I am confused, is Phoenix Rising victim blaming here?
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=252770298#post252770298
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=252770298#post252770298
By Illucio Go To PostI got goosebumps just from reading that… Well said, I hope they didn't ban them.
Yeah, it's basically a perfect summation of how GAF has gone wrong the last few years. It's a site that skews toward college-aged and college-educated folk, so gradually, almost without trying, opinions became more and more homogenized to reflect the kinds of rhetoric and information that such types have been exposed to for the last decade or so.
I’m interested in Resetera but I wasn’t really active in any community minus the Star Wars and PopGaf ones, so it will probably be quite awhile until I get accepted there. Shame but I’m quite happy here, too, and plan on staying regardless.
By BDS Go To PostWhere is this waitlist for ResetEra?Doesn't exist.
Get into the ResetERA or a GAF community discord by knowing someone.
By AngryMoth Go To PostThere is no way the site will ever recover, all the posters that made it worth visiting will be gone.
That's really key here too. It's really telling just how arrogant he is to believe that the site would continue on without the personalities of key members who helped keep communities and general discussion entertaining, fun and informative. To think he wouldn't hand over the keys, or listen to some reason, admit fault, fucking SOMETHING. Gaf will not recover, and it will be taken over by GGers or just general alt-right people just to say they "won".
Guys, good gravy.
You won't have to show any kind of screencap of GAF to get into ResetERA. They've specifically clarified this in the Discord (twice).
They're starting with invites with existing Discord members (which includes anyone already a member of a sub-community Discord server) to make the transition easier. I have 100% confidence ResetERA will allow new members as soon as is feasible for them to do so.
They have not said anything about free vs paid emails being valid (that was the OpenCritic forum).
Their most recent update was a few hours ago saying that servers were up and running and they would be testing the forums in the near future to be up as soon as possible.
Meanwhile lets enjoy this awesome site instead.
You won't have to show any kind of screencap of GAF to get into ResetERA. They've specifically clarified this in the Discord (twice).
They're starting with invites with existing Discord members (which includes anyone already a member of a sub-community Discord server) to make the transition easier. I have 100% confidence ResetERA will allow new members as soon as is feasible for them to do so.
They have not said anything about free vs paid emails being valid (that was the OpenCritic forum).
Their most recent update was a few hours ago saying that servers were up and running and they would be testing the forums in the near future to be up as soon as possible.
Meanwhile lets enjoy this awesome site instead.
By JasonMCG Go To PostSame. GAF had some legitimately great community forums with some really great active users. It's sad as hell.
Let's be real, the communities made NeoGAF. Without the OT communities it's just another gaming forum that caters to a bunch of dudes who are sexually frustrated, broke still living at home with their parents who blame it all on the "others".
By AngryMoth Go To PostJust read the waypoint article and statement, holy shit. Even if everything he said was a 100% true (which there is zero reason to believe) he couldn't have sounded like more of an asshole if he tried. There is no way the site will ever recover, all the posters that made it worth visiting will be gone.
The fact the very first thing he does is shit on the woman, character assassinates her and brings up mental illness is all the proof one needs. Like if you're truly innocent and have done nothing wrong why would your first instinct be to say such things about someone, ontop of stories about sex cults or whatever when all someone asked you is "did you do it".
By Frecklestein Go To PostIt's hitting me right in the gut reading gaming community members saying goodbye. Like, seriously, fuck Tyler. Shit's legit sad, and people like me will never see or hear from other people again. Period. It's for the best it all goes down, just wish it wasn't so sudden for some of these folks.
Looks like he's gonna sweep this under the rug like the Spain thing.
In the future he'll probably just ban anyone who brings it up.
Anyway, I said if he were to return I'd leave so there's no going back now.
Fuck him, his lack of game, his narcissism, his lack of transparency, and his bullshit stories and response to the situation. Not responding to anything or even really apologizing for this situation, like... he at least owed that to the community but instead he tried to work the mods over with some half-baked bullshit. He just straight up wiped 10+ years worth of some good shit because he didn't know how to fucking act. This guy is a loser. He bought the forum, got rich, lost weight, but was still the same insecure manchild before the fortune GAF brought him. He can get fucked.
By Angelus Errare Go To PostLet's be real, the communities made NeoGAF. Without the OT communities it's just another gaming forum that caters to a bunch of dudes who are sexually frustrated, broke still living at home with their parents who blame it all on the "others".Damn!
By Angelus Errare Go To PostThe fact the very first thing he does is shit on the woman, character assassinates her and brings up mental illness is all the proof one needs. Like if you're truly innocent and have done nothing wrong why would your first instinct be to say such things about someone, ontop of stories about sex cults or whatever when all someone asked you is "did you do it".
And dead.
By Angelus Errare Go To PostLet's be real, the communities made NeoGAF. Without the OT communities it's just another gaming forum that caters to a bunch of dudes who are sexually frustrated, broke still living at home with their parents who blame it all on the "others".
I'll let you know that I blame myself a lot, too.
By panty Go To PostIt is sad. Most of us have spent 10+ years on that website.
