Title: How Kylie Jenner used her social media following to build a $900m makeup empire
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Misogyny
She’s a terrible influence on women. Solve your problems with plastic surgery. Stopped using lip fillers apparently.
Her sister is worse thinking Pepsi solves racism.
Then you have her other sisters who’d take their clothes off for attention and then say it empowers them or whatever bullshit they come up with.
Title: New Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee! Trailer
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Defending sexual attraction to and sexualisation of minors, account still in the junior phase.
Old enough to move out of the house at 10, old to gamble at 10. Ten is legal age in their world.
Besides, I wanted this game to be post-SM so we would get an older Misty. Ain't my fault GF is keeping her a loli.
Title: EA's stock hits its highest ever value, company worth $45.5 billion
Reason: User Warned: Hostility towards another member
Dude you are trying too hard. Save the jokes for Dane Cook. He might be unfunny but his shows are only mediocre.
To everyone else sorry for the derail.
Title: Peter Strzok testifies before House Judiciary & Oversight Committees
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Thread derailment.
This way of thinking is insane. Theres plenty of republicans that are not racists, homophobics or any other objectively regrettable thing.
Theres plenty of democrats that helped corrupt governs around the globe (I can tell you that as a non american), but I wont be arguing that every single democrat is a piece of shit due to that.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Defending hate movements
Imagine thinking that acknowledging the massive amount of whining from one side of the GG shitshow means you support harassing women.
TheBSPolice here is upset because his only argument was bringing up things that aren't a problem or happen years ago. That Halo Wars 2 situation was very dumb on my part and I regret everything that went down. However ive turned myself around since then and 343i/MS willingness to communicate with the Eldewrito team speaks volume on that. I've been in very close contact with 343i devs and they have even acknowledge this, they understand that hold grudges for years is extremely unhealthy.
As for Halo Online if modding the game was really a huge issue MS at the very least would have given us a cease & desist then escalated from there. That was not the case at all, MS is only concerned with removing download links to full builds of Halo Online version MS23 due to it being a pre-release alpha. Since then our team has been in talks with 343i and they have been pretty supportive of our efforts. If this was really as detrimental as TheBSPolice wants everyone to believe, then Phil Spencer and 343i wouldn't have name dropped our team and continuously kept in contact with us.
I find it very pathetic that TheBSPolice felt the need to run here and paint myself(Gamecheat13) and HiddenXperia as misogynist shitlords because he is lacking in any type of valid argument. I personally think that anyone who harasses women is a dickhead and I also support journalistic integrity. No one is a as black and white as some of you would like to believe and movements can easily be hijacked by assholes. Whether GG was originally about holding journalism accountable or just for harassing women is in the past, I honestly dont give a shit. Its been 4 years its time to move on like most sane people have.
Next time find a better argument instead of running here to paint us as bad guys, you spineless pathetic excuse for a human. Keep yelling at the clouds while I keep networking, bye now.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Rationalizing hate movements, account still in the junior phase.
Journos aren't above muckraking a person, not a month dead and badgering their greaving family for comment either, apparently.
Want to bad mouth a person and they're dead (and not some sort of criminal that warranted capital punishment with their crimes) then have the common decency to hold it in whilst the family is coming to terms at the very fucking least.
Badmouthing the recently deceased certainly stains it though.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Hate movement rationalization
Yeah and save for r/KotakuInAction I honestly think it goes both ways. It's either "Grrr, those Gamers and Gamergaters!" or it is "Grrr, those toxic developers and journalists" like, we really just NEED there to sides and someone to be the bad ones.
Again, outside of the trashy KotakuInAction I don't know who or where these GamerGaters are, and I use social media and boards and discord for gaming daily.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Hate movement rationalization
Depends what you mean. I haven’t really seen much of anybody who claims to be a supporter of gamer gate be vocal about it. The only context Ive seen in recent times was people on this board attributing the label to anyone who thought Jessica Price was in the wrong for her behavior, even those who didn’t think she should have been fired for it. It didn’t seem to be based on any factual context of whether someone supported gamer gate or not.
But maybe I’m missing something.
It seems to me that it’s become a catch all phrase to label anyone who has been perceived to be misogynist in the gaming community.
The intersection of those two things admittedly probably have a decently strong correlation.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Hate movement rationalization
Because people after their titty games and their toxic attitudes in online games. GamerGate is the side that's for those things. That plus journalists have rallied against gamers on numerous occasions. So even though GG is full of people who harass and was created in order to harass one specific person, there are folks who don't care about that when their attitudes and games are being attacked. GG's never gonna go away.
Title: Why is Gamergate support still so prevalent in gaming communities?
Reason: User banned (3 days) - concern trolling, inappropriate and hostile comment, accumulated infractions
Why are you so obsessed with gamergate that you actively check stranger’s twitter posts to see what they’re saying about it? That’s kind of creepy.
I mean there’s a lot of causes I’m passionate about, but I never go around screen-shotting complete fucking stranger’s twitters to prove a point. That is so weird.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexual assault, previous infractions for similar behavior.
Way to overreact again, apparently saying that “a no can sometimes not really mean a no” here is taken as a “no means yes always” or as advocating for rape of women with short clothes?
Jesus, i’m outta here, keep burning the Cavill witch all you want guys.
Though I do feel to encourage you guys to actually get some experience with girls, that might help put you in a more moderate position.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (length under review) - Pushing false narratives to discredit #metoo + history of sexism
Some of the conclusions people are jumping to in this thread....my God
Although poorly worded he is simply stating that he needs to be careful when trying to engage with women as a person in his position can attract the wrong attention...particularly with #metoo swinging the pole so far to the left in some cases he could crack a fart and it might be recorded by a phone a deemed as sexual assault by some people.
If you were in his sort of position the usual courtship..flowers...meeting a person in random places over time and the progression to a relationship like the real world will not happen for him as soon as he steps out the door he would have cameras on him and people know this and if it were me I would be very sketchy of anyone outside of my group of friends.
Not discounting the pieces of shit that reside in celebrity land ...people really need to take a step back sometimes and look at the whole picture.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Account Suicide
I agree with this fellow user but mostly on the subject of moderation and the subject of double standards. There are users in this very thread that are offensive,dismissive and trolling and noone got not even a warning or ban. There was even an instance that one user( the cute barking one) that got banned for 5 minutes and mysteriously unbanned and some users you questing what happened got banned themselves. There is an agenda and a group of users that follow that that get free pass on anything they say and anyone who disagrees is marked as gator/bigot/mysoginist/sexist and gets banned! A lot of bans here where unjustifies and a few more that where,they were not given.
Also in the topic of 'vilifying journalism' I also think that is a really harsh policy to ban anyone who try to critisize an article especially when there are cases of relly clickbate biased pieces that the mods defend.(These are general remarks from my stay here and not saying that about the current articles in this op even though they are partial and try to elevate the matter to a gender issue).
I really am supportive of all the minorities and I am activily helping them in real life, but I suspect that I will be also marked as troll/bigot for this post because why not?But I could not be silent with all this happening in a forum I had high hopes when and how it was formed but undeserved bans left and right and double standards really sour my visits here. And I know that there are more who think likewise and remain silent or get silenced/banned...
I really hope that the moderators push for equallity and this place become more friendly and promoting civilized dialogue.
PS In the case I get banned please make it permanent and remove my account. I just hope you understand. Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post/slight derail.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Downplaying the influence and impact of harassment movements + downplaying institutional sexism
I tried to make that post neutral in case no one saw it yet, but this is where I'm at with her as well. The lack of awareness is quite amazing actually. She is somehow still painting this as a sexism issue where there were none atleast until she made it one (out of nothing such as bringing up mansplaining). She pretty much ignored why she got fired and instead went off explaining how she got fired (painting herself as the victim) and how it's a warning to all devs, in particular female devs, what it means in the industry if the committee wants you fired, you'll be fired.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Peddling disinformation + Victim Blaming
Noooooo. That's not it. Here. It's like some guy tweeted a male game developer after he posted a 12 part tweet over a game that person loves and has played for a long time and is incredibly familiar with it, though maybe doesn't have the time as a developer. That person still has a valid viewpoint because they play the game and they know what they like and what is fun and so they in their passion tweet the developer that they are a fan of and the reply is Go away randoasshat ATTACK MY MINIONS ATTACK! I would fire a male developer just as fast as a female for doing something like that. This is a non gendered issue and forcing a gender issue because of that. Also might I add that Price turning it into a gender issue is something that heavily motivated the GG'ers (like they need much to motivate them. Don't give them an easy target FFS!
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Demonstrable misogynistic double-standard as contextualized by infraction history; accumulation of severe infractions
Lmao.
I’ve seen enough now. She deserved to go, and Arena were lucky it wasn’t worse and more damaging to their image. She’s aggressive, toxic and no doubt hard to get on with in the workplace.
Fries didn’t deserve the firing. Can’t believe this has to be discussed, it’s as straightforward as it gets.
Title: Switch is killing it this Summer with games
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory point of comparison
The White House tonight said they've reunited all the caged immigrant babies and kids they're legally allowed to, in an official statement. Yet almost every press outlet disputes this. But because the horse's mouth said they have, it must be true, right?
Literally embarrassed for everyone in this thread who think Nintendo wouldn't use fairly standard PR tactics.
Title: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Arguing in bad faith
Nobody has said that. What I've said and what is written is that being bigots does not mean they are not "real feminists", because feminists, like any other person, can be bigoted and, sadly, they have sometimes been.
Title: Sakurai: players “gave up on Melee because it’s too technical", won't focus too much on competitive
Reason: User Warned - Inflammatory Comment
Ugh, this man will never forgo an opportunity to shit on Melee, will he?
Hell, the guy even uses the same asinine talking points from 2005.
First of all, not a single, solitary major media outlet that criticized SSBM for being "too technical" at the time of release. Zero. Nada. Completely, and entirely, NON-EXISTENT.
That's not to say that there weren't individual people from the hoi polloi who might have complained about Melee, obviously. But there was never widespread disappointment with SSBM. There was no large scale backlash. The game was universally praised when it came out. Need I remind everyone that this game that was so overtly "complicated" and utterly burdensome, managed to somehow sell two million MORE copies than its relatively far simpler predecessor? And on a userbase that had ten million fewer people. Any resentment that occurred was completely and entirely retroactive, and it was led by one man (I'll let you guess who).
Second of all, his logic is completely non-sensical. People couldn't enjoy Melee because their friends would be too skilled? Can't that argument be applied to literally every single competitive game in existence? If you can't enjoy a game because your friends are too good, well don't blame the game. Blame your shitty friends! Get new ones! Sakurai acts like people are forced to learn wavedashing, L-cancelling and all that other shit the moment they pick up a GC controller, as if no one has any agency whatsoever. Are you somehow mandated to enter tournaments the moment you place the game disc in the console? Do the Nintendo Ninjas show up at your house and hold your family hostage unless you sign up to Evo?
And finally, he once again creates this moronic false dichotomy where you can have either a competitive, highly technical an precision based fighting game, or a fun game. But you can't have both.
BULL.
SHIT.
I'm not even some snooty, elite tourney player. I don't like playing with items off on final destination all the time. Hell, I've been playing the game since 2001 and I have yet to properly wavedash. Yet, I think SSBM is still by far and away the most enjoyable and fun Smash Bros. title.
But Sakurai is so blinded by the animosity he developed the moment he found out people were playing SSBM in a way that he didn't approve of, that he wanted to throw the baby out the with the bathwater. Because in the end, that's all he is. A big, fat baby.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misogyny. Unfounded fear-mongering about women filing false rape accusations.
