VOAT Containment Megathread of Trash People for Trash People

[Take My Breh Away]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345207

A Horizon review leaked where the reviewer only talks about the game for two paragraphs and says its so easy she could put down the controler and check texts while playing it, but keeps talking about how it's a progressive masterpiece with amazing graphics so GAF is torqing their collective snorkels to it.   

Meanwhile /v/ had a stream with 5 hours of gameplay, which showed it has horrible combat, an insane amount of glitches, really bad voice acting and cutscenes and worse fetch questing than Far Cry that Sony took down even though the video was private (Someone was so mad they reported it) and are cranking out OC about how bad the game is like this.



We're gonna eat


Actually, just saw someone put up a "Highlight" video from the stream. Spoilers obviously.

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[headwalk]

sometimes i think i'm more feminist than proper feminists. there's fuck all empowering about being palmed off with the same flawless ankle deep power fantasies that have held cock centric game writing back for the last two decades.

never understood pulling for someone lacking in all the most recognisably human aspects of being a human.

[Dennis]

Is Aloy A Mary Sue Like Rey?

Is the thread title someone with an account should post on GAF.

[archie4208]

Grabbing Zelda at launch and Horizon in the bargain bin. 

[benjipwns]

HISTORY

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http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1345222

It's only by a stroke of luck we're not in a nuclear wasteland right now because of Reagan's tactics during the Cold War.

People always say they dont want another civil war.
We all know that the Republican party only stands for thickening its pockets and oppressing others. They continuously lie, obstruct and break down American values and institutions on a constant basis. The red states continue to support them because of their hatred for progressive American values and minorities.

Yet everyone praises Lincoln, and guess what, he started a war, over these economic and social differences within America, and the country was better for it. It seems to be that a great president, at least according to American history, should start a war against his political opponents to better America.

Next democratic presidential should put his foot down on their throats and declare the entire party treasonous.

[benjipwns]

GOT TO DISPLAY MY WILSON HATEBONER* THANKS FOR THE LINK VOM

*And whine about the Presidential numbering! A two-fer!

[benjipwns]

All while playing Civ VI on my other screen.

PC EQUAL AS ALL OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIUM RACES

[WanderingWind]

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sometimes i think i'm more feminist than proper feminists. there's fuck all empowering about being palmed off with the same flawless ankle deep power fantasies that have held cock centric game writing back for the last two decades.

never understood pulling for someone lacking in all the most recognisably human aspects of being a human.

Well, I mean, good. Let women have their vapid power fantasies too. It's a video game, not a U.N.-sponsored treatise on feminist issues plaguing the third world. We've had everything from Duke to Lester the Unlikely. If Aloy is a robo-dino killing super woman with no flaws and like, totally enough courage to get that nose ring she's wanted since 5th grade, good for her and good for women.

That being said, goddamn did Rowling overdo it with Hermione. She did literally everything in the final book, from healing Ron's bitchass to being the one to forage for mushrooms. OP as fuck.

[headwalk]

to be fair mate, duke is an overblown charismatic shithead, lester is a dweeb. both have a bit of something about them.

aloy sounds more like a circa 2005 bald space marine/generic paladin equivalent. a passable non-entity with boobs.

[headwalk]

All while playing Civ VI on my other screen.

never thought of myself to be a graphics whore until this game.

can't be looking at that all day, not while civ 5's landscape tapestry remains one of the most beautiful things in creation.

[benjipwns]

BUT THE TIME LAPSE, REFLECTIONS FROM SUN MOVING ACROSS THE SKY

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345255

Ever since Trump won the election I have been spending nearly every waking hour keeping up with current events. Used to, I would only read or hear about a story every other day. But now, it's become an obsession.

I need to stay informed.

At. All. Times.

I have a very difficult time maintaining focus on anything else. Video games and other forms of escapism just feel like a waste of time and energy now. I get anxious whenever I'm spending time shopping, or hanging out with friends, or on dates with my boyfriend because I have to pry myself from my phone for prolonged periods of time and not know what's going on in the world at that very instant. My boyfriend in particular seems to think that I have a problem. I can't say I blame him.

Thoughts?

