Secret Gamer Girl / SecretGamerGrrl / Googleshng / "Violet Hargrave" / Jacob Lawrence (Jake) Alley / Violet Cassandra Ocean - Delusional Zoe Quinn Stalker, Libelous Tweeter, Thirsty Gnome, Faux-Tranny Neckbeard Incel, Micropenis, "Known Troubled Person", Creator of "Massive vs the Masses", Self-Described "Noise Making Thing"; Lives in Niantic, CT

[Kosher Dill]

It occurs to me that it would be exceedingly easy for someone to run a "saga" on Jake just by whipping up a Twitter account and talking to him much like Jordan P. Dunsmore is doing. Dude's lucky that he's so far beneath the notice of humanity that no one's bothered.

 

[Apteryx Owenii]

Jordon... buddy... even if you are a chaser, you don't want this.

 

[Jaimas]

@Jaimas http://archive.li/lbEHn
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....That article is fucking insane, even by the staggering standards of Jake's feed, and even by the standards of the usual Social Justice "D&D is problematic" ideology. This is so goddamned dumb that I am held aback by its majesty.

To writ, this article is a three-page fucking essay about how fascists are coming for Tabletop Gaming, have always been there, and how they need to be stopped - without ever providing a single source, giving no information about how to thwart said fascists beyond the most basic of terms, and not providing any fucking information worth a damn. Instead, it argues, apropos of nothing, that race mechanics in RPGs cause real-world harm (through a method the writer never explains beyond "biological determinism is bad"), Gary Gygax was secretly a member of the Bund (because D&D has always been fascistic, again, a claim made with no corraborating evidence or further arguments), that PNP RPGs are too nerdy (and that they must have their nerd elements removed), that every single NPC must be fully-fleshed out and expansive because the writer hates a meme, and that the best way to have an RPG oppose fascists is by having fascists as an oppositional force. It also demands that you give content warnings for all your games and establish emotional safety rules for your players.

That last one is especially retarded, so let's make fun of that for a bit:

Emotional safety rules are the single most powerful tool in a game’s arsenal to make it unpalatable to fascists. Too many games have a top power structure where the GM or DM or ST or staff have final say in how the rules are implemented and how the structure of the game flows. A GM-centric model is not necessarily a bad one, though, as this allows for the other players to focus on their characters in isolation, and the GM to present the world around them, allowing for reactive and intense play.

The key to making a GM-centric game work, though, is an understanding of the power relationship. All players, GM included, are there to have fun, to explore the world and plots as desired by all participants. However, the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of the participants has to take priority over the details of the game.

By placing emotional safety rules into a game, it provides a defensive measure for all participants and breaks the unidirectional power dynamic. All participants become empowered to make their voices known and to control the flow of play where it matters most. Emotional safety mechanics are seldom enough on their own, but a game without them is a cause for concern.

Let's ignore, for a moment, that if @Randall Fragg or @neural read this, they'd be laughing their rear ends off right now, with the argument that games need Emotional Safety Rules for a fucking successful experience. Instead, let's look at the above and what's actually being said:

Absolutely fucking nothing.

Note the lack of any salient facts beyond "this is bad and I don't like it." Note the lack of links to articles or evidence. The above section is - quite literally - the same fucking level of content as those quarterly reports that went on about how our company was planning to "utilize synergy" last year. This writer believes the fact that he can say something means he's correct. Now, admittedly, this writer has a fucking habit of claiming RPGs have too much violence and combat and need to be "decolonized" (read: have actual grit or stakes removed), ignoring that combat-light or even combat-absent systems like MaidRPG, the Kemono Summer, and like fifteen fucking variations of d20 System fucking exist, but looking at those, you can see it's the same shit: Zero-content posts on how "this is bad because I say it is," with no information given beyond this.

Also this dude has a fucking amazing post on this dude's LARPing sessions and how he's moved on to fucking that up to a standard that Randall could probably sustain several posts worth of ridicule over.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

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This is an old one but a good one. Jake here claims he has friends and that these friends tell him he is a talented writer and researcher. None of this is true.

I had this problem once, but only once. What you do is before you do anything, you say, “but you have to credit me.” If they want your help, they’ll do it. If not, then fuck ‘em. The creative industries are hard to get a foothold in, you have to be rigorous about making sure that everyone knows what you do. If you just sob about how ungrateful everyone is without doing anything about it, it’s on you. You’re the sucker.

or instead of depending on twitter randos actually make a friend somewhere nearby. Oh, but that person would never think of him as "Violet Hargrave, gamer-gurl". Right.