This forum is another level, if you actually read what he's saying it's about potentially being falsely accused of doing something he didn't do just because he's a man in the spotlight, if I was famous I'd avoid women like the plague, all it would take is one woman to be turned down or had a few dates and decided it doesn't feel right for a woman who is slightly crazy to lose her shit (I'm not talking about all women so don't try and start some debate on this) all because a famous person turned her down, and in the current climate it's not a bad thing.
Just like feminism, most feminists are decent people that are fighting for equal rights between men and women and absolutely deserve it, and yet you'll have that small minority that brings Feminism a bad name.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing misogyny, derailing thread with complaints about moderation, history of drive-by posts and victim blaming in threads about sexual assault accusations.
Jeez look at that reason for someone getting banned up above. Ridiculous.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misogyny. Unfounded fear-mongering about women filing false rape accusations.
That'd be great if that is what he was talking about which it is obviously isn't.
If I were in his position I'd avoid talking to women without witnesses present. Judging by how most of Era behaves the first anonymous accuser on Twitter will spell doom for his career. In terms of liability he is risking far more than he could possibly gain by making himself vulnerable to accusation simply by talking to somebody.
Lastly, fear of false accusation doesn't mean a person is completely unaware of the realities of sexual assault and/or how prevalent it may be in oh, say, the movie industry. He's getting vilified for poorly expressing himself and you wonder why he is afraid of being falsely accused if he... poorly expresses himself. The validity of his position is being proven by the people complaining loudest about it in this thread, curiously enough.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (1 week) Pushing false, fear-mongering narratives that negatively stereotype women.
Why the outrage? I get what he's saying and it makes complete sense. Despite gender equality and all that jazz, their is a certain level of courtship that a man is expected to follow through with, and as someone in the public eye its hard to even begin that. And no I am not saying that their is a witch hunt going on, and I fully acknowledge that their are far too many silenced victims out there that need to be given a voice and platform, but in our day and age I fully understand why he would voice distrust and paranoia. Anything from a simple pick up line to a pat on the back can be legally used against him in a court of law for sexual abuse, and there are far too many assholes out there that would use that leeway for easy cash. I mean is it really hard to understand that much?
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Ignoring Modpost by Vilifying Journalist + Inflammatory Derailment
So I didn't chose to weigh in on this until now because I feel like with the mods are being a little too one-sided in this (sorry mods but I really gotta disagree with some of these bans.)
It is a shame that Fries got fired because all he really did was walk into the shooting range. He defended the wrong person for sure but he didn't do anything wrong himself, from what I have seen (and you can prove me wrong) but he wasn't toxic. what he deserved was to be pulled aside and have a quick convo about the situation. Price on the otherhand had a history of making mountains out of molehills and generally rudeness/toxicity. Regardless of whether or not Deroir was being sexist (I didn't see any evidence) you DO NOT treat your customers like that. Whatever you do on your public social media account should affect your professional career and given her previous record of toxicity I think her being fired is a harsh but fair conclusion to this story.
This was something she did some time back:
I know this was a while ago but its just proof of her history of toxicity. This is flat-out wrong behaviour. Its aggressive and it has no place for anyone who's job is to create because with creation becomes criticism and you have to deal with that and not snap like she did.
This is a little off-topic now but I feel like I have to say this here. Mods, saying video game journalism coverage is bad is not a problem and personally it makes me a little sick that you are banning people for speaking out against them. Not to say that I agree or anything but the whole purpose of this kinda website is to voice opinions and you have to let that happen.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Downplaying the history and impact of harassment campaigns + the experiences of women on social media, account still in the junior phase.
After her last tweets she just seems like a child who just can't admit any wrongdoing even though she knows that she fucked up. But no, obviously everyone else is at fault. Throwing gender issues in the mix and playing the victim. Hilarious.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: personal attacks
Your desperate attempt to ascribe negative intentions that have no evidence of existing to his interaction with Price is, at this point, clearly pathological.
The summaries you have created are for a conversation that only exists in your head as a way to absolve yourself of any guilt for pillorying Deroir when there is no need. We don't need the initial interaction to have any added subtext.
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Devs” Rhetoric. Please review our FAQ.
If all the dungeons look the same I feel like the game should have lower scores. Thats just.. dare I say it lazy? If not its a bad game design philosophy for this kind of game. I'm becoming suspicious lol
Title: Russian bots are back: #WalkAway attack on Democrats is a likely Kremlin operation
Reason: User banned (permanent): troll account. Usage of alt-accounts.
Never seen so many desperate false flagging leftis.
Hashstag was started by James Woods so you better let him know he is a russian spy -__-
Popularized by a gay aspirant actor and New York hair dresser who then got attacked by the left base.
Cross-sectional demographic support and even 4chan has decided to step back and let the hashtag organically run its course because it has such a big support.
Salon&huffingpaint: "T..this hurts our democrat masters!! I..it's the Russians!!"
So all of these video testimonies are actually Russian bots ?
Yeah thought so, you democrat pr departments can let your political masters know that slander doesnt work anymore :P
Title: Interview: Possibility of Yakuza on Switch/Xbox One, Binary Domain 2, Yakuza Spinoffs, etc
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Ok, i suppose that its better to let you live in your own world, where Switch is the center of the industry (lol) and third parties are on full force on the system ! Fans like you never learn the lesson when we talk about third parties and Nintendo system.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Aggressively pursuing a false narrative pertaining to harassment campaigns
It was contained to the GW2 subreddit and ANet's own forums. GG hubs like KiA made threads long after the drama unfolded. The "hate mob" was almost entirely GW2 fans on Reddit, who were shocked/angry at Price's Twitter meltdown and attack on a prominent community member. I know this because I was literally following it in real-time, as it occurred.
But hey, facts don't seem to matter anymore and different groups want to push their agenda and revise history, regardless of evidence.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Accusing women of trapping male celebrities with false rape accusations
He is saying he doesn't want to get falsely accused of rape, which in the current climate isn't an unwise thing to consider when your a Hollywood megastar trying to date.
The ignorance of some of the posters in this thread is unbelievable.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Reinforcing harmful narratives about women + accusing women of setting traps
It's getting really tiring to see the outrage on resetera, it's so one sided. Guy is obviously worried about being targeted since he's a celebrity. Maybe he could've phrased his concerns better, but he gets his point across.
A lot of women do expect to be "chased" if they're interested in the guy, and him being in his position can be dangerous because any of these women can easily turn his flirting and his pursuit to something sinister by just posting a sentence or two on Twitter. Doesn't even matter if it's true or not, he'll be burned for it anyway.
I seriously think Era needs to introduce a new rule banning drive-by outrage posts that don't contribute to any form of discussion.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (1 week): Unfounded fear-mongering about women filing false rape accusations.
The outrage in this board is off the charts. Obviously the guy is paranoid with all these accusation in the entertainment business. High profile celeb must be nerve racking. One accusation against them, unfounded or not, then goodbye career.
Yes, it was poorly worded.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (1 week): Unfounded fear-mongering about women filing false rape accusations.
I don't disagree with him. He's a public figure and in todays environment, when someone calls out rape, it's guilty until proven innocent. The way he said it though sounds like a 16 year old surfer dude.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (3 days): Fearmongering about women who report sexual assault
This is how I read it. The man is shook. Plain and simple. He’s afraid to have a future relationship given his Hollywood noteriety and have a woman falsely accuse him tarnishing everything he’s become.
Title: Anti-consumer decisions that have caused you to spend less money
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by platform war post.
Majority of current gen gamers are on PS4. It's quite anti-consumer of Microsoft to not put their exclusive games on PS4 aswell. Holding back content is always anti-consumer.
Would love to play Halo and Forza but nah.
Title: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempting to legitimize transphobia.
How monolithic is the terf field? I found myself completely lost in the original huffpost article, which I found messy and incoherrent not least because it starts off in London and almost immediately links to conservative groups in the US, it says terfs created and then rejected the terf concept, but links to an interview with an activist who says it was created to disparage and separate terfs from real radical feminists...
But not having came across terfs in real life (I think), I was still intrigued by by the use of the signifier 'radical', because usually in marginalized discourses and contexts it tends to signify progressivism, 'radical feminism' 'radical lbqt activism' etc. (As opposed to when inserted in conservative discourses it tends to be the opposite, a negative) so I started reading a bit and would like you or anyone else knowledgeable on the internal terf logics to comment how inaccurate my reading is (in its context), regarding a possibility of coherrency of arguments/logics and thus possibility for debate or is it in all forms a discourse of hate? My question is sincere, I have an interest in these questions mostly through discourse of identity politics and its theories.
One of the first articles from the London context I came across was this piece in the Guardian, a critique of how radical feminist called Linda Bello (‘Black, female, Jewish, and lesbian feminist' as described by a previous Guardian bio on her) had been uninvited from a speaking gig at Cambridge University because she had "she planned to publicly question the uk trans politics", being called out a terf. the opinion piece soon goes into what is described as the "schism between queer and feminist principles [that] so many seasoned activists shy away from" that schism being "contradictory ways of defining gender. Queer politics positions gender as an innately held identity. The radical feminist understanding is that gender exists as a political system, not an identity. Recognising gender as innately held, a factor that should be enshrined as la protected characteristic, totally contradicts radical feminist principles." As an academic it sounds to me that both positions are "logical" and worthy discourses to debate. While not agreeing, I intuitively feel that it is not right to dismiss ontological and epistemological underpinnings that rest on viewing gender as political system. Someone like Bello, are coherrent to the extent that they take the logic to the end, considering race, class and gender as political systems rather than held identity, and that everything should be geared towards not reinforcing them (which is a very radical take (to me it sounds more radical than typical 2nd wave stuff)!which I do not agree with but recognize as a legitimate discourse for debate) she writes on her :
I have no clue how representative she is in the UK and terf logic, probably not much, but perhaps it shows it might be problematic to dismiss all critique of trans-politics as trash? There is loads of stuff in her thinking I disagree with, and she does come across as downplaying trans suffering, but if your starting point is to denounce gender, you are going to have serious issues with a large body of trans-politics, which can be contested but it is not "illegitimate"...
Title: The repro cart epidemic, can it be stopped?
Reason: User Banned (24h): Advocating piracy.
I'm sorry if this is confusing. The few things I would still want have been priced way past the point where it would be fiscally irresponsible towards my family for me to purchase. We're talking maybe a dozen or so titles versus the 1k plus I own. I would, without hesitation, rather all games, including the many I own, be nearly worthless like they used to be so I could still buy them. I did originally buy some reproduction games (including the impressive PCE Works releases,) but I soon realized I'd be better off buying an Everdrive instead and ended up giving them away. That way I can also play fan translation patches. Turns out what I really value is playing on the original hardware. Everything else is nice, but not a necessity.
If there's anything else you need to know hit me up and I'll do my best to clarify.
Title: The repro cart epidemic, can it be stopped?
Reason: User Banned (24h): Advocating piracy.
It's only going to get bigger and the quality will slowly make them indistinguishable. and I'm going to keep buying them.
Yes I do, when Harvest Moon snes is $200+ and I get get it from China for less than $10. Prices have gotten so crazy that having a a bootleg for a fraction of the price is well worth it.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexism, thread whining, history of bigoted remarks.
I know I'm going to get banner for this, I don't really care.
This forum has become a caricarure of Neogaf. Everything is related to fucking polítical correctness, social justice warrios, social media activists.
This thread is an example of that, this has become ridiculous.
Everything is us vs them, everything is black or white. Users are warned because they somehow "understand" Cavill's words (really?!) . If you don't post something politically correct you are warned or banned.
You don't see ir because you all feel like the good guys, fighting for the good cause. But you are becoming the enemy and sooner or later you will see it.
