Other Forums Containment Thread

[Straight Edge]

Sony should probably threaten to release Morbius in Russia if they don’t leave Ukraine.

[Uncle]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

[benjipwns]

ERA can't decide to cancel or not
https://www.resetera.com/threads/twitch-streamer-hasanabi-donates-10-dollars-for-every-death-in-elden-ring-towards-ukraine-relief-fund-raised-150k-in-one-stream.557911/

This thread is a pretty good example of how the discussion around important issues here is more about the right to be (and remain) angry at those who are wrong than it is about actually wanting the situation to improve for those who are most affected by it.

100%. People seem more concerned with who they can "ban" or "deplatform" than having any actual sort of discourse on a discussion forum meant for discourse.

It's more about having a stance than actually doing anything.

mods help

[benjipwns]

Also:

No one in their right mind thought Putin was stupid enough to invade Ukraine

[marrec]

Also:

No one in their right mind thought Putin was stupid enough to invade Ukraine

Joe Biden will remember this.

Or he might not who knows.

[marrec]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

Are you talking about that racist spree shooter the other week, who it turns out was a goddamn furry, so people should be even more hostile to furries than usual, because they're all probably racists or racism facilitators?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Absolutely 100% rooting for Ukraine in this conflict, but I never want to hear Europeans say they don't have the same problems with racism against black people America does after this shit.

Hopefully an organized group can get any Africans stuck in Ukraine through a less hostile border crossing.

And yet you also decide to categorise everyone from Europe on the same boat.

Racism is everywhere, but let's stop with generalisations.

So “racism is everywhere” by your own admission but it’s a generalization to say Europeans have issues with racism??

 

[benjipwns]

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

France

China

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-4#post-82940311

Absolutely 100% rooting for Ukraine in this conflict, but I never want to hear Europeans say they don't have the same problems with racism against black people America does after this shit.

Hopefully an organized group can get any Africans stuck in Ukraine through a less hostile border crossing.

And yet you also decide to categorise everyone from Europe on the same boat.

Racism is everywhere, but let's stop with generalisations.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-5#post-82944025

So “racism is everywhere” by your own admission but it’s a generalization to say Europeans have issues with racism??

I swear y’all be saying whatever to make you feel better lol

From a episode of one group of people you apply it to a larger group of people.

Yes it's a dictionary definition.
And its always wrong to do so because will lead to nothing bad stereotype and other racist stuff.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-5#post-82948141

User Banned (Permanent): Dismissing concerns of anti-Black racism, a history of dismissing anti-Black racism and engaging in stereotyping

The response time was much better this time.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I wish the internet was as chill as resetera.

 

[Nintex]

Don't worry TOS-01 thermobaric missile systems don't see color or gender and everyone suffers equally.

[marrec]

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

France

China

User Banned (Permanent): Sinophobia, history of transphobia

At the risk of being Sinophobic I don't think China should be invading America

[benjipwns]

It really fucks me up to say this but I'm lying awake thinking the *best case scenario* for this country is one day we wake up and find ourselves under Chinese military occupation

[Propagandhim]

[Uncle]

era posters are so lucky that jim still calls himself james stephanie sterling so that jim is still technically an option, otherwise there'd be a couple bans in there 

[Straight Edge]

I'm just relieved that Jim's dysphoria ends where her branding begins.

[cosmicblizzard]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-4#post-82940311

Absolutely 100% rooting for Ukraine in this conflict, but I never want to hear Europeans say they don't have the same problems with racism against black people America does after this shit.

Hopefully an organized group can get any Africans stuck in Ukraine through a less hostile border crossing.

And yet you also decide to categorise everyone from Europe on the same boat.

Racism is everywhere, but let's stop with generalisations.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-5#post-82944025

So “racism is everywhere” by your own admission but it’s a generalization to say Europeans have issues with racism??

I swear y’all be saying whatever to make you feel better lol

From a episode of one group of people you apply it to a larger group of people.

Yes it's a dictionary definition.
And its always wrong to do so because will lead to nothing bad stereotype and other racist stuff.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-5#post-82948141

User Banned (Permanent): Dismissing concerns of anti-Black racism, a history of dismissing anti-Black racism and engaging in stereotyping

The response time was much better this time.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-5#post-82954219

You'd probably piss your fucking pants if I add that the Asian diaspora has its issues with racism as well esp in regards to African people let alone other interpersonal relationships between Asian nationalities.

The way you come off you just might be one of them, hows that for a generalization?

