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

[Nintex]

Back when they kicked out Aquamarine/NDP Mulcair and no one took their place I thought it was the beginning of the end for NeoGAF.

I never understand why did they did that (or missed it, i guess)?

Aqua had an alt, George, so y2k banned her.  Nuking her and zhuge killed salesgaf.

That's not what happened, NPD threatened legal action against Malka over the leaked data being posted. Lore instantly rolled over and gave them all Aqua's details aand since she had to have a paid email of course, it was easily traced back to her job related to NPD and she had to request a ban in order to keep her job

IIRC, she later got official permission by her employer to post the numbers, and that's what she used the Mulcair alt account for. But since alts were not allowed, they (Y2Kev) banned her again.

 

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.
To this day I think it was Amirox who banned me because he disliked me in general. Although I suspected Opiate too as I had some run ins with him.

I won't lie I was pretty devastated when I got banned. I had so much information sitting in my PM box. Like proof that Nintendo and Nokia once had a deal from a guy who claimed he was the son of Nokia's CEO at that time.
He was even able to proof the whole thing with transcripts from a meeting that was attended by Yamauchi himself. Shiggy and myself would share a wealth of Rare gossip and rumors directly from the developers. A lot happened in those PM boxes.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

[Dennis]

I think maybe the protesters have mostly cleared out of GAF.

Seems like the account suicide threads are met with derision from the remaining gaffers.

[Steve Youngblood]

So did NPD ask who it was? Or did EL ban the account just to be safe?

To my knowledge NPD never inquired about the account. The NPD_mulcair account was just banned because it was an alt account misrepresenting its credentials as an NPD employee. The original sob story about NPD ninjas out to get them and needing to quit the forum came immediately after a request for a better tag from “GAF’s waifu” (or something, I don’t remember exactly) resulted in the tag being reverted to Member.

It’s possible that everything that was shared on Chartz is 100% true. I don’t know or care anymore.

What I always wondered was how much it would have been for EL to pay for NPD's numbers and just post them officially. I wonder why no US gaming publication or website does it. Is it that expensive to get NPD console sales data to publish?

It’s proprietart data. You’re not allowed to publicly dump the raw data even if you have legitimate access to it.

I know, but presumably they offer specific licenses that allow publication. After all, the console makers occasionally did post numbers.

Right. But they would only speak in non-specific terms. Like Sony might say “The PS4 was the #1 selling console this month” but they wouldn’t post the actual numbers associated with each console manufacturer.

[Dennis]

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

This and the fact that I wasn't about to pretend that I didn't remember the suddenly holier than thou moderators from before they got their red name.

[Pwnz]

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

Which makes no sense. Like Google banning ads for successful companies.

[etiolate]

"Member $30 Italian Dinner?"

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252839823&postcount=13661

Do we need BCT credentials or just a pro-Black post history?

Great now they need to start the vetting process all over again now that somebody finally found a flaw in it.

[TVC15]

(Image removed from quote.)

"Member $30 Italian Dinner?"

I almost made this joke due to just finishing the new SP game.

[nachobro]

if that's the same Dahbomb as the gaf one they still have their account on gaf

Maybe the resetters need to be asking why that is?

Is he not true to the cause?

 

definitely the same one. the resetera people need to consider the types they are letting in, considering the head of the fgc discord also verified this user

[samir]

30$ Italian meal with bish avatar. Absolutely disgusting.

[Dennis]

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

Which makes no sense. Like Google banning ads for successful companies.

The pettiness of certain moderators who shall remain nameless was endless.

And as Tyler found out, at the end of the day they had their own agenda.

[Pills Here]

I got banned from GAF because I'm beautiful  :'(

[Nintex]

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

Which makes no sense. Like Google banning ads for successful companies.

I think their rationale was that if you got very popular you'd be a threat to them. Because members would be like:
"I wonder what Nintex thinks about this" or "Wario64 posted this yesterday Amirox"

That probably drove them nuts if they covered for Evilore harrasment and Amirox pedo hobbies for free and someone else got the same perks. 

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.
Aqua and Zhuge were also great assets to the community as well as Wario64. These members literally made the board valuable and the mods shat on them.

As soon as you got popular or you'd question the mods they'd nuke you one way or another.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

Which makes no sense. Like Google banning ads for successful companies.

The pettiness of certain moderators who shall remain nameless was endless.

And as Tyler found out, at the end of the day they had their own agenda.

It was all so dumb. Sure, ban someone jokingly for 2 weeks because you have mod powers. Swing that mod stick around, I would too. Haha banned. lol

However, permabanning the best members of your board is simply insanity.

