RPGHQ data was used for a paper on video game modifications

[Xenich]

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!

If they only knew how stupid they look when they use terms like that.

[Hyborian]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site

Another predictably jewish response. Laughably so. You're behaving like a chatGPT jewbot now. The modern amerigolem culture of suing over every little thing at any given opportunity is entirely a **** phenomenon, and you're trying to justify your neurotic jew instincts by hiding behind common law.

[Oyster Sauce]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site

Another predictably jewish response. Laughably so. You're behaving like a chatGPT jewbot now. The modern amerigolem culture of suing over every little thing at any given opportunity is entirely a **** phenomenon, and you're trying to justify your neurotic jew instincts by hiding behind common law.

ur gay

[Hyborian]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site

Another predictably jewish response. Laughably so. You're behaving like a chatGPT jewbot now. The modern amerigolem culture of suing over every little thing at any given opportunity is entirely a **** phenomenon, and you're trying to justify your neurotic jew instincts by hiding behind common law.

ur gay

I'm not the one with Rusty's nutsack in his mouth, friend.

[rusty_shackleford]

Going to be really funny when we find out the author started collecting data on April 4th.

[TKVNC]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site

Using the Law is Jewish, so we should not have any redress whatsoever if people wrong us at all.

You sound like an idiot.

[Xenich]

The entire paper is a projection, a fallacy, a false premise.

This is the type of reasoning you would see from a grade school kid.

I feel dumber just reading it.

[Hyborian]

If you think Anglo common law is Jewish perhaps you should find a different site

Using the Law is Jewish, so we should not have any redress whatsoever if people wrong us at all.

You sound like an idiot.

Okay, jew.

[logincrash]

Hyborian? More like Howboring, amirite?

[Nooneatall]

Hyborian? More like Howboring, amirite?

****** poster power rankings:
1.@Red7
...
1001. That new Russian guy
1002. @Hyborian

[Roderick]

Owning the libs by using the same tools they use against everyone else is bad or something...

[Tenshi]

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 ***.

Don't expect much from ''right-wing'' germans. The most right-wing party in Germany right now is lead by a ''christian'' butch lesbian

[Hyborian]

Amerigolems shaken and trembling.

[Red7]

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.

this is what i hate about goyslop most;
not only being incapable of engaging **** in jew warfare but even considering it immoral like some ******** loser cope response.

kinda like when they left slave trading and banking to **** cause it was "immoral" and now u cant even legally buy fuckmeat.

[ArcaneLurker]

“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.

It's not about fault.
There will always be people that hate other people, and the majority are easily manipulated, as well as being very flawed.

Life is inherently leads to disparity.
Divisions, inequalities, incompatibilities.

The Jew predates on us, believing the world and the inhabitants belong to them, but the beliefs constructed are a reflection of the Jew's deepest nature.
Despite what ancestry may be shared, they are selected for strategies that run counter to our own, and bare the consequences of compounded inbreeding-- their heritable schizophrenia.
It's very much like how Leftism in White people is hereditary, but much worse, much more identifiable.

There are many races that are incapable of truly relating to us, if not on an intellectual level, on an emotional level.
Qualities are often a two-sided blade. The very same behavioural qualities that can produce a voluntary, harmonious high-trust society, are the same qualities which make a person naïve, and susceptible to malicious manipulation. The emotional qualities that make Iceland so sociable, are the same qualities that make them so inclined to view love and affection differently from Middle-Easterners.

Across any conflict, our emotions and perceptions are always two sides of the same coin.
The root causes of any conceivable evil or good are the same, the only thing that matters after that are the consequences, as far reaching as you can predict.

Don't expect much from ''right-wing'' germans. The most right-wing party in Germany right now is lead by a ''christian'' butch lesbian

That's what happens when the polarisation and conflict results in a complete decimation of anyone with any sense by enemy forces... It only leaves libtards.
The inclination towards perceiving the world as a libtard does, is just as hereditary as the opposite. NPCs are caught in the middle going along with the flow of whatever seems the popular notion.

[Reichspepe]

Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, absolute DDR commie leftist scrum.

[orinEsque]

Another, unrelated paper makes reference to rpghq. This is so low effort that it might as well be a sixth grade project. @orinEsque and @loregamer have probably written posts on modding that have more academic value than this.
https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/2229

What the **** are they gonna do with the degree they gonna get with this ****? gender studies is such a cancerous pyramid scheme. You get into it. Realise there's no job then join the cult of activists to make up ******** issues so you can have a job.

