WHO Gaming Addiction Update:

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World Health Organization Adds “Hazardous Gaming” To ICD-11 Draft

https://archive.is/GOOWb

> Gaming as an addiction isn’t the only thing that appeared in the ICD-11 beta draft for the World Health Organization’s upcoming update for listings of international diseases. According to Eurogamer, they recently spotted another new addition to the draft, this time including “hazardous gaming”.

> The entry is under factors that influence health status or require contact with health services, and is situated within the category of “Problems associated with health behaviors”. The entry in the ICD-11 beta draft reads…

< “Hazardous gaming refers to a pattern of gaming, either online or offline that appreciably increases the risk of harmful physical or mental health consequences to the individual or to others around this individual. The increased risk may be from the frequency of gaming, from the amount of time spent on these activities, from the neglect of other activities and priorities, from risky behaviours associated with gaming or its context, from the adverse consequences of gaming, or from the combination of these. The pattern of gaming is often persists in spite of awareness of increased risk of harm to the individual or to others.”

> The Entertainment Software Association chimed in to offer their take on the World Health Organization adding two entries for gaming into the ICD-11 draft, with a representative telling GamesIndustry.biz that they’re encouraging WHO to reverse course…

< “Just like avid sports fans and consumers of all forms of engaging entertainment, gamers are passionate and dedicated with their time. Having captivated gamers for more than four decades, more than 2 billion people around the world enjoy video games. The World Health Organization knows that common sense and objective research prove video games are not addictive. And, putting that official label on them recklessly trivializes real mental health issues like depression and social anxiety disorder, which deserve treatment and the full attention of the medical community. We strongly encourage the WHO to reverse direction on its proposed action.”

> There’s a part of the industry that’s afraid this could negatively impact gaming as a whole, with more restrictions and possible government scrutiny being brought down for additional regulation. However, there’s nothing indicating right now that such a event will take place. Others, however, don’t seem to mind it all that much.

> The additions to the WHO drafts were lobbied for by Asian countries, and it’s been known that South Korea has been aggressively pursuing adding video games as a form of addition given that they consider it one of the four evils of their society, despite e-sports and MMOs being some of the biggest exports from the country.

> There’s really no telling if the draft will go through, but there have already been some members close to the organization of the draft who have basically stated that the entries are a lock, which will be finalized for the 2018 report.

>>14087394

IMO:

• Asian countries are pushing it to try and neuter a billion dollar industry in the west. They know it won't kill it, but they have a little less competition when they sell games using engines & studios they own (darn fun China is now being more open to foreign vidya, and showing off their work. It's like if alcohol or smokes were gonna have more severe health warnings, and China started showing off all their booze and tobacco)

• The fact even the ESA is trying to push back from this- a group who did jack shit for lootbox gambling- means they're fucking scared.

• The "hazardous gaming" could be wildly abused. (A) Taking behavior that is deemed bad due to SJW and claiming gaming caused it. and (B) Taking assholes that do bad things and happen to play games, and claim the game caused it. All so the "media changes your mind" argument can appeal to the authority of the World Health Organization.

> This man has racist opinions and plays a videogame where it is possible to kill non-white people. Clearly the game made him do it, since he's a "Gaming Addict" who did "Hazardous Gaming." (Even if the WHO says the games aggravated an existing psychological issue, the SJW and other enemies of gaming can twist it to claim the games came first.

> This man killed a person. He played videogames, so he must have been a "Gaming Addict" (even if the WHO only claim it is possible he was an addict but don't know due to lack of evidence, it can be twisted).

In short- anyone doing something bad can be claimed to be a gamer, as anyone with a PC, internet connection, or smartphone can play something.

• Makes devs scared to put certain mechanics into games, fearing bad PR if a nutcase does do something. 99.999% of your audience well adjusted people? Doesn't matter. The MSM will run stories on that individual to run your company into the ground (sort of what they tried to do with D&D and the sewer murders, but to no effect). Maybe a politician will even call for a ban on a game that's recently been mentioned for brownie points with certain voters. Even if it doesn't pass, more bad PR, less investors, less creative freedom for fear of being branded a maniac creator.

So, less sexy things because a rapist played your game- no matter how long or how often (or if the box was planted in his home). Less combat because a murderer had an internet search history showing he looked up the game's trailers and gameplay. He didn't actually play it- but that's how bad gaming is guys!

>>14087394

>>14087396

>>14087436

I think it's more than clear even if the WHO doesn't intentionally want to use this to kill off gaming (or "the wrong kind of gaming"), someone will.

We need to act now.

