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

[Boredfrom]

Something something pitbulls and dog owner ship.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/

[HaughtyFrank]

Zeo better lead the charge, no more SXSW threads on Era! 

"I genuinely am shocked that SXSW didn't even say like this is a real clear cut violation of the spirit of free speech"

Bitch, they banned Kanye. Where were you crying about free speech then? You're just mad it affected you

[Polident]

Still not over RE5
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-case-there-was-any-doubt-behind-the-issue-of-racism-in-resident-evil-5-a-quote-from-one-of-the-directors-reveals-a-lot.1535920/

So Resident Evil 5 was infamous due to the controversey regarding how Africa was portrayed. Well this quote from the art director shows the mindset of the game and pretty much answers the issues of the racism issue.

"The reference photos we had of the African cities were so modern that I was a bit concerned that it wouldn't really look like Africa at all if we went with the photographs. (laughs) After much discussion, along with trial and error, we eventually shaped the stage to look more like the image that we think people have in their minds when they think of Africa." Art Production, Lead Designer: Yoshizumi Hori

No source at all and the Ree believe it.

I suspect they watched Black Hawk Down a lot and wanted it to feel like that. One of the first things to happen in that game is a helicopter crashing and having to reach the wreckage.

[benji]

Still not over RE5
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-case-there-was-any-doubt-behind-the-issue-of-racism-in-resident-evil-5-a-quote-from-one-of-the-directors-reveals-a-lot.1535920/

So Resident Evil 5 was infamous due to the controversey regarding how Africa was portrayed. Well this quote from the art director shows the mindset of the game and pretty much answers the issues of the racism issue.

"The reference photos we had of the African cities were so modern that I was a bit concerned that it wouldn't really look like Africa at all if we went with the photographs. (laughs) After much discussion, along with trial and error, we eventually shaped the stage to look more like the image that we think people have in their minds when they think of Africa." Art Production, Lead Designer: Yoshizumi Hori

How is this racist?

It's at best, a poor generalization about the entire continent. But it's incredibly easy to find African cities that look like they wanted and he's really just saying that he wanted a more generic feeling "African" environment. That's not racism.

I suspect they watched Black Hawk Down a lot and wanted it to feel like that. One of the first things to happen in that game is a helicopter crashing and having to reach the wreckage.

Takeuchi cited the film Black Hawk Down as an influence on the setting of Resident Evil 5

[benji]

Expecting us to go through this whole charade to embed Bluesky skeets is extremely ableist.

Not as ableist as demanding I emotionally labor because the genocidal TERFs who run Bluesky don't make it clear how to get their script to parse URLs. And you're doing this on the first day of Pride Month of all days.

[DavidCroquet]

Something something pitbulls and dog owner ship.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/

ResetEra Legend* Kiyamet with the perfectly designed reply for maximum era righteousness and hypocrisy.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/#post-155696161

Yeah I dont know what I was expecting but that was a feelbad skim for me

That said, much as it bothers me that dogs are on the loose like this (ive been mauled multiple times, many stitches to dog attacks) , I have to question why someone would want to cycle on such a shitty road with all these big properties with dogs on it

Yes, I am dead ass victim blaming the guy who maced 100 dogs on video, dude needs to cycle somewhere else we dont need him to make a highlight reel

1. Only "skimmed" the video--I'm perfectly informed of the content and thus able to opine on it, while also clearly communicating my distaste for such content
   
2. Been "mauled multiple times, many stitches"-- I'm an ideal authority to speak on the matter of savage dogs, how to react to them, and who is ultmately responsible
   
3. Proudly victim blames for "riding on a shitty road"--did you see how that little tramp was biking his cute little ass for those greedy little pups to see? he was practically asking for it! 
   

[benji]

The Resident Evil 5 racism charge is really like a precursor to how they do everything. Capcom's like "it's an unique environment nobody else had done before." And then they go "oh, so you're saying that Black people are monsters or animals, that Black people are dangerous, that Black people are inferiors who should be slaves again, that colonization was a wonderful thing, that white saviors are needed, that really we need to just gun down as many Black people as possible before the infection of their too much melanin kills us all, etc."

