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

[Van Cruncheon]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

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.

i love ya benj but at this time kara and some choice zizek/avakian appropriation is the hero we deserve

[parallax]

LORE IS BACK BABY

nude....that avatar. you should go back to shirtless david boreanaz

Most of it is in the Waypoint article. Tyler went full "girl is crazy" as his defense.

He said GAF would be back up by tonight. I am not sure if he understand that requires work or not.

And the new gaf forum is already devouring each other over purity wars

so then outside of gaf going up, nothing new

[Pills Here]

gaf removed the "scheduled" bit from the maintenance message. riveting stuff.

[Himu]

The moderators at neogaf were paid. In e-cred. It spends about as well as exposure or experience.

I can understand being mortified at having worked for Thug1 for zero dollars, but I'd imagine at least one of the recently deposed cool kids would have the sack to be honest.

What e-cred? Wouldn't being a gaf mod get you laughed at at this point?

Aren't they George trying to pick a girl up by bragging he's writing a sitcom and it fails miserably when she and her friend laugh hysterically in his face status now?

It doesn't mean anything on the Internet at this point.

[Diunx]

I still can't believe that one of Evilore's crazy ex was the one who brought down gaf 

[meeb]

The gloating isnt fun if they haven’t noticed so if one of you is in the discord, post this image. Links are locked but you can post an image directly.

https://i.imgur.com/TIFdzqe.png

Also you guys saw this right 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQeAayBDKm2kliUxuA3qmBoplEbfTb8a_h3METSXILq3zin-fG70ix8g0g1SD0HzcxugU5-2AJ2h_0O/pub

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.

What the fuck does this even mean? God it's up there with "lived experience" as some of the most mealy mouthed bullshit I have ever heard of. No one should ever feel defensive of their own humanity? Why would you? Why is what someone says an attack on your feeling of humanity?

Sounds like a more on the nose attempt at the sort of gobbledygook nonsense GAF used to ban users that didn't align with their feels.  Your loosely shared opinion on this one specific issues that some alt-righters also loosely share implies to me you are likely a full blown alt-right cretin in hiding that must be moderated away while allowing those I perceive to be your target victims dog-pile and harass you without consequence.

I wonder if that will get extended to conservatives. Because fuck anything else , OT is full of people calling them non-humans, calling white guys the fucking devil, wishing for horrible things to happen to anyone to the right of Che Guevara seems to be the norm. I mean you could have a 10 volume set of books  called "Conservatives are Monsters" filled with nothing but quotes from Lime.

And no I don't wonder. I know for a fact that conservatives will still be treated like actual fucking Nazis.

I mean when the term "conservative" bring Fox News and JayDubya to mind, what do you expect.

[Hobies cat]

The moderators at neogaf were paid. In e-cred. It spends about as well as exposure or experience.

I can understand being mortified at having worked for Thug1 for zero dollars, but I'd imagine at least one of the recently deposed cool kids would have the sack to be honest.

The very fact that they were elevated to moderation at gaf required they be free from such petty attachments as honesty...

[meeb]

I still can't believe that one of Evilore's crazy ex was the one who brought down gaf 

Pussy just ain't worth it.

[Optimus]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right?

[benjipwns]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

holy shit false equivalency much? it's about being on the right side of history and be safe from those GG shitheads. it's 2017 and people are literally dying out there but yeah "it's about video games" uh huh nice gaslighting

We're the only ones actually fighting the fascists in the most effective way possible, by forming an echo chamber, and he wants to talk about video games? That's not how your protect our pocket world.

Dennis is really making me feel like I'm having to defend my humanity here.

[Nola]

Mumei speaks on SLAENT

http://slaent.com/thread/1232086/page/166/post/1252273/
http://slaent.com/thread/1232086/page/164/post/1252080/

Why I want to "protect" Bish is because I don't really think that is a fair assessment of how he moderated.

