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ps. Oh my god, I think I might have used a swear word. I will never swear again - I don't like having to swear, as this is out of character for me.
Oh, a character it very much is... It very much is. I get allusions to Memento when you say these things. ;)
ah yes, the forum where (READ OP) means 'prepare for a complete neutering of rational discussion'
That much red is just uneasy on the eyes. Nobody should be exposed to such large amounts of nuclear cringeposts.
 
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Oh, a character it very much is... It very much is. I get allusions to Memento when you say these things. ;)

That much red is just uneasy on the eyes. Nobody should be exposed to such large amounts of nuclear cringeposts.

If one researches the color red used in text/propaganda/faction colors/etc. throughout history, and the reason why a lot of places from restaurants to other businesses try to stray away from using red as their main text/descriptions, etc., it makes so much more sense why those who think the way they do over there chose to use it (and reserve it for themselves).

Especially what it induces on a psychological level in people.
 
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This is FUCKING insane...I have never seen so many fragile staff/moderators before. How some of these people survive in the real world is beyond me.



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Quoted this dumpster fire for the next page.

Absolutely disgusting.
 
This thread is awesome. Whenever I feel the temptation to go over there to read threads, I come here and it reminds me why I do not want to go there ever again.
 
If one researches the color red used in text/propaganda/faction colors/etc. throughout history, and the reason why a lot of places from restaurants to other businesses try to stray away from using red as their main text/descriptions, etc., it makes so much more sense why those who think the way they do over there chose to use it (and reserve it for themselves).

Especially what it induces on a psychological level in people.
That would almost seem like The Names don't even want to be featured in a positive light.
Quoted this dumpster fire for the next page.

Absolutely disgusting.
Don't you just love having a thread completely dedicated on bringing in irrelevant arguments for this case when all anyone ever should care about is just the conversation between Price and Deroir. And yes, Fries being fired is unfortunate. In fact, that is what the focus should be about that topic, have ERA/The Names play a positive note for once and get him back on the team instead of consistently go around pawn shops looking for the tiniest sad violin to play on.

Embarrassing. Antifa are a laughing stock. Why would you want to attach your name to that?
Same way (a lot of) Little Helpers sport anime avatars or rainbow colored ones because of Pride month?

Also, i have a funny Discord to tell.. :)

Lastly, i just had to do this. Try to listen to this with these modified lyrics! Should be The Official ERA Anthem.


[Gwen:]
If I could escape I should
But first of all, let me say
I must compromise
For acting stank and labelling you this way


'Cause I've been acting like sour Nicole all on the floor
It's your fault you didn't shut the ResetEra Ban Aggregator
Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold?


If I could escape and recreate a place that's my own world
And I could be your favourite trans forever
Perfectly together
Now tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)
If I could be freed (be freed)
I know I've been a real bad url
(I'll try to change)
I did mean for you to get hurt
(whatsoever)
We can bait them better,
And tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)


[Akon:]
I want to get away
From the Ree ERA Cave
I want to get away


[Gwen:]
You talk me down,
I'm at my latest baiting point
Come help me out
I need these mods to get me out of this joint
Come on let's frown
Counting on you to protect me right now
Instead of clowning around
Let's look for some common ground


So, maybe
Times get reeely crazy
I've been gettin' a little fishy
Waitin' on you to come bait me
I can see that you're angry
By the way that you treat me
Hopefully you don't leave me
Mark me down for ban, Ree


If I could escape and recreate a place that's my own world
And I could be your favourite trans forever
Perfectly together
Now tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)
If I could be freed (be freed)
I know I've been a real bad url
(I'll try to change)
I did mean for you to get hurt
(whatsoever)
We can bait them better,
And tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)


If I could escape
If I could escape


'Cause I've been acting like sour Nicole all on the floor
It's your fault you didn't shut the ResetEra Ban Aggregator
Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold?


