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[JORMBO]

So, have you licked a Switch cartridge?

You might or might not know this, but Switch cartridges taste disgracefully. They are coated in denatonium benzoate, a non toxic agent that makes it taste like rotten lime juice that was drunk and regurgitated by Satan himself. The point is to make sure that kids won't put them in their mouth...

www.resetera.com

Why do they keep licking their Nintendo stuff?

 

[DeepEnigma]

So, have you licked a Switch cartridge?

You might or might not know this, but Switch cartridges taste disgracefully. They are coated in denatonium benzoate, a non toxic agent that makes it taste like rotten lime juice that was drunk and regurgitated by Satan himself. The point is to make sure that kids won't put them in their mouth...

www.resetera.com

Why do they keep licking their Nintendo stuff?

Spoiler

 

[captainraincoat]

It would be better to look over yearly changes more than anything else. I'll just throw a recent date out there:

October 24 2018 unique posters over 24hr period: 7295
October 24 2019 unique posters: 6540

It's a noticeable drop-off, but not a "ship's sinking!" one, at least not yet. I've already kind of given my opinion on where I think the site is heading here.

In 2 years they have completely changed their admin team and are now left the worst of the worst.....I expect implosion to accelerate with the critical point being trump 2020......they will then turn on each other and start an even more pure site which has the craziest of crazies

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

In 2 years they have completely changed their admin team and are now left the worst of the worst.....I expect implosion to accelerate with the critical point being trump 2020......they will then turn on each other and start an even more pure site which has the craziest of crazies

Remember when ERA went member-viewable-only on "accident" awhile back?

 

[captainraincoat]

Remember when ERA went member-viewable-only on "accident" awhile back?

That would kill their income stream and i dont think most of the site pays for Ree gold as they have to pay for other things like Suppressants and Anti Depressants

 

[JORMBO]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

In 2 years they have completely changed their admin team and are now left the worst of the worst.....I expect implosion to accelerate with the critical point being trump 2020......they will then turn on each other and start an even more pure site which has the craziest of crazies

Considering most of the starting admins left and bans have escalated, it shows the remain mods are emotionally sky high like they are living with an eternal wedgie. There is no doubt many left due to the stupid shit going on over there.

Too bad no former mods seem to have the balls to call it out (unless I missed them).

When the Reeee site got up and running, everything seemed lax over there, but over time has become the extreme left leaning bastion of Handout Central Lefties. Good riddance. Goes to show when GAF had all the users, the biggest asstards will always be the biggest asstards no matter which site they post on.

Just like governments giving out bits of money or low income housing, here you go whiners, now get lost (on Reeeee) and don't bother anyone else. And let the rest of society (or websites) live normal productive lives, while the broke, unemployed pink haired SJWs on Reeeee argue whether computer cables should be called male or female.

 

[DeepEnigma]

And by Spanish, they only mean the brown ones.

 

[God Enel]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Imagine a white person telling a person of color how to speak and what to say. Oh wait a minute that's Reeesetera.

 

[JordanN]

President Trump has thoughts on...the edge-to-edge screen iPhone

We don't need a thread for every Trump tweet. If it's actually newsworthy feel free to post it.

www.resetera.com

Resetera's entire existence is based on "Orange Man Bad".

It's only now your shitty website finally draws the line?

 

[ManaByte]

President Trump has thoughts on...the edge-to-edge screen iPhone

We don't need a thread for every Trump tweet. If it's actually newsworthy feel free to post it.

www.resetera.com

Resetera's entire existence is based on "Orange Man Bad".

It's only now your shitty website finally draws the line?

