By EarthBound64 Go To PostI mean, this topic is "About *that* GAF Drama" with *that* being "Someone sexually harassing someone else." Moving the discussion to be about asses and breasts seems like people are "down with it."I'm not disagreeing, but I don't think that's what folks were intending, honestly. The hurricane Irma thread on GAF literally turned into a Publix Spicy Wings/Subs thread..so much so that no one was talking about anything else for over an hour and a separate thread had to be made lol..
To look at it another way - it would be like if we had a topic about a school shooting, and a bunch of people came in talking about their favorite types of firearms. Yeah, you're not outright saying you're "down with" people being murdered - but it would be very odd given the original topic of conversation.
It's just all of us shooting the shit about random stuff. It definitely isn't a good thing to be talking about in the thread tho, and Dy should apologies to us all..š
By ClownsAreATen Go To PostMGS4>2>1>3 btw
Satan compels you.
By EarthBound64 Go To PostFair point.I don't necessarily disagree with your argument either, people were just having a bit of fun and got carried away.
You're definitely right in that there's a time and a place. Hope I didn't come across like a (no pun intended) dick.
Because if so I apologise.
By Papercuts Go To PostMoral of the story is appreciate the booty, but do not grab the booty without permission.
Or get in the shower with a vomiting girl either, but y'know.
If he stepped down NOW and not with the reboot it would look like he's just trying to save face while still doing things in the background, he already fucked the chances of that up.
By PeskyToaster Go To PostBruceLeeRoy the OT Grandmaster had a good farewell gaf post.Got a screenshot or title? Can't find it
By Hystzen Go To PostThat Pillars thread yup thats my favouriteThe DS2 one was a little better. But it's still great.
By EarthBound64 Go To PostI mean, this topic is "About *that* GAF Drama" with *that* being "Someone sexually harassing someone else." Moving the discussion to be about asses and breasts seems like people are "down with it."You're not wrong. Thread de-rails happen, there certainly is a better time and place, we're trying to move it back to the correct topic.
To look at it another way - it would be like if we had a topic about a school shooting, and a bunch of people came in talking about their favorite types of firearms. Yeah, you're not outright saying you're "down with" people being murdered - but it would be very odd given the original topic of conversation.
By ClownsAreATen Go To Postalso by 1 i mean Twin Snakes.Now this is fucking blasphemy.
By ClownsAreATen Go To PostMGS4>2>1>3 btw
3 is last? Blasphemy.
By EarthBound64 Go To PostFair point.See it's like this, people are also here to reconnect and bath in nostalgia about their time on GAF and their friendships there.
Dy just did it, but you're right that the shift wasn't exactly the best within this topic. You know that it wasn't with an ill intention, so no need to connect the dots any further.
I've seen that multiple times after a community has been nuked from GAF and started somewhere else.
Usually starts with ALOT of venting, discussing the topic itself, reconnecting with those who made it over and planning their next steps. Last step is alot of nostalgia and a bit of history and the topic at hand has run it's course.
Usually you could say it's time to close the topic, but we still got more than enough people arriving here fresh.
By TI92 Go To PostGot a screenshot or title? Can't find itIt's in the stickied thread.
By EarthBound64 Go To PostI mean, this topic is "About *that* GAF Drama" with *that* being "Someone sexually harassing someone else." Moving the discussion to be about asses and breasts seems like people are "down with it.".
To look at it another way - it would be like if we had a topic about a school shooting, and a bunch of people came in talking about their favorite types of firearms. Yeah, you're not outright saying you're "down with" people being murdered - but it would be very odd given the original topic of conversation.
By Papercuts Go To PostMoral of the story is appreciate the booty, but do not grab the booty without permission.
Or get in the shower with a vomiting girl either, but y'know.
If he stepped down NOW and not with the reboot it would look like he's just trying to save face while still doing things in the background, he already fucked the chances of that up.
I knew he got into the shower like a creep, but she was physically ill at the time too ?
