BioWare Employee Jennifer Hepler Verbally Harassed, Abused and Threatened

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Should have stayed in the kitchen.....

princeofshapeir

You know...after reading this...

[QUOTE="DarthBilf"][QUOTE="wewantdoom4now"]

im a gamer she isnt.

princeofshapeir

TORtanic...funny. Only in System Wars would people find a game with 1.7 million active subscribers a failure comparable to the Titanic.

What a bunch of sad and pathethic kids...screw that, what a bunch of a-holes.

"This is the kind of behavior that justifies the FOX News stereotype of the basement dwelling, antisocial nerd. This is the kind of behavior that makes the Spike VGAs look like the perfect gamer show — because it's crass, immature, and it sports the emotional depth of a wet paper towel. That's how gamers look when something like this happens."

This has to be one of the few times i'm agree with Jim Stearling.

This has kind of getting into dead horse territory.

You k'now, now I remember her and her borderline idiotic quotes...I don't condone harrassing or threatening her but it's in BW's best interest to keep that monstrocity away from writing the story. They do not need virgin fantasies over there.

DrTrafalgarLaw

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Should have stayed in the kitchen.....

princeofshapeir

Seriously, what does that have to do with anything???

im a gamer she isnt.

wewantdoom4now

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"]

You k'now, now I remember her and her borderline idiotic quotes...I don't condone harrassing or threatening her but it's in BW's best interest to keep that monstrocity away from writing the story. They do not need virgin fantasies over there.

Lionheart08

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Should have stayed in the kitchen.....

svetzenlether

Seriously, what does that have to do with anything???

This, the Bioware kids attacking her aren't Biodrones, the people that defend Bioware to death and their $200 million dollar failure are true Biodrones. I'm not defending what's happening to Hepler--it's pretty disgusting and mean--but anti-BioWare resentment has grown ever since EA came along and Dragon Age II was pushed out like the turd it is. Things have really come to a head with TORtanic and the Mass Effect 3 DLC.princeofshapeir

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

Should have stayed in the kitchen.....

princeofshapeir

:roll:

[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"]

You k'now, now I remember her and her borderline idiotic quotes...I don't condone harrassing or threatening her but it's in BW's best interest to keep that monstrocity away from writing the story. They do not need virgin fantasies over there.

DrTrafalgarLaw

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

DAII isn't DA:O

And what parts did she write for DA:O

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"]

You k'now, now I remember her and her borderline idiotic quotes...I don't condone harrassing or threatening her but it's in BW's best interest to keep that monstrocity away from writing the story. They do not need virgin fantasies over there.

Lionheart08

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

Worst sections.

[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"]

You k'now, now I remember her and her borderline idiotic quotes...I don't condone harrassing or threatening her but it's in BW's best interest to keep that monstrocity away from writing the story. They do not need virgin fantasies over there.

DrTrafalgarLaw

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

[QUOTE="wewantdoom4now"]

[QUOTE="Spartan070"] Don't need you on these forums but we deal don't we?...,.

svetzenlether

im a gamer she isnt.

So you're akin to a fan of a sports team, while she's akin to a member of said sports team. Moreso, you're like an armchair GM who thinks he can do a better job than the people who are actually involved. You can express your displeasure with your wallet, but that's about it. So if you don't like it, DON'T BUY IT.

[QUOTE="Chrome-"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]As long as her vagina remains intact.princeofshapeir

Oh don't worry about that trust me.

so beautiful :oops:

The attacks on her are exaggerated and she's party to blame for mocking those who are already upset with her. SAGE_OF_FIRE

she might as well keep her mouth shut and not make stupid comments about skipping gameplay, then, especially when you have collossal failures of gameplay like DA2 and TORtanic princeofshapeir

No one cares about this fat virgin.Chrome-

[QUOTE="Chrome-"]No one cares about this fat virgin.Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="Chrome-"]No one cares about this fat virgin.Chrome-

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"] The attacks on her are exaggerated and she's party to blame for mocking those who are already upset with her. Shielder7

she might as well keep her mouth shut and not make stupid comments about skipping gameplay, then, especially when you have collossal failures of gameplay like DA2 and TORtanic princeofshapeir

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"] The attacks on her are exaggerated and she's party to blame for mocking those who are already upset with her. Shielder7

she might as well keep her mouth shut and not make stupid comments about skipping gameplay, then, especially when you have collossal failures of gameplay like DA2 and TORtanic princeofshapeir

She did? Explain how DAII's story was a total failure in all regards.DrTrafalgarLaw

She didn't write the story. She wrote some characters, side quests and Legacy. David Gaider was lead and mostly responsible for the story.

