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

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/iran-begins-khamenei%E2%80%99s-funeral-in-show-of-defiance-against-the-u-s.1568632/page-2#post-157765759

You think in a country of 92 million, not even one million would attend? Less than 1% of the population?

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/execs-left-confused-and-horrified-by-huge-ai-bills.1573609/page-4#post-157741141

In which Nepenthe responds to a thread about token costs of AI:

My question is, is I'm one of these AI companies right now, and all of these companies and tech giants are now irrevocably hooked, what incentive do I have to lower the price of tokens, especially in the face of self-imposed limits?

Behold: Resetera's fiercest critic of capitalism...only temporarily defeated by the concept of competition and technological advancement that she never considered before.


GPT-4 with a tiny context window of 32K launched in March 2023 and it was $60 per million input tokens and $120 per million output tokens.  You were limited to using it 4x per day on the subscription plan because of the cost.  Today it's considered slow and braindead.  It was about 6x more expensive per token than the smartest models we have today - models that people already consider very expensive (the ones costing execs so much).  Today, models much smarter than GPT4 are offered free on many APIs, and openai offers GPT4o which is way smarter than gpt4 for 40 cents per million tokens or 300x cheaper .

Intel got people hooked on computer processors...and yet...why we still got monkeys?  Checkmate capitalists.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/woman-arrested-after-posting-game-of-thrones-gif-sues-city-after-losing-121k-job.1573459/#post-157723483

The problem with this thinking is that whenever something does come of it you immediately have people who find stuff similar to this that the perpetrator posted and are like, "Why didn't the police act on this? It's so obvious they were going to commit a crime!".

Who cares what uneducated laymen think?

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-obsidian-working-on-avowed-2-even-though-it-was-cancelled-to-get-it-to-finish-line-so-microsoft-will-be-forced-to-release-it.1574512/

Good luck

[Greatness Gone]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-obsidian-working-on-avowed-2-even-though-it-was-cancelled-to-get-it-to-finish-line-so-microsoft-will-be-forced-to-release-it.1574512/

Good luck

This would sell worse than Avowed 1 if they end up releasing it, just like The Outer Worlds 2. I think Pillars of Eternity's world has a lot of potential (Deadfire was proof this franchise is not as boring as people make it out to be), but they've pretty much squandered it at this point with Avowed.

Anyway I think Chris Avellone was the first person who leaked Avowed 2's existence - he just recently said Obsidian was in the process of pre-prod with Shadowrun....that sounds like such a better proposition business wise to me than Avowed.

[Besticus Maximus]

you know what, Schreiers youtube channel is actually great, three cheers for jason

[killamajig]

I think murder is bad

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sony-has-this-personal-cooling-device-for-summer-called-the-sony-reon-pocket-pro.1473589/page-6#post-157705447

Apologies if I missed any posts, but I don't suppose any other companies are making devices like this? The whole physical disc thing has me weary of giving Sony money.

[Potato]

Still, I feel is a shortsighted decision, specially since the studio still had the expertise. As someone at ERA pointed out, is not like Carmack wasn’t making bad business decisions and quixotic engines during the 00’s to say the talent died after he left. I get why they did axed them and I know is not a charity, still feels foolish specially since Microsoft still wants to play the idea of having prestige and that is worthwhile buying their console (who the fuck is going to buy Gears of War on console ).

BTW, may surprise how many old heads from the 90’s still work in the industry or in related studios.  

I’m sure I was.

(At least the number isn’t 0  )

There's a train of thought that inflated studio sizes has been part of the problem.

If you have 100 people instead of 50 people, you need to keep those extra 50 people busy so the scope of the game just blows out exponentially and instead of taking 2.5 years to make a game it now takes 5 years.

How can you be agile and innovative if you're bogged down in bureaucracy.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sony-bungie-and-christopher-barrett-original-director-of-marathon-have-reached-an-agreement-to-resolve-200m-lawsuit-will-be-added-to-credits.1572571/#post-157683211

 User Banned (1 Month): Dismissing Concerns of Sexual Assault; Account in Junior Phase

He got paid.

His original vision for the game sounded way more interesting than what we got, and that's coming from someone who has put 200+ hours into the game. I know it wasn't class/runner based and was more akin to a Destiny type of thing.

Glad he got his credits. I do not know much bout the information regarding his termination.

I truly fear for the future of Bungie.

Is there ever a secenario under which Era would consider a person to be actually cleared of a sexual assault allegation?

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

Not that I think this case is particularly open and shut. The joint statement says, paraphrased, "Sony admits that this dude worked on Marathon." A very mild statement considering some of the language used in other recent walkbacks/mea culpas of this sort.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sony-bungie-and-christopher-barrett-original-director-of-marathon-have-reached-an-agreement-to-resolve-200m-lawsuit-will-be-added-to-credits.1572571/#post-157683211

 User Banned (1 Month): Dismissing Concerns of Sexual Assault; Account in Junior Phase

He got paid.

His original vision for the game sounded way more interesting than what we got, and that's coming from someone who has put 200+ hours into the game. I know it wasn't class/runner based and was more akin to a Destiny type of thing.

