Maybe the real NeoGAF was the friends we made along the way...

[etiolate]

It was in slaent's thread on the gaf implosion. It would also explain why he was at the Richard Spencer speaking event.

Read the thread, well not really did a search of IrishNinja. He's still acting like his shit don't stink, still generalizing everyone that doesn't agree with him as a racist mother fucker, but still don't see anything linking him to Antifa. Hell, not everyone who went to Spencer's event was Antifa, they were mostly useful shills to help get his message out by broadcasting it across the nation via news coverage. I wonder when people will understand that the only way to deal with Spencer is to ignore the fuck out of him. He's been around for years, he was a nobody, still is. But ever since the media wanted to have a boogieman and link him to Trump around the inauguration, they love having him around because they can paint anyone on the right with the same brush.

I still do find it hilarious that the first thing he tried to do here is make a m1lkshake duck thread. Fuck that meme.

I tried to find the post when you asked, but sifting through that thread again was going to take more time than I cared to spend. The line that caught my eye was him responding to someone saying "well if you're interested in talking to someone in the anti facism movement, I'm here". That's not word for word, but it was something like that. I wouldn't say for sure he's antifa, which is why I used "apparently".

And yah, you deal with Spencer by ignoring him and taking his spotlight away. They use him to attack Trump, but that didn't work and I think backfired pretty hard. The people blowing Spencer's image up need a new playbook. You make Richard Spencer a sad loner. You don't make him a rock star.

[agrajag]

I have to say I do miss PoliGAF insofar as it was a really good news aggregator. Now I have to actively go out and look for the latest VA Gov polls and shit like that.

People in that thread would keep you up to date on the outcomes of minor state legislature races and all sorts of obscure shit, and there's no other site that really does as good a job of that as GAF did.

you still got RESET ERA, Jack

[benjipwns]

I have to say I do miss PoliGAF insofar as it was a really good news aggregator. Now I have to actively go out and look for the latest VA Gov polls and shit like that.

People in that thread would keep you up to date on the outcomes of minor state legislature races and all sorts of obscure shit, and there's no other site that really does as good a job of that as GAF did.

https://ballotpedia.org

[John Dunbar]

what's the best place to get japanese video game sales figures without gaf? npd sucks now anyway.

[Dennis]

 

[Interficium]

what's the best place to get japanese video game sales figures without gaf? npd sucks now anyway.

Sankaku Complex.

[Sideshow Raheem]

Neogaf moderators now coming off as battered wives.

Except they traded their dignity and their labor for a tiny bit of power and the adulation of kiddies trying to curry favor.

From Pat Klepek:

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

[nampad]

At least we know that the anonymous mods were really mods because they sound so full of themselves.

[Finbarfin]

The future of NeoGAF is unclear. All sorts of NeoGAF alternatives have been popping up, but an heir to the throne is unlikely to emerge so quickly. 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."

Can't put that genie back in the bottle Malka.

Who's going to have your back? Your old allies and shitty mods are making a gold-of-their-own spinoff, hate your guts, and will be highly incentivized to make sure a revived NeoGaf forum fails in order to prop up ResetEra. All your enemies are... still your enemies and will be doing everything they can do dox, ddos, infilitrate, etc.

Also, feminist twitter is going to go fucking berserk once they read the "my accuser is a deranged individual" defense, holy shit.

Nobody gives a fuck about what anyone does on Twitter.

[nudemacusers]

U lick enough nuts to become a mod yet?

[daemon]

So his solution to all this is to take the site offline for a bit then put it back online sans OT so people can't talk about what happened? LMAO

after all you have to remember that NeoGAF is a nexus of hardcore gamers, enthusiast press, and video game industry developers and publishers. This is a neutral ground where facts and evidence, presented within the confines of civil, inclusive discourse, prevail through careful moderation.

[foxboro]

What the hell does Evilore even do besides make money off the site, travel, and molest?

Trust fund?

[Optimus]

@ everyone Some news on ownership: There is an LLC with multiple members. @Cerium is paying for the whole thing out of pocket. We're not taking donations or thinking about monetization yet. Our priority is to get the forum up and running for people.

So what they mean is that the PR/marketing firm handling Cerium is  paying the whole thing out of pocket.

[stufte]

What the hell does Evilore even do besides make money off the site, travel, and molest?

Trust fund?

Define "trust" in relation to Malka.

[thehunter116]

what's the best place to get japanese video game sales figures without gaf? npd sucks now anyway.

Slaent will have a new Japanese figures thread.

[nampad]

what's the best place to get japanese video game sales figures without gaf? npd sucks now anyway.

Waypoint 

[agrajag]

It was in slaent's thread on the gaf implosion. It would also explain why he was at the Richard Spencer speaking event.

Read the thread, well not really did a search of IrishNinja. He's still acting like his shit don't stink, still generalizing everyone that doesn't agree with him as a racist mother fucker, but still don't see anything linking him to Antifa. Hell, not everyone who went to Spencer's event was Antifa, they were mostly useful shills to help get his message out by broadcasting it across the nation via news coverage. I wonder when people will understand that the only way to deal with Spencer is to ignore the fuck out of him. He's been around for years, he was a nobody, still is. But ever since the media wanted to have a boogieman and link him to Trump around the inauguration, they love having him around because they can paint anyone on the right with the same brush.