The funny thing is... Neogaf opened my eyes to social injustices, to understand minorities better, to be more empathic. I learned a lot, but since this places opened, slowly became a joke.
And now thanks to a lot of some of you, I started to become tired is reading the same bullshit over and over again, "they are the bad guys, we are the good ones! BTW good job punching that person because he thinks different than us (remember, we are the good ones!).
Cavill is dead to me! (See guys! I'm making social activism from my iphone!)
What a joke.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User banned (48 hours): Linking to false evidence to support fearmongering about how women react to men being approached.
For those that say his concerns are unfounded. Look at the Richard Dawkins elevator stuff. I don't know if he approached the women in a platonic way or inappropriately but shit can be miscontrued
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User Warned: Baseless fearmongering about how women react to being approached by men.
I can see a lot of people here need to revisit elementary school reading comprehension.
With that said, I know where he is coming from, when approaching a girl you know nothing about ANYTHING can go wrong for the common person, now imagine that for a movie star like him.
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User warned: Dismissive drive-by posting, trolling.
Yeah, some of the posts on here are fucking embarassing, insensitive and inconsiderate.
Like wow yeah fuck Cavill for being insecure. What a cuck amirite?
Title: Henry Cavill: Hesitant to date in fear of being called a rapist
Reason: User warned for pushing hostile false narratives + thread/community whining
wow @ this thread, holy shit.
He's not raping anyone for fucks sake, nor is he "red pilling" anyone either.
Jesus christ, where is the moderation? I'm going to leave this thread before I get banned or something.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Disingenuous argument suggesting developers will use this incident to shout critics down.
I applaud Mike O Brien for his decision. What Jessica Price did was completely unprofessional and just plain wrong. Saying that Deroir was sexist is a downplay of actual sexism, if that is sexism than any interaction between a man and a woman is sexist. Deroir was very respectful and polite and did nothing wrong.
It's very sad to see most of the media trying to flip the narrative and make her look like the victim, when she never bothered to apologize for her mistakes. I can already imagine a day in which developers will start calling game critics "sexists", "fascists" and "nazis" for giving bad scores to their games. Thankfully there are still some people that can see through her nonsense:
ANet made the right decision firing her and Guild Wars 2 is better for it.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: Downplaying harassment.
Hate to break it to you, but they really don’t.
She was an asshole to a customer on a public forum and got canned as a result. Hopefully she learns from her mistakes.
Keep making up some conspiracy narrative to fit whatever the agenda is. I don’t think we really need to strengthen the case that women have it shit in the industry, but this specific incident is not a case of that.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Extremely Hostile Rhetoric. Dismissive attitude towards other viewpoints.
It's a shame Fries got fired, but he got involved in something stupid and got burned.
I have no qualms with Price being fired. She's a vile woman who was happy TotalBiscuit died along with a number of other eyebrow-raising things. She verbally abused a PARTNER to Arenanet and made a gender issue out of literally nothing. She also attacked other people aside from Deroir.
And lol @ anyone that thinks there is a shred of malice in Deroir's tweet(s).
Title: First episode of Pokemon banned in the US since the original series.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Junior account downplaying the history and impact of racist caricatures
I understand that has been an issue way in the past but can't we as a human race move beyond that? Watching that scene on Youtube, Ash doesn't even act like a monkey. People are way too sensitive, at least in the US.
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Use of derogatory meme
Everything they've done outside of Runescape bombed hard. It's all they got and all that they'll ever had. It really sucks for the developers when all they wanted to do was celebrate pride with a minuscule event and the reddit community REEE'd hard. I love playing the game, though it's usually just with my brother.
Title: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying transphobia.
This is a bit like saying that you can't be a Democrat and a racist. That is historically not true and currently it would mean going against a core position of the Democrat Party but said person can still identify with the party and the rest of it's positions. If you want to define everything as black and white then yes, TERF cannot be considered Feminists nowadays.
Title: XB1-Switch-PC cross-party support coming to Rocket League
Reason: User Warned - Thread Derailment
Just being realistic. Not many willl use this on a daily basis. If microsoft was at the top they would do the same infact they did it last gen. In what way does this help Sony.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Spamming
Peter Fries.
I'm just going to do this to every post coming in not engaging with anything that was said and pretending how their hottake of this being so justified cause "both sides or similar". Cause that's the level of answers that are deserved.
At mods: I'm totally fine getting a temp for this.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (1 week): downplaying sexism and online harassment campaigns, account still in junior stage
There's also the fact that Price used sexims as a shield to deflect the criticism that she was getting from the Guild wars 2 community for her tweets when her being a woman had nothing with it. That is not okay.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (2 days): Repeated bad faith commentary; constructing strawman arguments
"I don't believe Anet or other game devs have any capacity for individual thought when it comes to employee management. It must be GG, not the fact that she violated their stance on customer treatment and feedback"
Or conversely:
"Female devs experiencing harassment should have no accountability in social media"
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (length under review) for dismissing harassment from hate movements and antagonizing other members in the thread
Thank you.
My point being that it is very clearly about one focal point and any stronger question than "should she be fired for being an asshole" is up to speculation, examination of the American workforce, and agendas, but not because it's actually about this.
Case in point, if she wasn't an asshole, none of this would be happening. She'd still have her job, feelings would be spared, sexists would... still be sexists, but that's life.
Besides the much moreso desperate, actual GamerGaters? Yes. Yes I do.
The time came out like an explosion and faded just as quickly. Trump got elected, the victims of the movement recovered, everyone moved on, except for the ones who never shut up about it.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dehumanizing women + history of misogyny; junior account
Some of you need to be more transparent and just say outspoken feminist women shouldn't be held accountable for their actions regardless if others would face same results.
She was an asshole on twitter and got dealt with. How many countless times since twitter or facebook has blown up resulted in people losing their jobs over shit they say on social media over non job related stuff ?
Also celebrating the death of a man dying of cancer for the last few years ultimately assumes that this "person"
lacks even human decency. Should have been fired then.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Hostility + History of downplaying the concerns of others
It's actually embarrassing. How the fuck do people come up with this nonsense?
By asking a polite question, the Twitter user was exhibiting a "hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women" to use the definition. Give me a fucking break.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Misrepresenting information, pushing a false narrative, vilifying journalism.
I'm not going to read the entire thread, but I followed the whole thing while it happened, and I want to say a few quick things:
1. Game writer Jessica Price posted multiple tweets talking about her narrative design philosophy (so yes, she was representing the company on twitter).
2. Community members offer feedback to that philosophy and dicuss politely with her. Price dismisses them with toxity (throwing the sexism card for no reason, insulting them, etc).
3. Another writer, Peter Fries, comes in to defend his partner's behaviour.
4. Reddit community gets angry at the unnecessary insults, fake claims of sexism and general toxic behavior from Price.
5. Anet fires both writers for attacking the community.
6. J. Price keeps believing that sexism is the reason why everything happened the way it did.
7. Video game journalists write pieces of news that twist the truth, presenting the harassers as the victims, and the community members as the harassers, carefully crafting a fictious narrative to their readers.
8. The community started to trash video game journalists for twisting the truth.
Title: The controversial ArenaNet firings of Guild Wars 2 writers (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Vilifying journalism + attempting to discredit feminism
No mather how hard gaming média tried, Common sense is winning, this os probably the worst case i ever Saw, trying to push One agenda, hiding facts and being extremely unfair to arenanet CEO and Deroir making them sexist pigs when sexism was nothing to do with the firing. They do more wrong than good to true feminism ideals.
Title: Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire |OT| Our Vital Status is Fluid Lately
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Making inflammatory false equivalencies surrounding harassment, hostility, and a history of downplaying the influence and impact of harassment movements.
It would have been a major red flag hadn't they fired her. She misappropriated members of the community, citing whataboutisms with unrelated gamergate bullshit. She punched down and attacked him with a baseless accusation about sexism. It's pathetic to see posters here stanning for her bullshit.
It's fucking pathetic. You don't attack customers for engaging in a dialogue that you yourself created. You would get fired for that behaviour justifiable in most places.
There was no condescending tone. Stop defending harrasment FFS.
Fucking unreal to see this bullshit here.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Trolling.
Who else keep coming back to the thread to see the pictures! hi five guys, i kwon i can't be the only one. It's a joke. It's real. And hope that dont get banned. But well, that's all.
Title: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Rationalizing transphobia.
I get your point and if somebody said that, I'd press back using the common ground that you share are parts of your argument at that point just like I said we should do. You guys are really bad faith operators. Reply if you want but there'd be no benefit for me reading it.
Title: 'Feminists' Who Exclude Trans Women Aren't Feminists At All
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Transphobia
This sounds a lot like the 'No True Scotsman' argument.
When you start arguing about ideological purity you lose support from a wide group of people. It's akin to saying you aren't anti-animal cruelty when you aren't vegan.
Title: [READ OP] Shu Yoshida: "PlayStation 4 is doing so well - we don't forget why we're here now
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring Modpost + Derailment - In the interest of thread health, please do not discuss crossplay in this thread.
Reposting my thoughts from the other thread. Good article, really enjoy these postmortem type of stories. Sony has really come full circle in a way from the PS1 days after moving further and further from developer friendly hardware with the PS2 and PS3.
That said, I don't agree with the thread being rebooted when crossplay is directly mentioned in the article. It's forcing safe spaces for pockets of the community, supports hive-mind mentality, and hinders growth in people's understanding of different view points. I'll leave it at that since it seems to be a sensitive subject.
Title: As A Progressive Executive I Don’t See Gender When I Instantly And Brutally Sack My Workers (satire)
Reason: User banned (length under review) - Pushing false narratives to downplay institutional sexism, long history of similar behaviour.
Let's be honest, if it was a man who made the exact same comments as Jessica Price, there would be no controversy about the firing. The only reason people are up in arms is because it must be sexism, not that she's a shitty person or anything.
Title: As A Progressive Executive I Don’t See Gender When I Instantly And Brutally Sack My Workers (satire)
Reason: User Warned: Hostility + Generalizations towards other members
No, exactly true.
She said this:
thanks for trying to tell me what we do internally, my dude 9_9
He then immediately freaked out:
You getting mad at my obvious attempt at creating dialogue and discussion with you, instead of just replying that I am wrong or otherwise correct me in my false assumptions, is really just disheartening for me. You do you though. I'm sorry if it offended. I'll leave you to it.
That's a tantrum worthy of a ten year old.
"You got mad at me! I only wanted dialogue! Discussion! Why are you not spending more time on long replies with me! I am sooooo sad. But I'll also add a line that you can do whatever you want, to pretend ,my tantrum is fine. I'll also add a classic fake apology on top of it that, in its wording, is classic"
If you are convinced that a woman is evil because she dared to not immediately kneel in front of an internet nobody lecturing her, of course you'll close your eyes at a thread like this. It's expected. Gamers gotta gamer.
Title: As A Progressive Executive I Don’t See Gender When I Instantly And Brutally Sack My Workers (satire)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling, using a cultural pejorative associated with hate movements.
So by this definition, she was Womansplaining to the ENTIRE internet with the original post? That's kind of disgusting and sexist behavior don't you think?
Title: Hollywood producers already in Thailand to acquire rights to Cave rescue story
Reason: User Banned (1 Week) Trolling over a series of posts; history of similar behavior
I miss the pre-Trump Hollywood. A Hollywood with morals. A compassionate, loving Hollywood that you could count on to do the right thing.
It feels like since the election all Hollywood cares about is money. It's a damn shame.
Title: Haaretz: Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Conflating civilians with their leadership. History of inflammatory commentary.
