Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trying-to-stay-sane-while-killing-time.1001754/

But for reasons I can't know, my grandmother didn't keep the papers proving that the courts did that...

Okay, but the court did. This was 2010, not 1810.

[Snoopy]

With VII Rebirth, Person 3R, Yakuza IW, Unicorn Overlord, Eiyuden Chronicles, SMT, Granblue, and now these stellar reviews for Metaphor, 2024 is probably the greatest year in terms of quality AND quality since the 90s for JRPGs.

Not done yet either.

JRPG fans really are eating good right now.

This is probably more than I've ever said on this subject, but...

...wait till you folks see what I've got in store for you next year.

 https://www.resetera.com/threads/metaphor-refantazio-review-thread.1002525/page-29#post-129859353

[benji]

Oh, he bumped with the good news:

And I was officially given the update today that we will need to go to court over this ownership matter. I will not be moving this month, the apartment I secured will be lost, likely with the money I already put towards it, and I will be stuck here still unable to work or earn money to eat.

I honestly just feel like dying at this point.

"All my friends are busy" I assure you, if you have friends, one of them would enthusiastically help you in this unique situation.

They are supportive, just too busy or unable to actually "help" in this scenario.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

Oh, he bumped with the good news:

And I was officially given the update today that we will need to go to court over this ownership matter. I will not be moving this month, the apartment I secured will be lost, likely with the money I already put towards it, and I will be stuck here still unable to work or earn money to eat.

I honestly just feel like dying at this point.

"All my friends are busy" I assure you, if you have friends, one of them would enthusiastically help you in this unique situation.

They are supportive, just too busy or unable to actually "help" in this scenario.

I would suggest to all of them taking some finance courses and stop buying stupid shit. Save your money.

[HaughtyFrank]

trans twitter is currently angry about this artwork

there are plenty of beautiful, non-passing, clocky pre-hrt trans women. This isn't that. This is a caricature. This is designed to make you feel worse, not seen

in that context, i don't even care if they KNEW what they were producing was a transphobic caricature or not. If they can't see the resemblance to extremely common hate illustrations, or are unaware of them, their art has utterly failed to reach its own goals through ignorance

some issues...

- the art is from like 2018, in a manchester department store, it's not new

- it's a drawing of a real person, so if it's an "ugly caricature" what does that say...?

- the artist has drawn a lot more in that style which is now upsetting them further (nsfw)

Shit like this feels like a coinflip. 

Top surgery scars in dragon age? 
Yas queen. 

Trans woman with hairy chest?
What the fuck you GENOCIDING bigot

Good chance this Artwork was celebrated back then in 2018 too

[Uncle]

apparently everyone tangentially involved with this artwork and/or current commentary on it is now being harassed

[Nintex]

Oh, he bumped with the good news:

And I was officially given the update today that we will need to go to court over this ownership matter. I will not be moving this month, the apartment I secured will be lost, likely with the money I already put towards it, and I will be stuck here still unable to work or earn money to eat.

I honestly just feel like dying at this point.

"All my friends are busy" I assure you, if you have friends, one of them would enthusiastically help you in this unique situation.

They are supportive, just too busy or unable to actually "help" in this scenario.

I feel like 99.9% of the problems these morons face could be fixed with a single phone call but I guess not eating and dying is easier

[DocWager]

A 13 year loli would be a better representation of a trans person.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

For every Hunter Schafer you have a ton of balding fat old men who see it as a fetish





I think she's good looking personally and she doesn't make being trans her whole existence. Learn from her you fools on RetardEra.

[HaughtyFrank]

apparently everyone tangentially involved with this artwork and/or current commentary on it is now being harassed

lol looks like the artist is a trans man and apparently there's some general hate towards trans man in the trans woman community 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/effthingy/status/1843054554503659797?t=TZKO0vdz1ddk5QmgFAD7jQ&s=19[/tweet]

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-408#post-129858462

How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October

Edit:
https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-killed-hundreds-its-own-people-7-october/49216

One year ago today Palestinian fighters led by Hamas launched an unprecedented military offensive out of the Gaza Strip.

The immediate goal was to inflict a shattering blow against Israel’s army bases and militarized settlements which have besieged Gaza’s inhabitants for decades – all of which are built on land that Palestinian families were expelled from in 1948.

The bigger goal was to shatter a status quo in which Israel, the United States and their accomplices believed they had effectively sidelined the Palestinian cause, and to bring that struggle for liberation back to the forefront of world attention.

“Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” as Hamas called it, was, by any objective military measure, a stunning success.

Still no ban. What I find interesting is that no one in the thread even speaks up. How can you claim that you're totally not antisemitic but then happily post alongside a guy who spreads misinformation like this

[Vertigo]

Just had to check if Era is shilling hard for The Forever Winter, considering the studio founders are mostly PoC, the CEO and creative director is black, and the game is quite political and artistic, but nope - nothing. Probably because they're not shouting it from the rooftops?

