So, apparently, if I’m getting the entire story, someone from 4chan’s /pol/ board started “#shutdown4chan” as a joke (and one that really wasn’t expected to go anywhere).
People on tumblr took it seriously, and organized a “raid” to try to shut down 4chan. They intentionally…
Reblogging because it contains the facts on what was the actual reasons behind the 4chan raid.
“In accordance with the International e-Sports Federation’s (IeSF) tournament regulations, since the main tournament event is open to male players only. This is to avoid possible conflicts (e.g. a female player eliminating a male player during RO8) among other things.”
What the actual fuck?
Reason #239519 I need Feminism. I hope Blizzard does something about this
wtf
God fuckin dAMMIT
If blizzard knows about this and doesn’t do anything or worse supports it I /will/ quit wow no matter how much I like it
to avoid possible conflicts (e.g. a female player eliminating a male player during RO8)
so you’re keeping women out of competitive gaming because…women might beat men at competitive gaming?????????????
in a competition???????????????
where the whole point is to beat your opponents?????????????
masculinity is apparently the most fragile force on earth to be shattered by the mere concept of a loss against a different gender
Better remove all female characters from all tournaments. Wouldn’t want to damage a dude’s ego because he lost to chun li.
I thought we where past this sort of bullshit. if a woman wins it means she is better than you at the game and deserves to win, how is this a problem? I know a girl that would beat me in MW:O 100% of the time. I don’t get butthurt that she is better than me, in fact I consider her a friend.
This is fucking bullshit.
Oh wow, that’s fucked up.
The policy was reversed after blizzard layer into them after this story broke yesterday.
So noxychu did my Blizzcon badges today, and I have to say, they came out freaking amazing.
Dropbear is my rogue (on velen and moonguard, though her name is actually dropbearr on them), I love the “I’m cute, and adorable, And I’m going to fucking kill you” look she managed to get 🙂
And Reikani/ThedrunkenGnome is one of my priests (Velen and proudmoore) and my main WoW twitter account ( @thedrunkengnome)
looking forward to wearing these around the con in November 😀
