RPGHQ data was used for a paper on video game modifications

[SoLong]

How would a German even know to recognize free speech? Last time they had it they were still ruled by a monarchy. (And even that is doubtful.)

Wow. Guy made a whole thesis paper seething for the fact that people use mods to remove their progressive propaganda.

Not a guy, its a fat chick.

It's western video game academia. Of course it's a fat chick.

[Hyborian]

Got a nice hot shower while thinking on this, then sat down and wrote on it for a bit. Going to file a formal complaint with the university, and if they refuse to comply I'll contact a lawyer.

My basis for this is as follows:

The author acknowledges that the data is valuable:

RPGHQ's data therefore significantly contributes to the research's originality and merit, which was taken without our consent against the terms of use. The author is deriving an unfair benefit from our data.

Ethical misrepresentation:

The claim that ethical concerns were "mitigated" by anonymization does not address whether the data usage was permissible — under our terms of service or otherwise as the data was not licensed to the author. It also does not consider whether I, as the platform owner, should have been consulted. Identifying RPGHQ and myself("forum leadership") undermines the assertion of anonymity.

Mischaracterization of RPGHQ:

The term "radical free speech" was never stated by me despite the author putting it in quotation marks. I do not ascribe to any ridiculous European idea of American constitutionally protected free speech being "radical". RPGHQ stands for free speech, period, stating it is 'radical' is defamation.

You sound like a little *****, Rustlejew. What is it with you ***** and suing? It's a mental illness.

Sometimes you have to fight **** with ****

You really don't. Your mind has been poisoned by jew rot.

Thread started fine with Rusty having a chortle at the expense of some mindbroken *****, but he couldn't just let it go there. He has been so obsessed with this thing that he spent all day thinking about it and has now come to the conclusion that he has to sue, because some person read and compiled posts from his forum. You can see the neurotic and mentally ill mind of a jew at full display here.

[Shillitron]

How would a German even know to recognize free speech? Last time they had it they were still ruled by a monarchy. (And even that is doubtful.)

When I browse Itch games that have a nsfw tag I often see Germans bitching and moaning in the comment section that they can't buy the game because it has nudity or swastikas.

And then for no reason at all, Hitler rose to power again.

[maidenhaver]

How would a German even know to recognize free speech? Last time they had it they were still ruled by a monarchy. (And even that is doubtful.)

Wow. Guy made a whole thesis paper seething for the fact that people use mods to remove their progressive propaganda.

Not a guy, its a fat chick.

It's western video game academia. Of course it's a fat chick.

The last time germans had free speech, they were wearing animal skins and clapping rocks.

[Thor Kaufman]

Might also be a case for pseudonymisation being a problem or how there is no proper anonymisation considering the small active user base. Not like it matters but whatever method would **** with these shitheads. Use every method available.

[Finarfin]

[maidenhaver]

You can see the neurotic and mentally ill mind of a jew at full display here.

That's ********. What's the real reason looking into suing a unicunt unnerve you?

[rusty_shackleford]

Got a nice hot shower while thinking on this, then sat down and wrote on it for a bit. Going to file a formal complaint with the university, and if they refuse to comply I'll contact a lawyer.

My basis for this is as follows:

The author acknowledges that the data is valuable:

This research is based on natural online data, meaning data that already existed and has not been generated specifically for the purpose of social research (Marres, 2017: 54 ff.). Using digital sociology in this way permits a window into a digital social space that would be difficult to research otherwise. This paper does not seek to represent gaming communities as a whole; rather, it is specifically focused on the right-wing fringe within modding culture.

RPGHQ's data therefore significantly contributes to the research's originality and merit, which was taken without our consent against the terms of use. The author is deriving an unfair benefit from our data.

Ethical misrepresentation:

Ethical concerns regarding the use of natural online data were largely mitigated by anonymizing user data and avoiding lengthy quotations or identifiable information.

