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Russ Pits, Editor in Chief of Escapist Magazine , and Vice President of Enthusiast Gaming, has been behaving badly as of late. Since he cannot be criticized on his own site (See Rule 1 of The Escapist's Code of Conduct), I would like the opportunity to do so here.
Russ, if you see this, TRIGGER WARNING, this post will contain criticism, something you obviously cannot handle like an adult. You might want hit that little X and go back to your own site where such things are explicitly disallowed.
The Context: Enthusiast bought The Escapist and brought back Russ Pits in his current role. His first statement was to announce that he was leaving politics at the door .
The Event: Shortly after the Escapist site was revamped, an article was published with the title of "I'm a Transgender Woman Because of Video Games". Predictably, many people in the comments pointed out that this is not "leaving politics at the door".
One user in particular objected that this was an "intrusion":
After a brief back-and-forth in which MindTheGap attempted to express his viewpoint, Russ became condescending, prompting another user to come to Mind's defense:
Russ' response, shutting down the conversation:
Now, here's the kicker. See that deleted post? That was MindTheGap asserting that Russ was indeed attacking him, including calling him an idiot in the process, posting the gif that Russ himself used on Twitter while doing so:
Yes, whether or not Russ called someone an idiot is "not a debate". Because it's a fact.
Welcome to the new Escapist, where you can't criticize or "sass" moderators or content contributors, but where the Editor In Chief can be condescending and call you an idiot over twitter. And if you attempt to point any of that out, he'll delete your comments and threaten to ban you.
Russ, if you see this, TRIGGER WARNING, this post will contain criticism, something you obviously cannot handle like an adult. You might want hit that little X and go back to your own site where such things are explicitly disallowed.
The Context: Enthusiast bought The Escapist and brought back Russ Pits in his current role. His first statement was to announce that he was leaving politics at the door .
The Event: Shortly after the Escapist site was revamped, an article was published with the title of "I'm a Transgender Woman Because of Video Games". Predictably, many people in the comments pointed out that this is not "leaving politics at the door".
One user in particular objected that this was an "intrusion":
After a brief back-and-forth in which MindTheGap attempted to express his viewpoint, Russ became condescending, prompting another user to come to Mind's defense:
Russ' response, shutting down the conversation:
Now, here's the kicker. See that deleted post? That was MindTheGap asserting that Russ was indeed attacking him, including calling him an idiot in the process, posting the gif that Russ himself used on Twitter while doing so:
Yes, whether or not Russ called someone an idiot is "not a debate". Because it's a fact.
Welcome to the new Escapist, where you can't criticize or "sass" moderators or content contributors, but where the Editor In Chief can be condescending and call you an idiot over twitter. And if you attempt to point any of that out, he'll delete your comments and threaten to ban you.