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

[BIONIC]

TOTAL ZEOVGM VICTORY

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Don’t care enough to dig through his 80k ree posts, but Jeff literally spent years defending the content vaulting, and now he’s celebrating it like it was something he was pushing for this whole time just because the public sentiment against it changed. I hate this manbaby cunt so fucking much

[Chumbawumbafan69]

"He's such an intelligent fighter for truth and justice who has perfect analysis of every topic, but also all his statements are taken out of context since he doesn't speak English well because he's a filthy Turk who somehow was never secularized so the only book he's read is the Quran." - Hasan defenders, apparently.

If you can't handle me at my radical Islamist, CCP-funded, dog-shocking worst, you don't deserve me at my GQ modeling, himbo best.

 

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HE HAS A BACHELOR'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES!!! HE'S LITERALLY SMARTER THAN ALL OF US COMBINED!!!

Hasan Piker being an intelligent person is an objective fact. He has a double major in political science and communication. He is more educated on politics than the majority of people on this site, you and I included.

Did Jeff not go to college? It's the only explanation for how he's so impressed by Hasan's credentials. So many of the chuds Jeff goes after are similarly educated but he never brings that up.

This revelation makes Zeo's entire persona and ability to talk down to literally anyone so much funnier.

[Potato]

The only way they'll drive out Jason is if he sides with Israel

Funny enough a quick Google search brought me to a socialist reddit trying to get on his case for exactly that reason 

https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1vt86ko/stumbled_upon_an_old_article_from_gaming/

rule 2
This is a gaming subreddit
Please keep all things gaming related.

rule 10
The situation in Palestine
We are on the side of the Palestinian resistance. Supporting the settler colony of Israel will get you banned without warning.

I love when socialists unironically declare they are on the side of the conservative religious fundamentalist terrorists simply because they oppose the US

[PogiJones]

TOTAL ZEOVGM VICTORY

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Don’t care enough to dig through his 80k ree posts, but Jeff literally spent years defending the content vaulting, and now he’s celebrating it like it was something he was pushing for this whole time just because the public sentiment against it changed. I hate this manbaby cunt so fucking much

FACT CHECK: ZeoChad has fought against toxic public sentiment for years, bravely declaring that She-Hulk was very good, actually

[Besticus Maximus]

That was one of the best error messages ive ever seen

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-has-heard-that-blizzard-layoffs-are-coming-imminently.1639537/#post-160864330

Just remember that a lot of this money "being saved" is going straight to both the IDF and datacenters

*Asha smirked Jewishly as she slashed jobs at Blizzard and siphoned the money directly to Netanyahu*

"Now the IDF can genocide even more Palestinians, just as we planned!"

Once again, the IDF is spending money on Microsoft, not the other way around. That wouldn't make any sense at all

[filler]

[Cheers]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/converse-ad-sparks-controversy-over-insensitive-racist-imagery.1637080/

Jesus christ, this is why you hire diverse design teams. I don't think it was intentional, but it absolutely should have been caught.

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So in the last couple of hours, Converse is receiving backlash for an image in the recent chuck 70 x promotion featuring Karina. Now, immediately most people noticed that the visuals and lighting make Karina’s skirt look like a klan hood next to a hanging to a body.

What sort of fucked up mind do you have to own to see a Klan hat and hanging feet?

I see it. Don’t think it’s intentional at all, but it isn’t a good look.

[yetanotheraccountholyf]

Just remember that a lot of this money "being saved" is going straight to both the IDF and datacenters

They are paying Israel to use their products?

no wonder XBOX is dead, they got the whole thing backwards!!

[jooseloose]

We fucking won, Guardians.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mamdani-and-trump-emerge-from-gracie-mansion-sit-down-with-nothing-but-praise-i-want-him-to-be-a-great-mayor-and-hes-certainly-got-potential.1639633/

ERA hard-on for Mamdani is insufferable, even pretending they don't understand why people are frustrated that lefties give him a free pass. 

centrist Democrats expressed frustration that Mamdani's presidential confab didn't garner pushback in the same way House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took flack for meeting with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner

What a weird thing to focus on.