If the word of his coworkers counted so much before I said anything, it should count the same. Bish detailed everything he did to his coworkers. GAF's actual moderation policy was to never discuss bans on the forums (tbf the times mods did try to explain it got a bit overwhelming)

I do admit Bish had a cult following that he seemed to pandered to at times. But him unlocking threads was more about "this thread was good until some people stepped out of pocket."

Just putting into perspective for you.. Don't know which coworkers you talked to tho

I'll second this. There were differences between the way that bish moderated and the way that the rest of us moderated; in particular he had more latitude than we did, didn't really participate much in formulating consensus (he more or less followed his own path), and was more given to spectacle (hence people believing that he was responsible for more many more bans than he actually was). But this was intentional; when I became a moderator I was explicitly told that I shouldn't try to moderate in the same way that bish did. I don't know if you got the same advisory, since you were a mod for a very long time before I was.

Too rich was right earlier when he noted that a change started happening around 2012. But it had nothing to do with Romney and Obama or bish suddenly having an axe to grind and going rogue. For a long time before that, there were not enough moderators covering OT. It was the addition of new moderators (who are more proactive about reading threads they know are going to be stressful, since they haven't gotten burned out yet) like myself or other non-Australians (Australians are softies, apparently), junior batches were often timed with new moderators, and places that had been getting no moderation for a long time were being moderated.

I guess we will never know exactly who it was (my bets on Evilore) but when the news broke, threads where being deleted on the subject left right and centre, I saw it with my own eyes. Anyone who spoke about Amir0x was either banned, post deleted or outright purged from the forum entirely. "Mod's" is a blanket term I suppose, but with tools like modbot, you honestly shouldn't be surprised.

I was not a moderator at the time, but I would suspect that Evilore was the one driving policy there. I at least know that most everyone I've talked to about it would have favored having a topic in which to dump on him, and certainly no one thought denying that he knows his name... when he clearly did... was a particularly bright idea.

And I agree that people probably should have left (and I know at least one mod who was unaware of how the Amir0x news was handled and said that they would have then had they known) , but it was always a collective action problem with the moderation team.

"We were not like Bish but some bans were from us and Bish was a cover".

"People should have left after  the Amirox stunt but  "

Nice to see mods scapegoating with the black guy 

But seriously, the problem with this narrative is that the shit bans and disproportionate moderation standards based on wrong think that propped up GAF's worst celebrities and board tendencies continued long after Bish left.

[EightBitNate]

I still can't believe that one of Evilore's crazy ex was the one who brought down gaf 

Tell us how you really feel.

[Boredfrom]

LORE IS BACK BABY

nude....that avatar. you should go back to shirtless david boreanaz

Most of it is in the Waypoint article. Tyler went full "girl is crazy" as his defense.

He said GAF would be back up by tonight. I am not sure if he understand that requires work or not.

And the new gaf forum is already devouring each other over purity wars

so then outside of gaf going up, nothing new

Nude, that avatar?

[Jenkem]

The moderators at neogaf were paid. In e-cred. It spends about as well as exposure or experience.

I can understand being mortified at having worked for Thug1 for zero dollars, but I'd imagine at least one of the recently deposed cool kids would have the sack to be honest.

What e-cred? Wouldn't be a gaf mod get you laughed at at this point?

Aren't they George trying to pick a girl up by bragging he's writing a sitcom and it fails miserably when she and her friend laugh hysterically in his face status now?

It doesn't mean anything on the Internet at this point.

you are only laughing at gaf mods because you are an alt right trans hating honorary white person gator   

[Tasty]

I've been called a lot of shit on the forum but "apathetic" is definitely a new one. 

I know, our love is nothing but passionate

STOP FORCING HIM TO PERFORM DIGITAL HOMOFACE FOR YOUR APPROVAL

[ZephyrFate]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right?

The law says otherwise, especially because it removes the concept of consent if anyone was to regret the encounter or dislike the act itself.

[meeb]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right?