I still do find it hilarious that the first thing he tried to do here is make a m1lkshake duck thread. Fuck that meme.

I tried to find the post when you asked, but sifting through that thread again was going to take more time than I cared to spend. The line that caught my eye was him responding to someone saying "well if you're interested in talking to someone in the anti facism movement, I'm here". That's not word for word, but it was something like that. I wouldn't say for sure he's antifa, which is why I used "apparently".

And yah, you deal with Spencer by ignoring him and taking his spotlight away. They use him to attack Trump, but that didn't work and I think backfired pretty hard. The people blowing Spencer's image up need a new playbook. You make Richard Spencer a sad loner. You don't make him a rock star.

That guy is very far gone, he belongs in the SSW loony bin.

And for all the cries of culture appropriation on GAF, that dude appropriates like none other. 

[treythemovie]

What the hell does Evilore even do besides make money off the site, travel, and molest?

Trust fund?

Yes but the trust fund is gaf

[trh]

I have to say I do miss PoliGAF insofar as it was a really good news aggregator. Now I have to actively go out and look for the latest VA Gov polls and shit like that.

People in that thread would keep you up to date on the outcomes of minor state legislature races and all sorts of obscure shit, and there's no other site that really does as good a job of that as GAF did.

I have Twitter for that. I don't have an alternative for the gaming news tho but that might just be for the better because who needs video games

[benjipwns]

the thing now is gaf's clout as an industry-wide water cooler type forum is done. it was always eroding but there were still insiders and journos who posted there, the npd guy, indie devs, press sneak fuck, sterling, the p1p guys, some of the ign guys, some of the eza guys, representatives from bigger devs and publishers, etc. etc. etc.

now with resetera getting some good admins in that regard neogaf will just be a gaming forum

[Dennis]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

[tummyfat]

What the hell does Evilore even do besides make money off the site, travel, and molest?

Trust fund?

Take pictures of himself a.) on boats, b.) on mountains, c.) with celebrities, d.) at events

His insecurity doesn't allow him to take pictures anywhere else.

[nampad]

@ everyone Some news on ownership: There is an LLC with multiple members. @Cerium is paying for the whole thing out of pocket. We're not taking donations or thinking about monetization yet. Our priority is to get the forum up and running for people.

So what they mean is that the marketing company handling Cerium is  paying the whole thing out of pocket.

Nintendo getting into the forum ownership business, interesting.

[Himu]

what's the best place to get japanese video game sales figures without gaf? npd sucks now anyway.

gematsu

[Raist]

I wonder if Klepek covered his eyes when the emails from both parties started mentioning the nasty sex thing.

[injurai]

The thing you have to realize, is with no OT, the OT community would be used like OT.

You need OT to catch all the bullshit so decent people can splinter off into a nice amicable hovel.

I frequent the Hip-Hop thread, the beer thread, the Seattle thread, and maybe 1 or 2 others.

I don't see why they'd change if OT was gone.  It was pretty easy for me to ignore the fuckery there;  I read it quite often but I just didn't post in there for the most part.

For all I know I'll be perma-banned when it's back online based on posting here.  *shrug*

What I mean is that community threads would grow bigger, because they would be the default way to engage in off-topic content. And lots of short lived community threads would be made for news of the day stuff, just like OT. That is unless that usage was moderated.

Oh hey, I mostly frequented the hip-hop and beer thread. I knew I recognized you but couldn't remember.

[Pwnz]

How can he open the Gaming side with no moderators?

It will be utter mayhem.

 

 

Mayhem for them.  Let them bicker over Digital Foundry comparisons over 900p vs checkerboxing vs Mythical Nintendo whatifs.

For us performance enthusiasts we can customize an appropriate PC, and select whatever consoles we desire for exclusive content.  With 100% less sexual assault.

[nudemacusers]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

Principles matter except for things I do for free and my own self interest that have no material impact on society.

[Optimus]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

But they nearly resigned, doesn't that count for something?

[nudemacusers]

Srs tho the mods going bubu in that article should be glad they are anonymous , zero cred lmao

[tummyfat]

But then the BCT would exist.

I have not once looked at that thread, lol.

You don't have to. It spills all over the forum

[demi]

EviLore is the Eric Sparrow of our time

That's a dank THUG reference btw

[thehunter116]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

But they nearly resigned, doesn't that count for something?

It was close.

They almost did it. 

[maninthemirror]

The waypoint article makes the mods Who lleft look really bad. FHey didn’t quit on principle or to make a stand , they quit because they didn’t want to be publicly shamed anymore. They didn’t quit when Amir0x case was handled badly because they wanted to hold on to the power they had as mods

[ModernBoxes]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

But they nearly resigned, doesn't that count for something?

[Dennis]

So...........ResetEra is going to be the Nintendo place and GAF will remain Sony shill number 1, right?

 

What about PC?

 

[etiolate]

The mods nearly resigned like the girl nearly cut off contact with Tyler.