The claim that ethical concerns were "mitigated" by anonymization does not address whether the data usage was permissible — under our terms of service or otherwise as the data was not licensed to the author. It also does not consider whether I, as the platform owner, should have been consulted. Identifying RPGHQ and myself("forum leadership") undermines the assertion of anonymity.

Mischaracterization of RPGHQ:

The forum leadership claims to practice ‘radical free speech’.

The term "radical free speech" was never stated by me despite the author putting it in quotation marks. I do not ascribe to any ridiculous European idea of American constitutionally protected free speech being "radical". RPGHQ stands for free speech, period, stating it is 'radical' is defamation.

You sound like a little *****, Rustlejew. What is it with you ***** and suing? It's a mental illness.

I have no obligation to allow people to write entire bad faith theses about us using our stolen data.

[Nooneatall]

You sound like a little *****, Rustlejew. What is it with you ***** and suing? It's a mental illness.

Sometimes you have to fight **** with ****

You really don't. Your mind has been poisoned by jew rot.

Thread started fine with Rusty having a chortle at the expense of some mindbroken *****, but he couldn't just let it go there. He has been so obsessed with this thing that he spent all day thinking about it and has now come to the conclusion that he has to sue, because some person read and compiled posts from his forum. You can see the neurotic and mentally ill mind of a jew at full display here.

You're a goofball dude lol

[Nooneatall]

Not sure if that's a ****** or just a german woman.

[Hyborian]

You can see the neurotic and mentally ill mind of a jew at full display here.

That's ********. What's the real reason looking into suing a unicunt unnerve you?

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

[Hyborian]

Not sure if that's a ****** or just a german woman.

Spiritual ******.

[rusty_shackleford]

You can see the neurotic and mentally ill mind of a jew at full display here.

That's ********. What's the real reason looking into suing a unicunt unnerve you?

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

[Roguey]

hm

The video game industry rakes in billions and is bigger than the film and music industries combined. The fun factor and addictive potential of games: high! For women too. They press the console almost as often as men. No wonder: In the fantasy world we can be anything: wild, free, strong and clever. That's the theory. But female game characters are still more likely to be: sexy. Women also disguise themselves as men when gaming to avoid nasty comments - with the help of AI. In short: the video game world has more than just one problem. But which games offer a really good experience? Good gaming Video game enthusiast Mareike Stürenburg from the "Good Gaming" project is committed to ensuring that women no longer have to play along with harassment and bullying. She also talks about blatant cases from the troll community, what those affected can do and names cool video games to try out. (from min. 2:30) Good games Tabea Iseli, founder and CEO at Stardust, talks about the first shock she experienced as a game developer. How she managed to gain a foothold in the male-dominated industry. Why she also appreciates shooting games. And what tips she gives - to men and women who want to immerse themselves in the industry and games.

"Sexy women are bad."
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https://gamescomcongress2022.sched.com/event/16pw6

Millions of people play video games in Germany. Gaming has long been established as a cultural asset and is more than just escapism. Both the advertising industry and parts of politics have recognized the significance of gaming. But the extreme right is also increasingly trying to use the "gaming" discourse space for itself. With its own game projects, modifications, i.e. variations of existing game projects, and through gaming events, it is trying to exploit the attractive topic of gaming.

This lecture will refer to the various strategies of the extreme right minority in gaming contexts. How do right-wing extremists use gaming spaces to spread a contemptuous ideology and what does this look like in practice on gaming platforms? This lecture will also talk about right-wing extremist developers and their "games". One studio in Austria in particular is trying to raise collective awareness and appeal to new players through rudimentary propaganda games.

Ultimately, however, gaming culture should not be reduced to this problematic minority. Therefore, the talk will also address movements that advocate for inclusion, representation and the rights of minorities in gaming.
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Mareike Stürenburg is an educational consultant at Amadeu Antonio Foundation and responsible for the monitoring in the project “Good Gaming – Well Played Democracy”. As part of the project, she researches right-wing actors and networks in video game communities that try to exploit gaming for the dissemination of their narratives. She herself is an avid fan of Outer Wilds and recently finished a two-year-long D&D adventure. She is also currently finalising her Master's degree in Social Sciences at the Humboldt University in Berlin. The Amadeu Antonio Foundation has been consistently campaigning against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism since 1998.

