By Inflatablemidget Go To PostHe's not really thinking he can bring GAF back now is he? After what he just said? Talk about losing the high ground.you honestly think that a large part of the userbase, well, gaming in particular, cares about what EL did? They'll celebrate the fact that it's no longer a "liberal safe space" and can finally openly speak their mind. Their ugly little minds. Only to find out that it's probably going to be very much like the old GAF they hated, with a giant hypocrite steering the boat
By Grimsat Go To PostHaha, does he really expect people to pretend nothing happened and post on gaf? I just can’t wait for the suicide threads when the site opens.There will be definitely be a couple.
By Random Ass Username Go To PostWell yeah at some point the site was just curated around the dude's ego. Slide glibly into threads, dictate "reality" for folks then get pressed or mad when he was contradicted. Best was when mods had to shake him down about his opinions on bullying fat people. Couldn't perm them.Those older pics of him must make him incredibly mad.
By Mr. Blue Sky Go To PostSo whats the over under on GAF becoming a nice new home for a bunch of GGs and other similar trolls. His statements towards his victim are right up their alley.
He'll take whatever he can if it gets him money. It's always been like that.
Is ResetEra going to be a place where if you upset some easily offended snowflake then you get bopped with the ban hammer?
Ah well, no off topic basically seals it, the gaming side held little interest anyway besides E3 and console launches.
By Ref_Fuji Go To PostPMs unless he goes full gestapo.He'll disable the pm function and North Korea the place.
Dear leader EL
By Dark PhaZe Go To Postwhy do people see this happening?Which bit? The game-focused aspect is what he said in the article, the right-leaning being trolls and GGs who had a seemingly no end of alts who will post for fun, but in turn get him whatever little ad revenue he can muster, the 'sycophantic mods' he is clearly delusion and up his own arse to a phenomenal degree, of course he'd surround himself with yes men.
did I miss something
From lording himself so much as a hard left leaning platform owner, there is a real-over-under that if the site does stay online, it'll be a hive of everything he once criticised, so why not lean in on it if it's all he has left?
By Apollo Go To PostThis is gross. Anyone that post on gaf is a gross person.
Especially after that waypoint article, I agree.
Patrick Klepek and Jason Schrier are the best.
By Einchy Go To PostHe pretty much never even posted, aside from from a post here or there, it was like he barely existed on the site. I think the most I saw him do on the ten years I've been on Gaf was just earlier this month when he went berserk and banned multiple prominent users for no reason. That shit was whack and I bet all the mods knew it, too.
Yeah the few times he posted lately seemed to be either some low key bigoted shit or some "grand" statements about how he's taking a stand for/against something.
I'll give it a week of shitposts and GAF will return to normal, OT or not.
Lack of mods? Dudes would give up their left ball to become a mod, even after all of this.
Lack of mods? Dudes would give up their left ball to become a mod, even after all of this.
God, what a fucking scumbag. Dude's got an ego the size of the Sun.
Either he's getting a bunch of yes-men mods ready to shut down anything critical of the incident, or he's gonna have a real rude awakening when the forum opens up again. Seems like from past experience, I half-expect him to find people grateful he and the forum are back.
Nah dude. Hope you enjoy the firestorm that's about to hit you.
Either he's getting a bunch of yes-men mods ready to shut down anything critical of the incident, or he's gonna have a real rude awakening when the forum opens up again. Seems like from past experience, I half-expect him to find people grateful he and the forum are back.
Nah dude. Hope you enjoy the firestorm that's about to hit you.
By Auto Simeone Go To PostWhat does this mean? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?
the thing now is gaf's clout as an industry-wide water cooler type forum is done. it was always eroding but there were still insiders and journos who posted there, the npd guy, indie devs, press sneak fuck, sterling, the p1p guys, some of the ign guys, some of the eza guys, representatives from bigger devs and publishers, etc. etc. etc.
now with resetera getting some good admins in that regard neogaf will just be a gaming forum
now with resetera getting some good admins in that regard neogaf will just be a gaming forum
By Auto Simeone Go To PostSo this was simply the start of some elaborate plan to collect Presidential handhake pics
Y'all are crazy if you don't think a significant portion of the GAF userbase harbored some real shitty ideas about inclusivity and diversity in games., or that a new "focus on gaming" isn't going to invite even more mouth-breathers.
