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Edit: 20th October, 2014 -What I have written, I don't need to change too much.Responding to this 2 months later, there is more coverage, more hype, more sensational views and opinions than before. And the idea of a Preface would be great to keep new people connected to the discussion.The crazy hashtag brigading (a term I hadn't heard before August) is still impressive and impassive.Topsy and Google popularity of hashtags & search queries is still staying steady, and GamerGate is not becoming balkanized or manageable as expected by the press, but emboldened and semi organised, not on 4chan, but 8chan and reddit.And in my opinion, GamerGate has changed to be more than an inciting incident, it has a better chance of being a viable consumer activism model for ethics, if treated as rational discussion rather than as fanatics or degenerate, entitled, or privileged fans acting as man-children. GamerGate has shown to be capable enough to remove aligned or toxic from the discussion.Second, the debate about harassment is also not viable now, because it is not part of the strategy or feedback from the GamerGate side, it is simply not being used by the people who are talking about GamerGate , or on the discussions.If you want a TL;DR skip ahead until you see the bullet points.Here be oceans of paragraphs.A month has also been spent reading all of the references, checking facts and so on. Dan Golding's tumblr on the end of gamers sparked the topic first, and was repeated elsewhere later that day. Critical Distance has also stepped badly in critical thinking and analysis of the topic, but it is at the mercy of coverage and not able to maintain interpretation of materials and posts.The other issue I've ignored is feminists and feminism. I very often feel as if I learn less about feminism the longer I spend looking at modern feminism's values and academics, because of the disconnect in people calling themselves feminist to justify abuse and intolerance. I have to frequently remind myself that it's only a fraction of activists creating the veneer of justice to shroud criticism and responsibility for their actions and advice.And some great sources of valuable conversation are crowded out by adopting the populist hatred and rhetoric. I just don't know that many women in tech, who are self described feminists, and are able to articulate, critique, discuss or decry feminism. It's probably a lost voice in a large crowd, I assume it exists though, because it is a very large community, but I cannot tell fact from faction.The outcome of the Intel boycott decision has had a huge impact on setting the tone for the debate about issues, and it's also set the level of discourse a bar higher as a result of appeasing both readers, corporate and the advertisers.Some of this has been hijacked by the recent introduction of Brianna Wu, who was threatened for retweeting a bad taste meme, accused 8chan of doxxing her and showing harassing tweets with her address. And then appeared on TV to talk about it.And while the notion of culture, community and hate groups comes up, a lot, there are a lot of issues that are not coming up in news coverage online at all. Interviews with developers were made, discussion of context and events are muddled, and voices are excluded still.Recent coverage has decried GamerGate as female harassment without specifics, and sometimes, occasionally mentioning ethics. If anything, the moderate, popular and marginal 'academic' issues of ethics are overshadowed by a few people who have personal grievances.If GamerGate is a hate group, I'm still going to be a member, because of a simple dilemma; if Gamergate, even as flawed and unfortunate as it is, can change the way that games are used, made, seen and understood by others, then GamerGate has made a positive change to my life, my career and created a better future for millions of people. It doesn't need to be compared to ISIL or ISIS or the KKK, it just has to change the conversation from harassment to serious questions about ethics and standards for informed discussion. And outside of the press, it is doing this quite often with positive or mixed results.The same can easily be said for academics in gaming, with a higher degree of meddling and incongruent discussion. Academic discussion of ethics, culture and heritage, is welcome, but also isolated. Few discussions are made public, and conclusion is often created by a community based bubble reality, with its own hierarchy of peers and language.Generally, if people can discuss GamerGate with tolerance, uncensored, open and balanced feedback, even if it is difficult or distasteful discussion. Places like KiA, GamerGhazi, and the Escapist, are keeping the discussion reasonable and ordered, and a few history sites exist that have catalogued the extremes on both sides, including a much richer backstory and discussion of previous culture issues at hand.I have also chosen to read through some of the most alienating, abusive, illogical, hateful tumblr, reddit, SomethingAwful, blog/forum threads and twitter posts and alternative hashtags over the last 2 months, and I'm hard to offend.A good portion were written by people who are not going to be affected by GamerGate, except by the arguments or sides taken. I've also been grief stricken by reading posts from celebrities, professionals and authors who are simply not going to take the time to learn about games or gamers, or understand that they've been misled into the discussion by emotional bait and switch.I chose to stop updating the list, because there are better places now that exist to discuss the issues raised, and I'm also considerably lazy.The list acts as a counterpoint to the accusations of harassment being the main narrative of the events, and highlights certain actors as being responsible for events.September has been a month to remember, the largest counterpoint has been the revelations of collusion and disturbing actions from the game journalist mailing list, GameJournoPros on breitbart. I have only seen 5 decent articles on the issues brought up, and a fair amount of hack journalism trying to avoid the need to discuss game journalists as news.It's also brought up a few interesting stories, Eron was sued for what I assume is Canada's version of defamation, not libel, which also brought up a series of personal biographies told by people who have met Zoe Quinn before she was Zoe Quinn.I'd like to say I'm neutral on the topic, but the things I've said, the actions and comments of the professional people who should be conscious of their actions, and so on, prevent me from being entirely passive, neutral, or an apologist on the issues.More recently, we've also heard about stories spiked, people fired and how the GameJournoPros list was involved in getting a writer fired for writing an article about indiegogo fraud, and it turning into an even bigger story about harassment and bigotry.I will play devil's advocate, always, because it is the right choice to make. In another month, people will have written books about GamerGate. They will mostly be flawed gems in a sea of familiar opinions.Also, as much as I haven't talked about Anita Sarkeesian, and this is a flaw noted by others, nothing that she has done, has changed discourse or opinions. Her work is lauded and summarily ignored as a result of the audience that she is catering for, ie. Non-Gamers.It is difficult to decompile the subject of representatives of women in games, it has come up as far back as nude texture packs in the 90's, or Miss Packman, etc. Feminism has