The Other Forums Thread for 90's Kids ONLY

[bork]

just sayin, you're my bitch Adam)

(he's bi)

[etiolate]

He can understand if Zoe turns down the offer.

Understanding guy.

[nachobro]

just sayin, you're my bitch Adam)

(he's bi)

How about fuck you

[I'm a Puppy!]

I understand Evilore. My uncle works for Nintendo, there's so much cool stuff that would blow your mind, but he's under NDA too.

[Joe Molotov]

You can get under NdeezA

[bork]

Ask me anything, guys.  My cousin's uncle's friend's cousin's daughter's step-brother's father's father's uncle's friend works at Nintendo as a janitor and knows all.

just sayin, you're my bitch Adam)

(he's bi)

How about fuck you

[nachobro]

Oh okay, that's the one Lore post no one remembers. 

[nachobro]

Oh wait it was "And I'm pretty sure fuck you" oops, guess I didn't remember it either

[samfish]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/im-a-mexican-ask-me-anything.22740/

Fernando Rocker!

[Momo]

i forget, what was fernando rocker clipped for on gaf? i remember some weird alt account and an imaginary fiance (secretly him)?

[samfish]

I think for being a hardcore Christian maybe? He got banned a bunch of times if memory serves.

[railGUN]

Has this not been posted??

I'm reluctant to resort to hyperbole here (someone's going to slap me in the face for that), but the hyper-partisan, hostile, polarized, tribalized, identity polics driven authoritarian echo chamber here was literally killing me inside to the point where I suggested splitting the social/political discussions off to an entirely different website so that I wouldn't plausibly and literally flat-out drop dead within the next year. The euro mods were mostly on board with this thought, but besada thought it was "too important" to discard or reorganize or change directions, in between asking me for a job. I've offered (and given) jobs to people on the team, mind you, but besada was never on my list Then he allegedly (selectively, to make it look at bad as possible) leaked the NDAed administrative slack when I got #metooed and allegedly was the main person who spoke to the press as the anonyomous "ex-mod" (we had ~50 mods and most of them were good folks and just wanted to get away from the drama and the danger to their careers at the time...no one I was in communication with claimed they spoke with the press or sounded like the one person in all the interviews circling around), all painting a very negative portrait of what was going on from very likely one salty, opportunistic, agenda-driven source. Most of the mods just were sick of the toxicity on the boards -- some were explicitly only staying on at that point because they knew I was going through so much personal turmoil that they didn't want to leave me hanging, -- and people going after their jobs or lashing out at them for not disavowing me was too much to stick through during the witch hunt, which I don't blame them for and I wished them well and to protect themselves first. I miss them; they were my friends; at least to me. A few more of the old team sticking around would've helped immensely with mitigating the damage that was being done during the critical moments with all the spam and malicious attacks before I got contractors up to purge it all until it died down sufficiently to invite new volunteers in. Some of the ex-team did stick around for various lengths of time to help save the site, and I will not forget that whether they ever post here again or not. <3 to them. You know who you are.

It's a video game message board, though, and this ludicrous #metoo crap was getting international mainstream attention. My first instinct isn't to protect myself; it's to protect the folks I care about. That's why I apparently had such a terrible PR statement on GAF afterwards (that sticky in Gaming) according to a lot of folks. I was concerned about my team getting doxxed by the witch hunt and everything. I cared about my team, and I can handle myself for the most part (or so I thought at the time, lol) and NeoGAF is my site and responsibility, whereas they all had careers and reps to worry about outside of that. So the statement centered around why the volunteer team left and why that wasn't inappropriate for them to do, why some of the board was locked down for their privacy, etc. It was difficult for me to personally navigate at the time because of my priorities. Maybe though that lens is can be viewed as something other than a terrible statement, though that's not up to me to decide.

Anyway.

Being the only game in town...it can be a problem, yeah? NeoGAF became huge -- an institution.I don't wish what happened to me on anyone, especially not during what I was already coping with in my personal life (jesus christ 2017 on so many levels), but now that things are stabilizing I more or less welcome the whole ResetEnema (stop spamming though). I suggested the damned splinter of a separate board focused on social/political issues, right before everything happened, and maybe that even predicated it for all I know. I dunno or particularly care how it all came together. It's just another message board. NeoGAF and Reset aren't enemies. You decide if the converse is true, I guess. What's there to be afraid of, exactly?

I joined this community when I was 14 to escape from my shitty, depressed, insomniac life in poverty. It was escapism, a game, a hobby, a startup, and then, far later, I suppose the biggest thing in town on some level. I sure as shit didn't intend for it to become such a pit of unending misery that it was likely driving more people to suicide than it ever had before, circa 2017, with all the sensationalism and doom and gloom. But I think we're over that and trending toward sanity. With the modern platform migration, too, I can finally get some fun stuff up and running on the gaming side properly and I'm really excited for that too. Don't think I'm neglecting gaming side.

