Gaming Forum NeoGAF Imploding as Owner Faces Accusations of Sexual Harassment

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Recently, the popular gaming forum site NeoGAF imploded in on itself when the owner Tyler Malka "Evilore" was once again accused of sexual assault; and this time moderators are fleeing the site. The resulting allegations and flood of traffic even caused the site to be temporarily shut down for a time.

Tyler Malka has been accused several times in the past of sexual misconduct, even himself allegedly boasting about grabbing women without their consent. It seems like the latest allegation was enough to make Malka take matters in his own hands, shutting up all conversation about the scandal on the forums, and his fellow moderators are not having it.

The most recent meltdown, and the reason for Malka deleting massive amounts of threads on the site, and the temporary shut down, revolve around a recent Facebook post calling him out for a specific instance of sexual assault.



Just like with everything on the internet, a little digging is necessary to see the authenticity of certain claims; especially those in dealing with dire topics such as sexual assault. When the topic of NeoGAF and how they handle situations like this came up, one user took to a forum to explain that the post above is in fact real, and this is why we should care:

“Guess I should chime in since I'm being named.

In a private group convo, one of my fellow participants brought up the fact that EL got #MeToo'd on FB. I saw someone on my feed telling a story an hour prior that could've fit but I didn't read it too closely, was skeptical and posted a shot in our convo.. I was then directed toward the comments and lo and behold, there was the name. Was a holy shit moment for me, and something of a letdown too, having met both the accuser and the accused IRL. Posted that shot in our convo as well. Came to the realization that this should only really go public if the accuser wants it to because it's her story to tell, and the rest of the participants in the convo reached the same consensus, or so it seemed. I deleted the shots from our group chat. Turned out one of the people in there saved the shots, and gave them to another person who then posted it on Voat, and did a godawful job at concealing the identity of the accuser and myself before doing so. She doesn't deserve to get doxxed and harassed by the internet mob if she's not ready for it, and it's solely for that reason that I didn't want this getting out there, which is why I regret sharing that shot in that group convo.

But yes, it's real.”

The Backlash
Immediately after the above statement took place, that user was banned. A lot of speculation ensued afterwards when the original Facebook post was taken down, prompting many to wonder if it was real, which led to the above statement validating potential authenticity. More and more moderators for the popular site seem to be "jumping ship" including Besada, Xander Cage, Cyan, and Kabouter.


The site promptly went into lockdown mode and the moderators started stepping forward:




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Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/10/22/neogaf-down-owner-sexual-assault-/#1

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FibrilPosted:

Never knew NeoGAF existed til I seen this article, lol. Lucky me.

RepBanditPosted:

Crazy how a big site like this has just went down like that. I hope TTG never has to go down this road. This is crazy

XboxPosted:

Craig Wonder how long it will be before Sean is up on sexual harassment charges. I've heard about the moderator recruitment challenge.


Lmao this guy

Anyways this is **** crazy. Mods being banned or leaving and the owner being accused of sexual harassment. That is some sick shit.

SeanPosted:

Pyzmo Ttg has its own scandal if you post about it you get banned..


Like any forum, we have drama sometimes but not several sexual assaults and an Admin removed from some of the worst stuff you can think of.

PyzmoPosted:

Ttg has its own scandal if you post about it you get banned..

FamousPosted:

Craig Wonder how long it will be before Sean is up on sexual harassment charges. I've heard about the moderator recruitment challenge.


Bruhhhh hahahaha. Hopefuly this does bring us more traffic.

AD4MPosted:

TTG will be buzzing now, even more networked traffic coming this way, woohoo!

DecyPosted:

Looks like NeoGAF wont be around anymore with all these mods fleeing it seems the mod team was immature as hell to begin with and now with a Owner with a label like that... really messed up stuff.

CraigPosted:

Wonder how long it will be before Sean is up on sexual harassment charges. I've heard about the moderator recruitment challenge.

PoyumaPosted:

NeoGAF was full of jerk-offs anyways, got my account banned for disagreeing with an opinion.