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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34920 on: January 03, 2021, 01:40:02 PM »
Also, there’s no such thing as Cancel Culture  ::)
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34921 on: January 03, 2021, 01:42:18 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/gaysovercovid-instagram-account-prompts-lgbtq-infighting.354931/

filler, what do the Tumblr gays have to say about this?  :thinking
LMAO at getting mad at that dude for partying after getting the vaccine  :lol

It's all jealousy and envy  :doge
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34922 on: January 03, 2021, 01:44:20 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/post-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.354757/#post-55355695
Quote from: bongowongobro
So just a bunch of rich people flexing their wealth, while there is a pandemic going on. cool thread, really well thought out while people are barely surviving.

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How is that C9 treating you?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-era-how-big-is-the-television-you-use-for-gaming-purposes.346171/page-5#post-54548833
Quote from: bongowongobro
65 OLED C9 .... Amazing.

Once I get my own proper house and a more permanent situation I will go 85 or higher.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34923 on: January 03, 2021, 02:00:28 PM »
lol I have the exact same black Ikea couch and Barcelona chair as Tabris. I always like to see him pretend to be a baller with Ikea stuff  :lol

People say 'expensive' but it's really about good cable management and making it look as minimalistic as possible and sparingly placing some abstract art objects and plants.
I mean, there's nothing expensive about a bunch of Ikea shelves and the same PC/Console gear most core gamers have.
99% of those 'expensive' looking set-ups are really all about presentation and living in a modern building with a new kitchen, sliding doors and freshly painted walls.

Now people that have renovated their basement with a mini bar and projectors, that gets a bit more on the expensive side and the guy that posted after Tabris with the Studio Ghibli stuff.
That's an expensive non-convential interior design with a marble floor that costs a pretty penny but that has little to do with the actual 'gaming' side of things.
He's just posting pretty pictures of his interior, that's not a gaming set-up.  :lol
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34924 on: January 03, 2021, 02:12:22 PM »
lol I have the exact same black Ikea couch and Barcelona chair as Tabris. I always like to see him pretend to be a baller with Ikea stuff  :lol

People say 'expensive' but it's really about good cable management and making it look as minimalistic as possible and sparingly placing some abstract art objects and plants.
I mean, there's nothing expensive about a bunch of Ikea shelves and the same PC/Console gear most core gamers have.
99% of those 'expensive' looking set-ups are really all about presentation and living in a modern building with a new kitchen, sliding doors and freshly painted walls.

He has always been the low-rent version of actual rich dude Chittagong.  It feels like we talk about this every time Tabris and his setup come up, but there's nothing particularly amazing about the interior of his place- it's the location and views from those windows.  It also costs him a lot for this and he has no space.  Look how tiny it is.  You're seeing nearly his entire place in this photo.




Now people that have renovated their basement with a mini bar and projectors, that gets a bit more on the expensive side and the guy that posted after Tabris with the Studio Ghibli stuff.
That's an expensive non-convential interior design with a marble floor that costs a pretty penny but that has little to do with the actual 'gaming' side of things.
He's just posting pretty pictures of his interior, that's not a gaming set-up.  :lol

TBF those threads have always been this way.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34925 on: January 03, 2021, 02:12:55 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/post-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.354757/#post-55355695
Quote from: bongowongobro
So just a bunch of rich people flexing their wealth, while there is a pandemic going on. cool thread, really well thought out while people are barely surviving.

Quote from: Theorry
How is that C9 treating you?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-era-how-big-is-the-television-you-use-for-gaming-purposes.346171/page-5#post-54548833
Quote from: bongowongobro
65 OLED C9 .... Amazing.

Once I get my own proper house and a more permanent situation I will go 85 or higher.

:hitler

It really is all envy and jealousy

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34926 on: January 03, 2021, 02:16:56 PM »
Meanwhile, on NeoGAF:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/show-us-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.1584346/



Quote from: SpiceRacz, post: 261768650, member: 651898
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What the fuck.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34927 on: January 03, 2021, 02:20:47 PM »
 :whoo
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34928 on: January 03, 2021, 02:33:53 PM »
Meanwhile, on NeoGAF:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/show-us-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.1584346/

(Image removed from quote.)

