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[thetylerrob]

I don't understand how anyone could vote in good conscience when neither candidate gave their opinion on the Mass Effect Andromeda issue.

[clothedmacuser]

Only the protected class gets to shitpost
https://www.resetera.com/threads/y’all-tryna-a-s-l.45202/

Wow, not even slayven wanted to sort that out.

[El Babua]

This'll get some use:

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This is the journalist and not some other Brendan O Neil right? If so this guy is at Alex Jones level credibility.

I mean Kurt Russell over here used to post infowars level articles here before he realized the rest of the site isn't VOAT, so

[Mr Gilhaney]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8405404/

[shosta]

[Kurt Russell]

I mean Kurt Russell over here used to post infowars level articles here before he realized the rest of the site isn't VOAT, so

I post shit I find interesting because I don't judge what I'm reading by the source.

But, you do you.

[Boredfrom]

Source do matter, though.

[Leadbelly]

This'll get some use:

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This is the journalist and not some other Brendan O Neil right? If so this guy is at Alex Jones level credibility.

He really isn't. This is a ridiculous comparison.

Just an example:


Do you know what this shows? It shows someone who is capable of presenting an argument. Now, for whatever reason you may have for not liking Brendan, this fact makes your comparison a bit silly. I find brendan has a tendency sometimes to try and make something fit a narrative, but I've listened to and read a lot of his stuff and it's clear he is more than capable of making a compelling argument. and does so oftenly.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8407668/

They should add a skin of his wife instrad.

Hoo boy

member when you was supposed to pay child support

[Boredfrom]

The Ghostbusters defense:

The amazing thing is that even downvoted trailers for huge AAA titles are treated as news items, earning the games in question even more press.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/design-director-at-dice-made-a-great-comment-on-reddit-about-the-backlash-regarding-the-bfv-reveal.45220/

Love that statement about his daughter. My partner asked me back when GTAV first came out if she could try it out, then she asked me if she could make a woman (single player mode) to play as, when I told her that you couldn't she asked why not and I honestly had no good answer. It made feel embarrassed of my hobby.

It's time we stop treating women like outsiders. Good on you, DIC

 

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8409727/

Some cruel and insensitive responses in here honestly. This shit can be traumatizing for someone.

i mean yea it'd suck but the dude isn't gonna be traumatized for life

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8409727/

Some cruel and insensitive responses in here honestly. This shit can be traumatizing for someone.

i mean yea it'd suck but the dude isn't gonna be traumatized for life

Eh, it depends... people react differently with stuff like this.

[shosta]

He ran a lawn mower over a baby deer and it screamed while it died, that could really fuck a dude up

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-is-a-black-life-worth-child-vs-dog-hot-car-episodes.45237

jesus christ this thread is fucked

[Jansen]

man you guys are such pussies. shit happens and he will get over it

motherfuckers always thinking they are gonna be permanently scarred for the weakest shit

[shosta]

aren't you on antidepressants

[Jansen]

aren't you a failed cunt that pretended to be a mod here for attention like a loser

[shosta]

yes

[thisismyusername]

This'll get some use:

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This is the journalist and not some other Brendan O Neil right? If so this guy is at Alex Jones level credibility.

I mean, sure. But you're tilting to windmills instead of laughing at his reclassification of terms because it's true in most regards to the internet left, Homomo.

[Dennis]

The internet has gotten so...fucked up lately. I've been on the WWW since '93 or something, and BBSes since before that. Things used to be impersonal, sure. Everyone had a persona, people pretended to be other people all the time, guys would be girls, girls would be...hotter girls, people would talk shit about each other or anything else. But we've reached a point where it's not just internet bullshit anymore. We're connecting with each other in real ways now, people have careers on the internet. I do. TotalBiscuit did. Leigh Alexander or whoever else does, too.

I'm definitely guilty of failing to recognize where I've crossed the line and been an asshole on the internet in ways that affected people for real over the years. The "GG vs Social Studies Warrior" battleground stuff in particular has really poisoned video game subculture and drawn lines in the sand that have turned so many people into shitheads on both sides.

