I really think the way to criticize something is to look at what it's about, figure out what the overall theme or message of the work is, and whether the work makes its point coherently. Sarkeesian's method of picking at stuff like sitting animations tends to obscure rather than illuminate any useful discussion about…

I know the trend these days is to treat the death of any female character in a comic as some kind of gender injustice, but Gwen Stacy, Uncle Ben and Batman's parents need to stay dead. Some characters' deaths are clearly temporary, but others — particularly the deaths of non-hero characters — need to stick.

If she weren't an attractive woman, she wouldn't have been invited to join TempoStorm after winning one online tournament. Which is why the whole thing was set up in the first place. She won't play in public because she wasn't playing her games.

Nothing is creepy. A high-profile former teammate accused her of cheating by screen-sharing, and also alleged that she would never stream or play in public because she didn't really play the games on her account.

Borrowing large sums of money from multiple "internet friends" and not paying them back sounds like a scam to me.

There have been several high-profile Hearthstone cheating scandals. Anyone who wants to be a pro gamer and won't play in public is suspect.

Nobody thinks "being good is proof a man is playing." MagicAmy has solicited loans of large amounts of money from members of the Hearthstone community on the basis of her status as a high-level player, and not paid it back, and nobody has ever seen her play. The whole thing appears to be some kind of scam.

Why is it rational to "let it slide" that a paid pro-gamer is not really playing their games?

Kripparian is not a "random" YouTuber. Very prominent in the Hearthstone community. And former teammates accused her of scams. This is not 4Chan and GamerGate doxxing somebody. It's respected people raising serious questions.

They don't want her to prove her gender. They want her to prove that she can actually play Hearthstone. There have been cheating scandals in pro-gaming involving male players as well.

Nobody is stalking. The professional team she is on initiated an investigation when several people publicly accused her of scamming them for money and rumors started circulating about how nobody had actually ever seen her play the game.

She's not merely trying to be a Hearthstone player. A lot of completely anonymous people reach high ranks every season and don't stream or sign with pro teams or solicit donations.

I don't think you get it. There are a couple of thousand players each month who hit legendary rank in Hearthstone. Most of them don't stream or attend tournaments. But they also don't join these pro teams and attempt to become part of this high-profile, moneymaking scene without streaming their play and playing in…

Why is that insane. People who join these sponsored teams and try to gain prominence in the community all attend tournaments and stream online all the time. Someone trying to join one of these teams and write articles and become prominent without ever playing live or streaming is really strange.

Well, you posted an irrefutable GIF, so you must be right.

Look, there are assholes on Twitter and asshole YouTube commenters. Some people in the world have mild autism or personality disorders, or they are simply poorly socialized. A lot of those people play video games. If you interact with people online — for gaming or dating or political discussion or business…

A female professional gamer will earn more than a male professional gamer who plays at the same skill level, and male streamers tend to get fewer donations and gifts than female streamers, so there isn't much incentive for a female gamer to pretend to be a man.

Nobody is arguing that no girl could be good at games. There are women who compete at pro levels in Starcraft and League of Legends, and there are female gamers who play seriously, but are not at professional levels who have very popular streams.

The persona is popular because it's an attractive woman. If that didn't matter, there would be no reason to do it.

Most prominent members of the community she's trying to be a part of regularly stream their play online and play in a bunch of tournaments. MagicAmy doesn't stream and seems to go to great lengths to avoid being in a situation where people actually have to see her play.