also been tied to violence and simulacra, or desensitisation to violence in games amongst other 'popular' issues in game studies.For the non-tech audience, feminism, women, tropes and culture issues, should be an easy subject to talk about within a month if you have any interest in the subject and a room to record video. Many round table discussions exist on google talk, college students could write up the topic, given how similar it is to content from TVTropes on the same subject.GamerGate as a community is based in a reality that is indifferent to anything else online, because it is comprised of a subset of millions of people, with vast views of what they see as problems with the industry.Some of the actions and call to arms are being spearheaded by mens rights activists, as well as feminist activists, and pundits with extraordinary access to the popular opinions.And so, I return.I do have to acrimoniously agree with the points made in the article linked by Glyn Williams, from Owen Grieve.The subtext of this controversy is deeply rooted in an anti-culture of misogyny, surrounded by a lot of observers and pundits revealing their opinions; However, having followed this since the first day, it has evolved into a veritable series of abuse, issues and latent discourse that hasn't taken place before in the wider community.Because of the Length, i've created a brief index:Preface.Drama, group narcissism and biasEthics in Journalism/BloggingTeam Misogyny vs Social Justice vs everyone elseContext – is this a story ? does it all matter ?Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotional ManipulationDepression Quest and SteamEron Gjoni, and Zoe Quinn5 names, and how it spun off from sexism to corruption.“brief” timeline summary of events over 3+ weeksFor a TL;DR version, skip to tbe bullet points at the bottom of the article for a brief summary without the dialogue.PrefaceThe important thing to keep in mind is, most of this is purely online harassment, and occasional public criticism or cronyism. Very few actions have progressed to arrests. individuals, or in-person harassment, with the exceptions being PAX Prime events, the online and phone / internet harassment of Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn, are noted and highlighted, and very few non-social-media communications have taken place,And of those events where people have been harassed, threatened with rape, violence, murder, or sent photoshopped child pornography, there's also a lot of accusations of victimhood and attention seeking for publicity, among real publicity of the events, people being disgusted, or acting out in kind against others. it is generally appalling behavior, and standing in the middle can be abusive.Money is involved, several thousands of people have been libelled, vilified, criticized, and pilloried in the public through the media, dozens of people were hacked, busines and financial records, images, and their careers revealed in lurid details, public figures have been shamed in public for their words in private. Some avoided the spotlight and scandal, only to be discovered through their actions to reveal their aims and actions put into motion by others.Even those in the media have been attacked on the basis of their actions, their connections and work history, and the use of their power, influence, and their choices made against the public, and arguably, the illusion of games news as kingmakers, independents and experts is shattered by the recent actions of several bad actors within a globally influential industry.We will still have bad actors using the events to spurn others and to isolate women into sectional communities or 'safe spaces' and cliques, but the public can also work to create an equal footing and audience. Women will be able to stand in the same public spotlight and now not have to face the same scrutiny as their peers; it also means that they will have to work harder to get there.Arguably, women and men will also have to know how to deal with the public and the pressures of having all that attention focused on them, and not to the toxic voices of an insulated community of peers. This is a harder journey to make, but it is a more worthwhile one in the long run for all gamers and all developers, and if they can change, also some very few journalists and games news sites along the way to broadcast and share in these events.We don't need to see another Phil Fish, or Zoe Quinn, being demonised for imagined sleights or shamed for personal actions, and treated like ordinary people instead of public figures to be pilloried.Group Narcissism, Bias and DramaAvoiding drama, avoiding bias, and discovering truth relies on a broader encapsulation of the people and actions involved.And it becomes even harder when we’re not associated with the people involved, their lives become fantasy, delusion or nightmare in our disconnected collective empathy. Commentary, opinion, feedback, and criticism can also become magnified by the faceless aspect of anonymity and disinhibition, from dysrationalia to group think to other forms of cognitive bias, all online cultures often face outwards or inwards to police themselves from the community of others.And during this controversy, the bias of a handful of online communities comes under speculation and attention, perhaps unfairly, because they are more open and effacing, they have had far more scrutiny. Arguably, this controversy is entirely isolated to a very small series of online communities of people, and as such, it lives and dies on hype, attention and drama.And a fair amount of bile, hatred and unchecked irrational actions.Bias, and the online communityBecause the topic of ethics and opinions of ethics comes up, we do have to underline something important, Bias.Especially in a Social Network medium, hatred is impersonal. But in this case, it is up front, extremely vicious and hateful and connected to people who are public figures, either on the small or larger stage of the public.And while this can be empowering, it is also revealing in the way that this story has affected and catalysed people to evaluate the internet’s self-imposed moral guardians, and those that seek to champion the rights of people in the community, or those that willingly seek the truth, or seek an audience, and how those actions have spurred even more people to attack others.Bias, is why people recuse themselves from professional interaction, because that bias is human and rather exceptional and ordinary for society.We might call it friendship, socialising or networking, but bias removes impartiality. It even strengthens when you perceive threats or find alternate opinions; bias is one of the strongest causal reasons for factions behaving the way they do. Bias creates polarity in discussion, people ignore basic agreements and revert to their emotional or limbic responses when threatened or questioned. Misogyny and Misandry might be cousins in hatred and disrespect, but it is nothing compared to silence. silence kills more people than hatred. especially among social animals.Bias, is both normal and insidious, and it is the ordinary kind of corruption we face on an everyday basis, whether we realise it or not.It is exceptionally strong in groups, and causes a lot of problems that are systemic and corruptive when we assume behaviors within groups that would not be tolerated by individuals or even police. This is the essential part of group think, the decisions made while under the perception of being part of a campaign or community, alter behavior, beliefs, language and actions.Ethics of JournalismOf