It's time to STOP. Fucking STOP. People are depersonalizing each other over the pettiest fucking bullshit, in a time when internet and real life are intersecting more than ever. It's not a game. John Bain had some opinions. You can agree or disagree. But so far as I can tell he was a decent guy, he cared about his family, he did a lot for the video game scene, and he fought cancer bravely to the end. His last words were poignant and striking and beautiful.

Celebrating the man's passing as if you want to throw a party about it is DISGUSTING. You know what, though? When Justice Scalia passed, the thought crossed my mind, too, since my head was poisoned by all the hyper-partisan politicization lately. A while later I looked into his background, though, looked into what other people had to say about him, read his various statements, and I felt like a shithead for my initial reaction to his passing. I may have disagreed with his politics very strongly, and his positions did influence the landscape of the United States and the rights of a lot of people, and that's completely fair to have strong opinions about. But he wasn't some evil cunt cartoon character. He just had a different worldview than mine, and had convictions he followed through with. I can disagree, I can feel strongly with my disagreement, but it was fucked up to be enthusiastic about his passing, and the context of that is about a million times more serious than fucking video games.

How about we take a step back, right here and now. Recognize that celebrating John Bain's passing after a difficult battle with cancer is NOT RIGHTEOUS. It is NOT something you should be glad to see in yourself. Take a long, hard look in the mirror and see if you really respect what you see if you're so poisoned by self-righteousness and hatred over petty squabbles about VIDEO GAMES that this man's tragic passing at 33 years old, leaving behind a mourning widow and child, makes you HAPPY. Step away from your computer, turn off your phone, and think about it.

On the flip side, obviously I understand being upset about how other people are acting re: the above, but obsessing over it is not healthy either. There's a fissure where hatred is flowing out of you as well, and it's not healthy for you to be dwelling on all the negativity you're seeing in others and spending all day screenshotting and archiving it and trying to tear down other people. When I was on the receiving end of all the folks trying to take me down a notch and gotcha me (it got especially intense post-GG), it made it that much easier to just dismiss the "other side" as obsessive stalker assholes with too much time on their hands and not look at the situation neutrally. I could've started taking steps to heal and reconcile the whole situation a long time ago, with folks I had been an asshole to, or with the whole GG vs Social Studies Warrior situation on NeoGAF or really in the entire video game subculture space. NeoGAF was center stage for a lot of it and I feel like I could've resolved it personally, maybe, or at least accomplished something of significance, had I gone back in time with my current perspective and been a better man about it. It's entirely on me that I didn't, and I don't blame anyone else, but you have to understand that the communities around the internet that formed around exposing and undermining NeoGAF, the moderation here, and myself, only served to lock us down into an us vs them mentality and see the other side as the enemy trying to doxx people and undermine our community and sometimes our livelihoods. Both sides ensured this outcome, and both sides need to be willing to put a stop to it.

I've tried to make something good come of the unfortunate confluence of events that caused a powderkeg to explode here last year. I'm totally fine with the financial losses and all that if I can grow as a person, and if I can heal some of the resentment I've caused, and if NeoGAF can be a better place in the long run. TB passed away at 33, same age as me. Cancer brings unjust suffering to far too many people, and clearly John did not have it coming and no one should want to throw a fucking party about it. It's just a tragedy, full stop. His family can't get him back, and the gaming community can't get back a loyal and enthusiastic contributor to the scene. What we can do is respect and honor the man's memory by PUTTING A FUCKING STOP TO THIS SHIT ALREADY.

Turn off the us vs them, regardless of which "side" you're on right now. It's video games. It matters to all of us, but it's still just fucking video games. We're adults. We can have a civil conversation like adults about goddamned video games, can we not? We can treat each other decently as human beings despite whatever our opinions are about video games, can we fucking not? Let's start now. Erase the line in the sand. Let go of the anger and hatred and grudges. It's gone on long enough.

Let's talk it out and put an end to this shit. I insist.

Sorry if already posted.

[kingv]

Shorts is still our most beautiful poster however.

[Assimilate]

man you guys are such pussies. shit happens and he will get over it

motherfuckers always thinking they are gonna be permanently scarred for the weakest shit

i'd feel pretty shitty for a while if i killed a dog or something.

now if i ran over one of you fuckers... neh i'd be good by tomorrow 

[nudemacusers]

what about me, one of your nation's defenders? 

