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ITS BACCKKKK!
The 2nd
#BGGOnlineSummit
returns August 3, bigger and better than ever!
Join some of the industry's changemakers for a day of gaming and geekdom-focused conversation, educational workshops for creators and streamers, indie studio showcases, industry networking,
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STOP DILUTING HEADLINES WHEN THERE'S BEEN BLATANT RACISM.
Popular streamer Tfue had another "heated gaming moment" while playing Minecraft
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THEY DID IT!!! Sora is officially a part of
#SuperSmashBrosUltimate
!!! One of our favorite characters from JRPG!! Kingdom Hearts FTW!!
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AYO SOMEBODY COME LOOK AT THIS COSPLAY!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Credit: Andre Barron (Facebook)
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Dear Developers,
We get it Medieval times happened. Please move on.
Thanks.
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The last 3+ wks, we've been subjected to rampant misinformation, slander, harassment (note: healthy criticism is fine), even death threats. No person/org should be exposed to this behavior. We do not (& never have) condone this behavior toward us, nor on our behalf.
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This is disgusting and not surprising in the slightest.
We already have to fight to be SEEN in video games and now have to continue dealing with this racist foolishness. This is getting old.
WE ARE TIRED.
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Nobody:
Us: womp, womp, womp, womp, womp, womp, womp
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We're addressing the recent allegations published on about discriminatory hiring practices within Black Girl Gamers. These claims are false and were made without prior fact-checking or verification from us or our representatives. (1/8)
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GAMING has been an unsafe place for years. This toxic culture needs to be ripped out and thrown away.
Women's bodies and consent are not collateral damage. The status quo needs to change.
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Everyone after the Twitch leak: "Wow it seems like mostly white men creators who make the most money in gaming, that doesn't seem balanced.."
Us:
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Please please. Let's not center the PS5 around men, i.e. buying it for your man, "if he looks after the kids then he gets a ps5", "ps5>wife"
The jokes are dead. Let them rest please.
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Stop normalising toxic white men's behaviour by creating terms to generalise their bad behaviour as "gamer" behaviour.
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And she's dark skinned 😢🙌🏾🔥
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YO IM ABOUT TO PASS OUT
Your nominees for Content Creator of the Year, presented by
@adobe
👾
@charalanahzard
👾
@NickMercs
👾
@TimtheTatman
👾
@blackgirlgamers
👾
@Valkyrae
Vote:
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PART ONE🧵
First off, we want to thank you all for the outpour of support - it’s truly heartwarming to see our work has touched people from all backgrounds and had an impact. (1/33)
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We stand with the Blizzard employees who have unfortunately experienced discrimation and abuse. The industry *HAS* to change and stop accepting toxic behaviours as the norm.
#ActiBlizzWalkout
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Every reference we've spotted in Megan Thee Stallion's New music video BOA 👅💥
@theestallion
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The secret is out! Black Panther is in
@FortniteGame
and WE have codes to give away!
Come through to win one of 75 skins we're giving away!
Hosted by
#BGGmember
@Mad_Madame_Em
!
#BlackGirlGamers
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🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY COZY GAMES
🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY FPS GAMES
🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY ACTION-ADVENTURE GAMES
🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY RPGs
🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY RTS GAMES
🗣️BLACK WOMEN PLAY SIMULATION GAMES
✨✨BLACK WOMEN PLAY ALL GAMES✨✨
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And in today's news of rewarding white racists
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You see why representation matters?! 🙌🏾
I got emotional. Representation matters. 🇵🇷✊🏾 Here's my full reaction to the Miles Morales gameplay demo.
#MilesMoralesPS5
#SpiderManMilesMorales
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So I asked the community to submit their
@FallGuysGame
clips and this is what I got.
I give you..
The BGG Community spotlight a.k.a Fall Girl Summer
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The privilege you must have to say it's not your job to educate your audience.
It's not our job to change the industry either and yet here we are.
No one's asking for a PowerPoint, you can literally say two lines and block.
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A mother bought her daughter a new gaming setup for her birthday! Mom of the year! 😍😍😍
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Iight so I didn't announce this just because when it happened it didn't feel like the right time given what was going on but yes BGG is a Twitch Partner 🙌🏾✨❤️
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If you don't like what is said, do as we do: report, block, unfollow, & mute. They get paid for your engagement, don't fall for it. Thank you!
