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The amount of conflicting information as well as later evidence of Zoe Quinn's lying cast in to doubt the claims of Wizardchan users being behind any abuse of Quinn, if it ever happened. These events started the conflict on larger chans which had the same criticism of the game and a claim it was only on steam greenlight because Quinn was female. Games journalists starting covering the wizardchan thread as evidence of harassment and abuse of female developers. These events expanded to the gamergate claim around Quinns sexual relationships relevance to the reviewers and supporters of her game in the gaming industry. | The amount of conflicting information as well as later evidence of Zoe Quinn's lying cast in to doubt the claims of Wizardchan users being behind any abuse of Quinn, if it ever happened. These events started the conflict on larger chans which had the same criticism of the game and a claim it was only on steam greenlight because Quinn was female. Games journalists starting covering the wizardchan thread as evidence of harassment and abuse of female developers. These events expanded to the gamergate claim around Quinns sexual relationships relevance to the reviewers and supporters of her game in the gaming industry. | ||
Gamers made the story of Gamergate to be about the gaming industry being corrupt and the entire industry bending at will to things as minor as a [[borderline personality disorder|borderline woman]] offering sex. The media made it about gamers not wanting strong female video game protagonists, as if Zoe's game, | Gamers made the story of Gamergate to be about the gaming industry being corrupt and the entire industry bending at will to things as minor as a [[borderline personality disorder|borderline woman]] offering sex. The media made it about gamers not wanting strong female video game protagonists, as if Zoe's game, ''Depression Quest'', would have been an asset to humanity. | ||
Although, some gamergaters did see themselves as [[masculinism|reasserting masculinity back into gaming]]. | Although, some gamergaters did see themselves as [[masculinism|reasserting masculinity back into gaming]]. | ||
Honestly incelwiki doesn't have time to document this autism, which is documented to death elsewhere. | Honestly incelwiki doesn't have time to document this [[autism]], which is documented to death elsewhere. | ||
=== Anachronos/Archmage Anachronos === | === Anachronos/Archmage Anachronos === | ||
Anachronos was the alleged admin owner of Wizardchan after Mr. Pacific's departure. One thing is sure: it is Anachronos who paid the costs of the server. One day, at the end of 2014, Wizardchan shut down, and no one was able ton contact Anachronos; [[Maybe he roped|it is possible Anachronos roped]]. Thus began the migration of the Wizardchan users to Wizchan and various imageboards. | Anachronos was the alleged admin owner of Wizardchan after Mr. Pacific's departure. One thing is sure: it is Anachronos who paid the costs of the server. One day, at the end of 2014, Wizardchan shut down, and no one was able ton contact Anachronos; [[Maybe he roped|it is possible Anachronos roped]]. Thus began the migration of the Wizardchan users to Wizchan and various imageboards. | ||