[Kara]

I still remember fishing (like, the unpleasant bits) and I haven't fished in around 20 years.

[killamajig]

man you guys are such pussies. shit happens and he will get over it

motherfuckers always thinking they are gonna be permanently scarred for the weakest shit

I've seen some messed up shit in my day but if I ran over a fawn with my mower I think I'd be pretty fucked up for a while.

But I wouldn't post about it on a message board, that's some pussy shit.

I'd cry into my pillow at night when nobody is around like a real man.

[Propagandhim]

I became vegan (well, I still eat shellfish) because of all the horrors i witnessed growing up on family-run and surrounding stockyards.  They all operate the same way.   Sometimes that stuff doesn't leave you.   Anyway, I know it's funny because he only started caring after it started affecting him personally, but that was a good post by Evilore.  That's the most self-reflection I've ever seen him express in the fewest amount of run-on-sentences. 

[Pepinappe]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-could-change-one-thing-in-gaming-history-what-would-it-be.45101/

All the "stop GamerGate" answers are all  . Maybe if you morons didn't give it so much attention, it wouldn't have gained half the influence it did.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

[Averon]

I've tried to make something good come of the unfortunate confluence of events that caused a powderkeg to explode here last year. I'm totally fine with the financial losses and all that if I can grow as a person, and if I can heal some of the resentment I've caused, and if NeoGAF can be a better place in .

Sorry if already posted.

First confirmation from 'Lore that he has lost money. I wonder how much he lost. The site is probably not bringing in enough money to maintain his world traveling lifestyle. And I don't believe for a second he's fine with the losses. If he could have avoided the implosion of GAF last year at the cost of still being an asshole, and maintaining his ad revenue, he'd take that trade in a second.

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

For a lot of them, GG was one of most important events in their lives. They act like it's their 9/11. They even partly blame GG for Trump. Yes, they are that out-of-touch and delusional.

[Bore Expert]

He ran a lawn mower over a baby deer and it screamed while it died, that could really fuck a dude up

After the 6th time it gets easier. Always messy doe.

[daemon]

The Ghostbusters defense:

The amazing thing is that even downvoted trailers for huge AAA titles are treated as news items, earning the games in question even more press.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/design-director-at-dice-made-a-great-comment-on-reddit-about-the-backlash-regarding-the-bfv-reveal.45220/

Love that statement about his daughter. My partner asked me back when GTAV first came out if she could try it out, then she asked me if she could make a woman (single player mode) to play as, when I told her that you couldn't she asked why not and I honestly had no good answer. It made feel embarrassed of my hobby.

It's time we stop treating women like outsiders. Good on you, DIC

 

So I guess Ree really is into Nazis and gamergate, as I suspected, because when they downvote them, expell them, call them out... it's because they care.

[Assimilate]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

Kind of like americans and slavery?

Every nation has had slaves, the U.S is the only one that still rehashes it every fucking day.

[killamajig]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

It's like that Jordan Peterson thread, they talk about deplatforming shit but can't stop platforming it.

" Hey everybody, let's talk about this thing we don't want anybody to talk about!"

[daemon]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

Kind of like americans and slavery?

Every nation has had slaves, the U.S is the only one that still rehashes it every fucking day.

Yep. But it's still the one that has more symptoms nowadays (of first world countries).

Somehow they don't become as frustrated with civil wars like Spain, where the winners got to enrich themselves through 40 years, and keep the riches when it became democracy.

[Assimilate]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

Kind of like americans and slavery?

Every nation has had slaves, the U.S is the only one that still rehashes it every fucking day.

Yep. But it's still the one that has more symptoms nowadays (of first world countries).

Somehow they don't become as frustrated with civil wars like Spain, where the winners got to enrich themselves through 40 years, and keep the riches when it became democracy.

Latin America still has intense racism and they don't even hide it lol

[Boredfrom]

Assimilate is so proud to be from the US that doesn’t understand his own country history...

[Assimilate]

Assimilate is so proud to be from the US that doesn’t understand his own country history...

