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[Deleted member 17706]

Thank you for the quick merge. With the polar extremes that two sites seemingly represent, I didn't necessarily feel like I belonged in either camp. NeoGAF being comprised of users on the more seemingly right politically and ERA being... well I don't know what that is but it's certainly not liberal or even left. For me I've always been somewhere closer to the left and liberal side of things and I hope some of the free minded and open to critique users are willing to do exactly what forums were intended for... Debate and discussion, that is why I am open to giving GAF another shot as the level of discourse seemingly is less regulated here. As long as it's not hateful I am incredibly cool with being challenged or disagreement.

Looking back, I had over 26,000 posts registering back in 2009. It feels like eons ago in some ways (I am married now, which I am sure some GAFer's know my infamous love story), and yet in other ways it almost feels like it was yesterday. The level of excitement around games and genuine fun I had with E3 around here is something I won't soon forget and it would be interesting to see if a swath of ERA users migrate back to here.

Luckily, pure Politics is relegated to its own forum. I honestly think there are far more left-leaning posters on this forum, but it's just that the more right-leaning folks are eager to start threads and post over on that forum. I could definitely see that changing and becoming more balanced out as time progresses and more folks in the center or left of center come back and engage more with the forum.

 

[Dampf]

Hmmm, so does Alex Battaglia dare show his face on resetera if/when Digital Foundry performs quality and performance analysis on Cyberpunk 2077? Or does DF drop all coverage of the game entirely and bow to the wishes of vocal minority on a single game forum? And remember, this will all come up again next year with the next gen patches. I think we've barely scratched the surface of the resetera implosion.

God I hope he will join GAF one day.

Love this dude. D dark10x too!

 

[Kayhan]

Did they really delete the review thread?

That is not all they are deleting.

 

[Topher]

They'll probably code the forum to redact all mentions of its title.

"*************************** wins Game of the Year"

And then the asterisk will become an alt-right symbol of hatred. Damn it......this shit will never end.

 

[Barry Burton]

I see Claven is back a few days after his "One-week ban". What an insufferable douche.

 

[Kayhan]

Hmmm, so does Alex Battaglia dare show his face on resetera if/when Digital Foundry performs quality and performance analysis on Cyberpunk 2077? Or does DF drop all coverage of the game entirely and bow to the wishes of vocal minority on a single game forum? And remember, this will all come up again next year with the next gen patches. I think we've barely scratched the surface of the resetera implosion.

Alex Battaglia is 100% pure class. Top guy.

 

[Wiktor]

wonder which era user that is.

The hilarious thing is that by screeching at everybody who's hyped about this game those people really the ones that equate the game with civil rights.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

Hi, new user that lurked over at both this site pre-meltdown and the other site. But I've only really bothered to sign up to say this: 'Black Chamber, you did nothing wrong and it's not your fault. Those people are fucking nuts right now.

 

[Vire]

We were all sold a lie with ERA, a lot of us posting in this thread are ex members who only discovered how insane that place is after we got banned because Era is a racist/hate site( read this thread, its shocking)
The poison in GAF back in the day left to take mod positions in Era so its sane here now, has been for years while that place is just nuts.

Welcome back

It's true. The worst of the original GAF lot actually ended up with the most power at ERA which obviously made it turn it out the way it did.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Woweee we've got a lot of people jumping the fence to get back over here, huh. That's pretty neat.

Come visit us in the Nintendo OT on gaming side we have waifu ranking lists like every four days or something stupid like that.

holy shit lol

Random brainwave..

The kind of raging stupidity you see over on era didn't happen overnight. (Well, on era it did, but that started here and migrated over, you know what I mean )

If Reeeee-ers are coming back, what's to stop the atmosphere from turning into shit again? I understand that last time, it was because there was a subversive mod banning people for BS reasons, but there was build-up long before that. It takes surprisingly few people to affect the general atmosphere of a place even without it being enforced from the top down. Gaf seems like a legitimately chill place to be right now, and it would be nice if it could stay that way. Sincere comments about how offended someone is will, currently, be met with the equivalent of an "okay boomer", but if they start getting taken seriously by the larger community (or what appears to be the larger community because vocal minority), then it's the same path again.

