These days there is much talk of some heinous sexual harassment: following the initiative taken by victims of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, are different — in the world of video games — the people who decided to sue in turn harassment they have suffered. The latest case is related to the NeoGAF forums, of which we speak often on this site, being peopled by journalists and developers and so often the source of leak and newsof interest to our readers.
Right now, the forum leaders resigned because he doesn’t want to have anything to do with “Evilore”, administrator and owner of the forum, which has been accused of sexual harassment. Already in 2012, the man had on his shoulders an accusation — which, moreover, had confirmed candidly with messages on the forum.
The new indictment and the implosion of NeoGAFSulla his Facebook page, a girl (developer) in Austin posted a message fordenounce what had happened, first by deciding not to mention the name of Evilore for fear of retaliation or that he could contact her again.
“I remember a man who claimed to be my friend, during a road trip to New Orleans. In NOLA we drank and enjoyed, then one night we drank in the hotel room and I felt bad. “
“I was puking and I decided to put myself in the shower to try to feel better. I was surprised when heHe arrived in the shower, completely naked, and got behind me. At that time I had a boyfriend and was thinking of not having given him any input to make him think you wanted from that man something. I mean it without lying. Then I told him I was fine, that I felt sick, I had a boyfriend and I didn’t want. If it came out slowly from the shower annoyed, began to misbehave with me and ignore me, in a city where I had broughthim. I couldn’t wait to be able to go home. ‘
“I couldn’t tell my partner because I was afraid for him to say it was me to provoke him. My relationship with him has started to deteriorate and shortly after we broke up. I couldn’t talk about this situation because the harasser is a semi-famous person who could retaliate and I couldn’t afford to defend myself. Are there any sites that speak of previous related to sexual harassment committed byThis person, I didn’t know that. I was afraid, I was tired. I still can’t make her name because I’m afraid. I’m afraid to sound ridiculous, I’m afraid that people wouldn’t believe me. But I will no longer be silent» wrote the victim on his profile.
In the comments, in the face of a friend who asked him to take the name of her abuser, the girl took courage and, after some insistence, invited by simply Googling “Evilore”, nickname of the admin toNeoGAF.
Girl’s posts have been proposed on Twitter, for those who do not have access to Facebook: Here’s what Evilore did. Don’t let this become one of the many forgotten sexual assault stories! pic.twitter.com/1G9c8SRZiJ — KaltBluter (@ _ KaltBluter) 21 October 2017
Accusations of harassment also began to arrive on the forum itself, by different users and different developers, with their topic that were systematically closed, and their profiles banned.
Against thissituation, the staff decided to pull back to having nothing to do with Evilore and currently the NeoGAF forum turns out to be unattainable.
The old charges against EviloreIn fact, Evilore was accused of sexual harassment, which confirmed it himself without mince words as early as 2012. He told himself that “at some point there was a girl in a bar who didn’t speak any English, she came up to me and started to flirt heavily. Then Iasked directly to offer you a drink, as Itxaka has translated for me since I didn’t understand what she said. I laughed, because that’s where the drinks were all but two euros, but I told her I was fine and then I shook the cu * or to show that it could not simply take advantage of me. She changed her mind and she went out without even taking the drink. “
When some users have pointed out that the fact that the girl had asked him a drink gave him nono right to stretch out your hands, Evilore replied that “there are parties in Spain very tame […] There are people who doesn’t seem to have ever emerged from their basement and they never interacted with someone. People will start and will continue a physical contact with you without consent, especially when it comes to alcohol and in an environment where physical contact is the whole point of what you are doing. So in 100% of cases. I don’t ask for agirl if I can kiss her before kissing her. The only way to not be one stro * zo in such cases, you do not go on the physical side with total strangers, without making jumps forward too flat in physical contact. That way, if one does not go well and feels comfortable, then they may reject you without feeling violated. […] If you want to live in a protective bubble, rimanetevene home.»
When another user pointed out to him, from another post, that the logic “if she didn’tHe wanted someone to try, so why would be coming to the party? “isn’t exactly infallible — many people go to parties for the party, not necessarily to find a sexual partner, Evilore responded that” at that point, then don’t talk about it NeoGAF after.»
We’ll see how the story will continue in the coming days, whereas the allegations rain down on Evilore and that even his old post, which you can see in this screenshot give credence to accusationsfrom people molested by him. Meanwhile, the forum is still offline and devoid of a staff that can content volumes.
