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

[Boredfrom]

Used to be in order to design a skyscraper you needed a team of dozens of drafters (architects/engineers etc.) hand drawing in-person together in studios. It wasn't even that long ago in the grand scheme of things. With CAD, you may only need a couple of people with a computer. Numerous people got replaced

It's funny how people will bake in technologies they grew up with as "normal" but technologies introduced mid way through their life are considered a "perversion."

Eventually, the people who resist AI will look kind of silly - like boomers who swore off the internet and smart phones.

[HaughtyFrank]

I'm pretty sure the Africans enslaved to mine the minerals necessary to make your AI-infused video games which in turn are destroying the climate and will lead to the most catastrophic damage in Africa appreciate your definitely-sincere concern for their workplace conditions.

Oh, shut the fuck up Nepenthe. You don’t give a fuck about them and you know it.

Not once did she give a shit about the US Aid cuts

[TacoWallace]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/president-fuckface-is-gonna-address-the-nation-tomorrow-at-9pm-eastern-time.1385119/

In just 25 replies, 2 people don't know what day it is.

Sorry Florida Man, I'll be watching my Seahawks on TNF.

Good news is that Amazon bumped up the Season 2 premiere of Fallout a day, and it premieres at the same time as this bullshit. So watch that instead.

Fallout premieres today. The original release was tomorrow.

[Jansen]

Sorry not here to get in arguments with contrarians. Anyways...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mick-foley-quits-wwe-over-their-support-of-the-trump-administration.1384795/#post-148988350

Can't believe grandpa is taking a stand now

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/insider-gaming-lords-of-the-fallen-2-will-have-‘attractive-female-characters’-in-‘revealing-outfits’-ceo-says.1383253/#post-148935079

Lords of the Fallen 2 Will Have ‘Attractive Female Characters’ in ‘Revealing Outfits’, CEO Says

the usual suspects are in the replies on twitter, how surprising

Sexy scantily-clad women never really went away from popular culture despite the most popular mainstream IPs toning it down. People who actually and sincerely believe and spread these claims about evil feminist taking bikini armors and fanservice away either don't really engage with popular culture or only engage with the most popular and mainstream stuff.

Grow up you pathetic loser.

If you want to be a gooner game, just release it and shut up, marketing the game like this is corny and sexist and weird as well. Just be Yoko and make hot characters and let the game speak for itself.

Stellar Blade marketing was also like this, hence why all people were talking about was Eve and nothing about the game itself, which is a big reason the discussion around the game died hella quick.

Keep courting the fascists, see how that works out for you.

"I really want people to wank over my game. Its being designed with their wanking in mind" is weird marketing.

Your game sucks absolute hogshit mate. You fashy piece of shit. He's moved on from blaming Everything on "DEI" but who the fuck does he think he's fooling with using the term "political correctness" in 2025.

We know what you mean. You prick.

What a bunch of unbelievable fucking losers

It's funny, I'd have bought their current game if they hadn't gone full chud, now I just don't care about anything they release.

Games that try to appeal to the lizard brain that exists in us all have always existed, do currently commonly exist, and will always exist. The fact that they see this as some great act of rebellion, or that attitudes that show respect to women and how they're portrayed are somehow a bad thing, is all just very immature, and rather weak and pathetic.

Folks like attractive characters, no one is fighting against that, the core of the issue is when it's seen as default to oversexualize female characters, or that when they aren't depicted in that way, it's somehow a bad thing, or that something is being taken away from gamers. The fact that chuds like this think they somehow can't respect women while also portraying them in attractive ways is very telling. No one hates women, or tries to disrespect and control women, quite like conservative men.

This dude is so fucking embarrassing. Like shut the fuck up.

Your game is gonna have attractive women?

You mean like most everything else in media today?

What are you exactly announcing my dude other than trying to level up your MAGA chudness?

How about you make your game not feel janky to play. I'd start with that.

Also ERA why are CEOs the most irresponsible people on dev teams? Like you'd think they above all else would know not to talk about shit that is divisive?

Just your typical Era thread.

Meanwhile bamco is laughing in code vein

[Jansen]

While the talking points are lame, shit like this is funny

Zoe Quinn has been talking about their terrible hiring practices that sounds like a really frustrating experience:



https://bsky.app/profile/unburntwitch.com/post/3ma4ozsue5c22



https://bsky.app/profile/unburntwitch.com/post/3ma4p47aqts22



https://bsky.app/profile/unburntwitch.com/post/3ma4r4va32c22

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-larian-using-genai-on-divinity-often-using-it-to-explore-ideas-flesh-out-powerpoints-develop-concept-art-and-write-placeholder-text.1384618/page-20#post-148999693

2025 and people out here listening to Zoe Quinn

[Boredfrom]

Games that try to appeal to the lizard brain that exists in us all have always existed, do currently commonly exist, and will always exist.