Quote from: SpiceRacz, post: 261768650, member: 651898
(Image removed from quote.)

What the fuck.

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Looks a bit like Filler's dungeon.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34929 on: January 03, 2021, 02:37:14 PM »
That VR setup is pretty sweet.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34930 on: January 03, 2021, 03:06:36 PM »
Tabris literally has a massive concrete pole in his living room and he uses an IKEA catalogue to do his interior decoration. The guy's place is the definition of "lipstick on a pig".
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34931 on: January 03, 2021, 03:25:49 PM »
You guys would hate my place. Concrete brick walls and veritable dumpster furniture.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34932 on: January 03, 2021, 03:44:11 PM »
lol I have the exact same black Ikea couch and Barcelona chair as Tabris. I always like to see him pretend to be a baller with Ikea stuff  :lol

People say 'expensive' but it's really about good cable management and making it look as minimalistic as possible and sparingly placing some abstract art objects and plants.
I mean, there's nothing expensive about a bunch of Ikea shelves and the same PC/Console gear most core gamers have.
99% of those 'expensive' looking set-ups are really all about presentation and living in a modern building with a new kitchen, sliding doors and freshly painted walls.

He has always been the low-rent version of actual rich dude Chittagong.  It feels like we talk about this every time Tabris and his setup come up, but there's nothing particularly amazing about the interior of his place- it's the location and views from those windows.  It also costs him a lot for this and he has no space.  Look how tiny it is.  You're seeing nearly his entire place in this photo.

(Image removed from quote.)


Now people that have renovated their basement with a mini bar and projectors, that gets a bit more on the expensive side and the guy that posted after Tabris with the Studio Ghibli stuff.
That's an expensive non-convential interior design with a marble floor that costs a pretty penny but that has little to do with the actual 'gaming' side of things.
He's just posting pretty pictures of his interior, that's not a gaming set-up.  :lol

TBF those threads have always been this way.

My favorite part are the dentist-waiting-room placed magazines

Edit: hold on, those are PS4 controllers, so is this an old picture? The new one has the same magazines in the exact same spot  :lol


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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34934 on: January 03, 2021, 03:49:29 PM »
Edit: hold on, those are PS4 controllers, so is this an old picture? The new one has the same magazines in the exact same spot  :lol

they came with the table

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34935 on: January 03, 2021, 03:59:51 PM »
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Edit: hold on, those are PS4 controllers, so is this an old picture? The new one has the same magazines in the exact same spot  :lol
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34936 on: January 03, 2021, 04:06:42 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/gaysovercovid-instagram-account-prompts-lgbtq-infighting.354931/

filler, what do the Tumblr gays have to say about this?  :thinking
I'm not going to make the obvious joke that gays don't have the best track record with pandemics so I'll leave it to someone else.  :doge
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34937 on: January 03, 2021, 04:10:11 PM »
Fuck there's nothing more tacky than the average single 20-something male's living space.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34938 on: January 03, 2021, 04:31:31 PM »
Fuck there's nothing more tacky than the average single 20-something male's living space.
Especially one who spends every single cent he earns trying to win internet points lording it over a bunch of shut-ins who live with their parents.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34939 on: January 03, 2021, 04:39:14 PM »
Tabris also shops at Costco like a common pleb. Could tell by the bulk sized kimchi in his fridge.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34940 on: January 03, 2021, 04:39:38 PM »
Found someone with even worse interior decoration taste than Tabris

https://www.resetera.com/threads/post-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.354757/post-55367983




LoL, what the fuck at the PS5!!!

« Last Edit: January 03, 2021, 04:54:16 PM by Potato »
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« Reply #34941 on: January 03, 2021, 04:57:58 PM »
LoL, what the fuck at the PS5!!!
(Image removed from quote.)