You'd think it would've been after this thread:

 

[Crash Station]

In 2 years they have completely changed their admin team and are now left the worst of the worst.....I expect implosion to accelerate with the critical point being trump 2020......they will then turn on each other and start an even more pure site which has the craziest of crazies

The staff turnover rate is really bad, but I'm not convinced that's actually relevant to where the site is on the implosion scale. If there was more than 1 or 2 former staff actually speaking out against the site, I'd agree that it's an indicator of things like resentment bubbling under the surface, but so far we don't really hear that. People are just "busy" or they get fed up with babysitting a bunch of whiny 30 year olds, which while that doesn't paint the best picture of the userbase, it doesn't mean anything to the whiny userbase itself and only those on the outside looking in. Remember that the site is already the laughing stock of the gaming community.

As for Trump winning, I honestly feel like that would energize the base and bring more people in for a little while, at least until the endless purity testing cannibalizes everyone (I give that a 3-5 year period). The democrat winning would probably harm Era more in the short term since people wouldn't care as much about politics because things would be "back to normal" in their eyes.

I still maintain that without a big controversy, you're not gonna see some sudden implosion. Just more slow bleeding of numbers until any illusion of influence is gone. It could very well follow the Something Awful trajectory of people losing interest, though I would be absolutely shocked if it gets anywhere near that level of prestige at any point in its life, much less its longevity. It's already been abandoned by influential people barely 2 years into its lifespan. The idea of it still being around in another 18 in its current form is ludicrous, though I suppose it's not impossible.

 

[-Arcadia-]

One thing’s for sure, although I want a Trump victory for legitimate political and social reasons, a bonus is going to be seeing just how crazy Reset can get.

If their self-invented Hitler 2 wins again, the madhouse goes full riot and there’s no limits to what could happen.

 

[nush]

One thing’s for sure, although I want a Trump victory for legitimate political and social reasons, a bonus is going to be seeing just how crazy Reset can get.

If their self-invented Hitler 2 wins again, the madhouse goes full riot and there’s no limits to what could happen.

I'm not American, I have no horse in the race. But another four years would be worth it just to watch Ree implode with impotent rage.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

You know anyone that is looking at Ring Fit Adventure as a way to lose weight is morbidly obese. Probably can't even see his own dick.

 

[SCB3]

You'd think it would've been after this thread:

Why so angry, it says right there, he has to be paid "By US Law" also, hes doing a job, why shouldn't he be paid exactly? People really do reach for outrage on Trump and I have no idea why?

 

[Helios]

Non-violence iz ‘da furst article uv ma faith. It iz also ‘da last article uv ma kreed.

 

[Vaelka]

It really isn't tho lol.
I dunno why people keep bitching about things like '' bikini armor '' and such. If anything in the western industry especially things have gone in the exact opposite direction where people will bitch because the tip of the cleavage is showing.
Heck resetera and twitter was bitching about a Samus in her armor 3d model made by a riot artist being '' oversexualized '' and '' porn ''.

Then again, if we're at the point now where women who are covered from head to toe are considered '' oversexualized ''.
Then I dunno. Maybe they think that women showing their faces = '' little to no clothing ''.

 

[Vaelka]

It would be better to look over yearly changes more than anything else. I'll just throw a recent date out there:

October 24 2018 unique posters over 24hr period: 7295
October 24 2019 unique posters: 6540

It's a noticeable drop-off, but not a "ship's sinking!" one, at least not yet. I've already kind of given my opinion on where I think the site is heading here.

I always notice the same usual suspects posting too.
The thread about sexualized female characters is just the same people sitting around spamming the thread all day. And they do the same all of the time in similar threads too. If you actually pay attention to who it is posting then it becomes pretty clear how overinflated the numbers really are. There's people on that site just sitting around posting all day every day in the same threads repeating the same things. I don't even go to resetera often, I only do it sometimes because I am curious. But even as someone who almost never goes there I still see the same people post and recognize them.

 

[nush]

It really isn't tho lol.
I dunno why people keep bitching about things like '' bikini armor '' and such. If anything in the western industry especially things have gone in the exact opposite direction where people will bitch because the tip of the cleavage is showing.
Heck resetera and twitter was bitching about a Samus in her armor 3d model made by a riot artist being '' oversexualized '' and '' porn ''.

