Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rockstar-region-locking-gta-6-on-playstation-appears-to-mean-hundreds-of-countries-cant-legally-play-gta-6-after-purchasing-it.1587820/page-3#post-158440735

 User Banned (1 Week): Dismissive & Inflammatory Commentary

You're right that both Sony and Nintendo need to expand into new regions. Sony still have some European nations they have yet to enter and it's unacceptable. eShop actually exists in all of baltic nations. Other European regions such as Balkans, Caucasus and the rest of the Gulf needs official representation as well. They deserve it.

But.. for the rest... purchasing power is just too weak in some countries for console makers to enter. Nothing to gain and much to lose.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/actors-are-losing-roles-to-ai-knockoffs-of-themselves.1587937/#post-158443315

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Sinophobic Rhetoric

I'm guessing Chinese slop apps didn't go through SAG-AFTRA.

edit: This seems worth quoting.

Marsicek, who's acted in more than 25 verticals, said she didn't have any AI protections in her contracts and that, in general, they grant the producer broad editing permissions. These jobs are often nonunion and feature early-career actors, who worry about the risks of speaking out.
"You're thinking, OK, maybe they'll edit it to be horizontal instead of vertical," Marsicek said of the contract. "You don't think that their editing includes completely changing your likeness."

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot51-insert-t%C5%8Dkon.1575361/page-26#post-158197918

 User banned (2 weeks): Antagonistic behavior towards another member

If you (or anyone) hate this company so much and are so bitchy about doing any business with them... why are you in their ecosystem to begin with? Just leave, loudly or in silence, but leave if they're that untrustworthy and shady in your mind.

Glad im not the only one sick of smasher's constant complaining

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ghost-rider-announced-starring-ryan-gosling-and-directed-by-shawn-levy-coming-2028.1587322/page-8#post-158429752

 User Banned (1 Month): Antagonizing Fellow Members; History of the Same

Yes, really. Both are top tier superhero films and no, public sentiment has not soured on Superman. You might be on social media too much.

Wouldn't being on social media be more tapped into the zeitgeist?? You get so defensive I love it!!

But no mixture of real world and online impressions. And also the fact that it's pseudo sequel absolutely bombed.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-have-no-proof-but-i-think-the-spa-thats-in-my-neighborhood-is-a-happy-squeeze.1589530/#post-158505508

 User banned (1 week): attacking other posters

I usually reserve this type of offhand baseless comment for the people I'm with at the time, and not for the rest of the world online. You shared exactly 0 interesting details or anecdotes.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ghost-rider-announced-starring-ryan-gosling-and-directed-by-shawn-levy-coming-2028.1587322/page-8#post-158429752

 User Banned (1 Month): Antagonizing Fellow Members; History of the Same

Yes, really. Both are top tier superhero films and no, public sentiment has not soured on Superman. You might be on social media too much.

Wouldn't being on social media be more tapped into the zeitgeist?? You get so defensive I love it!!

But no mixture of real world and online impressions. And also the fact that it's pseudo sequel absolutely bombed.

God damn they got double banned 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-zelda-do-the-right-thing-sending-link-back-to-his-childhood-at-the-end-of-ocarina-of-time.1587967/page-2#post-158447983

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-having-friends-as-a-requirement-in-a-game-uniquely-too-far.1590379/

[Jansen]

I mean that's... kind of that. If it's the official staff position that people don't need to put spoiler tags on revealing who the killer is in Persona 5, a mystery that is meant to run throughout the majority of that game's runtime, even if they are posting that spoiler in an unrelated thread... then yeah, there's clearly nothing to discuss here. To be honest my prior argument was kind of built on the foundation that we would both agree that is out of line and clearly not okay.



I hate that and think it's terrible for a community but if I can at least have understanding that this will always be the case here, I will adjust my expectations accordingly. I'm also going to start putting A LOT more people on Ignore, something I have prided myself on never doing before. But if they openly spoil something I care about and I can't rely on moderation to deal with that, I will use the tools I must.







I mean the last few pages of this discussion have been intensely nasty. Day 1 I felt we were having good discussion from both sides of the debate. But the last few pages have had a huge uptick in people who were not interested in having the conversation, they were only interested in trying to make the conversation stop. Myself, and others, have routinely been mischaracterized and insulted. Keeping in mind that you directly said to me that you were open to a good argument and willing to engage in good faith, then people come in and say that we're wrong for trying to make our argument, I understand why someone would get frustrated and call that a drive-by.



