I think the controversial parts were more those where she kinda misrepresented stuff, like "Hitman encourages and rewards you for killing women", which is kinda the opposite of what happens.
I get that. There was a lot of misinformation in her videos, whether it be intentional or not, and I'm not a fan of her when it comes to gaming. But she did push out ideas that aren't anything new and in fact, other forms of media have had these ideas for decades
There are small but a number of conservative folks who think that media should never progress from their most basic ideas. Gamergate and especially the current (but comical) comicsgate are huge indicators of that. If anything does something they don't like, it's pandering when the truth is, these ideas have been around for decades.
Anyway, on the topic of MCA. Even if he isn't guilty and this was just slander, the lawsuit doesn't look good. The problem is that the accusations were, at most, tame in comparison to other allegations made during the #metoo movement.
At most, he could sue for liable. If he can prove that he lost work because of the allegations and he'll also need to declare his innocence first. Essentially, he is fighting himself there because he now needs to prove he didn't do those things, which is next to impossible, especially if they have evidence.
I also have to take into account that he is a professional writer, so creating a narrative is something he is good at.
What would have been smarter is to just wait it out. There would still be backlash yes and he may not get the bigger projects again as he did, but waiting for you time would mean that the public consciousness would forget anyway. Again, the Twitter crowd isn't as big as companies think.
The issue is that People think that anyone they look up to fan do no wrong, and that's human. We either want to say they aren't like that or try to justify it, that's just how we deal with things. The truth is a lot weirder than that as I feel both sides of the argument have got it wrong here.
Again, one of the things MCA mentioned here was that he was buying drinks for everyone and she said he got her drink, basically misinterpreting him.
Now people tend to laugh at that reason (or excuse), but misinterpretation can solve a lot of issues. MCA may be telling the truth and there wasn't any motive behind buying drinks for everyone. Karrisa may be right and he was trying to get her drunk. Either way, it's the truth to someone and themselves.
My biggest question I have is why would she lie? Of it is to damage someone's reputation, then it's really a lot to go through when she knows she's going to get massive amounts of backlash.
I do believe in innocent until proven guilty, the problem with cases of sexual assault and rape is that it's really hard to prove, and courts will largely throw the case out, which is why People take to social media to talk about what happened.
If MCA is lying, then he'll come across as a manipulative creep.
If Karrisa is lying, she is taking advantage of an actual movement to benefit herself.
I don't know either of them, I've only spoken to MCA a few times a few years back for an interview here and when I wanted to get in the industry.
I can't really speak for any of them and looking around online, there's more critical analysis against MCA than for him.
Going to a place like RPGCodex isn't going to help his case a lot either, especially if he said anything deflagatory on there in the past.
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