I think nothing is wrong with drunk sex if both parties are drunk. If you're completely sober and going after some drunk dude/woman, that's kinda sleazy.

[Propagandhim]

imagine fucking the guy that banned Smokey Dave from your forum.  Fucking gross

[T-Short]

The moderators at neogaf were paid. In e-cred. It spends about as well as exposure or experience.

lol

[Jenkem]

imagine fucking the guy that banned Smokey Dave from your forum.  Fucking gross

Maybe she's the one who told him to ban Dennis

[Nervousxtian]

imagine fucking the guy that banned Smokey Dave from your forum.  Fucking gross

Yeah.  Fuck Dennis.. SmokyDave was the best.

[Occam]

Nice to see mods scapegoating with the black guy 

But seriously, the problem with this narrative is that the shit bans and disproportionate moderation standards based on wrong think that propped up GAF's worst celebrities and board tendencies continued long after Bish left.

Speaking of Bish, his abrupt and unexplained departure was very curious. Was he fired? Why didn't he say a single word about what happened afterwards? He even came back later and posted as regular member.

[Van Cruncheon]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right

aaaaand right there, RIGHT FUCKIN THERE, you made his point.

[Dennis]

imagine fucking the guy that banned Smokey Dave from your forum.  Fucking gross

Yeah.  Fuck Dennis.. SmokyDave was the best.

Nice alt there, SmokyDave.

[studyguy]

Can someone tell me wtf a voat is?

A sweaty place for thirsty nerds.

[Mr Gilhaney]

[parallax]

LORE IS BACK BABY

nude....that avatar. you should go back to shirtless david boreanaz

Most of it is in the Waypoint article. Tyler went full "girl is crazy" as his defense.

He said GAF would be back up by tonight. I am not sure if he understand that requires work or not.

And the new gaf forum is already devouring each other over purity wars

so then outside of gaf going up, nothing new

Nude, that avatar?

is his avatar not a baby on a leash?

[ZephyrFate]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right

aaaaand right there, RIGHT FUCKIN THERE, you made his point.

I wonder if he will notice

[gfm793]

I wonder if that will get extended to conservatives. Because fuck anything else , OT is full of people calling them non-humans, calling white guys the fucking devil, wishing for horrible things to happen to anyone to the right of Che Guevara seems to be the norm. I mean you could have a 10 volume set of books  called "Conservatives are Monsters" filled with nothing but quotes from Lime.

And no I don't wonder. I know for a fact that conservatives will still be treated like actual fucking Nazis.

I have to call serious foul here. If white guys aren't the devil that means I bought the horns, pitchfork, and summer home in Arizona for nothing.

Nah bro, Cubans are the devil we have been for years. Don't blame me for your mistake.

[Boredfrom]

LORE IS BACK BABY

nude....that avatar. you should go back to shirtless david boreanaz

Most of it is in the Waypoint article. Tyler went full "girl is crazy" as his defense.

He said GAF would be back up by tonight. I am not sure if he understand that requires work or not.

And the new gaf forum is already devouring each other over purity wars

so then outside of gaf going up, nothing new

Nude, that avatar?

is his avatar not a baby on a leash?

Nude... That avatar.

[helios]

Totally Harmonious and Consensual should be the name of whatever new gaf forum

[stufte]

Totally Harmonious and Consensual should be the name of whatever new gaf forum

THC then, gotcha.

[helios]

Totally Harmonious and Consensual should be the name of whatever new gaf forum

THC then, gotcha.

Blazeit

[Optimus]

Leaving the bathroom door deliberately ajar while you shower in the hotel room of a man you have been drinking with all night might have perhaps given some mixed signals though.

Not if you're Zephyr. He would have waited and gotten a written consent form signed.

No, my tight ass is good enough to get sex sober. Maybe you should get gud, hard charger.

You do realize that you're the weirdo here and not us, right? You do realize that most people think there's nothing wrong with drunk sex, right?

The law says otherwise, especially because it removes the concept of consent if anyone was to regret the encounter or dislike the act itself.

