Other Forums Containment Thread

[Kurt Russell]

I want to see a mass exodus of weebs back to GAF.

Greatest redemption story since the bible.

EDIT: Huh, top. Here's some NeoGAF pussy.

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[Snoopycat_]

It's kind of sad seeing Nep Nep entering her final form as a mad ranting homeless, begging for change from the white patriarchy. Cerium is a bad man.

[Kurt Russell]

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It's hard to believe this shit is real, even more so that people bought it 

It's such a terrible name. Beyond Terrible. Who came up with that?

Why not ResetclERA or even clERA? This is not hard, idiots.

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[benjipwns]

As of this week, we’ve identified a company with the necessary experience to buy and run these sites (including MTG Salvation), so that the passionate communities will continue to have homes on these long-standing sites. With this, we have started to transfer the sites to Magic Find. As for the staff on these sites, it will be up to them and Magic Find to decide how they’d like to move forward.

They updated exactly one time after that: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49782-2019-holiday-exchange

Two years after the site was picked up by Magic Find:

M.O.B.A. Network AB (”M.O.B.A.” or the ”Company”) has today completed the acquisition of all shares in the American company Magic Find Inc (”Magic Find”), for a consideration of USD 12 million of which USD 9 million has been paid upon closing and USD 3 million will be paid in December 2021. The acquisition of Magic Find has been published by press release on 19 May 2021.

[CHOW CHOW]

I walked into Remoulade on Bourbon Street tonight and thought of you fellas. A table full of gorgeous women, every shade from cafe au lait to deep mocha. All drunk, wearing scraps. I could feel your thirst all the way from here. Then I ate jambalaya and gumbo.

[who is ted danson?]

The next few Era story arcs:

-Mod cleansing / quitting arc. Mods are told to cut back on the bans, they aren't very happy!
-Monetisation arc. Get ready for pop-ups, pop-unders, autoplay video ads, embedded post ads, those hyperlink word adverts,....
-New users arc. Paid email gets dropped.
-MOBA collapse arc. Whatever laundering scheme these guys are running collapses. Era gets sold off. Maybe to some old media company who have no idea wtf they are doing.

[benjipwns]

This seems to be the only legit site/forum they operate: https://www.mmo-champion.com/forum.php

Wait, nevermind, found another one: https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums

[Snoopycat_]

Lore buys Era.
Starts making bank.
Refuses buyout offer worth millions
Goes on roadtrip with a 4
Can't fight shower temptation
Aww fuck, I've done it again

[Kurt Russell]

> era deletes user, name is now Deleted User #644832
> quoted replies still say "riotous" which GDPR demands scrubbed
> era mods: areyoukiddingme.bmp
> knowing no other solution, staff ctrl+f replace every instance of text "riotous" with "Deleted User #644832" in the raw database
> problemsolved.mov
> use this method for dozens of requests without incident
> later, the user "woman" requests deletion

There'd be a solid argument that the username 'Riotous' on its own does not constitute personally identifiable information. Unless there is some other form of public information that would link both Riotous' full name AND their use of the name 'Riotous' and the specific use of that name by that individual on ERA. So I actually think in the grand scheme of things, they don't have quite as many GDPR issues as everybody likes to make out.

As it stands, the only thing that the username 'Riotous' is currently linked to is the ability to be an insufferable cunt with no friends.

[benjipwns]

MMORPG.com in theory technically exists but The Bire probably sees more activity.

Also, I'm not sure their "values" mesh with ResetERA.com's:

We're a gaming site first and foremost, and we've got our hands full with the 400+ gaming forums we have already. Dedicating resources here simply isn't possible, and as a result the Religion and Politics subforum has been shut down. The Rules of Conduct will be updated to reflect our change in stance on topics of religious or political nature.

The updated rule will read as follows:

Religion and Politics

MMORPG.com is a site to discuss massively multiplayer online roleplay gaming. While users are encouraged and permitted to use our Off-Topic forum to discuss real life and non-MMORPG gaming, threads concerning sensitive subjects such as religion, politics, or ethics are forbidden.

For those of you who were able to discuss these topics in a civil and mature manner, I apologize that we've had to come to this. If you are seeking to discuss these topics there are likely many other forums out there dedicated to doing just that. We simply can't be one of them.