You keep trying to look cool by saying Bio-drone and it just makes you look like a complete dumbass. If they are a Bio-drone as you like to call it they would be defending anything Bioware instead of bashing a employee. That is like calling someone a Sony fanboy for bashing Kaz Hirai.

CanYouDiglt

Go Go Bio-Drone Ranger!

http://www.themarysue.com/inclusion-what-jennifer-heplers-story-is-all-about/

So forgive me if this has been posted before but in a nut shell a Bio-ware writer who has written a lot of content for DAO, SWTOR and other games, had an interview 5 years ago and how she feels that story to her is more important than game play. Recently some gamers took screenshots of those things and Photoshopped them next to a picture of that person, where her quotes were butchered and completely taken out of context next thing you know.

Go Go Bio-Drone Rangers


So anyways long story short the Bio-drones went off like a fuse calling the person "the cancer that is killing Bioware." That they hope she gets cancer, thats she dies in a fire on top of a mountain of other things. Than she made the grave mistake of fighting back and using "Common Sense" and....

Mega Thunder Bio-Drone Zord GO!

And the harassment went as far as to actually calling her house and leaving death threats which also lead to her closing down her twitter account. Well here's one link to the story they're probably more.

go go bio-drone rangers...........

Shielder7

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"][QUOTE="MBirdy88"]this reminds me of that jade raymond lady that worked on assassins creed... the rude images made of her. lets be honest, most guys on the internet are annon thugs thinking they can say what they want.MBirdy88

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]As long as her vagina remains intact.Chrome-

Oh don't worry about that trust me.

Omg that's just epic, rofl!

If she was a man nobody would care.

People only defend her because she's a woman.

If a man made those dumb-ass comments ("I have a penis and a game industry job and you can't get either") they would have been fired from Bioware.

Misandry is acceptable apparently.

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"] the internet is all about anonymitySpartan070

The very essense of being a real life punk.

True that. If your not gonna visit the person and do it in there face..don't do it. Then again, i'm old school and don't believe in hiding behind the internet if i attack a person.

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

If she was a man nobody would care.

People only defend her because she's a woman.

If a man made those dumb-ass comments ("I have a penis and a game industry job and you can't get either") they would have been fired from Bioware.

Misandry is acceptable apparently.

PC4lifeman2233

It's all because she has dem man boobs.

[QUOTE="Spartan070"]

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"] the internet is all about anonymityxOMGITSJASONx

The very essense of being a real life punk.

True that. If your not gonna visit the person and do it in there face..don't do it. Then again, i'm old school and don't believe in hiding behind the internet if i attack a person.

There is already a thread on this non-news isn't there?

I could probably just copy/paste my comment from the actual news article.

I will.

"Quit being a bunch of babies every time someone gets trolled. Welcome to the internet, people with anonymity attempting to troll don't really care about logic or feelings or empathy, they're in it to get a rise out of you. They succeeded, way to go Bioware. If you had just shut up the trolls would have gotten bored with it and quit the harassing, but the fact that you acknowledged them as any kind of legitimate problem was your mistake.

On a more personal note, Hepler is an extremely uncharismatic person and has no business representing the company in any way. The way she responded to these attacks is pretty much evidence of that. It's fine if she writes well (she doesn't) but that hardly means she should enter the public spotlight.

As for the article itself, it's odd that you defend the crass and unprofessional response of Bioware's senior employees. Imagine if someone like a senator responded to their critics and heckler's by calling them a ****ing moron, instead of encouraging civilized behavior. Their support would drop off completely. A petty individual with power can be a dangerous thing.

If you can't learn to shrug off a cheap shot, what business do you have representing your company? I think Muzyka's response was much more appropriate, but of course by then the damage had been done."

