Alanah Pearce To Appear In Court After Outing Harassers To Their Mothers

Satire:

Video Games Made Me Do It: "Alanah Pearce, an Australian video game reviewer, recently received a number of threats on Facebook and Twitter criticizing her for being a helpless woman in the video game world. After realizing that many of her assailants were underage she decided to inform their mothers. She rather easily found them through their social media accounts, informing the matriarchs that their offspring were sending rape threats. She then posted the conversation on her Twitter account and sent it to the Guardian. However, the boys are now taking the offensive."

[mrbojingles]

I think what she did is brilliant. Why not doxx back the people who harass her or anyone online? They are always more bark than bite. Rational people can have rational discussions but people who threaten people through the web due to differences of opinion need to be embarassed

[Pandamobile]

Yeah, it's hard to feel bad about these kids' situations. If you're making rape threats to people online and your schoolmates find out about it, have fun being the school pariah.

[HammadTheBeast]

“Our so called ‘threats’ were just small pranks, and not much different than things you see on the internet every day. If I was receiving these death or rape threats online I would have just brushed them off because I’m clearly more mature than her. But she crossed the line, though, by telling my mom about it. Something you learn at a very young age is to never be a tattle tale. She obviously missed that important lesson,”

Some fine gentlemen we have here.

ITS A PRANK BRO, ITS A PRANK, LOOK THERE'S THE CAMERA.

Also, this is just hilarious, taking someone to court for defamation after sending them death threats is just pure stupidity.

[heychrisfox]

But your honour, I didn't ACTUALLY want to rape her or her dead corpse. It was just a joke. Why aren't you laughing? What do you mean I have to pay several thousand dollars for harassment charges?

[nicksetzer1]

In what way is outing people who have made threats illegal. If this ends in any other way than the case being dropped in the preliminary, this is just insane.

[zeal0us]

Its kinda funny. I almost thought this was real until I remember this is the same that posted this

http://vgmmdi.com/ign-wont-...

[LeCreuset]

@zeal0us

LMAO. Good catch. I was searching all over the page for the "satire" disclaimer, after reading this story.

[Dee_91]

This has to be satire... Yea this is totally fake people.lol

[Pandamobile]

The article is satire, but this woman did actually contact the parents of her online harassers.

[Concertoine]

This just reminds me of how BS the school system functions though. I'm sill in high school so this is fresh on my mind. Basically, you have to take it like a b**** and whine to the school to be totally free of any punishment yourself. If you say anything back, hell if someone punches you and you punch back, you are both held equally punishable.

I mean 30 or so years ago, especially in the south, they'd hand you a couple of boxing gloves and you'd settle things that way. I know it's juvenile, but hell, people respected each other that way.

Also, i think we should have a "satire" choice when posting now. Like you have news, opinion piece, and satire. Because this doesn't qualify as either opinion piece or news, and half the time satire pops up on this site it ends up with "SATIRE" in all caps being forced to prelude the title.

[FriedGoat]

God, why is this front page news?

[Godmars290]

So you would rather take a rational action, finding out who your harassers are and having them face the consequences of their actions legally, over the irrational one of publicly out them to the even more irrational court of public opinion where even the families of the harasser would face harassment?

[yewles1]

"where even the families of the harasser would face harassment?"

Isn't it sad that NO ONE ELSE thought about this?

[MRMagoo123]

you get more disagrees tho lol gotta love some of the people on this site huh

[Fireseed]

Raise your kids to not make embarrassments of the family? Idk just a thought.

[eyeDEVOUR]

like fireseed said.. and you are responsible for youre children until they become adults(within reason of course)

[cyclindk]

Hell, let them get more public with it, just more embarrassment for them.. Ha.

[Svinya]

Did people actually read the article?? It's satire..

[HammadTheBeast]

Huh. Doesn't seem like it. I dunno, its weird.

[TFJWM]

Umm ya it is but some people aren't getting that...

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

You don't even have to read it, it's Video Games Made Me Do It (VGMMDI), it's a satire/humour only gaming site. Nothing there is real.

[CorndogBurglar]

Screw these kids. They like to be internet toughguys when no one knows who they are, then cry like little children when they get found out.

The thing they are forgetting is that there's no way that Alanah Pearce could have knows who these kids really were. How does she know they are just pranks? She doesn't.

I kinda like her for what she did. I think its awesome and a bit hysterical too.

Also, I think its really funny that the one kid claims to be more mature than her, yet he is upset because someone told him mommy. lol. So funny.

One last thing, what court in the world would hear what they did, and take their side? No one. I don't care if its just a prank. They threatened rape and other things. It stops being a prank when you start with that crap. Its not like they toilet papered her house. They threatened her well being. No judge will stand for that. She has nothing to worry about at all.

