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L Thammy

Spacenoid
Member
Oct 25, 2017
50,134
We been telling y'all about the shit The Game Awards has pulled over the years since inception. When Boogie and other shits got awarded. Won't stop you tagging Geoff each time like he cares. It sucks still.
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Yeah, the more it happens, the more it seems to be a pattern of action rather than just an oopsie.

You can't scratch your head and wonder how so many people in gaming are accused of misogyny when you see a big industry event repeatedly rewarding known vocal misogynists.
 

Cow Mengde

Member
Oct 26, 2017
12,750
Yep.

I wish more people would stop supporting this show. You can just watch the announcements on any other channel afterwards, and it'll be a better experience.

I have the stream on pause with the Steam page open. I wonder if that helps? I'm just logged in for the possibility of getting a Steam Deck.
 

L Thammy

Spacenoid
Member
Oct 25, 2017
50,134
If you're not aware of how garbage of a person Asmongold is, I made a large thread on it a year and a half ago:

www.resetera.com

WoW/FFXIV streamer Asmongold has a recent history of using ableist slurs and defending the use of racial slurs Video/Streaming

7/23 UPDATE: As pointed out later in this thread, this video is from just last week. In it, he claims that women who are bothered by the oversexualization of female characters in video games are just "ugly and insecure" and that men are actually more oversexualized in video games that women...

It is legitimately disgusting that he is on this list at all. It would be disgusting to have him on this list even if it were 80% women and non-binary people.
Little bit of trivia about this thread. Here's hygogg33, who registered for this forum on October 27 of 2017. He got banned in that thread for this post, his first post that he waited three years to drop:
This guy sucks but lol at I'm not trying to cancel him but here are a ton of reasons why he should be canceled.
Then here's the final post from HyGogg, who registered for this forum on October 27 of 2017. He got banned two years before the Asmongold thread for defending lolicon hentai and for "numerous severe infractions" which I can't even remember.
Yeah I know what it is. But a drawing of a kid is not a real kid. I put it in the same category as simulated rape porn, gore porn, etc. This stuff might be sick but it's still in the realm of fiction and I don't think it should be outlawed or treated as equivalent to actual depictions of children or sexual violence.

But like I said I also get why Twitter wants no part of it.
Kind of speaks for Asmongold's audience if loli defenders dredge out their alt accounts to defend him.
 

lone_stranger

Member
Aug 24, 2018
291
I don't get how the representation is so consistently bad. Yuck. I don't see this problem with other Twitch drop campaigns.
 

Minthara

Freelance Market Director
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
8,025
Montreal
Flying under the radar is ItmeJP who pretty infamously got accused of abuse and unwanted sexual advances and not only faced no consequences, but also continues to be successful and platformed by Jesse Cox and CohhCarnage.

Absolutely gross.

Not only are there no women or non-binary people on the list, but they've rewarded someone accused of hurting a woman. Good job Game Awards.
 
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lone_stranger

Member
Aug 24, 2018
291
Flying under the radar is ItmeJP who pretty infamously got accused of abuse and unwanted sexual advances and not only faced no consequences, but also continues to be successful and platformed by Jesse Cox and CohhCarnage.

Absolutely gross.

Not only are there no women or non-binary people on the list, but they've rewarded someone accused of hurting a woman. Good job Game Awards.
Thanks for highlighting this. I had no idea. I guess the number of viewers is the only metric that matters for involvement with TGA. Seems obvious in retrospect.
 

ZeoVGM

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
76,219
Providence, RI
Little bit of trivia about this thread. Here's hygogg33, who registered for this forum on October 27 of 2017. He got banned in that thread for this post, his first post that he waited three years to drop:

Then here's the final post from HyGogg, who registered for this forum on October 27 of 2017. He got banned two years before the Asmongold thread for defending lolicon hentai and for "numerous severe infractions" which I can't even remember.

Kind of speaks for Asmongold's audience if loli defenders dredge out their alt accounts to defend him.

Jesus Christ.
 
Dec 2, 2021
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Not surprising given their past with streamer picks. Not to mention last years "harassment and assault is unacceptable and we need to stand up to it", then immediately shilling the fuck out of Arcane/Riot and giving them and several other studios protecting predators like Insomniac awards and noms.
 

Jogi

Prophet of Regret
Member
Jul 4, 2018
5,471
Like not unexpected at all but come tf on. There are so many amazing creators, and they took all the names from a super small group. :(
 

BarcaTheGreat

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
4,051
Asmondgold is the same person who is part owner of the pre built pc company that Linus reviewed and asmongold reacted to that video right? I had no idea before.
 