Arabia is the only one who didn't any of this. The states and Israeli though, their electorate chose this type of leadership. So you can hold them responsible for their actions.
The regime is no different than the Nazi one.
Title: Haaretz: Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Antisemitism
is this like
the ultimate false flag? Jewish people arming neo nazis so they can continue their 'But we were victims' narrative?
Man this would be comical if it wasn't sad.
Title: BBC doc investigating Trump's parties in the 80's/90's to sleep with underage models
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending and downplaying sexual assault.
By today's standards you are correct.
But, I'm guessing you weren't alive back then, it was a different time, there was no swipe left or right for consent. I remember being in bars and random girls doing stuff like shoving their hands in my pockets or gyrating into me to indicate their interest, and the blokes did similar stuff.
Watch a few films from the 80's and 90's and you can see what was considered the norm. I was watching Trading Places the other day and some girls on that just randomly get their chests out at a party. Quite jarring by todays norms but back then it wasn't totally surprising.
You believe in guilty until proven innocent clearly,
Title: Puerto Rican Woman harassed by drunk man. Cop does nothing.
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by post
How would you want him to react in that situation? I mean the only crime here is being drunk and disorderly or something similar. I'm kinda surprised that the general consensus is that the cop should be fired for this. He probably should have supported the woman, but the situation seemed to get resolved without any physical violence, no guns being drawn, isn't this a good outcome?
Title: Has Hollow Knight dethroned Super Metroid/SotN in the public eye?
Reason: User banned (2 days) for platform wars rhetoric, despite previous recent warning for the same thing.
What kind of crazy small bubble does the OP live in. Super Metroid and Castlevania are world renown names in the public eye....
Ori is even better than HK.
Switch fans hyperbole sometimes really gets to me. First Celeste and now this.
Title: Reddit CEO Tells User Banning Hate Speech is Too Hard; Reddit Bans User For Posting Conversation
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling, tone policing victims of bigotry and hate, repeatedly posting thinly veiled defenses of bigotry and hate.
Why not?
I want to thank you for actually taking some time to respond to me, and I want to have a conversation with you if that’s okay. Can I ask that you reiterate your first statement? I find it difficult to understand what you’re saying. Are you saying that such people would hardly ever do nothing to you and those that look like you, and as such you should also do the same by not doing nothing? To that I have a few comments. As I stated, I can emphasize with you and see your reasoning, that they wouldn’t be kind to you and as such you have no reason to be kind to them. That’s perfectly fine and I can understand that, fighting fire with fire or having people earn your kindness and such. I just personally disagree with it and don’t think that’s the way to go, I feel it just promotes a cyclical and perpetual cycle of hatred on everyone’s part. Also, generally, though I do not doubt that they most certainly might have a lot against you and perhaps might even hate you, I do doubt the notion that they would be able to physically hurt or do anything to you without suffering criminal/civil consequences from a legal perspective.
The second part was quite clever, but once again I apologize since I can’t realky understand what you are trying to say. If the Devil in this case is a metaphor for all those evil people, then yeah I can agree that generally there is a reason why the Devil is looked at with such disdain and why he would need help. I’m not arguing that the Devil isn’t evil, but rather that the notion of evil being completely evil seems a bit far fetched to me. I would say that the Devil has some positive characteristics (such as being good at persuasion), or that he at least has a purpose and reason for being out and about in the wild. After all, the Devil needs approval by God before doing anything and as such his wrongdoing is not without a greater purpose. If he was to just disappear entirely and all that was left was good, good would just become neutral and the norm since there would be nothing to compare it to. So I guess the Devil needs help because he is at risk at becoming nonexistent (or rather perhaps he’d still be there but everyone would just kind of try to eliminate the value of anything he might do, because once again I disagree that evil is something that inherently lacks any value), and from my perspective I believe more harm can come from that than by just tolerating his existence and purpose. This was all a bit of an elaborate metaphor on my part but I hope you can understand the point I’m trying to make. But once again I appreciate you for having a response that I can discuss and for proposing your own argument and reasons for your beliefs.
How is it trash? Could you elaborate? It’s fine if you think that’s the case but I would like to know why.
In any case, once again, it’s fine if you think that that is trash, but someone reached out to me in DMs and spoke about how my words resonated with them and how they appreciated someone providing a reasonable dissenting opinion and going against the grain, so I will continue to do so in the hope that others can also feel impacted and inspired to do the same.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Semi-Finals Begin Tuesday (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Blatant disregard of mod warning in OP
Hope Croatia wins tomorrow, and if not, then I hope France wins the whole thing. I just want England to lose because I don't like what England has done to the world and my country.
Title: I still can’t get over the lack of Virtual Console on Switch.
Reason: User Warned: Advocating piracy
It's total BS and anticonsumer but Nintendo gotta Nintendo. Thankfully the Switch is hacked and we'll have our VC one way or another. Between the WIi U and the VC treatment I feel really burned by Nintendo and I won't ever be buying another digital game from theirs in the future.
Reason: User Banned (2 weeks): Creating a thread in bad faith, history of platform wars
Lol, nah, stock threads are cancer, I made for the the sake of comparing people reaction to stock drops from nintendo to any other company, so far, thread has delieverd as I expected
Title: Amtrak train derails onto Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia, WA
Reason: User warned for copy and pasting from a known fringe conspiracy site
They are blaming Antifa due to the raid on an Antifa headquarters just recently.
Theyve supposedly been erecting structures or pouring cement on train lines to protest fracking.
I dunno.
"Police have raided an Antifa encampment in Olympia, Washington, following a train being sabotaged by anti-fracking activists — but the anarchists claiming credit for the act have vowed to continue until “every officer is down.
The train was reportedly shorted using jumper cables, causing the train to stop.
Since November 17, dozens of anarchists have been camping on the tracks to prevent trains from transporting fracking supplies from the Port of Olympia — however, railroad companies that there were no such shipments scheduled.
On Wednesday, Union Pacific Railroad officers were met by 20 to 30 masked protesters as they cleared out the encampment and swept it for bombs. Four of the people who were camping on the tracks refused to leave and were subsequently arrested, as were eight others on suspicion of obstructing a law enforcement officer."
Title: NPD Blog: Switch Will Be Highest Selling Console This Year in US, Red Dead 2 Top Selling Game
Reason: User Banned (2 days): Console warrior nonsense
You're in the business of getting people to click on your site and generate discussion with these prediction articles, and predicting "continued dominance by PS4" just doesn't move the needle. This Switch prediction has a BIT more credence - though it will also be flat out wrong - but your statement that the Xbox One could outsell the PS4 in 2017 based on Scorpio or metric, was just outright pandering and calls into question the entirety of these predictions.
Yes they are just for fun, but the Xbox over PS4 prediction (who in their right mind would think such a thing for 2017? Maybe 2013/14 when much was unknown I'd see), imo proves there are times you are just trying to be provocative/entertaining, and not necessarily correct. My suspicion is that is the case here as well.
Title: Kotaku: Fortnite Is Better Than Overwatch At Telling An Evolving Story
Reason: User warned: Inflammatory drive-by posting, thread-whining.
I find find if hilarious people put stock into a video games story. Video games have always had trash stories, especially compared to film and literature.
Title: Inside Xbox - July 10th at 12PM PST/8PM BST - We Happy Few, FH4 (extra stream after), Gamepass
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Consistent system warring + console related trolling
Snorefest, just like the recent Xbox One update that added.... folders! Woot.
Enjoy your summertime activities people. Get outside. Swim. Eat Ice Cream. Mate.
Get back to gaming in the fall.
Title: Germany's far-right AFD would be second largest party in newest poll
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): A pattern of inflammatory generalizations about immigrants and asylum-seekers
If people are really fleeing a war they would have been relieved to stay in the first safe country on their travels. But in this case we see people traveling thousands of miles across multiple country borders to reach the European countries with the most generous welfare programs. What we're seeing is not desperate people fleeing war, but asylum seekers in safe countries who see an opportunity to emigrate to western/northern Europe, and economic migrants who think they can make use of the immigration chaos to stay in Europe under false pretenses. Most of these people, both actual asylum seekers and economic migrants, are unemployable in modern European societies because they lack education and diplomas. These people are a huge burden on our welfare system and it will get worse the more people arrive. Far better to financially support solutions that allow real war refugees to find shelter in neighboring countries. Economic migrants should be returned to their home countries as fast as possible.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Reviews
Reason: User has been banned for three days for derailing a thread with console warring, failing to read the OP, and previous warnings for such actions.
I think that's making light of numerous issues. Completely fine, and expected in early access, but not so in 1.0.
And you're right, I didn't read the entire review because I don't want permanent brain damage from Polygon.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Reviews
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't make drive-by posts meant to inflame people into console war.
He's just trying to make the Switch and PS4 owners feel good about themselves despite missing out on the goty.
It's alright MP isn't for everybody just most.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Reviews
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't bring up another user's baggage from other forums.
Oh yeah, it's cabbagehead! Constantly goes out of their way to slag off PUBG for being early access but loves star citizen lol it was boring on the old forum and it's boring now.
Glad it got a 10, the salt is delicious.
Real talk though, best multiplayer game me and my friends have played in years.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Reviews
Reason: The user was banned for amassing multiple warnings and this post (1 month). Don't make baseless accusations against a publication just to rile people up into console war.
It's Polygon, you know. Maybe they gave 10 just to push Xbone.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): History of inflammatory system wars and console-related trolling.
If I asked you during what was arguably the height of Xbox popularity; the 360 years until the Kinect who the most important, most cherished developer in the entire Xbox brand was, you would probably answer Bungie, and I am sure even MS would agree. However, by contract they were 'forced' to create Halo after Halo after Halo to the point where they said: enough is enough. To think they would chose Activision over MS is telling enough, especially with Activision proudly proclaiming: "10 years of Destiny!!". Still, they chose that over MS.
What happened to Bungie happened to many other developers under MS. The 'fable' team got fed up and disbanded after losing many important staff. Most left Rare as well, and so on.
Compare this to Naught Dog, who after creating Jak and Daxter were allowed to create an entire new franchise; Uncharted which was a massive success. Even then there were given the freedom to create The Last of Us.
Killzone titles were really profitable, but Guerrilla got fed up with making only 1 franchise, so the next title would not be another Killzone, but an entire new IP, set in a futuristic world with enemies unlike anything seen before, with a female protagonist, a ginger one at that.
Do you understand that were these studios under MS; HZD, the Last of Us, Uncharted, the GOW reboot, and many other titles which are loved by millions worldwide would have never even existed?
MS has studios dedicated entirely to only 1 franchise.
This is also good btw; many people love Fable, Gears of War, Halo and Forza. Those titles are why people stuck with MS, and bought an Xbox One in 2013 and the following years... The most expensive, least powerful system. But still, the Halo and Fable system. That was enough for millions of people.
I realise what Sony is doing though;
-like the cross progression thing which they think makes them money in the long run
-creating 'game of the year- bait', year after year (multiple times a year even), supporting the most creative projects, is .
While I applauded the use of a female, non sexualised, ginger, protagonist; I now realise (also thanks to you guys) that Sony is only in it for the money.
Horizon Zero Dawn would have starred a bald Gears-esque space marine, going back in time to kill Obama if that concept made Sony more money.
I guess every company is after our money, but with the cross play thing; MS at least is the most honest about our money.
And Sony needs to be stopped with the practices, I agree. While I personally love the GOTY-bait over MS' efforts,
With that kind of Sony, there might actually one day be a game where I have to go back in time as a right wing character to kill Obama, the mere thought of that just sickens me.At least those are more honest companies. They would never take hostage cross progression.