[turdburgler1080]

Strange. I didn't know people burgled corndogs. Always thought it was turds.

[Mithan]

I agree, those little kids deserved getting in trouble.

Show some respect.

[2cents]

Oh my days!!!

Seriously?

"“Our so called ‘threats’ were just small pranks, and not much different than things you see on the internet every day. If I was receiving these death or rape threats online I would have just brushed them off because I’m clearly more mature than her."

Quote of the century for complete and utter shameless stupidity.

These kids have no idea what real world consequences are. When I grew up, if we spoke out of tone we would get a beating. These kids think they can get way with anything, I wish I could meet this kid and show him some real justice.

I hope the judge makes an example of this waste of space.
I totally back what Allana Peare did.

[Nicaragua]

The article is a joke - that quote is completely made up.

Seriously, when did everyone on this site become complete idiots who cannot comprehend satire?

[2cents]

you could have left it with your first line.

my anger is with the threats that these kids are making and the lack of authority, power and action of the adults around them.

Thanks for the insult.

[r1sh12]

WTF?
Do they actually think they will get away with it?
She might appear in court, but nothing will happen apart from getting the case thrown out.

Not only that..But Australia has legislation for internet trolls..
They can be prosecuted.
Surely this is a big back fire waiting to happen?

[Kidmyst]

VGMMDI Site is like the Onion for Gaming news, Satire.

[Activemessiah]

I say let them take her to court, that way they'll trully expose themselves to the world what scumbags they are for all to see.

[Galletto3]

Judge: okay so why are we here today
Boys: this woman invaded our privacy!
Judge: how did she do that?
Boys: she contacted our mothers!
Judge: uh, why did she do that?
Boys: because we were harassing her and sending rape threats!
Judge: ......
Boys: we just feel so violated right now
Judge: ....sigh....

[Fireseed]

Seriously how could this play out any other way?

[pompombrum]

The ironic thing here is it's no surprise that these kids act this way if their parents condone attempting to use the courts for something like this. Fortunately it's almost certainly going to blow up in the kid's face especially in todays age of radical feminists.

[DragonbornZ]

Lol I can see it now
http://25.media.tumblr.com/...

[its_JEFF]

haha... I would pay to see that.

[heychrisfox]

Another point that should be mentioned... these kids are upset and don't want their private information exposed... so they're taking it to a PUBLIC court, where all their information will not only be formally released, but will be engraved permanently into the annals of history.

For people who are upset about invasion of privacy, standing in front of a spotlight seems a curious way of stopping scrutiny.

[Svinya]

Story is satire..

[Death]

That's kind of what I got out of it too.

[aPerson]

Why are people disagreeing with you? Sheesh, this site is full of idiots.

[Kivespussi]

From what I've understand this is actually true but the court part is this site's satirical extra. The girl in the article is an actual game reviewer and actually contacted the mothers. The kids taking it to the court is satire

[aPerson]

@Kivespussi

NO SHIT.

[DLConspiracy]

They are basically admitting to commiting a crime.

[Fireseed]

Hahaha This is by far the greatest article I have ever read on here!

“Our so called ‘threats’ were just small pranks, and not much different than things you see on the internet every day. If I was receiving these death or rape threats online I would have just brushed them off because I’m clearly more mature than her.

This had me in tears!

"During school these boys are now looked at in a different light as their classmates are making it hard to socially mingle with them. Some of the young women especially seem to keep their distance because they believed the boy’s harmless prank should actually be taken seriously."

#dead

Seriously though, are these boys actually shocked that the things they represent them in a poor light?

[Summons75]

A harmless prank, hilarious. While it shows how immature they are to even think that to begin with (completely contradicting how they say they are "more mature" than her", in todays day and age no threat should be taken lightly. There are much worse things should could have done with a threat like that and they should be lucky she only embarrassed them in front of their whole family. This statement also shows how desensitized kids are these days if they think that rape and death are something to laugh at. I can't wait to hear the results of the court as the kids get fines, restraining orders, or whatever else they could get. I hope the judge is hard too just to show them that all their actions have consequences.

[DragonbornZ]

Also too:
"But she crossed the line, though, by telling my mom about it. Something you learn at a very young age is to never be a tattle tale. She obviously missed that important lesson."

I MEAN SHE OBVIOUSLY MISSED AN IMPORTANT LESSON. RIGHT???
Lmao I can't even.

[spicelicka]

^^^guys......the article is satire..................which makes it even better.

[-Foxtrot]

Waiting to see someone link this back to GamerGate and pin it on that movement

[Godmars290]

Hasn't Jezebel/Kotaku already done that?