Ah, the dreaded "far-right."

[Hyborian]

That's ********. What's the real reason looking into suing a unicunt unnerve you?

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

[maidenhaver]

This is nearly every poster who wasn't evicted from cuckdex.

[rusty_shackleford]

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

What exactly does a cease and desist have to do with money tho

[Nooneatall]

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

Holy **** you are the guy in the picture. I thought you were just a goofball neo-nazi like me, but it seems you are a redditor

[Orvas Dren]

He made a thread to laugh at a german ****** obsessed with rpghq and is now even more butthurt at her than she was with this place. It's pathetic. Dude's a little *****.

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

oh my god ***** SHUT UP

[Finarfin]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

oh my god ****** SHUT THE **** UP

ftfy

[Trickster]

https://videogamecultures.org/wp-conten ... edings.pdf

The data comprises two sources: (1) information on over 200 modifications for 75 games collected
from basedmods.eth.limo, including modification names, associated games, upload and collection
dates, file details, descriptions, and any images or showcases; and (2) 3,078 posts from the RPGHQ
forum, where users discuss and develop game modifications. This data includes anonymized
usernames, post counts, timestamps, and post content. To mitigate risks, this paper avoids lengthy
direct quotations from posts.

This section focuses on users and developers justifications for modifications like the ones described
in the previous sections. The analysis is organized along the framework of ‘orders of worth’. RPGHQ
is focused on video game discussions especially RPGs, and allows off-topic discussions, including
hateful-threads aimed against marginalized groups and maintains a distinct right-wing slant, with
frequent use of racist, misogynist, antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic language. The forum
leadership claims to practice ‘radical free speech’.

I like the last bit!

It's always fascinating me how wokies like to use pseudo-scientific language and complicate everything, when in reality behind all these verbal gymnastics lies “..y...you're meanie! How dare you speak and not think as we do!”.
Literally a totalitarian cult. They are wrong about literally everything, and their entire ideology is built on outright lies. They talk about hate. But this place is a paradise of democracy and kindness compared to the "progressive" snake nests on reddit. People here don't hide behind a mask of moral superiority and speak openly. I guess the wokies have been hypocrites for so long that sincerity is not a virtue to them and they can't understand it. Well, so much the worse for them. Because more and more people see that behind the pile of pseudo-smart words lies a rotten gut of destructive ideological propaganda.

[TKVNC]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

Free Speech is a legal mechanism by which governments are restricted from policing, or enforcing with criminal sanctions, the speech of their citizenry.

In no part of the Western World does this safeguard defamation, slander, libel, or other tortious wrongs. To take peoples information without their permission is tortious trespass, in essence. Using this data to spread misinformation, or to collate our beliefs, or actions into a 'group' that can be defined as 'radical' is very clearly misrepresentation at least, and defamation at worst.

A tort is a civil wrong, not a criminal wrong - thus, it is not protected by free speech. It is neither Jewish, nor contradictory, or hypocritical to want to safeguard your reputation, and to protect your credibility by challenging this form of activity.

[Hyborian]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

What exactly does a cease and desist have to do with money tho

LMAO. You're such a typical shifty jew, rustlekike. What exactly were you planning to do with your lawyer after your cease and desist complaint is ignored by the university?

[Hyborian]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

Free Speech is a legal mechanism by which governments are restricted from policing, or enforcing with criminal sanctions, the speech of their citizenry.

In no part of the Western World does this safeguard defamation, slander, libel, or other tortious wrongs. To take peoples information without their permission is tortious trespass, in essence. Using this data to spread misinformation, or to collate our beliefs, or actions into a 'group' that can be defined as 'radical' is very clearly misrepresentation at least, and defamation at worst.

