Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[benji]

but i've never heard a case where a transwoman got raped by another transwoman. 

Dude just out here admitting he doesn't listen to trans women who regularly accuse each other of this. And it's two words if you aren't using it as a dog whistle, fascist.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-5-intermission-keys-more-like-uhhmmm-i-got-nothing-today.962805/page-1785#post-140564790

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nabpxh57dor5jlxw6cyxfpog/post/3lqagggijus2u

Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids.

He needs to put down his copies of The Boys by Garth Ennis  
 

Lol wtf I don't remember this

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-still-listen-to-podcasts-these-days-have-your-habits-changed-over-time.1201593/

I was a podcast early adopter. This American Life

Not a podcast, it's a radio show that goes back to 1995. How did his algorithms miss that in the Google results?

[Jansen]

What a piece of human garbage

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-5-intermission-keys-more-like-uhhmmm-i-got-nothing-today.962805/page-1785#post-140564790

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nabpxh57dor5jlxw6cyxfpog/post/3lqagggijus2u

He needs to put down his copies of The Boys by Garth Ennis  
 

Lol wtf I don't remember this

Tek Knight's asteroid sex hallucination plotline didn't carry over to the show

[StandingOvation]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-designs-for-the-mid-season-precures-of-you-idol-precure-have-come-out.1202037/

The fixation some of these male 30/40-somethings have with an anime designed squarely for Japanese girls at single-digit ages will never stop being super uncomfortable.

[Lonewulfeus]

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What a piece of human garbage

At least he’s playing 2025s GoTY

[Jansen]

https://bsky.app/profile/jael.bsky.social/post/3lqcpx6a4hc2u

People of Gender assemble! Your favorite Avatar is under attack.

[benji]

At least he’s playing 2025s GoTY

Playing games instead of organizing? While a genocide's happening? And also Gaza?

[Jansen]

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What a piece of human garbage

At least he’s playing 2025s GoTY

What about food tho. Their BSky pinned skeet says they need money for food, not videogames!

Watch they'll have a switch 2 courtesy of a "gf" soon.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-shows-signs-of-cognitive-decline-says-speech-expert.1201899/

Bro the cognitive decline has been happening for years. Probably from McDonald's and that pesky thing called aging.

[Rendle]

but i've never heard a case where a transwoman got raped by another transwoman. 

Dude just out here admitting he doesn't listen to trans women who regularly accuse each other of this. And it's two words if you aren't using it as a dog whistle, fascist.

I'm going to take this as a learning moment, although I don't like what i've learned and I hope it's never applicable in my life ever again.

[simiansmarts]

What about food tho. Their BSky pinned skeet says they need money for food, not videogames!

Watch they'll have a switch 2 courtesy of a "gf" soon.

 
Four doordash meals a day 
RTX 5090 
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World 
5 or 6 Gundam figurines
The collector's edition of [insert latest RPG here] 
 
Just the bare essentials every woman needs to survive! Donate to her mutual aid so you can see a lovely marginalized queer woman flourish!

[Taco Bell Tower]

He needs to put down his copies of The Boys by Garth Ennis  
 

Lol wtf I don't remember this

Tek Knight's asteroid sex hallucination plotline didn't carry over to the show

OH, I remember now from early issues.  Thanks!

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-designs-for-the-mid-season-precures-of-you-idol-precure-have-come-out.1202037/

The fixation some of these male 30/40-somethings have with an anime designed squarely for Japanese girls at single-digit ages will never stop being super uncomfortable.

First post

Dude these designs are sick as hell, I gotta jump in on Precure like ASAP

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-shows-signs-of-cognitive-decline-says-speech-expert.1201899/

Bro the cognitive decline has been happening for years. Probably from McDonald's and that pesky thing called aging.

American voters were so concerned about Biden's cognitive decline that they ignored voting for someone 20 years younger and sharp as tack to elect somone only 3 years younger than Biden and showing cognition decline with his rambling speeches

[benji]

[Taco Bell Tower]

Yet he posts at the Nazi Twitter site 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I don't know if i should engage with this because maybe you're trolling,



But you know 70 million people in the US voting for Trump for a host of different reasons, doesnt prove the statement "most people are good" wrong... right?



the idea that we are inherently bad or selfish comes from thinkers who thought God needed to give us morals because we had none otherwise. And these lines of thought have been propped up by religions and various right wing ideologies. We based game theory on this idea and built ideologies on top to reinforce it.



