Culture Transphobes are doxxing Stardew Valley fans after they asked the game developer for pronouns

Apr 26 | Written by Amelia Hansford | thepinknews.com | archive



Stardew Valley players have been targeted with doxxing and abuse for asking the game’s developer to add pronouns.

In October, fans began requesting that developer Eric Barone – aka ConcernedApe – add pronouns to the farm-life sim game, as a way to better represent non-binary players.

A petition was created by fan Atmos Fierce, which has garnered more than 8,600 signatures.

However, the call has resulted in abuse from anti-LGBTQ+ fans of the game, who have targeted streamers and members of the community by either purposefully misgendering them, sending abuse, or doxxing them.

Doxxing refers to the act of sharing private information such as a home address, phone number, or other identifiable details, publicly on the internet.

Transgender streamers appear to be the main target of the abuse, with some users telling them to “be careful” playing Stardew Valley while the controversy continues to rumble on.

Barone’s silence has been “deafening”, one person claimed.



“Transphobes are doxxing and harassing members of your Stardew Valley community simply because they are advocating for a pronoun update,” the user wrote. “It is extremely important for you to speak up for them.”

The lack of response has led some to suggest a boycott of the game until either a statement is made or pronouns are added to the game.

“I truly do not care if ConcernedApe speaks on pronouns in the game any more,” one user said. “I want [him] to condemn the transphobia and violence against the trans members of the community.”

An affiliate for the streaming site, Twitch, said they would not be playing the game any longer because of Barone’s lack of response.

“It does not feel right for me to continue streaming or playing Stardew Valley,” they wrote. “It truly breaks my heart to see the amount of people getting hurt.”

PinkNews has contacted Eric Barone for a comment.

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

No, I will only write fanfics about Pierre and Demetrius getting dragged behind the traveling saleslady's cart.

Wait what did Pierre do?

 

[pot of sneed]

Wait what did Pierre do?

When you sell him stuff like quality vegetables, he likes to sell them on for higher prices and claim he grew them instead of telling people where they actually came from (your farm!)

 

[Din Djarin]

My god, can't I be left in peace with Leah to run our lesbian ostrich farm and winery? Trannies insist on ruining everything

Leah really is the best girl/wife

 

[Super Guido]

Rate my current yield and layout, fellow farmers:

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I rate it Thanks, Doc/10

You can't make it look like the tranny flag?

 

[Angry Muda]

"We will not be streaming your game until you add pronouns!"
Legit question, how is this a threat? All these streamers only have an audience that already knows and/or owns the game. They're not promoting the game to a new audience, and most normies who will hear about it because of the controversy don't like selecting "type A and type B" characters, nor care about missing pronouns.

 

[Haramburger]

I rate it Thanks, Doc/10

You can't make it look like the tranny flag?

Did my best with blue, white and pink crops.

I was listening to a D4 parody song and this came up in my recommendations, lmao

Trigger Warning: a br*t*sh accent

 

[Super Guido]

Did my best with blue, white and pink crops.
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I was listening to a D4 parody song and this came up in my recommendations, lmao

Trigger Warning: a br*t*sh accent

That's fair. It looked purple and green on mobile because of the reduced image size.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

"We will not be streaming your game until you add pronouns!"
Legit question, how is this a threat? All these streamers only have an audience that already knows and/or owns the game. They're not promoting the game to a new audience, and most normies who will hear about it because of the controversy don't like selecting "type A and type B" characters, nor care about missing pronouns.

On behalf of the Stardew Valley community, I feel we should apologize to the affected viewers.

Both of them.

 

[Sperglord666]

I'll bet money right now that at least one of these faggots can be tied back to the mod that made Jas and Vincent marriageable.

 

[Still Exceptional]

"We will not be streaming your game until you add pronouns!"
Legit question, how is this a threat? All these streamers only have an audience that already knows and/or owns the game. They're not promoting the game to a new audience, and most normies who will hear about it because of the controversy don't like selecting "type A and type B" characters, nor care about missing pronouns.

If anything weird troons not streaming the game can only be good for it. I mean, if my first experience with a game is a fugly ass troon playing it I would probably avoid it like herpes.

 

[Sperghetti]

"We will not be streaming your game until you add pronouns!"
Legit question, how is this a threat? All these streamers only have an audience that already knows and/or owns the game. They're not promoting the game to a new audience, and most normies who will hear about it because of the controversy don't like selecting "type A and type B" characters, nor care about missing pronouns.

People who believe that posting on the internet should be a viable career path are often the most entitled, self-important pieces of shit.

 

[marvlouslie]

People aren't afraid of transgenders. That's stupid. What people are is anti faggot.

 

[BlueCandles]

The real crime is that Marnie, after all these years, is still not romanceable.

 

[cybertoaster]

People here were saying this game was full of women, so it was all trannies then?

 

[unexpected onions]

People here were saying this game was full of women, so it was all trannies then?

If you count they/them women as trannies.

 

[Outer Space Traveller]

Oh no, are you gonna cry about it, you commie freakshow? Poor baby...

(How do you like to be on the receiving end, huh?)

 

[Soft Boiled Egg]

Fuck all these retards. This game was published before probably 99% of them were even twans.

Also, in response he should say there will be no more updates. And work on his fucking chocolate game. And not put pronoun in that either.

I'm just worried that all of this will impact the chocolatier game, to be honest. I guess not seeing troonshit in stardew despite how old it is, how big 1.6 was, and the near-daily updates that have followed 1.6 is a good sign, though. plus, if he makes the choccy game similarly to stardew valley, he'd really have to try to force troonshit in anyway. but there's been more and more reeing from troons about pronouns directed at CA lately that I worry he'll start to take note. here's praying he doesn't fold, especially since he does seem to be pretty well-aware of what the community is saying re: modding and improvements in gameplay and whatever.

 

[whatever I feel like]

These friendless monstrosities will eat bullets as surely as Abigail eats rocks.


* Self-inflicted, of course.

 

[Terfmaster9000]

Can't these trannies simply mod the game? Fuck's sake, they should play The Sims 4 instead then, lots of tranny stuff on there (zippertits etc), and hey, they recently released the Nigger Worship Kit too!

Trannies are failed males, failed women, and failed modders, too.

 

[KingLiberty76]

The real crime is that Marnie, after all these years, is still not romanceable.

We would all like a hucow hag wife