He’s painted himself into a corner. No one can help him without learning (or confirming) that the evil GG Nazis are right about him, and that he’s made zero effort at any of the cornerstones of his online identity.

Jordon... buddy... even if you are a chaser, you don't want this.

I’d love it if he went into this hoping for hot trap lovin’ and then, after throwing his all into helping the beautiful Violet out, learned the horrible truth.

 

[AnOminous]

It also demands that you give content warnings for all your games and establish emotional safety rules for your players.

I haven't GMed in decades but if I did, my "emotional safety rules" would be if you're a crying little bitch, GTFO and go kill yourself.

 

[Wallace]

....That article is fucking insane, even by the staggering standards of Jake's feed, and even by the standards of the usual Social Justice "D&D is problematic" ideology. This is so goddamned dumb that I am held aback by its majesty.

To writ, this article is a three-page fucking essay about how fascists are coming for Tabletop Gaming, have always been there, and how they need to be stopped - without ever providing a single source, giving no information about how to thwart said fascists beyond the most basic of terms, and not providing any fucking information worth a damn. Instead, it argues, apropos of nothing, that race mechanics in RPGs cause real-world harm (through a method the writer never explains beyond "biological determinism is bad"), Gary Gygax was secretly a member of the Bund (because D&D has always been fascistic, again, a claim made with no corraborating evidence or further arguments), that PNP RPGs are too nerdy (and that they must have their nerd elements removed), that every single NPC must be fully-fleshed out and expansive because the writer hates a meme, and that the best way to have an RPG oppose fascists is by having fascists as an oppositional force. It also demands that you give content warnings for all your games and establish emotional safety rules for your players.

That last one is especially retarded, so let's make fun of that for a bit:

Let's ignore, for a moment, that if @Randall Fragg or @neural read this, they'd be laughing their rear ends off right now, with the argument that games need Emotional Safety Rules for a fucking successful experience. Instead, let's look at the above and what's actually being said:

Absolutely fucking nothing.

Note the lack of any salient facts beyond "this is bad and I don't like it." Note the lack of links to articles or evidence. The above section is - quite literally - the same fucking level of content as those quarterly reports that went on about how our company was planning to "utilize synergy" last year. This writer believes the fact that he can say something means he's correct. Now, admittedly, this writer has a fucking habit of claiming RPGs have too much violence and combat and need to be "decolonized" (read: have actual grit or stakes removed), ignoring that combat-light or even combat-absent systems like MaidRPG, the Kemono Summer, and like fifteen fucking variations of d20 System fucking exist, but looking at those, you can see it's the same shit: Zero-content posts on how "this is bad because I say it is," with no information given beyond this.

Also this dude has a fucking amazing post on this dude's LARPing sessions and how he's moved on to fucking that up to a standard that Randall could probably sustain several posts worth of ridicule over.

There's a term for people who regurgitate other people's talking points for social media credit, don't contribute anything novel or interesting, and can't articulate the reasoning behind their views or offer meaningful insights or solutions.

 

[Haramburger]

Problem being, Jake takes this seriously, and thinks being part of Becky's 'ohana' means what family means to Jake, which is 'people who can do all the shit I won't do on my own'.

It's up there with convention weebs that unironically call each other 'nakama' because they watched Naruto around the same time despite living in different states

 

[Done]

Let's ignore, for a moment, that if @Randall Fragg or @neural read this, they'd be laughing their rear ends off right now, with the argument that games need Emotional Safety Rules for a fucking successful experience.

I never played D&D in my life, but I have no idea why it's a good idea to make any game "unpalatable" to anyone?

Isn't it just easier to say "we don't want you to play with us anymore"? I mean Jake must have heard that phrase a lot in his life, he must understand how much easier that is, no?

 

[Diana Moon Glampers]

I think he means "This works great! I tell everyone at the start of my D&D game that we have all these emotional safety rules, and that anyone who isn't comfortable with them is a fascist who isn't welcome at the table, and next week no one shows up to the scheduled session, so I caught out another evil group of Nazis and bravely stopped them from playing a tabletop game. Score one for Violet Hargrave, activist."

 

[AnOminous]

I never played D&D in my life, but I have no idea why it's a good idea to make any game "unpalatable" to anyone?

Because you're a passive aggressive little chickenshit too much of a pussy to just say GTFO, we don't want you here.

 

[Apteryx Owenii]

Makes sense to me to ask people ahead of time if you're planning to run a game with heavy themes so they can find another game if they're triggered by something in it (as opposed to neutering your own plot). Maybe that's why Jake never gets to play with anyone.

