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That's a really good point. I'd not connected the dots between the event being in Boston and the marathon bombing. Yet another reason why Wu isn't credible... By her logic, GamerGate is worse than the Tsarnaev brothers. I wish she'd come out and say that, though.
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I wasn't gonna bring it up but I've done several PAX Easts, and my friend has been an Enforcer since year 1. She was in literally 0 danger.
Edit: But then when is she ever in danger?
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You really think Wu reads the paper enough to know the names of the Boston bombers?
I'd wager she only knows ISIS because the media won't STFU about them.
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More specifically she only knows about ISIS because the people who make Archer changed the spy service's name.
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Knew enough to compare Gamergate to them.
Then again, she was hardly alone in that. Devin Faraci can "suck my dick, choke on it" to use the vernacular of our enemies.
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That would actually be awesome!
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There's three mods I want to see coming up:
* Hatred/Gone Home crossover mod
* Deagle Nation Revolution 60 Mod, where COMMANDER STRYKER faces off against Chessboard
* Shantae Fan-Mod for Skullgirls (SHUT UP I CAN DREAM)
ADDENDUM: The only Wiki Wu belongs on is this one.
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Well, she apparently doesn't know enough about world events to know that her ongoing support of GamerGhazi is the equivalent of stepping on the backs of all those who died and are still dying in Libya. As someone seriously considering practicing in the international human rights field, I cannot help but emphasize just how offensive and insensitive the name GamerGhazi is. While I also criticize the use of the -Gate suffix in things like GamerGate for relatively minor imbrogli, it's on an entirely different level.
I really wish Wu would actually say something about that. For someone who goes through all the trouble of not being ableist (whatever that means) and otherwise supporting the idea of human rights... it's a real "upper west side" type of human rights. Who cares about people dying in Africa, right Wu? They don't buy video games anyway.
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This would make so many things click together if it's true. There are people out there who would kill for the ability to transition and and might kill themselves if they can't and Wu just throws around money and gets hormones and out-of-country surgery like it's nothing. It would just be another example of Wu's hypocrisy in regards to privilege.
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One thing I do know about transitioning for transpeople is that it's very long, involved process, and if done via legal channels, has a huge number of hurdles. One reason that transpeople talk about "gatekeeping" in regards to therapy is because of how ridiculously involved this process is. This is one area the Tumblrites are correct, in that the barriers between Transpeople and possible therapy are way too high - but they're very wrong as to why these barriers are too high. Tumblrites want the barriers low because everyone can make life-altering changes at the enlightening age of 17 like they can. Transpeople want the barriers lowered because in a lot of states, therapy towards acclimating people to their current gender remains a thing. A close friend of mine took over a year to finally get the hormones she needed, and this was in California, which is one of the most proactive states as far as Transgendered people go.
So at a glance, Wu could duck behind that excuse. This falls apart, however, when we analyze claims of how Wu transitioned. Duck and cover, motherfuckers, we're diving down the rabbit hole. According to Wu's own admissions archived by Based Milo, we know Wu has had the following (or so she's claimed), all for an uninsured person:
* Laser hair removal treatment: $100/month for really quality places
* Sexual Reassignment Surgeries - Including breast implants, removal of Adam's Apple, et al: $10,000-20,000
* Hormone replacement therapy: $6000/year (Includes Blood Tests, Hormones, etc)
Price-tag: $17200-27200, followed by 7200/year thereafter
...You'll note that this is less than 13% of Wu's $200,000 stipend. Even if we include travel expenses. The cost for Wu's surgeries double to $20K to $40K if she had them done off-the-cuff in the US, though there are cheaper specialists available in certain areas. Even $47200 is less than 20% of Wu's little cash-box. And we know from the Pinsof Scandal that Chloe Sagal that she was able to afford her surgeries and such for under $25,000.
....Yet Wu claims her transitioning was a big part of her 200K's spenditure. I call bullshit. You, me, and everyone knows from Wu's Twitter that Wu loves three things: Herself, Attention, and Expensive Toys (see her motorcycle, for example). You've all seen Revolution 60, and you've heard her pitch for Election Eve now, so you guys know damned well that Wu can manage finances about as well as sodium hydroxide manages to be a refreshing beverage.
A huge plurality of insurance companies and states do not cover SRS unless it comes with a proper medical diagnosis, which is where that "Gatekeeping" thing comes into play again. But the thing is, Wu's a rich enough fothermucker that she can not only afford insurance, but she could have easily doctor- and insurance-shopped, had medical treatments in some other state, and it still would have come out a fraction of the cost.
