Gamergate/Trivia


 * Discussion of Gamergate on TV Tropes was stifled and banned right from the start. They've since been on GG's boycott list.
 * The treatment of GG on sites like RationalWiki and The Other Wiki has not only spurred massive Flame Wars, but has brought into question just how impartial, fair and ethical such sites are in practice.
 * The Flame War on The Other Wiki article got so bad that Jimmy Wales got involved. It also led to the banning of Ryulong, a notorious admin.
 * On the mainstream media, the ABC News coverage on GG, which aired in the US on January 2015 tends to be considered one of the worst reports involving video games in recent memory and viewed as on par with yesteryear's sensationalism with video game violence. Added criticism from pro-GG has been levied at accusations of ABC censoring comments on said report's YouTube video.
 * Since GG came to light, a growing number of major games media sites have updated their ethical policies. It's also inspired the Society of Professional Journalists to establish the Kunkel Awards in 2015, an alternative award meant to promote proper and ethical games journalism.
 * One major consequence of GG has been the founding of the Italy-based watchdog DeepFreeze, whose stated purpose is to document and monitor journalism, and games media in particular.
 * Alternate History Dot Com has also been implicated in stifling and censoring speech related to Gamergate in light of users being banned for expressing pro-GG sentiment.
 * The Wiki Rule: If one wants to see how pro-Gamergate members see things, check this wiki out.
 * Dead or Alive Extreme 3 (Beach Episode, with volleyball and bikinis) and the storm in teacup over its localization. Summary: retreat by developer, but then baitzkrieg.jpg and victory by the distributor and GG.
 * 19 Nov 2015: The developer announces that «We do not bring DOAX3 to the west and won't have any plan change in the future. Thank you for asking.» and clarifies that it's a high-Fanservice game and there was too much of a nuisance "in last year or two" over this.
 * A wave of gloating articles throughout most of the feminist-friendly internet media follows.
 * 24 Nov 2015: @playasia (Play-Asia on Twitter) announces that «#DOAX3 will not be coming to the US due to #SJW nonsense. However, we will have the English Asia version available ». The thread contains indignant exclamations, mockery thereof, cheering, lulz and screenshots of pre-orders.
 * 25 Nov 2015: The Mary Sue, Maddy Myers, some Gamespot and IGN SJWs call for a boycott (creating a boycott page on Tumblr, at that) and publish a few hit pieces (rather paltry as such things go, so no new memes). More spin (now it's supposedly cancelled «’cause it’s just not that popular here»).
 * 25 Nov 2015: Streisand Effect kicks in at full power.
 * 25 Nov 2015: @playasia posts: «Guys, this is literally the worst boycott we've ever seen. #12KFollowers ». On the same days comments in the thread announce 14.7k and 17k marks. Also, more lulz and screenshots of pre-orders. @playasia and fans continue in the same spirit, with mockery and smug anime girls, as they saw it's their turn to gloat.
 * 25 Nov 2015: RalphRetort comments on this.
 * 17 Dec 2015: "Play Asia announces Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 price drop due to high number of pre-orders" (with pre-orders automatically refunded the difference).