Glad he got his credits. I do not know much bout the information regarding his termination.

I truly fear for the future of Bungie.

Is there ever a secenario under which Era would consider a person to be actually cleared of a sexual assault allegation?

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

Not that I think this case is particularly open and shut. The joint statement says, paraphrased, "Sony admits that this dude worked on Marathon." A very mild statement considering some of the language used in other recent walkbacks/mea culpas of this sort.

Only if this guy was accused of the sexual assault 

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

[DavidCroquet]

UK PoliEra also discussed new safeguarding guidelines for English Schools https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-political-era-2024-ot1-starmergeddon.928968/page-501#post-157727656

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tilt-at-windmills-remove-every-game-from-your-psn-wishlist.1570909/page-4#post-157609864

 User banned (1 week): Inappropriate and inflamatory comparisons

JFC at the comments here. Do you all go and shit on every boycott you can, or is it just this one? By all means, tell us all the other things we can't change. Wars, genocides, fascist regimes.

Even if you're right, it's only because not enough people helped. Including you. Maybe just be quiet if you don't want to participate?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/fifa-world-cup-2026-ot-the-opposite-of-sportswashing-11th-june-to-19th-july.1542427/page-885#post-157459492

 User Banned (Permanent): Extremely hostile and misogynistic language directed towards another member

I'll put a note to my memo on how it's appropriate to cheer African teams in Era unless it conflicts with snowflake NA countries, ty

Lmao you're an actual loser holy shit. There's a difference between cheering and being a cunt. Report me so I don't have to read your dumb ass.

User Banned (1 month): Extremely hostile and misogynistic language directed towards another member

https://www.resetera.com/threads/fifa-world-cup-2026-ot-the-opposite-of-sportswashing-11th-june-to-19th-july.1542427/page-838#post-157427539

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Racist Stereotyping

Well it's what they say about Africans and their "size"

[HardcoreRetro]

*Tearfully opens his PS5 wishlist*

*There's nothing on it*

I'm doing my part!

[Boredfrom]

Still, I feel is a shortsighted decision, specially since the studio still had the expertise. As someone at ERA pointed out, is not like Carmack wasn’t making bad business decisions and quixotic engines during the 00’s to say the talent died after he left. I get why they did axed them and I know is not a charity, still feels foolish specially since Microsoft still wants to play the idea of having prestige and that is worthwhile buying their console (who the fuck is going to buy Gears of War on console ).

BTW, may surprise how many old heads from the 90’s still work in the industry or in related studios.  

I’m sure I was.

(At least the number isn’t 0  )

There's a train of thought that inflated studio sizes has been part of the problem.

If you have 100 people instead of 50 people, you need to keep those extra 50 people busy so the scope of the game just blows out exponentially and instead of taking 2.5 years to make a game it now takes 5 years.

How can you be agile and innovative if you're bogged down in bureaucracy.

You are not wrong. And I guess this still applies to iD regardless of being small compared to other studios.

But I’m just going to say: Is a pretty obvious that is a corpo written response, honestly. Specially since they fired the engine guys. “Guys, we are just in the same side as when we made Doom 2016. We are fine, honest.”  (  ) . People have said that they were already one of the smallest studios at Microsoft.  

Feels like Microsoft didn’t expect the PR  backlash (how they couldn’t).

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/windowscentral-the-doom-maker-id-software-has-been-shredded-but-id-software-will-continue-to-endure-up-id-responds.1574167/page-5

It would be hilarious (and sad) if ERA is right and this is a coordinated response to try to calm the waters.  

We know Microsoft is not above that.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Still, I feel is a shortsighted decision, specially since the studio still had the expertise. As someone at ERA pointed out, is not like Carmack wasn’t making bad business decisions and quixotic engines during the 00’s to say the talent died after he left. I get why they did axed them and I know is not a charity, still feels foolish specially since Microsoft still wants to play the idea of having prestige and that is worthwhile buying their console (who the fuck is going to buy Gears of War on console ).

BTW, may surprise how many old heads from the 90’s still work in the industry or in related studios.  

I’m sure I was.

(At least the number isn’t 0  )

There's a train of thought that inflated studio sizes has been part of the problem.

If you have 100 people instead of 50 people, you need to keep those extra 50 people busy so the scope of the game just blows out exponentially and instead of taking 2.5 years to make a game it now takes 5 years.

How can you be agile and innovative if you're bogged down in bureaucracy.

You are not wrong. And I guess this still applies to iD regardless of being small compared to other studios.

But I’m just going to say: Is a pretty obvious that is a corpo written response, honestly. Specially since they fired the engine guys. “Guys, we are just in the same side as when we made Doom 2016. We are fine, honest.”  (  ) . People have said that they were already one of the smallest studios at Microsoft.  

Feels like Microsoft didn’t expect the PR  backlash (how they couldn’t).

A message from the bire

Thank you all for the cum this week.

[Boredfrom]

Raven Software is also fine, my dudes. They are happy to be stuck in the COD mines than the sweet release of death.

