River Of Slime |OT| Mission: Impossible

[Potato]

I can actually see some trans people digging that picture, tbh.  What's so bad about it?

Is the OP is trans? If not, what the fuck are they commenting for?

[headwalk]

Top of the page repost.

Post this in the NSFW thread.

what a wholesome bunch of lads enjoying each others' company, probably just after putting hitler's nose out of joint in the fields of normandy. proper greatest generation stuff there.

[nudemacusers]

I don’t see any POC in that pic

[james]

Top of the page repost.

Post this in the NSFW thread.

Is this allowed here?

Because I have a treasure trove of splatoon dick pics I'd love to share

[KarpalaJoe]

Who would put Formerly of ResetEra in their Twitter bio?   

I'm not joking, I'm sure Nicole believed it would be useful at some point. Do people remember when his "Farewell" thread was 10 pages long ?

[TVC15]

I don’t see any POC in that pic

Post this in the NSFW thread.

[BisMarckie]

[Snoopycat_]

Does Ree like, subscribe and comment on The Quartering's videos when no one's looking?

[BisMarckie]

Is this allowed here?

Because I have a treasure trove of splatoon dick pics I'd love to share

[thetylerrob]

Wait till he sees The Matrix

[BisMarckie]

I think it's at best a medium sized yikes.

[thetylerrob]

>Naming your VR company after a line from a movie about VR that also was co-opted by misogynists on the internet! 

[Don Rumata]

What's the point of curing cancer if we continue to act like a cancer on the planet

[benjipwns]

This thread is a perfect ResetERA.com thread.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/this-cyberpunk-2077-depiction-of-a-possible-trans-person-is-not-great-nsfw.122649/post-21771842

User Banned (3 Days): Dismissing context of discussion as "outrage" in sensitive subject thread

Pardon my ignorance but what makes this person trans and not drag?

I was kinda wondering the same... I guess you couldn't start outrage if they were drag.

That’s what interesting. This isn’t inherently bad, and if it came from a queer artist it would be empowering. But coming from CDPR it just seems like they’re mocking queer people.

Pardon my ignorance but what makes this person trans and not drag?

Drag is just performance art. it has nothing to do with your gender identity or transitioning in any way.

visual? you mean the giant penis?

Oh, well I didn't actually see that. It was hidden pretty well. I didn't see that at all. Now I see it.

Sorry, yea. I didn't see it before. That was really well hidden. Others beside myself were wondering what everyone else was seeing. It was like Where's Waldo. They were extremely clever about this, i thought that it was merely shadowing, lighting, and coloring giving the leotard that look not the outline of a dick. Whoever noticed that has some sharp ass eyes.

Could also fit as someone who cross dresses?

Right and its for an advertisement that says “Mix It Up”. I figured it looked like someone dressed in drag for an ad.

"chromanticore" seems to be a portmanteau of chromosome and manticore.

I'm feeling a bit ignorant. What wrong with it?

I think we have to figure out intent. Is it representative of trans? Is it representative of a cross dressing? Clarity from CDR would go along way.

Come on. We cannot get outraged at maybes. Any possible ad could be a trans person as it isn't tied to how they look. At this point we're just combing through everything they put out and HOPING to find something.

Did you miss the penis?

Come on. We cannot get outraged at maybes. Any possible ad could be a trans person as it isn't tied to how they look. At this point we're just combing through everything they put out and HOPING to find something.

A trans person with their penis on display and a man in drag with their penis on display is largely indistinguishable for a large portion of society.

What is resetera's obsession with hammering CDPR over this stuff? Who cares how they depict anyone, just keep making great games and I will keep giving you my money.

There's something precious about a user commenting that they wish people would stop looking at a cyberpunk text with even a slight critical eye. Kind of demonstrates just how little some people understand about cyberpunk.

Happy Pride y’all.

Intent is important, but so is result. If this is a character in drag, it is virtually indistinguishable from a trans person, and thus, the perception is the same.

Also not a fan of the cyberpunk genre using queer people to seem more edgy and dystopian.

We don’t even know if the person in that picture is trans.

It's a woman sporting a big cock (whether it's biological or an augmentation) inside her leotard. Whatever angle you want to look it, it doesn't paint a good picture, especially with the "Mix it up!" text.

