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[nush]

Did Cerium ever respond to his poor simps? Or has he stayed dark?

He didn't wake up yet.

 

[lmimmfn]

Trying to snuff out free speech and individuality, squash any uprisings.

With tags, lmfao

 

[Cyberpunkd]

He didn't wake up yet.

4.5mln and not having to deal with hysteric man-children can have that effect on you.

 

[nush]

Good morning fellow bastards and sons (and daughters) of bitches.

I expect a summary of the nights events on my desk by 9am EST.

Racism,
Epic account suicide,
Tag party,
They've all gone to sleep.

 

[V1LÆM]

like a bat outta hell cerium will be gone when the morning comes. when the night is over like a bat outta hell cerium'll be gone gone gone

look out roadrunner you ain't got a look in. beep beep motherfuckers.

 

[Bullet Club]

Sounds like he wants a Media Create: ResetEra Sale thread.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Why are they still attempting going against their dictator mods? Have some dignity and just delete your account.

 

[Perfo]

I feel so disconnected from that reality. Like... why that sick attachment to a fucking videogame forum. They must think of themselves so high, that somehow they're driven to believe through RE they manage the destiny of the entire human fate -_-'

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Why are they still attempting going against their dictator mods? Have some dignity and just delete your account.

Not only that, mod team has absolutely no saying in any of this. MOBA will demand things and they either accept or be removed from the mod team. A good example people posted is MMO Champion tread that had the mod team saying no ‘gender politics’ will be tolerated.

This is how it’s going to be on ERA - extremism and excluding people we disagree with is not a lever for growth. MOBA is literally being colourblind here, ResetERA users are apply CRT.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I feel so disconnected from that reality. Like... why that sick attachment to a fucking videogame forum.

It’s first and foremost a identity politics forum, videogames come later.

 

[Filthy Casual]

I hope more people move back here now. I moved to ERA simply because there was hardly anyone left here and the volume of information and posts was there. I've never cared much for being part of the 'community', it's always been mostly about keeping up to date with all the latest news for me.

In many ways it really is a miserable place though, all people want to do over there is bitch, moan and find people to cancel. And yeah you're constantly walking on egg shells over there so if you don't agree with the opinions of the majority you're better off keeping your mouth shut.

ERA was only ever a twisted, politically-fuelled version of GAF without the fun.

 

[Velius]

I did not understand the reference to be honest, which is why I did not respond to it earlier because I did not want to assume anything negative.

In the mid to late 2000's there was a resurgence of passion for a movie called "Mac And Me", think of it as a low budget E.T. ripoff. The gif is one of the more particularly egregious scenes.

My understanding was that the poster was making a statement of jolly cooperation and fellowship towards you.

Haven't seen that gif in a while, made me lol

 

[jufonuk]

Not only that, mod team has absolutely no saying in any of this. MOBA will demand things and they either accept or be removed from the mod team. A good example people posted is MMO Champion tread that had the mod team saying no ‘gender politics’ will be tolerated.

This is how it’s going to be on ERA - extremism and excluding people we disagree with is not a lever for growth. MOBA is literally being colourblind here, ResetERA users are apply CRT.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Not only that, mod team has absolutely no saying in any of this. MOBA will demand things and they either accept or be removed from the mod team. A good example people posted is MMO Champion tread that had the mod team saying no ‘gender politics’ will be tolerated.

This is how it’s going to be on ERA - extremism and excluding people we disagree with is not a lever for growth. MOBA is literally being colourblind here, ResetERA users are apply CRT.

No gender politics would remove 80% of the posts there.

 

[Nikodemos]

If you want to fuck over the mods/admins, wait until the sale is finalized and ask for complete personal data removal. Any personal info you have listed (username, date of birth, city of residence, country etc.) must be scrubbed if you so ask. Including from any of your posts that got quoted by another user. Since it's unlikely scripts can catch all of them, they'll have to manually sift through your stuff to make sure it's all removed.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

No gender politics would remove 80% of the posts there.

Which makes Cerium con even more hilarious.

 

[jufonuk]

If you want to fuck over the mods/admins, wait until the sale is finalized and ask for complete personal data removal. Any personal info you have listed (username, date of birth, city of residence, country etc.) must be scrubbed if you so ask. Including from any of your posts that got quoted by another user. Since it's unlikely scripts can catch all of them, they'll have to manually sift through your stuff to make sure it's all removed.