Title: 12 boys and soccer coach stuck in Thailand Cave [All rescued, some rescuers still in cave] (Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring administrator instructions.
I don't think it's fair to shit on Elon Musk. He tried to do something in case things didn't work out. Remember that it was a race against the clock because of there being chance there would more rain
Title: Capcom stock down 11.30%, Monster Hunter World sales cited as being a "risk"
Reason: User Warned: Port-begging.
Just bring the damned game to the Switch for god sake ! It make no sense whatsoever to not have Monster Hunter World on the best selling platform in Japan !
Title: India Delhi bus gang rapists lose death row plea
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): advocating violence
Gotta remain consistent and say I don't support state-run murder against its own citizens.
Just release their names, photos, and time and location of their release and make it into a mini purge.
Title: Black Panther and the Importance of Inclusion
Reason: User banned (1 day) for repeated hostility towards other members in the thread, previous warnings for similar behaviour
How exactly have you corrected me, Uardo?
You keep talking about discussion by dancing around it. Actually make a point or shut the fuck up.
There is now literally two pages correcting the sentiment that you said wasn’t a shitty opinion rooted in a bad place but you avoided explaining how isn’t it rooted in racism, why? Because it’s been well explained by 5+ people and you don’t have the wits to rub together to form a decent argument, so you troll like an edgy child
You keep ignoring all these points of discussion to play shitbag backseat moderator with no opinion beside that other people are allowed to repeatedly post ridiculous unsubstantiated opinions and maintain them in the face well reasoned arguments.
Seriously, engage in the discussion or shut the fuck up already
Title: Black Panther and the Importance of Inclusion
Reason: User banned (1 day) for personal attacks, avatar shaming, ignoring moderation warning
The only reason I'm not saying "white" is because there were definitely some colonizers who are not white (but not black either). Still, he opposed them to black people, so I'm still think you know pefrectly fine who is he talking about. Also, neither NK nor black dictators weren't mentioned or showed in movie, and only example of opressed people that was illustrated takes place in America. I'm not sure what I can add here that won't be concidered as further thread derailment. But please answer honestly, do you think children of opressors deserve to die?
Why you feel the need to bring negative white characters, when we are talking about negative black character, especially if you don't think skin color is an issue here? Walter White whiteness has nothing to do with him being an asshole. But character we are talking about want his followers to kill children, and there is lot of people irl who are thinking he was right. That exact part stresses me out.
That's your fantasy. I find Killmonger as character dangerous because alot of fans seem to completely agree with his plans and actions no matter what. Also if you sympathyze some Killmongers ideas, while downplaying or ignoring the others - that's radicalisation to me, and that's why I think he is dangerous. You somehow seem to think I can't criticize him, but that's not true. Everyone can criticize anyone else, Killmonger is same comic character as Green Goblin, but unlike Green Goblin's his ideas are really dangegous. you have this murderous maniac piece of shit on avatar and trying to insult me troughout whole thread. Here is reality check for you and other "white fragility" and "this movie is not for you" (bullshit, movies are for everyone) assholes: you are judging me not because criticism, but because of my skin color. That's racism right here, think about it.
Title: A Black Man Wore Socks in the Pool. After Calling the Police on Him, a Manager Got Fired.
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Hostility + Antagonizing other members
Topic: A black person could have been killed because a racist white person wanted to use cops as their own Negro exterminator
WhiteEra: BuT tHe ReAl IsSuE iS tHaT hE wEaRs SoCkS iN tHe PoOl
You know, can't you people whining about socks just admit that you side with the racist and wanted that black person gone? I would respect you much more.
Because if you're for real about socks being dirty, I hope you sewn your mouth shut and cut your hands off.
Title: If you were an employer, would you hire a Trump supporter?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling throughout the thread, accumulated infractions for similar behavior.
Did you vote for him? I can't see any other reason for your curious semantic excitability.
Anyway! It really is a semantic discussion now with you, so I'll say good day to you.
Title: Sony PlayStation: First Party Studios & Projects |OT2|
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism.
My biggest issue with Aloy, apart from being totally humourless, is that she's completely unfeminine. You get the feeling with developers that they think they can make a female character 'strong and independent' by basically writing a guy with tits and long hair.
It doesn't work like that. Women are actually different from men. The same could be said about Nadine in the Uncharted series. Although, the to ND, Chloe is a really great female character - tough but convincingly female.
Title: Terry Gilliam says "I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian" as he rants about diversity
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack. Please be respectful and polite when posting in threads.
I'm not sure if you're being deliberately obtuse or if you're sincerely challenged in understanding. I worry for you, dude
I said:
Which directly contradicts your misrepresentation of what I said. Diversity is important. White people losing jobs is important. etc
I then spoke specifically about comedy teams that are NOT assembled by TV people, dudes that come together and realize they work well together, a la Monty Python.
If you can't reconcile the two perspectives and need to speak in dramatic, absolute terms, that's an unfortunate waste of time
Reason: User Warned: Creating threads about cross forum drama
its been more than 6 months since resetera has existed.
Born after the issues and allegations and alleged sexual misconduct of the previous forum’s owner - has this forum been able to fashion a community that is built on shared values whilst welcoming others with differing points of view?
Title: Why PC monthly subs are WAY better than PS+ and Xbox Gold?
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
I think i'll start a thread...
"why on PC don't you have a unified friends/library/store where you buy everything, see what everyone is doing, party up with friends and voice chat, and it all just updates seamlessly, and as a bonus you get a bunch of free, sometimes pretty premium/expensive games per year. All this without maintaining or launching a litany of different libraries, shops, communication apps, WHY. Why am I dicking about with windows updates, graphics card drivers, steam, origin, battle.net, discord, various in game chat implementations, humble subscription, twitch prime, and various other shit, I'm also amassing a giant collection of crappy indy games I will never play"
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempted thread derail with baseless accusations. History of platform warring.
Nope. Just pointing out the astro turfing that's distracting from the genuine issue. Posts like that are the reason why people stopped taking this issue seriously.
Increasingly this thread has become about trying to suggest Sony should give up the "Where my friends play" advantage to allow XBOX back into a competitive spot than it is about Switch/PSN fortnite account. And even when you've posted enough tweets to get you to page 300. Sony still wont budge on corporate strategy and allow Microsoft to be competitive again in the markets they dominate by giving up that or other advantage.
The following link links to a picture that is for adults-only and is definitely NSFW
(it's not that bad really but I really don't want to get banned, please don't ban me :), I'll remove if asked)
Title: I bought a switch and everything game costs crazy money.
Reason: User Warned: Advocate piracy.
This is the reason I could never afford Nintendo console in my life especially in my country because there is no presence and demand. I am considering to buy the hackable switch (not gonna support Nintendo first party, will support 3rd parties in PS by buying) from US if I ever want to try their games in my life (I am interested only in few exclusives) or PC emulator in future as I have no options, and I am glad Sony made gaming affordable and have bought a lot of games due to their sales and prices after few months or years.
Title: New LA mural for Lebron James gets vandalized
Reason: User banned(24 hours): being unnecessarily hostile towards another user and flaunting the fact that they added them to their ignore list.
Good. Fuck out my face and pick up a book. Nigga.
Never said you was mine. Something else you made up on the fly.
Enjoy doing that from my the top of my ignore list.
Title: Creepy stalker liveblogs about two other people on a plane, ends up getting one of them doxxed
Reason: User Warned: Body shaming.
Fat and ugly with an over inflated confidence and sense of pride for her following on twitter, and a “good enough” boyfriend. You can just tell that behind all that faux and creepy excitement she was jealous of better people living better lives, which in her twisted mind justified the stalking.
Title: Controllers: Do you prefer non-removable batteries (PS4) or removable AA/lithium-ion (Xbox)
Reason: User banned (1 week) for inflammatory comparisons and many accumulated and recent infractions
Having a battery be constantly charging when it's fully charged already is terrible for it, and that what people who leave them plugged in all day when they're not using hem are doing. That's gonna absolutely destroy the battery well within a year.
Not all PS4/Switch owners are platform loyalists that will defend them to the end of the earth though, so you'll get a lot that still vote for the pretty universally accepted as better logically removable batteries.
It gets very frustrating trying to argue with groups like flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, and climate change deniers too, and often comes across as hostile.
Title: Did You “Date” Older When You Were in High School? (Potentially Sensitive Subject for Some)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Advocating paedophilia.
There was an active cottage in the park nearby where I'd go when bunking off from P.E. and games.
More fun than doing cross country or rugby I'll tell you that much.
Of course not, don’t fall for the BC lie, it’s not worth it.
If you do have a particular love for those 50-69 metacritic games and money is comes easy, well..MS has a Monopoly on those, so then it is a good idea.
Or.. Do you have a gaming PC? Now that’s a different story.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Accusing a target of hate movements as "playing the gender card" + spreading disinformation
She is the one that pulled out the gender card and she got called out on it by the community, and gaming communities at large. You can’t make baseless accusations like that and not expect to get hit back. The toxic bs you’re seeing now didn’t come until after the firings.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Junior account vilifying journalism
, JP is an unstable bitter human being yet in spite of this anet kept her employed. When she went off the rails against a well respected partner that anet works closely with to advertise THEIR GAME wtf did people expect was going to happen. PF also got shit canned probably so JP could lodge a "sexism" related wrongful dismissal suit.
10 mins of background is all it would take to learn the facts and make an informed assessment, kotaku are a fucking joke and should be blacklisted for anyone interested in truth and not bait clicking bias.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Rationalizing and justifying the behavior and impact of a hate and harassment movement
She fucked up, her response to the fan's (reasonable and well-thought out) criticism was inappropriate and she was an asshole. No company is going to want that kind of public customer interaction. I don't know if firing her was the correct response but it was reasonable enough given the circumstances.
Gaming media stays losing for screaming about this. GamerGate sucks but that doesn't mean that they weren't right this time. Again, firing this writer was reasonable under the circumstances. The initial incident was really poorly handled by her.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying the effects of a hate movement. Account still in junior phase.
Gotta love when Kotaku and the likes (I think it's interesting how ERA immediately shut down every thread about this until this article, where Price is being painted as the victim) want to twist the narrative to fit their gamergate agenda. This has nothing to do with gamergate. She acted like an asshole and played the sexism card where there was no sexism in sight. I don't necessarily think that her rant was a fireable offense, but the amount of people defending her is equally shocking.
Title: Debate regarding sexual harassment as male Korean reporter kissed by two women
Reason: User warned: For disingenuous arguments and dismissive other forms of sexual harassment
I'm surprised there hasn't been mass bannings in this thread due to all the guys trying to say "but boys are victims too". This is some "white lives matter too" shit that ignores the suffering that many women face daily so they can boast, "well technically, this is harassment too so why aren't you getting upset!" This is literally one guy getting kissed lightly on the cheek by a couple of drunk girls after a world cup game. It's not symbolic of a widespread culture of systematic oppression.
What next, are we gonna hate women for using gendered hate speech when they call a guy a dick? I mean, if guys can't call women cunts then dick should be just as bad too, right?
Or maybe we should learn to use some fucking context.
Title: Black Panther and the Importance of Inclusion
Reason: User warned: For disingenuous arguments and derailment
So, you think insane black leader who talks about black people who was oppressed, and how it ends now, and oppressors and would suffer, gives a shit about north koreans? He very clearly talks about black people, who had no chance until magical vibranium.
Yes, T'Chakku, forgive me my mistake. You can relate or connect to villain as long as you want, but I think there must be some line where people say "ok, he was insane of course, but that ocean quote was really powerful to me on personal level" - I can understand that. Instead there are tons of people who saying that "Killmonger was right". I'm talking about that.
