Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Nintex]

If being against mutilating children and dangerous and experimental surgeries and drugs is being a transphobe I'm with the transphobes. 

The Reddit posts of people losing their sex drive and regretting their transition are shocking to read but look up some results of these surgeries for the real horror show.
Look no further than Ellen Page to see someone who completely destroyed herself and probably her career with this nonsense. 
Transitioned from a cute Lesbian to a walking corpse and for what? To score more woke points?

[Uncle]

I am scared of them.

I'm not a transphobe.

I wish phobia hadn't been warped into "expresses even mild dislike"

[Uncle]

If being against mutilating children and dangerous and experimental surgeries and drugs is being a transphobe I'm with the transphobes.   

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wagner-leader-yevgeny-prigozhin-reported-dead-in-plane-crash.756517/
Of course Ree laughs at people's deaths.

[Nintex]

The media account you are sharing is a far right media that have posted some really bad stuff
especially when it comes refugees..
I’ve seen people on Era use as they cover the war on Ukraine but there surely are better sources that them out there.

Why don't you ask the Ukrainians what they think about refugees. Pro-tip don't ask the duolingo comedian.

[benji]

Ukraine would never betray the right side of history like Muslims* on a city council.

*radicalized by right-wing disinformation

[Boredfrom]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/wagner-leader-yevgeny-prigozhin-reported-dead-in-plane-crash.756517/
Of course Ree laughs at people's deaths.

Eh… these are genuinely horrible people, not even the “both sides of war” can exactly justify them.

Edit: Talking about Wagner.

[benji]

Calling off his advance on Moscow has to go down as one of the biggest military fuck ups of all time, right?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-review-thread-mc-really-good-oc-also-really-good-ac-is-back.756406/page-9#post-110874766

User Banned (1 month): Antagonising other member over multiple posts, long history of bans for antagonising and hostility

Guess numbers in titles are a thing now lmao. Def makes more sense for a game with a normal review period, but still a bit weird to see the new tradition form. Not gonna complain.

Anyways, this is sorta what I expected, but it’s simultaneously really annoying cause now I have no good excuse to ignore it lol. Things are way, way too packed this year. That Eurogamer 5/5 is a big shock in particular.

Also nice to see that it’s ‘only’ 30 or so hours long. Not sure I’d have been that into it if this were another 100+ hour behemoth like ER.

I guess now you can now drop your crusade against the scourge of review scores in titles. Lol

[PogiJones]

Transitioned from a cute Lesbian to a walking corpse and for what? To score more woke points?

She probably thought it would help her mental health as advertised. I think most people are sincere in their beliefs, and are trying to be good people and do the right thing according to their conscience. Her beliefs were corrupted by an anti-truth ideology, but they are still most likely her actual beliefs. You don't go through with such a nasty surgery unless you actually believe in it.

[benji]

Transitioned from a cute Lesbian to a walking corpse and for what? To score more woke points?

She probably thought it would help her mental health as advertised. I think most people are sincere in their beliefs, and are trying to be good people and do the right thing according to their conscience. Her beliefs were corrupted by an anti-truth ideology, but they are still most likely her actual beliefs. You don't go through with such a nasty surgery unless you actually believe in it.

Because the voices in his head said to:

[PogiJones]

It takes a lot for me to call someone crazy. Usually, a crazy belief is due to someone having mistaken assumptions rather than being crazy themselves. Tweaking assumptions can lead to wildly different beliefs. For example: Assuming the medical industry always has your best interest and is always more knowledgeable than you (because they're educated doctors and you can trust them; only crazy people don't trust them), well, suddenly it's easy to buy into their ideology that they're telling you, that your discomfort can be remedied by these "simple, tested" surgeries. The simple tweak in assumption from "sometimes trust your doctor" to "always trust your doctor" suddenly railroads you into an ideology. Even if it doesn't make sense to you, you just think, "Well, people are complicated, and these doctors have studied it way more than me, so who am I to try to say I'm right and they're wrong?" This is especially easy for people who are--while not necessarily full-on crazy--emotionally vulnerable. Including normal, healthy kids, because they're kids.

EDIT: Dang it, benji, you didn't include the images when I was writing this, so I thought you were making a snide remark. Now my mistaken assumption that your post was complete is making me look crazy. 