[-Foxtrot]

Knowing them...probably

[pompombrum]

Yeah they did lol, no need to wait, journos with an agenda are usually one step ahead of us regular folk with these sort of things.

[scark92]

Damn 12 Year Old Misogynists!

[-Foxtrot]

"Misogynists?....Is that a Pokemon?" - Most 12 year olds

[Ogygian]

I hope they do.

It serves as a litmus test for idiots, being satirical.

[JD_Shadow]

They've already tried, and she already called them on it. She was actually misquoted in The Guardian (she was asked about it, and she said while it could be somewhat related, that she didn't think that it was appropriate to do without proper proof). Then Gawker came and just did what they usually do with a story like this.

But you can't be shocked that someone that clearly has an anti-ethics agenda to try to vilify in any way those that call them out on that agenda.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Regarding the threats to her, it was already done. The woman then got pissed off at whatever news publication saying that she never blamed it on gamergate. The news publication then updated its article to say something along the lines of "She has changed her mind regarding her blaming X" which pissed her off more because she never blamed X in the first place.

[Dannycr]

What I appreciate of what she did, is that she did it without screaming to everybody how much of a victim she was.

She did it all by herself, without going to every site to promote what she did. She gets it. She knows that this problem is genderless, that we all (male and female) suffer from it and she tried to fix it in the most honest way possible

[SMcNu715]

Kids these days. Spoiled entitled brats. God forbid they face consequence for their actions.

[Summons75]

Court wise they are probably looking at fines and or a restriction order. At home they are probably looking at a "You probably didn't do that but don't do it again. Here is a new ipad, Playstation, Laptop, iphone, $300 shoes, and my dignity as you curse and scream at me with no respect because you are mommies baby and can't do anything less than perfect."

Ugh parents today. If my mother caught me doing this I would see the light of day for a month. No friends, no games, no tv, no playing outside, just school, homework, bed.

[SMcNu715]

What I'm saying. If the parents actually intend to sure her, they have no spine.

[Ogygian]

Well this most certainly is not a satirical article. I mean it's totally reasonable to believe that these kids have been picked up for a book by a publishing company, and even have the resources to fund their own court cases.

And this post was of course entirely serious, without a hint of sarcasm...

[AHall88]

I think it's kind of funny to see everyone get worked up over it, lol.

[freshslicepizza]

probably because people can relate to it to how kids are today. whats even worse is people older doing this.

[Death]

Yeah, but it's Australia. No rules, just right. Anyone see where I left my Fosters? <hic>

[Sir_Simba]

Instead of apologizing, they do this.

lunatism huh

[CaptainObvious878]

Is this article satire? I can't tell.

[AHall88]

Pretty sure it is.

Satire needs to be clearly marked because no body on this site bothers to read anything anymore, they just see the headline and then comment.

[Sketchy_Galore]

That's partly the reason it should be marked but I think the greater reason is to defend against people flooding the site with clickbait stories that hide behind satire to excuse the fact that they're simply trying to grab clicks with controversial headlines that have no basis in reality.

[gangsta_red]

"Our so called ‘threats’ were just small pranks, and not much different than things you see on the internet every day."

Disgusting, doesn't matter where these threats are placed, these are still THREATS!

"If I was receiving these death or rape threats online I would have just brushed them off because I’m clearly more mature than her."

Absolute comedy right here...men don't take threats of rape seriously because let's be honest, men are not victims of rape as much as women are, if at all. But rape is a very serious concern (AND A CRIME) for a lot of women and not to mention, more importantly...it's just plain WRONG to even say this to anyone online or off to a woman.

"But she crossed the line, though, by telling my mom about it. Something you learn at a very young age is to never be a tattle tale. She obviously missed that important lesson,” stated one of the young gentlemen."

I wonder what lesson he missed as a child...YOU DON'T THREATEN PEOPLE! I mean that is just a moral lesson you also learn as a child.

Get this joke of a situation out of here. I hope it backfires on these fools and they actually get penalized by the LAW instead of their parents.

[gangsta_red]

Ok...I really hope this story was sarcasm. Reading it over again it just seems so outlandish that it can't be true. But then again there was a case when someone robbed a house, got hurt while robbing and won sued the people he robbed for getting hurt in their house.

So, stranger things has happened.

But this is just ridiculous!

[ziggurcat]

turns out the article is satire.

[FullmetalRoyale]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/...

Oh man...

Christmas came early! This makes me feel very joyful.

[Sketchy_Galore]

Oh well if she ever needs to escape she's perfectly welcome to come stay at my place. I'll hide her, for a price.
(not a rape threat. At most a request for consensual sex).

[BX81]

For a price? If you under pay she might tell your mom ;)

[JimmyDM90]

99.9% sure that this article is a joke. It's too exaggerated to be anything other than satire.