Since November, whenever I spend my free time on the internet, it's either googling stuff or neogaf OT searching for Trump related things.

It's kinda frustrating for me already, but every time i bother reading a non-US/Trump related topic, I feel like time is wasted

Obama was a godsend for the fact that I knew the world was in capable hands. I didn't have to pay attention every damn day. I didn't agree with everything he signed off on, but at least I knew the guy did his due diligence on decisions.

This fucker Trump though, every day is a headache.

I've been having a really hard time with this as well. I'm constantly on my phone, obsessed with what's going to happen next. It isn't healthy, and it has taken time away from me and my family. Coming off of my Zoloft isn't helping the level of anxiety either. I'm a wreck and I'm looking for help on it.

I have deleted my Facebook account, which has helped tremendously. Even doing that, the world feels more quiet and I'm able to relax a bit. The internet really is a monkey's paw. On one hand, it's amazing to have such an instant access to information and forums of discussion. On the other hand, I feel like being tuned in to everything at once can make you lose focus on single things, which leads to unproductivity. Everything in moderation as they say, but with everything that's going on, it's difficult to not be consumed. Talking about Russia-Trump link to others makes me feel like a crazy person. Life feels stranger than fiction right now.

[Let's Cyber]

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230550719&postcount=70

What would happen if everyone borrowed money from the bank but refused to pay it back?
And I mean millions of people.

[recursivelyenumerable]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345255

Ever since Trump won the election I have been spending nearly every waking hour keeping up with current events. Used to, I would only read or hear about a story every other day. But now, it's become an obsession.

I need to stay informed.

At. All. Times.

I have a very difficult time maintaining focus on anything else. Video games and other forms of escapism just feel like a waste of time and energy now. I get anxious whenever I'm spending time shopping, or hanging out with friends, or on dates with my boyfriend because I have to pry myself from my phone for prolonged periods of time and not know what's going on in the world at that very instant. My boyfriend in particular seems to think that I have a problem. I can't say I blame him.

Thoughts?

Since November, whenever I spend my free time on the internet, it's either googling stuff or neogaf OT searching for Trump related things.

It's kinda frustrating for me already, but every time i bother reading a non-US/Trump related topic, I feel like time is wasted

Obama was a godsend for the fact that I knew the world was in capable hands. I didn't have to pay attention every damn day. I didn't agree with everything he signed off on, but at least I knew the guy did his due diligence on decisions.

This fucker Trump though, every day is a headache.

I've been having a really hard time with this as well. I'm constantly on my phone, obsessed with what's going to happen next. It isn't healthy, and it has taken time away from me and my family. Coming off of my Zoloft isn't helping the level of anxiety either. I'm a wreck and I'm looking for help on it.

I have deleted my Facebook account, which has helped tremendously. Even doing that, the world feels more quiet and I'm able to relax a bit. The internet really is a monkey's paw. On one hand, it's amazing to have such an instant access to information and forums of discussion. On the other hand, I feel like being tuned in to everything at once can make you lose focus on single things, which leads to unproductivity. Everything in moderation as they say, but with everything that's going on, it's difficult to not be consumed. Talking about Russia-Trump link to others makes me feel like a crazy person. Life feels stranger than fiction right now.

Guess you're holding this to ridicule but I've had the same problem. 🙁  I think I've mostly gotten past it though but not before it's already fucked up my life in multiple ways.

[benjipwns]

yeah but you're awesome

I mean, do you think any of these guys have made something of the intense level that is SPINTOOTH? Who needs #RESIST on their avatar when they can deploy powers like that or any of the others beyond human comprehension you've shown us just a sliver of?

[zomgee]

Topic on the Dalai Lama? Let's have an experiment!

Ctrl-F fuck

1 of 7:
"fuck the dalai lama"

SCIENCE!

[counterhit]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230535788&postcount=94

I've only played one game for more than 30 hours and that was Witcher 3. I hope Horizon is the second

This guy is the worst. It's really becoming unbelievable at this point. I recall him saying he never played a multiplayer game before last year and then there's the whole shit with No Man's Sky. He's the most overbearing poster with his opinions. It's almost worse that he's not malicious or shoving down some politics your throat, he's just completely clueless to how much of an idiot he is. He's like that one odd kid at summer camp who doesn't realize he smells like shit. And he's a mod. Unbelievable.