[books]

Chopping off your dick and creating a really deep belly button or attaching a butt-fat filled quesarito as a member are signs of insanity and/or American exceptionalism.

[benji]

EDIT: Dang it, benji, you didn't include the images when I was writing this, so I thought you were making a snide remark. Now my mistaken assumption that your post was complete is making me look crazy. 

Nope, always included the images. Have you considered that maybe you're just trans? Have you explored that?

[PogiJones]

I need a tool to screenshot something in the past 

[benji]

I need a tool to screenshot something in the past 

Most likely explanation is that images didn't load for some reason.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/erans-vent-about-your-recent-frustrations.756703/

I am getting a little tired of my family for making fun on what I do for exercise (I play DDR) , it’s working and I am losing weight so why does it matter how I do it?

[benji]

It’s my dad mostly and he’s really a super boomer , I think he just thinks that walking/jogging is the official way to exercise.

Lol I try not to see my dad often , he is a positive energy vampire…

Lol naw he won’t budge and trust me if you knew how my dad is you wouldn’t want to hang out with him :p

Uh...

[PogiJones]

I need a tool to screenshot something in the past 

Most likely explanation is that images didn't load for some reason.

Yep, it just did it again:

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://news.cision.com/m-o-b-a-network-ab/r/interim-report-2---1-january---30-june-2023--new-value-adding-partnership-agreements-and-successful-,c3821857

Interim report 2 - 1 January - 30 June 2023 - New Value-Adding Partnership Agreements and Successful Integration of Wargraphs S.A.S.

Wed, Aug 23, 2023 07:30 CET Report

Adjusted EBITDA increased by 160 percent compared to Q1 2023.

Summary quarter 2 - 1 APRIL 2023 – 30 JUNE 2023

• Net sales amounted to SEK 63.7 million (SEK 70.8 million).
  
• In the quarter, the company had costs linked to the acquisition of Wargraphs corresponding to SEK 5.4 million.
  
• Adjusted EBITDA amounted to SEK 7 million (SEK 8.9 million). *
  
• EBITDA amounted to SEK 1.6 million (SEK 8.9 million).
  
• Operating profit amounted to SEK 0.1 million (SEK 7.7 million).
  
• Profit before tax amounted to -4.5 MSEK (7 MSEK).
  
• Cash flow from current operations before changes in working capital amounted to SEK 0.1 million (SEK 11 million).
  
• Earnings per share during the quarter amounted to SEK -0.2 (SEK 0.3)
  

Summary 6 months - 1 JANUARY 2023 – 30 JUNE 2023

• Net sales amounted to SEK 119.3 million (SEK 138.2 million)
  
• In the period, the company had costs linked to the acquisition of Wargraph corresponding to SEK 5.4 million.
  
• Adjusted EBITDA amounted to SEK 9.7 million (SEK 17.3 million). *
  
• EBITDA amounted to SEK 4.3 million (SEK 17.3 million).
  
• Operating profit amounted to SEK 1.3 million (SEK 15.2 million).
  
• Profit before tax amounted to -4 MSEK (13.9 MSEK).
  
• Cash flow from current operations before changes in working capital amounted to SEK 2.7 million (SEK 19.1 million).
  
• Earnings per share during the period amounted to SEK -0.2 (SEK 0.6)
  

   * Adjusted EBITDA consists of operating profit before depreciation and amortization and adjusted for non-recurring costs.

Comment from the CEO

New Value-Adding Partnership Agreements and Successful Integration of Wargraphs S.A.S.

Adjusted EBITDA increased by 160 percent compared to Q1 2023.

With the acquisition of Wargraphs S.A.S., consolidated from June 1, we have onboarded a leading game service provider and developer of gaming applications that diversify our product range and drive revenues and profitability from day one. The revenues are primarily attributed to advertising sales through the leading game application, Porofessor, with approximately 800,000 daily users, and websites. The integration has proceeded as planned, and the bolstered operations show improved operational KPIs consistent with our expectations, even if the advertising market is currently challenging.

The founder of Wargraphs is now part of the M.O.B.A. team, contributing numerous ideas for new products and enhancements of the existing product portfolio, many of which have already been realized. As a further example of operational synergies, I wish to highlight that, in collaboration with the founder, subsidiary CriticalClick is actively developing the Porofessor app, which will lead to new extensive and global product launches in the future.