All it would have taken was the right channels and time.
Which of course, begs the question why Wu went for the allegedly expensive option. One could argue time - she wanted to trans right away - but that doesn't explain her timing for transition, her clear lack of quality HRT on top of this, nor does it explain her physique.
But you know what does? This:
Let's look at this. Wu does not have a persistent case of Dysphoria. All accounts, and her own fucking admissions indicate she essentially came out of nowhere with it in her collegiate years. This means, among other things, that she does not have a Psychologist/Psychiatrist's documentation or any recorded previous history, so she fails #1 outright. I'm really not trying to draw parallels between Wu and Vade, honest - they just keep fucking happening, though.
#2 and 3 are easy enough. Most Kiwis fill that one handily.
#4, however, is a sticking point - Wu's got clear psychological problems and a deep victim complex. Her manipulative streak iswell-documented and she exhibits clear egomaniacal tendencies.
There is nobody who can look at Wu's cognitive dissonance or propensity to self-victimize and come to any conclusion but that she has severe psychological problems. The fact that there's documented cases of Wu being a fucking nut-case before her transition add fuel to the fire.
Now, factor in the likes of which I will posit as "Exhibit A." The TL;DR is that BriWu got herself thrown out of Transgender support communities. Do you want to know why? Because she got into a staff position on one, and proceeded to run it as her own personal fiefdom, and holy shit does this sound fucking familiar. Wu's fail was such that several mods quit the community to be rid of her, which, again, macks of something else we're familiar with. So to continue referencing Wu's similarities to my favorite Tumblrolcow, it's very likely she has Borderline Personality Disorder - something suggested by the aforementioned case of Wu being a fucking nut, completely self-obsessed, the manipulations, and, of course, her constant claims of being entirely convincing as a transgirl. If that last part teminds you of Chris, in addition to Vade, good: You have a functioning sense of pattern recognition.
MOST CONVINCING WOMAN EVER GODDAMN
Any psychological disorder, regardless of what, would hamstring her on #4. A common and/or minor one like Depression? Maybe a month or two. A huge one, like a personality disorder? It could have gotten her disallowed from having SRS entirely or delayed her transitioning by fucking years.
All of this comes down to what we know - the fact that Wu could have gotten her surgeries and hormones legit, inexpensively, and effectively - all she had to do was go through the right channels, which we know she could afford to do, and invest the time involved. It may have taken a year or two, but she could have done so...
...However, all evidence suggests that Wu was either unable or unwilling to go for the required medical diagnosis - either because, like someone else, she had no history of Dysphoria, disqualifying her from caveat #1 and setting her back accordingly, or she couldn't pass muster for #4 or would have been hamstrung by what they would have dug up.
The only other explanation is that Wu needed to have it done ASAP for medical necessity - this is a thing - except by all accounts, Wu just showed up with this out of nowhere, and with no fucking prior hints, BAM, suddenly trans.
I could easily propose the theory that, like a certain someone I've referenced entirely too often in this post already, Wu is a giant fake, one who only transitioned for status, a-la Vade (DAMN IT. THAT'S THE LAST TIME).
That's not what I think the most likely scenario is, though.
My theory is that Wu transitioned because she has some level of Dysphoria, but she didn't go through any legit channels, and either stopped, never undertook, or got shitty blackmarket drugs for her HRT, and regardless of which, she's barely taking any now.
There is no way on Null's green Earth that Wu is taking proper HRT right now.
Knowing what I know about Wu, her projection, and her self-absorbed status, I'm going with the theory that Wu got her basic surgeries and that was it. If she's on HRT, she's on a woefully incorrect dosage but not taking it at all is more likely.
It was enough for her husband (Brianna's rich as balls and looks enough like either gender to appease someone who's not terribly picky). Wu's so self-absorbed that, like Tomgirl Chris, she thinks she's perfectly passable for a woman just the way she is anyway, and a side benefit of her only going so far means she has a backup plan if something goes tits-up - we're all familiar with her statements on Transpeople who regret transitioning, after all...
