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

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

uhm I just like females as my lead character because I like staring at their asses 

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/street-fighter-6-ot-round-4-once-more-with-healing-switch-2-version-season-3-launch.1206345/page-197#post-144628788

Put in my ticket for account deletion earlier today. The staff says the process takes 30 days, but I'll be banned pending deletion soon. I suppose whenever they get back around to it.

Before that happens, I just want to say this ain't some self-righteous "fuck all y'all." I value this community. I think y'all are—hands down—the best people to talk fighting games with on the internet. I've been chatting, arguing, and making unwise avatar bets with y'all for years because y'all cool people that I genuinely respect.

And I don't necessarily think boycotting Evo or fighting games is the right move. This is not some grand sacrificial statement on my behalf. SonicFox made a beautiful vow to keep being the best fighting game player on the planet and wave their Pride flag at Evo in MBS' fucking face. To which I say hell yeah. That's the energy the community needs going forward.

I just don't know if I have that energy, you feel me? I think about our friend lucebuce, who was one of my favorite folks here and funnier than most of us combined. And how she felt less welcome in this space with SNK games being openly discussed. Games owned by the de facto leader of a country that imposes capital punishment on people like her. She felt she had to leave, but my ass stuck around and kept enjoying these games and this scene that I have the privilege to enjoy without persecution. And I guess there's only so much cognitive dissonance I can handle.

I'm passionate about this scene because as a Black man I feel like I belong in it, which is extremely rare for a gaming community. I want the FGC to grow, but not just to see the pot sizes get larger. I want more people to feel like they belong too. So I can buss they ass online.

Anyways, I appreciate y'all.

Y'all

thank you for this post 

[wsippel]

I feel like everyone has been saying "haha wow ok yeah they started this game around the time covid started and are only just now releasing it" for 5 years now, and will keep saying it for the next 5...and 10...and 20...

they're not giving it up

we already had some internal documentation that various studios were gonna keep doing "woke" but just change all the terminology and hide it better deep within the game so you keep getting exposed to Good Boy Concepts, you just don't know until you've already bought it and you're 3 hours in

Garbage like Dustloop, Relooted or Go North is different. Those projects are just grant money syphons, usually paid for by European taxpayers. Everybody knows that trash is going to crash and burn, but nobody cares. Entirely reactionary with zero cultural impact. It's just a grift.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-future-of-xbox-your-console-your-work-pc-your-entire-game-library.1292109/page-2#post-144891993

 User banned (1 week): thread derail and meta commentary

I don't understand why administration of the board isn't outright banning MS/Xbox talk at this point. This is silly.

[Potato]

I feel like everyone has been saying "haha wow ok yeah they started this game around the time covid started and are only just now releasing it" for 5 years now, and will keep saying it for the next 5...and 10...and 20...

they're not giving it up

we already had some internal documentation that various studios were gonna keep doing "woke" but just change all the terminology and hide it better deep within the game so you keep getting exposed to Good Boy Concepts, you just don't know until you've already bought it and you're 3 hours in

Garbage like Dustloop, Relooted or Go North is different. Those projects are just grant money syphons, usually paid for by European taxpayers. Everybody knows that trash is going to crash and burn, but nobody cares. Entirely reactionary with zero cultural impact. It's just a grift.

I didn't write that.

[Nintex]

My Nigga alucardx23 spend more time typing out a new strategy for Xbox than Phil Spender and GamePass momma ever did



Meanwhile at Xboax

This is an xbox that goes vroom

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/after-all-of-this-is-done-the-us-needs-a-new-flag.1291149/page-3#post-144887280

If all of the white people who are the actual problem aren't getting vaporized along with the flag, I don't see the point.

Otherwise they'll wave whatever the fuck it looks like. Ban flags altogether and they'll just make their effigies out of our flayed bodies.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/after-all-of-this-is-done-the-us-needs-a-new-flag.1291149/page-3#post-144888990

What the fuck are you talking about?

Which sentence are you struggling to comprehend?

My apologies I guess I do have struggles with reading comprehension. Perhaps you can explain the part about flayed bodies? I mean I may not have made it clear but I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. Up to you to not call out my comprehension though boss.

If we want to change the flag, first we have to kill every white person. Normal, healthy forum!

[DocWager]

To be fair… The way things have gone this past month, I don’t think the symbolism of the flag will hold up in a year, or two.

[HardcoreRetro]

I remember cracking my eggs in between a folding stool. 

Surprisingly it didn't turn me into a lady. It did make me speak high pitched for a bit.

