Disaster Limited Run Games gone woke by firing community manager Kara Lynne over her following certain Twitter users and interest in Hogwarts Legacy - "We at Limited Run Games support personal decisions, just so long they align with our woke political policies"

Niche Gamer - Limited Run Games fires community manager over their Twitter account

by Cwb on January 7, 2023 at 5:31 PM, EST​


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Games distributor Limited Run Games has fired their community manager, seemingly over public outcry for who they follow on Twitter.

“LRG respects all personal opinions, however we remain committed to supporting an inclusive culture,” the company said. “Upon investigating a situation, an employee was terminated. Our goal as a company is to continue to foster a positive and safe environment for everyone.”

One of the users the ex-employee Kara Lynne followed, Ian Miles Cheong, claims it was due to her following both him and the other notable account LibsofTikTok. Both accounts are kind of notorious online for stirring the pot yes, but a fire-able offense to follow them?

Absolutely not. From the looks of it, it all started after a witch-hunt of sorts started a pressure campaign that caused the company to cave and remove the employee from their roster.

There are other claims that Lynne was fired for publicly expressing her excitement to play the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy, which some users now consider “transphobic” due to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling taking a hard stance in favor of biological women.

Limited Run Games removing their community manager is a mistake and will only embolden these types of people. They see the blood in the water and will never stop, and will never be satisfied enough to leave you alone.

The same kind of outrage campaign on social media from the same people that led to Kara Lynne being fired also led to Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka seemingly killing himself. Limited Run Games is ironically selling his game right now, years after his death.

Another recent outrage campaign was directed at this year’s MAGFest where organizers posted “Kotaku’s Journalistic Integrity” on a floor sign, noting it’s in “404”, a joke that their journalistic integrity is missing. Limited Run Games contributor Frank Cifaldi and others kept screaming about GamerGate, for some reason. The sign has since been removed.

Here’s hoping that cooler heads will prevail and that maybe taking crazy people who are constantly online, at their word, might have been a bad idea to entertain in the first place.
 
Kara Lynne’s doing an interview with YoungRippa59 right now.

She's positive, non-aggressive, not holding grudges against her critics, scared of horror games, etc. She seems to be a legit gamer and geek.

This is in sharp contrast to the aggressive males that went after her. They can pull off the gamer/geek part, but will never be real women.
 
She's positive, non-aggressive, not holding grudges against her critics, scared of horror games, etc. She seems to be a legit gamer and geek.

This is in sharp contrast to the aggressive males that went after her. They can pull off the gamer/geek part, but will never be real women.
And that's why she unfortunately will continue to lose.

The troons have no morals and will never play by the rules, willing to do anything, while she politely sits back and takes it.
 
And that's why she unfortunately will continue to lose.

The troons have no morals and will never play by the rules, willing to do anything, while she politely sits back and takes it.
Time will tell. What is the lose condition here, not being able to get any employment in the gaming industry? She seems to think she can get work in a role with less customer service focus which she was trying to move out of anyway, and maybe do some solo streaming (she was streaming in the past, and for LRG). She's married and her husband is a fan of YoungRippa. Is he going to lose his job now? Losing all household income would be a loss.

She has not railed against LRG. Would doing that actually help her or just trap her in a small anti-woke sphere? The worst she said was that they did not have her back. She is getting a "decent severance" and "couple more months" of health insurance according to her statement.
The craziest thing about the whole situation was that we were already in the midst of hiring a new community manager because I had expressed in the previous months that I was feeling burnt out and wanted to try something new. Social media in general was taking a significant toll on my daily life and mental health and was in need of a change. January was going to be my last month as the community manager.
 
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