NeoGAF doesn't need Reset to fail to continue to succeed, and Reset's existence probably benefits NeoGAF at this point by providing a home for the collective authoritarian left poison of the internet (or whatever you what to describe it as). The bitter misery addicts who banded together and drowned everything else out; please, we're good, thanks They said so many hurtful things to me, and did so much damage to this place, and attempted to harm my mods in some cases, and that will not be forgotten.

But 2018 is not 2017. NeoGAF isn't going anywhere, and it's going to far better reflect my worldview and values and decisions, directly, from here on out. With the help of a highly talented hand-picked team, of course.

Indie as always. For you guys and gals, as always, and in more ways than ever, coming up soon. Pushing new features and projects every week, listening to feedback (but tempered with two decades of experience in this case).

<3

I think EviLore needs a vacation.

[VomKriege]

He'll fill up pages upon pages for all the regulars that left for ERA by himself if he have to !

[seagrams hotsauce]

I love that lore went from posting maybe three sentences a week to now posting multiple diatribes a week bemoaning the woes of yesteryear and extolling the greatness of the new dawn, like "I didn't lose, I didn't lose, they all lost, they're the losers, not me! I am in fact the winner!" Get a grip, cornball.

[Bore Expert]

i forget, what was fernando rocker clipped for on gaf? i remember some weird alt account and an imaginary fiance (secretly him)?

Don’t remember what he got banned for, but I recall him making a thread begging people in the US to stop buying weed from Mexico. As if anyone here wants Mexi dirt weed in the first place.

[nudemacusers]

 evilore before posting in 2017


 evilore before posting in 2018

[Raist]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/



Rage Against the Hate Machine

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/

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Rage Against the Hate Machine

[Bore Expert]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/

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Rage Against the Hate Machine

Guy just referred to you all as a bunch of banned resentfuls. That must cut like a knife 

[nudemacusers]

We help boost page rank and WE’RE the baddies!? 

[etiolate]

"Our top referrals are people laughing at us."


Wonder how true that was for GAF. Essentially no new outside traffic, just mockery.

[Raist]

The internet (or, more accurately, the World Wide Web) is ultimately an American product supported by American companies and utilized by American consumers. ERA being US-centric (like a large degree of other websites) is simply the end result of that. Doesn't help that the US is still one of the dominant superpowers today, and continually impacts the world with its politics and culture.

[Rufus]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/

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Rage Against the Hate Machine

The Bore at 100% referrals from RPG Codex!?

[agrajag]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/

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Rage Against the Hate Machine

Guy just referred to you all as a bunch of banned resentfuls. That must cut like a knife 

 

[Rufus]

"Our top referrals are people laughing at us."


Wonder how true that was for GAF. Essentially no new outside traffic, just mockery.

https://www.similarweb.com/website/neogaf.com#referrals

[nachobro]

Guy just referred to you all as a bunch of banned resentfuls. That must cut like a knife 

can't be banned if you never made an account

also wasn't that dude a mod? wonder who he made resentful

[ZombieSupaStar]

Having been on GAF since 2001, why would anyone want to have an account on what was arguably the worst of gaf from 2010 on?

[Nintex]

Old GAF wasn't as US centric. Although half of the European population got purged due to the topic of gypsies. 

[Optimus]

"Our top referrals are people laughing at us."


Wonder how true that was for GAF. Essentially no new outside traffic, just mockery.

https://www.similarweb.com/website/neogaf.com#referrals

We're second for resetera, we have a long way to go but we can do it, don't give up folks!

https://www.similarweb.com/website/resetera.com#referrals

[samfish]

In all seriousness, gypsies can go fuck themselves

[HardcoreRetro]

In all seriousness, gypsies can go fuck themselves

Wow, shitting on my cultural heritage.

Should ask my grandma to put a curse on you. (Don't worry, she's dead.)

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or is she?

[close]

[agrajag]

Zoe Quinn, more like Zoe Queen, amirite boys?

[Uncle]

In all seriousness, gypsies can go fuck themselves

I don't know a lot about gypsies but from what I've read, and particularly from those gaf threads, it's one of those things that highlights the problem in universally defending all cultural behaviors as being valid and acceptable.

Lots of europeans like "no, seriously, unless you've lived near them you have absolutely no idea."

[samfish]

highlights the problem in universally defending all cultural behaviors* as being valid and acceptable

* You mean all non-American cultural behaviors

* And YOU mean all non-white American cultural behaviors

[Transhuman]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4448450/

Strange to see TheBore listed as a hate site considering the owner and most of the userbase is part of the militant LGBTQS scene, but then again victims can be victimizers

You wouldn't guess this site is a militant gay activism training ground based on the NSFW thread

[I'm a Puppy!]