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]

You keep trying to look cool by saying Bio-drone and it just makes you look like a complete dumbass. If they are a Bio-drone as you like to call it they would be defending anything Bioware instead of bashing a employee. That is like calling someone a Sony fanboy for bashing Kaz Hirai.

Shielder7

Go Go Bio-Drone Ranger!

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="DarthBilf"] She doesn't need to be a gamer...she's a writer. I would wager that a decent amount of video game writers aren't huge gamers themselves.svetzenlether

TORtanic...funny. Only in System Wars would people find a game with 1.7 million active subscribers a failure comparable to the Titanic.

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"][QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

And yet she wrote some of the better sections of Dragon Age Origins. :|

EliteM0nk3y

DAII isn't DA:O

And what parts did she write for DA:O

A good chunk of the Dwarf Lore, Dwarf Commoner Origin, Anvil of the Void.

Hell, even DA2 didn't suffer that bad of a story. Act 3 was when everything started falling apart.

[QUOTE="Shielder7"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"] This, the Bioware kids attacking her aren't Biodrones,princeofshapeir

thats a bit unfair to say. I thought the game was good just not mindblowing and to say everyone who didint think was crap is a drone is a bit over the top.

I feel this is only slightly relevant, but worth posting here.

I honestly don't understand how what she said was ever considered newsworthy. It's not like she's working on the gameplay, she wrote some of the romances in some of the Bioware games... who cares what she thinks?

I mean I know it's a slow time of the year for gaming news and releases but damn Internet, why so serious?

I feel this is only slightly relevant, but worth posting here.

Vaasman

Thanks for posting that. Unlike BioWare, ArenaNet knows how to make good MMOs with interesting lore.

[QUOTE="Vaasman"]

I feel this is only slightly relevant, but worth posting here.

princeofshapeir

Thanks for posting that. Unlike BioWare, ArenaNet knows how to make good MMOs with interesting lore.

I'm 100% convinced that the president of BioWare must have stolen your lunch money and beat you up as a kid, and in between beatings he kicked your puppy.

You have a serious issue with BioWare that seems almost unhealthy.

[QUOTE="Vaasman"]

I feel this is only slightly relevant, but worth posting here.

princeofshapeir

Thanks for posting that. Unlike BioWare, ArenaNet knows how to make good MMOs with interesting lore.

Hot vs. Not :P

I'm 100% convinced that the president of BioWare must have stolen your lunch money and beat you up as a kid, and in between beatings he kicked your puppy.

You have a serious issue with BioWare that seems almost unhealthy.

MLBknights58

Some people are still struggling to deal with the fact that most developers have realized that console gaming is far more profitable than the PC counterpart and they're running out of ways to justify their rage.

You know guys, some of you make some general valid complaints and criticism then you instantly lose the integrity of your statements when you a crack a "she's a fattie" "she's definently a virgin" "she's ugly".

Often times the way i feel is if one makes it apparent of their special demographic when doing their job, the more they unintentionally direct it to becoming an issue.

But then i look at comments on this forum and those vicious attacks and instantly understand WHY they make it a big deal.

If you were going to complain about her writing or what she chooses to do with her characters then by all means complain away. But do so because of her writing not because she's a woman.

I feel this is only slightly relevant, but worth posting here.

Vaasman

I don't give a flying sh!t if she said that all gamers are turds and their moms are the b!tches that crapped them out, she shouldn't be getting death threats for that.

We are talking GAMES here. This sh!t is ridiculous. Grow the f*ck up.

It's no wonder people outside this hobby think you're all idiot 14 year olds. Enjoy the VGAs because that's pretty much what the people outside of our hobby think of us.

I honestly don't understand how what she said was ever considered newsworthy. It's not like she's working on the gameplay, she wrote some of the romances in some of the Bioware games... who cares what she thinks?

I mean I know it's a slow time of the year for gaming news and releases but damn Internet, why so serious?

commonfate

[QUOTE="MLBknights58"]I'm 100% convinced that the president of BioWare must have stolen your lunch money and beat you up as a kid, and in between beatings he kicked your puppy.

You have a serious issue with BioWare that seems almost unhealthy.

Bobzfamily

Some people are still struggling to deal with the fact that most developers have realized that console gaming is far more profitable than the PC counterpart and they're running out of ways to justify their rage.