Then again, if we're at the point now where women who are covered from head to toe are considered '' oversexualized ''.
Then I dunno. Maybe they think that women showing their faces = '' little to no clothing ''.

Look at all the anime avatars. Do you really think they are playing *urrgh* western games? They hate attractive women there becuse they'll never be with one or be one.

 

[Starlight Lotice]

What is killing me here is that the Avatar is a fucking Maid!!!!

What is a Maid then? A Misogynist way of calling someone a Female Slave to the Straight White Man? My god....

I still maintain that without a big controversy, you're not gonna see some sudden implosion. Just more slow bleeding of numbers until any illusion of influence is gone. It could very well follow the Something Awful trajectory of people losing interest, though I would be absolutely shocked if it gets anywhere near that level of prestige at any point in its life, much less its longevity. It's already been abandoned by influential people barely 2 years into its lifespan. The idea of it still being around in another 18 in its current form is ludicrous, though I suppose it's not impossible.

My fear is the Chinese Government or Tencent see Era as an interesting investment and give them money to promote their crazy ways to create a sphere of influence in the Games Industry to be bought more by the Chinese State.

 

[Javthusiast]

On the one hand Trump winning again would be hilarious just to see them go nuts alone, but on the other I fear this will just somehow continue to give these sjw morons an even stronger voice in the gaming, movie etc. industries to censor and change stuff even further, instead of hopefully die down.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

On the one hand Trump winning again would be hilarious just to see them go nuts alone, but on the other I fear this will just somehow continue to give these sjw morons an even stronger voice in the gaming, movie etc. industries to censor and change stuff even further, instead of hopefully die down.

I think Trump winning re-election will cause ResetEra to become even more extreme, which will make developers more hesitant to cater to their sensibilities. Plus, Era doesn't really have that much clout in these industries nowadays despite their loud screeching. For instance, Batwoman is imploding and Disney is pulling an Aaron Greenberg (when he bragged about Quantum Break having the fastest pre-orders) with the next Star Wars movies.

 

[Javthusiast]

For instance, Batwoman is imploding and Disney is pulling an Aaron Greenberg (when he bragged about Quantum Break having the fastest pre-orders) with the next Star Wars movies.

Yeah I remember them also getting cocky with their Solo pre ticket sales and then the movie actually lost money, lol.

 

[nush]

Yeah I remember them also getting cocky with their Solo pre ticket sales and then the movie actually lost money, lol.

Disney are buying up seats to create manufactured scarcity and get these headlines.

 

[ManaByte]

Disney are buying up seats to create manufactured scarcity and get these headlines.

You don't seriously believe that any movie studio does that, do you?

 

[Lupin the Third]

I get the impression from the phrasing that it was a genuine word of caution, and definitely not a claim of sharing this mindset.

 

[nush]

You don't seriously believe that any movie studio does that, do you?

I didn't until the purchased seats floor plan showed an identical and unnatural pattern across multiple theatres. Exact same block of seats even to the front leaving better seats unreserved.

 

[ManaByte]

I didn't until the purchased seats floor plan showed an identical and unnatural pattern across multiple theatres. Exact same block of seats even to the front leaving better seats unreserved.

Yea Dataracer will never photoshop images to further their agenda.

 

[nush]

.

 

[EdMiliband]

If you want a good laugh, you should read the anniversary thread.There you will read how wonderful and inclusive ERA and its moderation is, while GAF is alt-right, toxic, etc.

 

[ManaByte]

If you want a good laugh, you should read the anniversary thread.There you will read how wonderful and inclusive ERA and its moderation is, while GAF is alt-right, toxic, etc.

“What a time to be alive.”

 

[Windom Earle]

Cross Posting from Outer Worlds thread:

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Is that undie image a pic of a female in the game?

Or is that a pic of every guy's crotch on Reeeeeee?

 

[Windom Earle]

Is that undie image a pic of a female in the game?

Or is that a pic of every guy's crotch on Reeeeeee?