By Apollo Go To PostRead EL's quotes in Trump's voice
Read it in the Joker's voice, like he was talking about Harley.
By Auto Simeone Go To Post
Thanks Obama
The main problem is that there's still people in gaf that have no idea of what happened, so they're gonna be posting as normal.
At least it will be hilarious to see all the GGers that were absolutely hating neogaf praising it now
At least it will be hilarious to see all the GGers that were absolutely hating neogaf praising it now
Patrick is awesome. Malka's defence is disgusting. Don't know what sort of person this woman is, but Malka's pattern of behaviour and trying to get it on with someone else's girlfriend don't lead me to give him benefit of the doubt. Reads like a typical attempt to smear his victim.
Back to the mods thing, I recall hearing he sent them revenge porn of an ex? Is that accurate? When was this?
Back to the mods thing, I recall hearing he sent them revenge porn of an ex? Is that accurate? When was this?
Yeah I don't know how he expects it to work when he opens GAF back up. There will still be a ton of shitposts talking about it in the Gaming only forum.
I might archive some stuff from there I want to keep, but other than that I'm done with the place, I was before this.
I might archive some stuff from there I want to keep, but other than that I'm done with the place, I was before this.
By Dark PhaZe Go To PostI'd say the level of discussion took a downturn as you said, but it was still my go to source to do a quick glance to see if there was any news worth talking about. Reddit is just too massive for that sort of thing.
For sure, it was still one of the first forums I visited on a daily basis for the last 9 years.
"I'm not trying to ruin his life. I wasn't trying to call him out. I was responding to a fucking hashtag about sexual assault and sexual abuse, and that story fit really well. Who gets into a shower with a naked girl who's puking?"
That line killed me.
I really wonder what he's thinking.
He had two decent options with just selling the site without any further damage, or just owning up and admitting it.
What a poor choice to talk to an reporter, using the words he did and still not doing anything else.
That line killed me.
I really wonder what he's thinking.
He had two decent options with just selling the site without any further damage, or just owning up and admitting it.
What a poor choice to talk to an reporter, using the words he did and still not doing anything else.
Hey folks, long time Gaf and sometimes Slaent lurker checking in. Just read the Waypoint article. Jesus Christ, what a fucking dickhead.
By Not Go To PostSlent. I don't want it to rhyme with taintI say Slent too.
By kulapik Go To PostThe main problem is that there's still people in gaf that have no idea of what happened, so they're gonna be posting as normal.there isn't a mod team on the planet that can fight off the anti-gaf crowd and his own community at the same time AND not let it get out to those unaware
At least it will be hilarious to see all the GGers that were absolutely hating neogaf praising it now
OT was by far my favorite section of GAF. I wouldn’t be interested in going back without it (but I wouldn’t really be interested in going back if EL is still at the helm anyways) and it will probably never be the same. Thanks for letting us come here, again, not all parts of the internet are as friendly. A lot of my friends that used to post got banned a few months ago for suggesting that some of the moderators were not doing their job well. Just instantly, like that, and these weren’t even problematic people.
By John Rabbit Go To PostY'all are crazy if you don't think a significant portion of the GAF userbase harbored some real shitty ideas about inclusivity and diversity in games., or that a new "focus on gaming" isn't going to invite even more mouth-breathers.
Yeah diversity threads in gaming side tended to be dumpster fires for that reason.
By PhoenixMilk Go To PostWell, that Waypoint article nailed down some things. Great reporting by Klepek. And yeah, it seems he is moving away from Off-Topic to avoid talk lingering into this stuff. And really, I'm not going back when it's up. It's Slaent and ResetERA from now on.