Whoa whoa,

Just because we're militant cock lovers doesn't make us militant LGBTQS activitists.

[Optimus]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4448450/

Strange to see TheBore listed as a hate site considering the owner and most of the userbase is part of the militant LGBTQS scene, but then again victims can be victimizers

You wouldn't guess this site is a militant gay activism training ground based on the NSFW thread

Wow, resetera thinks of itself as the victim. I NEVER would have guessed.

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4448450/

Strange to see TheBore listed as a hate site considering the owner and most of the userbase is part of the militant LGBTQS scene, but then again victims can be victimizers

You wouldn't guess this site is a militant gay activism training ground based on the NSFW thread

demi getting doxxed

[demi]

Shuri is such a cunt LMAO

[Transhuman]

Calling you a 'victim' is pretty fucked.

[demi]

Of course I'm a victim, I have you dumbasses polluting the internet

[TVC15]

Elephantiasis of the anus is an affliction no one should have to endure. 

Demi does have his mom’s ass. It’s probably even worse from being stuck in that wheelchair.

[who is ted danson?]

We are to Ree what Ree was to Hillary Cliton.

[Uncle]

highlights the problem in universally defending all cultural behaviors* as being valid and acceptable

* You mean all non-American cultural behaviors

Nah.  Like I said I don't know a ton about them, just what europeans actually living with them had said.  I suppose I shouldn't take for granted everything I read but I tend to #believeeuropeans just because they're not American voices (and therefore inherently privileged and untrustworthy).

[Transhuman]

We're not victims, thebore has taught me a lot about life and survival and stuff. Nudemacusers taught me about clothes and how to impregnate someone on the first try, so i'd always have confidence. Atramental taught me what the word Pawg means, so i'd never have to feel alone. etiolate taught me that every group needs a guy that everyone shits on. TVC 15 taught me i'll never get laid unless I switch to dudes. And finally, Amirox taught me that if I think about touching children, in jail my 6'5" cell-mate will threaten to infect me with hepatitis C if I don't help him with his plan to try and cover a guard in piss.

[Transhuman]

How'd you know about my butt-holding fetish?

[Raist]

He's stalking you. Have you forgotten the true nature of this place?

[agrajag]

speaking of stalking, where's benji been lately?

[TVC15]

I've noticed when EviLore is active on NeoGAF benji stops posting here... hmmmm.

It’s the only safe time to take a shower.

[agrajag]

I've noticed when EviLore is active on NeoGAF benji stops posting here... hmmmm.

You know you're right, I've never seen them in the same room 

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4443640/

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Rage Against the Hate Machine

not banned at gaf or era 

[Transhuman]

[agrajag]

Note: Benji died on the way home to his planet

[Uncle]

holy shit with the subject above I was feeling nostalgic and I accidentally just doxxed agrajag

[agrajag]

you monster

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Man GAF is so dead. you have to go several pages in on Resetera gaming side to find a thread that hasn't been posted in for an hour (over 100 threads).. at GAF not even the top 10 threads have been posted in the last hour.  It's even worse on the off topic side... and communities?  Holy shit.. the #3 thread hasn't been posted in since Friday.

Is it really "reviving" in any way like EviLore says or is he just that full of shit?

NeoGAF is the most successful traditional message board ever, at least in the English language. Just give it a few decades and it'll be bigger than it ever was.

[agrajag]

Maybe things will pick up once Zoe Quinn accepts his invitation. But I'll understand if she doesn't.

[Uncle]

Man GAF is so dead. you have to go several pages in on Resetera gaming side to find a thread that hasn't been posted in for an hour (over 100 threads).. at GAF not even the top 10 threads have been posted in the last hour.  It's even worse on the off topic side... and communities?  Holy shit.. the #3 thread hasn't been posted in since Friday.

Is it really "reviving" in any way like EviLore says or is he just that full of shit?

NeoGAF is the most successful traditional message board ever, at least in the English language. Just give it a few decades and it'll be bigger than it ever was.

Similarly the Simpsons is the longest running US TV show, at least in the English language, and look at where they are now!

[Transhuman]

holy shit with the subject above I was feeling nostalgic and I accidentally just doxxed agrajag

That's not doxxing. You're more like a private detective that investigates random people for free.

[Uncle]

holy shit with the subject above I was feeling nostalgic and I accidentally just doxxed agrajag

That's not doxxing. You're more like a private detective that investigates random people for free.

Also he valiantly battles besada at the end of the thread there, years before he became a mod, it is pretty le epic (that is how people spoke at the time).  One could even view it as a formative moment that led to the growth of the tyrant we came to know later.