particular importance later on, is the code of ethics in journalism,http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.aspIn this story, there are so many events that it needs to be filtered through some kind of lens. I chose to look at this entire story, through the events as reported by bloggers, journalists, and the people who wrote about it in forums and online, and how the media reports issues, flavours the actions of crowds and can sway opinion, hate and respect. it is an impactful and powerful responsibility.As such, it becomes critical we know what a journalist is, and isn’t. This is the standard of a journalist, and what every editor would use to critique work before publication, and after publication.Seek Truth and Report ItEthical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.Minimize HarmEthical journalism treats sources, subjects, colleagues and members of the public as human beings deserving of respect.Act IndependentlyThe highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to serve the public.Be Accountable and TransparentEthical journalism means taking responsibility for one’s work and explaining one’s decisions to the public.Team Misogyny vs. Social Justice vs. Them/Other.Yes, real people are affected by misogyny and it is a real and present threat to people, I don't dismiss the impact it has on people on a daily level, nor would I do so. As someone who has been sexually assaulted and harassed, verbally and physically, in separate and numerous incidents, I can fundamentally appreciate the opinions, impact, and belief structures in play for misandry and misogyny combined.In this case, it is a catalyst for a lot of other issues that has lasted longer than would be warranted, due to interference by 2 sets of collectives trying to defend 2 very alien ideals that are very poorly understood by the other side.If you choose to belong to either side, you will be subject to the entire list of social bias, group think, and all the neurotic and group behaviors that go along with associating with other people under a common banner or self-image.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biaseshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_narcissismAnd like all internet derived controversies, group association can come across as unorganised and dissembled once you take it apart, but, it becomes a lot meaner and nastier due to the nature of broadcasted opinions and personal connections involved, and then there's the magnifying force that the social network media of the internet brings to small and large issues.Context – Is this a real story? Does it all matter ?In context,​On this page you can see the relative strength of these 5 search queries and the coverage of various people during the event over the previous month. The relative strength of these search terms also doesn't cover social media or posts that were deleted after the 18th to 20th.For a TL;DR version, skip to tbe bullet points.Context, comes from a variety of sources, and where possible, i have tried to find alternative or parallel sources of content.we have the help of GeekFeminism Wiki,http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidentsefforts by Wizardchan to show a collective timeline of incidents to show previous behaviour and trendshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16m54TH3XTwAcYAFJdq-g9s3Y4reQNS9UgLG6DYXpa_4/edit#gid=0A Narrative of #GamerGate and Examination of Claims of Collusion with 4chanAlso linked is a list of 'problem' articles from journalists and sites that are not covering the issue entirely, or using click-bait titles, with dates, journalist names, etc. from Encyclopedia Dramatica(ED is a biased source, but reference material is not.)In order to sync events and remove unsubstantiated content, I have omitted and concatenated/revised articles.To cover the timeline wholly, it's important to go back a little because there's a lot of parallel things going on.Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Emotional Manipulation.I don’t know where or when or if I should mention Zoe’s condition in connection to the events, because it should not excuse or relate, but it is something that comes up that adds credence to later actions and motives, even if it partially places emphasis on and discredits Zoe Quinn personally, or makes me look vindictive or that it is a thinly veiled attack of her personally.Diagnosis, especially reductive diagnosis, is admittedly a form of victim blaming, victim shaming and offensively sexist. It is not something that should explain or encapsulate Ms. Quinn’s motives or actions, even if it can do so, because I’d extend the benefit of the doubt to anyone.There is also the question of overdiagnosed BPD in females as a feminist issue of shaming or controlling 'difficult' personalities or women in general through diagnosis and treatment; due to the prevalent focus on emotional hypomania as an initial diagnostic method. And i'd somewhat agree, psychological diagnosis of BPD has to rely on more than a handful of criteria, i would only consider BPD to be influential if it affected cognition and equality or perception, and in my opinion, BPD is more than narcissism or bipolar tendencies or emotional dysfunction, it is also able to cognitively impair perception and empathy, as well as create a fictional or delusional correlation of events and of self.Over 3 weeks, it has been harder to disalign the person from the condition, due to the expanding influences and people in her social circle that are acting on her behalf in making grand or questionable accusations.Her actions in dealing with the organisation TFYC highlight one of several connected issues in people with BPD dealing with others. An excellent summary of Borderline Personality Disorder, which aligns with observed behaviour is herehttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/29/1251025/-Borderline-Personality-Disorder-Heroic-Martyr-or-Emotional-VampireFor someone with BPD, they don't often admonish or relate their behavior to this condition, which can have detrimental effects, and create divisive or toxic relationships.The personal information from eron's posts, Zoe's revelation of a mother with BPD, and her diagnosis, as well as later social interactions with her peers, and in contacts with other professionals and in speech and public interaction creates emphasis on noting the condition. and as such, it lends some evaluation to critiques of her public persona and public actions over the last 2 years.Borderline Personality disorder is also marked by severe or manic depression, that can occur separately or in tandem with BPD symptoms.Depression Quest and SteamAfter the Approval for release of Depression Quest (August 11th, 2014) on Steam's Greenlight program for independent or small games developers, Zoe Quinn was in a public relations dilemma after the death of Robin Williams to Bipolar Depression, coinciding with the approval of Depression Quest for release.The timing could not have been worse in some ways for an already beleaguered developer, experiencing threats and harassment in the steam community and on Twitter, Tumblr, and in the public.When the game was first approved (in January 2013) and officially released (valentines day, 2013), to then promote the game she and her associates had developed in 2012 to the broad 7 million active gamers every day on the Steam Community & Store, This seemed like a good day.For the wider Steam audience who had not seen the game before, Depression Quest was not received well, feedback is filled with both spiteful and with