PAX Prime 2011 Panel - Fat, Ugly or Slutty: Exposing Harassment in Online Gaming

PAX Prime 2011 Panel - Fat, Ugly or Slutty: Exposing Harassment in Online Gaming
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
3-4pm
Kraken Theatre

Panel Description: This panel is NSFW! It's also a little disturbing... and maybe a little funny. We'll laugh at some of the 'spirited' things that online gamers are saying to one another, as well as discuss some of the issues with harassment in gaming. Join the staff of http://fatuglyorslutty.com as we debate some of the finer points of John Gabriel's "Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory".

Panelists, left to right:
Jennifer, a.k.a. likeOMGitsFEDAY http://www.twitter.com/likeOMGitsFEDAY
Jon, a.k.a. inklesspen http://www.twitter.com/inklesspen
Grace, a.k.a gtz http://www.twitter.com/_gtz_
Morgan, a.k.a. Rhoulette http://www.twitter.com/Rhoulette (moderator)

A Lady's Guide to Playing Video Games Online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzYxLlO55ew

Category:

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• gaming

[AlexMacKay]

@arcaeu Except it's not at all comparable to what guys get AT ALL.

You can join  a game, say something and chances are, no one is going to give a shit about what you say.

A women joins the same game, says a single word, and is instantly inundated with insults, hatred and some of the most vile things people can say, including threats of bodily harm, rape and murder. Simply because they were a women playing a video game online.

How can you compare that to calling someone a pussy? Honestly?

[oremia]

@arcaeu Thanks for explaining what trash talking is! Us women would NEVER have figured that out unless some gamer came along to provide examples of it!

[HibHab69]

OMG this is why I don't play CoD... xD

[KymothyJ]

LOOK, OMG it's feday!

[DazzRazz47]

When will someone stop this tragedy?! Oh women gamers, the cross you bear is simply too great! Bottle your tears for us!

[DazzRazz47]

Oh the horror women face, being forced to listen to the occasional mean remark when they're playing a video game. Truly an oppressed and marginalized group

[crazyann87]

Proud to be a girl gamer :P

[mrredgreen]

>As seen on: /V/ Video Games

Oh boy.

[OsamaBinWafels]

These girls all sound mad as hell.

Sammich tiem amirite?

[condemned70]

@999newaccount Does those things sound like something 14-year-old boys should say? Would you let your own kids to talk other people like that?

[condemned70]

@bigserg2 I would, when I play games I really don't want to hear 13-15 year olds screaming how they are going to rape my mom and girlfriend. If you like hearing that, I feel sorry for you. You can play games without offending anyone.

[ODDDrMcNastee]

Dumb ass kids act out when they hear females.. I could care less cos a lot of them are really cool and easy going. Even when they rage.. it's not even half as bad as guys do so its more managable.