Why they are few of them compared to 10 years ago? Senran Kagura was a good seller as a franchise but disappeared as soon as Jim Ryan’s Sony got uppity with fan service.  

The producer of those games straight up said that change of policies on consoles killed it.

The fact that they see this as some great act of rebellion, or that attitudes that show respect to women and how they're portrayed are somehow a bad thing, is all just very immature, and rather weak and pathetic.

 

Folks like attractive characters, no one is fighting against that,

You just did.  The burka thread was suddenly saying that Pragmata was for pedos because the lack of shoes and steam tags.

the core of the issue is when it's seen as default to oversexualize female characters, or that when they aren't depicted in that way, it's somehow a bad thing, or that something is being taken away from gamers. The fact that chuds like this think they somehow can't respect women while also portraying them in attractive ways is very telling.

 

“Anyway, let me show my cub porn at Bluesky, you fascists!” 

No one hates women, or tries to disrespect and control women, quite like conservative men.

Or male to female transgender people.

[Uncle]

zoe quinn??

I heard a bunch of guys ran a train on her and also one of her boyfriends would stick his fingers in all of her greasy holes and carried her around like a bowling ball and this statement becoming public knowledge caused him to commit suicide

[Boredfrom]

That Admin Aerie seems that is perpetually “on break” until she wants to bitch about something.

[El Derpo]

From the yahoo finance page

Q1 FY25

Revenue
67.01M

Earnings
-8.32M

There is no way it costs them $75 mil quarterly to operate those dead boards. 

Obviously no one is buying these shares. I would imagine the company is almost all employee owned (Nep’s wet dream).

My guess is that they are paying themselves quite well in a wind-down plan to bankrupt the company and walk away. And since no outside interests own a significant stake in the company there is little to no opposition. I’m sure the payroll financials are out there but I’d rather just fart in the wind with my theory.

MOBA is listed on the Swedish stock exchange where everything ins reported in SEK, so you have to divide roughly by 10 to get the values in USD.

[Uncle]

 

"chef" is a title with specific high level requirements in order to entitle yourself to that position

(also...typically chefs are more of a manager of the kitchen ordering the grunts to cook the food or to prepare intermediate dishes, so not the greatest comparison if you want to talk about only attributing an act of creation to the hands-on person)

"artist" has no such requirement, you don't need a degree, or to perform any specific act other than claiming that you made art

an AI user would be wrong if they demanded to be called a "painter," because they didn't paint, but they're still an artist

there is effectively zero prestige to being considered an artist, it's like saying you read books so you're a reader, it doesn't mean you're particularly good at it or deserve respect or anything at all

children are artists, they're shit at it but they're still artists

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/business-insider-disney-has-launched-an-ai-tool-for-employees-called-disneygpt.1385104/

No More Heroes

[Snoopy]

Oh yeah. Slavery huh? Well 500 years ago my people were getting chopped up with big swords. And they didn’t even have good hi-fi. What do you think about that eh? Fuckin checkmate.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/insider-gaming-lords-of-the-fallen-2-will-have-‘attractive-female-characters’-in-‘revealing-outfits’-ceo-says.1383253/#post-148935079

Lords of the Fallen 2 Will Have ‘Attractive Female Characters’ in ‘Revealing Outfits’, CEO Says

the usual suspects are in the replies on twitter, how surprising

Sexy scantily-clad women never really went away from popular culture despite the most popular mainstream IPs toning it down. People who actually and sincerely believe and spread these claims about evil feminist taking bikini armors and fanservice away either don't really engage with popular culture or only engage with the most popular and mainstream stuff.

Grow up you pathetic loser.

If you want to be a gooner game, just release it and shut up, marketing the game like this is corny and sexist and weird as well. Just be Yoko and make hot characters and let the game speak for itself.

Stellar Blade marketing was also like this, hence why all people were talking about was Eve and nothing about the game itself, which is a big reason the discussion around the game died hella quick.

Keep courting the fascists, see how that works out for you.

"I really want people to wank over my game. Its being designed with their wanking in mind" is weird marketing.

