Someone pointed out this Facebook page to me yesterday:

At first, I thought it was a parody page or a bunch of trolls trying to stir some shit. But after doing some research I found out that this is an actual thing. The premise of this entire movement seems to be that an elite group of female gamers are going to find online bullies in online video games, target them and then proceed to kill them in-game. What can possibly go wrong? So I did some digging and not long after that I found one of the people involved with this movement on Twitter, she goes by the name of Nati Casanova aka “ZombiUnicorn”:

So I decided to ask the question in the above Tweet if they will be going after actual online bullies or if it is going to be a scripted event with actors. Because as her Tweet states “rehearsing” implies that this is going to be nothing more than a staged show. I also asked her that if this is a real show how them being bullies and griefers themselves is going to solve online harassment issues. For those of you who don’t know the term griefer: “a person who harasses or deliberately provokes other players or members in order to spoil their enjoyment.” This was the discussion we had:

Predictably you can only guess what happened next:

But right before she blocked me she got the final word and called me a troll and told me that I don’t understand the concept before blocking me:

But they pretty much made the concept clear to pcgamer in a recent interview:

“The Time’s Up movement that caught fire in the wake of #MeToo and allegations of sexual misconduct against notorious Hollywood scumbag Harvey Weinstein has now made its way to videogames, in a distinctly gamer-esque fashion. Beginning on April 12, a self-styled A-Team of “elite female gamers” calling themselves the Bully Hunters will offer their services to victims of harassment and bullying in CS:GO by infiltrating games and beating down offenders “through the sheer force of their unmatched skill.” “The time for harassment in CS:GO is finally up,” the group said in an announcement. “A collective of gamers, brands and organizations have teamed up to create a first-of-its-kind global tool that connects victims of in-game harassment with gamers who want to help, called the Bully Hunters. The Bully Hunters are a vigilante hit squad of elite female gamers who have banded together to end sexual harassment and abuse in the popular game CS:GO.”

They describe themselves as an “all-female vigilante hit squad” but what it seems to be is a bunch of people banding together to bully the bullies, which begs the question what type of example will this set for the gaming community? And how will this solve the problem? I am all for kicking people’s ass online who are bullies, but you are doing exactly the same thing and avoiding questions asked on social media by calling people sexist misogynistic and trolls and blocking them. Because that does not come off at all as being intellectually dishonest about what you are trying to achieve.

[Editorial Note:] How these people operate on social media:

1. Resort to name calling.

2. Accuse them of being something terrible.

3. I shouldn’t have to “educate” you.

4. Proceed to claim there is no point in explaining yourself because they won’t get it anyway.

5. Unfollow/block.

6. Pat yourself on the back.