generally poor reviews.Of the positive and mixed feedback from players, their comments also match the general feedback of players of the 2012 release, in that the game is less of a visual novel, and more of an Interactive Fiction tale in which responses are outlined, but limited, so that gameplay is more about experience than choices. People who had experience with depression noted that the experience seemed to be "in the right place"Other commenters were less positive.1,855 Reviews of Depression Quest (sorted by steam user votes)Eron GjoniLater in the same week as the release of Depression Quest, Eron Gjoni released a stinging and personal tirade on his ex girlfriend, (August 16th, 2014) accusing her of having a number of relationships with others while they were seeing each other, and accused her of being generally dishonest, manipulative, untrustworthy and controlling, among other invective.As noted by both Eron and Zoe in separate social domains, this was a private matter, and should not have been reflected on in the public domain, but it came to the attention of the wider gaming community through the efforts of others when others began to tie the tirade from Eron, into naming the alluded people in Zoe's Social graph/Network.5 Names, and how it spun out from sexism to corruptionWhat created attention, was when MundaneMatt created a video describing Eron Gjoni’s post, (which was sent to him from a forum post that no longer exists due to later censoring), was then taken down by a DMCA request from a ‘zoe quinn’, also the name of her youtube account, for including a still image of the game Depression Quest.At the same time that people were reacting to the post by Eron, on twitter, Tumblr and gaming forums, the invocation of the DMCA brought along a new crowd of speculation, and curiosity from critics and bloggers, and on gaming forums.TotalBiscuit responded to the drama in a neutral fashion, addressing the developer's use of the DMCA to remove criticism should never be a good tactic. Due to the Streisand effect of highlighting the problem being covered up, creates intense speculation.Videos from InternetAristocrat became popular, because there was no initial coverage of the story, and while the content was viciously sexist and misogynistic, using the Five Guys restaurant as the motif for the "quinnspiracy" video, for many it was the only source of news on the topic.It covered an enormous amount of material, and painted the picture for people, and galvanised people when forum posts were being deleted, users banned from forums and reddit posts discussing it were being deleted, users shadowbanned, and criticism leading to deletion on several forums.Eventual efforts in trying to sort the story from misinformation, deception, invective, shaming, blame and all sorts of emotive efforts by one side or the other, did not get to take place, because what happened brought it to the attention of thousands, if not millions.Journalists had been contacted, but it was largely being ignored, due to the personal attacks and slander / misogyny and shaming of Ms Quinn in the video(s) and on the forums which were discussing it.And due to the deletion of threads, the trail of who and what was done in the early parts of these events is lost, only the archives and logs of uncensored forums like reddit and 4chan exist to recreate the narrative.Various sides took part to fill in the subtext, and assign reductive blame to groups or individuals. From there, more people have spoken out, more voices have been heard, silenced, threatened, shamed, guiled, baited, trolled, defended and harassed.And what happened next was that Anita Sarkeesian, Adam Baldwin, Tim Schafer, and several games related critics and reviewers all decided to back various people and opinions, creating the entire series of GamerGate events.What made this spin out from a simple spat into a controversy is the speculated names of the people who were revealed included a games journalist who had reviewed her game while in a relationship with her, Nathan Grayson.Stephen Totillo, Nathan's boss at Kotaku refuted this claim a week later, after other publications were soon talking about the abuse towards Zoe Quinn.The issue came back into the spotlight after people replied that the relationship started 1 day after Nathan's article was posted, while other writers were being shamed into revealing that they were donating money to developers through patreon, a breach of ethics to some observers.Arguably, the most prolific record of these events, comes from an IRC log of 4chan's public #burgersandfries room, which discusses all of the events, and proposes a lot of indirect and direct actions. Zoe Quinn and others had been recording the room, and Zoe Quinn posted selected excerpts under the hashtag #GameOverGate. Except, that it is still ongoing, even a week later, as people reconcile events and reactions.'brief' summaryPreviously i.e. Historical / relevant informationZoe Quinn helps create a Startup, Dames Make Games in TorontoZoe Quinn Creates Depression Quest in 2012, using Twine, with Patrick Lindsey (Writing/Editing) and Isaac Shankler (music)Word of mouth comments on metafilter, 4chan’s /r9k/, and /r/IndieGaming about the game Depression Quest on Launch, February 14th, 2013. limited attention is received.Zoe Attends Indiecade Nightgames festival with Depression QuestZoe Quinn Decides to pull Depression Quest from Steam Greenlight Program after receiving harassment, threats and attacks, pointing to Wizardchan. December 13th 2013.Allegations against Wizardchan are debunked, Collected 'dox' phone and addresses are proven to be false.2 weeks after removing the game, Resubmits into Greenlight Program to be approved on January 7th 2014Yasmeena “Maya” Felix Kramer, who works as SilverString Media’s PR, attacks TheFineYoungCapitalist's (TFYC) site, obtains and posts information about the organisers of the competition, while in contact with Zoe Quinn on facebook.Zoe Breaks up with Eron Gjoni, though the breakup is perturbed by Zoe’s disclosed Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with evident depressive and suicidal, and manipulative episodes throughout the post.Depression Quest is approved, just after news of Robin Willam's suicide, Zoe Debates if she should release the game on twitter and Tumblr posts. Asks for donations to go to iFred as acknowledgement.Depression Quest is released on Steam.Eron Gjoni 's breakup post with Zoe QuinnOther Forums pick up Eron’s post .The “internet hate machine” taking notice of Zoe Quinn again.Matt / SillySladar of The Fine Young Capitalists comments in a reddit post (thread since deleted) that his site has been DDOS attacked and ‘doxxed’ by Zoe Quinn (Maya Kramer) over libellous comments she made and misunderstood about the competition in March this year.In the same thread, people from Wizardchan had collected logs of chat at the time that Zoe Quinn accused them of harassing her.A youtube DMCA takedown of a Video repost of Eron’s post by MundaneMatt, coming from 'zoe quinn'TotalBiscuit replying to the use of the DMCA to take down video content.Several (9) Forums having threads and posts censored. The most prolific being reddit, which is still banning users based on keywords in the Games and Gaming subreddits.Then (events of the 19th August to 30th August),Calls to blogs, games news sites and others for coveragePhil Fish starts to abuse people on twitter, cancels Fez 2, ProjectsPolytron Dropbox is hacked, business files are stolenPhil Fish abuses the person that accuses Zoe Quinn of abusing him at Phil Fish’s wedding on twitter, also