I like how the one that got banned ISN'T the one that called the diaspora of a marginalized group racist, and not even a year after frequent hate crimes against Asians from other marginalized groups.

[Nintex]

It really fucks me up to say this but I'm lying awake thinking the *best case scenario* for this country is one day we wake up and find ourselves under Chinese military occupation

Do you think Zelensky will stop after he has destroyed the Russian army? Glory to the heroes! Glory to Ukraine!

[Uncle]

sorry I didn't actually mean to say "him," that wasn't like premeditated insult or anything, it's just hard when you're specifically calling someone jim 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-401#post-82909027

User banned (2 weeks): Hostility in a sensitive thread

Hey, I’ve been out for dinner and a drink. Weirdly, I feel you guys will give me a more complete update than the media liveticker. How are things developing?

Go to an actual reputable news site instead of asking random people on a fucking videogame forum.

Jesus, thanks for being unnecessarily aggressive. I have checked the news lifeticker already, but people have been brining interesting Tweets in here that were not covered there, and it‘s much more than a dozen pages since I last checked.

[Taco Bell Tower]

I wish the internet was as chill as resetera.

 

Locking this thread as

1. This should’ve been posted in the Jimquisition OT (Where discussion of new videos can take place).
2. This thread has far outlasted any worthwhile discussions ( Hell it has almost as many posts as the OT itself)
3. It has generated a staggering amount of reports

This thread will no be reopened. If you want to discuss the video you can do so in the OT.

[james]

WTF is Elden Ring. Seen a lot of people talking about it but I dont remember it from the Nintendo Direct

[Uncle]

WTF is Elden Ring. Seen a lot of people talking about it but I dont remember it from the Nintendo Direct

[james]

Oh Ive never really been into Sonic so Ill pass

[HaughtyFrank]

I wish the internet was as chill as resetera.

 

Locking this thread as

1. This should’ve been posted in the Jimquisition OT (Where discussion of new videos can take place).
2. This thread has far outlasted any worthwhile discussions ( Hell it has almost as many posts as the OT itself)
3. It has generated a staggering amount of reports

This thread will no be reopened. If you want to discuss the video you can do so in the OT.

Imagining members hammering the report button never fails to amuse.

[Potato]

This is a deeply, viscerally stupid position, given what the leaders of nato have been involved with, and are *still* involved with, just in this century.

Yes, putin is doing a conquering like in the era of colonialism and should be stopped. In the same way the nato leaders are supporting saudi arabia doing the same *right the fuck now*. In the same way they support a coutry doing the same to palestine *right the fuck now*. These are all terrible and must be halted, but curiously only the one where brown people arent being bombed to death, the one IN EUROPE is suddenly a massive cause for concern.

But hey, brown people never matter.

Go ahead, support nato blindly. Make it a hard rule. Its fine as long as it stops european blood from being spilled.

 

I've genuinely come to fucking hate millenials

Welcome to the party, pal!
 

[Potato]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

Don't forget their historic claims to the land!

[benjipwns]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

Here it comes:
https://twitter.com/SouthAsiaIndex/status/1498607419387445249

[benjipwns]

User Banned (1 Month): Excusing Misogyny; Misogynistic Commentary

Do we know if his partner has abusive jealousy issues?

Ive known people not being able to play with other genders because of that.

You can be a closet mysoginist and hate women but actually "crashing" your stream as a full time streamer because you hear a girl sounds way too dumb to me.

User Banned (1 Month): Excusing Misogyny; Misogynistic Commentary

This to me is the only thing that begins to make sense.

[Potato]

not even era-specific but a lot of people sure are suddenly concerned about a group of people being labeled as nazis in order to justify literally any action being taken against them 

I wonder how some in ERA would feel about, lets say, France invading the US on the excuse that they want to root out white nationalism within our body politic and civil defense forces.

Here it comes:
https://twitter.com/SouthAsiaIndex/status/1498607419387445249

Amazing that almost every single one of those countries is ruled by totalitarian regimes.

 

[benjipwns]

User Banned (Duration Pending Review): Dismissing Concerns of Appropriation; History of Concern Trolling and Inflammatory Commentary

PC Gamer had some pretty harsh words specifically around the representation:

Meanwhile, Shadow Warrior 3's idea of Japan is an unbroken sea of pagodas and Buddha statues, nestled in a landscape of mountain pillars that, to my untrained eye, seems inspired by photography of a distinctly Chinese karst range. It feels like just as much of an exaggerated parody as the soundtrack, or Lo Wang himself. I wouldn't expect true-to-life accuracy from any game, let alone one with double jumps. But it shouldn't leave me wondering, again, whether someone even thought to involve any of the real people from the real places being reduced to a hollow fantasyland.

