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Nick Robinson (Polygon) involved in sexual harassment allegations [Suspended]
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Deleted member 30609
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Yeah, the wider polygon bashing is inappropriate itt
I think Kessler counts, since he works at Playstation and has been friends with Nick since they were interns at Giant Bomb.
the anime man
Banned
Was disappointed to hear this. Man 
I'm not gonna go to KiA to see how Gerbils rationalize this one.
From what I saw on Twitter, it's mainly people trying to twist it into some burn on Polygon out of fake concern. Saw someone talk about how he was one of Polygon's best people "aside from his politics", which was weird to read.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
That Krystal thing always seemed just like a bad (and gross) joke but some of the reactions to it make much more sense now.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
The difficult part is that unless a formal complaint is made, a person cannot (and should not!) be fired for rumours. Sadly the state of the world is such that women cannot - or are made to feel that they cannot - come forward and make accusations free of recrimination. Then this lack of overt evidence is used as evidence of conspiracy or innocence. (although many will choose not to believe the accusations if explicitly made anyway!)
This isn't unique to video gaming, although can manifest particularly viciously here because video gaming culture is Very Bad.
charlequin
Banned
Game writing is a very small industry. Nobody gets paid well and everyone who succeeds is doing it on the back of leveraging a lot of personal relationships to get gigs. If someone's tight with the local micro-celebrities (and the McElroys are as close to that as you get in games journalism) it's easy to expect that if you get on their bad side you'll be informally blacklisted.
Because a whole bunch of people coming out about it at the same time without any specific attackable sources of "evidence" keeps them all collectively safer.
I brought up Devin Faraci earlier and considering what happened there it's likely Nick will be made to step down if the allegations bare out, which is looking quite likely at this point.
Indie dev who made Joylancer among other things
http://store.steampowered.com/app/315540/The_Joylancer_Legendary_Motor_Knight/
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
To who? Even some of his friends/colleagues like Kessler had no idea. I don't get how Polygon bashing makes any sense here honestly.
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Deleted member 30609
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Mm, reworded a tad
He's also working on Card Witch, which is rad looking and has Battle Network style combat.
The more relevant answer is that he's friends with some of the people Nick targeted.
ClayKavalier
Banned
Totally agree. That women don't feel comfortable issuing a formal complaint even at a workplace as progressive as Polygon's is another reason I don't see an issue with the site being brought into discussion.
Portugeezer
Member
I don't use twitter much, do DMs disappear after some time or can they show them?
DMs are forever unless you delete the convo.
Basileus777
Member
This. Using this to take random potshots at people at Polygon who have no connection to sexual harassment is gross.
Lunarwhale
Member
Been following this since last night - wishing for the best for his victims and good on the people who are speaking up for those who can't.
This also contextualizes some of his past actions and the response from them. Everything surrounding that Krystal tweet seemed a bit overblown until this gave it further meaning, and reason for why people might want to take a chance to call out his behavior.
This also contextualizes some of his past actions and the response from them. Everything surrounding that Krystal tweet seemed a bit overblown until this gave it further meaning, and reason for why people might want to take a chance to call out his behavior.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
I can kind of see how a horny/creepy guy might try and chat up someone on Twitter, even though it's wildly inappropriate but no matter how many mental contortions I make I can't understand how people ask for photos right off the bat.
My brain literally can't process it.
Good on those who decided to speak up, it takes a lot of courage to do so when there is a large part of the gaming community that is going to take it as an invitation to harass and abuse you.
Also, "hey landon shut the fuck up" made me laugh.
My brain literally can't process it.
Good on those who decided to speak up, it takes a lot of courage to do so when there is a large part of the gaming community that is going to take it as an invitation to harass and abuse you.
Also, "hey landon shut the fuck up" made me laugh.
What? I don't know who my friends are messaging on any social media platform. Let's not sloppily spread our outrage.
This is fucked, though. Dude seems like an asshole from his tweets alone. That dickish gamer personality attitude is so gd unappealing.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Well, I'm not super familiar with him but as a giantbomb fan, this is disappointing. I hope the powers that be at Polygon will handle this situation appropriately. And by that, I mean firing him. Good on Kessler for his apology though.
sixteen-bit
Member
Whoa.
AmuroChan
Member
Yea, I saw that Kessler isn't following Nick on Twitter anymore. A lot of industry people still are though, like Ashley Jenkins, Greg Miller, Max Scoville, Marty Sliva, Kallie Plagge, etc.
The McElroys have always been at the center of their stuff though, and they've built up their side cast well enough in the past few months that I would imagine they're at the point where they can cast off Nick without it being fatal. Whether they do or not, who knows.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
He was on Kinda Funny a few weeks ago. It was the first time I heard of and from him, and he came off really creepy.
That sounds gross. I do hope the people who are affected are pressing charges, to send a message that sexual harassment will be met with actual consequences.
That's why the people need to press charges. I think the volume of people affected can create a good base of evidence for the case (I'm not a lawyer, though, so it's all spitballing on my behalf), so as to not have the case fall to dearth of tangible evidence.
Yearsoflurking
Member
Apologize for not reading the entire thread besides the first two pages but is there any serious allegations outside of him trying to talk to a girl in a dm?
Another day, another games industry figure outed as a bad person on Twitter. I always thought Polygon's writing was trash but it's still shocking and saddening to learn that they have an actual trash human being on their payroll.
Can we maybe, uh, have all these people stop inflicting awful behavior on their fellow human beings? Please?
Can we maybe, uh, have all these people stop inflicting awful behavior on their fellow human beings? Please?
It takes some time, some might not have even heard of it yet.
People like Car Boys, Cool Games Inc., Touch the Skyrim among other things. Basically a cross-section of the McElroy brothers fanbase and his.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onzu_r-O7YA
I'm going by the interpretation of the events that this was an "open secret", which implicitly means that some people knew of his behavior but said nothing.
RumbleHumble
Banned
If Nick's smart, he'll step down himself.
Devin made the right choice in dropping twitter, removing himself from his positions at BMD and The Canon, and went out to go get help/try to figure out how to not be a terrible person.
Sad thing is, I don't think Nick's going to do that. Where Devin's incident occurred years ago, the statements made today imply Nick's behavior is still on-going.
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
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Gonna need to see some hard evidence for me to condemn the dude, especially with a situation like this.
Gold_Loot
Member
While yes, that's true , you can't deny that there's indeed a "problem" worth investigating with all these allegations.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
So is she the only woman who we know so far that he has sexually harassed or are there more confirmed?
This really is saddening.
This really is saddening.
Multiple trustworthy people have backed up these claims
Do you really think someone is just going to post a chat log knowing how much harassment they'll get from Nick's defenders
BossDarkseid
Member
I think its just people have enjoyed his work, be they articles or videos etc, and feel naturally disappointed that someone they were a fan of - in some respect - is a bit of a cock.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Okay alt account.
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