Now, if that answer was good enough, please read thread I linked in previous post and tell me if someone want to kill me irl.
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT6| In a Near-Drunken State
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Sexism, Conspiracy theories
This is literally the only reason I was ok with it, I saw it as a sacrifice to ensure Doug Jones won. In hindsight though, it made me feel icky and lowers my opinion of folks like Gillibrand who basically launched her national profile over Franken's corpse. Al got a raw deal.
Reason: User warned: Console warring and derailing
No where in your post do you mention the Xbox One X Enchanced BC which puts these paid remasters to shame and its free.
Like why should Sony charge for it when the competition does it for free and better?
Reason: User banned (duration pending): misogyny, account still in junior phase, prior history of infractions
If the genders were reversed you'd be calling for the writers' heads. Nice to know you should be able to get away with unprovokedly attacking one of your fans out of nowhere if you have a vagina.
Title: Black Panther and the Importance of Inclusion
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Thread derailment
Overrated✔
The thread is proceeding exactly as i have foreseen.
What's that !? is that a whistle i hear ?!?!?
Blade has nothing to do with afrofuturism. But then you already knew that, didn't you.
Do you ever get out of breath blowing on that whistle of yours ?
Except those films are made by the blacks. So they don't count as real movies.
Title: Destiny 2 |OT| Guardians Make Their Own Fate
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't resort to personal attacks and name-calling.
Your warning was completely justified. You can criticize a company's decision-making process without being an unsympathetic asshole. Or, at least, I hope you can.
Title: Toronto chef butchers, eats deer leg in front of animal rights protesters outside his restaurant
Reason: User banned (1 week): attacking other posters, misrepresenting the situation in the OP, accumulated infractions for similar issues.
Fucking deplorable people cheering on a dude for bragging about hunting and killing animals.
You are fucking disgusting and I pity people who have to interact with you.
Title: Can someone explain the legality of Raspberry Pi retro consoles to me?
Reason: User warned: Advocating piracy
I’d like to think that most games you can play on a RetroPi are victimless, except of course the ones clearly exploiting nostalgia and being unfairly and exhorbinantly priced for Switch (Wild Guns and SF Collection come to mind).
I modded my NES/SNES Classics and have full rom sets on various RetroPi devices that I have made for friends and family. The vitriol against the seller in OPs post seems really excessive to me. Piracy is a reality of life, and ideally should act as a precursor to legal alternatives being introduced (like the Classic Consoles).
I dunno. Maybe my moral compass is skewed in my cynical old age, but this feels like a thread that doesn’t need to exist in 2018. Building RetroPi Images is practically an art form these days: my ethical position is quite comfortable with the practice, much to the apparent disgust of OP and the other virtuous IP Warriors.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Quarter-Finals begin Friday (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Personal attacks against another member.
Can't wait until we lose and Zatt comes back in here rocking his Infinity Gauntlet, telling us all about how he couldn't post because the Agents of SHIELD cut his internet
Title: If you were an employer, would you hire a Trump supporter?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Putting feminism on par with Nazism, normalizing Nazism, concern trolling, account still in junior phase
I'll try to let this be my last posting in this thread, but I have to say: This is such a baffeling, ignorant attitude.
You're saying that ALL people who voted for the other of two relevant parties are the same. Do you not realize how that's exactly what fascists do? Dehumanize people, get rid of the individual value, only comprehend 'them' as a group. Now you'll reply 'but they dehumanize others!', but even if it were true, you're doing the exact same thing right now. But og course you're wrong. People are individuals and act as such, therefore you ought to look at them as such. I've worked with both stark feminists and literal nazis, and aside from political debate, some of them were fine people. When you engage in talks with them, it quickly becomes obvious why they are the way they are.
Which is why I hate to see push for further divide in this thread. Don't write people off for their political views.
But if you do: Don't talk, fight.
Women drive worse generally but that doesn't mean there aren't shit and stupid male drivers. Yeah men cause deadly incidents but that doesn't mean they are less skilled in terms of car control and parking. Strange behaviours are usually related to an old men/women driving or to a young/middle aged women who doesn't give a shit about the others on the road, in my experience. In your case, you probably encountered douchebags who don't have patience.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Using anecdotal evidence to draw conclusions about how women drive + reinforcing stereotypes
Have you been to South Florida? I can give you license plates and details on cars that will : go if the light is red, won't make a full stop or any at a stop sign, make U-turns if the coast is clear , etc. It's always the same people on the same roads. Been seen them for 3 years on my way to work. They are all women. Yes, men are reckless but a lot women here give a crazy competition. Anyone remembers that family guy clip with the Asian lady turning without a light signal? Picture that.
Title: I feel like PS4's lack of EA Access should really be discussed more
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Continued hostility despite previous warning.
Wtf are you talking about!? Or better yet, to whom!?
That shit is not hidden from anyone. You sound like you’re trying to get a check cut for yourself. PlayStation doesn’t offer it. So fucking what? It’s a shit service with dead ass games on it and discounts on future game you probably not gonna want, hence you signing up for it meant you weren’t interested in the portfolio to begin with.
And before you even try it, I get you’re trying to say be “pro choice “ and what not.. but you trying shit on anybody with differing opinions needs to stop. These preemptive blanket statements on how anyone who thinks differently is crap. People are selfish cause they don’t see value in EAA, lol? Some people with Xbox’s even say it’s crap. Come in say your peace and leave or argue why you think it would be good for every system. Why not PlayStation, Switch and mobile if you cared about this so much?
Same fucking crowd from the Fortnite scandal, fighting to find a new one. Which tells me this is disingenuous at best.
Title: Starbucks employee fired after mocking stuttering customer in Philadelphia
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory generalization.
What are you getting paid if you are a barista at Starbucks? $10/hr?
These employees are the lowest common denominator. Minimum wage employees suck everywhere, not Just Starbucks
Reason: User banned (2 weeks): Attempt to discredit outlet by accusing them of clickbaiting because they disagree with a subjective preview article. History of console warring and being actioned for it.
Kotaku are genius at what they do whether they are right or not: getting clicks.
Always been the clickiest most click happy gaming site on the web,
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Advocating violence w/ a history of doing so; priors related to hostility
The guy getting arrested just shows he didn't go far enough. Should have given the lil shit a beat down and snatched that phone and thrown it into a fucking river.
Title: Is it worth buying a Switch purely for its true exclusives? Which ones?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread Derailment + History of system warring
Oh god, one of those weirdo threads where they try and tactically disqualify Zelda — a game better than the entire PS4 library — as a Switch game because it was on the Wii U.
Of course.
Uh huh.
Title: Digital Foundry: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: Switch, Xbox, PS4 and PC Versions Tested!
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by, platform-wars rhetoric.
As always, dark's consoling back pats for the Switch are actually painful than looking at the Switch's performance. lol. Thanks for the comparisons DF.
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying the rise and impact of hate movements
Yes it is. You don’t decide what is violence and what is not. Your post is disgusting.
When did these guys put a gun on the guy who threw the soda?
Show me the genocide that is happening in the US right now.
ISIS beheads people in public squares, throws gays from the roof tops, enslave women, destroy all kind of technological advances, indoctrinate people into their religion or they kill them. Trump idiots don’t do any of that. So give me a fucking break. You have no idea what you are talking about and that is why your comparison is dumb, and pretty much insulting to all the people who lived, suffered and died under ISIS terror.
What else would you call it.
Title: Terry Gilliam says "I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian" as he rants about diversity
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Aggressive and unrelenting strawmanning against inclusivity efforts
Let’s be honest. The fact that people growing up talented or who meet each other by chance cannot use that talent together because of the color of their skin is absolutely bullshit and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for letting it get this far. I am incredulous at the reactions here.
Some of you are participating in character assassination because evaluating a person’s words are not enough. We must as a culture find every thing we might find questionable about them, lay it bare in order to thoroughly discredit everything they say past, present, and future. This is what our culture has become now? Fuck that, you guys have lost your damn minds.
Title: "Octopath Traveler has been developed as a spiritual successor of FFVI" Takahashi-san
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Trolling + Driving a derailment over the price of a game
a $20000 luxury designer bag isnt exactly a widely available commercial product. Its a luxury good thats treated differently in economics. Theres also nothing different in the posts about the pricing compared to those omg so hype, i love this game blah blah, other than you seem to disagree with the former. Neither are substantial enough to start new topics.
But in any case , no point further discussing this since the special kids are here.
i mean i swear to god theres like 3 games a year tops that happen to be nintendo exclusives that i even bother to discuss here and posters specifically like you make me regret it instantly.
did i say all snes rpgs look identical to octopath ?
Title: GameStop staff lied to me, what should I do?
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Attacking other members.
You're still talking idiocy? You've been done here for a while, champ. You're wrong, you've been wrong, and you'll likely never change. The fact that you put more emphasis on believing what someone paid to represent a company says rather than them being deliberately misleading is hilariously yet sadly telling. Good luck with your victim blaming crusade. You're done here, thanks for playing, lmao what a joke.
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User Warned: Advocating Violence (Please do not advocate violence or killing against others - no matter who they are.)
I kinda hope this becomes a thing to be honest.
Anyone wearing a MAGA hat in public get socked in the face or get a can of soda thrown at. You motherfucker want to marginalize people and separate babies from their mothers, you disgusting vile piece of filth. Go to your Trump rallies or I mean KKK rallies safe zone and wear your stupid hat as much as you want there.
Title: I just Watched The Last Jedi, why was it controversial??
Reason: User banned (5 days): casual xenophobia (including an Asian actor isn't "pandering to an audience"), history of similar behaviour
1. A spacebattle with a ship locked in a really stupid position.
2. People are able to leave said ship like it's nothing.
3. They have to go to some casino planet to find a hacker who they didn't really need.
4. Rose was fun but her character didn't serve the story in a satisfying way other then "here's a great character to pander to a audience".
5. Luke died too early for fans to have our fill.
6. Princess space magic powers that isn't the force since the force doesn't work like that.
7. All the mystery of the last film was shit on.
But hey, I enjoyed the movie. But like the Transformer movies, I will shit on obvious bad writing.
Reason: User banned (1 month): Pursuing cross forum drama, personal attacks on another member, recently returned from 1 week ban
Man, I called that guy out a bunch on GAF and both he and GAF flipped out on me. I big time doubted that game from the start and here we are five plus years later with nothing to show. Dude lived off of your money for years. He sent me a nasty PM.
I got bad vibes from him and tried to warn everyone. Well, just like 3.5mm aux jacks, I tried to tell you.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Irresponsible medical advice despite prior warnings, many more infractions for trolling other topics.
I took them during 2 years and I quit without anxiety nor DEPRESSION.
HAD JUST a MAJOR depression and physical OCD guys. 8 hours crying in front of a mirror AT WORK.
YOU NEED TO UP your serotonine and make changes if you don't want to cry the rest of your life.
It's just chimie.
Eat Cajoun nuts, it'll up your tryptophane. It's a precursor of serotonin. You need to apport more to counter the serotonin consumed by your brain. And you will function like a normal human.
And do sport. You'll gain confidence. And autosatisfaction is a key for this illness.
And don't fear others.
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User Warned: Please do not advocate violence against others while using the forum - no matter who they are
Not a fan of adults assaulting underage people in any way regardless of what was said.
Now if that guy found another teenager in there and slipped him a 5 to beat the guy's ass, I would have had no problem with it.
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User banned (duration pending): trolling, thread derailment
Obama had his portrait painted by a man that painted black women holding the severed heads of white women. Sorry to say, theres no getting around that guys.