Challenging Comparative Quarter

Revenues for the quarter are at a satisfactory level, even if they represent a decline compared to the revenues from the same quarter last year, which was extraordinarily high – our best Q2 ever. Since then, the market situation has been volatile. However, revenues increased by 14% compared to Q1 2023, a combination of organic growth plus the one-month contribution by Wargraphs. The company's adjusted EBITDA (excluding transaction costs of 5.4 MSEK) increased between quarters, from 2.6 MSEK in Q1 to 7.0 MSEK in this quarter, representing a 160 percent increase. One of the quarter's highlights is a 20% traffic increase to our owned and operated websites.

The Market

Regarding the advertising market, we reiterate the analysis we made in the previous quarterly report: The global economic climate has negatively impacted the digital advertising market, while inflation and interest rates have led to increased costs and tighter margins. Long term, we are not concerned about the digital advertising market within gaming. Still, individual quarters may be adversely affected by the uncertain macroeconomic environment. We note that the gaming industry remains highly attractive, targeting a demographic that advertisers often find hard to reach. Previous experiences indicate that when the market recovers, it does so rapidly.

Several factors suggest our competitiveness and long-term growth remain unthreatened:

• The acquisition of Wargraphs has diversified our portfolio, making M.O.B.A. more competitive through increased differentiation and market penetration.

• In the coming quarters, Wargraphs will be fully consolidated, significantly strengthening both our revenues and profitability, and paving the way for additional organic and acquisition-based investments.

• Our assessment that all assets possess strong long-term growth potential remains unchanged.

Improved Agreements and Increased Investments

Our ability to engage the best partners and secure favorable deals is crucial to our success strategy. During the quarter, we made efforts to review and enhance several collaboration agreements. The most important new collaboration this quarter is the advertising agreement with Raptive. Announced in July, this will enhance our client offerings, leveraging Raptive's strong market position and ad technology. Furthermore, the agreement offers significantly improved terms, which in the long run will lead to increased profitability. This allows M.O.B.A. to transfer additional community websites to these enhanced terms over time as other contracts expire, solidifying our position as the leading consolidator within gaming communities.

We continue to invest in our organization and are in the process of several key recruitments focused on supporting the sales function and operational work. We look forward to welcoming these individuals, one of whom will be joining the executive team, in the near future.

Offer to Content Creators Strengthened by Agreement with MediaCube

Post-reporting period, M.O.B.A. entered into an agreement with MediaCube to boost UFG's future revenues. MediaCube, having developed a system named MCPAY, brings more features, increased direct sales, and an effective management service function. Starting September 1, 2023, MediaCube will assist with operational activities based on our requirements. The goal is to provide the best technical solutions for content creators and a dedicated sales team. We believe this will attract new content creators and reduce churn within UFG. Primarily, the agreement anticipates increased revenues and cost savings in the existing structure.

M.O.B.A. is the Leading Consolidator of Gaming Communities

Since its inception in 2018 and stock market listing in 2019, M.O.B.A. has experienced an annual growth of 70% and has always been profitable with strong cash flows. We continue to work towards solidifying our position in line with our growth strategy:

• M.O.B.A. is the leading consolidator within gaming communities, a relatively untapped market in the gaming industry.

• M.O.B.A. invests in games with a long history and a large player/fan base, yielding a positive network effect and strong SEO.

• M.O.B.A.'s goal is to grow both organically and through acquisitions, aiming to exponentially increase revenues with traffic volume.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the group's employees, management, board, and all shareholders for making this growth journey possible!

CEO, Björn Mannerqvist, August 23 2023

Significant events during the period 1 April 2023 – 30 June 2023, in brief

• On May 11, M.O.B.A. Network AB announced the successful placement of a senior secured bond loan with a volume of 25 million euros within a framework of 60 million euros, with a maturity of 3 years. The Bonds will carry floating rate interest of EURIBOR 3m plus 10,00 per cent per annum and were issued at par.
  
• The company completed the acquisition of Wargaphs S.A.S. on May 30. Wargraphs is a leading game service provider and game application developer that provides players with vital statistics and data for popular games such as League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. Wargraphs is a digital publisher with revenue primarily attributable to the sale of advertisements via its websites and its world-leading gaming application Porofessor, which has approximately 800,000 daily users. The company has been consolidated from June 1, 2023.
  