If you read some philosophy you can find all kinds of different ideas relating to morality. Or you can find plenty of sociologists that disagree with this as well.

I don't think we're integrally bad as in born bad. Or good. That's religious nonsense.



By most measures we are for the most part a product of our environment. That doesn't change a single thing I said. I'm not talking about a genetic predisposition towards bad; I'm talking about how we actually seem to be and actually act, in life, and in policy, consistently. We are for the most part a very selfish and very stupid people, and it doesn't help anyone to pretend otherwise.



It's why such things like vaccine mandates have to exist. In any normal society with vaguely thinking people, that wouldn't be necessary. Sometimes you have to actually force people to help themselves and their communities. I don't happen to think people who need those to act in a sensible way there are literally mentally retarded; I think they've been given dreadful information throughout their lives. Nature vs nurture.



"If you read some philosophy." Oof. Like who? Cause most of the ones you're probably familiar with would agree with that entirely. I'd be genuinely surprised if you could name one who supports your view, whatever that even is. I guess you'd need them to articulate it for you.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-where%E2%80%99s-antifa.1123245/page-3#post-136533321

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Ableist Rhetoric. Ban upgraded to permanent after hostility to staff through tickets.

[nachobro]

statements definitely made by true and honest women

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lies-of-p-is-getting-difficulty-options-to-make-the-soulslike-more-accessible.1195941/page-13#post-140370756

 User banned (3 weeks): Antagonism and metacommentary over multiple posts. Long history of hostility.

i've had my fill of one on one pissing contests ITT, which is probably what you want as you keep telling people to quote the whole thread.

its all there for people to read.

Yeah it's indeed all there for people to read that people like you just been strawmanning against ghosts the entire time. Meanwhile everyone can read that the majority of people are supporting the change, even those that display some sort of opposition aren't even opposed to it happening here and just expressing a preference of it not happening to fromsoft games. Truly what a pissing contest that is.

Meanwhile the one person that threw a major embarrassing tantrum going as far as stating that developers that don't implement difficulty options are bad developers decided to delete themselves. Feels like it's only one side truly pissing themselves all over the place to me because everything has to be according to their preference and everything else is bad.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lies-of-p-is-getting-difficulty-options-to-make-the-soulslike-more-accessible.1195941/page-17#post-140521596

 User banned (3 weeks): Low effort hostile drive-by. Metacommentary over multiple posts. Prior bans for similar behavior

NO! It's not the same unless everybody is FORCED to play the game at the difficulty I want to, accessibility be damned. It' all about ME and my 'hardcore gamer' cred!

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I'm not reading 17 pages of this shit, but I'm sure there's a few takes like that somewhere in the thread

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lies-of-p-is-getting-difficulty-options-to-make-the-soulslike-more-accessible.1195941/page-17#post-140522820

 User Banned (2 Weeks) - Ableist rhetoric and dismissive commentary

"shared experience" isnt diminished in any way by adding adjustable difficulty or even blanket easy modes. "developer vision" is not some sacret thing that should be protected to the detriment of people with limited ability. (or limited skill, or limited patience, or limited time, or limited-whatever-the-fuck-else) the value of "developer vision" is incomparable to the value of eliminating discrimination.

but everybody knows this, of course they do. those "arguments" are nothing but absurd red herrings they have to use because it would be too obvious to say "i dont want easy modes in my dark souls"

ahaha now I'm pretty sure you're trolling. Exactly backwards.

People with "limited ability" (or limited skill, or limited patience, or limited time, or limited-whatever-the-fuck-else) are not some sacred thing that should be protected to the detriment of developer vision. 

And my post above is proven true by how people are responding to it. Almost prophetic.

Great that Lies of P is doing this. It's the bare minimum. From SHOULD be doing this too, otherwise they don't care about accessibility. Simple as that. 'Gamers' gonna gatekeep though I suppose

hey cool, what else you want to make up? have people been screaming slurs at you in here? threats of violence? Plenty of windmills you can tilt at!