The article does a good job showing the view of the Mods. There position was somewhat understandable, and it shows how they were so ready to leave once these allegations came about. Still, they do have some responsibility, but I can't particularly blame them for caving during the Amir0x issue.
The waypoint article makes the mods Who lleft look really bad. FHey didn’t quit on principle or to make a stand , they quit because they didn’t want to be publicly shamed anymore. They didn’t quit when Amir0x case was handled badly because they wanted to hold on to the power they had as mods
Yeah, I'm not touching anything Malka touches. Singlehandedly ruined his own site. It'll happen again
By Auto Simeone Go To PostB
Fake News!
By Mr. Blue Sky Go To PostSo whats the over under on GAF becoming a nice new home for a bunch of GGs and other similar trolls. His statements towards his victim are right up their alley.I am assuming this will be the fate of gaf now. Bunch of GG's and whiny mens rights dick heads finally getting a chance to crawl out of the wood work now. What will be real fun is watching the returning posters drop their fake ass facades be who they really are.
By spindashing Go To PostI'll give it a week of shitposts and GAF will return to normal, OT or not.breh, no lol.
Lack of mods? Dudes would give up their left ball to become a mod, even after all of this.
What a tone deaf statement. Dude doesn't get it at all. He's not dumb just full of himself.
How arrogant do you have to be to not realize how bad this makes you look.
How arrogant do you have to be to not realize how bad this makes you look.
So are we gonna go with ResetEra then for sure now?
Cause it sounds like the “new” GAF is gonna be a total shitshow. Or at the very least going to be hard to stomach visiting knowing who’s at the helm.
Cause it sounds like the “new” GAF is gonna be a total shitshow. Or at the very least going to be hard to stomach visiting knowing who’s at the helm.
By Gaz Go To PostIs ResetEra going to be a place where if you upset some easily offended snowflake then you get bopped with the ban hammer?I've upset people on GAF at times but was never banned for it, but that's because I wasn't an asshole about my opinions and backed them up with rational.
By Tlaloc Go To PostI am assuming this will be the fate of gaf now. Bunch of GG's and whiny mens rights dick heads finally getting a chance to crawl out of the wood work now. What will be real fun is watching the returning posters drop their fake ass facades be who they really are.Indeed.
By John Rabbit Go To PostY'all are crazy if you don't think a significant portion of the GAF userbase harbored some real shitty ideas about inclusivity and diversity in games., or that a new "focus on gaming" isn't going to invite even more mouth-breathers.I'm sure plenty are going to stay, but a big chunk are gonna be outta there, especially if OT's gone. It'll still technically be GAF, but it'll be a hollowed out husk, and any influx of said mouth-breathers is just gonna dilute the forum and make it blend in with any other random VG board, I feel. It'll be, what, a somewhat nicer IGN Boards at best? Without the influence it had, who would care?
By DY_nasty Go To Postbreh, no lol.I'd love to be proven wrong, but nothing surprises me anymore.
By hasanahmad Go To PostThe waypoint article makes the mods Who lleft look really bad. FHey didn’t quit on principle or to make a stand , they quit because they didn’t want to be publicly shamed anymore. They didn’t quit when Amir0x case was handled badly because they wanted to hold on to the power they had as modsThat's unfair. I'm not speaking for all of them, but for many people within all sorts of jacked up institutions - people often feel the best way to fix something they care about is from the inside.
But everything has a boiling point.
By Cartoonic21 Go To PostSo are we gonna go with ResetEra then for sure now?
Cause it sounds like the “new” GAF is gonna be a total shitshow. Or at the very least going to be hard to stomach visiting knowing who’s at the helm.
you do what you do fam
By Grimsat Go To PostHaha, does he really expect people to pretend nothing happened and post on gaf? I just can’t wait for the suicide threads when the site opens.I'm prepping my 'Evilore is the Dark Souls of cunts' thread right now
By Auto Simeone Go To Post
Those fucking bug eyes. Yikes.