No politics in gaming on Neogaf

HogIsland said:
It's not a no-politics forum. It's a right wing forum.
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Just because there's a few of both sides, doesn't mean it's right wing. It just means there's free speech here. Point of this forum having a no politics rule is because of that fact. Sure, sounds like "that's not free speech!" it technically isn't, but it can't be a no walls no mod world, otherwise you delve into arguments which don't even matter in the end and ruin the discussion of talking about video games or fun stuff.

Era is a great show of that fact (which we all know I suppose). Can't even talk about stuff like Harry Potter because of politics shit messing it all up.

I honestly don't count myself as either "wing", because both sides have a lot of completely idiotic view points which I don't agree with.
 
hemo memo said:
I've personally chosen not to use the ignore feature. I believe there's often something to be gained from reading different viewpoints, and I have no users on my ignore list in 13 years. Listening to a wider range of opinions can be really insightful.
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I've started using it for repeating nonsense themed threads, like honestly how many times can you read the same opinion on this culture war before it becomes tiresome.
 
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EviLore said:
Understand the intent of the no politics rule. It is to avoid getting into political tribalism and mudslinging, no matter the alignment. Discussing how the tariffs may impact the industry financially is an economics/business topic directly relevant to discussions here and is possible for reasonable adults to stay on track with. Angrily naming politicians and calling out the opposing tribe is no longer aligned with constructive dialogue.
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I'm going to discuss some politics here: I think we should implement a "stupid tax" whereby console warriors and trolls get taxed. I also would propose a conditional tariff against those who create stupid threads. It doesn't have to be much: $.10 after first infraction and $100 cap for repeat offenders. You are able to go down the scale after 3 months without infractions.

We can name a few people, 3-4 each continent, of whom will be tasked with flying out to serious offenders' homes and lashing the convicted offender(s) with the power cord of their most disliked console (or PC). The fees will help fund travel expenses, if necessary.

I think we'd be running quite the surplus!
 
nemiroff said:
You're on a blatant political soapbox here for no reason, several posts, we know it's not really allowed, and yet no ban. You should be thankful, yet the whine continues like you're a victim of some kind of unimaginable injustice.
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It appears the boot fitted... cry harder
 
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Bernardougf said:
Its very easy to spot this pattern because it exists since forever ... once your "side" start to loose .. time to 1 - make the discussions "bad" ... 2 - make the other side look as bad as you or worse

Thats why I can at least try to respect Resetera who is a craziness cesspool but they own their bullshit to the extreme... here we got this fake neutrals pissed about the culture wars and "both sides" are bad.. who for years have said nothing but now ? ... welp things changed somehow for them.

Every woke outlet midia crying for body type A and B in games ? Thats fine.

Gamers asking for normality male and female ? Fuck culture wars both sides are bad lets end discussions about this.
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TL;DR version - "Muh both sides" is a weaselly Poisoning the Well tactic in the form of an Appeal to Moderation.
 
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Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is called 'woke' by angry gamers

Many players have been left enraged by a controversial change by the game's developers -prompting accusations of wokeness.
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When picking their character, gamers are asked to select numbered 'body types' instead of male or female.

One critic said it 'forces you to play as a transgender character' because it removes concepts of male and female.

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Guys what do you think about being forced to play as a transgender character?
 
bro why ban politics?

I know that trump is putins bitch


but also america became soviet?

or is it only neogaf?

you sound like russian pussies when their country doing


some mongol type shit

they go like i'm not into politics
 
A long time ago, I advocated for allowing political discussion as a part of gaming forums. I thought it was just part of being able to talk openly about life and whatever. However, I changed my mind when I saw the results. What happened every time, in every place that allowed political discussion, is that the forum became either a food fight or an echo chamber. Allowing politics is a great way to divide and kill a forum - or at least make it uninviting for half the population.
 
To.Puria said:
bro why ban politics?

I know that trump is putins bitch


but also america became soviet?

or is it only neogaf?

you sound like russian pussies when their country doing


some mongol type shit

they go like i'm not into politics
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Now this is a proper account suicide... do this
 
The tariff topics are far more relevant than the endless woke complaints that all pretty much say the same thing and rejuvenate every time a new game is announced.

But theres already topics for that discussion so...
 
marjo said:
OP has a point. So many threads around hero devolve into stupid culture war shit. It's really annoying.
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Many here only see it as a problem if they disagree with it. If they agree with it its fine. You'll have people outright say this

It never adds much regardless of which team you play for.
 
Axelon said:
Just because there's a few of both sides, doesn't mean it's right wing. It just means there's free speech here. Point of this forum having a no politics rule is because of that fact. Sure, sounds like "that's not free speech!" it technically isn't, but it can't be a no walls no mod world, otherwise you delve into arguments which don't even matter in the end and ruin the discussion of talking about video games or fun stuff.

Era is a great show of that fact (which we all know I suppose). Can't even talk about stuff like Harry Potter because of politics shit messing it all up.