Complete and utter bullshit. Not only there are very few countries that have such distinguished mentally-challenged laws but they're also pretty specific about being extremely drunk which usually makes them useless.

[gfm793]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

holy shit false equivalency much? it's about being on the right side of history and be safe from those GG shitheads. it's 2017 and people are literally dying out there but yeah "it's about video games" uh huh nice gaslighting

Look, I think we can all agree the world is in a shitty state. But as long as we take a stance against loot boxes, the nazi's can't win.

It's too late white supremacists are on the march. EVERYWHERE!!!

[benjipwns]

I wonder if they deleted the link to the staff page in hopes nobody will notice how few mods there are. Maybe lore will scrape up a couple and once it's up try to get a few more who come back.

Timan and Gromph have been online for a while now, so they're doing something beyond deleting links from the page.

I feel like I need a 10,000 word manifesto about the new gaming focused NeoGAF.com before I choose to leave my old life and ways behind and find myself trapped in a pocket world with Alexander Luthor and an old Superman and Lois.

[EightBitNate]

It’s 6 PM central right now and neither site is up.

[Swollen Bowels]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

Newsflash. Nobody outside currs. You are not changing the world.

Like any medium, video gaming is a platform that can be used in broad measure to inculcate masses of people to the acceptance of behavioral attitudes that are at odds with an equitable and harmonious society. This is especially so in gaming, a hobby primarily enjoyed by impressionable youths who're easy to mold.

[Nervousxtian]

imagine fucking the guy that banned Smokey Dave from your forum.  Fucking gross

Yeah.  Fuck Dennis.. SmokyDave was the best.

Nice alt there, SmokyDave.

I don't drink enough to be Dave.   Also not British.

No slight on Dennis.. but you are no SmokyDave.   I did hate when you got banned.   So there's that.

[stufte]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Hillary was a bad candidate.

[Bananas]

Can someone tell me wtf a voat is?

It's basically 4chan equivalent of 8chan, a place where all the stuff that aren't allowed (Pedophilia, doxxing, racists subs, etc) end up. Basically if the last site you can post is Voat there is good chance that you have done something wrong with your life.

[Boredfrom]

I wonder if they deleted the link to the staff page in hopes nobody will notice how few mods there are. Maybe lore will scrape up a couple and once it's up try to get a few more who come back.

Timan and Gromph have been online for a while now, so they're doing something beyond deleting links from the page.

I feel like I need a 10,000 word manifesto about the new gaming focused NeoGAF.com before I choose to leave my old life and ways behind and find myself trapped in a pocket world with Alexander Luthor and an old Superman and Lois.

You know you want to leave Earth Prime behind.

[injurai]

It's charming to see Mumei's take on her roll, I still remember the day she was denutted by Evilore for participating with trans-gaf in a tirade against cis men over the fact that they wanted to marry someone they could naturally conceive kids with and had preferences to be with cis women. It was complete lunacy of the most debased form, I don't care how reasonable she could be on a slow day, that day reflected how she operated as a moderator.

[Diunx]

I still can't believe that one of Evilore's crazy ex was the one who brought down gaf 

Tell us how you really feel.

Already did, you quoted me.

[Tasty]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise and basically one issue that makes up his entire platform. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Not to mention if he was elected the possibility of him actually passing anything is... questionable anyways.

It'd be nice to have a solid Dem veto though for all the health care BS congress keeps trying (plus you know, executive orders.)

[nudemacusers]

a statement on nudemacuser's avatar will be made shortly. please refrain from discussion on the subject until that time.

[parallax]

It's charming to see Mumei's take on her roll, I still remember the day she was denutted by Evilore for participating with trans-gaf in a tirade against cis men over the fact that they wanted to marry someone they could naturally conceive kids with and had preferences to be with cis women. It was complete lunacy of the most debased form, I don't care how reasonable she could be on a slow day, that day reflected how she operated as a moderator.

i thought mumei was a man?