Pardon my ignorance but what makes this person trans and not drag?

Cross-Dresser is currently the preferred choice of word because "drag" has the negative image of middle-aged men with beards standing on corner streets that the media in the 80's and 90's hammered into the people.

We don’t even know if the person in that picture is trans.

We do know that the person will be considered by many to be trans, as drag queens often are. The result is more important than the intent.

It doesn't matter if the artist intended for them to be trans or not. It's still a trans coded character playing off of hurtful stereotypes that have been used against trans people for years.

Straight up gross. Is the erect dick outline thing remotely defensible? Completely inappropriate and pointless.

CDPR better explain this ASAP, because fuck this transphobic shit, really.

how am i not surprised

but make sure to preorder because we love keanu or something

This, people salivating all over this game with no qualms whatsoever just really aggravate me. Reaction thread was sadly full of typical willfully ignorant HYPPPPE GAMEZZZZZ posts

Wish all the folks jumping though hoops to defend CDPR would put some of that energy into helping defend trans people.

But we're not making a video game so i guess we're not worth it.

The level of obscenity makes it clear the point is to disgust, depicting gender non conforming people as sexually aggressive is one of the oldest tropes in the book. The window for that kind of imagery to be viewed as a positive form of expression is very narrow

User Banned (Two weeks): Dismissing concerns of representation and transphobia

That is not supposed to be what some of you are saying it is. Give over! It's just artwork and fashion.

I'm sick to death of reading the constant theories of how people ate actively attacking particular groups of people.

Between that and "Mix it up", it seems like an in universe advertisement for a drink that allows you to transition between genders? Might be an interesting concept, don't blame people for not giving them the benefit of doubt though.

That's pretty transphobic or ignorant, though, isn't it? Since gender is identity, saying you can drink something to change your identity smacks sort of like saying homosexuality is a choice. I'd say that since issues of gender and sex often hit deep at a person's identity, there's a frail nature to figuring out ones identity. Saying "in our world there's a drink that lets you just swap" would feel to make that issue seem very much smaller than it is.

'Chrome' was the name of the gear books for the tabletop RPG.

I may be mistaken, but the ad looks like a nod toward the illustrations from the original tabletop RPG to me. Same punk/glam vibes.

i looked at those covers and didn't see a penis. did i miss one?

Either way dats some good cock there.

Take a break from the internet.

You ever notice how rumors of MS and Nintendo teaming up become guaranteed stories among gamers but when it comes to calling game devs out on blatant transphobia it suddenly needs a thorough investigation from multiple parties and a congressional investigation before an opinion can be made.

Never change gaming community, allies you will never be.

OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATION
Thread locked pending moderator review

[remy]

Smash and now delicious cyberpunk boners. One more controversy and half the forum is gonna be banned for inflammatory rhetoric

[Propagandhim]

What's the point of curing cancer if we continue to act like a cancer on the planet

Same energy

https://twitter.com/ladycigarilloga/status/734105341978398725

[benjipwns]

kudos to whoever realized that boner outrage thread had a huge gaping hole to backfire through and so spammed a bunch of reports to get it locked right as the thread was beginning to turn

[benjipwns]

the high level troll game on ResetERA.com has long since moved pass trolling the users and into exploiting the moderator system

[Propagandhim]

You ever notice how rumors of MS and Nintendo teaming up become guaranteed stories among gamers but when it comes to calling game devs out on blatant transphobia it suddenly needs a thorough investigation from multiple parties and a congressional investigation before an opinion can be made.

Never change gaming community, allies you will never be.

What

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/SmugVespaWoman/status/1138317637530869761
https://twitter.com/sandkatt/status/1138310773363470336
Resetera vs 4chan

[BisMarckie]

the high level troll game on ResetERA.com has long since moved pass trolling the users and into exploiting the moderator system

How do you know which poster is sincere Mod Admiral? How do you keep us safe from these bad faith actors?

[remy]

the high level troll game on ResetERA.com has long since moved pass trolling the users and into exploiting the moderator system

finale fireworker seems like sucha  dumbass you could probably get him to do anything if you spun it right

never forget that he almost raped his subordinate in an office supply cupboard

[BisMarckie]

right in the dogwhistle zone

Resetera - Welcome to the Dogwhistle Zone

[benjipwns]

How do you know which poster is sincere Mod Admiral? How do you keep us safe from these bad faith actors?