[Boredfrom]

Are you sure this extended grace was due to him being a white man or because he had the right "vibe"? Morris Katz insisted voters were tired of politicians who felt like they were "grown in a vat", but Platner also at times felt like he came out of vat... just a different type of vat. Specifically the "salt-of-the-earth-rugged-frontier-farmer-bootstraps-pulling-no-nonsense-outsider"-vat that gave him a similar vibe our favorite shorts-and-a-hoodie wearing senator also gave off.

That's the thing, that rugged everyman as an ideal is something only a white guy can pull off and steeped in racism itself.

It goes back to how the American worker is sold to you as the rural white guy pickup truck Bud drinker: you see it in commercials, when liberal media wants the pulse of 'the people' in their choice of interviewee, in political events where someone called Bubba shows up about his 'small business' (worth 20 million) is being hurt by the other parties policies. It's why Ted Cruz whips out his cowboy hat when on the stump. All that even though that is not what the average blue collar worker looks like: hell how many blue collar workers live in cities because cities need food, trucks, plumbers too?

Zohran's politics, personality and hobbies should have him in a hoodie and sneakers. But he wears a suit 24-7 for a reason, even in a photo op where he plays some soccer he rocks a tie under a jersey.



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Not saying you can't have minority outsider pols but they have to be a different cloth ie Zohran. America worships working class white guys because they built this country (not black people), put in the infrastructure to explore to expand West (not Asians), and are the ones working the farms (not Latinos). They Are The Real Americans (cue Ford commercial…) lol. They are the only ones to get +3 in all stats when they put on flannel, timbs and can give a good speech.

 


Honestly he may have a point ( he just posted in the dumbest way possible) but I feel the “white blue worker” buff has its limits and it’s probably more to do with charisma.

But the notion that “minorities need to be this way”   is telling in how brainrotted are identity politics.

[HaughtyFrank]

That's the thing, that rugged everyman as an ideal is something only a white guy can pull off and steeped in racism itself.

It goes back to how the American worker is sold to you as the rural white guy pickup truck Bud drinker: you see it in commercials, when liberal media wants the pulse of 'the people' in their choice of interviewee, in political events where someone called Bubba shows up about his 'small business' (worth 20 million) is being hurt by the other parties policies. It's why Ted Cruz whips out his cowboy hat when on the stump. All that even though that is not what the average blue collar worker looks like: hell how many blue collar workers live in cities because cities need food, trucks, plumbers too?

Zohran's politics, personality and hobbies should have him in a hoodie and sneakers. But he wears a suit 24-7 for a reason, even in a photo op where he plays some soccer he rocks a tie under a jersey.



View:

Not saying you can't have minority outsider pols but they have to be a different cloth ie Zohran. America worships working class white guys because they built this country (not black people), put in the infrastructure to explore to expand West (not Asians), and are the ones working the farms (not Latinos). They Are The Real Americans (cue Ford commercial…) lol. They are the only ones to get +3 in all stats when they put on flannel, timbs and can give a good speech.

 


Honestly he may have a point ( he just posted in the dumbest way possible) but I feel the “white blue worker” buff has its limits and it’s probably more to do with charisma.

But the notion that “minorities need to be this way”   is telling in how brainrotted are identity politics.

Zohran's politics, personality and hobbies should have him in a hoodie and sneakers. But he wears a suit 24-7 for a reason, even in a photo op where he plays some soccer he rocks a tie under a jersey.

[HardcoreRetro]

The ResetEra guy complaining about pc gaming is right.

I bought one of them Steam Machines. I set it up. I put the water in. I see the steam rising from the console so I assume it's working.

Fucking thing doesn't work. What is this bullshit.

[Boredfrom]

Lol, Toys R Us heir… There really are a bunch of rich failsons who bigotedly believe that the "working class" are all amoral dirt bags, but are also amoral dirtbags themselves, and so decide they want to become organizers of "working class" politics as a sort of perceived dirtbag solidarity move, immediately going out and finding candidates like Platner. It's this fantasy of "the rural fishermen wouldn't side eye me for the way I treat women the way my urban college cohorts do".

You guys say that the working class is stupid and amoral, like all the time. And while you differentiate with “white”  , one of Platner advisors also worked with Mamdani.

[Potato]

The ResetEra guy complaining about pc gaming is right.

I bought one of them Steam Machines. I set it up. I put the water in. I see the steam rising from the console so I assume it's working.

Fucking thing doesn't work. What is this bullshit.

Run it over your shirt.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

The ResetEra guy complaining about pc gaming is right.

I bought one of them Steam Machines. I set it up. I put the water in. I see the steam rising from the console so I assume it's working.

Fucking thing doesn't work. What is this bullshit.

Did you forget to add the rice?

[Jansen]

I think murder is bad

I appreciate what murder can accomplish 

[Lonewulfeus]

I think murder is bad

Luigi Mangione is a hero

[Jansen]

[Lonewulfeus]

Why does the AI think people just squirt mustard and ketchup on their tray at McDonald’s 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

I think murder is bad

I appreciate what murder can accomplish 

I think murder is bad

Luigi Mangione is a hero

cum is murder

[Snoopy]

Dead inside, nothing to look forward to, rotting in misery, no hope, no happiness. Utterly alone. Cant do anything about it except survive a day at a time