By Switchpro Go To Postdoes gaf even care about piracy outside of games? everytime a movie gets on the internet tons of people somehow caught a dollar theater showing on the weekends but just decided to post about it.
all but a handful of peeps in any emulation thread are pirating the fuck outta those games
By cashman Go To PostI honestly just miss CFB gaf.Yeah, that was my main haunt after NBA-GAF was no more.
I was poking around yesterday and noticed that there's a new OSU fan in that thread. I hope he realizes the proud tradition he's carrying on.
I think it's hard to pigeonhole GAF as anti-progressive. Gaming in general seems to select for lonely people who retreat into fiction because reality hasn't offered satisfactory means of validation and accomplishment. A lot of that clearly stems from romantic failure, which breeds resentment and overcompensatory displays. This is obviously not everybody, but enough of the loud ones.
Within the broader context of gaming/pop culture sites it's doing pretty well simply by having clear progressive guidelines that are for the most part enforced. The primary competition on that scale is reddit, 4chan & its splinter sites, twitter and youtube comments sections. When placed next to those you can see that it strikes a pretty clear distinction among the population that makes up the broader commentariat. Those sites are willing to play host to humanity's baser elements in a play for traffic under a phony banner of philosophical egalitarianism, so I feel compelled to give a bit of credit when anyone forgoes that in the name of not being shitty to people.
Yes, it's going to be an inherently flawed enterprise when a great deal of your user base is composed of thirsty nerds, many of whom have learned to talk a big game about social justice issues as an alternate mating strategy for low-status males. They may even be well intentioned consciously, but the mating drive has a way of overriding all that stuff.
TL;DR - I'm kind of caught here between recognizing that there's a lot of dumb inexcusable stuff that goes down, and thinking "yeah, but look at the material they have to work with."
Within the broader context of gaming/pop culture sites it's doing pretty well simply by having clear progressive guidelines that are for the most part enforced. The primary competition on that scale is reddit, 4chan & its splinter sites, twitter and youtube comments sections. When placed next to those you can see that it strikes a pretty clear distinction among the population that makes up the broader commentariat. Those sites are willing to play host to humanity's baser elements in a play for traffic under a phony banner of philosophical egalitarianism, so I feel compelled to give a bit of credit when anyone forgoes that in the name of not being shitty to people.
Yes, it's going to be an inherently flawed enterprise when a great deal of your user base is composed of thirsty nerds, many of whom have learned to talk a big game about social justice issues as an alternate mating strategy for low-status males. They may even be well intentioned consciously, but the mating drive has a way of overriding all that stuff.
TL;DR - I'm kind of caught here between recognizing that there's a lot of dumb inexcusable stuff that goes down, and thinking "yeah, but look at the material they have to work with."
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostNo lie…I'm seriously debating on never posting on GAF again. That is just pure filth.I have not posted there since December 5th, 2015. Supporting Neil Druckmann at PSX got me banned for 30 days. Haven't logged in since then.
By livefromkyoto Go To PostI think it's hard to pigeonhole GAF as anti-progressive. Gaming in general seems to select for lonely people who retreat into fiction because reality hasn't offered satisfactory means of validation and accomplishment. A lot of that clearly stems from romantic failure, which breeds resentment and overcompensatory displays. This is obviously not everybody, but enough of the loud ones.I'd agree with you if issues didn't come from the top down more times than the bottom up.
Within the broader context of gaming/pop culture sites it's doing pretty well simply by having clear progressive guidelines that are for the most part enforced. The primary competition on that scale is reddit, 4chan & its splinter sites, twitter and youtube comments sections. When placed next to those you can see that it strikes a pretty clear distinction among the population that makes up the broader commentariat. Those sites are willing to play host to humanity's baser elements in a play for traffic under a phony banner of philosophical egalitarianism, so I feel compelled to give a bit of credit when anyone forgoes that in the name of not being shitty to people.
