It all goes back to the zoeypost and gjoni basically saying that his ex got caught cheating on him with 5 different guys (that he knew about, she was the village bicycle), threads were made on /v/ speculating who they were, shitposters ran with it and started digging, people figured out she got positive coverage from some of them (big sticking point where they claim we said REVIEWS!, no, positive coverage, yes of her shitty depression quest game)
Honestly, i remember ignoring the threads for the first day and then peeking in because holy shit they were reaching bump limit within minutes when people really started cooking, and then people started asking questions, and then game journalists circled the wagons and wrote hitpiece after hitpiece, and then it really took off, and then luggage lad (moot) banned discussion, AND THEN IT CAME OUT HE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE PANTS OF A GAWKER EMPLOYEE THAT DEFINITELY HAD A VESTED INTEREST IN SHUTTING US DOWN. And then KIA was started, and then people discovered 8chan, and the floodgates to twitter opened. And thats about all i remember from the early days, they were fucking wild.
And people making cats out of the hashtag graphs, and the hangouts with retards like king of pol/jim, good, cozy times, even if pol was a grifting retard. And a whole slew of other minor e-celebs i forget the names of on both sides
It's amazing how they're still obsessed with us 7 years later. We live rent free in their heads because we're the first ones who ever said no to them.
What happened exactly. I've tried to read about it, but it always gets bogged down in inane details.
It all goes back to the zoeypost and gjoni basically saying that his ex got caught cheating on him with 5 different guys (that he knew about, she was the village bicycle), threads were made on /v/ speculating who they were, shitposters ran with it and started digging, people figured out she got positive coverage from some of them (big sticking point where they claim we said REVIEWS!, no, positive coverage, yes of her shitty depression quest game)
Honestly, i remember ignoring the threads for the first day and then peeking in because holy shit they were reaching bump limit within minutes when people really started cooking, and then people started asking questions, and then game journalists circled the wagons and wrote hitpiece after hitpiece, and then it really took off, and then luggage lad (moot) banned discussion, AND THEN IT CAME OUT HE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE PANTS OF A GAWKER EMPLOYEE THAT DEFINITELY HAD A VESTED INTEREST IN SHUTTING US DOWN. And then KIA was started, and then people discovered 8chan, and the floodgates to twitter opened. And thats about all i remember from the early days, they were fucking wild.
And people making cats out of the hashtag graphs, and the hangouts with retards like king of pol/jim, good, cozy times, even if pol was a grifting retard. And a whole slew of other minor e-celebs i forget the names of on both sides
So, like, a bunch of loser writers were all fucking some girl in exchange for pro-feminist garbage articles?.Or something?