• The company, after acquiring Wargraphs on May 30, 2023, has been able to verify the cash position which has been built up from December 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. The company took over the company from December 1, 2022, but the company will be consolidated into the results from June 1, 2023. The cash position in Wargraphs amounts to 3.3 MEUR, compared to the previously estimated 2.0-2.5 MEUR communicated via press releases and the investor presentation for the bond. This means that the net debt of M.O.B.A. is lower than expected, which will also positively affect the acquisition analysis.
  
• The company held the Annual General Meeting on June 20, 2023. The AGM resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet and the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet. The AGM resolved to discharge all individuals who had served as Board members or CEO from liability for the administration of the company. The AGM resolved in favour of re-election of the board members Henrik Henriksson, Maria A. Grimaldi, Jonas Bertilsson och Manfred Gottschlich and Chairman of the Board Fredrik Burvall.
  
• The company published the bond prospectus and applied for admission to trading of bonds at Nasdaq Stockholm on June 30.
  

Significant events after the period 1 April 2023 – 30 June 2023

• The company signed a new ad agreement with US-based Raptive, which operates a global ad network and already manages the ad inventory for the community websites run by M.O.B.A.’s subsidiary Magic Find. The agreement gives M.O.B.A. the opportunity to transfer more community websites to the same improved terms over time as other contracts expire. The agreement significantly improves terms and will lead to increased earnings for M.O.B.A.
  
• The company announced a strategic partnership with Mediacube Worldwide aimed at further enhancing the revenue opportunities for Union for Gamers (UFG), the Youtube network owned and operated by M.O.B.A. Network. Through this partnership, M.O.B.A. Network will fortify its role within gaming communities and content creators, leveraging the outstanding expertise of Mediacube in content creator services and management of Youtube networks (MCN). Mediacube, a pioneering force in the Multi-Channel Network (MCN) realm, has taken significant steps towards optimizing income generation for content creators through its innovative service, MCPay. The collaboration will commence on September 1st and will involve Mediacube assisting in the operational aspects of Union for Gamers as per M.O.B.A. Network’s specifications. This change is geared towards delivering optimal technical solutions for content creators, including a dedicated sales team. M.O.B.A. Network anticipates that this change will attract new content creators and reduce churn within UFG. The collaboration is projected to lead to increased revenue while simultaneously generating cost savings within the existing structure.
  

Webcast

M.O.B.A. Network presents a webcast in regards to Interim report 2 2023, the webcast will be published on M.O.B.A’s website at 09.00 den 23 August 2023. Watch the webcast through the follwoing link: https://wearemoba.com/investor-relations/investor-information/presentations/

This disclosure contains information that M.O.B.A Network AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 23-08-2023 07:30 CET.

Stockholm 2023-08-23

Björn Mannerqvist, CEO

Mail: info@wearemoba.com

Web: https://wearemoba.com

Certified Adviser - FNCA Sweden AB

M.O.B.A Network AB acquires, develops and operates gaming communities for the global gaming market. The company owns one of the world's largest networks in gaming communities, with 20 web-based global brands and the YouTube network Union For Gamers (UFG) with over 1,000 content creators. The company's business areas consist of advertising sales on the company's communities and video sales via the YouTube network.

[benji]

The founder of Wargraphs is now part of the M.O.B.A. team, contributing numerous ideas for new products and enhancements of the existing product portfolio, many of which have already been realized. As a further example of operational synergies, I wish to highlight that, in collaboration with the founder, subsidiary CriticalClick is actively developing the Porofessor app, which will lead to new extensive and global product launches in the future.

The company announced a strategic partnership with Mediacube Worldwide aimed at further enhancing the revenue opportunities for Union for Gamers (UFG), the Youtube network owned and operated by M.O.B.A. Network. Through this partnership, M.O.B.A. Network will fortify its role within gaming communities and content creators, leveraging the outstanding expertise of Mediacube in content creator services and management of Youtube networks (MCN). Mediacube, a pioneering force in the Multi-Channel Network (MCN) realm, has taken significant steps towards optimizing income generation for content creators through its innovative service, MCPay. The collaboration will commence on September 1st and will involve Mediacube assisting in the operational aspects of Union for Gamers as per M.O.B.A. Network’s specifications. This change is geared towards delivering optimal technical solutions for content creators, including a dedicated sales team. M.O.B.A. Network anticipates that this change will attract new content creators and reduce churn within UFG. The collaboration is projected to lead to increased revenue while simultaneously generating cost savings within the existing structure.