Also the quality of the paper is indeed crap. Might as well be a another seethe post. Speaking of which, I'll add this to my endorsement tab

[Vergil]

btw for any journalists or academics here we worship Adolf Hitler as the second coming of Jesus and think that to reach heaven you have to rape ******* to death *********

[Nessa]

Yes more democratic but only if you vote the right way. Otherwise keep voting till you get it right.

Also those dead eyes.

[Rand]

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."
\


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.
-
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."

Another bubble woman that actually believes the gamer and especially console user base is "at least" 50% women...

Generalizations, but with >80% concordance with the female demographic.
• Women play games on their phone.
• Women play casual games (such as match 3, find clues, or farmville as examples).
• Women play casually in regard to time played and game focus.
• Women are not generally playing on consoles unless it is a male sibling's or boyfriend's/spouse's, often with them as a social interaction.

Women have very little space in the hobby as their interests and psychology differ.
If streaming were not capable of being monetized at all, ever, in any way, I am certain 80% (and likely more) female game streamers would stop immediately and do something else.
A lot of the "top" males would also quit, only streaming occasionally to connect with gamerbros, but a lot of them would keep streaming their actual hobby for free.

[Rand]

I guess the wokies have been hypocrites for so long that sincerity is not a virtue to them and they can't understand it.

You have cause and effect reversed there.
Psychological studies that have evaded censure have found that the people attracted most strongly to the left have strong inherent characteristics such as these.
Disdain for virtue, hypocritical viewpoints, brittle self image manifested as hostility towards criticism, a desire to compel others' speech, and other wholly nasty traits often masked by blatantly false demeanors. Often they are women because these traits are more natural to them.
They are that way SO they naturally become nasty wokie cultists.

[Rand]

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

If they only knew how stupid they look when they use terms like that.

Like I said, actual fully free speech IS a radical act in their ideologically perverted worldview.

[Xenich]

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."
\


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.
-
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."

Another bubble woman that actually believes the gamer and especially console user base is "at least" 50% women...

Generalizations, but with >80% concordance with the female demographic.
• Women play games on their phone.
• Women play casual games (such as match 3, find clues, or farmville as examples).
• Women play casually in regard to time played and game focus.
• Women are not generally playing on consoles unless it is a male sibling's or boyfriend/spouse, often with them as a social interaction.

Women have very little space in the hobby as their interests and psychology differ.
If streaming were not capable of being monetized at all, ever, in any way, I am certain 80% (and likely more) female game streamers would stop immediately and do something else.

Yeah, exactly. Every time I see these girl streamers, it is blatantly obvious the entire existence of their persona is no different than the Only fans, or random attention ***** seekers you see on youtube. It isn't about the "topic" they purport to be dealing with, it is about being seen doing it. Very typical "woman" trait.

[Brother Michael]

*******

[Acrux]

I guess the wokies have been hypocrites for so long that sincerity is not a virtue to them and they can't understand it.

You have cause and effect reversed there.
Psychological studies that have evaded censure have found that the people attracted most strongly to the left have strong inherent characteristics such as these.
Disdain for virtue, hypocritical viewpoints, brittle self image manifested as hostility towards criticism, a desire to compel others' speech, and other wholly nasty traits often masked by blatantly false demeanors. Often they are women because these traits are more natural to them.
They are that way SO they naturally become nasty wokie cultists.

Remember, libtards love actual rocks more than their own families.

[Stack of Turtles]

btw for any journalists or academics here we worship Adolf Hitler as the second coming of Jesus and think that to reach heaven you have to rape ******* to death *********

So that was what reaching heaven by violence meant...

[orinEsque]

The minority of females that are interested in male-oriented games, are interested BECAUSE the games are male-oriented. Oh I say this often, these gamer-girl thots would bully the actual girls that like video games for having geeky hobbies btw.

These Karen needs to go back to hairdressing and childrearing as a profession.

[orinEsque]

@rusty_shackleford How'd you find these papers anyway?

"Further study is essential to understand the impact and reach of these modifications, as the mechanics of online radicalization remain understudied. "
Hopefully when MODHQ 2.0 is up, these fuckfaces can TRULY see the impact and reach of these mods, and grab some ****.

[J1M]

All germans must hang.

Going to submit a formal complaint to her university, the data was obtained without my permission and against the terms of service:

You agree that by using this website that you are assumed to be an American.

Would be funny if that results in forcing a retraction or technically considered the black mark of plagiarism.

[J1M]

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!

Some german ****** got so mad over the "no alphabets" mod she wrote a 12 page paper on it. The most hilarious example of "the left can't meme".

Did it use unlicensed data from RPGHQ?