Just moments ago, Malka told me NeoGAF should be fully operational later this evening, and in the near future, will be restructured to more exclusively focus on video games. NeoGAF will apparently move "away from the increasingly untenable off-topic discussions that made 2017 such a stressful year for everyone."
Unfortunately, like confirmed deviants Amir0x and benjipwns, I am permanently banned from GAF.
IMO everyone that likes it here should stay. But all of this whining about how much of a hole GAF has left in their souls and how they're just using the Bore as halfway house until the gaf or resist era goes up is getting old. Also all the GAF imports going straight up :insane rhetoric
All nostalgia for gaf is in the past, all I care about now is the schadenfreude.
All nostalgia for gaf is in the past, all I care about now is the schadenfreude.
who are you kidding ???
Not surprising. He's accepts no culpability for what happened and then tries to assert even more control over the forum.
That's his playbook 101.
LOL at focusing on games. Did the average gaffer in the last few years even play any games at all?
LOL at focusing on games. Did the average gaffer in the last few years even play any games at all?
LOL at focusing on games. Did the average gaffer in the last few years even play any games at all?
Friends and expats,
It is difficult to create a community.
You can build a website and write a mission statement, but these things are only structural. It takes interest, passion, and participation from users to turn an inanimate website into a living thing. It will take the effort of every member here to turn our burgeoning congregation into the true community we are looking for. No moderator or administrator can be responsible for that – this is a responsibility every user shares. It is rare so many people have the opportunity to start something new together. If we are going to be successful, we must believe in what we are doing.
Many of us have come from someplace else and have nowhere else to go. We must be humble and mindful of this fact. As we adapt and recreate the homes we’ve lost, we must be conscious and leave certain things behind. We must shape them in a more perfect vision. If we aim to create someplace respectable and dignified, we must individually uphold those values. While first and foremost this is a hobby forum, it also aims to be much more than that for hundreds of its members. This is our pocket world. It’s our place to go. We are all each other’s neighbors and must treat each other as such.
There is no place else on the internet like what we are trying to build. We must take it seriously.
As you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction. Do not fall victim to petty arguments, do not capitalize on every opportunity to be negative, and remember that everyone here is a refugee. Seek positive conversation. Remove your ironic veil and speak honestly. Post thoughtfully and thoroughly and remember everything you contribute is a building block. Do not let our menagerie collapse under the same heavy-handed negativity that defines other forums we find distasteful.
- Conversation is invigorated by dissent. It is natural to disagree with your fellow posters and it is commendable to take a stand on something you believe in. If you argue, do so in good faith. Allow members to speak their mind and answer them sincerely. Do not declare your fellow member a lost cause before the conversation has had the chance to conclude.
- Restrain your urge to hyperbolize. Exaggeration overstates your investment and encourages extreme responses from others who feel the need to mirror your position. Attempt to articulate why you care about things, or how things makes you feel, and leave room for others to respond at different levels of intensity.
- Be inclusive in your language, beliefs, and expectations. For this forum to become a massive multinational destination, no human being can feel unwelcome in its environment. Respect their culture, respect their gender, and respect the identity of every member at all times. Nobody should ever feel defensive of their humanity. This kind of hostility cannot be tolerated here. This kind of standard is non-negotiable and should be upheld by every member.
- Do not forget where you came from, but focus on our future. Everyone here comes from somewhere else and we mustn’t cling to our nostalgia. This is a new era free from the burden of history. Embrace your new home, believe in its livelihood, and relish in this occasion. Do not fall victim to the false comforts of the past. Remember why we are moving forward and do so with pride.
- Lastly, be accommodating to the growing pains of the website. There are bound to be technical hurdles. There are bound to be trolls who slip through the grate. There will be some quiet days as members are approved and you may feel like important faces are missing. But you must have patience and support your new board through its afterbirth.
As the clock ticks towards our mutual restart, be confident in yourself and others. Remember what you want the forum to be and hold yourself to that ideal. Demand it of your peers by setting the example. Nobody would be here if they felt at home anywhere else. Remember, we really are the last of us.
