Thread by @HappyWarriorP

How 1 brave esports host sacrificed her multi-million dollar network, career & the careers of her associates to complain about imaginary misogyny🔦

OH.....& how she mentioned G4 hosts don't play the games they have to review😬 #gaming #G4TV #gamers

https://twitter.com/HappyWarriorP/status/1485999899225341952

Gaming world spiraled into outrage earlier this month when Indiana @Froskurinn Black, host of Comcasts new gaming network @G4TV lectured viewers on finding her less “bangable” than previous hosts

Lecture so shrill & destructive,
Must be seen to be believed👀
@FDRLST #frosk #rant

Outburst racked up millions of views across social media & gaming outlets covering the story

Old fans of G4, unaware the network had relaunched, were blasted w/ the decadent state of their old favs 😵‍💫
#gaming #g4tv #feminsim #gamers #business #economics #badadvice #tuesdayvibe

Sad example at how G4TV & gaming journalism at large had devolved into a woke hate-fest is best illustrated by the social media feeds of its top-talent Adam Sessler

Once a humble everyman gamer we all respected,
is now a Twitter Troll
#gaming #gamers #g4tv #news #comics #anime

I really mean that,

Sessler was/is someone I respected w/ his work on X-play in the 2000s, 1 of my fav game-talkers & watching him be filled with such hate & lack of spine is painful to watch😢

boundingintocomics.com/2022/01/12/g4-… #gaming #g4tv #adamsessler #xplay #attackoftheshow

Froskurinn’s rant is as unhinged as it is enlightening🤔

woke soap-box moments aren’t about any genuine grievance, that’s only camouflage.

its about getting attention & deflecting criticism
#gaming #gamedev #gamingcommunity #GamingNews #pie #journalism #writing #woke #wokeaf

Frosk's fainting couch tirade on G4 hosts weren’t there to be ogled is ahistorical nonsense.

Olivia Munn, would do interviews in bikinis & run segments where she threw her underwear into the official “Olivia’s panty pile”

#gaming #g4tv @oliviamunn

YES, that was a thing

But what really made the G4TV audience mad, wasn't that they were being called predatory misogynists

But that Frosk admitted the G4TV hosts do not have to play the games that they review
thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/g4-… #videogames #gamejobs #gamedev #gamedesign #news #tech #xplay

If U scour G4 & Xplay chats on Twitch & Youtube
U wont find people mocking Frosk’s appearance

U will find folks pointing out this highly paid esports expert who loves to mock viewers doesnt know what shes talking about.
#gaming #g4 @GundamIsHere @TheQuartering @RealClownfishTV

The whole embarrassing secret:

It was an attention grab, whether knowingly by Frosk or approved by management, to divert attention away from the fact that Frosk couldn't even remember who owned Bioware & which games were exclusives or not
#gaming #gamers

Now some may say that isnt fair

but U & I arent getting paid top💸 to evaluate the gaming industry & remember which popular dev is owned by which company

Its the job of G4TV & its esports experts & they failed
#game #videogames #journalism #writing #news

Theres no sector of journalism more gate-kept & controlled by the social justice class than gaming journalism,

Folks should give them no mercy if they cannot at least get their basic facts straight
thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/g4-… @FDRLST #journalist @megbasham @MZHemingway @neontaster

If you want to know what I'm talking about you should read & watch @SophNar0747 reporting on the gaming clique in journalism

Every attempt for more ethical journalism in gaming, has been met w/ witch hunts to ensure no gamer or a right-winger work there

When Alex Macris, founder of @EscapistMag said maybe GG had a point on ethics, he got pushed out of his own org
forbes.com/sites/erikkain… @erikkain

Folks be rightfully angry at G4 treating its audience w/ such disdain

G4 is banking on power of woke politics & infinite regression. That playing to the press will protect them from any criticism

It wont work
thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/g4-… @ThatUmbrella @TheCriticalDri2 @Nina7Infinity

When the investment dollars have dried up @G4TV

Comcast realizes they made a huge mistake, this 4-minute rant will go down as 1 of the all-time worst business decisions in the history of geekery
@MauLer93 @Nerdrotics @SophNar0747 @ThatChrisGore @KinelRyan @nerdist @VitoGesualdi

Going “Frosk” will become a verb, an object lesson about the failings of a woke-Kamikaze & danger of insulting Ur audience for too long

Eventually, the pendulum always swings back in the other direction🕹️⌛️
thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/g4-… #gamers #gaming #g4tv #g4 #frosk #woke #politics

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