- Joined
- May 19, 2016
Yes and yes. Contrary to popular belief individual donations aren't screened, they're put into a batch of identical blood types which is then tested. One bad donation ruins the entire batch.
But signalling is important so she lied and encouraged others to do so.
Originally, the standard disclosure contract they gave her to sign said that they could use and edit footage how they see fit without approval. She demanded it be changed so that no individual piece of footage could be used without her explicit given consent
Then she got into fights with a bunch of people. Out of conciliation, they fired the guy who asked a gender-related question. That was on day two. On day three by all accounts nothing much happened but at the end she wouldn't approve of the gamejam using ANY footage of her. Two other contestents said that they wouldn't consent if Zoe wouldn't. The apparent reason was that she didn't want to reward an organization that would hire the sexist producer that they fired the day earlier just for her. You can read Kotaku journalist Nathan Grayson's writeup of it. Yes that's a familiar name
So a couple hundred grand went down the toilet. Zoe Quinn then apparently enjoyed the experience so much she wanted to start her own gamejam. That was RebelJam, which Grayson promoted, the donation page opened, a bunch of money was collected and absolutely nothing happened. Not even updates. Ask about it, she will block you.
In the end, alls we really have is ZQ and Graysons words on how things were going down. Was Zoe this inspiring perfect Female Game Designer that wouldn't buckle under the pressure of the Evil Producer who wanted her to act for some extra drama? That they all signed up for this and then suddenly realized Capitalism was a soulless gaping maw that swallows people whole as their Marxists books had always told them? She rallied the people together to stand up against Capitalism, after apparently signing all the paperwork?
I think theres something more to it. You don't just walk out on stuff with investors involved like this and everyone goes home happy.