So at a glance, Wu could duck behind that excuse. This falls apart, however, when we analyze claims of how Wu transitioned. Duck and cover, motherfuckers, we're diving down the rabbit hole. According to Wu's own admissions archived by Based Milo, we know Wu has had the following (or so she's claimed), all for an uninsured person:
* Laser hair removal treatment: $100/month for really quality places
* Sexual Reassignment Surgeries - Including breast implants, removal of Adam's Apple, et al: $10,000-20,000
* Hormone replacement therapy: $6000/year (Includes Blood Tests, Hormones, etc)
Price-tag: $17200-27200, followed by 7200/year thereafter
...You'll note that this is less than 13% of Wu's $200,000 stipend. Even if we include travel expenses. The cost for Wu's surgeries double to $20K to $40K if she had them done off-the-cuff in the US, though there are cheaper specialists available in certain areas. Even $47200 is less than 20% of Wu's little cash-box. And we know from the Pinsof Scandal that Chloe Sagal that she was able to afford her surgeries and such for under $25,000.
....Yet Wu claims her transitioning was a big part of her 200K's spenditure. I call bullshit. You, me, and everyone knows from Wu's Twitter that Wu loves three things: Herself, Attention, and Expensive Toys (see her motorcycle, for example). You've all seen Revolution 60, and you've heard her pitch for Election Eve now, so you guys know damned well that Wu can manage finances about as well as sodium hydroxide manages to be a refreshing beverage.
A huge plurality of insurance companies and states do not cover SRS unless it comes with a proper medical diagnosis, which is where that "Gatekeeping" thing comes into play again. But the thing is, Wu's a rich enough fothermucker that she can not only afford insurance, but she could have easily doctor- and insurance-shopped, had medical treatments in some other state, and it still would have come out a fraction of the cost.
All it would have taken was the right channels and time.
Which of course, begs the question why Wu went for the allegedly expensive option. One could argue time - she wanted to trans right away - but that doesn't explain her timing for transition, her clear lack of quality HRT on top of this, nor does it explain her physique.
But you know what does? This:
Requirements for SRS in the US said:
Let's look at this. Wu does not have a persistent case of Dysphoria. All accounts, and her own fucking admissions indicate she essentially came out of nowhere with it in her collegiate years. This means, among other things, that she does not have a Psychologist/Psychiatrist's documentation or any recorded previous history, so she fails #1 outright. I'm really not trying to draw parallels between Wu and Vade, honest - they just keep fucking happening, though.
#2 and 3 are easy enough. Most Kiwis fill that one handily.
#4, however, is a sticking point - Wu's got clear psychological problems and a deep victim complex. Her manipulative streak iswell-documented and she exhibits clear egomaniacal tendencies.
There is nobody who can look at Wu's cognitive dissonance or propensity to self-victimize and come to any conclusion but that she has severe psychological problems. The fact that there's documented cases of Wu being a fucking nut-case before her transition add fuel to the fire.
Now, factor in the likes of which I will posit as "Exhibit A." The TL;DR is that BriWu got herself thrown out of Transgender support communities. Do you want to know why? Because she got into a staff position on one, and proceeded to run it as her own personal fiefdom, and holy shit does this sound fucking familiar. Wu's fail was such that several mods quit the community to be rid of her, which, again, macks of something else we're familiar with. So to continue referencing Wu's similarities to my favorite Tumblrolcow, it's very likely she has Borderline Personality Disorder - something suggested by the aforementioned case of Wu being a fucking nut, completely self-obsessed, the manipulations, and, of course, her constant claims of being entirely convincing as a transgirl. If that last part teminds you of Chris, in addition to Vade, good: You have a functioning sense of pattern recognition.
MOST CONVINCING WOMAN EVER GODDAMN
Any psychological disorder, regardless of what, would hamstring her on #4. A common and/or minor one like Depression? Maybe a month or two. A huge one, like a personality disorder? It could have gotten her disallowed from having SRS entirely or delayed her transitioning by fucking years.
All of this comes down to what we know - the fact that Wu could have gotten her surgeries and hormones legit, inexpensively, and effectively - all she had to do was go through the right channels, which we know she could afford to do, and invest the time involved. It may have taken a year or two, but she could have done so...
...However, all evidence suggests that Wu was either unable or unwilling to go for the required medical diagnosis - either because, like someone else, she had no history of Dysphoria, disqualifying her from caveat #1 and setting her back accordingly, or she couldn't pass muster for #4 or would have been hamstrung by what they would have dug up.
The only other explanation is that Wu needed to have it done ASAP for medical necessity - this is a thing - except by all accounts, Wu just showed up with this out of nowhere, and with no fucking prior hints, BAM, suddenly trans.