This is our transparent moderation system that was promised. You are thinking of transparency in the wrong way.

All posters are malicious.

[benjipwns]

SweetNicole being banned was ResetERA.com's "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences"

[KarpalaJoe]

SweetNicole being banned was ResetERA.com's "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences"

I hope he'll spill the beans.

[ResetBanBot]

The way ResetEra mods lock threads "pending review" is bizarre. Most of the time it just seems like a way for them to lock threads without giving a reason, since they often never get re-opened or commented on it again. I've never seen another forum use this procedure.

Why is ResetEra LLC cracking down on troon outrage? It's not because it's getting in the way of making money, is it? Anyone wanna make a bet whether the Cyberpunk thread gets unlocked?

[Potato]

Who wore it better:


Link







Kreeplek
 

[BisMarckie]

Making fun of megalomaniac internet janitors is one thing, but chill on the voat rhetoric,  that only makes you look like a bigger idiot.

[benjipwns]

I've actually seen plenty of forums lock threads just to let them disappear and sometimes basically lie about "letting things calm down" NeoGAF.com mods used to pull that one for example. But ResetERA.com is definitely weird about the announcing it and then actually reporting back even if it's to say "we're not reopening this because too many bans." Like that Smash Bros. homophobia thread was locked with Finale Fireworker saying it wasn't going to be reopened. But then three hours later he posted again to make that OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATION.

The "E3 Congestion" finding combined with the never consistently enforced "NO RESPONSE THREADS" rule basically lets them lock any thread currently with proper paperwork.

[benjipwns]

And before anyone else can get to it, I'm just going to say you know what other authoritarian regime big on ethnic/representation quotas was very particular on following laws "technically" and filing all the proper paperwork?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Even after the war was clearly lost and it was all obviously going to be to their determent at the war crimes trial.

[close]

[BisMarckie]

And before anyone else can get to it, I'm just going to say you know what other authoritarian regime was very particular on following laws "technically" and filing all the proper paperwork?

Sealand?

[benjipwns]

Too soon.

[Leadbelly]

(Image removed from quote.)

Wait till he sees The Matrix

I want to create a company called OkayVR just to troll Patrick Klepek

[Jansen]

ResetERA is ranked 5,982nd in the world and 2nd in benji pathetic universe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 7,549.21 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

[Jansen]

The Oppressed Peoples of ResetERA is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Isamu Fukui with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.668 billion Resettlers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

[tuna_love]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

[KarpalaJoe]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

I'm like Trump, only birth sex matters for me.

[Transhuman]

I agree with tuna, but won't give a like to someone with that avatar

[benjipwns]

I accidentally forgot the password to the benji pathetic universe, and for some reason The Bire got kicked out of it at some point, which is how I found out I forgot the password.

I should probably withdraw ResetERA and NeoGAF out of it, let it die and start a new one called the BenjiSales Cinematic Universe.

[Don Rumata]

I agree with tuna, but won't give a like to someone with that avatar

You never had one of those good shits that make you do that face?

[TVC15]

I live for those shits.

[benjipwns]

The Issue
A teacher and four schoolchildren were killed on a field trip in a remote region of ResetERA after an old anti-personnel mine was accidentally detonated. The landmines - relics of the nation’s previous wars - have taken the lives of many over the years.

The Debate
“You can see how important demining is, no?” asks Coraline Ryan, the CEO of Remove Landmine, an obscure private enterprise based in Bigtopia. “We clear ResetERA of landmines for small price. No need to worry that forests obstruct progress; we remove them too, in big proud explosions. Bigtopian strength!”

Accept

“Not the Bigtopians!” screeches Hiro al-Assad, fierce patriot and even fiercer guerilla fighter, jumping out of a filing cabinet and tackling the Bigtopian businessperson to the ground. “When the Bigtopian warmongers attacked, we were forced to deploy landmines. Now they have the cheek to try and profiteer from our misery! We should seize all Bigtopian assets and use them to set up a demining fund instead!”