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

[Sai]

I got banned from GAF because I'm beautiful  :'(

hm

relatable post

[landaulifshitz]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252839823&postcount=13661

Do we need BCT credentials or just a pro-Black post history?

Great now they need to start the vetting process all over again now that somebody finally found a flaw in it.

For a group of people who kept saying that purity tests would be the death of the Democratic party, they sure do have a lot of purity tests. They also seem to be proving themselves right, by the way.

[Stormhammer]

pretty sure best ff is ffxi: chains of promathia

[oneils]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

This and the fact that I wasn't about to pretend that I didn't remember the suddenly holier than thou moderators from before they got their red name.

I think they could handle you being a stinky uropeen, but once you were stateside they couldn't handle it! so jelly.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

might be confusing you with someone else

[close]

[tummyfat]

I can think of at least ten people off of the top of my head who got banned just because a cult of personality formed around them and they were more popular than the mods.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

[Pills Here]

pretty sure best ff is ffxi: chains of promathia

The best FF was Phantasy Star IV 

[studyguy]

pretty sure best ff is ffxi: chains of promathia

Objectively saved Square at the time so

[hampster]

I've never been banned. I'm not popular or pretty

[Dennis]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

This and the fact that I wasn't about to pretend that I didn't remember the suddenly holier than thou moderators from before they got their red name.

I think they could handle you being a stinky uropeen, but once you were stateside they couldn't handle it! so jelly.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

might be confusing you with someone else

[close]

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that was me, yes

[close]

[Interficium]

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game. At some point I had acquired ExciteBots screenshots before anyone else on the planet.

Imagine this being the highlight of your life. 

[benjipwns]

 

Shits getting weird now.

Just had someone message me on twitter randomly saying peace walker is the best mgs game.
http://Take a look at Oliver (@mabro.../mabromov?s=09

Haven't talked about mgs in forever so no reason. They are a new account and seem to be targeting gaf users (especially Bobby roberts) and trying to get people to click a link to logan reviews.

Noticed one person responded and the conversation turned to asking what they did for a living.

Weird feeling to be targeted like this.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849592&postcount=7086

[T-Short]

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

Yeaaaaah this is never a good idea, just sayin'

[BisMarckie]

pretty sure best ff is ffxi: chains of promathia

After FFVII every FF was just so far up its own ass which is quite an accomlishment considering how far up its own ass FFVII was.

[ToxicAdam]

pretty sure best ff is ffxi: chains of promathia

You don't realize what you have done.

[thehunter116]

He did tell us we'd get tired of winning but I'm not tired yet

You could drop the schtick if you're just a Republican/conservative, we haven't had real one in a while that I can think of. Especially haven't had one who isn't a former NFL player. Let alone one who will actually engage.

I mean, I kinda dislike being the Republican Defense Force/Democratic Attack Force By Default. Especially when my hearts not in it. The last two years for example have made it quite difficult. I mean even JayDubya doesn't help out anymore, typical libertarian trash.

I'm a true believer albeit one open to listening to the other side.  The sane left centralist side not the insane Regressive Left.

In what?

Golfing and real life shitposting? 

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849756&postcount=7100

bish was a good mod

one of the only ones who took a harsh stance against anti blackness

we miss him

[BisMarckie]

Shits getting weird now.

Just had someone message me on twitter randomly saying peace walker is the best mgs game.
http://Take a look at Oliver (@mabro.../mabromov?s=09

Haven't talked about mgs in forever so no reason. They are a new account and seem to be targeting gaf users (especially Bobby roberts) and trying to get people to click a link to logan reviews.

Noticed one person responded and the conversation turned to asking what they did for a living.

Weird feeling to be targeted like this.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849592&postcount=7086

I don't get it. What are they trying to say?

[Nintex]

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

Yeaaaaah this is never a good idea, just sayin'

I was just joking around but at some point it all got super serial.
In 2017 NeoGAF I probably wouldn't last a day. Hell, I lost some Twitter followers because I stalked Americans all night on Twitter saying:
"Trump's got this in the bag!" as they posted the 99% - 1% odds.
As soon as the states rolled in: "Florida's red next, folks" and all they did was respond with: "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!1" and half of my Twitter contacts are/were GAF people.

Even placed a 16:1 bet on some gambling site and made 4k. Best US President Ever.

[Pills Here]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849756&postcount=7100

bish was a good mod

 

[Pills Here]

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

Yeaaaaah this is never a good idea, just sayin'

I was just joking around but at some point it all got super serial.
In 2017 NeoGAF I probably wouldn't last a day. Hell, I lost some Twitter followers because I stalked Americans all night on Twitter saying:
"Trump's got this in the bag!" as they posted the 99% - 1% odds.
As soon as the states rolled in: "Florida's red next, folks" and all they did was respond with: "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!1" and half of my Twitter contacts are/were GAF people.