The WHO gets 75% of it's money from volunteers, and 25% from member states.

https://archive.is/APOth

https://archive.is/hyRS

IMO, dealing with WHO is like dealing with Youtube/Google. Both have mammoth warchests, but are deathly afraid of bad PR and the money fountain slowing down.

Possible plans of action:

> Dig and Create infographs mocking and informing the public. Put them in ALL gaming related hashtags and ALL mental health related hashtags. Don't play nice, get in people's faces about it. The goal of this is to reduce volunteer donations, and cause bad PR internationally- until it becomes a talking point amongst politicians.

< Infograph (A) - Anti-Chinese. Show evidence of Chinese lobbying for gaming addiction, and how their own "treatment centers" end up killing people- all the while buying out Unreal 4, and trying to get their games into the west. Paint it as China trying to kill their competition in an underhanded way. Then anti-China hype is still big amongst US patriots and Trump supporters.

< Infograph (B) - Defamation. Expose the biggest fuck-ups the WHO have made on mental health before, their own staff being hypocritical, and/or money being a bigger motivator than actual health. People only trust faceless organizations because they know nothing about them. Make it a talking point, and it'll become memetic to hate that group- much like the excessive health & safety regulations of the EU (and far worse crimes in recent history).

< Infograph (C) - History. Show how other hobbies have had psychos pinned to them by a busybody politician or body, and it didn't stick due to overwhelming common sense; sick people will do sick things, sane people won't. Then draw comparisons to what the WHO are doing now. This appeals to gamers (old and new) and those who might have other reasons to loathe those pinning shit they didn't do onto them.

< Infograph (D) - Anti-SJW. While it'd be preaching to our own, a lot of people are turning against the hard left whackjobs. Show how they've been going after gaming, and how the WHO's decision could mean that instead of claiming gaming makes you crazy, that everyone who games is already crazy. Not to mention the violation of freedom and danger it proposes to brand someone as insane because they like something. Appeals to the right, pro-trump; and as it says, anti-SJW.

< Infograph (E) - Slippry Slope. Show them how South Korea and China deals with Gaming Addiction. The social pariah it makes you, how it affects your credit score, how it affects your chances at a job, and how those who are "treated" go through hell. It's not fear mongering, it's a possibility. If smokers and drinkers are less likely to get organ transplants, why shouldn't other "soft" vices also have some restrictions. Clearly, anyone who games is a waste of a human being. Appeals to gamers and those who have been falsely branded over addictions or obsessions they didn't have.

> Request your government ask about it, and explain your concerns. A politician will say and even do whatever they believe will give them votes or PR. So give them a story they can run with- big bad WHO trying to brand healthy patriotic consumers as insane because they enjoy their hobby. You're not asking for them not to do it, but they need careful guidance to ensure they don't over-step their mark. After all, they wouldn't want the whole US/European/[your country here] gaming industry to collapse and harm the economy. BAM, you've told them it's pro freedom, pro consumer, pro economy, and they don't have to stop it, they just have to make demands and wag their finger- all bad PR for WHO again. Call/email your senator or equivalent.

> Request Youtubers you like cover this topic. A short video is easier to pass around, and something about videos just makes fuckers click it rather than read an article or text on an image. If they spoke against SJW, bad game journos, or for artistic freedom- odds are that'll be good. But don't be afraid to try big youtubers as well. The more eyes we get on this the better, right now it's only known to a limited part of the gaming community. If you get someone like DeFranco or PewDiePie, then it blows up too fast for WHO to effectively PR, as people ask stuff. And hasty answers can be used to hang them later.

>>14087394

>>14087396

>>14087436

>>14087549

Put all info you have on "treatment" for gaming addiction here.

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https://archive.is/eAHzy (Chinese Teen Dies at Internet Addiction Rehab Camp) - can't find the gaming equivalent of this story. It seems their internet addiction camp is also their gaming addiction camp?

https://archive.is/LaMC4 MotherJones doesn't scold it (no surprises) but the pictures might get some fear out of it.

https://archive.is/OJYw8 Guardian tries to muddy the water, by citing examples of electroshock therapy, then the camp their focusing on being a lot "softer". It fails, as the place still has military style training (a big "eek" factor for normalfags). The bootcamp runner is a former soldier nicknamed "the evil godfather". The initial paragraph about the parents tricking and abandoning their kid is especially heart-rending.

https://archive.is/j1ORW Another take on a teen dying less than 48 hours after entering. It seems beatings are administered. Even if the person is rightfully upset, do they beat a teenager like they'd beat a trained soldier who is physically fit? In any case, the Government shuts then down, tells others not to do it, then carry on and (presumably) build more.