I don't think the game cares. I think it's content with a Polish studio's homogeneous, nonspecific idea of what "Asian" looks like. I think it's comfortable knowing plenty of players will, even in the wake of a global rise in anti-Asian xenophobia, enjoy it without discomfort. After all, Lo Wang is the hero here. Isn't that a compliment?

In one cutscene, the camera pulls back to reveal Lo Wang's censored groin. Then he farts.

Shadow Warrior 3 is best experienced with dialog volume set to zero and subtitles turned off. It isn't malicious. It's tasteless. It's embarrassing, because it expects that you're the kind of person who'd enjoy it. Just play Doom 2016 instead.

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadow-warrior-3-review/

Nothing like a generic bearded white man telling me I'm a knuckle dragging idiot for being interested in a video game. Thanks, PC Gamer!

The Reviewer

[close]

[clothedmacuser]

NPR's guests and analysts ability to say nothing is one of the biggest reasons I had to cut that company out of my life. That and their toxic centrism.

I literally only hang on for raw, commentary free news and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. I admit I'd probably watch Fox News if it was the only place to see Wait Wait tbh...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/not-enough-people-talk-about-how-good-insert-widely-talked-about-thing-is-whatre-your-least-favorite-but-popular-proclamations-platitudes.558016/post-82952362



 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-6#post-82959061

There is no fucking way, on the face of the Earth, I could go into a thread regarding Sinophobia or Islamophobia or anti-Latine racism or Indigenous racism and try to derail the discussion on the basis of "Well, I'm Black and I don't feel like you all should be lumping me in with these systems of oppression.

 

[benjipwns]

If someone came to take my child away from me for loving who they are rather than who I want them to be they better be prepared to die. I hate the 2nd amendment for allowing anyone and everyone to buy a gun, but in this situation Texas parents should take advantage of our lunacy. These fascists don't fear us and that needs to change.

Refuse to hand anything over. Refuse to go quietly. Refuse to be arrested. Refuse everything. Arm yourselves. Protect your family. Just cause it’s the law DOESNT MEAN ITS RIGHT!!!!

ACLU filed suit [to block Texas Child Protective Services]

I know we have to work with what we have. But this feels like a tee off to the Supreme Court just to outlaw trans people

If I was the parent of a trans kid I’d be armed and protect them under any circumstances. Fuck the law when it comes to peoples rights to be who they want to be.

This is absolutely the time to soapbox.
The intention is to remove Trans people from society by any means, starting with children, and their tactics are already UN definition acts of genocide* with intent to destroy. Any one of the acts below individually meets the definition.

(a) Killing members of the group.
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group.
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

You could easily make the argument for all five of these, but (b), (c), and (e) are what's out in the open.
It's not that it's only important now that it meets international criteria, but rather, that is how serious this is, and that is how brazen they are.

* Besides it being currently limited to intent against "national, ethnic, racial, or religious groups"—criteria that absolutely needs to be expanded.

If there is violence by the oppressed on the oppressor, expect "Allies" to tut tut and pearl clutch.

The thing that is so frustrating is that people could just ignore this law. There is no reason to follow it. But of course some people are supportive of this measure.

I don't give a fuck if i'm a mandated reporter. I will not now or ever report trans kids and their families. This is not fucking right.

I encourage all trans people to practice self-defense in the face of violent politicians who want us wiped off the Earth. Oppressors who’ve decided someone is going in the dirt need to know to be careful what they wish for.

Having the means to arm oneself against an oppressor attempting genocide is not advocating violence. Armed trans people don't want to have to use said arms.

At this point, Is if you're still going to vote Republican, I'm looking at that person just as I would look at a nazi.

Tell me the US is run by nazi's without telling me the US is run by nazi's.

Ultimately the collective intersectional “We” need to realize the GOP wants us dead and need to act in kind for better or worse.

[Uncle]

Tell me the US is run by nazi's without telling me the US is run by nazi's.

shit man, where's russia when you need them

[clothedmacuser]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/page-6#post-82959061

There is no fucking way, on the face of the Earth, I could go into a thread regarding Sinophobia or Islamophobia or anti-Latine racism or Indigenous racism and try to derail the discussion on the basis of "Well, I'm Black and I don't feel like you all should be lumping me in with these systems of oppression.

