the Ukrainian war and everything to lose in the long run. The EU actually let the US block the south stream gas project. It left Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and others holding their **** instead of tying the continent together and helping avoid future conflict. Weak the lot of them. Yes you are correct, I do feel Serbia bought the bombing campaign on themselves by there aggressive military actions in Bosnia and Kosovo But I don't support the idea of a country being bombed to ashes, this is normally not necessary as most countries change there political and military objectives when these punitive actions start And as far as the West is concerned around "interfering " in Ukraine. Its not on the same degree as the obvious military action perpetuated by Russia. The West "interfered " politically in Ukraine. Russia illegally annexed a whole region in Ukraine, Crimea, and is now blatantly supplying armaments and personnel to allow parts of Eastern Ukraine to breakaway from Ukraine. Its not the same as the West supporting a pro-EU Ukrainian government and this is going to have serious economic consequences for Russia as we are already seeing with the devaluation of the Rubel and the massive flight of foreign investment in the Russian economy The falling Oil price is also negatively impacting the Russian economy but end of the day its the decision of the Putin government that is the direct cause for the state of the Russian economy. Its one of the major advantage of living in a global world, the right type of sanctions do have an impact on any country

I've just found the most AMAZING food combination which I'll share with you guys cause I like you Slices of Avocado and Ostrich steak....OMG.....its delicious and healthy You should marinade the Ostrich before cooking and try to cook it medium-rare

You seem to have an issue with gay Romance options in any particular game...or am I misunderstanding you ?

It is not often I say this but I agree with you Malc, what I don't get about the criticism around the GTA series is you don't have to go around killing people. You can choose to kill relatively few people, outside the main quest line, if you choose to.

Several of the 25 points are actually the same point (I think there's at least three that have to do with not being seen as a gamer due to gender). And point 25 is at least inauthentic because unless they disclose the gender of the "writer" of the list, how would you know what that gender was in order to take it more/less seriously due to gender bias? That said, I can actually speak to some of them (22 in particular). Back when people thought I was a woman I did get hit on, did get asked about sexual things and was sent some **** shots by some nameless fellows*. So it does happen. *I'm assuming they were fellows - due to the nature of the internet they could have actually been women sending **** pictures they had from other men to a man they thought was a woman, which kind of speaks to the difficulty of gender identity based reasoning in dealing with anonymous persons on the internet since you only have the word of the person you're talking to** about who they actually are. **Which means that despite the picture claiming to be "me" from the BIS days and my claims in this post that I'm not a woman, there's only two people on this board who've met me in real life and who have any ability to actually say that I am or am not what I represent on the internet.*** This also speaks to one of the inherent problems with the "real name" policies of some places, where I've registered under a real name, just not my real name. Because going back to the point of being able to post your real information online with no fear because you're a dude is wrong. ***Assuming they remember me at all, of course, which is unlikely. I'm not terribly memorable IRL. Interesting post, so you have been harassed when people thought you were a women. So I assume you also agree that video isn't complete nonsense?