A tort is a civil wrong, not a criminal wrong - thus, it is not protected by free speech. It is neither Jewish, nor contradictory, or hypocritical to want to safeguard your reputation, and to protect your credibility by challenging this form of activity.

Okay, jew.

[TKVNC]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

Free Speech is a legal mechanism by which governments are restricted from policing, or enforcing with criminal sanctions, the speech of their citizenry.

In no part of the Western World does this safeguard defamation, slander, libel, or other tortious wrongs. To take peoples information without their permission is tortious trespass, in essence. Using this data to spread misinformation, or to collate our beliefs, or actions into a 'group' that can be defined as 'radical' is very clearly misrepresentation at least, and defamation at worst.

A tort is a civil wrong, not a criminal wrong - thus, it is not protected by free speech. It is neither Jewish, nor contradictory, or hypocritical to want to safeguard your reputation, and to protect your credibility by challenging this form of activity.

Okay, jew.

It's hardly an insult.

[Hyborian]

Free Speech is a legal mechanism by which governments are restricted from policing, or enforcing with criminal sanctions, the speech of their citizenry.

In no part of the Western World does this safeguard defamation, slander, libel, or other tortious wrongs. To take peoples information without their permission is tortious trespass, in essence. Using this data to spread misinformation, or to collate our beliefs, or actions into a 'group' that can be defined as 'radical' is very clearly misrepresentation at least, and defamation at worst.

A tort is a civil wrong, not a criminal wrong - thus, it is not protected by free speech. It is neither Jewish, nor contradictory, or hypocritical to want to safeguard your reputation, and to protect your credibility by challenging this form of activity.

Okay, jew.

It's hardly an insult.

I wasn't insulting you.

[rusty_shackleford]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site than an Anglo American one that operates entirely on American law

[TKVNC]

I wasn't insulting you.

Touché.

[Nooneatall]

I know it's impossible to ask a jew to part with money he doesn't own, but let it go, dude. Otherwise, I never want to hear from you about how "libtards" are thin-skinned.

Free Speech is a legal mechanism by which governments are restricted from policing, or enforcing with criminal sanctions, the speech of their citizenry.

In no part of the Western World does this safeguard defamation, slander, libel, or other tortious wrongs. To take peoples information without their permission is tortious trespass, in essence. Using this data to spread misinformation, or to collate our beliefs, or actions into a 'group' that can be defined as 'radical' is very clearly misrepresentation at least, and defamation at worst.

A tort is a civil wrong, not a criminal wrong - thus, it is not protected by free speech. It is neither Jewish, nor contradictory, or hypocritical to want to safeguard your reputation, and to protect your credibility by challenging this form of activity.

Okay, jew.

Glowy Fed behavior:
1. We shouldn't do anything except complain on the net. We shouldn't even vote. Let's stay home and complain about **** instead of doing anything. If someone is doing something legal and productive they are just as bad as the leftists. Being principled about "not being thin skinned" or whatever is better than trying to legally hurt the enemy.
2. We should do something, but illegal and in a way where the author gathers several of the people reading what they posted into some trap where the cops can swoop in and arrest them. "Let's all meet at x location with nazi flags and break stuff!" "Let's all go fight antifa with the knowledge that the entire government is on their side! Make sure to give me your home address and personal information! I will show up but not participate and won't get any jail time for some reason for inciting..."

[Trickster]

hateful-threads aimed against marginalized groups

And THIS is why traditional conservatism is slowly rising in the West.

The fact that there are still people who believe that the demographics who are being overrepresented everywhere all the time are "marginalized" is peak delusion created by chronic self-gaslighting.

“Marginalizing” didn't exist. People have the right to criticize other people, to form their own attitude towards them, to disapprove of their actions. It is your job to make the majority of people like you. If people don't like you, it's not their problem, it's yours.