 

C'mon.  Keep going girl!

[clothedmacuser]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/africans-are-being-blocked-from-fleeing-ukraine.557212/post-82969120


Almost like people aren't a monolith?

[clothedmacuser]

So what are you gonna do? You gonna keep making this about yourself or are you gonna get on and mind your own business?

 

[clothedmacuser]

In a thread about Lindsey Ellis harassment?


https://www.resetera.com/threads/lindsay-ellis-appreciation-thread.147998/post-79565579

Well, she did it.  She found a way to make Ukraine about herself.     Err, referring to her earlier post, several posts up.

[FUME5]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-im-being-blackmailed-for-some-pics.558169/

Presented without comment.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-im-being-blackmailed-for-some-pics.558169/

Presented without comment.

Expected this to be the next chapter in the Nothing Loud story.

[team filler]

from philippines 

shosti must be stopped!

[BisMarckie]

With learning from home, all my video calls are naked.

[BisMarckie]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-im-being-blackmailed-for-some-pics.558169/

Presented without comment.

The thread actually suggests the right thing to do: nothing.

OP: So they sent me this link and I clicked on it
me:

[FUME5]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-im-being-blackmailed-for-some-pics.558169/page-4#post-82975276

Again, no comment.

[HaughtyFrank]

User Banned (Duration Pending Review): Dismissing Concerns of Appropriation; History of Concern Trolling and Inflammatory Commentary

PC Gamer had some pretty harsh words specifically around the representation:

Meanwhile, Shadow Warrior 3's idea of Japan is an unbroken sea of pagodas and Buddha statues, nestled in a landscape of mountain pillars that, to my untrained eye, seems inspired by photography of a distinctly Chinese karst range. It feels like just as much of an exaggerated parody as the soundtrack, or Lo Wang himself. I wouldn't expect true-to-life accuracy from any game, let alone one with double jumps. But it shouldn't leave me wondering, again, whether someone even thought to involve any of the real people from the real places being reduced to a hollow fantasyland.

I don't think the game cares. I think it's content with a Polish studio's homogeneous, nonspecific idea of what "Asian" looks like. I think it's comfortable knowing plenty of players will, even in the wake of a global rise in anti-Asian xenophobia, enjoy it without discomfort. After all, Lo Wang is the hero here. Isn't that a compliment?

In one cutscene, the camera pulls back to reveal Lo Wang's censored groin. Then he farts.

Shadow Warrior 3 is best experienced with dialog volume set to zero and subtitles turned off. It isn't malicious. It's tasteless. It's embarrassing, because it expects that you're the kind of person who'd enjoy it. Just play Doom 2016 instead.

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadow-warrior-3-review/

Nothing like a generic bearded white man telling me I'm a knuckle dragging idiot for being interested in a video game. Thanks, PC Gamer!

The Reviewer

[close]

It really seems like reviewers just find a new favorite criticism every once in a while and milk it to no end. Nothing about Shadow Warrior is meant to be authentic. It's a wild fantasy ride. We see Japanese games constantly do this with the west, like No More Heroes, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry and so on. Is this really something people in Japan take issue with or is it just a way for reviewers to signal that they're one of the good ones?

[benjipwns]

User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory Generalization; Don't Conflate the actions of a Warmongering Regime with the General Population

The Russian society enabled this entire situation, they still have some power to do something, we can't act like "ah well let them live their lives like it's perfectly normal, they're innocent"

I never realized a nigh-insane dictator and a bunch of oligarchs were ever enabled by the lower and middle class.

I've thought about this a lot lately and my conclusion is that they are and they should rightfully be punished along with the ruling class through the sanctions.
Normal citizens are those committing massacres in Putin's army.
Normal citizens are those who uphold his regime by working in his corrupted law enforcement.
Normal citizens are the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, cousins of those who are pillars of the Putin regime and have not convinced their family to seek a different path.
They had 20 years of possible passive action they could have done to slowly erode Putin's regime, but they did not. They chose to be cogs in the wheel the whole time and/or did not raise or educate they families to avoid supporting their tyrant. As such I can't be bothered to be sorry for them. Inaction is the same as support.

User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Commentary

glad user Fliep gets to declare what 120+ million people need to do with no consideration of the consequences for them or their families.

