This is surreal, looking forward to the new forum. It's nice to have some semblance of normalcy here.
Really curious to see how they’ll all work out as mods, but symbolically, this list manages to capture a good slice of what made GAF. That’s interesting.
By Necronomicon Go To PostSlayven…?You'll be able to. Otherwise the site is trash. Hear that, Slay?
I'll never hear the end of this… Gone are the days I could make fun of him. :/
By Fergie Go To PostHe tries his hardest to be above what he used to be. He constantly mentions and puts down "basement dwellers and socially awkward nerds" in most of his power tripping posts and ban messages. It's a bit weird.
Yeah, there's some kind of complex there for sure. It's more than a little sad, honestly.
One of the resetera mods was one of the 1000 year old dragon in a girl's body types. Good job "vetting" your mods.
Mam I only recognize cerium from gaming side despite my time being split evenly between that and OT. Always seemed like a fine person to me.
Ah, the account suicides are dying off (pun not intended) but that was fun as hell.
Also I have not said it yet, probably not the place, the front end is gorgeous in form and function.
Also I have not said it yet, probably not the place, the front end is gorgeous in form and function.
Not sure how I feel about some of the larger personalities turning into mods as it could hamper their ability to be themselves. We'll see I suppose.
By m_shortpants Go To PostJesus, some of EL's posts that are cropping up border on the line of delusion. I can't even tell if they're supposed to be satire or not, but given how everything has unfolded with him they are dead serious, which makes it all the more funny.
He really has a high opinion of himself, huh?
This is what years of people kissing his ass on the site led to.
By Ruga Go To PostMorrigan Stark is atleast better than Crossing Eden or Liu Kang bakes pies. urgh
I can’t recall ever crossing paths with Crossing Eden, why are they so infamous?
By Freeofgreed Go To PostI honestly do not recognize that name at all. All I know about him is he's funding the site. What is his avatar?He had a Hillary avatar. His claim to fame was one thread where it had giant red declarative letters celebrating Bernie's campaign getting "caught" having access to Hillary's voter lists. Everyone was opinionated during that period, but no one went out of their way to antagonize people like he did.
edit: and somehow I missed Royalan as mod, yep, that guy would seriously lose his shit any time Bernie was mentioned, good luck moderating the midterms and 2020.
By Scoops Go To PostIs Morrigan Morrigan Stark, because I always thought she was a massive tool.
heh, I agreed with her on most things.
By Scoops Go To PostIs Morrigan Morrigan Stark, because I always thought she was a massive tool.Morrigan Stark was surrounded by genuine sexists all the time. As we're seeing now. She called every single damn one of them out and a bunch of dudes hated her for it.
By sonnyboychris Go To PostHow the heck do I upload a profile pic on here?Click on your avatar on the top. Also can change to superior dark theme.
By Saint Punchy McDomes Go To PostOne of the resetera mods was one of the 1000 year old dragon in a girl's body types. Good job "vetting" your mods.Its going to be a popularity contest which in no way led to the problems the previous forum had. Nope. Not at all.
By SpottieO Go To PostI can’t recall ever crossing paths with Crossing Eden, why are they so infamous?
Lot of passion for minority rights and representation, sometimes goes too hard
I met a traveller from an antique site,
Who said--"Two vast and barren boards
Stand on the internet... Near them, on the server,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that oppressed them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is EviLore, Expansive of Ellipses;
Look on my Website, ye Sadsacks, and despair!
Nothing beside remains; Round the decay
of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level boards stretch far away.
Who said--"Two vast and barren boards
Stand on the internet... Near them, on the server,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that oppressed them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is EviLore, Expansive of Ellipses;
Look on my Website, ye Sadsacks, and despair!
Nothing beside remains; Round the decay
of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level boards stretch far away.
By sonnyboychris Go To PostHow the heck do I upload a profile pic on here?Click on the red bubble on top bar.
By EarthBound64 Go To PostI met a traveller from an antique site,I cannot believe it took this long to get this.
Who said–"Two vast and barren boards
Stand on the internet… Near them, on the server,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that oppressed them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is EviLore, Expansive of Ellipses;
Look on my Website, ye Sadsacks, and despair!
Nothing beside remains; Round the decay
of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level boards stretch far away.
By SpottieO Go To PostI can’t recall ever crossing paths with Crossing Eden, why are they so infamous?
He was the Ubisoft guy.
By Xpike Go To Postmod list sounds like a list of great users, not mods
kinda dubious
Exactly what I was thinking. I like/agree with a lot of posters on that list, but simultaneously don't think they'd make good mods. Conversaly, someone like Entrement, whom I disagreed with ALOT, I feel would've made a great mod.
By Arkeband Go To PostHe had a Hillary avatar. His claim to fame was one thread where it had giant red declarative letters celebrating Bernie's campaign getting "caught" having access to Hillary's voter lists. Everyone was opinionated during that period, but no one went out of their way to antagonize people like he did.
Still not ringing a bell, lots of people had Hilary Avi's, hell even y2Kev had a Hilary avatar at one point. I tried to stay out of the politics threads after a certain point.
By Rowsdower Go To PostThat is a pretty stellar list of mods there. But I'll miss Stump.I hope we see people like him or Nirolak posting. Because they were really good posters first and foremost.
By SpottieO Go To PostI can’t recall ever crossing paths with Crossing Eden, why are they so infamous?
Assassin's creed unity fan.
By m_shortpants Go To PostJesus, some of EL's posts that are cropping up border on the line of delusion. I can't even tell if they're supposed to be satire or not, but given how everything has unfolded with him they are dead serious, which makes it all the more funny.It's rather sad. Constantly trying to one up everyone else, constantly trying to remind others how he is not some poor sod.
He really has a high opinion of himself, huh?