Makes sense if she was drunk ( that she was vomiting )
He was already a piece of shit in my mind but that, I missed that, how disgusting
By DY_nasty Go To Postno point trying to call earthbound64 a killjoy or anything. he's entirely right
S'all right.
By RumbleHumble Go To PostI think this opinion is wrong, but I'm not quite sure why? I think I go 3-2-4-1? Is this the opinion of an insane person?How does one put MGS1 as the worst of the franchise?! You people are giving me a stress headache!
By G Shumy Go To PostI'm not disagreeing, but I don't think that's what folks were intending, honestly. The hurricane Irma thread on GAF literally turned into a Publix Spicy Wings/Subs thread..so much so that no one was talking about anything else for over an hour and a separate thread had to be made lol..Yo, that thread was the shit. I've eaten so many Publix chicken tender subs since then, actually, I had one yesterday. I might have lost power for 7 days but at least I learned about dem tendies subbies.
It's just all of us shooting the shit about random stuff. It definitely isn't a good thing to be talking about in the thread tho, and Dy should apologies to us all..š
By ClownsAreATen Go To Postalso by 1 i mean Twin Snakes.Delete your computer
By PixelatedBooBerry Go To PostIf Evilore stepped down and someone replaced him would yall come back?
So many of the huge names have gotten permed that it would be hard to recover at this point. These are the people that made the site. The best case for a full recovery would be that he stepped down and the mods took over before it came back online. I know a good number had issues with the moderation but I think a majority of them were good people and would steer the site in a good direction. Now it's a complete cluster.
By RumbleHumble Go To PostAre we gonna make a Lexi Belle topic? I'm not proud of how happy that would make me. ALSO DO NOT GOOGLE/BING/YAHOO HER AT WORK!
I'm just a newbie here, so I'll spent some time lurking & learning about this new environment, but if such a thread is created, you can bet I'll be applauding!
By Combichristoffersen Go To PostHad GAF allowed it, I'm sure there would have been a pr0n community OT thread.
Haha, no doubt!
By Combichristoffersen Go To PostI need to google this Lexi Belle when I get home. For science.
I'm genuinely surprised you don't know who she is. Just thinking about her I'm like...
By The Anti-Monitor Go To PostLexi Belle and Kagney Linn Karter still remain as my porn-divas.
Good girl, good girl.
By The Anti-Monitor Go To PostIt's a shame I was long gone from Gaf to live the rise and double-retirement of Peta Jensen. That woman was a goddess.
It's all about the attitude, at the end of the day.
By Gonzo_Typewriter Go To PostI probably shouldn't have googled who Lexi Belle was on my work computerā¦.
LOL :D
By The Anti-Monitor Go To PostDy_nasty and I tried to get a PornGAF going on so many times. Even though, if I recall correctly, he was under the wrong impression that asses > boobs, he had quite the good taste.
Oh I see. What a poor soul he is.
While I love a great ass and a perfectly toned pair of legs -just like any son of Lord- boobs will always win, always!!!!
They are like my personal kryptonite. Just thinking about a cleavage and I'm already feeling that funny weakness in my knees.
By ClownsAreATen Go To Postalso by 1 i mean Twin Snakes.Shut this thread down please.
By Gonzo_Typewriter Go To PostHow does one put MGS1 as the worst of the franchise?! You people are giving me a stress headache!I don't think it's bad or anything, I just liked the others more. (I didn't play any until the PS3 releases) 1 is still better than 5 for me.
By K1ngBread Go To PostYou guys probably missed this one (real damn good), went away faster than the speed of soundā¦God damn. I would expect nothing less from Veelk. Hope he makes his way over here.
https://imgur.com/a/N7xRQ
By Kill Your Masters Go To PostShut this thread down please.This whole website was a mistake....
By Hystzen Go To PostThat Pillars thread yup thats my favourite
LMAO, good one.
Oh man, I wonder what's gonna happen to the in-game island that GAF paid for. I hope the guys who were in charge of that community effort got the hell outta dodge and are coordinating again, away from the cesspool.
