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[Bullet Club]

I understand if you want to lock this thread, mods/Evilore.

It's interesting news though.

M.O.B.A. Network acquires ResetEra.com - one of the world's largest gaming forums​

M.O.B.A. Network has today acquired ResetEra.com, one of the world's largest gaming forum and community brands, which has great growth potential. With the acquisition, M.O.B.A. Network's portfolio expands its reach globally with approximately 60 million page views per month.


ResetEra.com was founded in 2017 and has grown rapidly with a committed audience. Sales in the last twelve months (up to and including 31 August) amounted to approximately USD 700,000 with an EBITDA margin of approximately 80%. The purchase price amounts to USD 4.55 million and will be paid in cash in two tranches, where USD 3.55 million has been paid upon closing, and USD 1 million will be paid by 31 December 2021.

ResetEra.com's revenue is generated through ads and member subscriptions. M.O.B.A. Network sees significant opportunities to increase advertising revenue through a higher share of direct sales, implementation of new ad formats, and a long-term product development strategy. M.O.B.A. Network, therefore, estimates that ResetEra.com can grow sales significantly in 2022 while maintaining an EBITDA margin.

With ResetEra.com, M.O.B.A. Network gets a strong, global community brand and access to a very active discussion forum with over 45 million forum posts and about 55,000 members. The discussion topics on ResetEra.com are broad and cover all kinds of games and platforms such as consoles, PC, and mobile games, which expands the M.O.B.A. Network's position in the gaming industry. ResetEra.com's core values are "inclusivity and diversity," and the community sets high demands for approving membership. The core values and the high membership requirements are also essential to M.O.B.A. Network.

The operational team that runs ResetEra will continue to moderate and engage with the community and work with M.O.B.A. Network on future product development.

"We are very excited and proud to welcome ResetEra.com - one of the world's largest gaming forum and community brands - to our growing number of brands," said Björn Mannerqvist, CEO of M.O.B.A. Network. "ResetEra.com has great growth potential, and we see significant opportunities to develop ResetEra.com, continue to grow traffic flows, improve the sales development and extract synergies within the M.O.B.A. Group."

"ResetEra.com is another step in our strategy to grow through acquisitions and create more relevant communities with attractive, growing target groups that many companies want to expose themselves to," said Björn Mannerqvist.

Source: cision

 

[captainraincoat]

 

[Bullet Club]

Look at these other sites they own, Fits right in...

 

[Mr Reasonable]

How much do they pay the mods?

 

[Bullet Club]

How much do they pay the mods?

 

[kittoo]

I am just here to appreciate the fact that EviLore could have gotten this money (or more) years ago yet chose not to- to keep GAF what it was/is. What a legend!
On the other hand resetera people seem to have gotten rich by kinda usurping what he built, or at least that's how it seems to me a little.

 

[Yoboman]

Damn

EviLore can I borrow some of your craziest members too? I need some money. I promise I'll ban most of them when they don't follow my arbitrary rules

 

[Kraz]

Lol Capitalism, baby. Squeeze those lefties for their personal information with ISP emails registrations with access to a "curated" safe space then selling them off after. Curated like cattle. "Moderators are still volunteers" free ranch hands too.
Happy Halloween.

 

[Bullet Club]

resetera people seem to have gotten rich

Resetera person.

 

[GymWolf]

I can't believe those cunts get payed for being fucking crazy and a laugh stock on the internet...

 

[Star-Lord]

See, kids, being racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic does pay off.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Cause when I think of your typical MOBA player I think of a civil, mature ally.

 

[BizzyBum]

Cerium is actually one of the greatest modern con artists we have ever seen.

• Saw the slowly growing discontent that had been manifesting at GAF for years.
• Orchestrated the EviLore incident to rile up the entire community which was "the last straw" for many.
• Immediately has an entire, working forum ready to go to migrate as many GAF users as possible.
• ResetERA was planned and in the works for days, if not weeks before the migration.
• Already has THOUSANDS of accounts ready to instantly start his forum as well as mods to run it. The ad money commences...
• Brand it as a new beginning with a less strict approach to moderation which was kept for a few months then slowly devolved over time to even stricter moderation and echo chambers.
• Basically do nothing as your mod team runs the site and your stolen community provides all the content.
• Make absolute bank (4.5 million fucking dollars) selling to whoever the fuck is buying highest, drop an announcement at 2AM EST, then disappear never to be heard from again.

Like, I almost have to respect this level of hustle.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Pretty interesting though. Era's "inclusivity and diversity" policy means their moderation seems very heavy handed by other Internet forum standards. I assume that a zero tolerance approach to anything approaching hate speech makes the purchase easier for potential buyers.

 

[Gifmaker]

Did they miss the Media Create Sales fiasko in september?
Reeeee is a dying platform, as more and more people are waking up over there. Pretty bad investment.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

They paid that much for 55,000 members?

 

[Star-Lord]

Also, if M.O.B.A want to be associated with a group of known sex offenders and pedophiles, then that’s their call — I just hope sales drop to reflect that choice.

 

[Sony]

Did they miss the Media Create Sales fiasko in september?
Reeeee is a dying platform, as more and more people are waking up over there. Pretty bad investment.

What fiasco?

Also, lol. What a con artist the previous owner is.

 

[MudoSkills]

Surprised to see most people in the early pages of the thread congratulating Cerium, I thought they all wanted to eat the rich?

 

[BizzyBum]

Surprised to see most people in the early pages of the thread congratulating Cerium, I thought they all wanted to eat the rich?

