Btw, caught up in all the Tyler/Neogaf drama, I saw that Robert Scoble, ie the guy wearing Google Glasses in a SHOWER was outed as a creep.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/several-women-accuse-tech-pundit-robert-scoble-of-sexual-harassment/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/several-women-accuse-tech-pundit-robert-scoble-of-sexual-harassment/
By Mumei Go To Post… What nonsense is this?
I guess we will never know exactly who it was (my bets on Evilore) but when the news broke, threads where being deleted on the subject left right and centre, I saw it with my own eyes. Anyone who spoke about Amir0x was either banned, post deleted or outright purged from the forum entirely. "Mod's" is a blanket term I suppose, but with tools like modbot, you honestly shouldn't be surprised.
By John Dunbar Go To Posteven a zombie gaf will probably bring enough coin into his coffers to keep his global groping tour going.Sadly, I believe this to be true. Tyler would still make considerably more than the average American at worst.
By Mastadon Go To PostHoly shit, I'm 100% using this for my account suicide.Same; I think my caption will be "still waiting for The Statement, Tyler; I know it's gonna be fire!"
By John Dunbar Go To Posteven a zombie gaf will probably bring enough coin into his coffers to keep his global groping tour going.
How much did he pull from neogaf btw? Anyone know?
By rvy Go To Postyou can laugh but you'll find more reasons to be sad when not only does he do that, but traffic doesn't really go down much and the majority of people go backHe'd be cutting the population of GAF significantly. There were a TON of people who only posted on OT.
By Mumei Go To Post… What nonsense is this?I'm not him, but if you so much as mentioned Amir0x after his arrest for child pornography you were either banned (thread/post deleted) or purged from the site entirely.
It was definitely swept under the rug. I think it speaks volumes that most people didn't even know it happened until just recently.
Edit: Already covered above.
By uncelestial Go To PostOops, messed up the name the first time.
That's good work man.
By Mumei Go To PostI don't have much confidence in any of the proposed "successor" sites, though. I like Slaent okay, though it's too… I don't know the word—"modern," maybe—for my taste. It looks really nice, but at the same time I prefer something simpler.Slaent was never a proposed successor site though, just an alternative that was already established long before GAF imploded.
Also it's time to use an avatar :)
And thanks for the information. It's always nice to hear from you and this little summary is a good read for those, that never good a look behind the curtain.
By kulapik Go To PostDammit, just went to GAF by instinct. This is gonna be hard.I just swapped out my gaf bookmark for this, made it a lot easier.
By Mumei Go To PostI'll second this. There were differences between the way that bish moderated and the way that the rest of us moderated; in particular he had more latitude than we did, didn't really participate much in formulating consensus (he more or less followed his own path), and was more given to spectacle (hence people believing that he was responsible for more many more bans than he actually was). But this was intentional; when I became a moderator I was explicitly told that I shouldn't try to moderate in the same way that bish did. I don't know if you got the same advisory, since you were a mod for a very long time before I was.
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Too rich was right earlier when he noted that a change started happening around 2012. But it had nothing to do with Romney and Obama or bish suddenly having an axe to grind and going rogue. For a long time before that, there were not enough moderators covering OT. It was the addition of new moderators (who are more proactive about reading threads they know are going to be stressful, since they haven't gotten burned out yet) like myself or other non-Australians (Australians are softies, apparently), junior batches were often timed with new moderators, and places that had been getting no moderation for a long time were being moderated.
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… What nonsense is this?
Thanks for the info.
It's good to hear from some of the mods to help quell speculation that leads to falls claims.
By VitalNonsense Go To PostThis is probably sooner than he'd like, though. I imagine he's scrounged up a hasty scab mod team that will have trouble dealing with how much shit is going to be hitting the fan the moment he opens the flood gates. Gaf is going to be a total shitshow.The one online forum incident I keep thinking about that comes close to that Gotterdamerung of a forum is the "Day of Sin" of the Neopets forums. A very similar result, although for different reasons ("word filter system offline while moving servers" vs. little or no moderators at all).
For comparison, here's a good summary of what happened leading up to the Day of Sin. What actually happened on that forum on the day I think is slightly NSFW.
http://beastsallovertheshop.tumblr.com/post/122741941160/neopets-history-or-why-everythings-gone-to-shit
Of course, that was before NeoGAF was 503'd.
I've had that comparison in my head for a while now. It was just a matter of finding the right context to post under.
By John Dunbar Go To Postam i understanding right that a sizeable number of posters actually enjoyed having to walk on eggshells all the time and seeing people get banned for slightly off-colour jokes?ehh, I never felt like i was walking on eggshells because I don't usually makes jokes like those anyway.
By Arkeband Go To PostThe biggest blow from losing GAF is hundreds and hundreds of pages of debate over whether FFXV was the worst FF in the series. It’s now lost in time, like tears in rain.
Don't worry it will get a sequel in 30 years and be good yet not make as much profit :()
By Ref_Fuji Go To PostHow much did he pull from neogaf btw? Anyone know?
Enough to go galavanting around Europe, buy a 911 porsche, and probably live in upper-middle class suburbs of Austin.