By ClownsAreATen Go To PostMGS4>2>1>3 btw
Almost.
1>4>2>3>getting kicked in the nads>PW
By Oveja Negra Go To PostI'm genuinely surprised you don't know who she is. Just thinking about her I'm likeā¦
Haha, I don't really have a clue about modern porn stars. When I was young, Jenna Jameson was the hot shit.
By Einchy Go To PostYo, that thread was the shit. I've eaten so many Publix chicken tender subs since then, actually, I had one yesterday. I might have lost power for 7 days but at least I learned about dem tendies subbies.Publix was the only store open with no power where I stay..them wings were the first thing to go the moment they hit the stand lol..
By G Shumy Go To PostI'm not disagreeing, but I don't think that's what folks were intending, honestly. The hurricane Irma thread on GAF literally turned into a Publix Spicy Wings/Subs thread..so much so that no one was talking about anything else for over an hour and a separate thread had to be made lol..
It's just all of us shooting the shit about random stuff. It definitely isn't a good thing to be talking about in the thread tho, and Dy should apologies to us all..š
It's not just the "derailment"/"change in conversation."
It's the awkward juxtaposition of the conversations and their basis.
That is - I'm sure EviLore was thinking about either tits, asses, or both at the time.
And so people here discussing tits and asses - even if they would only approach them in an appropriate manner (but then, EviLore seems to think his manner was "appropriate" as well) - just feels really awkward, having come from a discussion on sexual harassment.
Anyway, I'll drop it. Carry on :)
By Kentish Pikey Go To PostI wonder just how big the drop has been?EL is apparently mass approving users, so it'll be hard to tell.
By Skyball Paint Go To PostI'm actually having a hard time remembering what came out in '08 besides MGS4Someone's forgetting the Oscar-worthy GTAIV and the game changing Wii Music.
By m_shortpants Go To PostGod damn. I would expect nothing less from Veelk. Hope he makes his way over here.
He's around, though looking towards reset. I've been talking to him since IGN, must be like 15 years now...kinda crazy when you think about stuff like that.
His ban message was just "you will not be missed". :|
By Skyball Paint Go To PostI'm actually having a hard time remembering what came out in '08 besides MGS4GTAIV, big guy....
By Skyball Paint Go To PostI'm actually having a hard time remembering what came out in '08 besides MGS4
GTA IV, my biggest gaming disappointment
By GreenMamba Go To PostEL is apparently mass approving users, so it'll be hard to tell.
Also banned members still count towards total user count
By ClownsAreATen Go To PostMGS4>2>1>3 btwWhat's our metric? Best "Metal Gear ass Metal Gear game"?
4 > 2 > 3 > 5 > 1
By Gonzo_Typewriter Go To PostGTAIV, big guyā¦.Let's go Bowling.
By Stormm Go To PostIt's in the stickied thread.Damn. Anyone who says gaf isn't dead now is quite literally lying to themselves at this point.
By Kill Your Masters Go To PostLet's go Bowling.Eh! It's me! Your Gonzo!
By PixelatedBooBerry Go To PostIf Evilore stepped down and someone replaced him would yall come back?
By Skyball Paint Go To PostI'm actually having a hard time remembering what came out in '08 besides MGS4GTA IV, Dead Space, SSBBrawl, Braid, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, WoW: Wrath of the Lich King.
Just to name a few.
By GreenMamba Go To PostEL is apparently mass approving users, so it'll be hard to tell.Loads of new faces today when I was browsing. Loads ready to fall on their sword for EL too it seemed.
By Combichristoffersen Go To PostAlmost.I'll accept this.
1>4>2>3>getting kicked in the nads>PW
HECK PW. Bad game.