It's because people like Asmongold were raving about the game. That automatically makes it 'Alt-Right Adjacent'

[DocWager]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-408#post-129858462

How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October

Edit:
https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-killed-hundreds-its-own-people-7-october/49216

One year ago today Palestinian fighters led by Hamas launched an unprecedented military offensive out of the Gaza Strip.

The immediate goal was to inflict a shattering blow against Israel’s army bases and militarized settlements which have besieged Gaza’s inhabitants for decades – all of which are built on land that Palestinian families were expelled from in 1948.

The bigger goal was to shatter a status quo in which Israel, the United States and their accomplices believed they had effectively sidelined the Palestinian cause, and to bring that struggle for liberation back to the forefront of world attention.

“Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” as Hamas called it, was, by any objective military measure, a stunning success.

Still no ban. What I find interesting is that no one in the thread even speaks up. How can you claim that you're totally not antisemitic but then happily post alongside a guy who spreads misinformation like this

Because it’s an antisemitic circle jerk. Most of the people that opposed the threads bent pretty much just avoid it. Just like the trans thread.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-verge-final-fantasy-xvi-has-a-medieval-approach-to-diversity.692200/page-16#post-107523267

User banned (duration pending admin review): Trolling and inflammatory generalizations against Japanese people over multiple posts.

I’m not sure what you mean by scratch by i hope you aren’t talking about inspiration. The game is about waring white people, like come on. Y’all keep bringing up this mingling with other people as if anglo saxon’s aren’t the main characters in all the stories they make up, it’s HILARIOUS. The game is made ENTIRELY by japanese people and they aren’t in it but you expect to see yourself in a fictional story about white people beefing? JAPANESE folks wanted to make a WHITE game like they always do.

User Banned (1 Month): Trolling and inflammatory generalizations against Japanese people over multiple posts.

They still won't ban terrorist sympathizers in that thread casting doubt about it will they?

Chief Malik just tried to debunk the story by posting an article from a hardcore pro-russian conspiracy website and only got threadbanned

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hamas-attacks-israel-including-attacks-and-kidnappings-of-civilians-israel-retaliates-with-massive-missile-attacks-against-civilian-targets-in-gaza.772478/post-113322851

Case in point 

Israel should not exist and could not exist without the US i'm the first place. That's what I was talking about earlier, just at the root of too many evil things. It needs to go.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/aaron-bushnell-us-airman-sets-himself-on-fire-in-protest-of-palestinian-genocide-outside-israeli-embassy.821301/page-7?post=119738442#post-119738442

The fact this kind of post is allowed and even encouraged by moderators shows how far they’ve fallen into depravity. Video game forum folks

Finally:

User banned (1 month): inflammatory rhetoric over a series of posts

One month seems pretty light.

[DocWager]

Dudes a conspiracy wacko. That’s all he reposts. Guy is off his rocker. I give him three years till he goes on a shooting spree. It might even happen before Melody’s suicide attempt.

[D3RANG3D]

Just had to check if Era is shilling hard for The Forever Winter, considering the studio founders are mostly PoC, the CEO and creative director is black, and the game is quite political and artistic, but nope - nothing. Probably because they're not shouting it from the rooftops?

It's because people like Asmongold were raving about the game. That automatically makes it 'Alt-Right Adjacent'

It must really make them mad that Asmon despite living in a trashcan and most likely smelling of hotdog water had significant others.

[ComeAgain]

For every Hunter Schafer you have a ton of balding fat old men who see it as a fetish





I think she's good looking personally and she doesn't make being trans her whole existence. Learn from her you fools on RetardEra.

She’s hot as fuck. Got zero problems saying that 

[D3RANG3D]

Will she let me touch her tooter?

[Jonsey]

For every Hunter Schafer you have a ton of balding fat old men who see it as a fetish





I think she's good looking personally and she doesn't make being trans her whole existence. Learn from her you fools on RetardEra.

They’d be hotter with a penis

[benji]

Because it’s an antisemitic circle jerk. Most of the people that opposed the threads bent pretty much just avoid it. Just like the trans thread.

What are you talking about? This is the center of intellectual good faith discussion:

After this is over (if it's ever over), would it be possible for someone to sue for damages/reparations on the Palestinians' behalf?

Just unimaginable levels of destruction. Even if and when we finally get a cease fire I'm just not sure where things go from here. Gaza has been rendered near uninhabitable.

The title is an insult to intelligence but the article is a pretty scathing criticism of Biden even if it takes the angle that he is a naive dimwit rather than the genocidal anti-Palestinian racist he actually is. This is the NYT though which is only beaten by the Atlantic as the worst publications around for lying about the Genocide.

