I Got A Public Apology--And Cash

A lot of gamers joined Mandy's harassment campaign because they believed I somehow deserved to be libeled--largely due to Fox News-style conspiracy theories spread and/or invented by RPG conspiracy theorist Paul Matijevic aka Ettin. So when it comes to seeking accountability for the harassment, he seemed like a good place to start.

Ettin has a long history of stirring up hatemobs against game designers on twitter and on forums where he's acted as moderator (Something Awful and RPGnet), so I did what Dungeons & Dragons should've done in 2014 and what White Wolf Publishing should have done in 2017: I sued Ettin for defamation.

Paul has been in contact with Mandy. This week he admitted the claims weren't true and wrote me a check, he's posted it in several places:

Obviously gamers continuing to spread this shit is exhausting and stupid. If you can help by fact-checking people spreading bullshit in gamer circles: thanks.