They had no idea the sell price. As soon as it was posted, the entire vibe changed.

 

[Gifmaker]

What fiasco?

Mods over there managed to nuke Media Create Sales threads - a tradition going on for about 15 years - by pissing off Chris and other members with, what else, unwarranted bans.

Here's the readers' digest version: https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1444796077677465605

It's an epic read that gets more juicy with every new twist. I love when someone was brave enough to call out the mods on their shit and produced evidence of their bad faith arguments via screenshots of Discord messages.
In the light of these events, Morrigan resigned as a mod, too.

 

[Kraz]

Almost want to try to submit a mod ticket to them to provide some of my thoughts to the mod team since they all get to read it with their system and it doesn't appear to need registratiion.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Surprised to see most people in the early pages of the thread congratulating Cerium, I thought they all wanted to eat the rich?

The monkeys there are trained well, they would be banned otherwise.

Whatever moba is, they will be disappointed soon that the reeee crazies have no money to spend though, so no income from ads.

 

[Leopold]

Hope this is the beginning of the end. After I was banned saying that I wanted to play with the Xbox controller inside an Israeli tank, and having to argue that it is absolutely insane to say that Neil Druckmann is inserting his politics on Israel/Palestine in TLOU2, I really hope that Resetera crash and burns.

 

[Coolwhhip]

See, kids, being racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic does pay off.

Well no. Exploiting those crazy people pays off. The admin played them pretty well.

 

[Star-Lord]

Well no. Exploiting those crazy people pays off. The admin played them pretty well.

If the racists/sexists/homophobes/transphobes got played, so be it. It’s all deserved, and I don’t feel an ounce of pity for them. They chose to have that mindset.

 

[SonicB00M]

I kinda wish EviLore would create an account there, call himself GooDore, take a picture with a fake mustache and announce, that he is going to create a new gaming forum for everyone to join who doesn't want to support ResetEra anymore.

 

[MudoSkills]

They had no idea the sell price. As soon as it was posted, the entire vibe changed.

Yep, guillotine time.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Yep, guillotine time.

If you create a community based on hate, they will eventually turn against you.

 

[Kraz]

The new owners sound openly business and if they're going to sell it in the future they aren't going to care to shop around for the best fit when there is best dollars to be had.

 

[nush]

This is my greatest.

Of all time.

I called in in our Resetera topic many, many times. It's not just corporations exploiting the woke sheep. Well played Asian Dictator, well played.

I present you September 2019.

 

[plushyp]

I can't believe those cunts get payed for being fucking crazy and a laugh stock on the internet...

Even the court jester needs to be paid money

 

[GymWolf]

Even the court jester needs to be paid money

Every time i saw a court jester in a movie, they always get killed by the king when he has a tantrum...

 

[Roger Rabbit]

Lol at the mods there providing free labour after thousands of posts fighting against unpaid hours of work in the gaming industry.

 

[Star-Lord]

I can't believe those cunts get payed for being fucking crazy and a laugh stock on the internet...

Here’s the clincher; from what I’ve read, the mod team weren’t being paid. They were being cunts purely for the sake of being cunts. And now King Cunt has sold the site and all his cunty minions won’t see a single dime of it.

 

[EviLore]

Mmm.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

 

[YukiOnna]

You bought ResetEra for 4.55 million dollars???

 

[bitbydeath]

Bet that Newman guy is kicking himself for selling off his share to Cerium.

 

[GymWolf]

This is my greatest.

Of all time.

I called in in our Resetera topic many, many times. It's not just corporations exploiting the woke sheep. Well played Asian Dictator, well played.

I present you September 2019.

You are almost as good as our otelma wizard.

 

[nush]

They had no idea the sell price. As soon as it was posted, the entire vibe changed.

 

[nush]

You are almost as good as our otelma wizard.

 

[Coolwhhip]

The mods don't need money, they are living the life at their parents.

 

[Ionian]

I can't believe those cunts get payed for being fucking crazy and a laugh stock on the internet...

geuininly so surpurised he even got that.

And people worked for free.

So odd.

 

[nush]

You bought ResetEra for 4.55 million dollars???

Can you fly Bobby?

 

[plushyp]

Mmm.

 

[ZywyPL]

BOMBA!

 

[nush]

Mmm.

Integrity > making a quick buck.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Cerium is actually one of the greatest modern con artists we have ever seen.

• Saw the slowly growing discontent that had been manifesting at GAF for years.
• Orchestrated the EviLore incident to rile up the entire community which was "the last straw" for many.
• Immediately has an entire, working forum ready to go to migrate as many GAF users as possible.
• ResetERA was planned and in the works for days, if not weeks before the migration.
• Already has THOUSANDS of accounts ready to instantly start his forum as well as mods to run it. The ad money commences...
• Brand it as a new beginning with a less strict approach to moderation which was kept for a few months then slowly devolved over time to even stricter moderation and echo chambers.
• Basically do nothing as your mod team runs the site and your stolen community provides all the content.
• Make absolute bank (4.5 million fucking dollars) selling to whoever the fuck is buying highest, drop an announcement at 2AM EST, then disappear never to be heard from again.

Like, I almost have to respect this level of hustle.

This exactly. Regardless of what happened, the sheer professionalism of the takeover has to be respected. It was, even back then, so amazingly obvious that the new site was done for the sake of money and not due to some glorious higher purpose. The preparedness of it all, and how it seemed to be forgotten under the guise of being "saved" was interesting to say the least. Many users may have moved for various reasons, but many just got swept away.

 

[prinz_valium]

GZ.
Some nice $4m