Even 50 years ago Biden wanted to kill Palestinian women and children. Like, actual, straight up bloodlust. He's not just some senile dumbass, he wants the "arabs" wiped OUT.

Of course the BBC says civilians were killed "in" the strikes rather than "by" them.

Perhaps one day we'll see BBC use more active headlines that don't try to hide the subject/actor

[Kamala Harris] is such an empty suit. Wow! It makes sense why she lost so fast the first time she ran and why she is in toss up territory against Trump who is one of the worst people alive. Bad candidate with an even worse campaign oof. She has more passion for the Cheney's than Palestinian children.

So people who kept telling me about Harris's secret upcoming face turn, are you gonna keep ignoring what she is saying so you can accept a reality that only exists in your minds?

I don't think there are many of those people anymore. She's basically been dogshit since her DNC speech. Just focus grouped to hell. So safe she's passionless to the nth degree. Her only strong opinions are things that have been safe Democrat opinions for 30+ years. I think she was only progressive leaning in 2020 because Bernie was popping off and nothing was going to pass anyway so it was ez points. She doesn't believe in any of that shit. That is why she lost her momentum because she is just not authentic at all.

Poor Waltz has even had to pocket his authenticity so as to not feed the GoP narrative that she is too liberal. Fucking hell she should have just picked Shapiro at least then she maybe locks down PA. Waltz is now stuck with a center right Biden clone that can't even say she's against the death penalty because she's scared. She's just a not Trump vote that's all. I think she's worse than even "generic Dem."

I hope she wins but it's just because Trump is worse not because she is good because I think she is lame as hell.

I'll stop US Presidential election talk now because it's not allowed even though this entire genocide is because of the the U.S President. Like a Doctor looking at a cancer patient and refusing to address the tumor. /sigh

how fucking pathetic from every single western leader to allow this to continue on for a whole ass year

Another headline that hides the actor. This poor girl just happened to have "lost an eye in Israeli raid".

And apparently "she also suffered a wound".

[AldusMoneyPenny]

This Metaphor game is supposed to be set in an utopia, so what they're saying by removing them from the game is that only when all homosexuals and transgender people are eliminated will we have utopia. Hashino basically going full Joanne.

More than that, from what I've seen it appears to be literally set in Thomas More's Utopia (which seems to be the book you're carrying around) and Thomas More is a main character. However everyone on Restera is an idiot so this has passed without comment when speculating on what the story is trying to do.

What is this game called "Metaphor" trying to say?

[benji]

No updates on noodlesoup's case.

But there is this:

[benji]

 This... this is the same complaint.

At least one cis ally is looking out for a lesbian:

[DocWager]

No updates on noodlesoup's case.

But there is this:

Which Era poster is this lawyer?

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Obviously fuck Trump and these J6 assholes, but

[Taco Bell Tower]

Oh, he bumped with the good news:

And I was officially given the update today that we will need to go to court over this ownership matter. I will not be moving this month, the apartment I secured will be lost, likely with the money I already put towards it, and I will be stuck here still unable to work or earn money to eat.

I honestly just feel like dying at this point.

"All my friends are busy" I assure you, if you have friends, one of them would enthusiastically help you in this unique situation.

They are supportive, just too busy or unable to actually "help" in this scenario.

What's the phrase Ree loves to use a lot?  Oh, fuck around and find out.

[BIONIC]

Going to be walking on eggshells here slightly but I think this is an issue worth bringing up. It's something that has bothered me multiple times and I know it's something other people have brought up in the past as well.

I think mods need to be better at communicating the reasons for a ban, especially when the banned person in question is asking for it to be explained to them. I want to note that I think there's a big difference between "why was i banned plz unban" and "Could you explain what you meant by this? I don't really understand what I did wrong here." but both are treated exactly the same and given the same dismissive non-responses.

So I do kind of have to talk about my experience to talk about this but I need to make my intentions in doing so clear.
I am not relitigating the one week ban I just had. I accept that ban, I am not trying to argue against the ban itself. I know that is against the rules of this thread and from my perspective I am not breaking those rules because what I want to talk about is specifically the issue regarding the responses given through the Ticket system. To emphasize this point, I am not including any details about the ban in question, and thus will not post what my ticket was in full (because it did have me explaining my perspective on the situation), but I will quote something I said in it that should hopefully make clear to anyone reading this post what the intention of the ticket was.

First of all, it wasn't sent under the "Ban Appeal" option, because I was not trying to appeal the ban, it was sent under the "Moderation Inquiry" option.
And here's some of what I said in it:
"I want to try and understand where this ban is coming from. I recognize it's only week and I'm not trying to argue or start any trouble, I am just legitimately baffled. In what way was I concern trolling?" "what could I have done in this situation"

Now, to make sure I'm not misrepresenting things, the full ticket was three paragraphs, but for the sake of not getting into specifics of the ban, I present the above as my example that I was, from my perspective rather clearly, trying to get further clarification and understanding about why I was banned because I truly honestly did not understand it. I was not trying to appeal the ban. I wrote this Ticket fully ready to accept whatever further explanation I got.