Accept

“I’ve got an idea!” suggests Mia Frederickson, Minister of Education and part-time comedian, trying to stifle her laughter. “Why don’t we teach students proper demining techniques? I’m sure that it’s going to be useful in their everyday lives... somehow. Anyway, it should prevent such an incident from ever occurring again.”

Accept

“Actually, we don’t need any of that,” explains Thomas McGuffin, an Army Logistics Supervisor, examining a map of ResetERA. “Since we were the ones who planted the mines, we could dig up some old documents on how to retrieve them. While it may be more costly than just purposefully detonating all of them, we should be able to reuse any functional ones that we come across. Although some of them might not work as well as newly-made weapons, this would provide a well-needed boost to our military stockpile.”

Accept

[NegativeCrepe]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

https://media.giphy.com/media/QaZ3InDQJUYOA/giphy.mp4

[stufte]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

https://media.giphy.com/media/QaZ3InDQJUYOA/giphy.mp4

I mean, in that scene, Austin Powers is wrong about her being a man so....

[Tripon]

I've actually seen plenty of forums lock threads just to let them disappear and sometimes basically lie about "letting things calm down" NeoGAF.com mods used to pull that one for example. But ResetERA.com is definitely weird about the announcing it and then actually reporting back even if it's to say "we're not reopening this because too many bans." Like that Smash Bros. homophobia thread was locked with Finale Fireworker saying it wasn't going to be reopened. But then three hours later he posted again to make that OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATION.

The "E3 Congestion" finding combined with the never consistently enforced "NO RESPONSE THREADS" rule basically lets them lock any thread currently with proper paperwork.

What I don't get is why the resetera mods are so invested in running Ree like they are. It made sense for Neogaf because it had some sort of cachet in the video game sphere at one point. Even when it lost it, you could claim the site mattered at one point.

Nobody gives a shit about how insane resetera can be outside of people like this site gawking at the carnage.

[KarpalaJoe]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

https://media.giphy.com/media/QaZ3InDQJUYOA/giphy.mp4

I mean, in that scene, Austin Powers is wrong about her being a man so....

Sweetnicole is a man though.

[benjipwns]

Power.

Look how much fun they had banning people to celebrate a Disney movie.

[benjipwns]

There's also a disconnect between the moderators and a certain clique of users who use the site/discords very differently from the other 95% of users.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-can-i-become-more-positive-in-life-in-work-and-in-my-hobbies.122679

Um r u srzsly gon ask ree bout dis?!

[BisMarckie]

There's also a disconnect between the moderators and a certain clique of users who use the site/discords very differently from the other 95% of users.

Is this certain clique BenjiSales' entourage?

[Joe Molotov]

kudos to whoever realized that boner outrage thread had a huge gaping hole to backfire through and so spammed a bunch of reports to get it locked right as the thread was beginning to turn

You're welcome.

[Transhuman]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

https://media.giphy.com/media/QaZ3InDQJUYOA/giphy.mp4

I mean, in that scene, Austin Powers is wrong about her being a man so....

Sweetnicole is a man though.

Go to Neogaf

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-can-i-become-more-positive-in-life-in-work-and-in-my-hobbies.122679

Um r u srzsly gon ask ree bout dis?!

First big step to being more positive: Get off of REEEE-

This is honestly probably the best answer.  I like this place, but some of the spiteful toxicity and constant one-ups manship gets me down to the point where I’m probably going to request a temporary ban in the near future.

Stay off era and lay off the internet a bit.  This place is often way too negative and you should only come here if you don't take it all that seriously.  If you really want to be miserable though, consistently go on the politics topics on the off topic section.

THIS! Trust me you'll feel much better.

Stay off this site. Dudes are so negative about everything. Of course, get off the internet.

Then workout and get your nutrition right.
Work on following you dreams.
See nature a bit, just go out and explore.
Spend time with people you love who don't drag you down.
See a therapist. They're great.

It all works.

But leave this site first and then slowly leave the internet because the negativity can affect you. No bullshit.

--Even they agree.   

[BisMarckie]

stop calling sweetnicole a he you dead shit

https://media.giphy.com/media/QaZ3InDQJUYOA/giphy.mp4

I mean, in that scene, Austin Powers is wrong about her being a man so....