So censor/outright block people from coming back to a forum they used to frequent (or would like to) due to the hostile environment where they were?

Sounds like what a ResetEra mod would do.

We were all sold a lie with ERA, a lot of us posting in this thread are ex members who only discovered how insane that place is after we got banned because Era is a racist/hate site( read this thread, its shocking)
The poison in GAF back in the day left to take mod positions in Era so its sane here now, has been for years while that place is just nuts.

Welcome back

The fact that I got dogpiled for talking about religion and violence in the most open-minded and objective way possible, and THEN got jumped for supporting the 2nd amendment, was enough for me.

And yea the mods that fucked GAF years ago are the ones running the place now, just under different names.

 

[Elcid]

Hi, new user that lurked over at both this site pre-meltdown and the other site. But I've only really bothered to sign up to say this: 'Black Chamber, you did nothing wrong and it's not your fault. Those people are fucking nuts right now.

Why not hang out a bit? We got games, tits, and no foot threads.

 

[Regis]

Holy shit, i almost forgot the Xbox Era exodus that happened just a few months ago.

Yep, Resetera is done, they wont keep afloat after this, unless some miracle happens.

 

[jchung55]

I am back on Gaf after a 4 year absence and its dope my account is still here.

Black Chamber , just want to say you were more than accommodating over there and did not deserve the bullying and shit flinging floated your way.

Regardless, lets enjoy the game together yeah?!

 

[Topher]

Alex Battaglia is 100% pure class. Top guy.

I agree. I love his work. He will probably let Linneman handle it and not touch it with a ten foot pole.

 

[HotPocket69]

It's true. The worst of the original GAF lot actually ended up with the most power at ERA which obviously made it turn it out the way it did.

Hey I remember you

Still the same avatar too

 

[ivan.k]

That game you like is shit though.....

Which one? I like a lot of shitty games

 

[Soapy Wooder]

Congrats on tying the knot. If the leanings of the Politics section bothers you, there's an Ignore Forum button that will hide the entire thing. First and foremost we're a gaming forum. Hateful users get the boot, which you can see transparently on the public ban page. We're not 4chan. We're also not ResetEra, though, and not big on being overly sensitive or problematizing everything. Make an effort to reintegrate and adjust and you'll do fine.

+1 for using the ignore feature on users and what not.

It is unfortunate that we have lost some users for the boards not being up to their standards. But the standard is we are all adults, or at the very least people with the agency to make our own decisions. And users have enough tools to generate the experience they choose to have.

However if someone is expecting moderation to do what they want... you gonna have a short life here.

 

[Elcid]

Hahahahaha they're fucking blowing up over the Shinobi tweet. This really is a show.

 

[Kayhan]

What gets me is the hypocrisy.

They just perm banned Black Chamber for a years-old dumb tweet he made.

Now, Shinobi's tweet congratulating developers of the Most Transphobic Game Ever is somehow OK?

What is....principles....?

A man who stands for nothing falls for anything.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

Why not hang out a bit? We got games, tits, and no foot threads.

What about the tits and feet thread?

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Luckily, pure Politics is relegated to its own forum. I honestly think there are far more left-leaning posters on this forum, but it's just that the more right-leaning folks are eager to start threads and post over on that forum. I could definitely see that changing and becoming more balanced out as time progresses and more folks in the center or left of center come back and engage more with the forum.

I have never felt that I could not post left leaning stuff here.
Off course you will get flak from some people, but that's what discussion forums are for.
If you just want to be in your protected little bubble you are wrong here.
But engage in honest discussion, be level headed and able to take some punches, and you will never have a problem here.
Like it used to be in most forums ten years ago.

 

[Ymir]

wonder which era user that is.

What's even crazier is she is apparently trans so you have potentially another male SJW calling a transperson Cis and to STFU

 

[Elcid]

What about the tits and feet thread?