By Cream Go To Post@DYIf you can make it a bit more general for the time being, and make us comfortable about how it can stay SFW then we'll consider it - but there's gotta be an actual layout given the nature of the theme. set up a PM with a few of the mods and i'm sure some kind of middle ground can be reached but in the meantime i don't exactly have the free hands to put too much focus towards it with everything else going on
Maybe now you'll reconsider my Sex Thread pitch, hmmmm?~
By vonStirlitz from NeoGAF Go To PostA corporate and commercial view on the viability of this website #1
By way of background, I have lurked on GAF for over ten years, and posted for around four years. These days, I mainly lived in OT, but I kept up with Gaming. I contributed, either by putting in personal time and energy to produce tracks for the community for the Wipeout soundtrack project, or by joining in and trying to engage in constructive healthy debate. I love this community. It is one of the different spaces left on the web. I have checked in daily, even if just for a moment, nearly every day over that period.
I have a senior position in a multi-national firm, my job involves setting up investment structures and working with investors and stakeholders. I know a lot of people in commerce, law, finance, software and private equity. I am acutely aware of, and involved in, the financial markets and have advised on building businesses, or managing their dissolution over a 17 year career.
I have spent a lot of free time watching events today, because I am personally and emotionally invested in the site, and I also view it as a bellweather for the gaming markets. I am leaving aside any questions as to the conduct of the owner, which is a subject of uncontested hearsay and fact, and to which I refuse to be drawn in on, and focusing solely on the economic ramifications of recent events. I have my personal views, which are on the liberal and progressive end of the spectrum, but they remain that - personal and opinion.
This site has maintained its reputation through the strength, integrity and passion of its community. The community are the content generators and the market makers for the gaming industry through the size of the community, itās reputation, itās influence and the quality of its debate. Even if Developers, publishers and the media didnāt like GAF, they had to be here, and take note of it, due to its size, integrity and influence.
This site depends upon its reputation, itās influence and itās content for survival. Without any of these, it has little intrinsic value. It becomes unattractive for advertisers, investors, Developers, publishers, the media, and the ecosystem that surrounds them. If it lacks the aforementioned qualities, everyone deserts, and it dies slowly.
I could point the community to any number of historical or current case studies. But once you have a faulty product, an inadequate platform, a thing that people donāt want, then it is game over. It may be a slow death, but it is game over once the public scents death. Particularly if you arenāt selling anything other than content, and particularly where your content providers, your emissaries and your public are disillusioned and dissatisfied.
Today, I have witnessed the mass departure or silence of key members, who have invested a lot of their time and energy in producing high quality content about new games, new game developments, and game related content. I have witnessed the closure of the off topic threads that support these members and forums, and the victimisation and demonisation of many people who call this home.
All I see are unfamiliar names, and a large amount of radical right wing voices that are full of anger, hatred or vulgarities. Traits that I donāt like in a person, and certain traits that advertisers and Developers donāt want to be associated with. In this world, where we are the content creators, the consumers and the content itself, if that content is shabby or suspect, the market prices it accordingly.
Aside from this, I see a lot of people that are ājust here for the gamesā. Sure, arenāt we all. However, if the game development community starts distancing itself, and the content creators move on, then you are going to be left with a very palid, uninspired and unimportant little forum devoted to games. Fewer people will pass by, fewer will stay, fewer will take notice, and before long its game over.
And itās game over for me.
Itās been a long ten years, I loved it here, itās been part of my life, but itās time to move on. I canāt remain associated with the site and I donāt feel itās like home anymore. I gave it a day to see how things went, but it became apparent very quickly that itās time to change level, change the game or simply switch off the console.
Thanks all for the good times.
I am sure the admin are aware of their legal obligations, and the liabilities that arise therefrom, but would nonetheless appreciate it if the mods could delete my account and remove all traces of personal information held on their servers, and whether held online or offline, or in any capacity, in full.
Believe.
Looks like the whole thread that started with this quote got nuked, just as it was starting to get some replies. Not surprising.
By Altazor12 Go To PostLMAO, good one.https://forums.opencritic.com/topic/75/pillars-of-eternity-ii-gaf-island-oh-no/5
Oh man, I wonder what's gonna happen to the in-game island that GAF paid for. I hope the guys who were in charge of that community effort got the hell outta dodge and are coordinating again, away from the cesspool.
I'm one of the backers