Should people protest? probably yes. Do I get to decide their own risk tolerance and say they have an obligation to be martyrs? hell no. especially siting in the US far away from the conflict

Ok, so Russian citizens should sit on their hands while their leader is planning yet another genocide not a few kilometres away from them? If you don't protest tyranny you are a collaborateur in my eyes. I live in Germany, people could have prevented a major catastrophe in the 40s if they had the courage to take it onto the streets. Glad you think it is "probably" ok to protest against blowing children to pieces.

User Banned (1 Month): Advocating War Crimes

Firing on a military convoy thats coming to invade your country is a war crime now? What happened ?

There are some weapons you simply DO NOT employ on ANYONE. The fact Russia was even wheeling these things out was in and of itself a war crime.

Fuck that. If someone is invading your country the gloves are completely off.

User Banned (1 Month): Dismissing Concerns of Racism

At the risk of showing my ignorance of international conflict - is there no repercussion for allowing "volunteers" to go off and fight (presumably arming them) versus sending your own troops? Or is it a careful "well, we are letting them go and might be taking them while we're delivering stuff we already promised but we are technically not arming them Ukraine is" sort of thing?

Well...if we are being honest, if this was a conflict involving brown and black people, the reaction to such a thing would be a lot different.

Yeah, because fighting for Ukraine against a Russian invasion and fighting for ISIS are morally equivalent, with skin color being the only difference.

Clown post.

User banned (permanent): concern trolling

There is literally no exit strategy for Putin to not look like a fool. That's the problem. It's too late. He either powers on and ruins his country to "win." Or he backs off and looks weak.

What "exit plan" do you see beyond that?

Allow Putin to put in puppet but actually agreed by Ukraine. Zelensky steps down tries for being a Nazi and is found to be innocent. Sanctions removed. Crises adverted. Far fetched but at least on paper Russia gets to exit this mess without looking like a clown. Zelensky surrenders to Germany or France.

OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATION

We have been getting a steady yet unending stream of reports ever since the invasion broke, so I want to reiterate the main two rules of this thread:

VERIFY YOUR SOURCES: If it's not from a reputable news outlet that anyone can go back and check behind, you risk a month to your account every time you post some random tweet. Rumor mongering about things you've heard on Twitter or Reddit, without actually posting a link, also falls under this rule.

NO FEAR MONGERING: Theorizing about how Putin may or may not decide to start WWIII is off limits. Just as well, if you are not politically inclined enough to discuss the implications of this invasion within reason, you may also be subject to a month-long ban if you accidentally post something that is, in reality, absolutely ridiculous to politically consider at the time of posting, even if you aren't necessarily saying nukes are going to drop.

Just knock it off with the nonsense. Also understand you are not obligated to post any and every thought in this thread just because it's a current event.

I'm looking at the anti-trans shit that is going on in Texas right now and it's identical to Russia. Horrifying.

[clothedmacuser]

OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATION

We have been getting a steady yet unending stream of reports ever since the invasion broke, so I want to reiterate the main two rules of this thread:

VERIFY YOUR SOURCES: If it's not from a reputable news outlet that anyone can go back and check behind, you risk a month to your account every time you post some random tweet. Rumor mongering about things you've heard on Twitter or Reddit, without actually posting a link, also falls under this rule.

NO FEAR MONGERING: Theorizing about how Putin may or may not decide to start WWIII is off limits. Just as well, if you are not politically inclined enough to discuss the implications of this invasion within reason, you may also be subject to a month-long ban if you accidentally post something that is, in reality, absolutely ridiculous to politically consider at the time of posting, even if you aren't necessarily saying nukes are going to drop.

Just knock it off with the nonsense. Also understand you are not obligated to post any and every thought in this thread just because it's a current event.

Queen has arrived.

 

[Propagandhim]

Nepenthe, the person who goes to routine protests with bullet proof vests and blackwater guards ready to unload their machine guns, does not want you to post fear mongering or anything "absolutely ridiculous to politically consider at the time of posting".


Play it tactical.

[ldcommando (notthegafone)]

Btw the new batman is a great resetera movie. They blame rich white males in one scene then later in the movie they a have "not all cops are bad" scene. That should generate some really nice articles/threads.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sam-elliott-slams-‘power-of-the-dog’-as-‘piece-of-s—-’-criticizes-its-‘allusions-of-homosexuality’.558010/page-2#post-82958290

He played the lead character, a 32yr old lifeguard in the movie "Lifeguard" from 1976, where he fucks an underage girl.  It is pretty gross stuff TBH.  I watched it just last year and I couldn't believe it was such a major plot in the movie.  The actress looked 15 too.