I could easily propose the theory that, like a certain someone I've referenced entirely too often in this post already, Wu is a giant fake, one who only transitioned for status, a-la Vade (DAMN IT. THAT'S THE LAST TIME).
That's not what I think the most likely scenario is, though.
My theory is that Wu transitioned because she has some level of Dysphoria, but she didn't go through any legit channels, and either stopped, never undertook, or got shitty blackmarket drugs for her HRT, and regardless of which, she's barely taking any now.
There is no way on Null's green Earth that Wu is taking proper HRT right now.
Knowing what I know about Wu, her projection, and her self-absorbed status, I'm going with the theory that Wu got her basic surgeries and that was it. If she's on HRT, she's on a woefully incorrect dosage but not taking it at all is more likely.
It was enough for her husband (Brianna's rich as balls and looks enough like either gender to appease someone who's not terribly picky). Wu's so self-absorbed that, like Tomgirl Chris, she thinks she's perfectly passable for a woman just the way she is anyway, and a side benefit of her only going so far means she has a backup plan if something goes tits-up - we're all familiar with her statements on Transpeople who regret transitioning, after all...
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Let me just say I could watch Jamie wreck Brianna all day:
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Ok, I want to say something (and you guys might already know but)
Brianna is a phony to me and a lame. I live near Boston, but I have been going to meetings with people who make indie games. I never seen Brianna push Revolution 60 and this is a legit indie game collective: They have people who worked for major and small companies and they usually have people who sell periphery devices give us swag. They had a mini game comic con at the Microsoft Building last year. I didn't see Brianna at all.
There is an indie games convention that has been around for years in Boston. Brianna never was on the program. Up until Gamergate, no one was checking for Brianna Wu. What really gets my goat is that a friend of mine posted an article about Brianna being "harassed" by Jace. The reason Brianna has legitimacy is people don't know the full extent of this story and don't really Google her or follow her on Twitter.
I also think Revolution 60 is an eyesore aesthetically. Her colors are painful, design schemes are bad, and the whole presentation is lackluster. Even the voice actress, Amanda Winn Lee, the voice of Rei Ayanami from the original English dub of Evangelion couldn't save this because of poor writing.
I also want to add that Brianna is like Mr. Garrison from South Park when he became a woman. She overcompensates and flaunts that she's an edgy cool chick when in reality, she isn't. Also. Brianna should have state health insurance. Massachusetts has the primer version of Obamacare (Which is atrophied severely to make sure it doesn't work. As a Diabetic, I personally am glad I have this insurance because I visit a dietician, my doctor, and an endocrinologist on a regular basis and let's not forget I have to get my eyes, teeth, and meet a podiatrist every year and I can't afford to pay for visits, medication, and supplies.) If she wants to transition, she could but what might be preventing her may be this hoopla. Now with fraud allegations, which I believe since she has to pay taxes for the amount of money she recieves from Patreon, I really am trying to understand with all these tools Massachusetts has to offer, why she didn't take these?
Lastly, I hate her business practices. As a founder of a video game company you have things to do. You set deadlines for a demo and budget it in terms of costs and expenses. Jenna Hoffstein, who is the founder of littleworlds, who created The Counting Kingdom, holds seminars on budgeting and game design to promote her company and her game. She doesn't go on Twitter and complain about Gamergate. Now, I understand there is sexism in gaming. In the chats I always talk shit about the neckbeards and fedoras. HOWEVER, you can't let it cripple you. Brianna's lolcowiness is the inability to let go of Gamergate, a movement that really was fruitless from the start because let's face gaming journalism was never held to a high standard. Even G4 did not cater to gamers well before the TechTV merger.
TL;DR Brianna is a trainwreck and a dumbass. Don't get mad, get popcorn.
Brianna is a phony to me and a lame. I live near Boston, but I have been going to meetings with people who make indie games. I never seen Brianna push Revolution 60 and this is a legit indie game collective: They have people who worked for major and small companies and they usually have people who sell periphery devices give us swag. They had a mini game comic con at the Microsoft Building last year. I didn't see Brianna at all.
There is an indie games convention that has been around for years in Boston. Brianna never was on the program. Up until Gamergate, no one was checking for Brianna Wu. What really gets my goat is that a friend of mine posted an article about Brianna being "harassed" by Jace. The reason Brianna has legitimacy is people don't know the full extent of this story and don't really Google her or follow her on Twitter.