Sweetnicole is a man though.

Go to Neogaf

But please ask if Evilore will unban filler,benji and cauli.
I think they could provide a spark for that forum and help bring it back to where it once was.

Cauli maybe not so much.

[Transhuman]

When my ban wears off this week i'll get on that

[benjipwns]

E3's massacres are a visible uptick on the graph:


June 8 - 7993 bans (+8)
June 9 - 8013 bans (+20)
June 10 - 8064 bans (+51)
June 11 - 8134 bans (+70)

[benjipwns]

good thing they cancelled the 2020 Democratic Primaries thread, it already had the fifth most actions of any thread ever

[benjipwns]

Do you know when they made FF an admin? Because that one threw me for a loop.

He was a mod before the ban bot went up in July 2018. Kirblar was already de-modded by the time ban bot went up actually it looks like.

FF's the one who wrote that cult manifesto that they launched with, so I assume he was made a moderator fairly early on as somebody stupid clearly likes him.

Friends and expats,

It is difficult to create a community.

You can build a website and write a mission statement, but these things are only structural. It takes interest, passion, and participation from users to turn an inanimate website into a living thing. It will take the effort of every member here to turn our burgeoning congregation into the true community we are looking for. No moderator or administrator can be responsible for that – this is a responsibility every user shares. It is rare so many people have the opportunity to start something new together. If we are going to be successful, we must believe in what we are doing.

Many of us have come from someplace else and have nowhere else to go. We must be humble and mindful of this fact. As we adapt and recreate the homes we’ve lost, we must be conscious and leave certain things behind. We must shape them in a more perfect vision. If we aim to create someplace respectable and dignified, we must individually uphold those values. 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. We are all each other’s neighbors and must treat each other as such.

There is no place else on the internet like what we are trying to build. We must take it seriously.

As you post and get acclimated with our new forum, channel your energy into reconstruction. Do not fall victim to petty arguments, do not capitalize on every opportunity to be negative, and remember that everyone here is a refugee. Seek positive conversation. Remove your ironic veil and speak honestly. Post thoughtfully and thoroughly and remember everything you contribute is a building block. Do not let our menagerie collapse under the same heavy-handed negativity that defines other forums we find distasteful.

• 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.
  
• Conversation is invigorated by dissent. It is natural to disagree with your fellow posters and it is commendable to take a stance on something you believe in. If you argue, do so in good faith. Allow members to speak their mind and answer them sincerely. Do not declare your fellow member a lost cause before the conversation has had the chance to conclude. Certain values are non-negotiable, but not every argument is untenable and we must allow one another the space to disagree.
• Restrain your urge to hyperbolize. Exaggeration overstates your investment and encourages extreme responses from others who feel the need to mirror your position. Attempt to articulate why you care about things, or how things make you feel, and leave room for others to respond at different levels of intensity.
• Do not forget where you came from, but focus on our future. Everyone here comes from somewhere else and we mustn’t cling to our nostalgia. This is a new era free from the burden of history. Embrace your new home, believe in its livelihood, and relish in this occasion. Do not fall victim to the false comforts of the past. Remember why we are moving forward and do so with pride.
• Lastly, be accommodating to the growing pains of the website. There are bound to be technical hurdles. There are bound to be trolls who slip through the grate. There will be some quiet days as members are approved and you may feel like important faces are missing. But you must have patience and support your new board through its afterbirth.

Be confident in yourself and others. Remember what you want this forum to be and hold yourself to that ideal. Demand it of your peers by setting the example. Nobody would be here if they felt at home anywhere else. Remember, we really are the last of us.

With admiration, respect, and confidence,
Finale Fireworker

[benjipwns]

lmao, i didn't remember that he wrote a second one: https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-second-letter-to-resettlers-or-but-the-future-refused-to-change.6684/

Hi everyone. It's me, Finale Fireworker. You may remember me for making threads with long OPs hardly anyone reads. Let's continue that tradition together. Please do not use this thread to air your grievances about the old forum. Such points of contention could not be more against what I am asking for herein.