Also lol at the idea of operating a forum with a dedicated forum to every single MMORPG.

[benita]

Imagine being yt and donating to nepnep

[Potato]

Lore buys Era.
Starts making bank.
Refuses buyout offer worth millions
Goes on roadtrip with a 4
Can't fight shower temptation
Aww fuck, I've done it again

The Wheel of Time turns, and (Gaming)Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the (Gaming)Age that gave it birth ResetEras.

[Kurt Russell]

If you took BAT, I'd personally send you all of mine.

I've actually donated a stack of BAT to the bore, but it's just sitting there not being claimed in BAT limbo. Every month, my BAT gets automatically distributed to sites I visit on a % basis, so for a literal five minute's work, Demi would get some of dat sweet sweet D-tier crypto on a monthly basis.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

This seems to be the only legit site/forum they operate: https://www.mmo-champion.com/forum.php

Wait, nevermind, found another one: https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/866196-**-Off-Topic-Forum-Rules-**-PLEASE-READ?p=10704471&viewfull=1#post10704471

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REGARDING POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS... The moderating team reserves the right to pass judgement on any thread or post in the General Off-Topic forum.

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https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/807959-Fun-Forum-Rules

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[Averon]

How do these mods reconcile being proud of not getting paid for a "job" they all claim inflict mental trauma on them on a daily basis and is enriching the owner class and their "fuck millionaires, pay workers a fair wage, unionize!" politics? How can any of them go into a thread about, say, managers cheating workers and show support when they encourage this exploitation firsthand?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-67#post-75261897

Will my personal account data be safe?​

Yes! MOBA Network is not in the user data business and never will be. They're not going to sell your data. Nothing is going to change about how your data is handled and protected.

You sold our data (IP emails) without our consent and without giving us option to delete our accounts and personal info before doing so, ie you broke the GDPR law. Every single EU citizen here have a right now to bring a lawsuit against you.
Enjoy your 4.5M while it lasts.

[remy]

How do these mods reconcile being proud of not getting paid for a "job" they all claim inflict mental trauma on them on a daily basis and is enriching the owner class and their "fuck millionaires, pay workers a fair wage, unionize!" politics? How can any of them go into a thread about, say, managers cheating workers and show support when they encourage this exploitation firsthand?

I know lol at careposting on the bore but this has been fucking me up all day. it is fucking super bizarre.

[Don Rumata]

How do these mods reconcile being proud of not getting paid for a "job" they all claim inflict mental trauma on them on a daily basis and is enriching the owner class and their "fuck millionaires, pay workers a fair wage, unionize!" politics? How can any of them go into a thread about, say, managers cheating workers and show support when they encourage this exploitation firsthand?

It's not easy to admit you were made into a sucker.

[SmokyDave]

How do these mods reconcile being proud of not getting paid for a "job" they all claim inflict mental trauma on them on a daily basis and is enriching the owner class and their "fuck millionaires, pay workers a fair wage, unionize!" politics? How can any of them go into a thread about, say, managers cheating workers and show support when they encourage this exploitation firsthand?

You're asking how someone on Reset can be a melodramatic hypocritical blowhard?

Dunno man, beats me.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-67#post-75261897

Will my personal account data be safe?​

Yes! MOBA Network is not in the user data business and never will be. They're not going to sell your data. Nothing is going to change about how your data is handled and protected.

You sold our data (IP emails) without our consent and without giving us option to delete our accounts and personal info before doing so, ie you broke the GDPR law. Every single EU citizen here have a right now to bring a lawsuit against you.
Enjoy your 4.5M while it lasts.

I love amateur lawyers. They're a special kind of distinguished mentally-challenged fellow

[Shuri]

The mods still have  control over the population and could easily unite and negociate better conditions, better compensations for their work But they won’t. They are happy with insulting the user base and playing victims.

Cerium even told you guys to negociate with the new owners.

Keep that in mind next time one of them writes a long winded reply about how people should unionize or band together to fight some evil or get better working conditions at a corporation.

They are 100% all talk. The ultimate showcase of performative activism.