It's a scene from an unreleased game and we need to pre-emptively lose our shit ok?

Also REE crotches have a little more buldge but identical panties I guess.

 

[EdMiliband]

 

[EdMiliband]

 

[nush]

If you want a good laugh, you should read the anniversary thread.There you will read how wonderful and inclusive ERA and its moderation is, while GAF is alt-right, toxic, etc.

That's actually pretty tame by Era standard, the fact that it was posted in Gaming and not Off topic would explain that. If you only post in gaming and avoid the ban bait gaming social issues topics you'll be fine. The real insanity and GAF hating happens in Off Topic and stays there because most of them don't actually play games (Off Topic Campers).

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

She must have the easiest life ever if she classifies that as the most stress inducing experience of her life lmao.

 

[EviLore]

 

[benjipwns]

I maintain this remains the best early days ResetERA.com thread, especially to celebrate its anniversary with:

Resetera revenue should go back to the community and gaming charity causes

NeoGAF was the most popular video game forum. I suspect that era is over now. One of my concerns, and many, many other members' concerns with that forum is how the owner financially managed it. It became user hostile with viglinks, intrusive ads, and hijack your browser mobile ads. More...

www.resetera.com

NeoGAF was the most popular video game forum. I suspect that era is over now. One of my concerns, and many, many other members' concerns with that forum is how the owner financially managed it. It became user hostile with viglinks, intrusive ads, and hijack your browser mobile ads. More importantly, it was a forum built up of community generated content for free, moderated by unpaid volunteers, all set up for the profit of one single person. This set up disgusted me and I know it disgusted many others.

During the mass exodus, I knew this is our chance as a community to fix the above issue. If the community made the content, the community should be the ones determining how to spend the site revenue. I offered to fund the entirety of Resetera to accomplish this goal, but the current forum owner ignored me. There's a lot going on, I guess.

I understand this forum is new and there's a lot to work out. Perfect. Since we're not on a determined path, I propose all revenue generated by this forum be used to pay for the forum itself, to generate ways to create better content for the community, and send all other revenue toward another, gaming related causes. For example, game development for the underprivileged, the underrepresented minorities and women, Child's Play kind of endeavors, etc.

Granted, yes, the site is new, there's no money, no one's determined anything with money, etc., etc. However, it's important to have this discussion now. We can work toward being a better, more inclusive community. Do you have any thoughts on how the site should spend its generated revenue, if it ever gets to that point?

I wish they'd allow posters to be monthly contributors. Maybe some type of vanity flair for their avatars as thanks.

Access to ResetEra Gold would be a nice perk.

I think our say on it is limited considering we didn’t put the site together.

In all honesty I’m fine with the operators from the site profiting from it provided they remain transparent and no one person has the authority to shut the place down at any given moment or go power mad “cuz fuck you I paid for it”.

I’m also cool with any revenue going towards charity yeah.

Basically I think the most obvious thing is to avoid another situation like what happened last week.

Damn they weren't paid? All that talk about them being "staff", I guess I just assumed.

Did they get anything? E3 passes? Free stolen Russian keys to COD4?

Could we just start a subscription model instead of ads? I'm happy to pay for this. Love this site already.

This is something I would like to see if it means no ads (ads are coming eventually no question). I don't need any other benefit.

I offered to fund the whole thing. It's still on the table. If this is an issue, I can fund it to accomplish my proposed direction of the community.

The people who maintain this community (both on the technical side and the moderators) should be given some sort of compensation, imo. The fact that the mods on such an immense site like GAF were being asked to donate their time is absolutely insulting given how much the site was pulling in from ad revenue, and how much that community was shaped by it's moderation. It probably gets complicated with determining who to pay and how much and on what basis do you decide that scale, but I feel like it's something that should be considered if ResetERA maintains it's momentum of users and content creation.