Yes, it's going to be an inherently flawed enterprise when a great deal of your user base is composed of thirsty nerds, many of whom have learned to talk a big game about social justice issues as an alternate mating strategy for low-status males. They may even be well intentioned consciously, but the mating drive has a way of overriding all that stuff.
TL;DR - I'm kind of caught here between recognizing that there's a lot of dumb inexcusable stuff that goes down, and thinking "yeah, but look at the material they have to work with."
By DY_nasty Go To PostI'd agree with you if issues didn't come from the top down more times than the bottom up.
That's fine. I'm not even sure I agree with me.
By KingGondo Go To PostYeah, that was my main haunt after NBA-GAF was no more.Those two were the only things worth a shit in the off topic side. Everything else got weird.
I was poking around yesterday and noticed that there's a new OSU fan in that thread. I hope he realizes the proud tradition he's carrying on.
By jjasper Go To PostThose two were the only things worth a shit in the off topic side. Everything else got weird.I'm sure you simply forgot to mention the footy threads.
By NinjaFridge Go To PostI'm sure you simply forgot to mention the footy threads.He did. ;)
By Fenderputty Go To PostCurious, why was Bish demodded?
By reilo Go To PostHe went in hard and banned a bunch of Trump supporters post-election.
By data Go To PostDiet racist gamers drive a lot of traffic to the site
He banned people for simply playing Devil's Advocate (ignoring their actual post history of having an entirely differing opinion in reality).
He banned people for having general opinions or concisely written opinions, and avoided banning those who misinterpreted those opinions and replied with swears and insults.
He banned hordes of people for disliking games he worked on - people with genuine opinions (many of which aligned with the consensus that they sucked). Those people also had no idea that bishoptl = Tim Lewinson. I believe he was especially defensive of the Warhammer games at one point moons ago. But there were other projects since, and if someone mis-spoke about them...it's like he had some sort of alert system setup and banned them.
By cashman Go To PostMan, the police report is out there and I really wish I hadn't read itOoh, give.
By jjasper Go To PostThose two were the only things worth a shit in the off topic side. Everything else got weird.The size of GAF and the constant input stressed me out I think.
The pace and tone of SLAENT is much healthier for me. And at least I went down swinging. Lol.
By cashman Go To PostMan, the police report is out there and I really wish I hadn't read it
Whur
I stick to maybe 3 threads on GAF and that's it. PC thread, Madden, and PUBG. Hardly go into OT, but I basically use gaming as one stop place for news of the day.
Police report is on Twitter. Just search for amir0x and look for it. Goes into detail about the images so be warned.
By Fenderputty Go To PostA discussion regarding a taboo topic. If sexuality isn't chosen and one chooses to ignore their basic urges for moral reasons, why isn't it commendable? Note: getting kiddy porn isn't ignoring urges
By n8 dogg Go To PostDebate for another day, but I do think that there needs to be more help offered to people that find themselves sexually attracted to children. It's probably the biggest area in which Thought Police volunteers find themselves in action and doing everything they can to chastise.This is exactly what I was talking about as well. Definitely not defending Amir0x either, with my earlier post. Consuming child pornography is certainly contributing to rape/molestation and not okay.
Obviously people that practice it and act on their urges are deplorable, but one can't naturally help being attracted to children any more than I can women, gay people can their own sex etcetera. Needs to be a little more understanding and dialogue at some point, I would hope. But that starts with the person feeling that way admitting it and seeking help.
Just think about how much of our lives revolve around sex. Now think about never being able to act on it without raping someone. Pretty fucking awful existence.
There's a lot of pedophiles out there, no way to really gauge whether there's more that eventually do act versus those that don't, but I do know there are a lot out there that don't. That's a hard life. On top of that, they're told that they are evil and horrible people for thoughts/feelings that they really don't have any control over. Imagine being that person.
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostHe banned people for simply playing Devil's Advocate (ignoring their actual post history of having an entirely differing opinion in reality).Can confirm, I was one of those people. The fucking insane twist that GAF took post-election was seriously grotesque.
