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

[DavidCroquet]

This happened so fast it's almost satire. It's difficult to believe someone didn't want it this way.

what kind of implication is this professional journalist trying to make here? That’s not rhetorical: I have no idea what he is insinuating, though he is clearly insinuating something.

“(((They))) wanted to see highguard fail!”

[benji]

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

[BananaBlast]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/highguard-will-be-permanently-shut-down-on-march-12.1452235/

Ur next marathon 

Who could've predicted this?! 

Now watch as the disgusting two-faced virtue signalers immediately have to save face and pretend that they're grieving their jobs.

[DavidCroquet]

Highlighting my product on the most visible slot during the most widely consumed awards show in my industry…when will Geoff’s malfeasance end?!?

[benji]

I wonder what the next "target" will be. Horizon's Gatherning?

Marathon. The hate machine has already been chugging along for them since the alpha.

[benji]

Highlighting my product on the most visible slot during the most widely consumed awards show in my industry…when will Geoff’s malfeasance end?!?

There's a lot of posts saying if they hadn't been showcased like that they could have grown over time by word of mouth or whatever. Meanwhile, the developers were expecting Apex numbers out of the gate. And the word of mouth was awful. 

[HardcoreRetro]

If a chef craps on my plate, I want that fucker to lose his job.

These devs made a piece of shit.

[BIONIC]

Highguard failed because of the rise of fascism, chuds

[Boredfrom]

Capital G Gamers deserve nothing.

Of all games.

[Mediocre Lager]

The only reason people still claim Concord was some hidden gem that didn't get its due was because it was Sony first party and had fat ugly progressive characters in it.

What does this have? In a year no one is gonna remember it even existed.

[benji]

Shame these games can't be converted into single player / coop experiences in some way. All those creative resources disappearing into the void.

Sometimes you question if some of them even grasp how games work.

[HaughtyFrank]

Seriously though I have absolutely no enthusiasm over the future of Trek with the new owners.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade-no-star-trek-tv-is-in-production-or-greenlit.1452313/

This? This is the moment you have lost faith in new Star Trek?

[benji]

The last episode of Starfleet Academy is coming out the same day that Highguard is shutting down. It's difficult to believe someone didn't want it this way.

[Jansen]

From constructive 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/harrison-ford-receives-the-2026-lifetime-achievement-award-from-sag-thank-you-george-lucas-thank-you-steven-spielberg.1450489/



Hell of a fucking thread we got here where people are tripping over themselves to openly mock people for pointing out an actor supported a pedophile rapist.

What a wild fucking thread. Multiple people mocking and making fun of posters who bring up that Ford supported a pedo well in his 60s. The Wikipedia controversies tab line was hilarious, but the overall sentiment in that thread is disgusting.

I'm very curious to see how that thread ends up getting moderated if at all. It seems like there's been an uptick of threads lately that start out as something harmless which ultimately leads into posters sniping at each other. I'm not sure what's causing it but I wish it would stop.

The sniping was all from people that got upset that people fairly brought up Ford's heavy association with Polanski. People just could have chosen to ignore those posts if they didn't like it.

I mean, it does go both ways in that regard, people who felt to bring up Ford's association could have just ignored the thread, or made a separate one.

I disagree with that. If celebrities have done problematic things in the past, it's only fair that it follows them around for life. Every single time I see Seinfeld's underage grooming shit mentioned in a thread, I respect that somebody kept the information fresh, and I keep reading what the thread is about. If people feel discomfort mentally reconciling the damning information with their idolization of the celebrity, then that's something they'll have to figure out on their own. Shaming the people who bring up problematic pasts is not how we should be operating. People can continue to engage with the thread without whining about other Era users keeping people aware of the wrongdoings of celebrities.



And quite frankly, there are many pockets of the Internet where this website lives rent-free in their heads, and some of the comments in the thread were 1-2 steps removed from how those places talk about the users of this place.

Nope, it was relevant for a thread about him being celebrated. What wasn't relevant was the people posting about that being attacked and mocked.

Maybe people are just getting fed up of gotcha posters trying to derail what feels like every fucking thread on Era. This seems to be getting more and more common on here recently.



The post about people sitting ready with the controversies section of Wikipedia open feels amusingly accurate.

As I said, it should have been a separate post. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be talked about, but posting something like that is a thread derail.



Would you post in an Oscars thread that they awarded an award to him? A thread about any of the other people in the audience cheering the win/delivery? And if so, why haven't people been doing that? Because a search for Polanski reveals that that hasn't been done in the past.

It was a thread that was directly celebrating Harrison Ford. Some users here don't think that he's deserving of a celebration and they clearly expressed why. If the thread wasn't about a celebrity as idolized as Ford and about somebody with far less reach, people wouldn't have reacted the way that they did.