https://archive.is/mQ4PF Another take on the same story as above. Pushing China's hypocrisy (investing in games, yet pushing these prison camps and for the WHO to make the world follow suit) could be a gold-mine. IF we can show China encouraged the UN to do the same. I'm not talking bribes or lobbying (though if you find it- great!) but stuff like a politician making a speech asking the WHO to do it. Not surprisingly, you may need knowledge of Chinese.

https://archive.is/y4hTD Chinese Military plays to much Honor For Kings - (a game soon to be on the Switch). It helps muddy the waters further. If the Chinese Government can't stop their own trained soldiers from playing, what hope do they have for teenagers and children? Were the soldiers actually addicted? Do they treat the teenagers and children the same way they'd treat the soldiers? If Nintendo show off Honor For Kings (called Arena of Valor in the EU and US), then be sure to fill the game's hashtag with all the info on what China do to people who play it.

>>14087394

>>14087396

>>14087436

>>14087549

>>14087648

More articles.

https://archive.is/Xg6xI Even Kotaku has some reasonable takes.

> “I have considerable concerns about this proposed diagnosis,” said Dr. Chris Ferguson, a psychologist who studies the effects of consistent game-playing. Ferguson is one voice in the sizable backlash against the WHO’s draft. He explained that, early in psychologists’ debates about gaming addiction, some compared apparent victims’ compulsive behaviors to substance abusers’. Ferguson thinks that was their first mistake.

> The push to pathologize gaming, he believes, is based off misguided comparisons to heroin or cocaine addiction: “There are many myths such as that games involve dopamine and brain regions similar to substance abuse,” Ferguson said. “There’s a kernel of truth to that but only insofar as any pleasurable activity activates these regions. How gaming involves them is more similar to other fun activities like eating chocolate, having sex, getting a good grade, etc., not heroin or cocaine.”

> University of Oxford psychologist Andrew Przybylski echoed Ferguson’s concerns, adding that “It’s a very bad idea.” He’s concerned that most studies done on gaming addiction are low quality. Codifying gaming addiction as a tried and true disorder could risk “stigmatising millions of players and may divert limited mental health resources from core psychiatric problems such as depression or anxiety which might be at the heart of problematic play,” he said over e-mail.

> Both Ferguson and Przybylski acknowledge that some people overdo gaming at the expense of their health and sanity. What’s worth focusing on, they say, is less the “gaming” aspect of that behavior, but the “overdoing” aspect. The impetus to approach something compulsively might matter more than what that “something” is. Research they’ve done and read suggests that what looks like gaming disorder, a lot of the time, is a symptom of depression, anxiety or attention deficit disorder. The WHO’s definition of gaming disorder could inspire an inaccurate diagnosis when, in fact, gaming could just be a coping mechanism for something already known.

> “It doesn’t appear to be a stable construct,” Ferguson explained.

> Last year, dozens of psychologists, including Ferguson, penned a grave article [https://archive.is/bBTqQ] in response to the WHO’s proposal to list gaming disorder. Declaring that the proposal had “fundamental issues” like poor research quality and a lack of consensus, the paper warned that a rushed decision could have bad consequences. It could contribute to a stigma around gaming that affects healthy gamers. It could also waste public health resources spurred by an echo of the ‘90s moral panic around games.

http://akademiai.com/doi/pdf/10.1556/2006.5.2016.088 Link to the PDF. Might be worth getting key quotes from this to make infographs.

Especially the part about how the WHO are treating it like drugs, when it does not give the same high.

Comparisons to how ADHD was a catch-all for parents who couldn't control their kids also helps. Dig into that and make comparisons to now.

https://archive.is/GS4HU - twitter.com/AllenFrancesMD/status/947072022416318464 Worth spreading

twitter.com/search?q=Gaming%20Addiction&src=typd - Some surprisingly good takes so far.

>>14087741

>WON'T THIS EFFECT THEIR BOTTOM LINE OF ALSO MAKING MONEY OFF OF WESTERN GAMERS?!?

My only other assumption is:

> China's quality of life sucks, and the government does not want to improve it.

> China makes money from knock offs & clones, but even their own people are pirating US games. Even tangential knowledge that the west makes better games is bad for them (despite most believing the US rips of China).

> People play games non-stop because their lives are shit. How can China sell games AND stop their own people not working?

> If China won't improve their QoL, they can reduce others. Pushing "gaming addiction"- they can punish it in their own country, then force everyone else to do the same via "ha ha no cheap labor for you if you don't do as we say." on top of the usual palm greasing and blackmail.

