"It makes me sick": Skyrim modder with 475,000 downloads, fed up with "daily harassment," abandons modding after "thousands of hours" of work on what she calls "the most advanced follower to ever exist"
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Their departure has sparked another conversation about how the modding scene looks after its own

I think gamers as a whole, though specifically those in niche communities, need to take a long and hard look at themselves. We should celebrate the volunteers that create wonderful content for us, generally with no financial gain. Instead, commonly, there are communities that criticize and tear down every little thing they can think of. They even went as far as to doxx the poor woman. We need to be better, and we need to hold these kind of toxic trolls accountable. Especially those of us who are men, we have a responsibility to call out other men who mistreat women in the gaming industry, or gaming in general.

*Edit: I apologize if I insinuated that all gamers are guilty of this kind of behavior, that was not my intention at all. My sentiment is that many of us do not think about this kind of thing, and less are willing to speak out against their friends. We need to be better about that as a whole. I appreciate you as a person if you are already of this mindset.

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
    6615·
    10 hours ago

    I don’t want you to feel like you’re getting it from all sides but…

    I apologize if I insinuated that all gamers are guilty of this kind of behavior, that was not my intention at all

    You really gotta ignore those “not all gamers” type of posters. They are literally adding nothing to the conversation. If you are a normal person who doesn’t harass women only, then you should also be a normal person who doesn’t take offense when the community as a whole is criticized.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2223·
      10 hours ago

      I always hate these kinds of responses. Let me just go to the extreme, would you say the same if someone made broad negative generalizations about a race?

      • brad_troika@lemmy.world
        92·
        3 hours ago

        If you’re a woman keep your drinks covered around men. Responding not all men is pointless even tho I’m a man and I don’t think women should be afraid of me but I get it that they could be and the person that could help change this the most is me and men not women.

        And again this is a pointless tangent to the original statement.

      • vert3xo@slrpnk.net
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Sad you’re being down voted for this. Generalizing a whole group like this is not OK and your point about race is completely valid. People saying things like “ah yes, gamer race” either can’t read or comprehend.

      • Matshiro@szmer.info
        31·
        3 hours ago

        If you are not part of the problem - it should not offend you, so that generalization is ok, because tbh a lot of us need to stop and think.

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        2911·
        9 hours ago

        no? how do you even think there’s a parallel there? gamer isn’t a race. there’s nothing essential about gaming. the parallel would be making generalizations about football fans. not a race.