I suppose people can feel how they're going to feel, but I just scroll past most posts I don't like, personally.

But threads celebrating the Oscars don't get the same energy. They gave him an Oscar 14 years after the movie came out, him delivering the award is weird, but the giving of the award is even weirder.



This is why people see this as performative, or a gotcha moment instead of trying to actually share information for people who might not know.

A few posts above we've got somebody else stating that it happens in "every fucking thread". And now you're telling me the general Oscars thread (which I honestly don't think I've ever opened) doesn't have that energy. The meta complaints about Era just don't add up. I think people just got twisted up because it was a celeb they liked getting singled out in that individual thread.



And, quite frankly, if people did bring the same energy to the Oscars thread, I'd support them doing it there too. They're just celebs. If they want to lie with dogs then they're gonna carry fleas with them forever. Fuck it, put every one of them on blast that deserve it.

I'm not that person above. I looked through old posts and used the sites, shockingly robust search function. It does happen a lot, not specifically with this topic, but this topic is the one being discussed, and while Roman Polanski is made the butt of a joke, or brought up from time to time in association with other shitty people, he's n
ever brought up in other threads. This was the first thread about someone who supports him, that it was brought up in.

This lobster roll wants to be a mod so bad

[simiansmarts]

From constructive 

I disagree with that. If celebrities have done problematic things in the past, it's only fair that it follows them around for life. Every single time I see Seinfeld's underage grooming shit mentioned in a thread, I respect that somebody kept the information fresh, and I keep reading what the thread is about. If people feel discomfort mentally reconciling the damning information with their idolization of the celebrity, then that's something they'll have to figure out on their own. Shaming the people who bring up problematic pasts is not how we should be operating. People can continue to engage with the thread without whining about other Era users keeping people aware of the wrongdoings of celebrities.



And quite frankly, there are many pockets of the Internet where this website lives rent-free in their heads, and some of the comments in the thread were 1-2 steps removed from how those places talk about the users of this place.

[HaughtyFrank]

The tiniest bit of pushback and they're instantly ringing the alarm bells and questioning the mods what can be done about this. Such brave people

[benji]

From constructive 

I disagree with that. If celebrities have done problematic things in the past, it's only fair that it follows them around for life. Every single time I see Seinfeld's underage grooming shit mentioned in a thread, I respect that somebody kept the information fresh, and I keep reading what the thread is about. If people feel discomfort mentally reconciling the damning information with their idolization of the celebrity, then that's something they'll have to figure out on their own. Shaming the people who bring up problematic pasts is not how we should be operating. People can continue to engage with the thread without whining about other Era users keeping people aware of the wrongdoings of celebrities.



And quite frankly, there are many pockets of the Internet where this website lives rent-free in their heads, and some of the comments in the thread were 1-2 steps removed from how those places talk about the users of this place.

I disagree with that. If posters have done problematic things in the past, it's only fair that it follows them around for life. Shaming the people who bring up problematic pasts is not how we should be operating.

[simiansmarts]

The tiniest bit of pushback and they're instantly ringing the alarm bells and questioning the mods what can be done about this. Such brave people

It's not just the pushback, it's the REPLIES of agreement to that pusback that terrifies users like lil poptart, clickycarl and lobster roll enough to start alerting mods in constructive that the forum of ResetEra has been compromised by chuds and must go into immediate lockdown.  
 

[Boredfrom]

People can continue to engage with the thread without whining about other Era users keeping people aware of the wrongdoings of celebrities.

[benji]

I remember when bringing up Roman Polanski against celebrities was a "right-wing talking point" and good progressives emphasized that it wasn't "rape-rape."

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-99#post-152100463

Best case is Trump gets bored after a couple weeks, arbitrarily declares victory, and things go back to (somewhat) normal.

At this point, the US and Isreal have crossed the Rubicon, Iran will not let this illegal invasion go unpunished. I doubt they'll accept anything except a full withdrawal of American forces from the region.

[Alpacx]

I wonder what the next "target" will be. Horizon's Gatherning?

Marathon. The hate machine has already been chugging along for them since the alpha.

Weird how the gate machine keeps taking down these games but the Hogwarts Legacy boycott didn't work.



If a few chuds shittalking your game is enough to ruin it commercially you don't have a good game.

