I know I've said it before, and time travelers from the future tell me I'll say it again, but we here at Kotaku love Destructoid. They're just a great little site and deserve all the publicity they can get. But recently, there's been a little spat between Destructoid writer Faith Naked and Kotaku, and before it gets out of hand, I'd really like to just address it and hope sooth some worried, red-head brows.

We love Faith. She's like an excitable little cat who just freaks out into a flying ball of fur and razor-sharp claws every time you gently tug her tail. It's why we can't resist teasing her from time to time. But — apparently — I took it too far in a recent post of mine, in which I expressed disappointment when she said that hard core porn star Liz Vicious was not someone she intended to emulate as a girl gamer. This prompted her to write the following on the Destructoid Editor Forums:

I just wanted everyone to know that I refused to write, link or even read Kotaku.com anymore. I had enough of the bullshit that is posted on that site and I am especially tired of people like Florian and Eliza picked on me every chance they get. That site is a great example of bad journalism and I refuse to read their garbage anymore.

I think I speak for both Eliza and myself when we say that we never dreamed she'd take our playful little gibes so hard. We think she's just swell. We read her site every day. We hastened to make amends. But Faith's Kotaku Boycott is already in full swing. She's even taken time out of her schedule to draw up an official logo, seen to the right. And she's requesting signatures for an impromptu Boycott Kotaku petition.

I'd like to extend an olive branch to Faith. Obviously, she's right: I'm also pretty sick of my garbage. I would like to ask a personal favor of all of you. Would you please go over to Faith's site and sign her "Boycott Kotaku" petition?

I imagine a vast sea of tanned gamers in swarthy gladiatorial gear standing up and crying their outrage in unison, like at the end of Spartacus. As you can see, I led the charge. Don't be rude. Voice your full support for an Internet wide Kotaku boycott! It's the only way we'll be able to put me out of a job once and for all. And click her ad links while you're there. Show your support for a lone, brave voice crying out in the wilderness! Join the movement today!

Hopefully if Faith gets enough signatories it'll help brush aside all this animosity between us once and for all. After all, it's a small step between fellow game lovers and just plain lovers. And as Destructoid editor Niero also wrote on the editor forums, "I think Florian secretly wants your babies." Florian Eckhardt

Reminder: BE NICE! I'm not sending you over there to rake her over the coals. It's a conciliatory gesture! Various Anonymouses, I'm looking at you! Don't be rude!

Boycotting Kotaku.com [The Girl Gamer]