I also think Revolution 60 is an eyesore aesthetically. Her colors are painful, design schemes are bad, and the whole presentation is lackluster. Even the voice actress, Amanda Winn Lee, the voice of Rei Ayanami from the original English dub of Evangelion couldn't save this because of poor writing.
I also want to add that Brianna is like Mr. Garrison from South Park when he became a woman. She overcompensates and flaunts that she's an edgy cool chick when in reality, she isn't. Also. Brianna should have state health insurance. Massachusetts has the primer version of Obamacare (Which is atrophied severely to make sure it doesn't work. As a Diabetic, I personally am glad I have this insurance because I visit a dietician, my doctor, and an endocrinologist on a regular basis and let's not forget I have to get my eyes, teeth, and meet a podiatrist every year and I can't afford to pay for visits, medication, and supplies.) If she wants to transition, she could but what might be preventing her may be this hoopla. Now with fraud allegations, which I believe since she has to pay taxes for the amount of money she recieves from Patreon, I really am trying to understand with all these tools Massachusetts has to offer, why she didn't take these?
Lastly, I hate her business practices. As a founder of a video game company you have things to do. You set deadlines for a demo and budget it in terms of costs and expenses. Jenna Hoffstein, who is the founder of littleworlds, who created The Counting Kingdom, holds seminars on budgeting and game design to promote her company and her game. She doesn't go on Twitter and complain about Gamergate. Now, I understand there is sexism in gaming. In the chats I always talk shit about the neckbeards and fedoras. HOWEVER, you can't let it cripple you. Brianna's lolcowiness is the inability to let go of Gamergate, a movement that really was fruitless from the start because let's face gaming journalism was never held to a high standard. Even G4 did not cater to gamers well before the TechTV merger.
TL;DR Brianna is a trainwreck and a dumbass. Don't get mad, get popcorn.
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Jamie Walton is Batman. - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4550.jpg?1423291302 7 minutes agoPurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
Jamie Walton isn't the hero we deserve. - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4550.jpg?1423291302 7 minutes agoPurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
But she's the hero we need. - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4119.jpg?1419791284 6 minutes agoSATC Vortex:
Fighting Brianna by Moonlight - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4119.jpg?1419791284 6 minutes agoSATC Vortex:
Winning likes by Daylight - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4119.jpg?1419791284 6 minutes agoSATC Vortex:
May get claimed by Gamergate outright - https://static.kiwifarms.net/data/avatars/s/4/4119.jpg?1419791284 6 minutes agoSATC Vortex:
She's the one, Jamie Walton
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Can't. Stop. Laughing. Thanks for making my day.
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Yeah. Like I was talking about earlier, she's shockingly like Derek Smart, except Wu actually has a veneer of respectability insofar as she claims to be fighting for a good cause. Smart was more or less just saying that he was more intelligent and therefore better than everyone else. Anyone who's actually studied how indie and low-budget gamedev works as an industry can tell you the kind of reputation she's sowing is toxic. She might release R60, and it's possible that it'll sell decently well. But she'll never move beyond doing penny-ante indie gamedev, where she's in charge.
There was actually one tweet of hers where she started bitching about how a Sony exec, in a private meeting, had commented negatively about her online behavior or laughed about it or something. That's poisonous. Regardless of whether it's true, I would be surprised if she ever got a meeting with any mainstream execs again. You just don't blast shit that was said in a closed meeting. Even if you don't name names.
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I know it's gauche to be all, "OMG I LOVE YOU [RANDOM POSTER]!" but god damn, I've done such a 180 on you my head is spinning. Thanks again for being badass.
Also, idiots like Wu in the gaming industry should have listened to Saint Gaben
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The fingers here are proof enough, especially since they can't really be changed during sex change operations. In men, the ring finger is longer than the pointer finger, while the opposite is true for women. Brianna's ring fingers are visibly longer than her pointer fingers in this pic.
Here is Wu with Frank Wu. In this shot, we can see Wu's neck scar and physical proportions pretty clearly. Not only that, but you can very clearly make out other traits that just add up with the image Wu tries to present - her shoulder structure, her hands, her weight distribution.
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I guess pulling out of PAX was just an attention-grabbing ploy.
EDIT: Ok so the studio won't have a booth but she's still doing panels or something, so this gig would be protecting her directly and probably Frank.
EDIT: Ok so the studio won't have a booth but she's still doing panels or something, so this gig would be protecting her directly and probably Frank.
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