That one's a joke- look where the Game & Watch is.  :P 
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34942 on: January 03, 2021, 05:53:31 PM »
Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34944 on: January 03, 2021, 07:20:21 PM »
Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.
During the pandemic alot of game devs have been streaming from their living rooms, offices or bedrooms.
And they all have the same barren Ikea aesthetic.  :lol

The one that was quite different was Sam Lake, because he had set-up shop in his garage with no windows  :lol
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34945 on: January 03, 2021, 08:10:41 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34946 on: January 03, 2021, 08:12:37 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-ya’ll-be-takin-life-too-serious.355069/

REE in a nutshell
All the usual misery merchants popping up in that thread getting angry that someone else might just be able to enjoy life for a second.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34947 on: January 03, 2021, 08:34:15 PM »
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Oh wow my deep-seated trauma, mental health issues, and identity struggles are all fixed now.
 

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World is getting worse and I have two daughters who are going to have a worse quality of life than me as they get older.

It's fine that you don't have any concerns OP, but grow up and realize the world is more than you and your life situation compared to others.
 

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I wish I could just turn off eternal depression lmao

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I have depression

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I wish it were as easy as smiling and cracking a few jokes.


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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34948 on: January 03, 2021, 08:44:43 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.
I'm from the Hyde Park area and currently live in Tinley park. If I could get my act together and make something of my self, I'd love to move to Skokie, if I stay in IL.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34949 on: January 03, 2021, 09:05:07 PM »
Quote from: John Kowalski
There is literally nothing you have to take more serious than life. I mean it's the most serious thing. There is nothing more serious than life.



brb deleting all comedy and movies and video games because I have to take this shit seriously

what the fuck am I doing watching marvel movies when I could be learning a trade and crafting wooden furniture to sell at a profit
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34950 on: January 03, 2021, 09:10:56 PM »
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When you point out a problem someone is already aware of without giving them an actual solution, you're just spouting hot air. I've got a suggestion: instead of telling people to smile more, just give them weed. They won't actually be any happier, but at least they'll be high.
Straight cash works for me. Give me cash.

ah yes when someone recognizes the stifling, oppressive atmosphere and says jesus fuck lighten up a little, we jump straight to "fuck you, pay me"
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34951 on: January 03, 2021, 11:10:03 PM »
Found someone with even worse interior decoration taste than Tabris

https://www.resetera.com/threads/post-your-gaming-setup-2021-edition.354757/post-55367983


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So hyped for next gen that they turned their living room into a raytracing tech demo.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34952 on: January 03, 2021, 11:40:38 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.
I'm from the Hyde Park area and currently live in Tinley park. If I could get my act together and make something of my self, I'd love to move to Skokie, if I stay in IL.

Lmao I’m in Orland Park. We’re neighbors.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34953 on: January 03, 2021, 11:43:02 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.
I'm from the Hyde Park area and currently live in Tinley park. If I could get my act together and make something of my self, I'd love to move to Skokie, if I stay in IL.

Lmao I’m in Orland Park. We’re neighbors.
Oh wow yeah. Did you go to school out here too?

I went to Marian Catholic in Chicago Heights.

People complain about IL a lot, but I have really grown to love it as I've gotten older.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34954 on: January 03, 2021, 11:50:20 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.
I'm from the Hyde Park area and currently live in Tinley park. If I could get my act together and make something of my self, I'd love to move to Skokie, if I stay in IL.

Lmao I’m in Orland Park. We’re neighbors.
Oh wow yeah. Did you go to school out here too?

I went to Marian Catholic in Chicago Heights.

People complain about IL a lot, but I have really grown to love it as I've gotten older.