With admiration, respect, and confidence,
A fellow Resetter
As you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction.
QuoteAs you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction.
What orientation does my chakra need to be in? How do I properly balance my chi?
This is the first production of the new #ResetEra board planning to be started by some former posters, that has a handful of former mods involved in some capacity, with a Nintendo shill paying for it all...and will have some byzantine sign-up and approval process with a posting history background check:QuoteFriends and expats,
It is difficult to create a community.
You can build a website and write a mission statement, but these things are only structural. It takes interest, passion, and participation from users to turn an inanimate website into a living thing. It will take the effort of every member here to turn our burgeoning congregation into the true community we are looking for. No moderator or administrator can be responsible for that – this is a responsibility every user shares. It is rare so many people have the opportunity to start something new together. If we are going to be successful, we must believe in what we are doing.
Many of us have come from someplace else and have nowhere else to go. We must be humble and mindful of this fact. As we adapt and recreate the homes we’ve lost, we must be conscious and leave certain things behind. We must shape them in a more perfect vision. If we aim to create someplace respectable and dignified, we must individually uphold those values. While first and foremost this is a hobby forum, it also aims to be much more than that for hundreds of its members. This is our pocket world. It’s our place to go. We are all each other’s neighbors and must treat each other as such.
There is no place else on the internet like what we are trying to build. We must take it seriously.
As you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction. Do not fall victim to petty arguments, do not capitalize on every opportunity to be negative, and remember that everyone here is a refugee. Seek positive conversation. Remove your ironic veil and speak honestly. Post thoughtfully and thoroughly and remember everything you contribute is a building block. Do not let our menagerie collapse under the same heavy-handed negativity that defines other forums we find distasteful.
- Conversation is invigorated by dissent. It is natural to disagree with your fellow posters and it is commendable to take a stand on something you believe in. If you argue, do so in good faith. Allow members to speak their mind and answer them sincerely. Do not declare your fellow member a lost cause before the conversation has had the chance to conclude.
- Restrain your urge to hyperbolize. Exaggeration overstates your investment and encourages extreme responses from others who feel the need to mirror your position. Attempt to articulate why you care about things, or how things makes you feel, and leave room for others to respond at different levels of intensity.
- Be inclusive in your language, beliefs, and expectations. For this forum to become a massive multinational destination, no human being can feel unwelcome in its environment. Respect their culture, respect their gender, and respect the identity of every member at all times. Nobody should ever feel defensive of their humanity. This kind of hostility cannot be tolerated here. This kind of standard is non-negotiable and should be upheld by every member.
- Do not forget where you came from, but focus on our future. Everyone here comes from somewhere else and we mustn’t cling to our nostalgia. This is a new era free from the burden of history. Embrace your new home, believe in its livelihood, and relish in this occasion. Do not fall victim to the false comforts of the past. Remember why we are moving forward and do so with pride.
- Lastly, be accommodating to the growing pains of the website. There are bound to be technical hurdles. There are bound to be trolls who slip through the grate. There will be some quiet days as members are approved and you may feel like important faces are missing. But you must have patience and support your new board through its afterbirth.
As the clock ticks towards our mutual restart, be confident in yourself and others. Remember what you want the forum to be and hold yourself to that ideal. Demand it of your peers by setting the example. Nobody would be here if they felt at home anywhere else. Remember, we really are the last of us.
With admiration, respect, and confidence,
A fellow Resetter
Lose 10mil for nothing brehs
I'm sure he still has money, and can make some more with a revived, games-centric forum. But he missed his big payday. Better hope he was smart and invested some money instead of wasting it all on models and traveling.
Lose 10mil for nothing brehs
I'm sure he still has money, and can make some more with a revived, games-centric forum. But he missed his big payday. Better hope he was smart and invested some money instead of wasting it all on models and traveling.
For you guys hanging out in here:
(https://i.imgur.com/REpXoX8.jpg)
Is this place strict like Neogaf or
Is this place strict like Neogaf or
Is this place strict like Neogaf or
It depends, are you a top or bottom?