Trust us, telling us your favorite multiplayer games will be worth it. 

[Rendle]

hachikoma sounds like a kiwifarms user trying to insist it's not a far right white nationalist nazi pedophile site, if you only just gave it a good honest try

I thought kf hated pedophiles?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/famitsu-persona-3-reload-exclusive-developer-interview-aigiss-aeon-social-link-confirmed-now-the-ultimate-way-of-experiencing-persona-3.756490/#post-110881726

You're missing out on the entire epilogue as well as the ability to choose your gender. Since the Male MC has no social links with any of the male party members, you're missing out on a ton of characterization.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/famitsu-persona-3-reload-exclusive-developer-interview-aigiss-aeon-social-link-confirmed-now-the-ultimate-way-of-experiencing-persona-3.756490/page-2#post-110889313

Honestly Atlus having a healthy enough female fanbase is secondary to my primary point that people are tired of this. And again, Atlus has shown with past credible evidence provided by them that they can do this. They have no excuses.

Excuse my presumption, but tbh most of this 'think of the poor devs and the work they'd have to put in!' I'm witnessing here feels like side-stepping the issue. They've done it prior, why is it suddenly so damn difficult now?

I promise I wouldn't even be here discussing this so fervently were this not a thread about a supposed 'Ultimate' edition lol. It's rather warranted in this case.

[benji]

Is this the new meme all the kids got the memo on?

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/erans-vent-about-your-recent-frustrations.756703/

I am getting a little tired of my family for making fun on what I do for exercise (I play DDR) , it’s working and I am losing weight so why does it matter how I do it?

Not going to fault the guy if it's working. More power King!

[Averon]

I've been thinking, and I've changed my mind regarding these online loonies. Every time I use a false pronoun for their sake, I die a little inside because I know it's a lie. Now, I'm willing to die a little inside for a family member or friend, but for these online message board lunatics who don't exist in my real life and will hate me anyway just because I don't think kids should be getting life-altering surgeries? Nah, not willing to die inside for these folks anymore. At most, I'll use the individual's name. At most. Not gonna use false pronouns anymore, and I'm not gonna use "they" since it's a crime against language clarity. I just realized every time I lied for them, I hated myself for it and those folks would just scream at me anyway.

These are the same people who were upset a rapist didn't succeed in gaming the system to get into a women's prison by declaring himself a woman in the middle of his trial. They would completely disregard women prisoner safety by putting a sexual predator in their ranks just to make themselves feel good about themselves. Don't feel bothered about you stop indulging their delusions/narcissism.

[Besticus Maximus]

I knew the people of gender were insane, but I did not realise they were trying to shame Ernst Rom for working with the Nazis

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/superman-vs-spider-man-whos-the-most-iconic.756394/page-3#post-110926585

This has the potential to be amazing, asianEra pops up saying how Spider-Man is more iconic there, im just waiting for some Yankee Doodle to be hit with dismissing concerns when they say how can you not know who Superman is

[HaughtyFrank]

I've been thinking, and I've changed my mind regarding these online loonies. Every time I use a false pronoun for their sake, I die a little inside because I know it's a lie. Now, I'm willing to die a little inside for a family member or friend, but for these online message board lunatics who don't exist in my real life and will hate me anyway just because I don't think kids should be getting life-altering surgeries? Nah, not willing to die inside for these folks anymore. At most, I'll use the individual's name. At most. Not gonna use false pronouns anymore, and I'm not gonna use "they" since it's a crime against language clarity. I just realized every time I lied for them, I hated myself for it and those folks would just scream at me anyway.

These are the same people who were upset a rapist didn't succeed in gaming the system to get into a women's prison by declaring himself a woman in the middle of his trial. They would completely disregard women prisoner safety by putting a sexual predatory in their ranks just to make themselves feel good about themselves. Don't feel bothered about you stop indulging their delusions/narcissism.

Isn't it fucked how they somehow show more sympathy to the rapist who wanted to be in a women's prison that that trans person who participated in January 6? When you declare the former a human's right issue and make jokes about the latter you have some fucked priorities