Even placed a 16:1 bet on some gambling site and made 4k. Best US President Ever.

4K checkerboard?

[Bravotyler]

i mean when you see the narrative that the mods were too lenient and the alt-right had apparently all but taken over the site already what can your expectations for resetera really be

[Nintex]

This is the best post I've read all day:
https://i.imgur.com/aiShopC.png

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849913&postcount=7117

Disclaimer: I haven't read many posts today

[etiolate]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252850000&postcount=11

If Square Enix really said all that then that's the biggest Milkshake Duck of all damn time.

[T-Short]

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

Yeaaaaah this is never a good idea, just sayin'

I was just joking around but at some point it all got super serial.
In 2017 NeoGAF I probably wouldn't last a day. Hell, I lost some Twitter followers because I stalked Americans all night on Twitter saying:
"Trump's got this in the bag!" as they posted the 99% - 1% odds.
As soon as the states rolled in: "Florida's red next, folks" and all they did was respond with: "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!1" and half of my Twitter contacts are/were GAF people.

Even placed a 16:1 bet on some gambling site and made 4k. Best US President Ever.

Well. I wasn't involved in your banning, but I do remember you because you were a bit annoying. And when you post stuff like this now:

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game.

...you're not really making a case for being a very self-aware individual.

[Piikm]

Can some one point me to the post that shows the Alt-Right/GG etc.. have taken over GAF?

All I'm seeing is man-babies asking for bans, talking about the new hug box and making lewd post..

Aside from that people with dissenting opinions actually speaking up for once (with out being vulgar, bigoted, rude etc..)

Are they just tossing around FUD to drive GAF into rhe ground and sell this false utopia?

[benjipwns]

All of this Bad activity over the past few days just shows how much more education the public needs. We need to create more straight allies. We need to double down our efforts to signal boost those who have the right messages, especially POC.

[Nervousxtian]

Can I now safely say that all the stupid work on the 1st post of an OT was pointless and I never bothered to look at them except as they quickly scrolled up my screen?

 

Like, who cares?   The fighting over them was funny though.   And it lead to like a page of either people bitching about it or jerking off the OP.

[injurai]

This is the best post I've read all day:
https://i.imgur.com/aiShopC.png

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849913&postcount=7117

Disclaimer: I haven't read many posts today

 

[jiji]

My favorite OTs were the ones that were intentionally low-effort and got people to bitch about them. It's like, do they need an elaborate OT in order to feel properly fellated for playing a new AAA game on release?

[ModernBoxes]

Can some one point me to the post that shows the Alt-Right/GG etc.. have taken over GAF?

All I'm seeing is man-babies asking for bans, talking about the new hug box and making lewd post..

Aside from that people with dissenting opinions actually speaking up for once (with out being vulgar, bigoted, rude etc..)

Are they just tossing around FUD to drive GAF into rhe ground and sell this false utopia?

They think since "they" are not there to call Jewish people Nazis and black people white supremacists that the alt right will take hold and has and YOU'RE NOT ARGUING IN GOOD FAITH.

[kingv]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252843369&postcount=1071

You get NeoGAF already isn’t, right?! The community left is GamerGate/4chan and those too simple/ignorant to understand what’s happening. Hatred is not okay to stand by and let roll.

Also those nice detailed threads you enjoyed were made by hard working progressive members that already left or are going to. Conservative red neck assholes aren’t going to put the work in for detailed write ups and elaborate OTs. They are too lazy and complain about anything that their delicate snowflake eyes can’t handle seeing about social and environmental issues.

Man this is the first OT I know of that has happened since all this went down, we didn't know the game was going to be shown off in advance so it's not like an OT was prepped, you could call it comparatively low effort but it's as bloated and horrible as any OT has ever been.

But have you seen the MGS4 OT, my dude?

[Pills Here]

Can I now safely say that all the stupid work on the 1st post of an OT was pointless and I never bothered to look at them except as they quickly scrolled up my screen?

 

Like, who cares?   The fighting over them was funny though.   And it lead to like a page of either people bitching about it or jerking off the OP.

Yeah, a bloated OT is a useless OT. All the information posted is what the nerds have already been salivating over for the past 6 months, it's all very redundant and just unpaid PR (one could argue that unpaid PR makes up for 89% of gaming sides posts).

I like to just stay out of them until a few days after the game is out, when the disappointment sets in.

[Nervousxtian]

Can some one point me to the post that shows the Alt-Right/GG etc.. have taken over GAF?

All I'm seeing is man-babies asking for bans, talking about the new hug box and making lewd post..