[kaleidoscopium]

User banned (3 days): Accusations of schilling

Why does this read like an ad?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-future-of-xbox-your-console-your-work-pc-your-entire-game-library.1292109/page-3#post-144892461

[DavidCroquet]

To be fair… The way things have gone this past month, I don’t think the symbolism of the flag will hold up in a year, or two.

It we changed the flag every time we had a retarded president we’d be on our 47th flag right now.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mexico-will-impose-an-additional-8-tax-on-violent-video-games.1292523/

[Boredfrom]

Obviously, the situation in my country is terrible when it comes to drug trafficking and illegal firearms, but will this really stop people from buying those games? Should other countries adopt this measure as well?

¿Qué tiene que ver eso con el narcotrafico? Pendejo.

[BIONIC]

May these misguided individuals have the veil of degeneracy lift from their eyes. May the "pride" flag be banned from EVO. May these "eggs" never crack and instead find their way to Allah. Inshallah, please let all these come to be.

Saudi Arabia be the guiding light to these misguided people. 

Ameen.

[Propagandhim]

Little bro is so proud of his shots at the chuds on the nazi website that he has a special twitter widget on his Twitch (when are you gonna stream, Zeo?!)

[DavidCroquet]

May these misguided individuals have the veil of degeneracy lift from their eyes. May the "pride" flag be banned from EVO. May these "eggs" never crack and instead find their way to Allah. Inshallah, please let all these come to be.

Saudi Arabia be the guiding light to these misguided people. 

Ameen.

Always Ana Valens in the mix on this shit. Good lord, log off.

[kaleidoscopium]

Zeo attempting to little bro someone because he heard Hassan say it… 

[BIONIC]

Speaking of ban records, I got a question about that. Let’s say I’m a model citizen for the next I dunno 12 months and somehow avoid droppin my hat. Does that get you like a point off your record? Does it get taken into account for the next ban or do the ban lengths have a linear upward kinda path where there’s not much you can do?

Tldr, how many more I got in me?

[Daffy Duck]

in constructive

Guys, we have literally banned people for what doops did since like day 0 of the forum. This isn't the sort of thing that should require us to come in and say, "Hey guys, don't do that because if you do you potentially empower trolls looking to cause problems." Sure, it's a joke and not meant to troll, but this is also one of those very basic things we have asked people not to do since like the very first days of the forums' existence. This isn't new, everyone knows not to do that sort of thing. It's the sort of thing where we have to action for it, regardless of user intent, because otherwise we get users doing it in bad faith and hiding behind the whole "I was just making a joke" defense.

Seriously, just don't do it. It's three days, it isn't some huge ban. Beyond that, unless they keep doing it this isn't the sort of thing that gets held against someone.

All that said, we're lowering it to a warning in the hopes that is enough to get the message across.

Can someone explain this? What did they do that was impersonating staff? I don’t get it

[kaleidoscopium]

in constructive

Guys, we have literally banned people for what doops did since like day 0 of the forum. This isn't the sort of thing that should require us to come in and say, "Hey guys, don't do that because if you do you potentially empower trolls looking to cause problems." Sure, it's a joke and not meant to troll, but this is also one of those very basic things we have asked people not to do since like the very first days of the forums' existence. This isn't new, everyone knows not to do that sort of thing. It's the sort of thing where we have to action for it, regardless of user intent, because otherwise we get users doing it in bad faith and hiding behind the whole "I was just making a joke" defense.

Seriously, just don't do it. It's three days, it isn't some huge ban. Beyond that, unless they keep doing it this isn't the sort of thing that gets held against someone.

All that said, we're lowering it to a warning in the hopes that is enough to get the message across.

Can someone explain this? What did they do that was impersonating staff? I don’t get it

His original OT for Borderlands 4 said “mod edit: whatever” in it, b dubs thinks people will think that this actually came from the mods and… do something?

[Daffy Duck]

in constructive

Can someone explain this? What did they do that was impersonating staff? I don’t get it

His original OT for Borderlands 4 said “mod edit: whatever” in it, b dubs thinks people will think that this actually came from the mods and… do something?

Hahahahahaa, that’s hilarious. What a nob head.

[simiansmarts]

May these misguided individuals have the veil of degeneracy lift from their eyes. May the "pride" flag be banned from EVO. May these "eggs" never crack and instead find their way to Allah. Inshallah, please let all these come to be.

Saudi Arabia be the guiding light to these misguided people. 

Ameen.

Anything to curb the proliferation of transsexuals, furries, porn addicts and other degens in this community. 
 