abuses TotalBiscuitPhil Fish announces closing and sale of PolytronStephen Totillo of Kotaku debunks claim of Nathan Grayson writing about Zoe Quinn after relationship. Does not seem to be aware that the window of time is 1 day from the article being posted, to the relationship starting.Lordkat, JonTron discuss the issue on their games video blog sites.Donations to TFYC reach the point where they can choose an avatar, Vivian James is created, selected by 4chan's /v/ board., Vivian James (Vidya Games), is a caricature of a female gamer or Moe Chan / gijinka (ie a ‘cute’ anthropomorphism/mascot, e.g. OS-tan).Eron Gjoni posts AMA on reddit /r/Drama. replies regarding Zoe Quinn, Maya Kramer are brought up.Anita Sarkeesian releases 7th video in kickstarter funded Tropes of Women in Video Games series, on Hitman Absolution.Joss Whedon tweets to femfreq / Anita Sarkeesian giving his supportAdam Baldwin tweets a video link from InternetAristocrat, starting #GamerGatePatreon Account of Zoe Quinn, gains over 500 supporters.TFYC IndieGoGo site is hacked, closed, and then reopened.JonTron replies to TimSchafer saying he didn’t like the message of Anita Sarkeesian’s video, is attacked by Tim Schafer of DoubleFine, Appears on co-optional podcast later that day.#IStandwithJonTron tag is hijacked on twitter, allegedly organised on SomethingAwful forums.Anita Sarkeesian receives Death threats via twitter, Asks for donations to FemFreq. forced to leave home for safety.Zoe Quinn responds to Adam Baldwin on twitter.Patricia Hernandez of kotaku revises her articles disclosing relationship with the game developer she had a relationship with, according to their new policy.14 Similar Stories about misogynistic gamers appear on multiple sites on the same day.Games news sites start to comment on Gamer Culture / ReactionsVarious Petitions come out ‘For’ gamers, ‘For’ women, ‘For’ ethical Standards.Ex staff member of Silverstring talks about Maya Felix Kramer’s behavior on Eron's AMAZoe Quinn, Maya Kramer Attend PAX PrimePAX discussion comes under fire when people talk about bloggers in the panel instead of journalists or press.SeptemberOther tags appear, #NotAllWomen and #NotYourShield in response to people using #GamerGate tags calling them white males or sockpuppetsDonations start to come in to the TheFineYoungCapitalists Developer program, including $6000+ from 4chanChristina Hoff Summers, of AEI talks publicly for gamers, links to breitbart article & the economist, is called out by Adam Weinstein of Gawker.Jayd3Fox produces a mock video "Professional Victims vs Gaming Communites", is harassed online.TheFineYoungCapitalists discuss a truce with Zoe Quinn and Silverstring Media, who represent Zoe Quinn about the TFYC program, the agreement falls through.Allegations of the IGF chairman Brandon Boyer and judges for the IGF competition, being friends with and linked to SilverString Media when Zoe Quinn’s ‘Depression Quest’ and ‘Papers, Please’ won awards.IGF discusses the judging process 3 days later in response to questions about how the process works.Zoe Quinn Posts IRC logs of 4chan, declares #GameOverGate with storify link of Alleged harassment and organisation.A new hastag #GamerGateau about game themed cakes.Allegations of racketeering and Indiecade/IGF awards for Fez/Polytron fundingChris Grant of Polygon, admits to blocking 1800 twitter users from his twitter feed, including other journalists. Then removes the list within hours.Storify content is debunked by MundaneMatt and others as disingenuous and implausible, showing out of context screenshots.Examiner article notes that Tyler Malka (NeoGAF) supports the hashtag #GameEthics, to be a spillover from #GamerGate, proposed to remove '4chan involvement' from issues of integrity and independence in games journalism, with limited success.Tyler Malka, Owner of NeoGAF then proceeds to abuse someone on twitter the same day.#writeakotakuarticle hashtag is started.Adblock list of GamerGate sites is createdNathan Grayson interview with Blizzard goes off track discussing women in their MoBA game, Gets pulled into #gamergate discussion in social media.Zoe Quinn links to an article on wikipediocracy, where they discusss people editing Zoe Quinn’s Wikipedia page, the article names all of the editors individually, citing photos, discussion of the editor’s reddit posting history, analysing their posting history, including the discussion of a transgender minor, and the high school they attend.Zoe Quinn seeks to mediate discussion using a new tag, #OpenTheGates, with limited success.TFYC IndieGoGo is fully financed at $65,000Vivian James Platformer Prototype is created and playable online.TheNerdist releases a video about GamerGate, gets called out by MundaneMatt.Several Advertisers are contacted, remove sponsorship of Kotaku, Gawker sites.Journalists investigate Anita Sarkeesian’s police report, assumptions are that it's missing due to the FBI being involved from a former photoshopped CP used in earlier online harassment.Jennifer Hale (voice actor for Bioware, Mass Effect & ~300 Games/TV Shows) talks about this issue on Marketplace Tech Report on ‘Internet Slowdown Day’ for Net Neutrality awareness. zoe responds in /r/SRSGaming thread about hearing this interview.Joe Rogan wants to interview Adam Baldwin on their podcast.Current up till the 14th September, not in any way comprehensive or accurate, some timeline inaccuracy exists.If problems are evident in this summary, add a comment to the page, and i'll endeavour to edit / revise as needed.

Namaskāram Everyone.I am writing this answer after I got many responses on what was my CA Final strategies after posting this answer:Rohith Krishnan Harikrishnan (रोहित कृष्णन हरिकृष्णन)'s answer to How were your CA final results in 2020?Please read the above answer before you read this.Well, to be frank, this question is too personal. Things which worked in my favour may not work in others' favour and vice-versa. I used to ask such questions to those who passed on what was their strategies. Different people gave me different opinions (some of them were contradictory too). Anyway, certain things will surely work for everyone.MY BACKDROPI appeared for IPCC Group I alone only due to some reason. I actually went to the exam hall expecting to fail in the exam as my preparations were poor (I can't say I didn't prepare but it was not up to the mark). But I somehow cleared it. But I prepared well for the Second group so as to make for my bad prep in Group I. I would say it was my best prep till that time.Once I appeared for Group II exams, I joined for articleship in my father's firm. The firm is somewhat small but there were enough compliance-related work. Anyway, I cleared group II with an exemption for Advanced Account and Auditing due to the effort I put in.Our firm didn't have any serious audit to say except for statutory bank audit as our firm was located in an area that was upgraded to a Municipality from Panchayat recently. But there were enough GST (initially VAT) filing work, Income Tax filing work, company filing and concurrent audit of bank branches.I was really exposed to GST registration, ITC, Value of supply, exemptions, refund (only one small case), return filing, e-way bill. Similarly, we did income tax filing of individuals, proprietorship firms, partnership firms, and small companies. Our firm also has RoC filing relating to company registration, annual return, charge creation, director appointment/retirement/resignment/removal, board report preparation. RoC filings other than registration were not seriously done (in fact non-existent) in