[injurai]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

Yup. For all of Malka's wrongs, the mods weren't any better. What made gaf great was the positives that normal user's contributed.

If I had to pick between the self-righteous ilk or a new forum with fresh mods and the marred history of it's owner. I'd pick the latter.

[Pills Here]

Trying to imagine Tyler as a thug 

Best I could do.

(Image removed from quote.)

Gorgeous x

[Boredfrom]

EviLore is the Eric Sparrow of our time

That's a dank THUG reference btw

Besada is Vic "Friend of Frequency" . Cerium is Tokugawa.

[tummyfat]

So...........ResetEra is going to be the Nintendo place and GAF will remain Sony shill number 1, right?

 

What about PC?

 

The Steam thread moved to OpenCritic but who knows

Resetera has two Nintendo shills and a Sony/Bioware shill so far - who does Zhuge shill for?

[who is ted danson?]

"I'm jus' a janitor, i can't talk back to the boss. Don't wanna step outta line and lose muh job."

[thisismyusername]

Oh baby.

[thehunter116]

(Image removed from quote.)

Oh baby.

 

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

"I'm jus' a janitor, i can't talk back to the boss. Don't wanna step outta line and lose muh volunteering position."

FTFY

[who is ted danson?]

So...........ResetEra is going to be the Nintendo place and GAF will remain Sony shill number 1, right?

 

What about PC?

 

The Steam thread moved to OpenCritic but who knows

Resetera has two Nintendo shills and a Sony/Bioware shill so far - who does Zhuge shill for?

himself

[agrajag]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

Yup. For all of Malka's wrongs, the mods weren't any better. What made gaf great was the positives that normal user's contributed.

If I had to pick between the self-righteous ilk or a new forum with fresh mods and the marred history of it's owner. I'd pick the latter.

He doesn't exactly have a great track record with picking mods though. What are you going to do when you make your glorious return to GAF only to see that rinsfury is the admin?

[Himu]

Srs tho the mods going bubu in that article should be glad they are anonymous , zero cred lmao

let's make a new site with those same ppl as mods



lmao

[benjipwns]

lol at people thinking the only alternative to how gaf was the last year is "going full gator heaven"

no wonder he pulled out those excuses

[Mercy]

Principles matter except for things I do for free and my own self interest that have no material impact on society.

Other than thinking, can any action really have no material impact on society? 

[Sirge]

Sounds like Tyler has finally figured out what he should have done roughly three years ago:

Gaming - Gaming Community - Non-gaming entertainment - Non-gaming entertainment Community

No news, no politics, no identity-based community shit. Bam. Readable shit without the poisonous cliques and he still gets 90% of the clicks and hits he's after anyway.

[thehunter116]

"' Moderators weren't allowed to make any follow-up statements, resulting in understandable criticism over why the board would make such a milquetoast statement over its own history.

"I very nearly resigned back then," said the moderator. "I think many of us did. I still am not sure why I didn't. I guess it's because GAF itself is still very important to me, even now."

These are the people who lectured gaffers about morality, values and integrity for years.

 

Yup. For all of Malka's wrongs, the mods weren't any better. What made gaf great was the positives that normal user's contributed.

If I had to pick between the self-righteous ilk or a new forum with fresh mods and the marred history of it's owner. I'd pick the latter.

He doesn't exactly have a great track record with picking mods though. What are you going to do when you make your glorious return to GAF only to see that rinsfury is the admin?

[stufte]

lol at people thinking the only alternative to how gaf was the last year is "going full gator heaven"

no wonder he pulled out those excuses

So pretty much the bore then?

[BangaLore]

Looks like I cannot set my avatar, it says everything is alright but I cannot see it. [I don't know where to post this, sorry]

[studyguy]

lol at people thinking the only alternative to how gaf was the last year is "going full gator heaven"

no wonder he pulled out those excuses

So pretty much the bore then?

Too many people on the bore are married to go full gator.
Not enough salt reserves for lack of thirst.

[thehunter116]

Sounds like Tyler has finally figured out what he should have done roughly three years ago:

Gaming - Gaming Community - Non-gaming entertainment - Non-gaming entertainment Community

No news, no politics, .

What would be the point to anything else then?

[VomKriege]

You know, I get it why mods did felt some amount of loyalty to the "institution" or whatever. I can hear that.
But they still ended up covering up for a straight up lie by Evilore with regards to past association with a suspected pedo. All presumably in the name of the OPTICS for NeoGAF and themselves (because let's face it, despite the wet dreams of some, there were no legal implication of being truthful to past interaction with Amir0x).

[Boredfrom]

lol at people thinking the only alternative to how gaf was the last year is "going full gator heaven"

no wonder he pulled out those excuses

So pretty much the bore then?

BIG BOSS DREAM

WHERE MEN BECOME DEMONS.

[Sai]

"hurr durr I'm not trying to cover a vast corprate conspiracy, I'm just jokingly suggesting you lay off that line of thinking in the only place willing to cover it."

 fuck off stinkles, the next kotaku article is on you

I'll bring back proper Assault for Halo 6: ODST if you drop this nonsense.

[Dennis]

The people asked for Old-GAF back. Tyler delivers.

 

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