Title: 16 year old MAGA bro gets soda thrown at him at Whataburger
Reason: User banned (3 days): Trolling. RBG's retirement has absolutely nothing to do with this thread, and your comment here serves no purpose other than to troll.
You guys are happy about a grown man doing that to a kid? i cant wait for Trump to select who will replace Ruth Ginsburg when she retires.
Title: USA is still THE place to settle in (Anecdotes ofc)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Inflammatory generalizations, history of infractions for similar behavior.
I don't think its surprising. America has some of the best places and cities in the world. What place can compare to NYC? Perhaps a bit surprising considering how nice Canada already is, but coming from UK its not a surprise at all. UK is a dump compared to America.
Everyone here in Britain would rather be in America if they could. Especially the young. Look our celebrities. In insane amount of our actors and musicians move to America and never look back.
Ultimately, Europe is a white place, and it always will be. They don't believe in tolerance or acceptance. You have to act like a European, and even then they won't accept you.
Canada and America is far far far far better for someone of Indian origin, than anywhere in Europe. If you are white, especially a racist white person, Europe is fine. If you are a POC, you'd have to be really ignorant to choose Europe over N. America. Anyone can be American. But only white people can be considered European.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Concern trolling on the subject of underage sexualization, inappropriate accusations towards other users.
Please! Would a nun robe suffice?
The guy is right. Get out more and you’ll see this is a tame outfit. I’m not feelin how all y’all are seeing this costume in a sexual way. You say thong but I see underpants. You say underboob, but i see cloth covering underdeveloped chest. You would be amazed at how little girls dress but you are probably clueless regarding children.
It’s disrespectful to assume the artist is some kind of pedophile.
If some are not seeing it and some of you are, it’s clear one side has a problem...
I feel some of you are ashamed someone might see you play a character like Talim or Ivy and label you a perv or something.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Quarter-Finals begin Friday (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (3 days) for inflammatory derailment
So soldiers, with guns and fighter jets went in there without the intent to kill human beings? And they accidentally just happened to kill tens of thousands?
What makes the issue different here is something you're never going to acknowledge. Poachers are black and dirt poor africans, so the sympathy is simply not there. But those soldiers were primarily white, have largely the same values and lifestyle, you can relate, so there is sympathy.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Quarter-Finals begin Friday (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Personal attacks on another member
I wouldn't bother trying to get a response from ZattMurdock, he's too busy in the Brazil OT accusing everyone of, and I quote "casual racism".
So apparently anyone who doesn't agree with him is a racist. How does he function day-to-day as an adult?
Title: Octopath Traveler making waves on Amazon. Why?
Reason: User banned (2 days) for concern trolling and console warring
must be hard if someone giving you "cancer" (what an incredibly stupid analogy btw) with something that is just his opinion. and no, i doesn´t meant that people are returning it because pixel retro game...they will play it for 10-15 hours and lose interest. Monitor ebay after release and see for yourself, there will be used copies en masse because many will notice that they don´t want to play through such a game for 60-80hours.
Pity that there aren´t official achievements on the Switch, if there were everyone could see the percentage of people actually playing through the whole game... how many will buy the game because they are really interested? how many will finish the game? in the end it is all just an assumption...
there you have it. exactly what i have said...do you guys think he is alone with this opinion? really shortsighted to say: "yeah, everyone is highly interested in the title, that´s why this is selling so good!" there are people buying this that normally wouldn´t touch the genre with a ten foot pole...hint: it is not because they discovered their ultimate interest in retro pixel Jrpgs
Title: If I had a nickel every time some stupid white bitch said "You have such exotic ____."
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory thread creation + history of hostility
Eyes, skin, face, looks I'd have a shit load of nickels.
I was just at Macy's buying makeup and the stupid white bitch at the counter said, "You have such pretty exotic skin!" Even though I know any REAL offense isn't nessessarily meant to be given when stupid white bitches say this I can't help but think, "Bitch, you're low key racist as fuck."
This is something I wish white bitches would stop doing. Sorry for saying white bitches so much, I'm just flustered by this more than usual today for some reason. I gritted my teeth and said thanks and left without buying anything.
If you've ever described someone as exotic plz stap
Rant over. Sorry everyone.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Junior account trolling with inflammatory false equivalencies
mean Sony, I just want to play online with my friends man.
On a related note, why am I not able to play Gears of War and Forza on my ps4? it's basically the same hardware, don't be a greedy ass corporation like your competitor MS, make those games available on all platforms, we just want to play!
Title: ScarJo reteams with GitS director for something else ill-conceived
Reason: User warned: dismissive and insulting commentary
Pretty much this. Stop being dumb. Actors make a living pretending, it's what they do.
A Scarlett Johansson led film is going to do more for exposing people to the idea of transgender folk than actually casting a transgender actor in this climate. If the role were given to a transgender actor the funding would be substantially cut and it probably wouldn't hit theaters. It'd be direct to DVD or a festival film. Instead of bitching about this (which might only serve to get Hollywood to stop telling LGBTQ stories altogether), just recognize that progress is being made. Not much, granted, but at least representation is happening.
Title: ScarJo reteams with GitS director for something else ill-conceived
Reason: User Warned: Community Generalizations
At some point, the posters here will recognise that acting as something they’re not is the job of an actor. And that most audiences will recognise this isn’t a documentary.
The way some posters here are acting would severely limit the roles available to LBGTQ actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Ellen Page.
Stop being dumb, Era.
When pretending to be another person (also known as acting), sometimes it’s about casting the best for the job.
Title: Has anyone else lost interest in Fighting games?
Reason: User banned (3 days): trolling
You said fighting games and used Smash as an example? That’s more of a party arena game as there are no rounds between and you use items. I play SFV, it’s easy to pick up and play and you’ll always have people online, and the new Soul calibur and DOA look great.
Title: Trump administration to scrap Obama guidelines on affirmative action
Reason: User banned (length under review) for trolling race topics + history of similar behaviour
Woah, huge group of people you're talking about there. Does that include even the most radical of White Leftists? Or does "white people" to you mean scary evil capitalist men?
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Inflammatory System Wars + Community Generalizations
This is ERA.
Microsoft is the devil.
Any chance you have to shit on MS you must take.
Patch sizes are huge on both console due to the cert process.
PC games can release hotfixes effectively daily with relative ease.
Title: Nintendo stock down almost 7% after the E3 showcase (down another 5.27% per Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Trolling
Aw this thread is adorable. Love all the pimply faces Era users who think they know shit about shit. These are my favorite threads. They nourish me. Nom nom nom.
Title: mOE_TV: "I am going to stop using "f**got" because it might hurt my income" (UP1: 30d ban on Twitch)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory thread derailment + Accumulated Infractions. If you have questions about moderation, contact the staff and await a reply. Do not derail threads.
Good to see so many of era are against homophobic, racist comments. Now maybe we can get these comments off of era also? I mean I see them all the time on this forum and nothing is being done. Example someone comments "N*GGA" and nothing was done, why are such terms allowed on this forum?
Title: Racist chases American citizen down for having an Afghan Flag bumper sticker (NSFW Video)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
In order words you support a gang of Nazi bullies who murder people with impunity and are above the law thanks to support from our racist justice system.
Title: DF: Spider-Man PS4 Pro Early Analysis - Insomniac's New Tech Showcase
Reason: User Banned (3 days) - Bad faith and hostility across multiple topics
Oh yeah I forgot. Sony games are beyond criticism and analysis because their fans simply cant handle or bear it. Darn it, should have remembered, I can only post in DF threads that are not a sony game. I was doing good by posting in the last couple DF threads that weren't sony. But I dun goofed posting in this one. Thank you for reminding me. Such an un bias gaming forum you got going here resetera. Very fair and balanced, up there with fox news.
How dare people question statements like "best looking game of all time", "cg quality", "realism to the next level", "generation ahead of the competition" that gets thrown around very easily.
Besides I should avoid sony DF threads since I actually have a job as a lead senior software engineer (9-5 with weekend prod deployments) then a life after work. My free times are spent playing basketball, traveling, and hanging out with friends. The other little time left are spent on my hobbies in game engine and graphics research.
But why in the world would I spend that little time trying to please apparent toxic users of this forum? Therefore I will take my sweet time and work on things as I desire and showcase it when and if I feel like it, Thank you very much.
If you don't like it, so be it
Title: "Yoga and the Maintainence of White Womanhood"
Reason: User banned (3 days): hostility, derailment, history of similar behaviour
Could do both.
But yeah, definitely stay here. You're basically a caricature of this sites political views at this point, I'd be lying if your posts aren't at least entertaining.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Quarter-Finals begin Friday (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned for their posts on the past few pages: Thread derailing, disingenuous posting, generalising fanbases
I'm getting personal digs. For what it's worth, my reaction on the previous thread is that I had enough of how England's football team was acting towards Brazil and other teams, but it's mostly about this:
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Junior Account + Radially-Charged Trolling
Also LOL at people taking this Marvel crap a la Black Panther or Luke Cage seriously, like, this has anything relevant to say on politics.
Both the movie and the shows are basically about black on black violence and respectability politics all the time, and the great solution at the end is to buy some properties and build a school in Oakland or whereever by some guy who rules his country like a dictator. Yeah, this is what Africa needs, another country without democracy ruled by a nepotist authoritarian monarch. They are straight-up reactionary garbage, made to not offend an audience that in the majority isn't black.
Title: I went and did a silly thing and bought all the Shin Megami Tensei games on 3DS. Blindly.
Reason: User warned: Trivializing mental health issues and insulting users
Be honest, you have a mental health issue that is causing you buy things you never intend to play.
I won't even bother to tell you what order to play them in, or where to start... because honestly you already bought them.. and you actually aren't planning on playing any of them.
You could play 8 hours a day for almost an entire year and you might not still complete every game you bought.
Title: The Black Culture Community [OT 3] - 400 years of choices
Reason: User banned(24 hours): It is not acceptable to antagonize any member of staff across multiple threads. Take a day off, and cool your heels.
I'm not done with him.
It is thoroughly unacceptable for a mod to come into a known problem thread, and just make jokes about it without lifting a single fucking finger to do anything about it. WHY BE A FUCKING MOD IN THAT CASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I am.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT5| Sterling Alli Lingard Trippier | Quarter-Finals begin Friday (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Attacking another member
There a reason he's on my ignore list, seen him chat pure shit in more than one thread now and not always related to sport.
There's being wrong, there's being stupid as fuck, there's also being stupid as fuck AND wrong.
Then there is being stupid, wrong and refusing to acknowledge it time and time again at which point you're just embarrassing yourself and shitting up the thread.
You will have to read page after page of "It's coming home" memes for the next 48 hrs and you WILL enjoy it.
Title: 'FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT4| All according to Lukaku
Reason: User banned (length under review) for trolling, history of similar behaviour, account in junior phase
LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME I AM B R I T I S H!! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA???? I WOULD LOVE SOME B L O O D Y TEA HAHAHAHAHAHA PIP PIP! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!! LOOK AT ME LIVING IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY WITH MY BRITISH ACCENT HAHAHAHA!!! I USED TO WEAR ARMOUR INTO BATTLE WITH COLOURED FLAGS!!! LOOK AT ME!!! I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR MY P R I M E M I N I S T E R!!! LOOK AT ME I WASN'T RAPED BY NAZIS IN WORLD WAR TWO I WAS JUST GETTING BOMBED BY THE THIRD REICH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! LOOK AT ME I LIVE ON AN ISLAND AND I AM A COUNTRY MADE UP OF COUNTRIES HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I JUST DRINK TEA ALL DAY HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! LOOK AT ME IM BRITISH!!! "HELLO HOW IS IT GOING, MATE?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT ME I'M A RICH BRIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Title: Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer (WaPo)
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
I mean if you can complain about dumbledore not being openly gay then it should be ok to complain about another characters gender identity from another childrens fairy tale book.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Ignoring thread guidelines, arguing in bad faith, inflammatory comparisons characterizing criticism of sexualization as anti-sex indoctrination, account still in junior phase
That sounds like a fallacy. We don't do that because they were easiest ways to satisfy the food needs that let us create a surplus of food with less and less risky work.