Yeah pretty close to here. I’ve lived here my whole life so I don’t really have anything to base it off of, but I’ve always liked Illinois. Can’t say I’m a fan of the snow outside the first snowfall of every winter but it could be worse.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34955 on: January 04, 2021, 02:15:18 AM »
this quote ziggurat getting real sus rn  :doge
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34956 on: January 04, 2021, 02:40:01 AM »
this quote ziggurat getting real sus rn  :doge

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« Reply #34957 on: January 04, 2021, 03:18:36 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers.355123/#post-55390933

Former mod. Remember people got banned for suggesting Israel is a genocide state last time. We’ll see what happens.

Maybe it’s the midwestern south Chicago in me, but these places just don’t look like some place a person lives in.  There’s no personality and reveals nothing of interests. Just looks like a furniture brochure picture.

I’ve been inside rich people apartments and home and even then they have some aspect of culture that reveals something about the person. All white Apple store aesthetic reveals nothing but someone following a guide.

I need to know more about where you’re from. Feel like we grew up a stone’s throw from each other.
I'm from the Hyde Park area and currently live in Tinley park. If I could get my act together and make something of my self, I'd love to move to Skokie, if I stay in IL.

Lmao I’m in Orland Park. We’re neighbors.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34958 on: January 04, 2021, 03:18:48 AM »
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I think...you're oversimplifying here. Or we have to take a moment to recalibrate some basic facts?

The basic facts should be that this forum has gone through a number of community upsets, or "meltdowns", in the past year or so. Most notably with members of the Asian community, the Trans community, and the Asexual (aka "Ace") community. We can't (and don't need to) scrub through the entire timeline and post histories of these events. Let's just take a high-level overview here.

I'm not being exhaustive here, but for example: AsianEra was experiencing a lot of racism from users that was going unanswered, and then had a disappointing and unproductive meeting about it with staff. TransEra had a lot of documented reasons to ask the site to disallow promotional threads for Cyberpunk 2077, and site staff ultimately ignored them over a malicious actor. AceEra had something come up via a complaint about a moderator's phobic behavior, which was never really resolved.

It's clear to me that these upsets came up for pretty different reasons.

Again, I really want to stress, I'm providing these links as a plain reminder that these things happened. I'm not here to relitigate them, nor to be the historian of them (I would reserve that for the community members involved), or to go down a rabbit hole. The point is, it's readily apparent that communities of users went through some stuff, and the fallout on them is real - it's not just troublemakers looking for internet points.
 
These incidents didn't become racist or phobic the moment when the site banned a minority community member. In reality they were always about race or gender or sexuality. They came up in response to something already eminently happening on the site. The lack of response, the lack of comprehensive policy or commitment, can play accomplice and be as damaging as banning a bunch of people when shit hits the fan.

The bitter pill we all have to swallow from time to time is that we sometimes do things with an unintentional bias or ignorance that ends up hurting somebody. We're gonna get called out on it, maybe even in really aggressive ways that don't seem 'fair'. I have personally been there, and it was shocking and hurtful. But the call out can't be worse than the thing itself. Even if it wasn't intentional, the pain was real to them. It's on me to understand what went wrong. If we're lucky, we get the opportunity to apologize and try to make amends.

That's not what I see when the line gets drawn at words we need to use to call attention to bad behavior.


Anyway.

I want to clear the air about something - I have been a huge critic of the forum, basically since we all moved here. And Hecht himself has heard it from me since 2017, which must make me a giant pain in the ass. I don't want the things I have to say to fall on deaf ears, or to go into a mental space reserved for "people who think I'm Hitler" . I don't think you're monsters. I don't even think you're bad people. I have liked a number of you, if I've known you through some corner of the site. It's regretful that this is where we're at. It's just frustrating to see where this particular train of decisions, made by the aggregate of the site, ends up every time, which is to say "we have to save face, don't give them an inch" instead of owning up to mistakes that end up damaging communities here.
Quote from: Nepenthe, post: 55394260, member: 1995
Criticism isn't the problem. Members like oni-link, deepFlaw, and Kyuuji provide lots of it, much of which I've personally taken back to staff. Indeed, we constantly do that, bringing posts to each other's attention or bringing up a flaws that you guys spot when they're found. We have weekly meetings where we go over this stuff. Actual criticism isn't going into the void.