18 years. Fuck, my gaf/Neogaf life is old enough to vote.
By Stormm Go To PostCaught up on everything today, was too busy to even go on the site over the weekend. Had no idea about Malka's previous sexual harassment incident from 2012, until last week (I joined the site around early 2013). Hard to give the benefit of the doubt after this comes to light.
I never realized how often I browsed the OT until today. There was quite few bits of information on a variety of topics there, learned a fair amount about many things. Felt like the community was very good overall. Sad day.
Kinda in the same boat. No clue about previous problems. OT and to a lesser extent, Gaming, had taught me a lot. Helped with fine tuning a lot of view points I already had, gave me some new ones and converted me on others. This was done with modding as bad as it was. If more discourse was allowed, I'd be curious to know just how much more I would have picked up on.
It's a shame. Even after I was banned, it was still a good read. Less and less as time went on, but there were some great threads and gems of discussion in there. Shame it's gone. It was such a habit to just scroll front pages for anything that'd catch my eye. The site being dead to be now was like losing a friend in a weird way, and it's just made it so awkward for the group of friends to stick together. It'll never be the same, but I hope a lot of good can be salvaged from this and I'll get proven wrong on the "never be the same" line.
Ah well
By Ahasverus Go To PostI thought Reset Era was a joint venture with OpenCriticIt is not. They are separate ventures with separate financial backing and staff.
Also, look at this scintillating discussion on racial diversity in games:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1453444
Took a while of being less subtle, but I finally got banned after about an hour. Didn't feel like making my own "ban me" thread.
Actually feels kind of good. Hopefully if some form of OT returns on NeoGaf, some of the more useful community threads will be restored so I can grab some info.
Anyway, I like this place. Maybe my favorite dark theme in awhile, it's got a slick modern design, and I like being part of a young evolving forum. It's chill and seems like a nice place to talk games, entertainment and sports. The NFL and College football forums I used to frequent turned into far right wing havens of bigotry quite awhile ago.
Actually feels kind of good. Hopefully if some form of OT returns on NeoGaf, some of the more useful community threads will be restored so I can grab some info.
Anyway, I like this place. Maybe my favorite dark theme in awhile, it's got a slick modern design, and I like being part of a young evolving forum. It's chill and seems like a nice place to talk games, entertainment and sports. The NFL and College football forums I used to frequent turned into far right wing havens of bigotry quite awhile ago.
By John Rabbit Go To PostGuys, good gravy.I'm sorry for posting so much about it, it's been a hell of couple days and I'm antsy as fuck.
You won't have to show any kind of screencap of GAF to get into ResetERA. They've specifically clarified this in the Discord (twice).
They're starting with invites with existing Discord members (which includes anyone already a member of a sub-community Discord server) to make the transition easier. I have 100% confidence ResetERA will allow new members as soon as is feasible for them to do so.
They have not said anything about free vs paid emails being valid (that was the OpenCritic forum).
Their most recent update was a few hours ago saying that servers were up and running and they would be testing the forums in the near future to be up as soon as possible.
Meanwhile lets enjoy this awesome site instead.
By Angelus Errare Go To PostLet's be real, the communities made NeoGAF. Without the OT communities it's just another gaming forum that caters to a bunch of dudes who are sexually frustrated, broke still living at home with their parents who blame it all on the "others".
For sure. I only stuck around recently because of the OT community threads like Boardgaming and Programming. I play hearthstone, but other than that my gaming interest is pretty much nil. The "refocus" is just another nail.
Also I've been lying here.
I checked, and I was on GAF for just over 10 years. Not 11.
I'm so ashamed.
.
I checked, and I was on GAF for just over 10 years. Not 11.
I'm so ashamed.
.
The phenomenon of so many different people from all sides of the industry coming together to post in one forum will never happen again. Gaf is done in that regard and more. No other site has the cultural cache that gaf had long ago when people who are now developers, journalists, programmers, etc were all just getting started in their careers and posting on gaf at the same time. Neogaf was the right forum at the right time. That's all gone now and it won't be replaced. I'm just hoping this place becomes active enough to become a catch all video game news forum and a place for quality video game discussion.
By m_shortpants Go To PostI missed the meltdown days ago so this is interesting to witness
Just wait for the morning/workday crowd. The purge is going to be bad tomorrow morning.
By John Rabbit Go To PostIt is not. They are separate ventures with separate financial backing and staff.So some mods are on Reset Era and some others on Open Critic? That's weird.
Also, look at this scintillating discussion on racial diversity in games:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1453444
Hi RM8 :D nice to see you.
By Ahasverus Go To PostI thought Reset Era was a joint venture with OpenCritic
No, OpenCritic is standing down to allow ResetEra to get established. So in a way they are doing what they can to facilitate things and get as many good people into one platform. But we'll see.
Well, cleaned off my profile and tried to find Discord links to the communities I mainly lurked, but no go. Tough to when you hardly post and still have a junior tag after 6 years, but I ain't going back. Will chill here from now on plus @ ResetERA whenever I can get in.