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We're so tired.💔
Black community, we love you. Please hold each other in love and kindness.
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No one should be shocked by White Privilege in 2021.
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BGG Forspoken Statement
We are pleased to announce that Black Girl Gamers was hired as a paid consultant on Forspoken, which included having the opportunity to play a pre-release build of the game-
[Thread] (1/10)
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100% and we all know why!
Also, it's not ahistorical that Black people existed?!
Why do people think these eras come with less Black/Brown people?
Ita weird that fans of God of War are suddenly super concerned about fidelity to mythology when it comes to Angrboda's skin colour and not when it comes to *gestures at literally the entire narrative of God of War*
#GodOfWarRagnarok
#racism
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Oh, and don’t worry, we have the receipts to prove this hiring discrimination rhetoric is bogus too...this why it’s important to fact check if you're going to call yourself a “reliable news source”. 🤗
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Really excited for Sword of Symphony!!!! It looks amazing and by a Black Dev
@Stephen_Ddungu
!!
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Just sending love out in this hard time. As gamers, we're sort of at an advantage as we know how to enjoy ourselves indoors, but for those, gamers or not, who suffer from mental illnesses and may be heavily impacted by staying inside - here are some games that will ease the mind:
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I'm hype about Black is King and in true random fashion, I give you Beyonce as game characters.
Beyonce as a tank warrior, in 100% protective armour.
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And we are back to reality… we can’t have nothing without there being sexist, racist, and/or misogynist gamers. Black women existing in GTA 6 shouldn’t result to this type of behavior. Disgusting.
Exhibit A:
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Apex 🤝 not adding 7 White women and claiming diversity
Expert modder Rampart is joining the Games in Season 6. Ready to dance? 😏
Get acquainted with Rampart and Sheila when Season 6 launches on August 18 along with a new weapon, a new Crafting system, and more! 👇
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.......... "Out of thin air".
......"out of thin air"
"Out" "of" "thin" "air"
@blackgirlgamers
@Mad_Madame_Em
When they have one of their streamers saying stuff like this to anyone who is criticizing who this looks, then it's a hard pass.
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Didn't you all just exclusively sign P*wdie P*e?
We stand in solidarity against racism and violence. When members of our community hurt, we all hurt. We’re pledging $1M in support of efforts to address social injustice.
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Think it took them long enough
Meet Sojourn, one of Overwatch 2's new heroes. What do you think of her so far?
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WE HYPE! Only one week until our inaugural
#BlackGirlGamers
Online Summit, in partnership with
@Twitch
!
Join us on Twitch Front Page for panels, key notes & tea ☕️ on Streaming, Voice Acting and changes in gaming on June 13th at 7pm GMT.
Watch this thread!
#BGGOnlineSummit
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Darker skin tones, get them right in games please. Not all Black people are light skinned.
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Gaming but make it fashion thread💅🏾🎮
We'll start
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Gaming Brands, you HAVE NO SAY in how a Black Woman wears her hair to the work place.
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Have you seen these?
Game Boy Heels by Helen Red Richards for Nintendo's '01 campaign
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I'm high key waiting for an unambiguous black woman character in Overwatch.
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Black game developers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Happy black history month I'm always rooting for us.
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Let's go Jay 💕🙌🏾
Jay-Ann Lopez, founder of Black Girl Gamers, is doing everything she can to make gaming more inclusive and diverse.
#LifewireNews
#TechUntangled
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So many people have this view, it's like a weird form of superiority complex. "I'm more mature because I don't play games"
Like okay? Good for you? Imagine people having a superiority complex over someone because they don't watch movies...that's how she sounds.
Having this opinion on video games in 2023 is wild imo.
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Many gamers don't have the range to discuss race and representation in gaming and that's the tea. ☕
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20 years of
#TheSims
! This game has allowed gamers to have so much creativity, build platforms, create stories and communities!
Tell us your fave Sims memory/game/pack/expansion!
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THESE HAIR TEXTURES!!! So many beautiful hairstyles and the dope artwork is the cherry on top! These gaming companies need to hire you
@pianta_
!!!
#drawingwhileblack
#blacktober
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It's actually fascinating how this toxic culture in gaming has been thriving for so long & women/marginalised people are always the collateral damage.