The inception of this forum was a momentous opportunity to reflect on ourselves as netizens, and as we resolved to preserve the essential qualities of our longstanding community, we also acknowledged our potential to improve. The first few weeks of this forum were defined by our collective interest in being more articulate in our emotions, taking things seriously while also treating them with care, and not falling victim to the habits and pratfalls of our predecessor forum. I think most of us here really cared about creating a community that was more welcoming, less judgmental, and was able to regain our ground as an influential hub of the hobby by releasing our deathgrip on all things negative. After all, we are on this forum and contribute to its existence because we love video games – not because we hate them.

And for the most part, I think we have done well at this. We make positive threads with positive messages. We make threads that cherish the medium that brings us here. And when we’re critical, we attempt to be so thoughtfully. Most of the threads that attempt to spotlight issues within our hobby do so with detailed OPs and provide room for disagreement. I’ve liked that. This is what makes this place feel lighter, brighter, and like home.

But Nothere’s prescient meltdown thread was foreboding to me. I am not averse to a fan frenzy – it’s the nature of any enthusiast forum. A big reveal or a major launch or a significant controversy is always going to dominate discussion. These “meltdowns” cannot be avoided and aren’t inherently bad online events. But I think the danger of these meltdowns is how dramatically they predispose the community to overreaction and hyperbole. It normalizes the stress that these subjects incite. It spills into other threads, endures indefinitely, and then animosity and antagonism become common.

In my first thread on the forum, something I attempted broach to members was mitigating our inclination to exaggerate. When we are on full blast all the time, it affects the way we talk to each other. It makes everything either the best or the worst thing that's ever happened and it disintegrates the possibility for nuance. Members, including myself, mirror and replicate the energy of the threads they participate in. This is how dogpiling happens. This is how circular threads of enormous volume dominate the front page. This predisposes us to more and more meltdowns. This turns the whole forum into a ticking time bomb providing only brief respite between detonations.

Right now, our community is being shaped by the controversy surrounding Battlefront II and EA’s implementation of lootboxes. This was our first meltdown. And, truth be told, it’s not a bad meltdown to have. 2017 is the Year of the Lootbox. It is a time where the industry is experimenting with how far microtransactions and games as a service can go. These experiments are bound to incite consumer response, and that response is important, because it will affect the direction of future games. I don't make light of this at all. What is currently happening is an industrial conversation between creators and consumers and this is inevitable and vital to the survival of any industry.

But it is also a test.

I am not what anyone would call a gentle poster. I am extremely political. My relationship with the games I love are personality defining. Being part of this forum is less of a routine of casual visitation and more an act of lifestyle. I have no right to cast stones at people for being heated because I am a heated poster too. This thread isn’t a reminder for a specific subset of people. This thread isn’t a preachy proclamation about how other people need to behave differently. This thread is for me too. It's for all of us.

Eventually, Battlefront II is going to launch. People are going to buy it, play it, and probably like it. People will want to talk about it and make community threads and not be criticized or lambasted for enjoying it. EA is going to make other video games. Other video games will have microtransactions and lootboxes. What is important is that we move forward without letting our baggage be cumulative. We cannot enter every thread about these subjects or these companies bearing the grudge of every previous slight.

If we are going to survive as a fresh community that does not replicate the mistakes of its forerunner, we have to learn to let go. We have to show some restraint. We have to allow room for nuance.

If we cannot do this, we will have more and more meltdowns. These meltdowns will define us and affect how the industry and other players perceive us. We will be infamous for our inability to handle certain topics, we will be ridiculed for our extremity, and we will lose the plot of why we all came here. I am not recommending that people care less – we are members of this forum because we care about games a lot. But we must reduce the venom in our discourse. We must be conscious of what we contribute to, and how to counteract, one of gaming’s most infamous buzzwords: toxicity.

I ask this community to please be aware of what we’re contributing to. All of our posts are building blocks. They are energy into the zeitgeist of gaming. We shape and morph and reconfigure our forum with tens of thousands of prodding fingers every day. This place is a living and breathing beast that should not contribute to the stereotypes and commonalities that poison our hobby. Do not succumb to the temptations of old habits. Learn to let go, let incidents be isolated, and do not burden yourself or the community with the residue of acrimony.

Post about what you love and treat your fellow member with compassion.

Don’t be a caricature.

 Be a Resettler.