If anyone is generous to send thru a Discord invite to any of the CanadaGAF, Canadian Deals GAF, Kiseki GAF, UnchartedGAF, or SMT/Persona GAF servers I would be very happy.
By m_shortpants Go To PostI missed the meltdown days ago so this is interesting to witness
I had just started browsing GAF for the day when everything started snowballing, and it honestly kind of amazing to watch how quickly the whole thing burned down in real time.
Edit: referring to the initial meltdown, not tonight's mass suicide
By panty Go To PostIt is sad. Most of us have spent 10+ years on that website.
I started to lurk GAF in 2005 or 2006. Became a member in 2008, IIRC. A long time. Sad to see it ending up like that.
By Ahasverus Go To PostI thought Reset Era was a joint venture with OpenCritic
That was the original plan but then OpenCritic said they'd let them do their own thing.
By jezze Go To PostFor sure. I only stuck around recently because of the OT community threads like Boardgaming and Programming. I play hearthstone, but other than that my gaming interest is pretty much nil. The "refocus" is just another nail.
I feel ya, my posting habits were 85% OT, 15% Gaming. I used gaming to discover lesser known games and to get gaming news in general
By Angelus Errare Go To PostThe fact the very first thing he does is shit on the woman, character assassinates her and brings up mental illness is all the proof one needs. Like if you're truly innocent and have done nothing wrong why would your first instinct be to say such things about someone, ontop of stories about sex cults or whatever when all someone asked you is "did you do it".Scientologists were too much for GAF's version of Steven Seagal that he couldn't give a straight answer about the ordeal.
By Not Go To PostHerr fucking Schwarz.
Why did I ever give that guy any time?
I'm watching that dude go down the list of GG rhetoric. My last interaction with that guy was in that thread about art theft, which was super weird.
Whatever, time to leave that baggage behind.
By Thunder Monkey Go To PostAlso I've been lying here.
I checked, and I was on GAF for just over 10 years. Not 11.
I'm so ashamed.
.
your whole character arc has been something to behold alright lol
By RM8 Go To PostIt was 5 years for me. My GameFAQs account is ancient, though! :P
Link, Cloud or Sephiroth for character poll?
By Angelus Errare Go To PostThat was the original plan but then OpenCritic said they'd let them do their own thing.
I feel ya, my posting habits were 85% OT, 15% Gaming. I used gaming to discover lesser known games and to get gaming news in general
Same
By Frecklestein Go To PostLink, Cloud or Sephiroth for character poll?L-block!
By AngryMoth Go To PostJust read the waypoint article and statement, holy shit. Even if everything he said was a 100% true (which there is zero reason to believe) he couldn't have sounded like more of an asshole if he tried. There is no way the site will ever recover, all the posters that made it worth visiting will be gone.Yeah, but if everything he said is 100% true he made a very aggressive and unwanted sexual pass. Jumping in naked with a women in the shower. Apparently I made the right decision when going on a road trip with a women who shared margs with me and shared a hotel room. She got in the shower and left the door open but I just took a piss.
We exchanged glances and later Got It On!!!!!!
I just want everyone here to know I did sex.
By mentallyinept Go To PostI'm sorry for posting so much about it, it's been a hell of couple days and I'm antsy as fuck.Totally understandable. I'm happy to share what's going on in the Discord with people who can't get in since the information flow isn't real transparent right now. Unless you hear it from someone who's in the Discord, I wouldn't trust anything you read.
By BajiBoxer Go To PostTook a while of being less subtle, but I finally got banned after about an hour. Didn't feel like making my own "ban me" thread.I've been at the birth of a few sites.
Actually feels kind of good. Hopefully if some form of OT returns on NeoGaf, some of the more useful community threads will be restored so I can grab some info.
Anyway, I like this place. Maybe my favorite dark theme in awhile, it's got a slick modern design, and I like being part of a young evolving forum. It's chill and seems like a nice place to talk games, entertainment and sports. The NFL and College football forums I used to frequent turned into far right wing havens of bigotry quite awhile ago.
Xbox365, Nintendo Nsider.
It's fun, it may not last forever, and there's no guarantee it doesn't go completely tits up, but being a part of the growth of something is as close to parenthood as I'll ever get.
Anyone that knows me at GAF knows I'm a nice person, sometimes insightful, other times barely coherent. I've got a lot of feels bubbling right now, and it's making the brain worms itch. So I'm gonna stop typing now.
EL literally did everything he could wrong in this situation. Though, this explains some of the shit he would do in some threads when people made harmless jokes about him and what how he managed shitstorms like GG. And it all came falling down because he wanted to be a selfish fuck boy and take away OT and keep himself as the owner. I'm going to be missing BCT and the weekly Trump threads from that place. : (
Also pretty funny how the ones who stayed behind are still posting like shit didn't happen lol
Also pretty funny how the ones who stayed behind are still posting like shit didn't happen lol
By Xpike Go To Posthttp://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1453579
Oh man this is too clever holy shit.
By Sblargh Go To PostI only used gaming for XCOM 2 because it is almost literally the only game I play.Good taste.