A few mods keep posting and asking for tips, saying users should respect them..

How can you can expect people to respect you if you can’t even respect yourself enough to improve your situation?

[benjipwns]

This all comes down to a lack of communication with the general audience of the forum. May I ask you something, did admins/mods know that the forum had generated 700k the last year?

I hope they do better than normal at coordinating their answer to this.

[Kurt Russell]

Will my personal account data be safe?​

Yes! MOBA Network is not in the user data business and never will be. They're not going to sell your data. Nothing is going to change about how your data is handled and protected.

You sold our data (IP emails) without our consent and without giving us option to delete our accounts and personal info before doing so, ie you broke the GDPR law. Every single EU citizen here have a right now to bring a lawsuit against you.

wrong

[Ghoul]

Cerium running off to the bank with a cool 4.3 million he made through his slaves working the digital fields to purge the bad crops.

The greatest part about this is his "mental health" saga only started once it got leaked that he was a very homophobic guy.

Really got to hand it to him, he perfectly planned and carried out an uprising to overthrow Tyler as the gaming forum king.

[remy]

They are 100% all talk. The ultimate showcase of performative activism.

A few mods keep posting and asking for tips, saying users should respect them..

How can you can expect people to respect you if you can’t even respect yourself enough to improve your situation?

Basically. I thought I was having a fever dream this morning when they all came out synchronized to embarrass themselves and run damage control for their millionaire boss

[Ghoul]

Imagine asking people that you openly hate and whine about at any given moment for money. LOL.

I guess Nep Nep got fired from being a bagger?

[SmokyDave]

So, I posted what I posted about being a mod because I care about this community, because I care about this experiment that we actually could create a progressive(ish) gaming/nerd space. I clapped back at one disrespectful post. And then I went to bed.

And then I woke up to this. 10 pages of this.

Being told that I don't respect myself, I don't know any better, I'm actually part of the problem. Apparently I'm actually taking a job from a hypothetical person who would do this for pay?

This has made me feel worse than anything Cerium could have ever done to me or exploited me for.

I'm taking a break for a day.

This season is fucking weird. They've got new writers in or something. I thought it was going to be good fun, but it's just weird and kinda sad.

Link.

Edit: Mind you, this 'dig up shit from sister forums' might have meat on the bones.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-68#post-75262686

So, I posted what I posted about being a mod because I care about this community, because I care about this experiment that we actually could create a progressive(ish) gaming/nerd space. I clapped back at one disrespectful post. And then I went to bed.

And then I woke up to this. 10 pages of this.

Being told that I don't respect myself, I don't know any better, I'm actually part of the problem. Apparently I'm actually taking a job from a hypothetical person who would do this for pay?

This has made me feel worse than anything Cerium could have ever done to me or exploited me for.

I'm taking a break for a day.

 :'(

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-65#post-75257607

Hilarious to see the l mods clown over themselves to defend not getting something for the work they do. This isn't a non-profit, in fact it's made a nice profit. You don't need to defend the factory owner. Volunteering for a non profit is great, volunteering for a place that actually makes profit is just mind blowing.

We, the people that generate the value, are saying you should get something and y'all just happy to defend not getting shit. Moreover fighting against us saying we should be paying you instead of the guy that just made off with 4 years worth of cash plus a payout of the giant corp that now owns this place.

you have to admit it's kind of against their own ideals

I've read so many fucking eat the rich posts

and also posts about how climate change is killing the planet, and they're asking random grandmas to turn their lights off and recycle, while one megacorp is actively destroying the climate on a magnitude of hundreds of thousands of individuals, and we ask why should any of us do shit because we're a drop in the bucket compared to them

an era user directly paying a mod is that same drop in the bucket...for once try actually fucking eating the rich 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Edit: Mind you, this 'dig up shit from sister forums' might have meat on the bones.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-68#post-75263208

MMO Champion - WOW - Is it Time for Pre - SJW Legacy Servers?.

11 days ago

“”””””Great fit”””””””””

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-68#post-75263298

My word, Cerium really picked some like minded individuals for our sister sites and no mistake.

I felt a little guilty I posted the link which was 4 years old, as I feared I'd get a monstering for "digging up the past"..... Not any more.