[Great Rumbler]

Topic on the Dalai Lama? Let's have an experiment!

Ctrl-F fuck

1 of 7:
"fuck the dalai lama"

SCIENCE!

The Dalai Lama's views on women are very toxic. His basically an alt-right Hitler.

[team filler]

isn't the dalai lammy a perma-virgin?

[recursivelyenumerable]

yeah but you're awesome

I mean, do you think any of these guys have made something of the intense level that is SPINTOOTH? Who needs #RESIST on their avatar when they can deploy powers like that or any of the others beyond human comprehension you've shown us just a sliver of?

thanks. you're right. time to get to work on spintooth v2: this machine kills fascists.

[FStop7]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230535788&postcount=94

I've only played one game for more than 30 hours and that was Witcher 3. I hope Horizon is the second

This guy is the worst. It's really becoming unbelievable at this point. I recall him saying he never played a multiplayer game before last year and then there's the whole shit with No Man's Sky. He's the most overbearing poster with his opinions. It's almost worse that he's not malicious or shoving down some politics your throat, he's just completely clueless to how much of an idiot he is. He's like that one odd kid at summer camp who doesn't realize he smells like shit. And he's a mod. Unbelievable.

Motherfucker spent more hours on GAF apologizing for No Man's Sky than playing it. 

[Jansen]

More badass is the only gaf mod that i really dislike. the way he defends some games makes me think he cannot help it...

...and then you find out he barely plays them 

[railGUN]

What the fuck, did I die in my sleep last night?

This is horrible, no person should have be in a position where they require this level of protection for having views others disagree with. I'm sure gaf agrees with this fundamentally liberal belief.
[Reads comments]
Ahhh gaf, never change.

Poster not banned.

Someone replies:

In case you're not aware, but I'm sure you are and you're just ignoring it for the sake of your argument -- The future of America's education is in the hands of a person that believes Public Education is a waste, teachers are overpaid, children with disabilities shouldn't be given extra care, wants to use federal funds to build charter schools, and that God/Christianity has to be at the forefront of education. Not including the fact that she has no business being the head of education because she has no experience and simply bought her position.

This isn't a simple situation of someone with differing opinions being attacked for it, she's actually in a position of power and is totally willing to use said powers to push her beliefs, which will have DIRE consequences on people with disabilities, people of color, people of different religions, and people coming from lower economic groups.

But hey, I'm sure you knew all this and just wanted to pop in with a snide comment about the left being intolerant. It's easy to say that knowing that you've got nothing to worry about in this.

Banned.

Yep, pretty sure I'm on the other side now.

[fizzel]

more badass is self confessed autist, full on spunkbob spergpants.

[D3RANG3D]

I thought he didn't even own nor play NMS?

[zepblackstar]

Not even Gaf can /cosign to this fuckery


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230557241&postcount=47

Where in blazes did you get the idea that China doesn't hold elections?

the claim that there is only one party is also false, fwiw.

[nachobro]

I thought he didn't even own nor play NMS?

correct. he didn't even buy it after all that nonsense.

[D3RANG3D]

 

[Boredfrom]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345207

A Horizon review leaked where the reviewer only talks about the game for two paragraphs and says its so easy she could put down the controler and check texts while playing it, but keeps talking about how it's a progressive masterpiece with amazing graphics so GAF is torqing their collective snorkels to it.   

Meanwhile /v/ had a stream with 5 hours of gameplay, which showed it has horrible combat, an insane amount of glitches, really bad voice acting and cutscenes and worse fetch questing than Far Cry that Sony took down even though the video was private (Someone was so mad they reported it) and are cranking out OC about how bad the game is like this.

(Image removed from quote.)

We're gonna eat


Actually, just saw someone put up a "Highlight" video from the stream. Spoilers obviously.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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I can see everything but that feels like sanbox being a sanbox. I usually doubt claims of "it plays itself and I just let the controller down" after Shadows of Mordor Vs Bayonetta 2 debacles of some years ago.