our firm. In order to regularise other filings, I had to refer to the Companies Act. We also undertook the preparation of project reports for getting loans from financial institutions.So, I had practical exposure in GST, Income Tax (not those complex areas), Corporate laws (mostly in Accounts, Audit, Director chapters). Project reports helped to a little extent in SFM and AMA. My experience in concurrent audit helped me to visualise in learning ISCA. But I didn’t have that much exposure in Accounting standards, Auditing standards, International Taxation, Corporate Taxation.Being in my father’s firm and being an only male article in the firm, I had to spend more time in the office than others. In our firm, girls are not allowed to work beyond 6 pm. Besides, I used to do work at home to professionalise our work as it was my father’s firm. I would sleep immediately after coming from the office.My parents pushed me on the weekends for an AMA class in the initial period of articleship. It didn’t help me as it was attended three years before my exam. Similarly, I attended crash classes for SFM and Audit two years before my exams as there was less work during that time. It was again a wrong decision as it didn’t help me with the exam. In nutshell, I wasted my time without studying but ended up having some practical exposure.I took 5 months leave for the examination. I did have leave as the only major leave I took was for my SFM and Audit class and I overworked a lot. I attended a class for ISCA. The objective of the faculty was to remove the fear with respect to the subject. He simply advised us to mug up important points.Another big mistake I did was I studied Company law using the bare Act. Time has elapsed by the time I understood the mistake. I switched to Munish Bhandari but didn’t have the time to go for allied law. I also wasted a lot of time on studying auditing standards by referring to the bare standards.I screwed up my first group prep. In the end, I decided to appear for Group I alone as I didn’t study any paper in group I. I also wasted time in Quora (I started getting active in Quora at that time) and YouTube (especially towards the end of my prep). One good thing about me is that I try to study a topic very thoroughly even by referring to google. I will go any extent to clarify a thing. This has a negative side to it: I take a hell lot of time to study. I may cover only 1–3 pages in an hour while others may cover 10 pages within that time.I have registered for a test series. I could only give away 1–2 tests for each subject as I have screwed up my prep and also those guys want the students to send the papers physically and had an early due date.Anyway, I appeared for the exam. I literally cursed myself in the exam hall as I felt that had I prepared well I could have performed better. Exams were not that bad. I had a belief somewhere in my mind that I may pass the examination as I have written all I know very well. I never aimed to complete the paper but aimed to write what I know in a perfect manner.I rejoined at my firm after the exam. By the time results came, my articleship was finished. I passed Group I with very good marks. As mentioned in the earlier answer, a sense of arrogance that “CA exams are easy” grew in me. I was too idiot to forget that I put some effort into my Group I prep but might not be up to the mark.This arrogance doesn’t let me prepare for Group II. Like I mentioned in the previous answer, I wasted my time in Quora and YouTube. I attended a class for IDT. He helped me understand the initial concepts of GST, but he didn’t make us solve any problem in the classroom and skipped other areas of GST and didn’t take the Customs part properly. So literally, I didn’t do any sums in IDT.I studied the text of Bhanwar Borana but didn’t solve a single problem. I was stuck with two chapters in ISCA. For AMA, solved the problems in QT (it covers only 30% syllabus) part but largely ignored costing portion. I didn’t practice any test paper at that time.Like I mentioned in the previous answer, exams were postponed due to the Lok Sabha elections but still, I screwed it.But I appeared exams with sheer arrogance. Anyway, I lost all of my arrogance once I appeared in the examination. But I hoped some miracles will happen. I rejoined the firm and stayed there till my results came. I passed in all the subjects except DT and was way below the aggregate required to clear the group. It ended my winning streak in public examinations.All I had was 2.5 months. This time I applied for Test Series (different guys). I decided to solve as many problems as possible. I solved all the problems once and the difficult/ unique one which I marked initially at least twice. I did research on previous question papers and found that chapters 3 & 6 are important in ISCA.Though I prepared a time table, I couldn’t stay true to it as I take time to learn plus I cannot study for more than 10 hours a day. I solved all the test papers except the last series of all subjects. Test series was a game-changer as it helped me to analyse my strengths and weaknesses.I deactivated my Quora Account and surrendered my phone to my Amma (mother). She had slightly sacrificed her profession as she was a bit guilty that she didn’t properly look after my previous prep.I appeared for the exam. In none of the exam, I could not complete the paper. For ISCA, I couldn’t complete as some of the questions came from areas that I didn’t prepare well. For DT and IDT, I didn’t have the time even though I was familiar with most of the questions. I expected exemption for ISCA and 50+ for IDT and 40+ for DT (as I completed half of the paper only in the last hour)The last exam was AMA which was postponed due to Ayodhya verdict was a real headache. I could answer only for 32 marks in the first 2 hours and was rushing like anything in the last hour. I ended up answering for 84 marks. I have gone for the theory section (16 marks) as I felt that I didn’t have time to solve the problem section. When I discussed the answer with my friends after exams I was literally going down as they got different answers than mine. I felt that I may fail in the exam. I never felt anything in my last failure as I invited it. But I may not be able to cope with failure in the current attempt as I put up the best prep in my entire student life at that time.I lost all the confidence I acquired from the first three exams after that exam. But my mother consoled me. Even though she knew nothing about my curriculum (She is an engineer), she insisted me to solve the question paper by referring to the textbook. It was a bit of relief as I was felt that I may get marks to just clear the paper. But I feared that I may not get the group aggregate.I again rejoined the firm and attended my MCS course. I really enjoyed my MCS and made new friends there. Then the result date was announced. I went to the office in the morning and tried not to discuss the topic of the result with my officemates as I feared that if results were negative, I will be embarrassed in front of them.I didn’t go to the office afternoon. I kept on refreshing the website. All of a sudden the website showed that results were announced. Till that time, I was feeling at ease. But suddenly my heart started beating so much. I entered the roll number but the site showed error twice. When it worked, I was literally:WHAT? I WAS SPEECHLESSI cleared the group. That’s okay?But got exemption in all the papers. The biggest shock was that I got 72 for AMA (paper I expected not to cross 40). I got 281 for the entire group: 81 marks