What if I just like giving head?Is this place strict like Neogaf or
It depends, are you a top or bottom?
What if I just like giving head?Is this place strict like Neogaf or
It depends, are you a top or bottom?
What if I just like giving head?:ryker
I do. But I've heard some people like it more that way.What if I just like giving head?Is this place strict like Neogaf or
It depends, are you a top or bottom?
You got a gag reflex or nah?
Feeling better about ResetEra now that I've read the mission statement. Performative aloofness is dead. We gonna try to be positive and proudly express genuine emotions in 2018 and beyond.
This is the first production of the new #ResetEra board planning to be started by some former posters, that has a handful of former mods involved in some capacity, with a Nintendo shill paying for it all...and will have some byzantine sign-up and approval process with a posting history background check:Is this a message board or a cult?QuoteFriends and expats,
It is difficult to create a community.
You can build a website and write a mission statement, but these things are only structural. It takes interest, passion, and participation from users to turn an inanimate website into a living thing. It will take the effort of every member here to turn our burgeoning congregation into the true community we are looking for. No moderator or administrator can be responsible for that – this is a responsibility every user shares. It is rare so many people have the opportunity to start something new together. If we are going to be successful, we must believe in what we are doing.
Many of us have come from someplace else and have nowhere else to go. We must be humble and mindful of this fact. As we adapt and recreate the homes we’ve lost, we must be conscious and leave certain things behind. We must shape them in a more perfect vision. If we aim to create someplace respectable and dignified, we must individually uphold those values. While first and foremost this is a hobby forum, it also aims to be much more than that for hundreds of its members. This is our pocket world. It’s our place to go. We are all each other’s neighbors and must treat each other as such.
There is no place else on the internet like what we are trying to build. We must take it seriously.
As you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction. Do not fall victim to petty arguments, do not capitalize on every opportunity to be negative, and remember that everyone here is a refugee. Seek positive conversation. Remove your ironic veil and speak honestly. Post thoughtfully and thoroughly and remember everything you contribute is a building block. Do not let our menagerie collapse under the same heavy-handed negativity that defines other forums we find distasteful.
- Conversation is invigorated by dissent. It is natural to disagree with your fellow posters and it is commendable to take a stand on something you believe in. If you argue, do so in good faith. Allow members to speak their mind and answer them sincerely. Do not declare your fellow member a lost cause before the conversation has had the chance to conclude.
- Restrain your urge to hyperbolize. Exaggeration overstates your investment and encourages extreme responses from others who feel the need to mirror your position. Attempt to articulate why you care about things, or how things makes you feel, and leave room for others to respond at different levels of intensity.
- Be inclusive in your language, beliefs, and expectations. For this forum to become a massive multinational destination, no human being can feel unwelcome in its environment. Respect their culture, respect their gender, and respect the identity of every member at all times. Nobody should ever feel defensive of their humanity. This kind of hostility cannot be tolerated here. This kind of standard is non-negotiable and should be upheld by every member.
- Do not forget where you came from, but focus on our future. Everyone here comes from somewhere else and we mustn’t cling to our nostalgia. This is a new era free from the burden of history. Embrace your new home, believe in its livelihood, and relish in this occasion. Do not fall victim to the false comforts of the past. Remember why we are moving forward and do so with pride.
- Lastly, be accommodating to the growing pains of the website. There are bound to be technical hurdles. There are bound to be trolls who slip through the grate. There will be some quiet days as members are approved and you may feel like important faces are missing. But you must have patience and support your new board through its afterbirth.
As the clock ticks towards our mutual restart, be confident in yourself and others. Remember what you want the forum to be and hold yourself to that ideal. Demand it of your peers by setting the example. Nobody would be here if they felt at home anywhere else. Remember, we really are the last of us.