I honestly don't count myself as either "wing", because both sides have a lot of completely idiotic view points which I don't agree with.
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It's right wing because the mods only perceive left wing opinions as "politics".
 
Banjo64 said:
Everything's right wing to the fairy people.
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Fairy as fuck
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Thread 'A potential game setting that could fix gaming forever.'

Picture this: A new law is passed that requires every new video game to come with a required setting upon first launch.

You start up your new game for the first time, and before you even arrive at the main menu, you see one question: Based or DEI?

You choose Based, you get no DEI shit whatsoever. You see stunning characters with huge racks and asses, no bisexual lighting or weird colour pallets, no cringe dialogue or modern day political shite. You choose DEI, you get all the ridiculous shit you want. Suddenly the games colour pallete becomes pinker than a certain animated panther, and...
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To.Puria said:
bro why ban politics?

I know that trump is putins bitch


but also america became soviet?

or is it only neogaf?

you sound like russian pussies when their country doing


some mongol type shit

they go like i'm not into politics
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USA will be part of Russia.And for those reason on neogaf censorship.
 
HogIsland said:
Fairy as fuck
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Thread 'A potential game setting that could fix gaming forever.'

Picture this: A new law is passed that requires every new video game to come with a required setting upon first launch.

You start up your new game for the first time, and before you even arrive at the main menu, you see one question: Based or DEI?

You choose Based, you get no DEI shit whatsoever. You see stunning characters with huge racks and asses, no bisexual lighting or weird colour pallets, no cringe dialogue or modern day political shite. You choose DEI, you get all the ridiculous shit you want. Suddenly the games colour pallete becomes pinker than a certain animated panther, and...
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You linked to a joke post. What was that supposed to prove?
 
Paltheos said:
Huh. This went on longer than I thought. Like a full day between going live and the ban.
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Looks like instead of keeping his mouth shut, OP doubled down on calling all Oblivion characters trans. Humility and grace are lost arts, it seems.
 
jshackles said:
Looks like instead of keeping his mouth shut, OP doubled down on calling all Oblivion characters trans. Humility and grace are lost arts, it seems.
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Im willing to bet that character looks more attractive/young/feminine from 90% women in AAA western dev studio recently (say last 5 years launch and/or trailers)made games.
Gaffers already noticed this shit back in 2020
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Thread 'Have you realized that we haven't seen a single beautiful/sexy female character in both Sony's and MS's shows??'

That's really sad IMO.

Hopefully Japan will save us again with games like Bayonetta 3.:messenger_smiling:

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A thread with a body count. At least it's not people I enjoy reading.
I think the ones I like are mature enough not to sperg if they get a slap on the wrist by the mods.
 
One thing that I find to be 100% true is that mods have to protect the woke from the unwoke, or they cannot stand.

On the other hand, the unwoke would be fine without mods or censorship of any kind.

So in the mind of a woke person, no forum can ever be safe for them unless it has extreme moderation designed to drown out disagreement and prevent them from getting their feelings hurt after expressing their opinion. Anti-woke is just the pushback against that. Anti-woke can meme (much) better so they have an oversized effect. Woke is political, I do agree, but anti-woke is just ridicule from everyone not woke regardless of political affiliation. They are just doing it to piss the woke off, so if the woke would stop having a conniption fit every time someone posts a meme, the anti-woke would get tired of playing with their toy and move on.

Like the whole Body Type A/B mod thing. Woke people, please listen. People don't really care about that until you do. When they see you care and remove the mod, they will all download it just to rub your nose in shit. Without you getting mad there is no backlash. It's like Batman. There would be no need for Batman if Batman didn't exist. Without Batman there would be no Joker. That's the Joker's whole motivation.
 
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Zacfoldor said:
One thing that I find to be 100% true is that mods have to protect the woke from the unwoke, or they cannot stand.

On the other hand, the unwoke would be fine without mods or censorship of any kind.

So in the mind of a woke person, no forum can ever be safe for them unless it has extreme moderation designed to drown out disagreement and prevent them from getting their feelings hurt after expressing their opinion. Anti-woke is just the pushback against that. Anti-woke can meme (much) better so they have an oversized effect. Woke is political, I do agree, but anti-woke is just ridicule from everyone not woke regardless of political affiliation. They are just doing it to piss the woke off, so if the woke would stop having a conniption fit every time someone posts a meme, the anti-woke would get tired of playing with their toy and move on.

Like the whole Body Type A/B mod thing. Woke people, please listen. People don't really care about that until you do. When they see you care and remove the mod, they will all download it just to rub your nose in shit. Without you getting mad there is no backlash. It's like Batman. There would be no need for Batman if Batman didn't exist. Without Batman there would be no Joker. That's the Joker's whole motivation.
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How do I know if i'm woke?
 
Just love it. The problem is that having a choice between being a female or male has become political. I would love to go back in time and tell people when Oblivion first came out that the character creation system would be political.
 
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