more than I require to clear the group.LEAVING ASIDE THE STORY, WHAT ARE GOOD STRATEGY FOR CA FINAL.I belong to the old stream but I think it applies even to the new stream also.FINANCIAL REPORTINGI would say there is nothing better than ICAI study material. It is superb and ICAI did a superb job in making it student-friendly. But they made the terrible mistake of withdrawing the Practice Manual (Oldies can download PM from ICAI’s site). Solving more and more questions are important. Even if you know everything, without practice you may find it difficult during exams. Alternatively, I recommend MP Vijayakumar Sir’s Book as some find it great (I didn’t use it). I skipped both consolidation and amalgamation topics and attempted only for 84 marks. I solved the entire problems in SM and PM and solved the questions I marked as important (unique/difficult) twice.I have attended a class but the faculty had dedicated a hell lot of time for consolidation (which I anyway skipped). But his method of solving valuation was fine. Alternatively, you can watch video classes of Sarthak Jain on YouTube. Classes are in Hindi, but I managed to understand as FR is a problematic paper.You can be selective in the old syllabus by skipping either consolidation or amalgamation or both (like me).I got 58 for FR (out of 84)STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTI got a PDF of Aditya Jain Sir which consists of important formulas. I did a terrible mistake of copying it into a notebook which destroyed my time. But CA Mayank Kothari came to my help. Please join his Telegram Group. He hosted in the group a PDF that consists of unique questions from SM and PM. I solved the entire questions twice. So Aditya Jain’s Formula + Mayank Kothari’s Questions helped. In the exam, I solved a 12 mark question using the wrong formula.Still, I got 68 for SFMADVANCED AUDITING AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICSThe paper I scored highest in IPCC and lowest in the Final. Frankly speaking, I don’t know how I prepared for it. I don’t know whether I can suggest a good strategy for it.One thing is sure: You have to use technical words like “assertions”, “corroborative audit evidence”, “sufficient appropriate audit evidence”.I used the bare standard for learning auditing standards. I have gone through only the initial part and skipped the explanatory part (which form a major chunk of bare text). Even then it really cost me time but it helped me to have a good understanding of standards instead of mugging up it. If you have time, go for it.I won’t recommend Surbhi Bansal’s text as it is not up to mark. The text simply specifies things without giving any idea to the chapter.I didn’t study the Company audit chapter because I had a good grip over it thanks to my good prep in IPCC and also because of our RoC filing in office. I have gone through only PM for that chapter. I used SM and PM for Ethics which is actually a scoring chapter. I again relied on SM+PM for Insurance, Co-op Societies, NBFC, PSU, etc. I just skimmed through the Bank Audit chapter and relied on my practical experience. I skipped topics like LODR.Additionally, I watched some of the videos of Sarthak Jain (he takes classes for Auditing also).I got 51 marks for Audit.CORPORATE AND ALLIED LAWSInitially, I have gone for the bare Act. It is good but the problem is that you won’t get the “linking thing”. In Law, you can’t read a section in isolation. You have to interlink a section with another. They won’t ask for direct questions. They will give you a situation and you have to give a legal opinion. In order to answer it, we need to know all sections and also the implication of one section on another.Without a second thought, I would suggest Munish Bhandari. I used this book for IPCC. But I was using bare Act (actually the Act I was reading had amendments which were not applicable for my exams). Then one of my senior friends suggested using Munish Sir’s book.I had to relearn again as I used the amended Act. I learned all the chapters in the Companies Act. I tried to remember important section numbers (sometimes sub-section numbers). I never try to learn them but somehow they get registered in my mind (maybe because I like numbers).I have learned IBC, SCRA, FEMA (I skipped FEMA regulations), Interpretation of statutes, Banking Regulation Act. I skipped the SEBI Act, SARFAESI Act. I skimmed through the PML and Competition Act on the last day (though it didn’t register in my mind).Munish Sir’s book is actually great. He gives solved problems after each topic. He uses technical yet understandable language. He gives us that “linking thing”.I got 55 for Law.ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTINGWell, I attended a class for it but it was three years prior to the exam and I didn’t take exams seriously back then. So effectively, I did a self-study.I relied only on the practice manual. I purchased Paduka’s book. The benefit is that it will have important formulas in front of the book (I purchased book only for that purpose and have not solved a single problem from the book).I solved all the questions from PM at least once. I solved all marked questions from topic other than marginal and standard costing at least once (I didn’t have the time to solve Standard and marginal costing questions twice). I never solved any question from SM.Withdrawal of PM is a bad thing from Institutes’ part. In the absence of PM, I would recommend Paduka’s book for solving questions. I used it for my IPCC. The problem is that it is very vast. It is a Himalayan task even to complete our PM. Paduka is bigger than PM but it will be worthy.I got 72 for AMAINFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTROL AND AUDITTo be frank, this is the least risky paper among all the 8 papers. The entire text is 400 pages and they can’t ask outside these 400 pages. The problem is our fear and lack of understanding. You can answer all the questions in the exam if you study everything.After my initial failure, I did an analysis of previous question papers. The favourite Chapter of ICAI is the smallest one: Chapter 6 (37 pages) because it is the audit chapter. Around 15–20 marks (including MCQ) come from this chapter alone. You have to study Chapter 3 before this as Chapter 3 talks about Control (C in ISCA) and Chapter 6 talks about Audit (A in ISCA). I have studied everything in Chapter 6 even if you feel that certain portions are not worthy of asking in the examination. I not only learned important points but also tried to learn important sentences in Chapter 6. I revised chapter 6 like 7–8 times and Chapter 3 (another important one) for 3–4 times.Additionally, I have studied Chapters 5 and 8 and revised them at least 3 times. I started off with Chapters 1 and 2. But unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to revise them (I did a partial revision). I completely skipped Chapter 7.I used various tricks like mnemonics, visualisation, etc to learn main points. Except for Chapter 6, I didn’t make an effort to learn (though I read them) the contents.The Key to ISCA is revision. The more you revise, the better they will be registered in your mind. Mantra for ISCA is Revision, Revision, and Revision. If I study a topic morning, I will revise in the night. Then again after 5 days and again after two weeks.I got 69 for ISCANote: I don’t have any idea about the elective paper in the new Syllabus. I would recommend Bhanwar Borana for International Taxation and Munish Bhandari for Economic Law.DIRECT TAXATIONI have not gone for any classes for DT. The only book I can recommend is