[Kevtones]

Nepenthe is about as programmed as those January 6th idiots.

[Polident Hive]

User Banned (Duration Pending Review): Dismissing Concerns of Appropriation; History of Concern Trolling and Inflammatory Commentary

PC Gamer had some pretty harsh words specifically around the representation:

Meanwhile, Shadow Warrior 3's idea of Japan is an unbroken sea of pagodas and Buddha statues, nestled in a landscape of mountain pillars that, to my untrained eye, seems inspired by photography of a distinctly Chinese karst range. It feels like just as much of an exaggerated parody as the soundtrack, or Lo Wang himself. I wouldn't expect true-to-life accuracy from any game, let alone one with double jumps. But it shouldn't leave me wondering, again, whether someone even thought to involve any of the real people from the real places being reduced to a hollow fantasyland.

I don't think the game cares. I think it's content with a Polish studio's homogeneous, nonspecific idea of what "Asian" looks like. I think it's comfortable knowing plenty of players will, even in the wake of a global rise in anti-Asian xenophobia, enjoy it without discomfort. After all, Lo Wang is the hero here. Isn't that a compliment?

In one cutscene, the camera pulls back to reveal Lo Wang's censored groin. Then he farts.

Shadow Warrior 3 is best experienced with dialog volume set to zero and subtitles turned off. It isn't malicious. It's tasteless. It's embarrassing, because it expects that you're the kind of person who'd enjoy it. Just play Doom 2016 instead.

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadow-warrior-3-review/

Nothing like a generic bearded white man telling me I'm a knuckle dragging idiot for being interested in a video game. Thanks, PC Gamer!

The Reviewer

[close]

It really seems like reviewers just find a new favorite criticism every once in a while and milk it to no end. Nothing about Shadow Warrior is meant to be authentic. It's a wild fantasy ride. We see Japanese games constantly do this with the west, like No More Heroes, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry and so on. Is this really something people in Japan take issue with or is it just a way for reviewers to signal that they're one of the good ones?

In the sake of fairness, people went on about how corny the westerners/Americans were on Squid Game. Don't think anyone was calling it cacphobia or whatever. But that's a Netflix production. Anyone outside of the Chinese audience watching Detective Chinatown 2 might have questions about how they choose to depict America.

[joeboy101]

User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory Generalization; Don't Conflate the actions of a Warmongering Regime with the General Population

The Russian society enabled this entire situation, they still have some power to do something, we can't act like "ah well let them live their lives like it's perfectly normal, they're innocent"

I never realized a nigh-insane dictator and a bunch of oligarchs were ever enabled by the lower and middle class.

I've thought about this a lot lately and my conclusion is that they are and they should rightfully be punished along with the ruling class through the sanctions.
Normal citizens are those committing massacres in Putin's army.
Normal citizens are those who uphold his regime by working in his corrupted law enforcement.
Normal citizens are the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, cousins of those who are pillars of the Putin regime and have not convinced their family to seek a different path.
They had 20 years of possible passive action they could have done to slowly erode Putin's regime, but they did not. They chose to be cogs in the wheel the whole time and/or did not raise or educate they families to avoid supporting their tyrant. As such I can't be bothered to be sorry for them. Inaction is the same as support.

Huh. Funny thing is if you swap Putin for systemic racism, this post will just have a march of 'truth' posts and bobbleheads nodding at it.

[Kurt Russell]

Nepenthe is about as programmed as those January 6th idiots.

At least they were funny though

[Tuckers Law]

Nepenthe is about as programmed as those January 6th idiots.

She’s definitely a Karen-in-denial.  With how aggressively self-centered she behaves no matter what grave injustice or tragedy is happening to others, and how quickly hostile she becomes when meeting resistance to her bigoted ways, it’s pretty clear.

Nepenthe, you’re not really black, you’re not really trans, you’re not even a disgusting furry.  Instead, what you really are is a delusional, racist Karen, and like most Karens, the most you will ever amount to is the life of a screeching harpy hell bent on introducing misery into the lives of others.

[SmokyDave]

She’ll make someone a good wife one of these days 

[HaughtyFrank]

Resetera missing out on a big outrage opportunity

https://nichegamer.com/aloy-has-fully-modeled-nipples/

[BisMarckie]

User Banned (1 Month): Platform Warring
Imagine Nintendo's position on this. They definitely care more about money and copyright infringement than war.