Hey look at how great I am, I could kick everyone's arse and did I mention I've had sex. I did. Females can't help but fawn over me.
Another GAF expatriate here. Been a member of the site since the Gaming Age days (specifically joined to post about the new Metroid fps and Celda), so a very heartfelt and sincere FUCK YOU to Malka for taking the site down with him. The past couple of days have been rougher than I care to admit even to myself; it's hard saying goodbye to the site like this, but I'm very glad to find more ex-GAFfers here and see other places are being set up for former community members.
I'm sure it's been discussed already, but has anyone heard from Bish during all this?
I'm sure it's been discussed already, but has anyone heard from Bish during all this?
By John Rabbit Go To PostI cannot believe it took this long to get this.
The really interesting thing to me in doing it, was how little I needed to change to make it fully applicable.
Even of the stuff I changed, some of it could have stayed the same and still applied.
Why did this make me laugh so hard.
“i noticed its been 2 years since i called you out for not fixing the search on here,
seems like you have spent that time being a sexual predator, maybe thats why you dont understand what you have done wrong because you dont know how to search properly”
“i noticed its been 2 years since i called you out for not fixing the search on here,
seems like you have spent that time being a sexual predator, maybe thats why you dont understand what you have done wrong because you dont know how to search properly”
By Silky Go To PostSlayven?"I LOVE Carol Danv.."
A mod?
lmfao
BANNED!
By Labor Go To PostLot of passion for minority rights and representation, sometimes goes too hardCrossing Eden's heart was usually in the right place, but they would sometimes go into full blown insult/reductive mode. They also did some publisher apologetics that sounded like corporate defense on occasion.
By Prince of Space Go To PostI'm sure it's been discussed already, but has anyone heard from Bish during all this?
yeah i'll PM you his twitter, he had a couple comments on it
By Arkeband Go To PostHe had a Hillary avatar. His claim to fame was one thread where it had giant red declarative letters celebrating Bernie's campaign getting "caught" having access to Hillary's voter lists. Everyone was opinionated during that period, but no one went out of their way to antagonize people like he did.Y2kev didn't help either being a mod. The narrative was set forth in PoliGAF.
edit: and somehow I missed Royalan as mod, yep, that guy would seriously lose his shit any time Bernie was mentioned, good luck moderating the midterms and 2020.
By Rowsdower Go To PostThat is a pretty stellar list of mods there. But I'll miss Stump.I'll miss a lot of them, to be honest. Some actual great mods. I hope Sunhi and Lionel show up eventually.
By Soul of Miyazaki Go To PostYeah okay the dark theme is way, way better
I love the dark theme - I don't think I could browse on the regular, everything just pops more.
By Palette Swap Go To PostI hope we see people like him or Nirolak posting. Because they were really good posters first and foremost.
No joke Nirolak needs to come back. Easily my fav. mod on that site, just because he was a quality poster first and foremost.
By ClownsAreATen Go To Postyeah i'll PM you his twitter, he had a couple comments on itMuch appreciated, thanks.
By Auto Simeone Go To Post
disrespecting Bruce Lee
Oh shit! That's about Bruce Lee? I missed the description the first time I saw the pic.
I thought it was bad enough when I thought it was about a regular someone.
By Gordon Shumway Go To Post"I LOVE Carol Danv.."" I think Hal Jordan is the best Green Lant-"
BANNED!
BANNED
By Auto Simeone Go To Post
disrespecting Bruce Lee
What.
The fuck.
I'm dying at this. This guy. This fucking guy.
By m_shortpants Go To PostJesus, some of EL's posts that are cropping up border on the line of delusion. I can't even tell if they're supposed to be satire or not, but given how everything has unfolded with him they are dead serious, which makes it all the more funny.
He really has a high opinion of himself, huh?
He's always been very thin skinned because he knows he bought GAF and didn't create it, and that fact has bugged him for years. Everything about him is a tapestry of appearances. I remember one time I called him out on one of his self-jerk posts and he didn't ban me for some reason. But I thought like 3 more lines and he was going to pull off the first erofic where he self-inserts into a story he's already in
Slayven? As a mod? That's just too fucked up I have to watch it.
He had a bizarre view of sexuality that he tried to impose on everyone and he never gave up. And it wasn't even consistent. Women showing cleavage with a buckle bustier? That's clearly an empowered women who represents the ideal in feminism.
Cleavage with a zipper opening? That's clearly a invitation for rape and was designed by a misogynist.
And he would argue that for 30 pages with not a single person agreeing or understanding what he was going on about.
By SpottieO Go To PostI can’t recall ever crossing paths with Crossing Eden, why are they so infamous?
He had a bizarre view of sexuality that he tried to impose on everyone and he never gave up. And it wasn't even consistent. Women showing cleavage with a buckle bustier? That's clearly an empowered women who represents the ideal in feminism.
Cleavage with a zipper opening? That's clearly a invitation for rape and was designed by a misogynist.
And he would argue that for 30 pages with not a single person agreeing or understanding what he was going on about.
By Not Go To PostMorrigan Stark was surrounded by genuine sexists all the time. As we're seeing now. She called every single damn one of them out and a bunch of dudes hated her for it.
She had some strange view points herself. The whole James Cameron commenting on WW thread comes to mind.
That said, I hope the team there knows it shouldn't be their little club/echo chamber.
By JasuPe Go To PostIt's rather sad. Constantly trying to one up everyone else, constantly trying to remind others how he is not some poor sod.
Hey look at how great I am, I could kick everyone's arse and did I mention I've had sex. I did. Females can't help but fawn over me.
Its crazy how the thing that made him rich and (arguably) semi-famous never rubbed off on him like at all. All his posts were jarring and prickly which made him stand out from the rest of the admin team even more.