This is the response, four days later:


I was really confused by this. I didn't say anything about the ban being on my record. I was asking for more information.
I thought about sending another ticket but I knew from past experience it would just be Rejected. So I sat on this for the remainder of my ban and went back and forth on if it would be worth making a post in this thread. Ultimately I decided it was, not for me specifically, I'm no longer asking about this particular ban, I am bringing this up because I think it's a symptom of a larger problem.

First of all, let's all admit that it really comes across like whoever responded didn't really read what my ticket said. They probably skimmed it, saw me talking about the ban, and then just wrote that it was staying on the assumption I was trying to appeal the ban (even thought it wasn't in that category...). But also the wording here is just so detached, so dismissive. The only reason I don't think this is an automated response is because it took four days to get. If I'm wrong about this and my Ticket was read in full, then the read was painted with an assumption and ignored both what I was saying within it and what category it was sent under.

So here's what I started thinking about during the rest of my ban.
What is the point of a short ban on ResetEra?

Like, the point of a Permanent Ban is obvious, the staff have decided that you are no longer welcome on this forum. Pretty clear cut there. So what about the short ones? No other forum I have been on does them. But they're a slap on the wrist, right? A "go sit in the corner and think about what you did". Okay, I've made peace with that. It still feels pretty bad when it happens but that's how Era rolls. Well, how can someone think about what they did if they don't understand it? Surely the point of a ban like this requires the banned user to be able to reflect. I honestly wonder what percentage of bans have happened where the person never really understood why they were banned and just let it go.

Part of the problem is also the vibe that the mods always assume the absolute worst intentions possible from every user. Like, people complain about this all the time too. And from my perspective you can see it in the dismissive response I got. But I also imagine that a lot of mods will scoff at the idea that we deserve further explanations at all, they might think that everyone is just looking to argue and undermine them or whatever. But I really don't think that's the case and I think the culture here would be a lot healthier if there were better channels of communication between these two "sides".

So here's where my thoughts are at. The short single sentence ban messages aren't really enough. I think people deserve a little bit more about why they've been banned. I'm not saying every single one week ban needs to be sent a personal five paragraph essay on what they did wrong or anything. But a little more information is probably due and if people actively ask for a better explanation, that should be provided to them. Even if every other person in the thread understands why they were banned, if the banned person themselves doesn't then the ban doesn't really have any purpose beyond people who didn't like their post feeling satisfied they got someone in trouble with the teachers. And maybe the people seeking further information won't accept the answer given but I think there at least needs to be a way to get that answer. I think the Ticket system should be a reliable method that people feel comfortable and safe to use. It shouldn't feel like poking a sleeping bear, provided the Ticket isn't obviously abusive towards the staff reading it.

I really hope my intention has come across here. I hope this doesn't just sound like me whining about my ban because that's really not what I'm trying to do here. And while I do think the response to my ticket was kind of insulting, I'm not even complaining about that. I just think that communication between mods and users has always been at the root of most of the issues raised in this thread and I think this is one department where there needs to be some improvement. Whenever there's a big blowup here about someone being banned the mods say the banned person can send a ticket if they want to talk about it. Well that's clearly not true. This has happened to me multiple times and I know I've seen others complain about it too. There is no avenue of discussion within the ticket system. You are dismissed and the ticket closed without response. There has to be a better way.

Well, whatever happens, I thank anyone who took the time to read this post. I've been thinking about it a lot the past few days.

Known mod cock gobbler melts down when hit with the hammer themselves. Many such cases

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Obviously fuck Trump and these J6 assholes, but

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-408#post-129858462

How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October

Edit:
https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-killed-hundreds-its-own-people-7-october/49216

One year ago today Palestinian fighters led by Hamas launched an unprecedented military offensive out of the Gaza Strip.

The immediate goal was to inflict a shattering blow against Israel’s army bases and militarized settlements which have besieged Gaza’s inhabitants for decades – all of which are built on land that Palestinian families were expelled from in 1948.

The bigger goal was to shatter a status quo in which Israel, the United States and their accomplices believed they had effectively sidelined the Palestinian cause, and to bring that struggle for liberation back to the forefront of world attention.

“Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” as Hamas called it, was, by any objective military measure, a stunning success.

Still no ban. What I find interesting is that no one in the thread even speaks up. How can you claim that you're totally not antisemitic but then happily post alongside a guy who spreads misinformation like this

The only mod who will ban for that is B-Dubs and he's having a nap.

[benji]

Obviously fuck Trump and these J6 assholes, but

I ain't fucking none of them.