[bunfighterii]

Defamation will be a hard sell given they actually wrote the threat, and as far as I'm aware, in Australia at least, the Privacy Act only applies to large organisations and governments, and theres little else they can rely on.

I wouldnt be concerned if I were her.

[Svinya]

You guys realize this is a sature article, right?

[aPerson]

It's N4G. Most people here don't bother reading the articles they comment on, or they are too stupid to figure it out.

[WeAreLegion]

It's a satire website. It even says so in the FAQ. What is wrong with you people?

[Pandamobile]

Isn't satire supposed to be marked as such?

[BattleTorn]

We don't read FAQ's before we read articles?

Or we don't assume articles are satire?

[zpoc]

n4g should block satire sites like this from making it to the front page.

[matrixman92]

both parties are idiots.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

What's up with society now days backing people who make stupid decisions?

[BABY-JEDI]

This is a pretty entertaining read. Wish it was true. I would love to see this headlining BBC news

[Locknuts]

I'd love to be the judge on that day.

[BattleTorn]

[angry comment redacted]

.... rape-threat apologist satire.... lovely *puke*

[Scatpants]

I think if you threaten to rape someone on their public Facebook page that person shouldn't have any responsibility to keep your conversation private. This is going to get laughed out of court.

[DaGamingKing]

I think Alana could have handled this situation better. Not saying she is wrong, but, exposing people, getting their personal details etc is an invasion of privacy. Cases can be thrown out when people are identified for crimes, and they can be let off scott free. I do think people have the right to justice, just gotta follow the right channels and not take the law into your own hands.

I guess we'll see how this all unfolds.

[ziggurcat]

i was about to write a comment, but then realize that this is actually a satirical article...

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

Same here, noticed it in the websites comment section

[DaGamingKing]

What do you mean by that, its fake? If so how did this story get up? Can it be removed? Its gaining traction here.

[Tankbusta40]

Women video game reviewers are as bad as NFL female sideline reporters... Nothing good ever comes of it

[BobBelcher]

I wouldn't make comparisons between anything and the NFL right now... The athletes are such gutter trash these days.

[CocoWolfie]

theres a law agasint contacting someones mum? i dont know much about law tbh, but id say the rape comments easily outway telling theyre mum on them.

[WeirdShroom]

She's pretty cute. I would totally do all kinds of gentlemanly things to her.

[Ch1d0r1]

Never heard of this girl. Didn't know you can sue somebody for telling on them to their mama. Poor kids probably got a spanking and lost internet privileges.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

I seriously can't tell, is this satire? The way the author wrote this, you can't see an objectiveness at all. I mean in the situation on i'm on the reviewer's side to begin with (up until the public shaming part), but like this writer is f* horrendous at writing if this isn't satire.

Turns out it is satire upon looking more into the site. So why isn't it marked as such? Mods should fix this.

[360ICE]

"A publishing company is currently working with the boys to tell their side of the story. The book will focus on how these death threats should not be taken seriously and maybe people need to just lighten up. The book is currently titled 'Sticks and Stones.'"

It's satire.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

"Turns out it is satire upon looking more into the site. So why isn't it marked as such? Mods should fix this."

I'm aware.

[360ICE]

Well, yeah. I'm just telling you that it's possible to make that call from the text.

And, yes, I agree. This should be marked as satire.

[PFFT]

She's got this in the bag. She will win no doubt. Now a days Rape and Death threats ONLINE or not should always be taken seriously. There are a lot of crazy fucks out there.

[CraigUK]

She took them seriously enough to go to their mothers, rather than the police.

[HaVoK308]

Yes, she was in grave danger from the 12 year olds. The pussification of the World continues...

[Yahdaree]

They're all pussies...lol.

[yoggin]

Is it satire?

[Amuro]

yes it is.

[Hx3KinG]

Good on you girl!!

[pelida]

Rape and deaths threats are not cool.

[saber00005]

I hate to say it, but in the court of law, if someone were to post an under age name and the parents or guardians do not approve of this, Alanah is subjected to being prosecuted for posting information of an underage child. Yeah, she can get sued. But in the same sense, these kids can also be in BIG TROUBLE for threatening. That IS a crime, like it or not. :/

Just saying... It is pretty ridiculous though..

[BillytheBarbarian]

The term "rape" doesn't even mean that in competitive gaming. It's just wiggling your avatar over the dead avatar you just defeated. Basically doing whatever they want on their dead corpse before they respawn. Rape, tea bag, gang bang, ...whatever.

Unfamiliar gamers take it too seriously. I don't condone 12 year olds saying such things but that's on parenting. My 9 year old plays online but I don't give him a MIC or headset, and the gore is usually shut off if the option is there.