The relies sadly reflect the overall mentality she’s making a point about. I used to be a VERY dedicated player in competitive scenes, but I had to quit competitive gaming for my own mental health. Reasons in thread. https://twitter.com/lululuvely/status/1299930300177412096">https://twitter.com/lululuvel...

I love competitive gaming. I hate playing with other people.

It was literally every day I would get 1) death threats 2) sexually harassed 3) team killed 4) kicked off teams... for what reason? Being female. Stated BY the people doing it.

I get it, “everyone gets shit talked.”

TW::: But have you ever had other gamers suddenly describe in detail that they want to rape you? Then when you block/mute, they make other accounts, buy new accounts, get other people to add you, send you messages, find your socials, find your friends, AND STALK you for weeks?

Because that’s fucking common for women in competitive gaming. It makes me so angry that people don’t “get how gaming can make women feel unsafe.” The amount of times I had to just turn off my PC & feel like vomiting from the shit I heard directed at me is sick.

So yeah. For a lot of us (like me), the reason more women aren’t getting deeper & more dedicated to competitive gaming is the fucked up sickos that target us for just existing. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">

So these people act like this because you said “someone is behind us!” as a game call or “no thank you” to them forcefully wanting to play w/ you or “no it’s my boyfriend” when you reply to them saying “that carry you queued with” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht"> it’s scary esp when they go on to stalk you.