 

[Velius]

I hope more people move back here now. I moved to ERA simply because there was hardly anyone left here and the volume of information and posts was there. I've never cared much for being part of the 'community', it's always been mostly about keeping up to date with all the latest news for me.

In many ways it really is a miserable place though, all people want to do over there is bitch, moan and find people to cancel. And yeah you're constantly walking on egg shells over there so if you don't agree with the opinions of the majority you're better off keeping your mouth shut.

ERA was only ever a twisted, politically-fuelled version of GAF without the fun.

I don't want them to come back. Since they've left this place has become a lot better. There may not be as many people as there are over at Era but we have gained numbers, and the best part is that those numbers constitute (mostly) people who won't try to get you banned for having a political/philosophical difference of opinion.

 

[Velius]

If you want to fuck over the mods/admins, wait until the sale is finalized and ask for complete personal data removal. Any personal info you have listed (username, date of birth, city of residence, country etc.) must be scrubbed if you so ask. Including from any of your posts that got quoted by another user. Since it's unlikely scripts can catch all of them, they'll have to manually sift through your stuff to make sure it's all removed.

I have to ask now--- why would removing all your info screw over the mods?

 

[Nikodemos]

I have to ask now--- why would removing all your info screw over the mods?

Because they'll have to waste time manually checking that the stuff is clean.
Yes, it's petty.

 

[Kumomeme]

I feel so disconnected from that reality. Like... why that sick attachment to a fucking videogame forum. They must think of themselves so high, that somehow they're driven to believe through RE they manage the destiny of the entire human fate -_-'

well from what i see those people atleast believe they has influence in videogame industry. if i remembered correctly before they did 'try' to fire/ban/punish developers of certain studio lol. who the heck they think themself are? put aside the fact of wherever those devs is right or wrong, but they act like they has 'power' in the industry and everyone should care about them.

 

[joedan]

The mods over there are clearly embarrassed as the reality is dawning in on them that they weren't getting paid while Cerium is/was running off with millions. They keep saying that members fail to understand that people can provide work voluntarily and be happy to doing it...ok...but how does this square with their ongoing crusade against crunch in the video game industry...maybe videogame developers are passionate about their projects and are willing to spend extra effort and time to get it in good shape before an approaching deadline. Plus developers are compensated for the extra effort during crunch. These mods were paid a grand sum of 0 for all their years of effort.

 

[ManaByte]

The icing on this cake will be when some mod leaks the mod forum on their way out.

 

[Velius]

Because they'll have to waste time manually checking that the stuff is clean.
Yes, it's petty.

Devious to be sure.

I wish people could just enjoy games. I wonder to myself-- how many of those people truly believe the zealotry they espouse, and how many of them are in a situation where they're just too far in to go back?

Look at my post history and you'll see I'm no fan of the Era folks.

Yet I will admit there is something admirable about wanting to understand and (at least from their perspective) improve the industry, to search for and address occasions in which small developers have been oppressed either inadvertently or directly.

But god almighty there's that, and then there's taking it too far, and then there's the fucking Crusades. And then there's Era. When I browse there the overwhelming sense I get is that those people are not happy. They're not happy about a white protagonist, or a male one. They're not happy about a woman in a videogame (or in life for that matter) being beautiful and/or not overtly loud and annoying. They were unhappy with Cyberpunk's gender options which literally allowed you to make your character look however you want. And if you try to help them see, or even indicate that maybe they should chill the fuck out, you're silenced.

All I know is that I personally have never been able to keep a person like that in my life for very long, and that Era is seemingly full of those kinds of people- angry, jealous, petulant, vindictive and delirious when given even a sliver of authority over others.

I mean they should ask themselves if they even like video games. Do they like anything? Or is it not even about that, is it perhaps about looking at people who do, and determining that they don't deserve to have that enjoyment?

 

[Shmunter]

EviLore should be sharpening his solicitior on this one. It was an inside coo, essentially stealing a community. Go get em tiger!

 

[GeorgPrime]

Cerium is still out partying:

Neogaf Language: "Partying all night with black jack and hookers" = Resetera Language: "He is taking time off to recover from his mental illness that he was suffering from for months now"

 

[Clear]

It’s first and foremost a identity politics forum, videogames come later.

I'd say its more of a clout-chasing forum where status is determined based on how "progressive" you proclaim yourself to be.

Its more than IdPol that makes it the unbearable mess that its become. Posters and mods alike slavishly chase every leftist talking point seemingly with the idea that the fervency of their support (and hateful disdain of other positions) determines their standing within the community/cult.