But let's not act like staff attacks don't occur alongside the criticism. Let's not act like only good-faith members peruse these boards, whether they be long-term members or trolls. Let's not act like even some of the long-term members don't have rap sheets for all sorts of vitriolic shit, not just to staffers, but to other members, sometimes in situations where they've crossed blatant lines. Criticism and heat go hand-in-hand as an inevitability of Internet anonymity, but our fault was in never separating the wheat from the chaff by diligently maintaining the TOS when these events occurred, for fear that doing so would be construed as tone-policing and making the situations worse. I said it in my longer post, and I'll say it again: We're not fair game for any and all manner of written abuse anymore. That shit stops.

But what I also want to get to specifically is your last sentence, this idea that all we do is hunker down and circle the wagons. Certainly that behavior has happened. But there isn't a single instance you mentioned where multiple staff members haven't apologized for it. I know, because I've done a shitload of apologizing. There isn't a single instance that you mentioned that hasn't been followed by policy proposals, implementations, and changes to forum function and staff code of conduct. And ultimately a few of these instances have resulted in folks resigning or being taken off the team altogether. We have had meetings on Discord. We've had meetings on the site itself. We've had follow-ups to those meetings. We've redone one of the meetings because members were upset with how it was conducted.

Now, we may not have done all or exactly what you (the general you, not you specifically) have wanted us to do in the wake of these issues. Like, we get a shitload of calls for mass resignations or complete wipes of every affected member's records, which we're not going to do (and we're not obligated to do either; just because someone says "no" to you doesn't mean they're not listening.) This is really big question mark here, and it's something I continually ask. What specifically do you want us to do? Apologize? We've done that. Acknowledge the specific mistakes of individual flare-ups? We've done that. Discuss things with you; many staffers have through various means and channels. Implement new rules, procedures, and tech? We've done that. So the idea that we never own up to mistakes, never try to change things, never try to help, is a lie. Straight up. It is a lie, and it's a narrative we're also not going to take anymore.

But that doesn't mean we are shutting down input, and it doesn't mean we're throwing our hands up, because staff can simultaneously work to the betterment of the site without being railroaded simply by the very toll this shit takes. Indeed, I can easily look at a list of not just technological implementations but actual events for fun that haven't gotten off the ground because people don't have the mental energy to spend actually working on them and tending to these fires.

Ultimately, a lot of you have been right about something: We are the ones with the power here. So we're going to use it to simultaneously provide a better working environment for ourselves, and that means adhering to firm lines of conduct regardless of a member's status or their personal identity. Certain behaviors and sentiments will not be as tolerated as much as they once were. If this is a deal-breaker for you or anyone else, so be it. But again, I ain't a Magical Negro. New year, no more bullshit. So with all of that said, I ask you, yes you now Rover, what would you like staff to do regarding this latest instance, and what would you like us to do in the future so this is less likely to occur again?

:badass  :nintendo  :badass
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GreatSageEqualOfHeaven

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34960 on: January 04, 2021, 04:05:44 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-ya’ll-be-takin-life-too-serious.355069/

REE in a nutshell

life is precious and super serial, which is why I'm going to spend a huge chunk of it in the off topic section of a videogame forum decoding the secret underlying mesages of other posters cross referenced by their post counts to figure out what they REALLY mean

Uncle

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34961 on: January 04, 2021, 07:40:26 AM »
the Black culture community thread is gone, including all past OTs, with no indication anywhere as to what happened

old links to it no longer work

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-black-culture-community-ot2-wakanda-forever.15770/page-348

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-black-culture-community-ot-3-400-years-of-choices.40002/page-165

 :salute

edit: the reason the links say the thread could not be found rather than "you must be logged in to do that" is that they physically moved them to a new secret members-only forum

https://www.resetera.com/forums/etcetera-member-only.23/

currently the only contents of this forum are 5 bct threads, 5 suicide threads, mental health era, and b-dubs' takeaways from meetings with asianera
« Last Edit: January 04, 2021, 07:49:02 AM by Uncle »
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VomKriege

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34962 on: January 04, 2021, 07:46:58 AM »
Delete is the new black.
ὕβρις

SmokyDave

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34963 on: January 04, 2021, 08:00:02 AM »
I like the lengths they go to in order to hide the most mediocre shit.