And it's like... you're the one reading all of that into it. And deciding that's the subtext of their choices. And that it's not just subtext but the whole text and there's literally nothing else to it. Then if you question this delusional shit that's entirely personal to the mentally ill person screaming about it you're hit with dismissing concerns of racism, colonialism, etc.

[DavidCroquet]

posting on Era is as close as humanity will ever get to those slow motion knife duels from Dune.

[HaughtyFrank]

The Resident Evil 5 racism charge is really like a precursor to how they do everything. Capcom's like "it's an unique environment nobody else had done before." And then they go "oh, so you're saying that Black people are monsters or animals, that Black people are dangerous, that Black people are inferiors who should be slaves again, that colonization was a wonderful thing, that white saviors are needed, that really we need to just gun down as many Black people as possible before the infection of their too much melanin kills us all, etc."

And it's like... you're the one reading all of that into it. And deciding that's the subtext of their choices. And that it's not just subtext but the whole text and there's literally nothing else to it. Then if you question this delusional shit that's entirely personal to the mentally ill person screaming about it you're hit with dismissing concerns of racism, colonialism, etc.

The thing is, can understand being offended by a narrow and stereotypical interpretation of Africa but at the same time Resident Evil 4 arguably had a similar depiction of Europe with evil peasant villagers and a FULLY INTACT CASTLE WITH CATAPULTS. Like that's not rural Spain either. 

It's just the kind of pulp horror Resident evil is.

[BIONIC]

LMAO. Oh my god, you must have no friends.

Someone screenshot plz

[benji]

More chuds getting annihilated:





 

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[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-ot-in-the-town-schreier.1536070/

Creepy.

[Boredfrom]

More chuds getting annihilated:





 

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Those assholes make Zeo look sane.

[benji]

Those assholes make Zeo look sane.

issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ZeoVGM. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"

[Let's Cyber]

This dog macer thread is picking up steam, not quite Billie Eilish hating on meat eaters levels, but let's give it time.

 It's also awakened the furry delegation.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/page-3#post-155702011

It looks like he's biking in the worst neighborhoods just so he can mace loose dogs.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-ot-in-the-town-schreier.1536070/

Creepy.

They need to add this lore

[Polident]

The Resident Evil 5 racism charge is really like a precursor to how they do everything. Capcom's like "it's an unique environment nobody else had done before." And then they go "oh, so you're saying that Black people are monsters or animals, that Black people are dangerous, that Black people are inferiors who should be slaves again, that colonization was a wonderful thing, that white saviors are needed, that really we need to just gun down as many Black people as possible before the infection of their too much melanin kills us all, etc."

And it's like... you're the one reading all of that into it. And deciding that's the subtext of their choices. And that it's not just subtext but the whole text and there's literally nothing else to it. Then if you question this delusional shit that's entirely personal to the mentally ill person screaming about it you're hit with dismissing concerns of racism, colonialism, etc.

The thing is, can understand being offended by a narrow and stereotypical interpretation of Africa but at the same time Resident Evil 4 arguably had a similar depiction of Europe with evil peasant villagers and a FULLY INTACT CASTLE WITH CATAPULTS. Like that's not rural Spain either. 

It's just the kind of pulp horror Resident evil is.

Nonsense. You really think Capcom would set a Resident Evil game in Louisiana with a bunch of hick whites?

[Boredfrom]

They need to add that time when he made a live interview with EviLore and ignored every question that could piss him off… or it was Patrick Klepek?

[benji]

Nonsense. You really think Capcom would set a Resident Evil game in Louisiana with a bunch of hick whites?

Valve kind of did this in Left 4 Dead 2.

[malfoyking]

The Resident Evil 5 racism charge is really like a precursor to how they do everything. Capcom's like "it's an unique environment nobody else had done before." And then they go "oh, so you're saying that Black people are monsters or animals, that Black people are dangerous, that Black people are inferiors who should be slaves again, that colonization was a wonderful thing, that white saviors are needed, that really we need to just gun down as many Black people as possible before the infection of their too much melanin kills us all, etc."

