support jennifer hepler
Ugh that is fucking terrible. Does she have contact info for other social media where we can tell her she’s awesome??her account on twitter is still active. send her supportive tweets, let her know how fucking awesome she is! you can also pm her on bsn.
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noooooooo what happened :(reddit in their infinite shittiness posted a thing about where she supported storymode in games, and now the biggest assholes on the planet aka videogame fanboys are bombarding her with the worst kind of kill-yourself tweets.
i hate every one of them.
What happened, as I recall:
An interview was posted on reddit where she essentially may or may not have said, as far as I can tell (it was edited and lacked some context, esp. in repost, and apparently some of it were things SHE NEVER SAID, but you know typical fact-checking):
(1) I have shitty hand-eye coordination, so story mode in ME3 is easier for me and people like me, in fact, sometimes we prefer the story to the combat aspect
(2) We try to write stories that have broad appeal to multiple groups of people (target markets, I assume), like Harry Potter and Twilight do
(3) Also, there were many quotes attributed to this person which said person never made.
The post was titled something like “this woman is the cancer killing bioware/ME” and you can IMAGINE the fanboy reaction. A WOMAN with a VAGINA who probably LOVES SHIT LIKE TWILIGHT AND HARRY POTTER is making their manly, manly space marine game SUCK by personally implementing ULTIMATE PUSSY MODES like story mode, and by saying stories should have appeal to MANY DIFFERENT people, not just neckbeards who want to blow heads off. Also, WHY DO FAT TWIHARDS WANT GAY VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS IN GAMES THEY NEVER PLAY, THAT FUCKS THE GAME UP, not that i have anything against homoseuxality
So, they started calling her at home, etc. The post eventually got so bad that the mods of the gaming subreddit took the post down, and posted something new saying CUT IT OUT, GUYS, STOP CALLING HER AT HOME. Which, well, many did not take kindly to.
So that is the whole story, which I caught from the fairly appalled periphery. Yeah, I don’t know why I read /r/gaming either. I don’t want to play video games with fuckheads, personally.
Some threads (it’s been a few days, so I am trying to see if any of the original kerfuffle exists or was deleted, so sorry if my own details are slightly confused):
one (from a month ago, with few comments, but read the delightfulness)
You may have noticed that the Bioware “cancer” post is missing. We have removed it. Please check your facts before going on a witchhunt. (self.gaming)
they called her at home they called her at home ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
i do not think i have been this livid in a long fucking time
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This is fucking retarded. Jennifer Hepler is a writer. OF COURSE SHE WOULD PREFER A GOOD STORY! I loved her contribution...
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Not familiar with the game OR the writer in question, but good God. This kind of harassment is frightening and most...
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They what? Fuck.
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It disgusts me even more that one of my acquaintances was tweeting at her about how much he hates her for “wanting to...
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So let me get this straight A bunch of morons are getting pissed at a writer for… talking about her job? Not only that,...
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I might not agree with what hepler has to say about the video gaming industry but I wouldn’t attack her over it....
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Because I can not say enough awesome things about her!
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This is a huge part of why I want to become a writer for games.
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supportive… Jesus, people
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this is so fucking disgusting. poor jennifer, people suck.
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SERIOUSLY? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
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no seriously why
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HAHAHAHAHAHA ARE YOU THE ONE WHO SENT ME THE ANON ASK? cos based...the content i’m pretty...
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The big issue isn’t about her...about people’s harassment. It’s not criticism
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