BCT Cats: Nobody cares. You're boring.

bork

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34964 on: January 04, 2021, 08:13:59 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/would-be-nice-if-humans-have-tails.354922/
Quote from: delete12345
We could genetically engineer our genes to have tails.

We could have long tails, short tails, fluffy tails, long haired tails, double tails, and so on.

We would need to maintain our tail hairs, and buy commercial shampoo dedicated to tail hair. There would be salons, barbershops, and lingerine stores focusing on tails for everyone.

Students would brag about how silky smooth tail hairs are, and might have been used as one of many traits of beauty.

And then we would get groups wishing we don't have tails, and would constantly wonder what would humans be like without tails...

I wish we have tails.

:nepenthe
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34965 on: January 04, 2021, 08:14:55 AM »
the Black culture community thread is gone, including all past OTs, with no indication anywhere as to what happened

old links to it no longer work

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-black-culture-community-ot2-wakanda-forever.15770/page-348

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-black-culture-community-ot-3-400-years-of-choices.40002/page-165

 :salute

edit: the reason the links say the thread could not be found rather than "you must be logged in to do that" is that they physically moved them to a new secret members-only forum

https://www.resetera.com/forums/etcetera-member-only.23/

currently the only contents of this forum are 5 bct threads, 5 suicide threads, mental health era, and b-dubs' takeaways from meetings with asianera

:dead

the BCT bitched out the staff that they were relegated to the hangouts ghetto and THAT was the reason nobody wanted to go there, so they got moved to genpop instead, but now they've gone back to protective custody :lol

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34966 on: January 04, 2021, 08:22:58 AM »
Tabris: bad taste, and a racist?

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Just invest in a decent feather duster, so easy to give everything a quick dusting. And white does help.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34967 on: January 04, 2021, 08:33:22 AM »
are there any big brained takes on assange yet on ree or are the americans still asleep?
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HaughtyFrank

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34968 on: January 04, 2021, 08:47:48 AM »
are there any big brained takes on assange yet on ree or are the americans still asleep?

Incelsiorlef going off again

I love these threads because it's an excuse for a bunch of people to pretend Assange isn't a racist misogynist white supremacist who peddles right wing extremist conspiracy theories, many of them incredibly anti Semitic ones.

HardcoreRetro

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34969 on: January 04, 2021, 08:52:50 AM »
BCT: "We really showed whitey!"

*As they willingly sit in the back of the bus*

What a win!

Uncle

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34970 on: January 04, 2021, 08:55:12 AM »
a special forum for only the most fragile threads, y'know, good on them for doing what they can to protect people with serious issues who feel especially vulnerable



and then also putting mental health era in there too
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34971 on: January 04, 2021, 09:01:55 AM »
as if we don't have people on the inside isn't that right Kyuuji?

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34972 on: January 04, 2021, 09:06:56 AM »
lol I have the exact same black Ikea couch and Barcelona chair as Tabris. I always like to see him pretend to be a baller with Ikea stuff  :lol

People say 'expensive' but it's really about good cable management and making it look as minimalistic as possible and sparingly placing some abstract art objects and plants.
I mean, there's nothing expensive about a bunch of Ikea shelves and the same PC/Console gear most core gamers have.
99% of those 'expensive' looking set-ups are really all about presentation and living in a modern building with a new kitchen, sliding doors and freshly painted walls.

