Journal of Other Forum Analysis

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I wonder if you would, like genuinely make an attempt to turn it around

though that would just align with banning all the main characters which everyone agrees is what needs to happen anyway, even if the healthy thing is the death of comedy

I won't have to ban anyone. I'm not going to ban anyone unless they post stuff that goes against very clearly defined rules of which there are few.

Under my leadership it would be like the good old days. You'd come home to post a few memes, watch a few trailers, learn some industry secrets and maybe dabble into some T&A, news or politics if you felt like it. Gaming would be the main thing but there wouldn't be any mandatory ideology or a set of ideals pushed on you. None of this 'holier than thou' shit. Back then your income didn't matter, it mattered that you could find all the skulls in HALO or some shit. 

What killed NeoGAF/ResetEra is conformity. We used to have gamers, journalists, yuropeans, americans, gays, japanese, conservatives, liberals, progressives, everyone together on the same board. You made fun of the Xboxers when the Xbox sold 3 units in Japan and then got laughed at when Nintendo charged $50 for a Super Mario All Stars ROM on a disk. However that was never the fault of 'capitalism' just company executives being retarded. 

We shared many great moments as a community and that is sadly not happening anymore on ResetEra. It could happen again if people made the right choice

Would you add Likes?

I'm pretty sure Resetera would thrive if everyone who didn't break any laws were unbanned and a like system put into place. Let it be the wild west.

There would be likes from DAY 1  

I know for a fact that many industry folks would like to have a place to vent and talk about the lay offs and current industry conditions within certain limits.

How things were going on the forum dictated my entire life. Would I eat? Would I sleep? Would I cancel my plans? Would I call in sick to work? Would I talk to my wife that night? My existing blood pressure problems began to agitate and worsen. I developed insomnia because I'd be afraid to go to sleep. I went on emergency health hiatus before my wedding. I couldn't continue to do something that had such a dramatic impact on my life that had nothing to do with my family. I could have kept going if I was stronger. But I wasn't. I had so much going on and something had to go. I retired due to my deteriorated condition and how much worse I would get if I didn't make a change.

I know exactly how much time and emotion it consumes to do this kind of work. It takes bravery. It takes sacrifice. It takes selflessness and compassion. It is prideless work. There is no such thing as a professional moderator. Nobody has the breadth of knowledge and context to address every single topic or situation with flawless judgment. We were just people, members of the community, trying their best for the benefit of everyone here. No decision is ever perfect, no situation is ever the same as one before it, and it never stops. However hard something hits you, or however long it took to resolve, the forum never stops. People always need you. There is always something happening somewhere. Doing that together for so long with so many people I cared so much about was one of the most enriching experiences of my life. But it was never, ever easy.

It's supposed to be fun Dubsy, that's what you lot forgot. Both with gaming and posting on video game boards. Palworld is fun because slave Pokemon with guns is fun. It was always about the fun, if it made us miserable most of us wouldn't do it. We were in class or at work killing some time and having a good time. It was more exciting to post about the latest Xbox sales figures from Japan or crazy Nintendo rumors than it was listening to some dumb lecture I completely forgot about already. I usually spend my time quality posting when I need to copy paste shit, send invoices, fill in calendars or do taxes or whatever. Simple as.

Even now I'm mostly having a laugh between 2 ZOOM meetings at Final Fantasy Transanity Genocides™ .
Look at that horrible new Batman game, where is the fun in Batman getting shot in a cutscene where he sits on a fucking bench?  

You are the Batman on that bench Dubsy.