I don't think that qualifies as a fetish . Go get that full member status, make it, and let's see what happens

 

[T.Mummy]

I quit GAF way back in the day when the toxic element that eventually spun off into Era was destroying things here. Haven't kept up with either forum since I left but heard about this CP2077 stuff and holy shit. Made a new account to chime in on the absolute lunacy.

Jokes aside a lot of people in those threads need serious help.

 

[Prithee Be Careful]

I'm guessing banning verified accounts would be bad for business.

They banned mine, but only because I asked them to.

 

[QuantumZebra]

ET TU, SHINOBI?

Man they have been a gold mine these past two days and just won't stop. They're going to end up eating themselves in some kind of cosmic horror scene from a Lovecraft short story.

Bloodborne 2: Reera?

 

[TomoItagaki]

Hi guys, I'm back, I used to post here with a different username before the exodus but things have become insufferable over there lately.
It's weird coming back here. Since I've left GAF I've moved to another country, my ex-wife left me for a woman and last but not least I suffered an accident and had to come back to my home country.
I just wanted to discuss video games and talk about cyberpunk 2077, Jesus Christ.

 

[ManaByte]

What gets me is the hypocrisy.

They just perm banned Black Chamber for a years-old dumb tweet he made.

Now, Shinobi's tweet congratulating developers of the Most Transphobic Game Ever is somehow OK?

What is....principles....?

A man who stands for nothing falls for anything.

Shinobi publicly shamed his racist toddler though. That gives him invincibility.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

I don't think that qualifies as a fetish . Go get that full member status, make it, and let's see what happens

That 'Girl jiggles tits with her feet' fetish video is going to catch on any time now.

 

[lmimmfn]

What's even crazier is she is apparently trans so you have potentially another male SJW calling a transperson Cis and to STFU

Tbh sounds like REEEEEEE

 

[Karunamon]

So censor/outright block people from coming back to a forum they used to frequent (or would like to) due to the hostile environment where they were?

Sounds like what a ResetEra mod would do.

I didn't make any suggestions my dude. I asked how it would be handled. If you're going to attack what I wrote, fine, but please stick to attacking what I actually wrote.

 

[Ymir]

Tbh sounds like REEEEEEE

She responded to that tweet with "...who is the cis person in this conversation, to be clear?" so now they're just cancelling/uncle toming the trans people who don't agree with them

 

[SidViscous]

You know your forum is fucked when another forum has a hype/livereaction thread to your biggest meltdown.

There is a kiwifarms thread with people watching this thread.

I wonder how deep the rabbit hole goes until it's the FBI.

 

[FunkMiller]

Hi guys, I'm back, I used to post here with a different username before the exodus but things have become insufferable over there lately.
It's weird coming back here. Since I've left GAF I've moved to another country, my ex-wife left me for a woman and last but not least I suffered an accident and had to come back to my home country.
I just wanted to discuss video games and talk about cyberpunk 2077, Jesus Christ.

Jesus dude, you got dealt the fuck you card, didn't you? Stick around, we'll cheer you up with our witty banter and deep intellectual conversations*








*witty banter and deep intellectual conversations not guaranteed.

 

[TomoItagaki]

Jesus dude, you got dealt the fuck you card, didn't you? Stick around, we'll cheer you up with our witty banter and deep intellectual conversations*








*witty banter and deep intellectual conversations not guaranteed.

That's what I signed up for.
Yeah, the beginning of 2020 wasn't easy, but I'm getting by.

 

[QuantumZebra]

I didn't make any suggestions my dude. I asked how it would be handled. If you're going to attack what I wrote, fine, but please stick to attacking what I actually wrote.

I didn't suggest you implied what I wrote (lol), I meant it that there isn't really a way to "prevent" any of that aside from just banning the obvious shit-trolls.

All good!

Luckily, pure Politics is relegated to its own forum. I honestly think there are far more left-leaning posters on this forum, but it's just that the more right-leaning folks are eager to start threads and post over on that forum. I could definitely see that changing and becoming more balanced out as time progresses and more folks in the center or left of center come back and engage more with the forum.