Now people that have renovated their basement with a mini bar and projectors, that gets a bit more on the expensive side and the guy that posted after Tabris with the Studio Ghibli stuff.
That's an expensive non-convential interior design with a marble floor that costs a pretty penny but that has little to do with the actual 'gaming' side of things.
He's just posting pretty pictures of his interior, that's not a gaming set-up.  :lol

Yeah Tabris lives in downtown Vancouver. I'm sure I know the exact building as a friend has a similar view and shes also in a newly refurbished apartment with new floors and a paint job. The difference is her apartment looks like a place someone lives in.

Most of these types of Van apartments have no personality at all. Which is great for making them look so clean and minimalist. And perfect for making them look like style magazine wank dens, to types who like to push a certain image.

Tabris used to live in the same building as me. Same deal, fairly modern building with amazing views of the city. It does look impressive but there are definitely trade offs.

Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34973 on: January 04, 2021, 09:41:40 AM »
are there any big brained takes on assange yet on ree or are the americans still asleep?

Incelsiorlef going off again

I love these threads because it's an excuse for a bunch of people to pretend Assange isn't a racist misogynist white supremacist who peddles right wing extremist conspiracy theories, many of them incredibly anti Semitic ones.

:gladbron

even if you hate the dude you'd have to be a low life for thinking he should be handed over to be (probably) tortured by the us government for exposing their war crimes n shit :trumps

knowing era tho they'd be straight on his dick if he leaked a load of bad shit about the trump admin :rash
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34974 on: January 04, 2021, 09:44:35 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-new-game-skipping-cheat-code-has-been-discovered-in-nier-automata-by-lance-mcdonald.354787/page-2#post-55421524

Quote from: demi, post: 55407103, member: 12978
So if this unlocks Trophy Shop could one just perform this, then unlock all trophies via shop? I wouldn't mind uh... replaying Nier Automata on Xbox : )

Quote from: Hecht, post: 55421524, member: 16
Considering where this skips you to, no, this would not allow for that.

"Major Spoiler!"
the ending here deletes your save file, so you can’t go back and do anything. My guess is this allows for people to beat the game if/when servers go offline, even though I’m pretty sure the game “fakes” the online component a bit.
[close]

Wow. A heart-warming interaction between an administrator and a regular user. You love to see it!

:blessup
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34975 on: January 04, 2021, 09:45:23 AM »
Quote
I always yell through the door. I open it to nobody.

I’m starting to think John Goodman is trolling Ree


https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-coronavirus-discussion.174910/post-55422472


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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34976 on: January 04, 2021, 09:46:03 AM »
Don't get him banned lol, Demi will kill you :D

Quote
I always yell through the door. I open it to nobody.

I’m starting to think John Goodman is trolling Ree


https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-coronavirus-discussion.174910/post-55422472

LMAO if you're that worried about people infecting you don't order online and don't order food deliveries you utter spastic.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34977 on: January 04, 2021, 10:30:00 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/would-be-nice-if-humans-have-tails.354922/
Quote from: delete12345
We could genetically engineer our genes to have tails.

We could have long tails, short tails, fluffy tails, long haired tails, double tails, and so on.

We would need to maintain our tail hairs, and buy commercial shampoo dedicated to tail hair. There would be salons, barbershops, and lingerine stores focusing on tails for everyone.

Students would brag about how silky smooth tail hairs are, and might have been used as one of many traits of beauty.

And then we would get groups wishing we don't have tails, and would constantly wonder what would humans be like without tails...

I wish we have tails.

:nepenthe

Tails would be fucking annoying 95% of the time. I already wish I could pop my arms off Lego-style when I go to bed.

Humans have evolved beyond tails. Lacking a tail is a feature, not a bug.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34978 on: January 04, 2021, 10:31:35 AM »
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So this man should be tortured for exposing American war crimes because racist Americans voted for Trump?
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Are we forgetting that this guy is responsible for releasing DNC emails. Again unrelated charges but I personally believe that this white supremacist deserves punishment.
lmao never change neoliberals
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Tasty

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #34979 on: January 04, 2021, 10:32:33 AM »
Is that person calling Julian Assange a white supremacist? :lol