Your game sucks absolute hogshit mate. You fashy piece of shit. He's moved on from blaming Everything on "DEI" but who the fuck does he think he's fooling with using the term "political correctness" in 2025.

We know what you mean. You prick.

What a bunch of unbelievable fucking losers

It's funny, I'd have bought their current game if they hadn't gone full chud, now I just don't care about anything they release.

Games that try to appeal to the lizard brain that exists in us all have always existed, do currently commonly exist, and will always exist. The fact that they see this as some great act of rebellion, or that attitudes that show respect to women and how they're portrayed are somehow a bad thing, is all just very immature, and rather weak and pathetic.

Folks like attractive characters, no one is fighting against that, the core of the issue is when it's seen as default to oversexualize female characters, or that when they aren't depicted in that way, it's somehow a bad thing, or that something is being taken away from gamers. The fact that chuds like this think they somehow can't respect women while also portraying them in attractive ways is very telling. No one hates women, or tries to disrespect and control women, quite like conservative men.

This dude is so fucking embarrassing. Like shut the fuck up.

Your game is gonna have attractive women?

You mean like most everything else in media today?

What are you exactly announcing my dude other than trying to level up your MAGA chudness?

How about you make your game not feel janky to play. I'd start with that.

Also ERA why are CEOs the most irresponsible people on dev teams? Like you'd think they above all else would know not to talk about shit that is divisive?

Just your typical Era thread.

This is the most sexual character in the trailer by the way



A giant angel with wings made out of arms? Sorry, but that is pretty awesome.

Put her in the next Elden Ring and they wouldn't flinch

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-larian-using-genai-on-divinity-often-using-it-to-explore-ideas-flesh-out-powerpoints-develop-concept-art-and-write-placeholder-text.1384618/page-23#post-149001364

This place will go down in history as the worst echo chamber ever conceived.

This fucking thread is turning into a war. They're also dragging people because they suspect they have an AI generated avatar

[Propagandhim]

Literally what Andy Warhol did for art and nobody cared.  You can also do the McDonalds kiosk thing for Basquiat's work, too.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/business-insider-disney-has-launched-an-ai-tool-for-employees-called-disneygpt.1385104/

Edit:

This is just the Enterprise version of ChatGPT/Copilot. We have it too, we just didn't give it a cool name. Just a walled-garden version of GPT where your data isn't used outside the org.

Oh…

[Uncle]

Literally what Andy Warhol did for art and nobody cared.  You can also do the McDonalds kiosk thing for Basquiat's work, too.

omg did you just infringe on the copyright of the screenshot I uploaded? maybe ask permission before blatantly taking someone else's content?

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-larian-using-genai-on-divinity-often-using-it-to-explore-ideas-flesh-out-powerpoints-develop-concept-art-and-write-placeholder-text.1384618/page-23#post-149001364

This place will go down in history as the worst echo chamber ever conceived.

This fucking thread is turning into a war. They're also dragging people because they suspect they have an AI generated avatar

I’m pretty sure Planet Smasher rocked an AI picture for years.

[nachobro]

Sorry not here to get in arguments with contrarians. Anyways...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mick-foley-quits-wwe-over-their-support-of-the-trump-administration.1384795/#post-148988350

Can't believe grandpa is taking a stand now

guy who hasnt been on their tv for over 2 years says he won't show up on their tv for three more years  thank you for your service

[Boredfrom]

[Boredfrom]

As we could see from Trump winning re-election, the economy is the only fucking thing that matters to Americans so good luck with those midterms champ!

How dare they in not caring for Palestine or TransRights!  

They cared more about grocery prices.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/newsweek-six-polls-that-show-donald-trump-is-in-deep-economic-shit.1385290/

[Potato]

They’ve lost 94.91% valuation in the past year, 98.15% in the past 5 years. Resetera is very likely going to close in the next few years if this continues. We have to step up just to keep the content farm running 😔

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MOBA.ST/

I actually don't understand how/why that would be the case

it's a fucking forum, it's text and links, it costs almost nothing to maintain, right?

if moba dies entirely, as part of the liquidation process they would likely be selling off their assets, not simply shutting them down? wouldn't you be getting enough from ad revenue and ERA CLEAR to keep it going in perpetuity?

Who would buy it?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-don%E2%80%99t-think-i%E2%80%99ve-ever-been-happy-once-in-my-life.1338808/#post-147018544

This is a thread born from a rough couple of days and fragile mental state, just as a heads up.