By erlim Go To PostIt feels weird not having access to the discord chats.
I don't even know what Discord is lol. Probably for the best I suppose.
By Francis Go To PostI'm not him, but if you so much as mentioned Amir0x after his arrest for child pornography you were either banned (thread/post deleted) or purged from the site entirely.
It was definitely swept under the rug. I think it speaks volumes that most people didn't even know it happened until just recently.
Edit: Already covered above.
Yeah this isn't really debateable. The entire thing was largely swept under the rug.
By tino Go To PostMore like 3-4 fractions. The gaming side had very little intersection with the OT side anyway.
Very true I kinda hope Gaming gets
By Novel Mike Go To PostIts so weird browsing the last moments gaf was up before it went down last. It feels like the internet version of walking into a dead town in a video game trying to piece together whats happened and where. You've got topics with people trying to get themselves banned, topics trying to get Evilore to step down, community threads trying quickly to organize on discord or somwhere else, other threads are just obvious to whats going on around them, ect. It's like the last moments before the end of the world (and it kinda was in a way).
Yeah it's totally bizarre. Inevitably, once the site is back up in earnest I'm wondering if it's just going to get flooded and shut down again in short order to the point that even the gaming side is unusable? After some time though Gamer only forum folks may flock back out of impatience unless they want to re-create thread after thread on SLAENT or other channels and you have to wonder if the same frequency of breaking news will migrate over. Either way it's a fractured community...
By rvy Go To Postyou can laugh but you'll find more reasons to be sad when not only does he do that, but traffic doesn't really go down much and the majority of people go back
💣🔥
For real tho.
By Epsilon-delta Go To PostEnough to go galavanting around Europe, buy a 911 porsche, and probably live in upper-middle class suburbs of Austin.I thought I recall him saying he lived in a downtown high rise. But yeah a lot of money basically.
Hey guys, former GAFer. It's great seeing so many familiar "faces" here. Been on the site since '06 but changed my user name a couple of times (most recently a few months ago).
Anyways, I've been lurking this site since Saturday night and I have to say you have good thing going here.
How are you guys getting the assets from GAF? If possible, can you provide a link to the Home Buying thread? I know Slaent has a Programming thread but the first page from GAF's programming thread had a ton on good info. Can you provide a link that that one as well?
As for GAF, "I came for gaming but stayed for the OT". Since OT is dead, I'm done with that site. I voiced my opinion about the site a few months ago and surprisingly didn't get banned for it. It has changed a lot over the years.
I was really looking forward to the annual Halloween race thread. Those were so much fun. :)
Anyways, I've been lurking this site since Saturday night and I have to say you have good thing going here.
How are you guys getting the assets from GAF? If possible, can you provide a link to the Home Buying thread? I know Slaent has a Programming thread but the first page from GAF's programming thread had a ton on good info. Can you provide a link that that one as well?
As for GAF, "I came for gaming but stayed for the OT". Since OT is dead, I'm done with that site. I voiced my opinion about the site a few months ago and surprisingly didn't get banned for it. It has changed a lot over the years.
I was really looking forward to the annual Halloween race thread. Those were so much fun. :)
I’ve been busy over the last 6 hours or so, has there been any updates about resetera or what’s happening to gaf?
By SuperEpicMan Go To PostI’ve been busy over the last 6 hours or so, has there been any updates about resetera or what’s happening to gaf?The only new revelation with ResetERA is that the former GAF mods are not in control.
As confirmed by Mumei and Duckroll.
are those excerpts of the resetter manifesto or whatever actually legit? it sounds more like a cult than a video game forum.
By Francis Go To PostI'm not him, but if you so much as mentioned Amir0x after his arrest for child pornography you were either banned (thread/post deleted) or purged from the site entirely.
It was definitely swept under the rug. I think it speaks volumes that most people didn't even know it happened until just recently.
Edit: Already covered above.
yeah, the initial response was downright appalling. I saw it brought up without people getting banned in the last couple months, but as you wrote people were still unaware of it up until two days ago.
By John Dunbar Go To Postare those excerpts of the resetter manifesto or whatever actually legit? it sounds more like a cult than a video game forum.The what now?
Sup y'all hope I'm recognizable without my avatar. Been lurking this place and the bore on and off since the implosion. hoping resetera turns out good.
By John Rabbit Go To PostThe what now?
the one that actually calls us "the last of us."
By John Dunbar Go To Postare those excerpts of the resetter manifesto or whatever actually legit? it sounds more like a cult than a video game forum.Depends on what you're talking about. If you're talking about the "Besada_ResetERA" posts on twitter, that is a troll account and completely untrue.
By Bobson Dugnutt Go To Postyeah, the initial response was downright appalling. I saw it brought up without people getting banned in the last couple months, but as you wrote people were still unaware of it up until two days ago.Should have just came out clean with a statement, thread, let folks vent and get it out of their system. Then closed thread after a bit and been like "k show's over." Instead it was "We don't know a former mod and dude been on the site over a decade." K. And the bans for folks disclosing what dude got up to, wow.