If I could escape and recreate a place that's my own world
And I could be your favourite trans forever
Perfectly together
Now tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)
If I could be freed (be freed)
I know I've been a real bad url
(I'll try to change)
I did mean for you to get hurt
(whatsoever)
We can bait them better,
And tell me junior now wouldn't that be sweet?
(Ree escape)


[Akon:]
I wanna get away, get away
From the Ree ERA Cave
I wanna get away
 
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Just a word from me, as I was mainly reading ResetEra for the last couple of weeks and have some thoughts about it claiming to be the premier source of gaming news, discussion etc. So yeah, the volume of traffic there is high, way higher than GAF these days. What does that really mean? Tons of bullshit topics like do you play as women, black characters online (SJW oriented, obviously) without much meaningful discussion about games, news. Sure, they're there, but for every news there is 10 or more bullshit topics. Further the constant stream of posts is insane to follow, downright madness if you want to find some well put opinions on sth else than sexism in video game portraying women. GAF is much more condensed, smaller but still covers all the current gaming news. But yeah, I think that our community has to grow/will grow. And here's a question to EviLore EviLore - how are things coming together after the schizm, what's your honest opinion on the possibility of GAF reclaiming its place as the real premiere gaming community?
 
In 'celebration' of my permanent ban over there, I've been looking through some old topics. Anybody remember this hilarious topic? Look how many of the self described conservatives in the thread are now banned, mostly permanent: https://www.resetera.com/threads/conservative-era-ot-the-flaming-starts-in-five-minutes.3859/

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EDIT: kristoffer is an interesting case. He was possibly the only non-lunatic-authoritarian-left mod.. And surprise surprise he got demodded after only several weeks iirc, and eventually permabanned (didn't see the circumstances there). But that kind of gives you an idea of how they roll.
 
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prag16, buddy, what did you do, whatever hate crime did you commit to get yourself a permanent? :D

Like seriously, I've seen a topic on Era where people rant about men not willing to date transexuals. Madness.
 
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prag16, buddy, what did you do, whatever hate crime did you commit to get yourself a permanent? :D

Like seriously, I've seen a topic on Era where people rant about men not willing to date transexuals. Madness.
Haha I posted on it earlier. Basically I reported a bunch of posts in the Jessica Price thread made by posters aggressively shitting on people who were not entirely toeing the Waypoint/Verge line on how disgusting ArenaNet allegedly is, and how blameless Price is.

I then got banned for "abusing the report system, history of similar behavior" basically.

Questioning the balance of the moderation is apparently considered "trolling the staff".

They are a complete joke.
 
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Haha I posted on it earlier. Basically I reported a bunch of posts in the Jessica Price thread made by posters aggressively shitting on people who were not entirely toeing the Waypoint/Verge line on how disgusting ArenaNet allegedly is, and how blameless Price is.

I then got banned for "abusing the report system, history of similar behavior" basically.

Questioning the balance of the moderation is apparently considered "trolling the staff".

They are a complete joke.

That post only says 3 days though not perm...
 
I can't figure out why this guy was banned or what this ban reason means.
https://www.resetera.com/posts/10395705/
User Banned (Duration Pending): Using language associated with the oppression of minorities to describe a victim of harassment. Repeatedly peddling accusations of a false narrative. History of severe infractions.
 
I can't figure out why this guy was banned or what this ban reason means.
https://www.resetera.com/posts/10395705/
User Banned (Duration Pending): Using language associated with the oppression of minorities to describe a victim of harassment. Repeatedly peddling accusations of a false narrative. History of severe infractions.

How is that post ban worthy or even anything in that description?

Wait I see, it is against their narrative.
 
I said three days, but it says 24h

https://www.resetera.com/posts/7410934/
Oh. That was an old ban. That one is likely why they made this one permanent.. 'Repeat offender'. They have a low bar for what constitutes trolling/attacking staff.

Prior to the recent ban I sent a mod a message asking for an explanation on how that thread was being moderated. He added another mod to the message thread, but I never got a response from anyone. True transparency and integrity there..
 
Oh. That was an old ban. That one is likely why they made this one permanent.. 'Repeat offender'. They have a low bar for what constitutes trolling/attacking staff.