[simiansmarts]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! 
 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/dusk-golem-resident-evil-1-remake-in-development.1452274/page-5#post-152102548 
 

[Jansen]

https://bsky.app/profile/ragingspaniard.bsky.social/post/3mg453v6flk2s



And this idiot works in the industry? Lament the death of nuanced discourse or whatever but don't lie. Bloodborne runs like shit because of the issue that you refuse to acknowledge

[filler]

From constructive 

I disagree with that. If celebrities have done problematic things in the past, it's only fair that it follows them around for life. Every single time I see Seinfeld's underage grooming shit mentioned in a thread, I respect that somebody kept the information fresh, and I keep reading what the thread is about. If people feel discomfort mentally reconciling the damning information with their idolization of the celebrity, then that's something they'll have to figure out on their own. Shaming the people who bring up problematic pasts is not how we should be operating. People can continue to engage with the thread without whining about other Era users keeping people aware of the wrongdoings of celebrities.



And quite frankly, there are many pockets of the Internet where this website lives rent-free in their heads, and some of the comments in the thread were 1-2 steps removed from how those places talk about the users of this place.

these little faggots keep coming here hoping we mention them 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-75#post-152041144

 User banned (permanent): antisemitism, account in junior phase

What is the main goal for Israel? Take the whole middle east land and put jewish babies like crazy to populate the region and create a big jewsih land? I mean serious, their end goal is to take the land from whole middle east?

The answer to all your questions, is yes to all of the above. They are that insane, no question about it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-90#post-152074105

 User Banned (1 Week): Perpetuating Misogynistic Slur; Don't Do It Again

Even as Tel Aviv gets pounded by missiles and their citizens are hunkering in shelters, they still send troops to seize Lebanese territory. Profoundly sick country.

Yeh, absolute pigs. We all know this is going to f***ing happen. There will be people saying 'no no no!!! you're being antisemitic!!!' - no. Israel is a colonial project and it knows no bounds. Do not defend these sick freaks. Makes my stomach turn. When all this shit is over and Israel has taken over half of the Middle East - we need mass global resistance projects against these C**TS.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-90#post-152075131

 User Banned (Permanent): Antisemitism

Netanyahu wants endless war and thanks to the US, he's armed to the teeth. The only question is will Trump rein him in or not. For whatever reason, both Biden and Trump have been willing to destroy their entire legacies for the sake of that man. The pressure is strong both internationally and at home to end this, but will Trump listen? Hard to say. I truly wonder wtf Netanyahu holds over these US presidents. Biden was a die hard Zionist and Trump has surrounded himself with die hard Zionists. That's the only way I can make sense of it.

Well jewish people almost own every big corp in US(media, tech, everything)

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-92#post-152080285

 User banned (1 month): justifying antisemitism

I think the trope that Jewish folks control the media wouldn't be in vogue right now if Larry Ellison had not recently purchased Tiktok, Viacom/Paramount, and soon Time/Warner as well. Israeli leaders have literally stated that they're losing the propaganda war in the US. These things are obviously connected, we all see what was done to CBS News. We've had several threads discussing it. It isn't anti-Semitic to take notice of this.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-28-2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed.1449391/page-93#post-152083567

 User banned (1 month): justifying antisemitism

You're not fooling anyone.

I feel like I shouldn't touch this convo with a 10ft stick, but I think I'm missing something here that is antisemitic, so please educate me if I'm missing something. But it is under my assumption that Israel and the Zionist do want to take land and populate it with Jewish babies because they want a Jewish majority since it's an ethno-state. I didn't read the other replies so not defending that user, just this specific point.

[Jansen]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! 
 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/dusk-golem-resident-evil-1-remake-in-development.1452274/page-5#post-152102548 
 

Smasher had a layup to use factually incorrect against zeo and failed

No wonder he wants to kill himself being such a failson and all.

[Boredfrom]

Effingvic forgets how narcissism works:

Trump: Israel didn't force my hand to attack Iran. Maybe I am the one who forced their hand

 https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2028876987708641580

lmfao this backtracking. stop being mean to israel!!! the way this govt bends over backwards for that genocidal terrorist state, even going through humiliation rituals themselves

 

[benji]

https://bsky.app/profile/ragingspaniard.bsky.social/post/3mg453v6flk2s



And this idiot works in the industry? Lament the death of nuanced discourse or whatever but don't lie. Bloodborne runs like shit because of the issue that you refuse to acknowledge

I don't know about Bloodborne specifically but broken frame pacing is one of the most obvious things in games. You can't typically "fix" it because it's usually an engine issue.

[simiansmarts]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! 
 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/dusk-golem-resident-evil-1-remake-in-development.1452274/page-5#post-152102548 
 

Smasher had a layup to use factually incorrect against zeo and failed

No wonder he wants to kill himself being such a failson and all.

How can he be a failson when he's an uncredited writer behind several award winning RPGs, has a filmography of supporting roles in movies, personal friends with many celebrities and tried to warn everyone at the twin towers a week before 9/11 huh??   
 
 
Just you wait until PlanetSmasher's autobiography comes out. He just needs a few more turn-based RPGs to finish and he swears he'll start writing it.