By SuperEpicMan Go To PostI’ve been busy over the last 6 hours or so, has there been any updates about resetera or what’s happening to gaf?ResetERA is looking to launch tonight.
Tyler plans to stay in charge of NeoGAF and plans to re-open with ONLY gaming side (OT possibly gone forever).
Tyler has doubled down on attacking the woman at the center of the story, calling her mentally unstable, etc. No apologies of any kind issued to her or the community.
I think we're gonna see a bunch of DINO CRISIS 3 ANNOUNCED!!11 threads as soon as gaf goes back up.
Capcom fans are worse than Sonic.
Capcom fans are worse than Sonic.
By John Dunbar Go To Postare those excerpts of the resetter manifesto or whatever actually legit? it sounds more like a cult than a video game forum.
You dont need to join if you dont want to breh. Its obvious ppl will try to revive something as important as gaf as quickly as possible but if you're looking to drag beef in with you then dont bother is my advise and stay here or where ever.
Edit-Looks like you got trolled by the fake besada twitter, nvm.
By Jake Jarmel Go To PostHey guys, former GAFer. It's great seeing so many familiar "faces" here. Been on the site since '06 but changed my user name a couple of times (most recently a few months ago).
Anyways, I've been lurking this site since Saturday night and I have to say you have good thing going here.
How are you guys getting the assets from GAF? If possible, can you provide a link to the Home Buying thread? I know Slaent has a Programming thread but the first page from GAF's programming thread had a ton on good info. Can you provide a link that that one as well?
As for GAF, "I came for gaming but stayed for the OT". Since OT is dead, I'm done with that site. I voiced my opinion about the site a few months ago and surprisingly didn't get banned for it. It has changed a lot over the years.
I was really looking forward to the annual Halloween race thread. Those were so much fun. :)
Home Buying:
http://assets.neogafllc.netdna-cdn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473725
Programming:
http://assets.neogafllc.netdna-cdn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475808
Basically, google for the thread you're looking for ("Home Buying Neogaf") and find the thread ID from the main site, and replace it in the URL above. Then just save each webpage you want as a file on your computer.
For example, I saved the first page and the last ten of the Japan travel one, which should be enough for me should I ever need it.
If you find other useful threads, please post them.
By Pastry Go To Post$100 says that EL is reading slaent and preemptively banning people that are posting here lmao.
If he is then he can go ahead and ban my account, would save me time from having to account suicide when it goes back up.
By Jake Jarmel Go To PostHey guys, former GAFer. It's great seeing so many familiar "faces" here. Been on the site since '06 but changed my user name a couple of times (most recently a few months ago).
Anyways, I've been lurking this site since Saturday night and I have to say you have good thing going here.
How are you guys getting the assets from GAF? If possible, can you provide a link to the Home Buying thread? I know Slaent has a Programming thread but the first page from GAF's programming thread had a ton on good info. Can you provide a link that that one as well?
As for GAF, "I came for gaming but stayed for the OT". Since OT is dead, I'm done with that site. I voiced my opinion about the site a few months ago and surprisingly didn't get banned for it. It has changed a lot over the years.
I was really looking forward to the annual Halloween race thread. Those were so much fun. :)
LOVE the username!
By PurpleMug Go To PostIs there a SNES mini hack thread here?Don't think so. I causally mentioned this place to Robin64 who started the topic on gaf but I don't think they're going for it.
This situation has put this post in a totally new light. I missed it the first time around:
http://assets.neogafllc.netdna-cdn.com/forum/showpost.php?s=58f2681627987e622388acc8fe33709f&p=251117060&postcount=37
http://assets.neogafllc.netdna-cdn.com/forum/showpost.php?s=58f2681627987e622388acc8fe33709f&p=251117060&postcount=37
By Rumblebones Go To PostIs there a way to subscribe to threads?
It's currently being worked on.
By RustyNai1s Go To PostI think we're gonna see a bunch of DINO CRISIS 3 ANNOUNCED!!11 threads as soon as gaf goes back up.
Capcom fans are worse than Sonic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Crisis_3
Makes it funnier
There's a lot of impersonation going on right now. Grain of salt all of it except for people who have access to the ResetEra Discord.
By Not Go To PostThere's a lot of impersonation going on right now. Grain of salt all of it except for people who have access to the ResetEra Discord.I still can’t deal with that name
By PowerTaxi Go To Posthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Crisis_3Lol omg
Makes it funnier
By mentallyinept Go To PostThe only new revelation with ResetERA is that the former GAF mods are not in control.
As confirmed by Mumei and Duckroll.
Hmmm interesting.
By Dreams-Visions Go To PostResetERA is looking to launch tonight.
Tyler plans to stay in charge of NeoGAF and plans to re-open with ONLY gaming side (OT possibly gone forever).
Tyler has doubled down on attacking the woman at the center of the story, calling her mentally unstable, etc. No apologies of any kind issued to her or the community.
Neogaf sounds pretty fucked then. Looking forward to seeing what form resetera takes.
By RustyNai1s Go To PostI think we're gonna see a bunch of DINO CRISIS 3 ANNOUNCED!!11 threads as soon as gaf goes back up.And Cyborg OTs
Capcom fans are worse than Sonic.