Prior to the recent ban I sent a mod a message asking for an explanation on how that thread was being moderated. He added another mod to the message thread, but I never got a response from anyone. True transparency and integrity there..

I had a similar issue when I was reporting people for making baseless accusations of sexism/transphobia in the EZA thread about Colin Moriarty. Of course, I wasn't familiar with their stance at the time and how fucked in the head the majority of them were.
 
I had a similar issue when I was reporting people for making baseless accusations of sexism/transphobia in the EZA thread about Colin Moriarty. Of course, I wasn't familiar with their stance at the time and how fucked in the head the majority of them were.

Colin and his content are banned from there. :ROFLMAO: So that was essentially a dead end.

The sad part is, there are people who are now (and some who have been) working in the industry, also working in key admin roles on that site.

When they were shouting they would be 'inclusive' on the moderation staff, that meant physical IdPol, and not perspectives/different world-views. Basically 'for the sake of' brownie points, as long as the group think is shared amongst the staff.
 
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Colin and his content are banned from there. :ROFLMAO: So that was essentially a dead end.

The sad part is, there are people who are now (and some who have been) working in the industry, also working in key admin roles on that site.

When they were shouting they would be 'inclusive' on the moderation staff, that meant physical IdPol, and not perspectives/different world-views. Basically 'for the sake of' brownie points, as long as the group think is shared amongst the staff.

Yea, as I said I wasn't really knowledgeable of what was "banned" as this was still very early on in ResetEra's life. Of course, they were 100% wrong and sadly we still have some of these children in the EZA community pushing for that mindset. As for the folk in the "industry", they mostly are the same foolish SJW/far-left folk that are catered to. Hell, Jason Schrier, Austin Walker, and Patrick Klepek are almost revered on that site.
 
If I was a gay transexual (is this even a thing?) hipster anarchist, I would love Era. Seriously, being alternative is fun for someone older than teenagers?

Claus, are you still using/posting on Era?
 
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Colin and his content are banned from there. :ROFLMAO: So that was essentially a dead end.

The sad part is, there are people who are now (and some who have been) working in the industry, also working in key admin roles on that site.

When they were shouting they would be 'inclusive' on the moderation staff, that meant physical IdPol, and not perspectives/different world-views. Basically 'for the sake of' brownie points, as long as the group think is shared amongst the staff.
They have three trans women (or is it more now?) as mods, so we can't criticize the mods in general at all lest we be classed as transphobic. They have diversity, but yeah, as you said, no diversity of ideas.
 
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Yea, as I said I wasn't really knowledgeable of what was "banned" as this was still very early on in ResetEra's life. Of course, they were 100% wrong and sadly we still have some of these children in the EZA community pushing for that mindset. As for the folk in the "industry", they mostly are the same foolish SJW/far-left folk that are catered to. Hell, Jason Schrier, Austin Walker, and Patrick Klepek are almost revered on that site.
Schreier at least attempts journalism at times. He strikes me as a panderer more than a true believer.

Walker and Klepek on the other hand... -_-
 
Feels like a lot of the older personae from the exodus are coming back to 'fight the good fight' again. Wonder why that is.

It's quite obvious as well.
 
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If I was a gay transexual (is this even a thing?) hipster anarchist, I would love Era. Seriously, being alternative is fun for someone older than teenagers?

Claus, are you still using/posting on Era?

Nah. I stopped after I was banned months back for posting a comic that, apparently a "gamergater" had made. Which means that it is GamerGater paraphernalia and that I am supporting GamerGate.

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Schreier at least attempts journalism at times. He strikes me as a panderer more than a true believer.

Walker and Klepek on the other hand... -_-

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. To me, he is no better than Walker/Klepek because he allows and promotes the same shit.

Feels like a lot of the older personae from the exodus are coming back to 'fight the good fight' again here. Wonder why that is.

It is because they genuinely believe that they are on the "right side" of history and have to defend against the "evils" of alt-right/neo-nazis that they want to so ardently believe current NeoGaf is.
 