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Two Black Women in the news in the UK talking about gaming. Who would have foreseen?
@blackgirlgamers
&
@nnesaga
to di worlddd🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
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Hey family,
In light of all that is happening, we are holding another Wellness Week starting 1st June. We want offer a safe, relaxing space for us to decompress.
We will also be running a Tiltify fundraising campaign for
@MNFreedomFund
#BlackGirlGamers
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Black Girl Gamers operates as a contracting organization that collaborates with both freelancers and content creators from all backgrounds to work on various projects and initiatives to amplify underrepresented voices in gaming and make the community more inclusive. (2/8)
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Pro-tip: Having gaming as a common hobby with a woman does not mean the flirting floodgates are open.
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This is what happened in June.
White content creators, including
@ninja
, used BLM as a marketing opportunity and many lapped it up.
We must be more diligent and stop getting giddy over simple gestures of performative solidarity.
Black streamers/content creators know that your praise/co-sign is PR and people will actively target you for it.
Good night.
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There's a trend of gaming companies not highlighting the Black Women who are MAJOR change drivers/influencers who essentially do their work for them.
You're not SLICK. Give Black Women their flowers and the coin.
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Upon discovering these false and defamatory allegations, we have taken steps to obtain legal counsel to take action against the publication and journalist, as well as subsequent content creators who have reshared the false allegations about our organization. (6/8)
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We remember when this was something we were fighting for, it’s a beautiful thing
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WE'RE IN TIMES SQUARE!
Catch our faces on billboards in NYC! Super grateful to
@Twitch
for this opportunity!
Thank you to
#BGGmembers
@thatsoalykat
@Super_Namu
@jayannlopez_
@bettynixx
@blackwhimsy
for representing us so wonderfully!
Thank you to
@beautyanasim
for capturing!
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Game devs PLEASE take notes!
Here’s some hairstyles I thought of for black characters. Please ditch the Killmonger locs…we’re tired
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We really got you pressed by just existing LOL
We’ve never worked with sweet baby inc, you all saw ‘Black’ and ‘consulting’ and decided that we all work together. Sounds like racism.
We’re not stopping so have fun. 👍🏾
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This is great but can we get more black hairstyles?
[Announcement]
Cool off this summer by diving into the
#AnimalCrossing
: New Horizons free Summer Update – Wave 1, arriving 7/3! Put on your wet suit to dive & swim in the ocean, and even meet new characters! Stay tuned for info on Wave 2, planned for release in early August.
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Who would have thought that Fortnite would be outperforming so many other games in Black Hair styles?
The team over at Epic Games are putting in overtime with the hairstyle variety in Fortnite.
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@Abzybabzy
Black gamers have been playing as non-Black characters in games for so long and enjoy those games, us included. But there is nothing wrong with us also wanting us to be represented fairly and authentically in the medium. What we're finding here is these detractors don't want the
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People are always mad about our platforms name. 🙄 Like I said, we're good.
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Contrary to the allegations in the article, Black Girl Gamers has contracted freelancers of all races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnic backgrounds. (3/8)
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As always Black Latinx/hispanic are excluded.
Black Latinx steamers where you at?
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Twitch.
Now through October 15, we're spotlighting Hispanic and LatinX creators on Twitch with special front page streams, panel content, emote modifiers and more.
Join in:
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Super happy to see this. The overlooking of Jerry Lawson in history has been egregious. Well done
@netflix
.
Once upon a time, every video game console came with a single dedicated game.
Then in 1976, a Black engineer named Jerry Lawson invented "interchangeable cartridges" and changed the industry forever
(📺: High Score)
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We will continue to pursue further action against anyone who persists in spreading false and defamatory information about Black Girl Gamers, its founder, and its contractors and partners. (7/8)
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I don't care if you lot are for or against Bruno Mars. I'm just inspired that
@TheGrapevineTV
got you all tweeting about it. That's👏🏽 influence👏🏽. I can only imagine.
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Real ones know how much we campaigned about the lack of playable Black Women characters in the industry for almost a decade, and many studios incorporated this without acknowledging our inspiration behind them taking actions, but we know ✊🏾✊🏿
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We value the talent and contributions of all our collaborators and we are committed to continuing to do so. Thank you to our community for the ongoing support. (8/8)
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