Then again, NMS...

[Raist]

Well, the Milo/Maher thread turned into a bloodbath. At this rate there will be 20 people left to post.

[railGUN]

Buckle up, buck-a-roos

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345369

[Boredfrom]

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sometimes i think i'm more feminist than proper feminists. there's fuck all empowering about being palmed off with the same flawless ankle deep power fantasies that have held cock centric game writing back for the last two decades.

never understood pulling for someone lacking in all the most recognisably human aspects of being a human.

Well, I mean, good. Let women have their vapid power fantasies too. It's a video game, not a U.N.-sponsored treatise on feminist issues plaguing the third world. We've had everything from Duke to Lester the Unlikely. If Aloy is a robo-dino killing super woman with no flaws and like, totally enough courage to get that nose ring she's wanted since 5th grade, good for her and good for women.

That being said, goddamn did Rowling overdo it with Hermione. She did literally everything in the final book, from healing Ron's bitchass to being the one to forage for mushrooms. OP as fuck.

But more often than not people can recognize why Duke is a overthetop power fantasy that has no the same effect after most of his audience growed up. I mean, we are in the point that GAF is calling the term "Mary Sue" as degrading.

You are right that there is nothing inherently wrong with women having empowered characters to the point of being "to perfect". But when I hear arguments like "Rey is the best thing to happen to Star Wars because is the character arc of Luke and having more talent than Anakin" I kind of zone out.

[D3RANG3D]

Buckle up, buck-a-roos

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345369

[Trent Dole]

Hah, is there a 'resist'ifier somewhere or do I have to put in actual effort to be a (ironic?) stupid weeb?

[Momo]

Well, the Milo/Maher thread turned into a bloodbath. At this rate there will be 20 people left to post.

kinda interested, link?

[helios]

Well, the Milo/Maher thread turned into a bloodbath. At this rate there will be 20 people left to post.

kinda interested, link?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1344612

[Stro]

Buckle up, buck-a-roos

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345369

How weird that most people would like their government to function. Fuckin' Nazis.

[Let's Cyber]

Hah, is there a 'resist'ifier somewhere or do I have to put in actual effort to be a (ironic?) stupid weeb?

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I don't know how much the rest of you know about stupid weeb culture...

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I'm an expert

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[Boredfrom]

Buckle up, buck-a-roos

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345369

How weird that most people would like their government to function. Fuckin' Nazis.

i mean, it doesn't even contradicts the low approval ratings of Trump, just that the electorate  as a whole is not hardcore partisan (thought they are probably unaware on how screwed the Democratic Party is in the congress right now )

[Trent Dole]

Hah, is there a 'resist'ifier somewhere or do I have to put in actual effort to be a (ironic?) stupid weeb?

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I don't know how much the rest of you know about stupid weeb culture...

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I'm an expert

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If such a thing existed I would have used a different image, but that's pretty great.

[Joe Molotov]

Feminist characters, and not vapid corporate crashgrabs, are win-win for everyone.

 I read the first two volumes of Saga last year, and the fact that female ( ) characters are written so well and so naturally really added to how damn good it was.

Now read Sunstone.

 

[Momo]

Well, the Milo/Maher thread turned into a bloodbath. At this rate there will be 20 people left to post.

kinda interested, link?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1344612

Next time I fucking ask just lash me instead 

[Momo]

'Let's not give this guy and his ideas any oxygen!' mmmrrrrrrraaaaaaahhh
*51 page thread*
Come on guys 

[Dennis]

Buckle up, buck-a-roos

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345369

How weird that most people would like their government to function. Fuckin' Nazis.

Are we out of touch? No, It is the children people who are wrong!

[Philip Cardgage]

Oh Austin Walker,

Let's not give Milo a forum to come on and debate.  Instead, let's riot and make headlines on major news outlets,  giving Milo more exposure than he could ever want.

And this guy has a college education.

[Trent Dole]

Fuck Milo.

[Boredfrom]

Oh Austin Walker,
Let's not give Milo a forum to come on and debate.  Instead, let's riot and make headlines on major news outlets,  giving Milo more exposure than he could ever want.

