randomdraggon:feelsisntneverwrong:itsalburton:blackgamersrevolution:the-future-now:A femal
randomdraggon: feelsisntneverwrong: itsalburton: blackgamersrevolution: the-future-now: A female ‘Overwatch’ player was harassed for 16 minutes — so she uploaded it all to YouTube An Overwatch gameplay video gaining traction online can only be described as 16 minutes of pure horror. Throughout the entire recording, several members on a female player’s team verbally harassed her, hurling moronic, sexist, rapacious vitriol at her — nonstop. The video is absolutely gut-wrenching, not only because the content itself is horrifying, but also because it stands for something larger: It’s a distillation of the experience of gaming online if you don’t fit the stereotypical image of what a gamer is supposed to be. “I am putting this and a few other examples of the way I am treated up not just for entertainment,” Overwatch player Glisa said in the description of the YouTube video. Read more (5/11/17) follow @the-future-now THIS IS NOT OKAY!! EXPOSE THE TEAMMATES LET THE WORLD SHAME THEM SHOW THIS TO THEIR MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, GIRLFRIENDS, EMPLOYERS AND TEACHERS MAKE BLIZZARD’S SUSPENDING OR BANNING THEM JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PUNISHMENT ^^^^^^^^^^ This isn’t even the worst part. On their youtube video they get even more harassment. She did a brave thing by posting this because, honestly, it doesn’t just stop in game. It’s all over the internet. Here’s some… lovely highlights. Nobody wants to take verbal assault like this seriously, and legitimately, because she’s a girl. It’s disgusting honestly that we have to play with people like this, and in comp, YOU DO. Sure you could mute, but you know as soon as you get into a game like this, you’re losing. There will be no proper communication, no one will be focusing on the actual game, they’ll be focusing on harassing the one girl who actual decided to speak in VC, entirely, because she’s a girl. I’ve ended up in sexist games like this, and because I’m trans, it can get worse. I either get pedophillic responses about me being a ‘little boy’ that escalate to sexual harassment, or people just keep going with the sexism. This stuff is horrible, and nobody wants to take it seriously as a real problem or help put an end to it. -- source link