 

[GleamingTheQ-Bert]

Makes sense to me to ask people ahead of time if you're planning to run a game with heavy themes so they can find another game if they're triggered by something in it (as opposed to neutering your own plot). Maybe that's why Jake never gets to play with anyone.

I agree, but the stupid article said D&D was inherently fascist. And racist. And that showing violence "heroically" was bad. That's like.... the whole point of the game?

These sorts of ideas are the ruination of any hobby. Letting the extreme minority's qualms dictate policy for the vast majority who have no issue with things as they are is insanity.

If you want some nerfed campaign go make one for your like-minded friends, don't dictate to the rest of us who have never had a problem with things as they are.

 

[MarineTrainedTard]

Again, isn't the solution to these "emotional safety" whatever rules to have friends who share your values and play with them???

 

[Wallace]

The X-card was originally intended to be a crutch that helped nerds with their social skills. Some nerds are just very shy and unassertive in general, some are unwilling to criticize or uninvite one of their own when they're being obnoxious due to a sense of misplaced tribal loyalty (q.v. Geek Social Fallacies), and some just either misinterpret or outright ignore the social cues to shut up when they're going off into their magical realm due to autism. A group of relatively well-adjusted people with decent communication skills can talk about their problems like functioning adults, but for a group of shy autistic nerds, they need the help.

That said, the only time I've ever actually seen this used in practice was a group of fat neckbeards playing Pathfinder trying to lure in girls to their game.

 

[Um Oh Ah Yeah]

have friends

I've spotted the problem

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

It might be the same bs where he can't get certain treatments while presenting with a fucking gnome beard but is afraid to shave it off without being a true presenting woman.

Imagine being so sad that you think all your problems could be fixed by some friend or family member helping you out for a day or two yet you've been such a dumbass that literally no one is willing to put up with your shit anymore.

I hope that's all it is and not him doing the Fire thing and try to check in to a women's shelter(his living situation is unsafe).

 

[AnOminous]

I hope that's all it is and not him doing the Fire thing and try to check in to a women's shelter(his living situation is unsafe).

I'd like to see him try that and the look on the face of the checkin person when he says his home environment is dangerous because his mom brought him tendies without sauce and she didn't buy him the kind of sushi he likes and nobody takes him out to buy T-shirts so he's been wearing the same clothes for the last 20 years.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

I'd like to see him try that and the look on the face of the checkin person when he says his home environment is dangerous because his mom brought him tendies without sauce and she didn't buy him the kind of sushi he likes and nobody takes him out to buy T-shirts so he's been wearing the same clothes for the last 20 years.

That would be the Catch-22, in his eyes, the man is delusional. I'm not saying that he plans on doing that but his ideas on how to run away from home hasn't been great, pushing for his Patreon to increase so he could show a print-out of that page to a potential landlord and things like that.

 

[Hellfire]

Cow crossover.

Cow crossover.

Scam crossover, cow crossover. Jake is triggered by "an interactive game about self-care."

 

[Maggots on a Train v2]

Problem being, Jake takes this seriously, and thinks being part of Becky's 'ohana' means what family means to Jake, which is 'people who can do all the shit I won't do on my own'.
But what it really means for Becky is 'someone who gives me asspats on Twitter and I can use to pull my bullshit'. Guaranteed there will be no actual help arriving from either Becky or her bitches, and if she ever were to actually meet Jake in person she'd just cut him off, because she doesn't want anyone more pathetic than her as an orbiter.

I suspect, at some level, he knows this. But like most of reality, instead of confronting it he just googleshngs at it until he can ignore it again.

Like a lot of things with Jake, it would be sad - if he weren't such a piece of shit that being repeatedly used as a receptacle for psychos he projects onto and creeps after is exactly the sort of thing he deserves.

Edit: 'this industry' (that I'm implying I'm part of, even though that's a clear lie). Fuck off, Jake. Try telling the truth once, about anything from outside your basement.

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how bad he is at manipulating other people. If he spent 30 minutes a day complimenting anything decent in DeviantArt's "newest" section, he could develop a moderately large circle jerk. He could actually network with amateur creatives, and get promotion for his minimal work. But he orbits black hole women instead, and keeps their grudges alive for years after they have dumped him and moved on from the whole ordeal.

I know he gets a martyr's high out of these histrionic women, but they offer absolutely nothing else. If he didn't turn every single thing on the internet into a chance to whine, if he didn't antagonize people, maybe he would get better interactions.