 

[benjipwns]

I'll repeat what I asked earlier then; are we going to have a link to those cesspools at the bottom of every page on this forum, like the other sites on this network?

Plastering all your affiliated links at the bottom of every page will increase your google backlink score aka "makes all sites more visible".
I see no technical / financial or SEO reason why they wouldn't include all sites of the network in the footer of every page.

So whats the absolute best takeaway from this? That MOBAfire really are as "Hands off" as everyone says so will leave ERA alone to do as they see fit. But then ERA is happy to be part of a network actively and openly homophobic, bigoted and god knows what else.

What would ERA do, blacklist its own sister sites? No wonder the ACTI BLIZZ response was so tepid if this is the kind of readership that was being courted.

Very upsetting.

See my point, so best case, they are hands off.... So ERA is officially fine to be a part of a network which enncourages homophobia and bigotry. Would ERA blacklist these sites from discussion.

I also wonder about the opposite : will a link to resetera be added to those websites? I don't know how to feel about this website being advertised on other sites that allow this crap.

[Ghoul]

Benji hasn't slept in days lol.

[Snoopycat_]

So who's setting up a new place registered as a charity and community model?

Lol. They never fucking learn. Round and round they go. Any day now some cool new poster called Berium is going to appear from nowhere and lead the Rees to a bright new land.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-68#post-75262992

[Propagandhim]

I'm ashamed of myself for how much enjoyment I'm getting out of this.  I can't tell anyone I know in real life about this pathetic, shameful guilty pleasure.  I feel like the guy in that "My Strange Addiction" episode who secretly jerks off to pulling hair out of bath tub drains. 

...And the best part hasn't even started yet.   

[Ghoul]

Cerium said 33 hours ago he would come back for questions, that's some sleep he's having.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/faq.php?faq=forumrules

Subjects/content not allowed on MMO-Champion

The following topics are not to be discussed on MMO-Champion on penalty of ban.

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Era users would be in trouble.

[benjipwns]

Era users continue to be pricks to mods and Cerium, demonstrating why most people who try to moderate this place eventually leave. No matter what anyone tries to do for this community people will hate them and at the end of four years only one person still had the stomach to try to keep running this place.

It says a lot about this this community that we're on page 68 and only about 8 in over 3300 posts asked about Cerium's personal health and/or wished him good health. Most of the responses on this thread are mocking or criticizing Cerium for "selling out" or "not paying mods" (who don't want to be paid, but apparently mods are wrong about their own opinions) and yet there are still some people here howling and asking for a response for him as if his words would "cure" anything rather than serve as an avenue for a new torrent of attacks.

You are damaging the people that keep this site running to the point where they have to retreat to take care of their mental health, yet somehow you still think the problem lies with them or with their practices. This forum is incredibly abusive to any and all moderators. You treat them like enemies then you act surprised when the only way they can speak openly about how they feel is either with sarcastic posts or inside private Discords with other mods.

Some of you are frothing in the mouth for the next screencap or quote that you can use to attack the staff.

Most of you don't even pretend you are.

Some of you don't even wait.

You (and by "You" I am referring to the people harassing and disrespecting Cerium and this site's staff), don't care about any mod's health.

You don't care about Cerium's health.

Drop your pretense.

[remy]

You can't expect someone named after Griffith to understand why selling out everyone you know for personal gain is a bad thing.

When griffith violently raped casca in front of guts he was probably thinking they deserved it for being mean to him

[Propagandhim]

They're digging into the other forums now.  Yes.  More drama.    Dig, dig, dig my little hellions. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-68#post-75264087

Yeah, not liking this. How are Era's staff feeling about it?

Should we really call them staff?

 

[Pissy F Benny]

since when did being a janny become so serious

[bork]

since when did being a janny become so serious

[benjipwns]

since when did being a janny become so serious

Personally, I blame Steve Youngblood.

[bork]

https://famiboards.com/threads/resetera-has-been-sold-to-m-o-b-a-networks.394/page-2#post-24785

This might be a good opportunity for me to clarify something.

Most former launch admins (Me, Zhuge, Nibel, Shinobi, Nicole) did not have any shares or ownership in Resetera. We weren't paid a cent. We definitely worked for free. That's one (of many) reasons we all left early.