Dumb thread of the day: https://www.resetera.com/threads/is...nd-still-support-the-aaa-game-industry.55503/

One of the most exploitive industries in the world?

You can tell how provileged and cushy lives some of these people have, where they think a place that has catered food, gym access, air conditioning, chairs, desks, lots of leeway for free time like coming and going as you please (before crunch), etc., is "one of the most exploitive", especially with the salary averages in comparison to other industries.

I been to AAA studios before crunch and during crunch. There are lots of 'down time' due to the nature of the relaxed environment. Lots of time wasted, that could aleviate the crunch schedule if some actually worked the full 8 hour day, and not laxed off a lot unless a new build needs to be published for testing on daily deadlines. I seen plenty where programmers are away from there desk to go to the on site gym for 3 hours, 3 hour lunches, etc., etc. (in an 8-10 hour work day). This is more common than you think, and if you know you have deadlines, then budgeting your work accordingly as a whole, would definitely help alleviate a strenuous crunch.

It seems to be psychologically driven, where some of the work output is lower than it could be (lower than a lot of other desk & chair careers) on a daily basis, because they know they have crunch coming up to bust their ass and get things done. There is also waiting on other departments as well, since there are a lot of moving pieces. Not saying the lax times are the sole reason, but it happens more often than not, and that will have an effect on how much you a 'crunching' down the road.

But to call it the "one of the most exploitive", have these people ever seen actual manual labor, often 1,000% more riskier to your health and well being, and 1/10th the pay grade?

AAA development may not always be fair, but one of the most exploitive is an utter shit drawn conclusive. And then the 'unionize' comments, lol. Good luck with that. That would mean, less jobs, and more outsourced work overseas. The output of the industry is not even close still to Hollywood levels, to call for a similar union structure. And even that type of union is hilarious to witness (the pampering and "not in the cool kids club just yet" for newbie actors) from film sets I have been on.
 
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So, are there any high profile industry people on Era? Remember CliffyB and David Jaffe on GAF when I was a lurker. Tend to think that the people who formed Era made them leave GAF years ago.
 
So, are there any high profile industry people on Era? Remember CliffyB and David Jaffe on GAF when I was a lurker. Tend to think that the people who formed Era made them leave GAF years ago.

No. Unless you count Stinkles lol.

Other than that there are a few unknown indies and "progressive" journalists.
 
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No. Unless you count Stinkles lol.

Other than that there are a few unknown indies and "progressive" journalists.

I am schocked at how much he gets away with not only on Twitter, but forums as well. Considering how companies have crackdowns on toxic political commentary in the social media arena. I have seem some meltdowns by him.

He does work for a company that still supports ICE (which "progressives" claim to hate). Must make their heads spin.

What is funny, is seeing posts from these "progressives" who supposedly have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to political issues. "I will never buy from this company, because they donated to Trump, yada yada", saying they are "torn" because they love their Xbox, but MS supports ICE, but they still won't stop gaming or buying games for it, but they are "torn" while doing so.

Fanaticism and gaming addiction outweighs one's principals eh? But only your principals, any other company you're not interested in is does that, full on boycott (of products I never buy anyways)!!!

False altruism 101.

Who the fuck is Stinkles? o_O

Frank O'Conner (Halo)
 
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So, are there any high profile industry people on Era? Remember CliffyB and David Jaffe on GAF when I was a lurker. Tend to think that the people who formed Era made them leave GAF years ago.

Insomniacs JStevenson, Frank O'Connor (Stinkles) from 343 Industries , Thomas Mahler (Moon Studios - Ori), Geoff Keighley, Patrick Klepek, Daniel Bloodworth (EasyAllies), Cory Balrog (Sony Santa Monica, God of War), some developer from EA (can't remember the name), a whole bunch of indie devs (SNK, Lab Zero Games), marketing person from Dontnod, Jason Shreicer (Kotaku) and this is just on top of my head right now.
 