Quiet you Mexican. If i wanted an opinion from a brown person i'd go to Pollo Tropical

 

Chicken breast combo with rice and beans. Sir.

[Boredfrom]

Outright racism doesn’t make you witty, kid.

[Assimilate]

I'm pretty sure he's not from the US

he said he's from mexico

[Boredfrom]

I'm pretty sure he's not from the US

he said he's from mexico

Lol

I think Stro is talking about you...

[shosta]

Quiet you Mexican. If i wanted an opinion from a brown person i'd go to Pollo Tropical

 

Chicken breast combo with rice and beans. Sir.

wow, it's almost like timu wrote this.

[Nola]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

Kind of like americans and slavery?

Every nation has had slaves, the U.S is the only one that still rehashes it every fucking day.

You continue to impress with the depths of ignorance you can reach.

[REDPILLALPH ABIGCOCK]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-could-change-one-thing-in-gaming-history-what-would-it-be.45101/

All the "stop GamerGate" answers are all  . Maybe if you morons didn't give it so much attention, it wouldn't have gained half the influence it did.

If I could stop one thing
it wouldnt be shower goblin
it wouldnt be amir0x
it wouldnt be the dozens of actual rapists and pedophiles in games journalism
it'd be the neckbeards saying they dont like Anita Sarkeesian, the worst thing that has ever happened. One mean tweet is worse than a thousand rape-murders

[seagrams hotsauce]

I'm pretty sure he's not from the US

He's not. his english is terrible, unless he's from the rural south there's zero chance he's a native speaker

[zepblackstar]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

for those who fought in the great gamergate war of 2014-2014, this was the high  point of their virtue signalling and they want to get it back. Some of them got name recognized as an e-celeb for it. Now forgotten.

[curly]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

how can you be confused by people talking endlessly about things they hate in this thread of all places

[Momo]

This'll get some use:

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This is the journalist and not some other Brendan O Neil right? If so this guy is at Alex Jones level credibility.

I mean, sure. But you're tilting to windmills instead of laughing at his reclassification of terms because it's true in most regards to the internet left, Homomo.

Sure SJDubyas are like this, I'll give you that.

This'll get some use:

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This is the journalist and not some other Brendan O Neil right? If so this guy is at Alex Jones level credibility.

He really isn't. This is a ridiculous comparison.

Just an example:


Do you know what this shows? It shows someone who is capable of presenting an argument. Now, for whatever reason you may have for not liking Brendan, this fact makes your comparison a bit silly. I find brendan has a tendency sometimes to try and make something fit a narrative, but I've listened to and read a lot of his stuff and it's clear he is more than capable of making a compelling argument. and does so oftenly.

You could possibly have caught me out here a little, most of what I know of him is through the british press and social circles all pre the  podcast/longform conversation boom. My reason for not trusting him in this context are quotes attributed to him wrt kick racism out of football, racism in general and his timing thereof, standing back and shouting 'this isnt racism it's classism' rubs me the wrong way especially in the context of football where it kinda was/is racism. He also pops up a number of times in my circles trying to argue a lot of things isnt racism and it just seems fucking toxic. I'm willing to eat crow on this, so i'll watch your video and any long form talk you may know of where he clarifies his thoughts on racism and why he does what he does.

[Mr. Nobody]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-movies-opinions-do-you-think-actually-says-a-lot-about-a-person.45113/#post-8387477

Someone who says "American Beauty was so deep and such a good movie", really means "I'm a middle class American white person and the worst thing I've ever dealt with is loneliness and boredom. Also I don't watch a lot of indie movies."

"Everything is comics movies now, I hate it!" means "I can't be bothered to do 10 minutes of google searching to find out what smaller budget films are being released this month.

"2001 was boring" means "I have ADHD and watch movies on fast forward or while playing on my phone."

Someone who really likes Christopher Nolan movies? "I don't really care about character development or human interaction, I just want a movie with no plot holes where all the pieces fit together, so I'm not bothered by my own obsessive nitpicking."

"Marvel movies are all hollow, brainless popcorn movies that are ruining film," means "I've never really actually seen any Marvel movies, I'm just a hipster and I want everyone to know how cool and different I am by NOT liking the thing everyone else likes."