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I feel like you're just asking for Dead or Alive, but it says "For Lesbians" on the box and doesn't have volleyball. I'm fairly certain straight men would still be attracted to scantily clad heavily sexualized women even if it had "WLW vibes", it wouldn't suddenly stop being a gooner game.

Capcom confirm Cammy lesbian/after I realized I was a lesbian/I have a crush on this fighting game character/I have a crush on this cartoon villain/hey WLW of resetera/recommend me some WLW fiction/please don't be lewd in my thread about how sexually attracted I am to video game characters...

It does get a little old after a while.

 S1 User Banned (1 Month): Dismissive Commentary Around Representation: Antagonizing Fellow Members

 User Banned (Permanent): Dismissive Commentary Around Representation: Antagonizing Fellow Members, doubling down in tickets

[benji]

In regard to not banning Xbox games discussion, great post by WildEagle in a thread on the OT side:

But that's literally the point, the admin and mods have the power in this forum, the reason why a lot of people here migrated from GAF when that place crumble was because this place was meant to be a safe space. Why do the admins and mods think they have to fight the broader internet rather than continue to foster the community that it was supposed to be its foundation?

People in real life are willing to lose their job to stand for what they believe in. Majority of posters in that MS/Linux thread are doing what they can to purge themselves of anything MS related. Why can't the Admins who has the power to fight and stand against genocide can't even do a simple thing like banning MS discussions? Is it because the fear of losing traffic? If it is, just say so. Don't give a half-baked excuse that you are fighting the broader internet when Resetera was built to be the safe space for the marginalized community but when push comes to shove, the solution has always been half-baked to not lose the traffic that the site gets from it users.

 

User Banned (Permanent): Continuing to use a sensitive topic for console wars after initial severe ban in the thread for the same behavior. Edit: Upgraded to a perm after sending abuse to staff via tickets

I think this is fair, although personally I would also like it if threads that are basically just "this Microsoft game is on sale" or "this game was added to Game Pass" was limited to some larger OT or something.

I sort of agree. I feel like there has been periods where a disproportionate number of threads on Xbox/Game Pass have had quite ad-like in qualities. Might make sense to regulate those.

Might also be appropriate to ban some of the most obvious fanboys masquerading as journalists as sources.

Xbox has been my main platform for 17 years. I'd be fine with banning MS/Xbox related topics and discussions altogether tbh.

It's not just about the genocide which is clearly the biggest issue here, it's about a variety of issues. These big tech companies have really gone out of their way to show their ass since Americans voted the orange wannabe dictator back into office.

For example: As a German it really rubs me the wrong way that they're promoting/platforming a billionaire who is actively working to destroy democracies by investing, promoting and campaigning for fascist political parties who want to overthrow their governments.

I'm just sick of it.

In any case one should be constantly reminded of the evil shit a company like Microsoft is doing, whether it's by a banner in every thread or by banning MS related discussion altogether.

I agree. The action itself would be a big enough statement to get people talking about it. And that more than anything is what the issue needs.

Well said. And this is pretty much where my sentiments land too. I've taken small steps in my own personal use cases to decouple myself from Microsoft. Deactivating my GamePass sub, cancelling 365, installing Ubuntu on my (fairly) old Surface Laptop - with Win10 support ending, there's never been a better time to do so.

My feelings on all of this is too much to cram in a post. But suffice it to say, seeing all of these companies, Microsoft in particular, reinforce every negative attitude toward their company garnered over the decades has been eye opening. Their complicity in this genocide has been the final crack in the dam for me. Outside of work, I'll probably never use a MS product in my daily life again.

Totally agreed, and as a migrant living in Germany promoting that shitstain of a human after what he did is just another in a long list of reprehensible actions.

If the site wont take a stand generally, at least it could put an end to "hype threads" or other threads which only serve to act as advertising.

I try to join in with the various communities, I liked my consoles well enough, I just bought a series X (used) about 6 weeks ago to play old games I have physically. But its just too much to feel comfortable doing so any more. I'm even looking at how to get win11 off my home PC (which admittedly I dont use often versus my macbookair)

I'm glad you brought that up. I'm gonna be real with y'all, a complete ban of Microsoft is simply not feasible. We may as well just shut down the site at that point. They're too large of a presence in the gaming industry and we are a gaming forum.