Insomniacs JStevenson, Frank O'Connor (Stinkles) from 343 Industries , Thomas Mahler (Moon Studios - Ori), Geoff Keighley, Patrick Klepek, Daniel Bloodworth (EasyAllies), Cory Balrog (Sony Santa Monica, God of War), some developer from EA (can't remember the name), a whole bunch of indie devs (SNK, Lab Zero Games), marketing person from Dontnod, Jason Shreicer (Kotaku) and this is just on top of my head right now.

Seems quite a lot really high profile devs. And none of their kind on GAF, right?
 
Seems quite a lot really high profile devs. And none of their kind on GAF, right?

They used to be here, but went over there after the issues last year. They do not post that often though, well Stinkles does, Stevenson does to answer questions about Insomniac/Spider-Man. Klepek seems to pop up when people call out ome of his mental gymnastic articles, and he feels the need to defend his work. But most of those people (who call him out) are getting banned for not sharing the group-think anyhow. Cory was only once in a very blue moon, and even then it may have been a handful of posts after GoW shipped as a promise to do so, responding from Twitter people asking him if he could.
 
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But why they left in the first place? Because of the mass hysteria around the case with EviLore? Seems weird.
 
But why they left in the first place? Because of the mass hysteria around the case with EviLore? Seems weird.

Because off-topic got nuked (many devs were active on off-topic) and noone knew the future of GAF at that point.

Isn't also "Matt" here, a mod at that?

And also ZXHuge and Durante as mods, as well? Those two persons have voices too good for ERA.

Durante is on ERA prorbably because of the PC gaming threads. I mean, the Steam thread here is dead.
 
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But why they left in the first place? Because of the mass hysteria around the case with EviLore? Seems weird.

That is something you have to ask them, but I am sure that was a major part of it, also another part would be their ideals (politically) probably align with that moderation staff's.

I can say the Poly-Taku/Waypoint/etc. ideals for sure do.

Because off-topic got nuked and noone knew the future of GAF at that point.

This as well.

Not to mention, some of the staff work in, or are very chummy with some people in the industry.

In the end, you are not missing out on much. As other's have described, it is barely a 'place for news'. There is so much clutter, and same-like posts constantly bitching about the same shit day in and day out, and even when news topics get posted, they divulge into toxic political hot-takes or fanboy wars derailing the threads into an unpleasant reading/contributing experience.

This place may have less posts per minute at the moment, but that is not a bad thing when a large percentage of their much higher PPM are all hot-takes and shitposting.
 
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In the end, you are not missing out on much. As other's have described, it is barely a 'place for news'. There is so much clutter, and same-like posts constantly bitching about the same shit day in and day out, and even when news topics get posted, they divulge into toxic political hot-takes or fanboy wars derailing the threads into an unpleasant reading/contributing experience.

This place may have less posts per minute at the moment, but that is not a bad thing when a large percentage of their much higher PPM are all hot-takes and shitposting.

You ain't missing much of what? Gaming news? Most of gaming news doesn't hit GAF.
 
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DeepEnigma DeepEnigma Yeah I know, been lurking there for the last couple of weeks. Have the same conclusions, which I wrote in post #808.

F fantomena I have the opposite opinion. All the worthy information hit GAF very quickly. Without all the bullshit topics overflowing Era.
 
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You ain't missing much of what? Gaming news? Most of gaming news doesn't hit GAF.

No, sensible discourse when news gets posted. I am talking people posting news articles in gaming. Those threads get ugly and off topic super fast over there (to be fair, it used to here as well when everyone was here). It was starting to become a chore to partake and read.
 
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Yeah I know, been lurking there for the last couple of weeks. Have the same conclusions, which I wrote in post #808.

I disagree with your gaming news post. GAF does not cover most of the recent gaming news.

No, sensible discourse when news gets posted. I am talking people posting news articles in gaming. Those threads get ugly and off topic super fast over there (to be fair, it used to here as well when everyone was here). It was starting to become a chore to partake and read.

I like off-topic there. Lots of weird anf funny threads. Best threads are movie and TV show OTs. Like the Avengers IW OT.

Like, when GoT Season 8 comes out. I guess my time will be spent on r/game of thrones, r/freefolk and ERAs OT.
 
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