Only the system administrators (Era's tech team) had shares/ownership in the company. By late 2018, the tech team sold their shares to Cerium and he became the sole owner.

 

[benjipwns]

Thank you Emily for being the lone person willing to ever clear that up!

Also lol at Dmax3901 being a bootlicker in that thread too.

[jorma]

how did cerium get the tech team to sell him their shares of a venture with a $500k profit/year, unless he lied about how much he actually made from the site?

The alternatives being that the tech team are idiots or that Cerium paid the big bucks to get sole ownership but i kinda doubt that 

[remy]

https://famiboards.com/threads/resetera-has-been-sold-to-m-o-b-a-networks.394/page-2#post-24785

This might be a good opportunity for me to clarify something.

Most former launch admins (Me, Zhuge, Nibel, Shinobi, Nicole) did not have any shares or ownership in Resetera. We weren't paid a cent. We definitely worked for free. That's one (of many) reasons we all left early.

Only the system administrators (Era's tech team) had shares/ownership in the company. By late 2018, the tech team sold their shares to Cerium and he became the sole owner.

 

this explains so much, anyone that wasnt a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow got out straight away lmao

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-69#post-75265200

I doubt that they will a) try to drive their current userbase to Era to only have them b) get banned here. And they have already announced to do a).

Then honestly we should all look forward to MOBAnet losing a bunch of money when the staff and the current userbase bail. The only people really losing on the deal are MOBAnet if they fuck around with what exists now.

  You and a volunteer staff are very replaceable.

[blaze]

I never realised all the Nintendo regulars left era. Rare W for era.

[samir]

Isamu Fukui played everyone like a fiddle. Wasn't he rich before all of this, or am I thinking of someone else?

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/post-75265299

And again, I don't think anyone on staff would stand for any significant change that is counter to our own mission.

YOU DON'T HAVE A MISSION

B-DUBS JUST THREW IT ALL OUT A FEW WEEKS BACK

and that's with me granting that the 35 of you could even agree on one in the first place!

[samir]

Imagine thinking that the new owners don't plan to make any changes. I'm sure they're fine with it taking 7 years to recoup their investment, which is an eternity in internet years.

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-69#post-75265362

As is they have a forum that runs hands off and generates what 700k? the incentive is clearly to not mess with that too much imho...

[Propagandhim]

Both is technically true, they could decide to shutter the forum and just redirect the url to godaddy for all we know. They can now do that as the owners, though I doubt that would recoup their investment.
As is they have a forum that runs hands off and generates what 700k? the incentive is clearly to not mess with that too much imho...

If they take a completely hands-off approach (which belies what they explicitly said), it would take ~7+ years with server/operational/taxes just to break even.  It's not happening, big guy.

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/post-75264021

I'm sure he can get decent mental health care with his 4.5 million dollars.

Have you watched squid game? Having too much money can cause depression too

[benjipwns]

Isamu Fukui played everyone like a fiddle. Wasn't he rich before all of this, or am I thinking of someone else?

His family was already well off, but he made enough money off his novels that he paid his own way through college.

[benjipwns]

[Long Essay]

Step back for a minute here. We've been assured by all parties that MOBA has no interest changing the way Resetera works.

[More Long Essay]

All parties except for M.O.B.A. Network AB of course.

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resetera-ownership-update.499677/page-69#post-75265638

You guys are awfully trustful of corporations these days. Didn't recognise if I was in the same forum.

"Now if you'll excuse me, after making this post on the ResetEra, LLC™ forum, I'm off to play Marvel's® Avengers™, from Square Enix®, on my Sony® Playstation 5™, while watching Disney® Plus™ on my Apple TV™®.

[benjipwns]

It's not so much trust as what else is there to do? Go somewhere else to discuss games that's likely to be what people are concerned Era might become, or stay on it until that actually happens and enjoy the time until then?

Finally, we have a slogan after four years!

ResetERA.com: What Else Is There To Do?

[benjipwns]

If MOBAnet actively fucks around with the site, I will complain, and loudly. Everyone on Era knows how loud I am when I want to be.