Especially when posts like these were allowed to fly:


The attempts at browbeating moderation into doing what they want is pretty obvious now.
Trying to frame it as "just asking questions" is disingenuous at best.

are you being fucking serious lol, has this been some extended Andy Kaufman type bit of faux outrage? A real person cannot be this bad faith and disingenuous for this long. Incredible stuff.

One could never conceive of the depths your machinations must go.






It is very clear to me that some people feel emboldened by being on the same "side" as the mods, so we get stuff like the above.

Then in the last few pages we also have had tons of backseat modding and further attempts to paint us as some hysterical mob frothing at the mouth that you didn't do exactly what we wanted when we wanted. As opposed to people arguing our position, a thing you personally invited us to do.



But, whatever. I'd like to reiterate my request to be threadbanned from this thread for the remainder of the year.

I do not want to post in this thread anymore but I have self control issues when someone actually makes me upset and the above three posts absolutely did that (and the third one wasn't even about me, it was just really fucking rude for no reason, but that poster has been really fucking rude for reason the entire time th
is has gone on, sooo....)

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-having-friends-as-a-requirement-in-a-game-uniquely-too-far.1590379/

I thought this was an echoes thread.

[BIONIC]

Bdumbs plz don’t ban for the lolz

[Hap Shaughnessy]

It is very clear to me that some people feel emboldened by being on the same "side" as the mods, so we get stuff like the above.

Then in the last few pages we also have had tons of backseat modding and further attempts to paint us as some hysterical mob frothing at the mouth that you didn't do exactly what we wanted when we wanted. As opposed to people arguing our position, a thing you personally invited us to do.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ps5-pro-at-its-original-msrp-was-a-fantastic-value-even-at-its-new-msrp-its-still-a-pretty-great-value-lessons-fr-building-a-cheap-pc-4-fun.1590409/

Shill

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-having-friends-as-a-requirement-in-a-game-uniquely-too-far.1590379/

   

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-high-school-dropout-hiring-diplomats-for-trump%E2%80%99s-state-department.1590310/

Andrew Crapuchettes

I really cannot fathom how to pronounce his last name, so I will just call him Mr. Crap.

Crapshoots

                    Making Fun of Ethnic Names

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/community-discussion-thread-2026.1432741/post-158538874

B-Dubs typed this with a straight face without a hint of irony or self-awareness:

People are constantly trying to get discussion they don't personally like shut down and that's no way for an Internet forum to run.

[Boredfrom]

"The Rebels attacked the Death Star because of the Empire's political views"

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

 https://www.resetera.com/threads/reuters-prosecutors-say-charlie-kirk-was-attacked-for-his-politics-cite-anti-lgbt-views.1590502/

Suddenly ERA doesn’t understand “establishing a motive” in a prosecution.

[Nintex]

So...he's just stalking her *in case* she decides to post a hot take while tootsiemogging? Hero shit ngl.

Thank you darling you've made some great points finally a REAL conservative voice!!! 

[Daffy Duck]

the lord of the cum

It began with the spooging of the Great Cums.

Three cums were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings.

Seven cums to the Dwarf-Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls.

And nine, nine cums were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire cum.

For within these cums was bound the strength and the will to govern each race.

But they were all of them deceived, for another cum was made.

Deep in the land of Mordor, in the Balls of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron churned a master cum, and into this cum he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.

One cum to rule them all.

One cock ring to rule them all

[Boredfrom]

"Better things are not possible" the thread

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-small-band-of-socialists-is-sowing-panic-in-the-democratic-party.1589881/page-4#post-158542219

Moara when talking about Hasan friends and contacts:

Hasan has memed on the guy for so long that it's hard for me to see it being a contentious interview, but hope I'm wrong

 Him having a silly goofy session with this guy would not be a good look at all tbh. He is a full blown nazi.

Yeah I agree, but Hasan tends to be charitable to a fault at times. Sometimes to people that don't deserve it, especially if they aren't outright hostile to him

Better things are not possible.  


https://www.resetera.com/threads/hasan-piker-ot-oh-your-such-a-big-man-hasan.321886/page-76
“Why the establishment thinks we are a bunch of idiots without principles?”

[Besticus Maximus]

Wow, I can’t believe that someone would accuse the trans discord neets of being vengeful, we must leave the forum in droves, who’s with me? Temporarily of course

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/democrats-toughen-their-midterm-message-‘hold-the-crooks-accountable’-jeffries-tackling-the-affordability-crisis-alone-will-not-be-enough.1590472/

How about the "Stop supporting Israel" message?