And it's like... you're the one reading all of that into it. And deciding that's the subtext of their choices. And that it's not just subtext but the whole text and there's literally nothing else to it. Then if you question this delusional shit that's entirely personal to the mentally ill person screaming about it you're hit with dismissing concerns of racism, colonialism, etc.

The thing is, can understand being offended by a narrow and stereotypical interpretation of Africa but at the same time Resident Evil 4 arguably had a similar depiction of Europe with evil peasant villagers and a FULLY INTACT CASTLE WITH CATAPULTS. Like that's not rural Spain either. 

It's just the kind of pulp horror Resident evil is.

I have no issue with RE5. Hell i love it. Love that it's Africa. I understand the racism complaints, and some of the imagery is off. They could have done more than just use the stereotypical parts of Africa. They sure as shit could have picked an African city to do stuff in, too. Africa has unique architecture in multiple countries (https://www.reddit.com/r/AfricanArchitecture/) that would have worked well with the game. 

Some of the tribal shit is uhh... I think they just wanted to put stuff like that in the game because it looked cool and unique to the game, not because they were trying to be racist, like Era thinks.

Also, there's something that Capcom did in RE4 that they didn't do in 5. In RE4 credits, they showed the Spaniards before the infection as normal people. They never did that in re5 at all, and it would have been a good addition.

I'm glad it exists and really hope it gets a remake. There's so much they can do with Sheva being new to bioterrorism and Chris coming in as the expert he is on it. A prologue chapter showing how the infection started would go a long way too.

[Let's Cyber]

"Awareness" is at times a meaningless gesture to make you think you're doing something when you're not doing anything at all.

Guess who said it?

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/page-3#post-155704738 

[benji]

I think the critique against the setting being a more generic fictional setting loses a lot of its power when so many games (and media) depict rather generic locations, even when they claim to be a real place, but rarely get dinged for this. Let alone accused of racism for doing it. Like this doesn't even get done for all the games that depict Middle Eastern/Muslim locations like this. (Or most any Global South location.) Yet Era seems to mostly single out and treat Resident Evil 5 as this amazing exception that reveals something or other.

They don't care about Call of Duty so they barely even think about how it has depicted locations over the years despite it being a far bigger part of gaming. The Modern Warfare branch alone might as well take place in MiddleEastistan and EasternEuropearia.

[Boredfrom]

ERA is okay with corruption:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/democrats-think-their-secret-sauce-in-2026-is-targeting-trump-and-republicans-on-‘corruption’.1536112/

ERA in past elections: “WHY FOCUS IN THE ECONOMY!?”  

ERA today: “IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID!”

[BIONIC]

Live cancellation attempt:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/fortnite-is-adding-slur-using-streamer-theburntpeanut-to-their-upcoming-battle-pass.1534921/page-3

No? He still pulls an average of like 60k viewers between Twitch and YouTube. His clips and Vods also go crazy on YouTube and social media. He's still extremely popular. He just won the AT&T tournament thing i think.

I know its a stupid name but it was called that way before the Cloaksy stuff. I remember seeing it in my recommended on YouTube and on Twitch when i was watching Arc Raider streams. If I remember right they called it that because at the time people kept yelling slurs in prox chat in Arc Raiders and Tarkov in order to try and get him demonitized and it happened more often on Saturdays because thats when the kids and sweats most often play. So they just called it that. Or at least that what I heard. I could be wrong.

He also has a name for each day of the week. I think Wednesdays are "Wasted Wednesdays" or something like that.

Are you like... a fan of this guy?

I watched him for a bit before I found out about all the other stuff, but not anymore. I just know of it all because I watch Gingy sometimes. Thats a streamer he plays with. With how huge he was in Arc Raiders while I was playing it and watching it on Twitch he was pretty unavoidable there for a while for me. Plus I watched the Annihilator Cup this month and he was in that too.

This is exactly right.

You don't have to be a fan to state facts/context.

[benji]

You don't have to be a fan to state facts/context.

Factually incorrect.

[benji]

[Besticus Maximus]

Jeff has the watch 

[FUME5]

Something something pitbulls and dog owner ship.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amputee-cyclist-pepper-sprays-aggressive-dogs-to-stay-safe-on-his-rides.1535965/

I'd sic my dog on every single one of you.