And this guy has a college education.

You need to read his stuff pre GB.

He is pretty intelligent, but his politics tend to be grating. He admitted that he was dial it down during Gigant Bomb.

Then again, the left on Gaf seems not learned the lesson of the "deplorables" debacle

Democrats, y'all need to stop being so polite.
Start branding this man and all of his followers./quote]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=230575335&postcount=574

[WanderingWind]

Feminist characters, and not vapid corporate crashgrabs, are win-win for everyone.

 I read the first two volumes of Saga last year, and the fact that female ( ) characters are written so well and so naturally really added to how damn good it was.

A truly equal society has equal roles for men and women characters. Women in video games are still too often either A) prizes, B) eye-candy or C) some distilled version of an idealized person. It's weird, but it is actually refreshing to have a woman in a video game just be Some Chick.

But if Guerilla didn't write her as equal parts Faith from Buffy and Joel from Last of Us, I'll eat my shorts, man.

[thisismyusername]

Fuck Milo.

I mean, yeah. But the point is still true. If you suck out all the air (the attention) from his fire (appearances), he won't be strong. Liberals "protesting" him are just giving him what he wants.

[Boredfrom]

Feminist characters, and not vapid corporate crashgrabs, are win-win for everyone.

 I read the first two volumes of Saga last year, and the fact that female ( ) characters are written so well and so naturally really added to how damn good it was.

A truly equal society has equal roles for men and women characters. Women in video games are still too often either A) prizes, B) eye-candy or C) some distilled version of an idealized person. It's weird, but it is actually refreshing to have a woman in a video game just be Some Chick.

But if Guerilla didn't write her as equal parts Faith from Buffy and Joel from Last of Us, I'll eat my shorts, man.

You realize she can be well written and still being either Some Chick or a female empowering character?

[Philip Cardgage]

Fuck Milo.

I mean, yeah. But the point is still true. If you suck out all the air (the attention) from his fire (appearances), he won't be strong. Liberals "protesting" him are just giving him what he wants.

The point isn't to make the world a better place. It's to give all these young people an easy target to vent anger from a worthless upbringing.

[Vertigo]

When his actually allowed to talk without crazies interrupting him his quite boring and vapid with very easily puncturable talking points. Hence his theatrical angle on his trolling it makes things feel more cutting edge than they actually are. Especially if you're talking to a room of button upped college republicans.

How some liberals have allowed themselves to get pulled into his nonsense and in a way allow him to get paid without actually having to do any work is amazing.

[MMaRsu]

Milo is really one of the stupidest dumbest Humans   I've laid eyes on

[nudemacusers]

great style tho

[etiolate]

Milo can win debates, but he's learned that he doesn't have to if he can just rile people up. it's a mistake to fall for the bait, but it's also a mistake to think that he's going to go down easy in debate.



Also, the key to writing a good female character is the same as it always has been: Just write real characters with real responses that have real lives. Give them a life outside the story and then put them in the story.

This is also the rule for writing any character.

[thisismyusername]

great style tho

Not with those frosted tips.

[WanderingWind]

Feminist characters, and not vapid corporate crashgrabs, are win-win for everyone.

 I read the first two volumes of Saga last year, and the fact that female ( ) characters are written so well and so naturally really added to how damn good it was.

A truly equal society has equal roles for men and women characters. Women in video games are still too often either A) prizes, B) eye-candy or C) some distilled version of an idealized person. It's weird, but it is actually refreshing to have a woman in a video game just be Some Chick.

But if Guerilla didn't write her as equal parts Faith from Buffy and Joel from Last of Us, I'll eat my shorts, man.

You realize she can be well written and still being either Some Chick or a female empowering character?

The point is that in a perfect world we wouldn't need to hold up a microscope to every woman in a video game to figure out of if she's a net positive to the movement. It's got a little to do with writing, but more to do with not holding every chick to some standard we've never collectively applied to dudes. Sort of like how it's still refreshing to have a black character that people don't immediately judge as being good/bad/representative of black culture.

[helios]

I just want my women characters to have big tits and big asses to match their big brains. Is that too much to ask for?

[D3RANG3D]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345333