Anyone that thinks ResetEra is off to a good start doesn't seem to be aware of the problems there.
First off, it's literally NeoGAF 2.0
- Still only have 4 forums
- Still has the same Junior privileges
- Still has the same users
- Still has the organisation structure
- Still has the same cliques
It is literally a reset of NeoGAF. All the problems will come afterwards, especially hubris. You can already see elements of that.
Not having Tyler Malka there is already a gamechanger imo.
Look how happy everyone are that the insecure elf is not invited 
He'd probably turn it down anyway. Tyler could never be a regular member on a forum. No power.
Let's put it this way:
resetera's success is like when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for not being Bush.
I'd say give it 10 years, but the problem is REEEE is currently being pushed by the GAF drama. Without that, this idea would've been dead in the water. Additionally, the GAF drama is propelling it with attention, which brings members. GAF probably wasn't this popular a week into it's creation.
Normally, you'd say that wasn't a problem. REEEE is just a place where the old community would get to stay alive, instead of having the hilarious "damage control" that GAF is currently going through. But, the admins and mods seemed to take this as an opportunity to move up the power ladder. Now that they have the "big boy shoes" so to speak, I wonder if they will still adhere to the standards they set the GAF admins/mods when they were mere members. Hmm.
In any case, this is a good example for what happens when you give a layman the power.
Just like that old saying: "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King."