I've been thinking more and more of how in my 32 years of life, I don't think there was ever a point in time where I felt happy. Obviously I have felt the emotion of "happiness" before, you know, the feeling of excitement and energy accompanied with, say, getting a good grade on a exam or hanging out and having fun with friends. But in terms of being in a general state of happiness about life, no, I don't think I ever did.

I don't think there was ever a period of time in my life were I could say I enjoyed living life. It's always been from a perspective of survival for me - "making it through the day" or getting through a stressful event and not fucking up something as bad as I thought I would. Laying down in bed at the end of the day and reviewing in my mind how well or unwell the previous day went, and never looking forward to the next or just being content with the general state of everything in my life. Days are just an obstacle to overcome.

A large part of this I'm sure has to do with having Crohn's Disease for over half of my years thus far. Life tends to just boil down to making through the minute by minute ordeals when you have such an illness. The other end is having what seems like a default state of chronic depression. I've suicide ideated since I was about 15 and on a fairly consistent basis up through today. Twice the ideation led to an actual attempt, but mostly it's just an ever present background thought that the choice is always there for me if things ever get that bad. Almost like a grotesque comfort for me that I could easily end it all if it ever gets that bad. I've gaslit myself into thinking it's a totally normal thought to have, and it wasn't until an actual attempt materialized out of it that I realize that, no, it's fucked up.

There's no singular point I'm trying to reach here with this thread. It's a little rambling word vomit I feel like getting off my chest in this vulnerable state I'm in right now. Maybe someone here can commiserate, but otherwise I'm just getting these thoughts written down to help piece together my own messed up thoughts of my sad and broken brain.

Also can a mod make this members only? I don't know how to do that.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/random-grievances-of-a-chronically-ill-person.1340875/

I was never shy about sharing my lifelong journey with Crohn's Disease with others. Both the highs and the rock bottom lows. I guess 15 years of experience has given me a good intuition cause I had a feeling going into 2025 it was going to be one of the rough ones.

As I sit in constant pain and anxiety awaiting further medical tests to see what my future holds, I can safely say the disease has managed to beat me down and leave me feeling hopeless and drained to rival my initial years with it.

Ive been through this song and dance before, and I made it through each one, which is what gives the motivation to continue pushing through this moment and leave it behind as just another challenge I overcame, but being deep within the moment is a form of despair I wished I never had to feel again.

Maybe it was young naivety that made me a bit more oblivious to any overarching dread about what exactly the illness would mean for my life back in the early days. But going through it again as a 32 year old, it is now accompanied with a new sense of regret, loss, and longing that is making the pill all the more bitter to swallow this time.

One year from now, I hope I can say I no longer concern myself with these thoughts. But venting can be a great momentary relief and so that's what I'll do now: I hate this disease and what it did to me. I hate what it did to my life. I hate the happiness, the joy, and the excitement of youth it stole from me, and of which I'll never get back. I hate how it made me a bystander to my own life, watching the years disappear and fantasizing of all the things I knew I wanted to do but didn't have the strength, health, or energy to ever make materialize. I hate all the dark thoughts it put into my head over the years that there was ever only one true definitive way to get out of this misery that had enveloped my life and that maybe, just maybe, I should consider it. (I'm not quite in this headspace currently).

I'm tired of the pain, and the need to meticulously think out every plan, every event, every attempt at fun well in advance and working out scenarios in my head of how to improvise if things should ever go sideways. I'm tired of being tired all the damn time with a lack of energy accompanied by a self-gaslighting that, no, maybe I'm actually just fucking lazy and useless. I'm tired of the endless guilt I feel for not being able to be present all the time, to always be there for others while I'm battling this, as much as I wish to be.

I'm tired of being sad all the time and feeling the need to isolate myself from everyone. I'm tired of having to face the unknown of what treatments, meds, and surgeries are in my future.

I'm tired.

To top it all off, it's a hell of a time to be going through this shit in a time when society seems to be continuously draining itself of all semblance of empathy and compassion for others, when the dog eat dog, fuck-you-got-mine capitalist mentality has firmly implanted itself in nearly all core aspects of American life. I know there are still tons of communities of supportive and kind people, both in my personal life and society in general, and I can't thank those people enough. The louder political landscape though has damaged my perception of the trustworthy and supportive nature of many people and makes this, probably undeservedly, a more lonely feeling type of struggle than it already was.