Its politics. The dude is playing the game the way it should.

  

What is different from the dude that is the house speaker? 

I get it, you don’t like Jeffries and his centrist policies… just be honest about it than pretending being appalled with having a meeting with Kushner.

It might be a minor derail, but it's heartening to see that virtually everyone in the thread has locked in on and called out Jefferies.

“It’s heartening seeing a lot of stupid people making the same mistakes as the Trumptards they say they hate.”

[Straight Edge]

As much as we dunk on Resetera, I gotta say the ‘tards on neogaf are worse. Every thread has them panicking about whether a game is pushing a liberal agenda. Dude in the Silent Hill thread has calculated the ethnic make up of Scotland to rule out the possibility of a black protagonist. (Even though he is American)

[HaughtyFrank]

Don’t care enough to dig through his 80k ree posts, but Jeff literally spent years defending the content vaulting, and now he’s celebrating it like it was something he was pushing for this whole time just because the public sentiment against it changed. I hate this manbaby cunt so fucking much

Back in 2021 he was pretty mad

Please explain how removing the majority of content from a $40 expansion that released three years ago is not anti-consumer.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/destiny-content-vault-update.497001/page-8#post-74861922

But in 2026 you'll also find him making excuses

I think that just comes with people being unhappy with the overall state of the game. It brings back discussion of other things that made players unhappy.

But the truth is that they removed content that most people were no longer playing and the player base didn't take a hit because of it.

Destiny's major issues started in Lightfall, which hurt the retention of The Final Shape. And what followed The Final Shape wasn't what it needed to be to keep people on board.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E2%80%AAjason-schreier%E2%80%AC-bungie-is-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-is-not-in-active-production.1527352/page-14#post-155273404

[Besticus Maximus]

As much as we dunk on Resetera, I gotta say the ‘tards on neogaf are worse. Every thread has them panicking about whether a game is pushing a liberal agenda. Dude in the Silent Hill thread has calculated the ethnic make up of Scotland to rule out the possibility of a black protagonist. (Even though he is American)

A little known fact is that proportionally, the scots owned the most slaves and if they went independent and they paid reparations to each descendant of those slave holders it'd be more than north sea oil by a huge factor

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Dude in the Silent Hill thread has calculated the ethnic make up of Scotland to rule out the possibility of a black protagonist. (Even though he is American)

Sounds about American.

[Daffy Duck]

Scottish Pervert back with another WLW screed, totally not a fetish.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/lgbtq-representation-in-games-especially-rpgs-and-story-driven-games-aka-why-options-choice-frictionless-isnt-always-better-a-long-ramble.1639735/

[Daffy Duck]

Also this thread is hilarious

https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-7-revelation-will-let-players-raise-their-characters-level-automatically-to-skip-grinding-side-content.1638958/page-21#post-160876315

They use such loaded language to “discuss” this stuff that’s you go against the grain and call them out you’re banned for “ableist rhetoric” “dismissing concerns of accessibility in gaming”.

[Boredfrom]

Scottish Pervert back with another WLW screed, totally not a fetish.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/lgbtq-representation-in-games-especially-rpgs-and-story-driven-games-aka-why-options-choice-frictionless-isnt-always-better-a-long-ramble.1639735/

Nuked or it was made members only.

[Polident]

If you can't handle me at my radical Islamist, CCP-funded, dog-shocking worst, you don't deserve me at my GQ modeling, himbo best.

 

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HE HAS A BACHELOR'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES!!! HE'S LITERALLY SMARTER THAN ALL OF US COMBINED!!!

Did Jeff not go to college? It's the only explanation for how he's so impressed by Hasan's credentials. So many of the chuds Jeff goes after are similarly educated but he never brings that up.

This revelation makes Zeo's entire persona and ability to talk down to literally anyone so much funnier.

Gonna guess he was called a gifted kid in elementary school and clings to it as his sole point of pride in a life that’s been a nonstarter for decades.