As a flag-waving libertarian/independent I got less shit for my views (by far) than I did on Era (they eventually got me banned), but I definitely feel more comfortable talking here than I ever did there.

I am pretty socially liberal and accepting of whatever people want to do with their lives, but apparently discussing religion or supporting gun rights is a no-no too.

Overall my vibe here is more my style than GAF used to be, or Era ever was.

 

[WarrenD]

The fact you've gone from shill to paid marketer to employee to alt right and now full blown fascist. Black Chamber you've done a real number on that forum.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I wonder if the stance on Cyberpunk is part of some "accelerate the endgame" strategy or something, where those in control of the forum felt they needed to force some kind of behavior on the gaming industry to demonstrate the supposed clout the forum possessed. Thankfully, whether this was a conscious strategy or not, it seems to be blowing up in their face.

 

[Mozzarella]

Oh my god all these posts here and everywhere im having hard time reading everything.
Welcome to Black Chamber.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I gotta admit it sorta warms the cockles to see actual unjust hatred finally coalesce into a warm homecoming for so many people who just want to enjoy a game that apparently isn't hateful at all. It's a GAF Christmas miracle!

 

[Trickster]

I gotta admit it sorta warms the cockles to see actual unjust hatred finally coalesce into a warm homecoming for so many people who just want to enjoy a game that apparently isn't hateful at all. It's a GAF Christmas miracle!

I have to imagine that evilore is looking at internal site statistics and going

 

[Elcid]

The best part for the Reeturners is that they're going to find out that they can actually SPEAK THEIR FUCKING MINDS instead of just pretending along with the rest of the echo chamber.

 

[RyanSaotome]

So let me get this right. ResetEra got triggered and locked the review thread since it was scoring over 90% and people were excited about playing the game? I truly wonder if they still would have locked the topic if it scored like 75%...

 

[Patriots7]

Luckily, pure Politics is relegated to its own forum. I honestly think there are far more left-leaning posters on this forum, but it's just that the more right-leaning folks are eager to start threads and post over on that forum. I could definitely see that changing and becoming more balanced out as time progresses and more folks in the center or left of center come back and engage more with the forum.

I think that's a quite optimistic view of yours and hopefully you're right, because I'd like to actually see some serious discussions and varying viewpoints on related political matters. GAF was my entry towards understanding an expansive outside world and crucial during my impressionable years. Hope it returns to that at some point.

 

[QuantumZebra]

I have to imagine that evilore is looking that internal site statistics and going

That feeling when you're an Era admin and realize you're driving more traffic to GAF than ever before.

 

[Bollocks]

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!

Thousands of captive Resetera Users are trying to flee Resetera

NeoGAF users waiting and helping Resetera users cross the Neogaf/Resetera border wall into NeoGAF

Where NeoGAF users are applauding the reunion with their once separated friends and fellows

Former Resetera members at NeoGAF visibly happy knowing they can discuss video games again

Black Chamber showing his gratitude after having made the border crossing himself

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

What a meltdown, in a "video games" forum

 

[BadBurger]

Hmmm, so does Alex Battaglia dare show his face on resetera if/when Digital Foundry performs quality and performance analysis on Cyberpunk 2077? Or does DF drop all coverage of the game entirely and bow to the wishes of vocal minority on a single game forum? And remember, this will all come up again next year with the next gen patches. I think we've barely scratched the surface of the resetera implosion.

I thought they already chased him off.

 

[Topher]

The best part for the Reeturners is that they're going to find out that they can actually SPEAK THEIR FUCKING MINDS instead of just pretending along with the rest of the echo chamber.

This is what it feels like to speak your mind on resetera:

I thought they already chased him off.

Did they? I must have missed that.

 

[Daffy Duck]

The fact you've gone from shill to paid marketer to employee to alt right and now full blown fascist. Black Chamber you've done a real number on that forum.

Totally OT but I gotta say that whenever I see your avatar I always feel guilty for getting you banned.