[Taco Bell Tower]

May these misguided individuals have the veil of degeneracy lift from their eyes. May the "pride" flag be banned from EVO. May these "eggs" never crack and instead find their way to Allah. Inshallah, please let all these come to be.

Saudi Arabia be the guiding light to these misguided people. 

Ameen.

The fucking irony

Edited: SOMEONE SCREENSHOT IT, I KNOW HE WILL DELETE IT

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/street-fighter-6-ot-round-4-once-more-with-healing-switch-2-version-season-3-launch.1206345/page-197#post-144628788

Put in my ticket for account deletion earlier today. The staff says the process takes 30 days, but I'll be banned pending deletion soon. I suppose whenever they get back around to it.

Before that happens, I just want to say this ain't some self-righteous "fuck all y'all." I value this community. I think y'all are—hands down—the best people to talk fighting games with on the internet. I've been chatting, arguing, and making unwise avatar bets with y'all for years because y'all cool people that I genuinely respect.

And I don't necessarily think boycotting Evo or fighting games is the right move. This is not some grand sacrificial statement on my behalf. SonicFox made a beautiful vow to keep being the best fighting game player on the planet and wave their Pride flag at Evo in MBS' fucking face. To which I say hell yeah. That's the energy the community needs going forward.

I just don't know if I have that energy, you feel me? I think about our friend lucebuce, who was one of my favorite folks here and funnier than most of us combined. And how she felt less welcome in this space with SNK games being openly discussed. Games owned by the de facto leader of a country that imposes capital punishment on people like her. She felt she had to leave, but my ass stuck around and kept enjoying these games and this scene that I have the privilege to enjoy without persecution. And I guess there's only so much cognitive dissonance I can handle.

I'm passionate about this scene because as a Black man I feel like I belong in it, which is extremely rare for a gaming community. I want the FGC to grow, but not just to see the pot sizes get larger. I want more people to feel like they belong too. So I can buss they ass online.

Anyways, I appreciate y'all.

This mfer saw Arslan Ash win Evo, perform sajdah in his pop-off and it scared the shit out of him. I bet he told trans RE polycule "stay safe, y'all!" 
 

[Eric Cartman]

in constructive

Guys, we have literally banned people for what doops did since like day 0 of the forum. This isn't the sort of thing that should require us to come in and say, "Hey guys, don't do that because if you do you potentially empower trolls looking to cause problems." Sure, it's a joke and not meant to troll, but this is also one of those very basic things we have asked people not to do since like the very first days of the forums' existence. This isn't new, everyone knows not to do that sort of thing. It's the sort of thing where we have to action for it, regardless of user intent, because otherwise we get users doing it in bad faith and hiding behind the whole "I was just making a joke" defense.

Seriously, just don't do it. It's three days, it isn't some huge ban. Beyond that, unless they keep doing it this isn't the sort of thing that gets held against someone.

All that said, we're lowering it to a warning in the hopes that is enough to get the message across.

The rules are crystal clear, have always been enforced this way, and the penalty is extremely minor, so we have ultimately decided on a humiliating U-turn

[Eric Cartman]

The modern "everyone should have a therapist" is something I disagree with. Seems like a marketing ploy to inflate their industry, tbh, and I'm only making that judgment based on what I see as the merits (or lack thereof) of casual therapy.

also in the realm of "don't talk to cops" they always say to demand to speak with "your" lawyer

does everyone here have a lawyer? is that something everyone just has lying around, and I'm missing out?

Don't need a lawyer if you never get caught.

[Eric Cartman]

And the "Übermensch" angle and how Concord's characters were perceived largely as "ugly"/"not cool"/not "hero" enough also feeds into my points about its failure hinting to the larger cultural fascism/creeping totalitarianism. That's something Alan Moore has noticed and commented on too and that I fully agree with him on.

Even fat blue hair uggos don't want to play as fat blue hair uggos; I submit VR Chat as exhibit 1.

[Eric Cartman]

The best bromance of the world: EpsteinXTrump

It's so funny that he wrote a letter that basically says "We both have an amazing secret we can't tell anyone   "

Would almost be even funnier if he isn't a pedo and he was talking about tennis or some shit

they both sneak ketchup into high end restaurants to ruin their steaks

[Eric Cartman]

It's the perfect Resetera fetish. Stan a game that cannot ever be proven to have been utter trash. 

Concord is kinda the Nirvana of video games.

Nah stick with the "beautiful car we crashed" analogy. The car that got crashed:

more like

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mexico-will-impose-an-additional-8-tax-on-violent-video-games.1292523/

What a stupid idea.  Now instead, if we had taxes on games that show cleavage and snug pants . . .