I also think that if revenue goes towards charities or some cause, it should be focused on fighting against abuse in all its forms -- abuse by the government (donations to the ACLU), abuse towards employees particularly in the games industry, and physical and institutional abuse of women.

I don't have a ton of money, but I'd be willing to invest in the site too if there was something solid in place. Also hopefully what happened at GAF makes the admin staff realize that leadership needs to be decentralized.

Yeah, this really needs to happen if we want to stop another apocalypse from occurring.

Pay for the site.
Pay the Admins/Mods.
The rest to charity.

a reset era podcast
a reset era youtube channel
a reset era news site

and all that money gained from those should go back into making those better. i think it going back into one guys pockets will just end up back where we started.

the revenue should go to the mods for moderating, pretty sick that those guys didn't get paid before.

Mods moderate and the community makes the content. Both are important functions. The mods should not be the only ones paid.

I fully understand that the owners of this domain have all the power at this point and they'll do what they want. That said, what do people think of the possibility of setting this up as a non-profit corporation? It undoubtedly serves a public purpose. Donations or contributions would be tax deductible, everyone working on the site could be paid competitive wages, and any profits would be put back into the site for use however the community decides.

that'd be cool if it worked like a non profit organization where the revenue generated first goes to the operating costs including some staff members and then the rest goes back into the mission, whatever that mission may be

I agree with this. The main problem wih the old forum was that one single person profited and ran it like a dictatorship, couldn't be questioned, criticized or challenged. If you take personal profit out of the equation, this forum automatically gets much better.

I was really surprised to discover the mods on gaf were not being reimbursed at all considering the amount of crap they had to put up with, the time they devoted and how much revenue the site was pulling in.

I don't know what monetization plans resetera has planned but, hopefully the staff don't get shafted, and I wouldn't mind donating some money to help the site.

I wouldn't mind making monthly contributions. That would be pretty cool.

Absolutely fantastic for sure. I'm not surprised this issue hasn't yet been addressed. It's still early. But I figured we should start the conversation now. It's a massive way for us to distinguish our community.

Imagine funding really great gaming investigative journalism. Or a unique indie game. A documentary on a game development. Sending underprivileged kids to game development school. We can do that.

There's five more pages before it gets locked by an admin who later self-requested a ban.

 

[EviLore]

“The main problem wih the old forum was that one single person profited and ran it like a dictatorship, couldn't be questioned, criticized or challenged.”

Mm.

 

[kbear]

On the one hand Trump winning again would be hilarious just to see them go nuts alone, but on the other I fear this will just somehow continue to give these sjw morons an even stronger voice in the gaming, movie etc. industries to censor and change stuff even further, instead of hopefully die down.

Similar thing happened after Trump won — MSNBC shows like Maddow dominated the ratings for a while mainly because people wanted to see how they’d react. Now it’s back to normal with the Fox News shows having the highest ratings and MSNBC demos plummeting. I think REE could take a similar trajectory if Trump wins in 2020; a big spike for a few months to see the fallout followed by a gradual decline towards irrelevancy.

 

[ULTROS!]

“The main problem wih the old forum was that one single person profited and ran it like a dictatorship, couldn't be questioned, criticized or challenged.”

Mm.

They still want receipts of your yacht.

 

[ROMhack]

I don't usually do this but... 4 days. Being an adult sure must be hard.

 

[Scopa]

I don't usually do this but... 4 days. Being an adult sure must be hard.

Starting to panic. 4 days alone, he might start to think for himself.

Call the NPC Police!

 

[brap]

I don't usually do this but... 4 days. Being an adult sure must be hard.

>not missing you're gf
How's it feel having no feelings?

 

[ROMhack]

>not missing you're gf
How's it feel having no feelings?

Missing some context tbh. Thread title is 'It's so hard being alone'.

I do get his feels but it's the 4 days thing that gets me. Not a long time really.

 

[brap]

Missing some context tbh. Thread title is 'It's so hard being alone'.

I do get his feels but it's the 4 days thing that gets me. Not a long time really.

ok