Aside from that people with dissenting opinions actually speaking up for once (with out being vulgar, bigoted, rude etc..)

Are they just tossing around FUD to drive GAF into rhe ground and sell this false utopia?

What they never realized is most of what they thought were GG or Alt-Right people were just kids getting their lulz on.     It's like they haven't been around the internet from it started... saying horrible shit without consequence is pretty much what most kids find funny.     It's like when we used to crank call people back before caller ID.     We said horrible shit because that shit was funny.     

Then I grew up.    Yet you know, young people still exist.    So I could either be old man yelling at clouds or just be like, fuck it.   I did the same shit 20 years ago.

 

People just popped a new term on trolls.

[team filler]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252850000&postcount=11

If Square Enix really said all that then that's the biggest cheeseburger shark of all damn time.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849979&postcount=6

[Nintex]

I remember posting I had a banshield and would never be banned. woe is me.

Yeaaaaah this is never a good idea, just sayin'

I was just joking around but at some point it all got super serial.
In 2017 NeoGAF I probably wouldn't last a day. Hell, I lost some Twitter followers because I stalked Americans all night on Twitter saying:
"Trump's got this in the bag!" as they posted the 99% - 1% odds.
As soon as the states rolled in: "Florida's red next, folks" and all they did was respond with: "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!1" and half of my Twitter contacts are/were GAF people.

Even placed a 16:1 bet on some gambling site and made 4k. Best US President Ever.

Well. I wasn't involved in your banning, but I do remember you because you were a bit annoying. And when you post stuff like this now:

My general feeling was that whenever someone got popular or more popular than the mods themselves he or she would be banned.

It happened to me without reason when I was at the top of my game.

...you're not really making a case for being a very self-aware individual.

Well there was a lot of drive-by posting, shitposting and the occasional trolling at the end. 
Yet this type of humor is fairly common where I come from and obviously not to everyone's liking.

As far as being self-aware, I don't take the internet too serious. Never have and probably never will.
But I have since discovered there are limits and that if you're a real arrogant asshole people will show you the door.

[etiolate]

TRUE COLORS

 

[Nabbis]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252850000&postcount=11

If Square Enix really said all that then that's the biggest cheeseburger shark of all damn time.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849979&postcount=6

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849994&postcount=9

[jiji]

Can some one point me to the post that shows the Alt-Right/GG etc.. have taken over GAF?

All I'm seeing is man-babies asking for bans, talking about the new hug box and making lewd post..

Aside from that people with dissenting opinions actually speaking up for once (with out being vulgar, bigoted, rude etc..)

Are they just tossing around FUD to drive GAF into rhe ground and sell this false utopia?

In most cases, it's not really formalized alt-righters or GGers showing up, it's just your average reactionary nerds coming out from under their rocks now that they're not under constant thread of a ban.

[T-Short]

As far as being self-aware, I don't take the internet too serious. Never have and probably never will.
But I have since discovered there are limits and that if you're a real arrogant asshole people will show you the door.

Well that's nice, you learned something on the internet, good for you!

[Purple Filth]

the Ninja Gaiden 2 OT remains the GOAT

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301558


no frills and bullshit like those other OT just the info you want in a fucking post

[Bulleta©™®]

tbh I would love to see Bruce Lee punch Evilore in the throat

What good would a punch to the throat do.

A punch to the dick would be way funnier. Just think of the gif/still picture/mashup video potential.

But can Evilore play ping pong with nun-chucks?

[Nervousxtian]

But have you seen the MGS4 OT, my dude?

It took someone longer to read the OT than to play the actual gameplay sections of MGS4.

[ModernBoxes]

This is the best post I've read all day:
https://i.imgur.com/aiShopC.png

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849913&postcount=7117

Disclaimer: I haven't read many posts today

That was awesomely on-point.

I cheered but then he had to say cuck and now I'm flaccid

[Syph]

This is the best post I've read all day:
https://i.imgur.com/aiShopC.png

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849913&postcount=7117

Disclaimer: I haven't read many posts today

triggered

[Deavl]

This is the best post I've read all day:
https://i.imgur.com/aiShopC.png

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252849913&postcount=7117

Disclaimer: I haven't read many posts today

That was awesomely on-point.

I cheered but then he had to say cuck and now I'm flaccid

One of the first times he's said it and he's saying it to CrossingEden.
Those are some mitigating circumstances i'd say.

[Nintex]

What weirds me out is that people still defend Tyler.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=252850216&postcount=7149
And not in a: "Woah, he played that masterfully" sort of way but actually serious.

[seagrams hotsauce]

ayy toku couldn't resist gaf-hop clamoring for his return. I see you baby