Videogames are incidental, and entirely disposable within their warped value-systems. its all in service of the social power dynamic.

The psychology of the place is fascinating. Especially because its whole moral virtuousness is based on a lie:

Resetera did not come into existence because 2017 Neogaf wasn't heavily left-leaning and "progressive" enough. It was because of what is known euphemistically as "Showergate". An unsubstantiated allegation turned moral panic that was used to disguise a blatant power-grab and payback for personal grievances.

It was baldly opportunistic, and rooted in vengeful malevolence not virtue.

 

[ExcitableBoy]

It’s the self-righteousness that annoys me the most. Most of them just wake up each day and are determined to find something that offends them and then start a crusade against it.

Ironically they are some of the most privileged people on the planet (I mean they spend all of their day posting on a gaming forum).

But I’ve met a lot of people like them in the real world. Life victims, the whole world is against them even when they are not.

Like that Kujii or whatever her name is. Anyone who doesn’t have exactly the same opinion as her is a bigot and should be silenced.

It’s just pathetic and I’m so glad to have left.

 

[ManaByte]

It’s the self-righteousness that annoys me the most. Most of them just wake up each day and are determined to find something that offends them and then start a crusade against it.

You just described Twitter too.

 

[Velcro Fly]

How some of these people can't see that if they aren't part of the clique there they aren't shit is beyond me. Some of them are so close to figuring out the game. Some of them just desperately want that acceptance from those idiots because they don't have it anywhere else, which I suppose is understandable on some level. I always felt like an outsider there, despite knowing there was support for me there. It never felt like GAF before the split. It always felt like a situation where they were taking people in the back to cook and serve to the elites of the board. There has always been a clear line between the haves and have nots there.

Also dude who is basically on his way out the door deleting a bunch of retro game threads and they restore them anyway. What a petty bunch of fuckbags they have running that place over there. I thought my time as a GameFAQs mod was really dumb but that staff runs circles around the morons on ERA.

 

[Starfield]

You just described Twitter too.

don't forget reddit

 

[Bullet Club]

Neogaf Language: "Partying all night with black jack and hookers" = Resetera Language: "He is taking time off to recover from his mental illness that he was suffering from for months now"

Cerium (3 months ago): "I still own Era..."

Cerium today:

 

[MaulerX]

She said:

"So long as MOBA allows me to continue banning stupid crackery" then clarifies that "Crackery" is "white people nonsense"


So this begs the question and I'm surprised nobody there asked, as an admin, why is she focusing on and targeting "white people nonsense"? And not just nonsense from everyone?

 

[Ammogeddon]

Like that Kujii or whatever her name is. Anyone who doesn’t have exactly the same opinion as her is a bigot and should be silenced.

I had to mute them, complete attention seeker.

 

[nush]

Mods:

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Bo_Hazem GET ITT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ExcitableBoy]

The final straw for me on Era was the topic of that British MP that was stabbed to death on Friday. Some of them were gleefully cheering on the fact that someone they had never met had just been brutally murdered, just because he was a conservative. And of course the mods did nothing. Plus you can’t sensibly debate with these people as you will be immediately labelled and then banned.

They did a quick Google of him and assumed he was some massive homophobe but by all account he was actually one of the nicest people you could meet who did so much for people, for animal welfare and was even helping refugees obtain citizenship. He had served his community for 40 years and probably accomplished and did more for humanity in one day than these guys will achieve in their entire worthless lives.

So yeah just a nasty bunch of self-righteous morons.

 

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

well from what i see those people atleast believe they has influence in videogame industry. if i remembered correctly before they did 'try' to fire/ban/punish developers of certain studio lol. who the heck they think themself are? put aside the fact of wherever those devs is right or wrong, but they act like they has 'power' in the industry and everyone should care about them.

I wonder if they've gotten to the stage that they're rethinking how "influential" they actually were now that their forum has been bought out by exactly the kind of entities they (at least logically should, if they had any consistency and weren't shilling for corporate clout against their stated ideology every chance they could get) despise. It's clear now they were just another tool, another pawn in someone else's plans.

 

[Murdoch]

I watched the 1954 Animal Farm children's film adaptation from the George Orwell book this morning with the kids.

Whilst watching it with them, it struck me how similar that tale was to the whole situation with Neogaf and Resetera over the past few years.