Hey, Clicky, why aren’t you, and the rest of progressive ERA, discussing this? 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/july-25-2026-one-dead-several-with-life-threatening-injuries-after-car-driven-into-crowd-at-berlin-pride.1587259/page-4

Feels like every single asshole that defended violent riots or decapitations in Europe suddenly cannot even say “man, this is horrible”. Shouldn’t this concern you? You made not secret being a TransWoman that is afraid for her own security.

[Nintex]

"We must also deliver accountability in the face of rampant corruption in Washington, D.C., the likes of which we have never seen in our nation's 250-year history."
Painting the issue broadly, Jeffries vowed to crack down on price gouging by corporations; ban the president, vice president and members of Congress from trading stocks, and "clean up the mess at the United States Supreme Court."

The Likes of Which We Have Never Seen!!  

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/reuters-prosecutors-say-charlie-kirk-was-attacked-for-his-politics-cite-anti-lgbt-views.1590502/page-2#post-158546809

And one thing conservatives are fucking horrible at is dealing with cognitive dissonance and actions that equivocate them with those they deem inferior...

[HaughtyFrank]

 Him having a silly goofy session with this guy would not be a good look at all tbh. He is a full blown nazi.

Yeah I agree, but Hasan tends to be charitable to a fault at times. Sometimes to people that don't deserve it, especially if they aren't outright hostile to him

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hasan-piker-ot-oh-your-such-a-big-man-hasan.321886/page-76

God they're such disingenous fucks. Hasan doesn't like the guy because he's "charitable to a fault" he likes the nazi guy because the nazi gay happens to share his world views

Edit: I was about to edit the typo "nazi gay" but then I remembered I'm an ally

[Jansen]

It's literally all they've done in here for days now, so probably not.







I already explained why I was requesting the threadban rather than just not open this thread in a previous post. While I'm not as upset as I was before, it's still a self-control issue. Removing the option is the only way now. They've done it for me before. I don't actually think there's a reason why it was ignored but it's funny to say B-Dubs values my posts is the reason.



Also I was setting B-Dubs up for the slam dunk joke of threadbanning me for "misrepresenting staff" 
lol

BDubs is torturing this fool

[Boredfrom]

There's a woman in it and Cortana's face isn't DLSS 5 yaasified, so it's woke and chopped and beta cuck and unc or whatever and nobody's going to buy it.

I see people don't like it because it's "woke".

I worry about what happens to these idiots when video games die and they don't have any message boards or zombies to take out their aggression out on anymore.

Fucking social media brain rot, they think is because the CHUDS rather than being a mid remake of a game you can buy at cheap discount on Steam.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/halo-campaign-evolved-opens-to-25k-concurrent-players-peak-on-steam.1590157/

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/#post-158526034

 User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/#post-158526055

User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

We need to bring them back in force.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/#post-158526292

 User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

One can hope. World would be a far better place

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-2#post-158534536

 User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

This, every time.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-2#post-158534764

 User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-2#post-158542306

User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

Seriously. Ta hell with decorum, they clearly don't give a fuck.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-2#post-158542381

 User banned (2 weeks): Advocating violence

This is the way

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-3#post-158548903

 User banned (1 month): Advocating violence, prior ban for the same behavior

was banned for this exact thing but you're fucking spot on

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eg-after-laying-off-battlefield-6-devs-ea-boss-andrew-wilsons-bonus-rose-8m-to-38m-last-year-thanks-to-the-games-success.1590076/page-3#post-158549995

Really, this gets you banned?

Yes, you literally cannot be posting about how you think people need to be murdered. This sort of thing puts the entire community at risk.

[BIONIC]

Is B-Dubs an actual moron? Shit gets said on Twitter Reddit and 4Chan and god knows where else that’s 100x worse every hour of the day for literal decades now and they’re trucking along just fine. No one curr about your shit ass kideo game forum to put it at “risk”

[Boredfrom]

One can hope. World would be a far better place

Progressive forum that bitches about moderates not liking “police abolition”.

[HaughtyFrank]

Is B-Dubs an actual moron? Shit gets said on Twitter Reddit and 4Chan and god knows where else that’s 100x worse every hour of the day for literal decades now and they’re trucking along just fine. No one curr about your shit ass kideo game forum to put it at “risk”

It's very funny that dumb memes cross the line for him but all the justifying of blowing Kirk away is okay.