[thehunter116]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Hillary was a bad candidate.

 

The one thing we all need to accept.

[Boredfrom]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

Newsflash. Nobody outside currs. You are not changing the world.

Like any medium, video gaming is a platform that can be used in broad measure to inculcate masses of people to the acceptance of behavioral attitudes that are at odds with an equitable and harmonious society. This is especially so in gaming, a hobby primarily enjoyed by impressionable youths who're easy to mold.

0/10

You made it to obvious.

[Dougstyles]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise and basically one issue that makes up his entire platform. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Fatal flaw in this analogy: Bernie can most certainly turn left.

[Optimus]

Can someone tell me wtf a voat is?

It's basically 4chan equivalent of 8chan, a place where all the stuff that aren't allowed (Pedophilia, doxxing, racists subs, etc) end up. Basically if the last site you can post is Voat there is good chance that you have done something wrong with your life.

8chan isn't voat, 8chan has a leftist community too and their pol isn't even as extreme as 4chan's last time I checked. Voat on the other hand makes the KKK blush.

[parallax]

a statement on nudemacuser's avatar will be made shortly. please refrain from discussion on the subject until that time.

and like that, it never came

[Boredfrom]

a statement on nudemacuser's avatar will be made shortly. please refrain from discussion on the subject until that time.

Post anime nudes, nude.

[EightBitNate]

So Duckroll says he’s concerned about ResetEra

[Tasty]

a statement on nudemacuser's avatar will be made shortly. please refrain from discussion on the subject until that time.

and like that, it never came

I did, though.

[Swollen Bowels]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise and basically one issue that makes up his entire platform. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Bernie wouldn't have won against Trump. Trump is the human embodiment of every wretched quality that defines this country, chiefly obscene chauvinism and its adoration of power by any means. Bernie, a socialist Jew, would have been humiliated even more than Hillary was.

[benjipwns]

I would love if whatever site comes out of this would stop taking itself so fucking super serious you guise and remember that it is supposed to be a forum about video games.

Newsflash. Nobody outside currs. You are not changing the world.

Like any medium, video gaming is a platform that can be used in broad measure to inculcate masses of people to the acceptance of behavioral attitudes that are at odds with an equitable and harmonious society. This is especially so in gaming, a hobby primarily enjoyed by impressionable youths who're easy to mold.

0/10

You made it to obvious.

Maybe should have tried something like this:
Art is subjective; it's in the eye of the beholder. I think video games can be fun. They can teach eye-hand coordination and strategy and they can introduce children to computer technology. And there is no doubt they are intricate and sophisticated technologically. I'm not in any way trying to do away with video games. I'm strictly concerned with a small subset of games that are harmful to children -- those that are excessively violent and sexually explicit. I want to make sure children can't obtain these games without their parents' consent.

We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco, alcohol, and pornography.

[stufte]

Bernie would have won. But he lost.

Dean might have won in 04 too. And the Cleveland Indians might have beaten the Astros, although they couldn't get through the Yankees.

It's pointless and not really worth discussing. Maybe he'll win in 2020. That would be cool.

He's a shitty debater with extremely limited subject matter expertise. He's essentially the Derek Zoolander of politicians. Income inequality is rigged system is Blue Steel is Magnum. He'd be a hell of a lot better than Trump, but probably a worse president with worse policy proposals than most alternate Dem candidates. Whatever. We'll see how he does in 3 years.

Hillary was a bad candidate.

Post Email-gate, yes. Pre-Email-gate, no. In 2014 she looked like the most formidable candidate either party had had in a generation.

In hindsight she should have dropped out after it became clear that she and her team were not going to be able to put the Emailz issue to bed.

Haha, she's been a bad candidate for YEARS. Do you not remember her 2008 run?

[Boredfrom]

So Duckroll says he’s concerned about ResetEra

He was so concerned in GAF.

[VomKriege]

So Duckroll says he’s concerned about ResetEra

Concern trolling