I suppose the users seeking a 'better tomorrow' over there can just stick their heads in the sand and crack on as usual under their new stewardship. I'm sure things won't be that bad under the new owners? Right? Right?!

 

[Marvel14]

I don't want them to come back. Since they've left this place has become a lot better. There may not be as many people as there are over at Era but we have gained numbers, and the best part is that those numbers constitute (mostly) people who won't try to get you banned for having a political/philosophical difference of opinion.

Quality>Quantity

 

[Kumomeme]

I wonder if they've gotten to the stage that they're rethinking how "influential" they actually were now that their forum has been bought out by exactly the kind of entities they (at least logically should, if they had any consistency and weren't shilling for corporate clout against their stated ideology every chance they could get) despise. It's clear now they were just another tool, another pawn in someone else's plans.

it is funny now that all these time this people probably think they has holy grand political agenda scheme in motion but turn out, infact they all just merely part of money making cogs of someone else. all the enthuasist free of charge labor they pour just end up made someone's pocket deeper and larger instead.

 

[nush]

They did a quick Google of him and assumed he was some massive homophobe

You know who was actually a homophobe? Cerium who just sold them out.

There's court documents to prove it and the censored this information from the users.

 

[KAL2006]

You know who was actually a homophobe? Cerium who just sold them out.

There's court documents to prove it and the censored this information from the users.

There wasn't a single thread posted about this, or even messages in other threads? I'd still like to see the contents of locked threads in Era that discussed this

 

[BootsLoader]

I don't want them to come back. Since they've left this place has become a lot better. There may not be as many people as there are over at Era but we have gained numbers, and the best part is that those numbers constitute (mostly) people who won't try to get you banned for having a political/philosophical difference of opinion.

To be honest I don’t want them here either. But we can’t just deny them right?
This time they will have to play by our rules (I mean the whole community).
I was reading gaf before the separation and signed up after the separation. One thing I love here is freedom of speech, expression and opinion. That’s what keeps me coming every day. I hope this will never change.

 

[ManaByte]

There wasn't a single thread posted about this, or even messages in other threads? I'd still like to see the contents of locked threads in Era that discussed this

Every time it would be posted they’d ban the poster and delete the information. If anyone asks about it they’d lie and claim it was false innuendo and that Cerium was always a loyal ally.

 

[Marvel14]

The final straw for me on Era was the topic of that British MP that was stabbed to death on Friday. Some of them were gleefully cheering on the fact that someone they had never met had just been brutally murdered, just because he was a conservative. And of course the mods did nothing. Plus you can’t sensibly debate with these people as you will be immediately labelled and then banned.

They did a quick Google of him and assumed he was some massive homophobe but by all account he was actually one of the nicest people you could meet who did so much for people, for animal welfare and was even helping refugees obtain citizenship. He had served his community for 40 years and probably accomplished and did more for humanity in one day than these guys will achieve in their entire worthless lives.

So yeah just a nasty bunch of self-righteous morons.

No it's worse....its taking the experience of hatred, discrimination and bigotry and adopting it as your own towards people who are different to you.

It would be like Martin Luther King advocating for the enslavement and dehumanisation of Caucasians or Menachem Begin advocating for the extermination of all Germans in concentration camps and gas Chambers.

It is a complete and utter abomination and what's worse is that because their narrative starts from "racism discrimination and exclusion are bad" they think it justifies taking the same deranged positions as the values they claim they are fighting against.

They've "lived long enough to see themselves become the villain" to quote TDK. Or put another way, they've become the evil they think they're fighting.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I wish the guy deleting his OPs would just GDPR threaten them.

 

[Rudius]

I watched the 1954 Animal Farm children's film adaptation from the George Orwell book this morning with the kids.

Whilst watching it with them, it struck me how similar that tale was to the whole situation with Neogaf and Resetera over the past few years.

I suppose the users seeking a 'better tomorrow' over there can just stick their heads in the sand and crack on as usual under their new stewardship. I'm sure things won't be that bad under the new owners? Right? Right?!

I lack the imagination to conceive of how it got get any worse than it already is.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Neogaf Language: "Partying all night with black jack and hookers" = Resetera Language: "He is taking time off to recover from his mental illness that he was suffering from for months now"

See, I'm sure he's actually having mental troubles and the words were chosen carefully.

Imagine the stress of mistiming the sale and realizing you could have cashed out for more before the traffic started to nosedive.

Hoisted by his own petard. Fitting end to the story.