He banned people for having general opinions or concisely written opinions, and avoided banning those who misinterpreted those opinions and replied with swears and insults.
I was getting eaten alive by self righteous people breaking ToS left and right with personal insults while I try to have an honest dialogue about subjects. I'm a quasi-socialist that's further to the left than 90% of the Democratic Party, but even a slight questioning of opinions makes you an apologist/racist/sexist/bigot/whatever. Quick to throw out those atom bomb words, and none of the people that did got banned.
Fuck that place.
By NinjaFridge Go To PostPolice report is on Twitter. Just search for amir0x and look for it. Goes into detail about the images so be warned.
Eh
Not sure I really want to read it then if it gets graphic
By Smokey Go To PostEhjust skip points 12 and 20
Not sure I really want to read it then if it gets graphic
By Smokey Go To PostEh
Not sure I really want to read it then if it gets graphic
Seconded
He is an idiot if he thinks that "I didn't know it was illegal" defense is going to work.
That only works if you are Trump.
That only works if you are Trump.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostHe is an idiot if he thinks that "I didn't know it was illegal" defense is going to work.I'm almost scared to ask what specifics he didn't know was illegal....
That only works if you are Trump.
By Xpike Go To Postjust skip points 12 and 20
So he did all of this in the open (Torrent)? If you're going to be doing stupid shit like this wouldn't you at least use a VPN and one that doesn't keep logs at that?
Dude is scum
By Kabro Go To PostI'm almost scared to ask what specifics he didn't know was illegal….Downloading child porn.
By Kabro Go To PostI'm almost scared to ask what specifics he didn't know was illegal….It wasnt sexual enough, according to him
We're talking about very sexual images and videos, apparently because it didnt have penetration it was ok
By AlphaSnacks Go To PostNo lie…I'm seriously debating on never posting on GAF again. That is just pure filth.Me too.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostDownloading child porn.really?
not enough facepalm.
By Xpike Go To PostIt wasnt sexual enough, according to himyeah ok, im done with this thread.
We're talking about very sexual images and videos, apparently because it didnt have penetration it was ok
That police report... I can't comprehend the kind of mental fortitude one needs to be a child sex crimes investigator.
I just realised I sported the paedo's avatar as I got banned from neogaf. I have some strange feeling coming over me.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostI can't comprehend the kind of mental fortitude one needs to be a child sex crimes investigator.
Seriously ...
https://abload.de/img/pedor0x6pszx.png
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but yeah,
I agree with you n8. Not sure what exactly can be done though.
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but yeah,
I agree with you n8. Not sure what exactly can be done though.
By ATTICUS H Go To Posthttps://abload.de/img/pedor0x6pszx.png
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but yeah,
I agree with you n8. Not sure what exactly can be done though.
Pointed some of that out on the 2 pages ago, not to the extent of that image though.
EL knee-jerked his response to this shit just like he does with most things. How dumb does that dude think people are?
By rvy Go To PostNo penetration therefore ok? What?
I'm not reading that police report because nope, life's gross enough already. But I remember this debate came up with Michael Jackson. There are pictures of naked kids out there which can happen under innocent circumstances because hey, kids run around without clothes on, it happens. There's plenty of artwork that involves naked children; classical painting, Jackson even had stuff like coffee table books of it from some well known photographer. The line between what constitutes an artistic representation or something prurient is kind of fuzzy at times.
That said, this dude was whackin' it. Even he thought it was porn.
Why did they lie about all that. Just say, "he wasn't who we thought he was. We gave him chances and we're sorry we ever did."
It's painfully obvious they're not being honest to anyone who's been there 5+ years. Fuck ... I knew what Ami looked like.
That's why he's locking any threads related to this.
It's painfully obvious they're not being honest to anyone who's been there 5+ years. Fuck ... I knew what Ami looked like.
By Slizz Go To PostPointed some of that out on the 2 pages ago, not to the extent of that image though.