[jooseloose]

Scottish Pervert back with another WLW screed, totally not a fetish.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/lgbtq-representation-in-games-especially-rpgs-and-story-driven-games-aka-why-options-choice-frictionless-isnt-always-better-a-long-ramble.1639735/

Nuked or it was made members only.

It's an Echoes thread so of course it's members only.

[Boredfrom]

They understand that he is a weirdo that is obsessed with lesbians but don’t stop encouraging him. Is not like he isn’t cognitive enough to understand that most people find him annoying.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

DLSS 5 does wonders for the faces in Starfield:

   

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

They understand that he is a weirdo that is obsessed with lesbians but don’t stop encouraging him. Is not like he isn’t cognitive enough to understand that most people find him annoying.

He runs to some place like the burka thread and everyone tells him how wonderful he is. 

They use such loaded language to “discuss” this stuff that’s you go against the grain and call them out you’re banned for “ableist rhetoric” “dismissing concerns of accessibility in gaming”.

Not a hive-mind, but you will be punished for the wrong views.

[HaughtyFrank]

Scottish Pervert back with another WLW screed, totally not a fetish.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/lgbtq-representation-in-games-especially-rpgs-and-story-driven-games-aka-why-options-choice-frictionless-isnt-always-better-a-long-ramble.1639735/

Just a few days ago

Examples where you wanted or want games to be more accessible, hand holdy or just more streamlined?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/examples-where-you-wanted-or-want-games-to-be-more-accessible-hand-holdy-or-just-more-streamlined.1637731/

Except, why shouldn't frictionless games exist? If a dev wants to make a games that lets you finish it without mastering it, so what? What's the actual issue here?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/when-hand-holding-is-no-longer-a-choice.1630204/post-160541806

[Jansen]

yeah this is something I actually really agree with you on and have thought a lot about myself. I can understand the developer attraction to having all characters be equally attracted to the player character, but I adore the characterization that comes with set sexualities and attraction and relationship possibilities. I've also always been a proponent of party members pairing off if you don't romance them. In particular, there are a couple characters in Mass Effect three who are revealed to have gotten together if you didn't romance either one of them. In my very first play through I didn't romance either of them and was very touched when I happened upon them sharing a tender moment on the ship.



I also agree that unless the character is explicitly written in a way that is outwardly and obviously LGBT, then just having them be attracted to the player character regardless of the PC gender feels toothless in a lot of ways. this is a great post, thank you for sharing

I agree and often roll my eyes at the "more choices are always better!" retort that often comes up. It can be the opposite. Having too many choices can mean there isn't enough focus and intention put on other things. I remember people arguing for a female Link years back, which I'm not against, but some were arguing to let you choose Link's gender and it's like…why? If they make a female Link, they should make a female Link and all the design and dialogue differences that they feel comes with that. I think that would be cool. If it's just a toggle, that's not very interesting at all and it cheapens what should be a big change.



And why do tiger cubs have to be so cute? I just want to cuddle with them.

Agree indeed.



While it's good to have some characters that can be romanced by any gender (bi people exist as well after all), having others that are immuably set is good too.



Can't imagine Judy from Cyberpunk 2077 being romanced by male V for instance. Her childhood stories or her past relationships are integral to her portrayal and story. Her getting in a relationship with a dude wouldn't make much sense.





And also, yeah, being able to say to the game "not interested by this type of relationships" could be usefull. The whole debacle with AC:Odyssey DLC where Kassandra get "forced" to make a kid with a dude even tho the player would have said "no" to every other male romance options before is a clear example of that. If you let the player chose who they can romance, then maybe try to acknowledge and respect what they have chosen ? (and if the devs want to force the player in a set relationship, then maybe don't let the player choose who they will and won't woo before hand).

The classic "Player-sexual party", where everyone is hot for the pg regardless of the gender, was and will always be stupid and corny.

Agree with caveats (namely don't make Cassandra straight, wtf)

Overall though, Set Sexualities > Player-sexual >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No queer options/no queer flirting/no queer dialogue choices. I give the evil eye to any straight person that applauds no romance without any of these things, always so many micro heteronormativity moment's in games that are a minor but still apparent barrier to immersion in this case.