"Black Panther was overrated", means "I'm not a PoC and I literally have no clue how black people think or feel about things."

"The prequels were better than the ST," usually means "I'm between 24 and 31 years old, and I have a lot of nostalgia for the star wars games and cartoons of the early 2000's."

"The Last Jedi was the worst movie ever," means "I don't like media challenging me to think and process new feelings. I want movies that are fun and make me feel good."

"The Shawshank Redemption is one of the greatest films ever," means "I watched a lot of movies on TV in the mid to late 90's. This seemed the most cultured."

"Have you seen Eraserhead? It's amazing," means "I'm a straight guy who dropped out of film school."

"Forrest Gump is one of the best movies ever," means "I'm a baby boomer who likes to circle jerk with other boomers over how we changed culture for the better in the 60's and 70's, before we ruined it forever in the 80's and onward."

I don't even know what term to use to disregard him.  Wanker fits.

The Nolan one isn't entirely wrong 

[Mr. Nobody]

I mean, excluding tinfoiling shills, we all understand that N has a long history of burning bridges with 3rd parties. But more importantly, why would anyone feel sorry/offended about what a game company has to pay for their development? That's honestly a new one to me.

There's been an increase across the board for concern about game company's budget from consumers for quite some time. Not even Kickstarted games at that 

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8418362/

And GamerGate.

That is starting to really feel like a historical event. It feels like an early indication of what was to come.

 

[Momo]

Just an example:

I agree with him on this, this isn't the issue I have with him. I'll happily defend anyone's right to offend me, but that doesn't mean I cant criticize what they are actually saying.

[Momo]

Ree continuously and obsessively rehashing Gamergate is one of many things about them that I will never understand.

for those who fought in the great gamergate war of 2014-2014, this was the high  point of their virtue signalling and they want to get it back. Some of them got name recognized as an e-celeb for it. Now forgotten.

[thisismyusername]

Quiet you Mexican. If i wanted an opinion from a brown person i'd go to Pollo Tropical

 

Chicken breast combo with rice and beans. Sir.

wow, it's almost like timu wrote this.

As if. I wouldn't be caught dead in a Pollo Tropical when I can get Taco Bell, Turbofag.

[D3RANG3D]

Ew

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8394616/

Damn... there's a new question in the survey after finishing detroit...

I tought i was someone stoic, who isn't moved at all by media in general compared to most people... but here's what people responded :

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[Kurt Russell]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-could-change-one-thing-in-gaming-history-what-would-it-be.45101/

All the "stop GamerGate" answers are all  . Maybe if you morons didn't give it so much attention, it wouldn't have gained half the influence it did.

If I could stop one thing
it wouldnt be shower goblin
it wouldnt be amir0x
it wouldnt be the dozens of actual rapists and pedophiles in games journalism
it'd be the neckbeards saying they dont like Anita Sarkeesian, the worst thing that has ever happened. One mean tweet is worse than a thousand rape-murders

I like you. You add ten times as much value as Exodust whilst consuming the same amount of oxygen.

[paprikastaude]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-could-change-one-thing-in-gaming-history-what-would-it-be.45101/

All the "stop GamerGate" answers are all  . Maybe if you morons didn't give it so much attention, it wouldn't have gained half the influence it did.

No joke, I don't think I would have ever heard of them (or really paid attention), if GAF wasn't so obsessed with having those other nerds as enemies to justify their bubble's world view.

[Momo]

If we had stopped JebaitGate, we would have saved the world.

[who is ted danson?]

Part of the reason people keep coming up on ree and saying they have "no idea what gamergate is" is because ree blame it for everything. I mean, I can't tell you a single thing gamergate actually did aside from the initial 3(?)ish month shitstorm when the whole thing happened 5(?) years ago.

I guess there was that guy who did the long twitter/youtube troll character to annoy brianna wu, but i'm not sure if that is gamergate or he was already doing it. besides, that was fucking funny.

[HaughtyFrank]

The Nolan one isn't entirely wrong 

Just pretty hilarious that one sentence later he defends marvel movies