> It fucks over gaming world-wide. Except China. China doesn't give a fuck what foreigners do. They demand terms for everyone else then never follow them. They still made their money while they were selling games (and some of that probably funded the gaming addiction push), but now if someone from China does peak outside the curtain- the quality of life outside isn't that different anymore. They don't have fun games or interesting websites, just TV & Movies. And since most movies are now being released in China (once they're localized of course), there is no difference to living in the US to China. Why learn English and move there? Stay in China. Work and make babies.

Of course, the simpler explanation is it's S.Korea experimentation now being applied to other nations. Can a medium of creativity and free expression be demonized and killed? If so, how fast? People then flood to other forms of entertainment and they become demonized. No entertainment for us, while they build kiddy rape palaces.

Still, no matter the (((who))) or why- the outcome is the same, and should be fought harshly. It doesn't matter if your enemy is shooting himself in the foot to pull it off, if anything that's more of a warning how hell-bent they are to do it.

> This embed has got you covered for most of that. The only problem is that it presents it too much from a "conspiracy" and "horror"direction.

I'll still add it to the HQ thread- with your warning.

>>14087770

You better still have that evidence boyo.

You better be sharing any tweets posting evidence.

>>14087770

I know he's love/hate, but Metokur might be a good person to signal boost the MtG issues.

Controversy full of assholes that escalated, Big audience, has contingencies for when he's taken down, and he's done similar with Trout.

>>14087793

Gather evidence, make infographs, post it to Facebook.

If Soccer Moms can harm EA, it'll outright kill WoTC.

>>14087770

Here's his twitter accounts (one focused on the controversy, the other his general account)

twitter.com/unsleevedmedia

twitter.com/thequartering

RT ALL HIS EVIDENCE

And save it yourself ya dingus.

>>14087770

>>14087893

In addition, download both of these videos:

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=Fp7EtTwRecc

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=9nC0cpPomGM

>>14087884

Going to gaming conventions with a sign above your head will probably get you kicked out and branded a crazy.

IMO:

• Organize a protest near the tournament/convention.

• Actually co-ordinate with police so that you are in a place you can legally gather. I.e. X feet from the building and all that. Use that to repel any staff that tell you to leave. It also means when they call the cops, all they'll get is "we said they could" or the cops turn up and you present your permit.

• Resist dogwhistling, record everything, cry assault the second they touch you (it's the same game they play and you then have the law on your side).

>>14087838

Sure the video got taken down- but how is the evidence gone?

Unless this guy didn't archive his work like a lunatic.

>>14087394

Can we add this to the OP template?

I say drop point 2 and make this point 1 or 2.

Archive.is is important, and we should give them money- but in the short term we need more eyes on the Gaming Addiction verdict, classification, and "treatment".

>>14087922

Never post the https for twitter.

Their new TOS means if they detect cookies from a "bad" site they'll ban you. For those of us who use accounts to signal boost- we can't afford to be banned or shadowbanned.

>>14087956

Make a new one with a junk email address.

Ya dingus.

>>14087962

OP Timber never even got started. All that hard work translating and no one sent out anything. We needed a group effort on it and fuck all happened. Now Devs are jumping onto the Switch and have no idea what Treehouse is like. I think Treehouse is even getting a Podcast called "Nintendo Power"- even run by the old editor IIRC. It's OP Korean BBQ and OP Paperfire all over again.

I blame myself for not being autistic enough to keep shouting at you all to do it.

I agree.

At least include the HQ OP Goolag link in point 6

>>14087962

>>14087979

Actually now I think about it- when was OP Dicktionairy updated?

Is it worth having a sub category under Current Tasks- Ongoing Tasks?

So far it'd just be OP Dicktionairy (Point 5) and Point 2.

And isn't Point 1 done?

As a proposal:

CURRENT TASKS:

1. DISNOD: Polygon and The Verge violate FTC regulations https://archive.fo/ii01W

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/08/gamergate-polygon-continues-using-affiliate-links-without-disclosure/37923/

>[Update: A representative for Vox Media has stated that they will update their public disclosures across all their websites.]

1. DIG: Gaming Addiction Monitoring & Discussion

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1. SEND: OP TIMBER!!

>>>/gamergatehq/330858

1. DISNOD + MORE: OP GOOLAG

>>>/tech/777548

ONGOING TASKS:

A. Archive.is needs money to function, without it a lot of evidence far beyond GG vanishes. Give what you can: https://liberapay.com/archiveis/donate

B. OP DICKTIONAIRY!!

https://archive.is/ha7bk

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C. Defend Free Speech! Anti-Internet Censorship Database Operation:

>>>/gamergatehq/329022

Feel free to rearrange and rephrase so it fits. We also have these:

>>>/gamergatehq/331445

>>>/gamergatehq/331436

The Twitter one can move to Ongoing Discussions, not sure about the other.