This is something I've always noticed is how limited representation is in games outside of things with a character creator. Indies definitely do a lot to help with this.

I agree there should be more representation when it comes to the kind of characters leading a game whether it's an RPG or any other genres. And after having been in the Video Games industry for the past 7 years, I think the main issue is the current AAA market doesn't seem to be very welcoming (commercially) when it comes to Queer/Non-straight leads, let alone Queer stories. Which is funny because it doesn't seem to be the case with the critical reception in a lot of games. Furthermore, we're still having issues with Female leads in games. We've seen what happened with The Last of Us Part 2 or Horizon Forbidden West, heck even Ghost of Yotei and the recently announced God of War Laufey, the amount of vitriol on social media when a large amount of players learn that the main character is queer or a woman, especially if the previous entry in a series was a straight male lead (which is the case for 3 of the 4 games I mentioned). The problem with that is large publishers look at these moments as things to avoid, to not affect marketability and potential short and long term profitability of their next projects, which to me is dumb and poor reasoning to make any decisions. But with the ever-rising cost of game development, it's getting harder to ignore nowadays. And it sucks.



And I say this as someone who would love to see more Asian male leads in games that aren't ninja or samurais or sword-wielding warriors, which a lot of interesting upcoming games seem to be. Heck, one of my favorite games of all time is Sleeping Dogs, which was literally a mash-up of GTA and the movie Internal Affairs.

But try and tell that to capital G gamers who think quantity of choices is what makes a good game.



They were so pissed off they couldn't date Judy as male V that they made mods to allow it

Very relevant video:



[url unfurl=true media=youtube:iZGkxUTbDqw]https://youtu.be/iZGkxUTbDqw?is=H09zZMeHv9wd7RRC[/url]

The tragedy is that eliminating playersexual romance in RPGs and life sims and such would in turn eliminate like... 95% of all queer content in video games. Take optional content with set characters too and queer men have now vanished entirely from just about the entire medium. Explicitly queer stories aren't seen as marketable for the big leagues and not profitable or sustainable for the minor leagues. There's no way for us to win other than settling for scraps.

I was planning on making a similar thread but focus on Final Fantasy and the lack of female leads in the mainline titles.



Final Fantasy 13 was so close to achieving this with Fang and Vanille but Square Enix made changes in the last second like making Fang a woman but remove the romance.



I wish FF17 introduce a woman lead being demisexual. But ends in doom yuri because we been through 3 cishet romance in a row with FFX being the only one being tragic at the end

XV and XVI were both tragic-adjacent. Actually even more so than X if you factor in X-2's good ending.

I agree. I immediately think of the way Judy was handled in Cyberpunk. I tried to romance her as a male V and she shut me down. But we went on to develop a close, platonic friendship. That
 felt real and it made the character and relationship feel more fully-formed.



Every single character being romantically interested in your MC makes no sense.

[Boredfrom]

Most of them are bitching either about not romancing Yosuke in P4 or not having a the FemPC in P3Remake.

Bunch of hypocrites.

[Snoopy]

As much as we dunk on Resetera, I gotta say the ‘tards on neogaf are worse. Every thread has them panicking about whether a game is pushing a liberal agenda. Dude in the Silent Hill thread has calculated the ethnic make up of Scotland to rule out the possibility of a black protagonist. (Even though he is American)

A little known fact is that proportionally, the scots owned the most slaves and if they went independent and they paid reparations to each descendant of those slave holders it'd be more than north sea oil by a huge factor

Another little known fact is we tried to colonise Panama. Fuck knows why

[Mediocre Lager]

But...but... I thought more options were always good? Era told me that more options are always good!

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/future-of-halo-activision-now-making-halo-with-new-team-large-halo-studios-layoffs-small-team-left-to-support-current-titles-community.1639831/

[jooseloose]

I can't take Echoes seriously at the best of times but the other day when they were saying that accessibility options should include being able to be vegetarian and toggle off CIS male romance options was fucking hilarious