EL knee-jerked his response to this shit just like he does with most things. How dumb does that dude think people are?
That's why he's locking any threads related to this.
In terms of sentencing, if he is found guilty, which he will be, because according to that police report he totally ignored the first rule of being arrested which is "Never talk to the police", even if you are innocent, never talk to the police, never, I reiterate, never.
Doing some digging he faces up to 7 years in prison and $15,000 in fines plus he will have to register as an offender, likelihood however is that he will serve a very low period of time. Ironically him admitting to the charges has hurt whatever possible plea deal he could get so they dont have to offer him one.
Doing some digging he faces up to 7 years in prison and $15,000 in fines plus he will have to register as an offender, likelihood however is that he will serve a very low period of time. Ironically him admitting to the charges has hurt whatever possible plea deal he could get so they dont have to offer him one.
Well theres the thing, hell probably spend a period of time in custody and have that marked as time served, its hard to tell the way states work in the US what the sentencing would be, but despite it being a Felony id be shocked if he saw much actual Prison time.
It startles me how little time high-profile sexual offenders (rapists & pedophiles) spend in jail...especially if you're white. Yeah, I said it. I hope Amirox gets it while he's in the cell, despite how brief that period of time can be. That dude deserves the worst.
By RATHasReturned Go To PostTyler should have lawyer help him with those statements.Seriously. Why lie multiple times in a 3 paragraph post? Don't say you didn't know Amir0x's real name because you 100% knew it. Don't say he wasn't a mod for over 10 years when it's obvious he was one just 7 years ago. fucking dumb... the 'mod in over 10 years' thing is just so stupid. why even mention that to try and protect yourself when it's 100% false? so dumb
I think the biggest impact will be having to register as an offender, probably has very strict guidelines on activities he can and cant do, where he can and cant live, work.
Im still shocked he copped to it all in the report, I shouldnt be because its so common for people to treat the police mirandising them as "People to explain yourself to", but the person arresting you will do it regardless, nothing you say will stop it, nothing you say is beneficial, you can however nail your own coffin.
Im still shocked he copped to it all in the report, I shouldnt be because its so common for people to treat the police mirandising them as "People to explain yourself to", but the person arresting you will do it regardless, nothing you say will stop it, nothing you say is beneficial, you can however nail your own coffin.
By zfzmikey Go To PostCan confirm, I was one of those people. The fucking insane twist that GAF took post-election was seriously grotesque.
I was getting eaten alive by self righteous people breaking ToS left and right with personal insults while I try to have an honest dialogue about subjects. I'm a quasi-socialist that's further to the left than 90% of the Democratic Party, but even a slight questioning of opinions makes you an apologist/racist/sexist/bigot/whatever. Quick to throw out those atom bomb words, and none of the people that did got banned.
Fuck that place.
Not happy to admit it, but early on there I had a time(or two) of being that angry internet meme that got triggered because someone "was wrong on the internet."
I'm fairly liberal and align with GAF "think" more then not. So of course it went unscathed.
Which makes you recognize how the game of GAF is played(and frankly most forums). TOS is basically selectively enforced based on what group identity the mod categorizes you with. Depending on that judgement determines how strictly the "TOS" is enforced. I don't always think it's deliberate(though for many mods it clearly was/is), but it's the process that ultimately tends to happen.
Pick the right side and you can basically go Amir0x on the regular. Get identified with an out group and you are done for.
Over time that gets you to where GAF is at.
By Method Go To PostSeriously. Why lie multiple times in a 3 paragraph post? Don't say you didn't know Amir0x's real name because you 100% knew it. Don't say he wasn't a mod for over 10 years when it's obvious he was one just 7 years ago. fucking dumb… the 'mod in over 10 years' thing is just so stupid. why even mention that to try and protect yourself when it's 100% false? so dumbIsn't 7 years the better part of a decade?
You would hope that part of the investigation includes interviewing Tyler. He shouldn't be able to get away with such a stupid thread ending post like that.