>>14087982

If OP Dicktionairy is still active- yes. Goolag especially due to the size of the enemy and what it can do.

Never link /pol/ to GGHQ. Some of them hate us like poison, and the shills use it as an excuse to spark up board wars and stifle discussion. They know where we are. Present them the info and let them make their own call about it- they do them, we do us, and we can copy from each other's posts by lurking.

>>14087983

>>14087988

>>14088014

It was supposed to be ongoing. Just send out images to Jap devs that speak english. Maybe we needed weekly "goals" like with DisNods? People didn't do it because no one else did?

Well, now's your chance:

>>>/gamergatehq/330858

>>>/gamergatehq/331149

>>>/gamergatehq/331150

>>>/gamergatehq/331188

Do we co-ordinate on one per week, or do we allow a more natural flow.

The former means it will get noticed, and we can discuss if it's a good idea to send it to certain people (Kamiya won't be on board, since Bayonetta is untouched)- but it can be annoying to them to have lots of people "spamming" messages to them and they might ignore or reject it thinking it's an anti-Nintendo shill.

The latter means it won't get noticed (NoA can't run interference if they don't know) and the devs might come across it more naturally out of curiosity… Or they'll ignore it. The Japanese text should catch their eye.

>>14087985

I keep denying it when it asks me. Try it, worse case scenario you've spent 5 mins confirming your suspicions. Put in a fake number if you want.

>>14088011

Looking into them, I think it'll be swept under the rug by bigger cases. But presenting the cover up (mass reporting) might pique their intrests. You can only try: http://waynefdn.org/contact-us/ Send them evidence, not just a story. A guy complaining he got Youtube banned is not evidence, these two videos are:

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=Fp7EtTwRecc

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=9nC0cpPomGM

(send them as normal youtube links)

>>14087993

I think it's a verbal tick. She finishes each sentence with it.

>>14088031

>>14088033

Reposted to HQ.

Breitbart is a pretty loathed source by normalfags, but the raw info proves:

This can be abused by governments as it has in the past, and its being pushed by money.

That email screencap alone could sink it if put in a nice infograph.

Can we get in contact with Dr.Ferguson? Not sure what it can do, but letting him know he's got more warm bodies out there might mean he puts stuff on social media we can spread.

>>14088042

Anything any of us can do?

>>14088127

Emails were a no-go due to how Jap companies ignore non Japanese emails.

Unless you also translate the "Hi, I am a long time fan. I found this article online and have some concerns"- but then you'll be translating a template resulting in mass spam appearance.

As for "signing it" that's why we encourage FaRTs (Fave and ReTweet) on stuff we want to push. It also helps it appear in other people's search results. So always post important tweets here if you need them boosting- even your own.

>>14088148

So based on this >>14088074

>Do we co-ordinate on one per week, or do we allow a more natural flow.

>The former means it will get noticed, and we can discuss if it's a good idea to send it to certain people (Kamiya won't be on board, since Bayonetta is untouched)- but it can be annoying to them to have lots of people "spamming" messages to them and they might ignore or reject it thinking it's an anti-Nintendo shill.

>The latter means it won't get noticed (NoA can't run interference if they don't know) and the devs might come across it more naturally out of curiosity… Or they'll ignore it. The Japanese text should catch their eye.

Seems like the best approach is to co-ordinate a single person for one week, be polite, FaRT each other's stuff, and back the hell off the second they confirm they've seen it.

>>14088153

https://archive.is/ha7bk

>>>/8diamonds/2892

24 hour task

Save and archive everything in that thread.

We never know when we'll use it again, and it'll improve how we argue.

Hell, add it to the GG Wiki under SJW tactics or something to that effect.

>>14088153

>>14088175

Only reason I'm not doing it is it's 4:30 AM, and I don't want to make errors due to tiredness. Plus I'm heading off now.

Please do the Gaming Addiction, OP Timber, and Archiving Tasks for today. And the MtG stuff if you have time.

>>14089054

Sounds like someone's not playing by the book.

Could be the WHO are giving themselves an out if it all goes tits up ("It was never an official diagnosis, you shouldn't have acted on it"). Though I'd have thought WHO would want to make money out of it (create the problem, sell the solution)- but they can still do it as long as they're little public knowledge that WHO gave governments the guide on what to do.

Irrelevant of what WHO does, as long as they even suggest it's possible then SJWs and every (((politician))) will push for games to have anything to make a stigma. Warning labels, restricted sales or content, or just daily stories on "are games bad" to crack consensus.

I think the latter is the goal if nothing else. If evidence proves your lie false, just keep showing the lie over and over until it sticks.