Bhanwar Borana. Purchase both his material and question bank.His material looks like handwritten notes and have a good presentation to make us understand the concepts. I can vouch it is the best because all those who used I know scored good marks for DT.A terrible mistake I did in my first attempt was learning his material only. I never shed my sweat to do problems from his question bank. Since I covered his material in the first attempt, I straight away started solving problems from his question bank. You can complete the book in 25 days. I solved important problems twice.The bare Act was useful. I never made the mistake of learning the bare Act only for DT. I would refer to the bare Act whenever I had doubts. Additionally, my experience in the office was helpful (not that much because our firm doesn’t have those complex tax cases).The mantra for DT is again Practice, Practice, and nothing else. Solve Bhanwar Sir’s Question Bank at least twice (all question once and difficult/unique one twice).I secured 64 for DTINDIRECT TAXATIONYeah, the subject for which I got the highest mark: 76.The clear winner is ICAI’s study material. Nothing can beat ICAI’s study material (same held true for IPCC). Their presentation is absolutely brilliant. Nobody can beat it. I don’t have words to describe it.I attended a class for IDT. The faculty took 7 days to teach chapter 2–8. He taught the subject in the linking style. Eg: When he taught us the definition of goods, the immovable property came up. He immediately taught exemption relating to immovable property and place of supply for immovable property.His downfall was that he had not made us solve problems in the classroom and had taught other topics in a hurry due to lack of time. But he laid a good foundation to solve problems. Another big challenge was the implementation of the GST Amendment Act, 2018. I had to forget many things I learned in the previous attempt and had to learn new things.I had good practical exposure in GST when compared to many others. I was involved in GST registration, filing monthly returns, annual returns, e-way bill. I had good exposure in ITC, value, time and place of supply. I didn’t any exposure in areas like Appeals, investigation, refund (though I had very basic experience in refund). I had virtually no exposure in Customs (but only forms 25%).Since IDT had no PM (SM was the same for both syllabi), I used the question bank of CA Vishal Bhattad. Some say CA Yogendra Bangar’s book is also. The questions in Vishal Sir’s are arranged section-wise and it also has 1000+ MCQ questions.In addition, I have a special love towards taxation papers as we have to use a lot of our analytical skills to interpret a case.Well, I scored 76 for IDT.TEST SERIESAn important thing that really helped me was doing Test series. It is really an important thing which contributes to your success.I have registered for a test series for Group I. Due to lack of time, I could only go for one paper each for each subject. Additionally, those guys required us to send the physical copies by post. It would take at least 10 days to get them corrected and they won’t accept papers sent after certain cut off date.I have registered for Test series for group II in my failed attempt and have not written a single paper in that attempt.But I changed test series guys last time. I have gone for GM test Series this time: CA Final Test Series | CA Test Series | CA Inter IPCC Test SeriesThey divide the entire subject into five and conduct five tests from each portion and one test for the entire portion. You can download questions once you register on their site. Once you answer questions, scan the paper and upload it to their site. They will correct the paper within 5 days.They have two schemes: Scheduled and unscheduled. In Scheduled, they will give you a date for each state like SFM Test 1 on February 21. Unscheduled, there won't be any date, you can write the test whenever you want. I opted for unscheduled :I had only 2 months for exam preparation and some of their tests have already started when I registered.I didn't have the choice to select the chapters which feel I want to study first. Eg: I may like to study PGBP of DT first, they may be having a test for PGBP only at the end.Everything else is the same. Plus we have an option to clarify our doubts. They even provide notes like practice questions and practice MCQs (I didn't have the time to solve them). Price is ₹ 375 per subject and they give full value to your money. They give you time till the day before the actual exams start to upload the scanned PDF.I think CA Test Series also is good (I don't know). Don't go for the Conferenza test series. They give you an offer that they will refund the money if we score 40+ marks for all the tests. The problem is:They will check the entire paper only after receiving all the papers. The objective of any test series is to understand our strengths and weaknesses and work accordingly. What is the use if you come to know about this just a week before the exam.The refund thing may tempt us to cheat. We may try to solve the questions by referring the book to get the money back.Some more tipsI never compromised on my sleep. I slept for at least 6 hours a day. Whenever a slept for fewer hours it really affected my studies.I exercised daily. I didn’t do heavy exercises. It was mostly yogasanas. Surya namaskaras.I practiced Yoga. I do pranayamas and most importantly Dhyana (meditation). I did meditation thrice a day to bring me into study mood. Dhyana is like recharge your mind.I reduced the consumption of rice and gave up all junkies (it has become a habit). I used to love biscuits but I gave up them now. I will have only a handful of rice while having more curries with them. You won’t feel sleepy in the afternoon.I would go for a problematic paper in the afternoon session.I could not study a subject for more than 1.5 hours. I study for 30 minutes, then take a 5-minute break (I will not think anything related to study during the break) and will have 3 sessions like that. After having a 15-minute break, I will take a new subject. Some people like to study a single subject in a day. This thing is quite personal.Don’t think about the number of pages you covered or the number of days for the exam. Keep studying as if tomorrow is the exam.Study everything by understanding the concepts. Don’t mug up unless you have no other options.Stay away from social media. If your exams are nearing, this should be the last answer you should be reading before exams. Deactivate all social media accounts and hand over all gadgets to your parents. Switch to some base model and avoid those guys who waste your time.Have some cheat days. Go outside to places like Temple/ mosque/ gurudwara/ church/ another place which won’t bring unwanted distractions.Try to improve your language.I think I have covered everything here. I know everything which worked for me won’t work for another person.Best of luck with your exams.Feel free to message if you have any doubt. I really like helping people. It's like a hobby to me because I believe in:“Mānava sēva Mādhava sēva”“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”I dedicate my Success to:MY Achan (father), Amma (mother), Anujan (brother)My GurusMookambika Amma, Subrahmanya swamy (our town deity not the economist), Guruvayurappan, Udupi Krishna, Swamy Ayyappan and all those who helped me in this journey.With love & Care✍️ CA HaRo ❤️❤️❤️❤️VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM❤️Sorry for any grammatical errors. Suggestions are welcomed in the comment section below.