Cow Mengde

Member
Oct 26, 2017
12,750
The show ended with some good ol' fashion anti-sematism too! In fairness, it flew over my head and had it not been for people explaining what the kid said, I would have thought he was drunk or something.
 

Jogi

Prophet of Regret
Member
Jul 4, 2018
5,471
The show ended with some good ol' fashion anti-sematism too! In fairness, it flew over my head and had it not been for people explaining what the kid said, I would have thought he was drunk or something.
Oh I must have missed it? All I heard was something something Bill Clinton.

Edit: NVM read the other thread. Absolutely shameful he was able to get up there and shout that bullshit.
 
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Mukrab

Member
Apr 19, 2020
7,646
Asmon lives such a sad life too. He's literally a multimillionaire and all he eats is fast food and $2 "steaks" from Walmart.

Does he have shitty views on social/cultural things? Yes, but I also genuinely feel bad for him. Outside of streaming and his "persona" he doesn't really know how to take care of himself or be an adult.

youtu.be

How I Cook My $2 Steak

► Asmongold's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zackrawrr► Asmongold's Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmongold► Asmongold's 2nd YT Channel: https://www.youtube.co...
I think that's fuckong great though. He got rich as fuck but wqs happy with his life so money didnt change his life except give him financial security and since it's the US, being able to go to the doctor etc.
 

Palette Swap

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
11,258
TGA have a history of promoting shitty people and looking the other way so idk why this surprises anyone.
Stop supporting that dumb shit.
 

Cow Mengde

Member
Oct 26, 2017
12,750
Oh I must have missed it? All I heard was something something Bill Clinton.

Edit: NVM read the other thread. Absolutely shameful he was able to get up there and shout that bullshit.

Yup. I was originally going to joke about Geoff inviting Hitler to the TGA next year in this thread, but I thought it might have been too mean and bad taste. Then the show ends with this.
 

Messofanego

Member
Oct 25, 2017
26,303
UK
Flying under the radar is ItmeJP who pretty infamously got accused of abuse and unwanted sexual advances and not only faced no consequences, but also continues to be successful and platformed by Jesse Cox and CohhCarnage.

Absolutely gross.

Not only are there no women or non-binary people on the list, but they've rewarded someone accused of hurting a woman. Good job Game Awards.

View: https://twitter.com/kaitlyn_sc2/status/1437170032006606849?s=20&t=4Appd3dpEkuJORS2w3lSHg

Holy shit. He sounds fucking awful.
 

mAcOdIn

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,978
I think he lives in Texas so Ted would be a logical person to ask.
Yeah, I mean, I fucking hate Ted Cruz but I live in Texas so every once in a while I shoot the dude a message telling him what I want. I don't expect a favorable response and have never got a favorable response but it it what it is.

The rest of his views though, not defending those.
 

Cenauru

Dragon Girl Supremacy
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,073
I'm really not surprised at this point, but ugh. And they continue to platform the worst people.
 

ZeoVGM

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
76,219
Providence, RI
An Asmongold fan decided to tweet at me because of this thread.

He apparently thinks my issue with Asmon is the fact that he's rich and not the fact that he's a sexist, racist, Trumper -- which is, of course, the weirdest possible conclusion to come away with.

A quick look at his profile shows him saying that women aren't on this list "because they're busy making OnlyFans content."

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Axumar

Member
May 13, 2020
427
I'm pretty sure I've been hearing the same thing from the first time they started doing this streamer/influencer awards. My sense is that they're incapable of doing this right. I'm really not into any of this and don't know any of those people but I wonder how much money/sponsorship hangs on this? Like wouldn't a show on just developers (all of them including music, art, voice actors, etc) be ok on its own?

It's not like the Oscars or music awards or whatever show they're trying to emulate have similar categories. But I guess there's a lot of money in streaming.
 

astro

Member
Oct 25, 2017
57,126
Asmon lives such a sad life too. He's literally a multimillionaire and all he eats is fast food and $2 "steaks" from Walmart.

Does he have shitty views on social/cultural things? Yes, but I also genuinely feel bad for him. Outside of streaming and his "persona" he doesn't really know how to take care of himself or be an adult.

youtu.be

How I Cook My $2 Steak

► Asmongold's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zackrawrr► Asmongold's Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmongold► Asmongold's 2nd YT Channel: https://www.youtube.co...
And, of course, he says "s'up boys", lol. Why do so many streamers speak like only boys watch streams?
 

mael

Avenger
Nov 3, 2017
16,884
the boogieawards never disappoint in promoting shit.
Remember when TGA's response to GamerGate was a vague pointless "please be nice to people" both side nonsense?
Pepperridge farms remembers.