However, going forward, every Xbox OT, Game Pass OT, and Xbox Game Studios game OT will have an info banner with information about the issues, and links to the relevant threads (this one and the one on the Etc side). We will make sure that the visibility of the issues is front and center.

I have the highest appreciation and respect for you, your team and all the fellow members who are doing their best on this critical issue. I am very grateful for this community.

I'm glad you brought that up. I'm gonna be real with y'all, a complete ban of Microsoft is simply not feasible. We may as well just shut down the site at that point. They're too large of a presence in the gaming industry and we are a gaming forum.

However, going forward, every Xbox OT, Game Pass OT, and Xbox Game Studios game OT will have an info banner with information about the issues, and links to the relevant threads (this one and the one on the Etc side). We will make sure that the visibility of the issues is front and center.

This is great work man! Era on the right side of history

I'm glad you brought that up. I'm gonna be real with y'all, a complete ban of Microsoft is simply not feasible. We may as well just shut down the site at that point. They're too large of a presence in the gaming industry and we are a gaming forum.

However, going forward, every Xbox OT, Game Pass OT, and Xbox Game Studios game OT will have an info banner with information about the issues, and links to the relevant threads (this one and the one on the Etc side). We will make sure that the visibility of the issues is front and center.

Thank you!

I'm glad you brought that up. I'm gonna be real with y'all, a complete ban of Microsoft is simply not feasible. We may as well just shut down the site at that point. They're too large of a presence in the gaming industry and we are a gaming forum.

However, going forward, every Xbox OT, Game Pass OT, and Xbox Game Studios game OT will have an info banner with information about the issues, and links to the relevant threads (this one and the one on the Etc side). We will make sure that the visibility of the issues is front and center.

I think that's a fair move to make.

The right side of history is when you put your owners personal monetary profit over genocide.

For any further questions, please consult this chart for the relative importance of things:
1. Video Game Forum Revenue
2. Genocide
3. Voting Against Trump
4. Banning Nazi Bar Patrons

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-official-russian-military-game-depicting-invasion-of-ukraine-released-on-steam-as-yunarmy-propaganda.1201407/#post-140605287

 User banned (1 week): drive-by trolling

No difference from Call of Duty being American propaganda.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-official-russian-military-game-depicting-invasion-of-ukraine-released-on-steam-as-yunarmy-propaganda.1201407/page-3#post-140613894

 User banned (1 week): drive-by thread derail

Can't wait for the Israeli genocide in Gaza dlc, from the POV of the IDF

[DavidCroquet]

What a piece of human garbage

Not even trying to be anything but obvious. (for those who aren’t aware, this is a very early part of the game)

[benji]

General Guide to ResetEra Ethics:
 The original creator tweeting about trans women.
 An ingame ad that exploits/fetishizes trans women in a dystopian cyberpunk world.
 A joke on Twitter about women.
 Supplying essential technology to slaughter 14,000 Palestinian babies every 48 hours.
 Criminal investigations and civil lawsuits over sexual harassment leading to suicide.
 Using slave labor to produce consumer electronics.

[Taco Bell Tower]

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[Jansen]

Era on the right side of history

Yup. Y'all are going down in the history books for sure.

[simiansmarts]

I feel like you're just asking for Dead or Alive, but it says "For Lesbians" on the box and doesn't have volleyball. I'm fairly certain straight men would still be attracted to scantily clad heavily sexualized women even if it had "WLW vibes", it wouldn't suddenly stop being a gooner game.

Capcom confirm Cammy lesbian/after I realized I was a lesbian/I have a crush on this fighting game character/I have a crush on this cartoon villain/hey WLW of resetera/recommend me some WLW fiction/please don't be lewd in my thread about how sexually attracted I am to video game characters...

It does get a little old after a while.

 S1 User Banned (1 Month): Dismissive Commentary Around Representation: Antagonizing Fellow Members

 User Banned (Permanent): Dismissive Commentary Around Representation: Antagonizing Fellow Members, doubling down in tickets

 
 
Another one bites the dust for daring to speak out against Echoes' derange postings

[Jansen]

I don't think era is going to like what they'll be remembered for though