I don't have a singular point I'm trying to get to with this message. I'm struggling, and I can't hide it much anymore. That's the post. This isn't a cry for help, but an acknowledgment of the state I'm currently in and the challenges ahead. In the past, times like this would inevitably light a fire under me to make changes, and remembering that fact as a recognition of my own strength will keep me going this time.

If you made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read this. As it always was, I'm beyond grateful for the people in my life who have always supported me. They're the only reason I'm still here today.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/does-weed-cannabis-sometimes-just-make-anyone-else-extremely-self-critical-and-negatively-analytical.1354882/

I'm not a frequent user of it, but lately I noticed when I get high, my self-awareness gets amplified and I end up over analyzing every negative thing I believe about myself, and it's very uncomfortable.

Like I'll actually start an inner montage of events in my mind that I'm ashamed of or embarrassed for, and it'll push the negative emotions associated with them to the forefront of my mind and legitimize whatever self-criticism I have of myself for things that happened to me in the past, my failures and whatnot.

It'll also make me start thinking about myself from the perspective of people around me, and thinking how idiotic and useless I must look to them. And it feels so real and true in the moment, that this is truly how other people must think of me, and then when I sober up I realize how fucked some of those thought processes are.

It's definitely bringing to the forefront of my mind frustrations, guilt, and image issues I have of myself in day to day life, so I get why it's happening now (and why I realize I need to stay away from it during this low period I'm in right now), but damn, the self-loathing is just so intense and uncomfortable in that moment.

It sucks, cause I've had amazing experiences with marijuana in the past, but knowing there's a chance I have this sort of reaction instead just makes it not worth it.

Anyone else have had similar issues with marijuana?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-hate-that-december-has-consistently-become-the-most-lonely-and-depressing-month-for-me.1384261/

December used to be a month of joy and excitement when I was young. Just a magical feeling and vibe with the holidays and spending time with friends and family.

The Christmas magic waned a bit as I got older, which I guess is to be expected. But over time it's gone well beyond just that to the point of being the most lonely and isolating month of the year for me.

I've made several threads the past few weeks about my struggles, and this time of year really ramps up the sadness. Part of it I guess is another year about to wrap up and being nowhere near where I want to be in life. Part of it is the nostalgia I have for my younger years when the holidays still brought me a feeling of whimsy that is all but gone now. And just emphasizing the feeling of loneliness as people are out and about with their partners and whatnot having fun and I'm just over here being sick and miserable. I have friends and family, sure, but the void in my life I have in regards to romantic love is particularly aching at this time of year. And beyond that, I just feel like I'm missing out on a lot while dealing with my own struggles. I SHOULD be happy and excited right now, but I'm not, and it makes me feel like I'm wasting time away.

I don't know what the point of this thread is. Just want to get my thoughts out. Maybe some of you can commiserate.

[Potato]

Sounds like someone's wife is sick of their shit! 

[TylenolJones]

They’ve lost 94.91% valuation in the past year, 98.15% in the past 5 years. Resetera is very likely going to close in the next few years if this continues. We have to step up just to keep the content farm running 😔

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MOBA.ST/

I actually don't understand how/why that would be the case

it's a fucking forum, it's text and links, it costs almost nothing to maintain, right?

if moba dies entirely, as part of the liquidation process they would likely be selling off their assets, not simply shutting them down? wouldn't you be getting enough from ad revenue and ERA CLEAR to keep it going in perpetuity?

Who would buy it?

Does anyone have a connection to JK Rowling. Would be pocket change for her.

[Potato]

edit:

Lol

It's option two. No one gives a fuck.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-game-awards-players-voice-round-3.1376266/page-3#post-148627687

 User banned (1 week): Antagonistic metacommentary. Prior bans for similar behavior.

How did both Wuthering Waves and Genshin Impact get up here? Bunch of illiterate gooners.

[Besticus Maximus]

I'd also just go ahead and ignore anyone that uses the word "Luddite" unironically at this point.

Very funny too considering the Luddite movement was originated due to the working conditions of workers being hurt by technology…

Nuhuh, the luddites were good actually  and anyone who doesn't realise that is obviously not fit to live

[Daffy Duck]

Oh no. Time to cancel Larian

They've lived long enough to become the villains. I loved BG3 and DOS:2 but this a betrayal and I don't fuck with the use of GenAI at all. I'm out.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-larian-using-genai-on-divinity-often-using-it-to-explore-ideas-flesh-out-powerpoints-develop-concept-art-and-write-placeholder-text.1384618/

Flipping out over shit like this is just hilarious