With admiration, respect, and confidence,
A fellow Resetter
Good im glad
still banned until later this week though
but the focus on video games is great news. Offtopic got way too crazy with the echochamber and dogpiling
even spilling over into the gaming sections with the bickering in the diversity/sexism in games threads.
Wait, Lore thinks the problem was...the OT? :mindblown
Is this a message board or a cult?
Lose 10mil for nothing brehsbeen saying this from day one
I'm sure he still has money, and can make some more with a revived, games-centric forum. But he missed his big payday. Better hope he was smart and invested some money instead of wasting it all on models and traveling.
Hi.
An allegation of sexual misconduct has been made against me by an ex. It's not true, the individual making the accusation isn't credible, the story doesn't reconcile logically with the facts, and there's plenty of evidence and witnesses to corroborate that. It'll be a process.
All allegations of this nature are serious, of course. I first got word of it on Wednesday when a screenshot of a Facebook post was handed to Voat. I immediately talked with my mod team about the contents of the screenshot and clarified that it was baseless and explained some of the details concerning my former associations with her, and tried to ensure any concerns from the team were addressed fully and transparently to everyone's satisfaction. On Thursday I heard that she had deleted the accusation from Facebook, and wasn't entirely sure how to proceed from there or how this would all play out in the public space at that point. Then, Friday morning, the screenshot made its way to NeoGAF and chaos ensued.
I was in the process of writing a statement that entire day to address formally address the allegation, but the community had erupted in a flash that morning. While the moderation team was trying to restore the peace, accusations and threats concerning the screenshot started shifting to them as well by association with me, and I was asked by my team to do something to fix things and get the heat off of all of them at least. I was beyond exhausted by that point, though, stretched too thin in the time since the post had first appeared and seeing unprecedented events unfold on NeoGAF. I was slow and weak. I failed to handle it quickly enough and let the team down. Before I could finish a statement and get it out there, understandably some mods hit their emotional limit, expressed concerns about the community coming after them, and decided to leave. A few people resigned, and many more quickly followed for similar reasons, citing stress and harassment. The site started breaking under load spikes leading up to the first resignations, too, and then flatlined altogether, so issuing a statement at that time on NeoGAF itself became impossible for the time being, and my attention shifted toward the moderation team's future.
Since that whole mess, lasting from Friday morning through Saturday, before we formally went offline for maintenance and repair and restructure, we've just been trying to figure out the best course of action for NeoGAF going forward. And as stories began being published by various outlets, I issued some comments to the press, since everything coming out was proving to be sensationalized, opportunist, and unprofessional.
We've all become increasingly stressed and weary this year in ways even I'm not accustomed to by now, and discussions on heated news, political issues, and social issues on the off-topic side of the site have become areas no one has wanted to moderate in the open for fear of backlash or just general exposure to the inevitable toxicity. I've gone in there myself to take the heat, since it's very much my responsibility to do so before anyone else's, but there's been little headway, mostly just more anger and resentment and a lot of bans. I don't think this necessarily reflects on our community; more so the tone of the entire internet this year with regards to heated issues.
That's all going to inform the way forward for NeoGAF as we refocus on what the main goals are supposed to be for the site. The mod team will talk about more specifics on what that will entail below.
One last thing. The NeoGAF mod team is here for this community; all of you. You have no obligations to respect me or believe anything I say about my personal life one way or another, but if you're going to be here and participate on NeoGAF, respect the mod team by following the rules and behaving. The team is diminished at the moment and the folks who stuck around care very much about this community and its future. Be considerate of them. That's non-negotiable.
Thanks.
this isn't over unfortunately, snorenado
Unfortunately, with some of the posters it probably will be GAF-lite now. :-\
Unfortunately, with some of the posters it probably will be GAF-lite now. :-\If some of them don't accept our ways then we shall constantly rib them and ether them until they fuck off.
Tell me about Kinggi. He was here before I signed up I guess? I remember a guy Trent Strong from GAF signed up and you guys gave him a really hard time.Nah, he was one of many rats that fled GAF when it was sinking.
