# daily effects of famous indie garme developer privilege ur-ludonaut 'theodore miles' plucks another (semi-admittedly low hanging) satirical fruit from an imaginary tree growing in ir overgrown ideological back yard discussing the daily effects andor lack of effects concerning the privilege of (/being labelled as) "famous indie garme developers" players might first want to carefully consider liz ryerson's excellent in-depth response to darius kazemi's "flock vidyagarmz" note however that at no point is the term 'indie developer' defined below scenarios for non-famous indie devs when the silence is deafening: a list of privilege based 'scenarios for non-famous indie devs' adopted from the one at polygon // image here: white 'winning' grins all around: classic simulacrum of famous indie garme developer privilege(/caption) 0. many(citation needed) indie devs feel tired of continually being passed up passed over looked past talked around and generally ignored by famous indie garme developers / those who label themselves as important / hang out with the indie-anointed. do the following apply to you? mark with an x and total em' up and sent them on a poor worded single tear-stained postcard - to yourself 1. i can 'choose' to remain completely unknown or indifferent to the near complete lack of attention that many face as developers outside famous indie developer spaces and circles 2. as i'm still outside famous indie garme dev circles while i'm never directly told that indie garmes or its culture of smug hi-fiving privilege is not intended for me - the message is often loud and clear 3. while i do publicly post my username garmertag or contact information online i have to constantly face being totally ignored or automatically dismissed as a developer because of my lack of perceived indie dev social cred 4. i'm constantly asked - indirectly - to "prove my indie developer cred" simply because of neither me or my garmes are not yet famous enough andor nor do i know or hang out with any famous indie garme devs 5. even if i enthusiastically express my fondness for indie play other more famous devs automatically assume i'm faking my interest just to "get attention" - from 'ir' players 6. i can look at practically any indie developer review site show blog or magazine and see the silenced voices of developers of my own 'low' status widely unrepresented 7. even if i could afford to travel to an indie developer event or convention (on some luxury train for instance) i can be certain that i won't be propositioned by totally sexy strangers eager to know about my indie developer skills and tell me what a 'aaa indie rock star' i am // video here 8. i will never be asked or expected to speak for other indie devs who are seen as sharing my perceived low lack of 'real' status as a famous indie developer 9. i can be sure that my performance (good or bad) will be indirectly attributed to or reflect negatively on my perceived lack of skills as a developer outside of famous indie dev circles 10. my ability attitude feelings or capability as a developer are often questioned based on unrelated natural functions interests attitudes and existential modalities outside the small private world of famous indie garme developers 11. i can be relatively sure my thoughts about video garmes will be casually quietly dismissed or passively-aggressively downplayed based solely on my tone of voice regarding famous indie garme devs - even if i also speak in a slick media friendly or 'cool' manner 12. i can't openly say my favorite garmes are casually odd violently artistic or acutely sarcastic without suspecting that my opinions will reinforce a stereotype that "non famous indie developers are not real developers" (caption id="attachment_36485" align="aligncenter" width="500") fat chance: notice me sempai(/caption) 13. when purchasing most major indie video garmes at an online store chances are it's being somehow hinted that i buy it for a codblops fan only as apparently they are the ones who need the inde dev 'garmes are art' delicately shoved down ir throats the most 14. the vast majority of indie garme crews past and present have been led and populated primarily by players of my own skill level and lack of fame - yet as such most of ir output have been specifically designed not to cater to my non-famous demographic 15. i can surf into any online developer store and still see images of myself as a non famous player-developer represented as a minor villain and unimportant non-playable characters 16. i will almost always have the option to roleplay as an important garme dev character - as most indie dev heroes aren't by default - but never in real life 17. i have to carefully navigate my engagement with online communities or developer spaces in order to avoid or mitigate the possibility of being completely looked past or over because of my current perceived lack of fame - and therefore importance 18. i never think about hiding my real-life developer status online through my garmer-name my avatar choice or by muting voice-chat due to constantly experiencing a near total lack of attention resulting from my being a non famous indie developer 19. when i enter an online garme i can be relatively sure i won't be ignored or treated like some annoying ghostly garmedev wannabe hang-on whenever my real-life status as 'non famous indie garme developer' is made public 20. if i am trash-talked or verbally berated while role playing as a garme developer online it will be because i'm not famous like the others; my perceived lack of fame andor famous friends will be invoked as a polite request to leave because i'm an embarrassment to the scene 21. while attempting to discuss garme development online with people i don't know i will be challenged about the scope of the garmes i'm developing and how much art they contain and will be subtly pressured to share intimate details about my apparently miserable and useless life as a non famous indie for the sarcastic pleasure of other more famous devs // image here 22. complete strangers never send me unsolicited images of ir genitalia or genuinely request to see me naked simply on the basis of me still being labelled an unimportant minor or non famous indie garme dev often by other more famous devs 23. in multiplayer social garmes based around discussing famous indie garme devs i can be pretty sure that conversations between other devs will not at any point focus on my own inherent attractiveness sexual mojo or real-life dev skills outside of famous garme dev cliques 24. if i choose to politely point out the default privilege enjoyed by famous indie garme developers by default my observations will not be seen as positive or self-serving and will therefore be perceived as less credible and less worthy of auto-respect than those of 'more famous' counterparts even if they want to be seen as freely discussing the exact same things 25. as this list was ripped off by a non famous indie garme developer this checklist will likely be taken far less seriously than if it had been written by devs who truly know the sun shines out of ir digital arts // video here garme devs: like one big happy family in here // republic of bob