Tell me about Kinggi. He was here before I signed up I guess? I remember a guy Trent Strong from GAF signed up and you guys gave him a really hard time.Nah, he was one of many rats that fled GAF when it was sinking.
That weird fuck gives me spree shooter vibes.
How long did he have to draft a statement? And that's what he came up with?
Glad y'all ran him off.
Maybe after this is all over we can finally burn the gaf threadIt does an excellent job of being a containment thread tho.
Maybe after this is all over we can finally burn the gaf threadOh this shit is about to enter a new age.
an eraMaybe after this is all over we can finally burn the gaf threadOh this shit is about to enter a new age.
Is this place strict like Neogaf or
It depends, are you a top or bottom?
Not sure if it would be a good thing if this board was to become some bloated beast like GAF, but otherwise what's the harm in new members being genuinely interested in posting here (and I mean posting beyond the GAF thread) :idont
As long as they keep their obnoxious GAF tendencies away from here it might benefit this place...
The only reason I didn't come here earlier is I didn't know it existed. Some old faces here
I'll bring enough youth and beauty for the rest of you :dogeThe only reason I didn't come here earlier is I didn't know it existed. Some old faces here
Are we really going to tolerate blatant ageism? Mods pls. Think of Chrono :-\
I'm going to get a back tat of THE STATEMENT.
Unrelated: I'm still reeling from finding out about the Amir0x case. Was it public knowledge that it was none other than Amir0x who campaigned for Opiate to become a moderator?! :rofl
wait, is opiate a pedo too? ???
Unrelated: I'm still reeling from finding out about the Amir0x case. Was it public knowledge that it was none other than Amir0x who campaigned for Opiate to become a moderator?! :rofl
No I don't think this was known. Were you a GAF moderator at some point?
Maybe after this is all over we can finally burn the gaf threadIt does an excellent job of being a containment thread tho.
I remember how shit Opa-Ages was because it didn't have any sort of dedicated thread for GAF drama. So it just spilled through out the rest of the board like raw sewage. :doge
Actually, the Gaf thread could drastically improve if GAF remains VG talk only. Making fun of videogame opinions is way more fun to read than trying to fault peopleThere was someone who identified as a Sony MVP, whatever that means. Thread moved to fast for that too get much attention.
s political/social opinions. "How do I Life?" threads can only be laughed at so many times.
Actually, the Gaf thread could drastically improve if GAF remains VG talk only. Making fun of videogame opinions is way more fun to read than trying to fault peopleThere was someone who identified as a Sony MVP, whatever that means. Thread moved to fast for that too get much attention.
s political/social opinions. "How do I Life?" threads can only be laughed at so many times.
His point is shit and has literally nothing to do with any of the stuff that went down over the weekend. It's so clear to me he has no interest in actually running a fucking website so when stuff started to go a little off the rails his only brilliant idea was to shut it down. He fucked up and didn't create a moderation team that was capable of managing the site.in regards to specifically the bolded, i think it was many years too late for that unfortunately
It's so gross to me that he took accusations about his own shitty behavior and tries to tie to any of the misgivings of his site. His site could have been a shining beacon of moderation and discourse but he still would have been a shitbag and all of this would have still happened.
Maybe after this is all over we can finally burn the gaf threadA majority of the time, the GAF thread was just a faster moving version of the Random Talk thread anyway.
I remember Kinggi from Gamespot. Was a weird fuck then too, and also got driven off those forumsTell me about Kinggi. He was here before I signed up I guess? I remember a guy Trent Strong from GAF signed up and you guys gave him a really hard time.
KINGGI viciously defends pedophiles and is a loser virgin where every other post of his is a woe is me pity party.
Glad y'all ran him off.
I've never understood people complaining about the existence of the GAF thread. It did have a tendency to devolve into complete madness after about a year or so on average, of course, but it's sole reason for existence was to keep all the GAF stuff in a single thread so that people who didn't care could easily ignore all that stuff.It's a shame Evilore didn't follow your advice and make a "NeoGAF owner sexual assault accusations | OT 69" thread or this all could've been avoided