But the natural things are still there, we still eat food, drink water, we feel fear, our body reacts when feels danger, we feel reproduction needs, we have preferences based on primitive and unnoticed traits, etc, Those things didn't change just a little bit from when we become a civilization.
We spent millions of years as animals developing these stuff, not 5000 years. It's not a society convention that men like women and vice-versa.
We can try to create humans that repudiate sex via indoctrination, but I don't see that as a solution and that focus would create mental ill people.
Title: "Mature, intelligent stories" as an excuse for gratuitous naked women.
Reason: User Warned - Derogatory Language
But your example is retarded. Nobody pretends "sex is natural" is a reason for people to send nudes. The sole argument being made is that seeing it in a movie should not be weird. In that context it absolutely makes sense. It's baffling you can't see that.
Title: Switch owners, how would you rate Capcom's support?
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): makes a claim and fails to provide evidence. Continues with console warring despite having been warned multiple times for it.
I mean the original leaker confirmed as much
and if that wasn't enough according to Spencer this "marketing deal" which likely prohibited a Switch version of the game was enough to also keep the game off Xbox until Spencer stepped in and counter offered with helping popularize the franchise worldwide.
Both of these things confirm to me what I already suspected about Sony trying to pull the strings behind the scenes, but you can choose to remain naive if it suits your view.
I've followed this industry long enough to know Sony plays dirty and is the driving force behind stopping crossplay, holding accounts hostage, pushing for timed exclusive marketing, content and dlc and any manor of anticonsumer/anti industry practices to further themselves.
Title: Switch owners, how would you rate Capcom's support?
Reason: User Warned: Lazy dev rhetoric.
This. What really grinds my gears about them, is that they're too damn lazy to put everything on one cart, such as Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Okami HD, etc., in which we're forced to import the games if we want them on carts.
If Activision can easily have all three Crash Bandicoot games on one cart with all DLC, then Capcom could easily do the same with the collections & Okami that I've just mentioned.
Title: Massive Brawl in Australia v Phillipines World Cup Qualifier Basketball Game (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory generalisation.
Fucking PH always an embarrassment and disappointment.
If anything a lot of Pinoys are fucking racist incels and uneducated. Says a lot when they vote for a Monster like Duterte
Title: Massive Brawl in Australia v Phillipines World Cup Qualifier Basketball Game (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Needless Hostility.
Just no, fuck off with this shit. I would say it's likely your post is full of generalising shit, but it's not likely, it's the fucking reality. Phillipino players straight up wanted to brawl. Until you have proof there was racist trash talk, you should STFU.
Edit: I'm not a professional athlete by any means but I've played in multiple codes in Australia and I can tell you, those communities have 0 tolerance for racial sledging during games, at local level. It was a problem 30 years ago, but not now. Definitely not at the professional level. To suggest that was the impetus here just shows your agenda, trying to shift blame and labelling them all racists. Thon Maker is fucking black for crying out loud, you think they're gonna be out there calling them monkeys?? Fuck your shit post, how are you not banned yet?
Well, there's a lot of cameras and most of the time warms ups are also recorded so maybe chilll thedown with your post and wait for evidence. I stated what happened based on interviews.
I'm not condoning the other stuff like throwing chairs doing a sucker punch. My point is when you're already up by 30 fucking points and you're still trying psych the other team, and disrespecting the host country by damaging their court, I don't know maybe they thought enough is enough? That elbow by Kickert was the last straw.
Filipinos are know to be hospitable. Very generous host, but if you shit on them, you better know how take it.
Don't tell me to fuck off because I'm not being aggressive with my first post. I'm not here to fight.
Title: Denmark harsh new laws for non white non Christians
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Downplaying discrimination against minorities, dismissing racism.
What exactly is racist about it? Is it targeting a race specifically? From where I stand it’s targeting foreign people living in their country.
Secondly I’m not even going to bother to argue on your “wealthier white” comment. By brandishing terms like that is just adding fuel on to the fire, the moment you highlight a race colour is the moment you’re allowing racism to exist. Lets just stick with the facts that it’s targeting foreign people which it is.
Granted the term “Ghetto” is stupidly dumb but I sincerely doubt that is the official term used by their Government and that this article is designed to label them like that to exactly cause this kind of outcome and ultimately more clicks.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeated system wars despite previous bans and warnings.
and that is 1 reason where xbox has 0 to even buy the console.
also are you really comparing hardware here? the pro came out a whole year earlier than the xbox one x which also cost 100 bucks less. cmon man.
their services are fine and its not what their focus lies in.
Noone even cares about crossplay in the first place, you fail to see the bigger picture.
Title: Sleepwear brand removes kids "Boys Will Be Boys" pyjamas after complaint
Reason: User banned (5 days): hostility, offensive comparisons that downplay racism. History of similar behaviour.
Go ahead and laugh. I'm not the one making sweeping generalizations over an innocent slogan. And yes, you are acting like trump. I'll again use my every Muslim is a terrorist example. I can provide proof that there are Muslim terrorists. Does that mean they all are? You could literally do that for anything. An active shooter played video games? Ban video gangs. An illegal immigrant killed a person? Ban illegal immigrants. A rapist said boys will be boys? Ban the slogan boys will be boys. Do you see how stupid that is?
Title: Cryptocurrency |OT2| Money's New ERA Shoots for the Moon! | Read OP for Thread Rules
Reason: User Warned: Self Promotion.
Today’s biggest news: (Coinbase and Einstein are the only two exchanges in the world to offer buying crypto with a credit/debit card!)
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FLASH is now listed on Einstein Exchange paired with USD.
You can now purchase FLASH using a credit card or debit card worldwide!!
Thank you FLASHBOY for your efforts on this!
#GoFaster
Title: Any chance at all that Yakuza will appear on Switch at some point?
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Hostility towards other Users
Do you two posters have one joint asshole where you are pulling this bullshit from?
Have you seen the demographics of the Switch? Have you seen the types of games being put on the Switch that Nintendo has "allowed"?
Title: New Nekopara trailer for PS4 and Nintendo Switch
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Promoting content that sexualises minors. History of similar behaviour, prior infractions.
More at the link:
Great to see these kind of games arriving to home consoles, I just hoped it would include all the Nekopara games released until now.
Also, Chocola > Vanilla
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User banned (48 hours): Concern trolling.
Again, at what point did I ignore Sony in all of it? Can you answer that? Where did I not mention Sony when it was needed?
You do need to have some sort of basis to back up your claims on, not what you game development to be like. Using any kind of existing example to show where your claims are coming from is a hell of a lot better than "well maybe's" based on absolutely nothing.
You're baker example is looking at something at surface level, so it's a poor comparison, at best.
Where did I say He may just be using them as a convenient scapegoat, that's entirely possible. I however, am not saying that's the case, simply is a possibility. Doesn't mean he hates Sony if that's somehow what happened. Todd Howard may have never been serious about including crossplay to begin with. I can get that impression because he said absolutely nothing about crossplay on the other platforms that do allow it. Hence why he's "holding off on a specific feature if the far-and-away market leader doesn't allow it on their platform" is not the impression I get from the info in the OP.
Title: México General Elections 2018 |OT| Bernie Sanders vs Justin Trudeau
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Classist generalizations.
Not KKK, but his supporters are, in the majority, low educated poor persons who blame the government and middle/upper classes for their lack of education and jobs (instead of their laziness). There is a video on Twitter about a mexican white girl getting attacked by a Morena supporter just because she is white and middle class, telling "just wait until AMLO is president and you you will get fucked up".
AMLO's supporters feel entitled, just like Trump supporters, and think they can attack anyone because their politician got elected.
Title: Sarah Sanders: "We've been nice to Canada for many years. And they've taken advantage of that,”
Reason: User banned (permanent): Recent account in junior phase, repeated hostility towards other users, ignoring moderation, history of similar infractions and low quality posts in short period of time
Interesting. Trump supporters get a pass on here while they support kids in cages but cunt is a bridge too far. I see the priorities.
Title: 'FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT4| All according to Lukaku
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Overly antagonistic and gratuitous attack on fellow members.
Don't worry weebs you have your 3D titty mouse pads and pedo body pillows to console you. Oh yeah, wait, they are 3000 year old demons…
Unlucky to any real Japanese, that must of been a tough loss. Played a good game.
Title: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy PS4/Pro vs Xbox One/X vs Switch Resolution/Frame Rate Comparison
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Inflammatory System Wars
Hey, if you like paying full price (or equal price to the other console versions) to play a subHD game at worse framerate, in a hybrid console more expensive than the base competition models...well, you are either a true enthusiast or a NGO bent on keeping Nintendo’s toilets made out of gold.
To me, personal and specifically, the Switch was the worst disappointment of the decade. And I own a WiiU.
Even when Microsoft so-called "wins" E3, it's really Sony who E3. At the end of the day, it's not about your flashy presentation and empty promises, it's about the you are .
Title: I went to a conservative Christian church yesterday
Reason: User banned (duration pending): generalizations of religious people, back seat moderation, moderation complaining, long prior history of multiple infractions.
OP, this is pretty much most churches, and religious people. God don’t want this bullshit but his followers sure seem to.
Careful you might get banned or warned for labeling conservatives and Christians like that.
Title: I went to a conservative Christian church yesterday
Reason: User warned: antagonistic drive-by, not reading OP
Goes to church and gets upset that they talk about god. I go to chipotle and get mad they sell burritos.
If you would have objected to his claims of god in the middle of service, it’d be like a reverse God’s not dead lol.
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Banned (5 days): History of thread derails, thread whining, insulting other memebers
god this is so tired man
i wish you assholes cared this much back in the older generations when we had 3 systems with the same ports and nobody could play with anyone else
i can't help but feel like all the whining this generation is just disingenuous and Sony is a scapegoat for a practice that literally everyone has been doing for decades
Title: After 3 days, Nier Automata nearly breaks the top 10 on Xbox store (Update: Now 6th)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Platform warring. Previously warned for similar behaviour.
As irrelevant as you saying the "stupid ass narrative has been debunked". Ok.
I really don't care how you feel about my post. What i said is true and it's very hypocritical from the XB audience to deny any importance to said games only now to have some epiphany about them. Forgive me if i have no remorse that you're somehow now bothered at a simple factual narrative about the XB audience when PS owners were getting mocked for years.
We have no numbers. Just chart positions. How much did a new release sell to get to 7th?
Title: Riot declared in Portland after far-right group led by GOP candidate clashes with protesters
Reason: User banned (duration pending): trolling
According to Huffypost the Antifa members started the riot and the intial attack.
I'm waiting to see if another source says the same thing before I believe it.
Title: mOE_TV: "I am going to stop using "f**got" because it might hurt my income" (UP1: 30d ban on Twitch)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending use of homophobic slurs.
He isnt being homophobic though, you guys are treating him like he is being homophobic when in reality he is just perpetuating a homophobic slur. The latter is nowhere near is bad as the former, not to say that either is okay
Title: God of War (2018) Feels Hampered & Incomplete
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): System wars and Ignoring moderation instructions
It seems this thread has brought the usual drive by posters from other platforms over to downplay the achievement of GOW which is Sony jewel right now and when hard evidence is given that the majority of people love the game some posters as usual try to downplay it.
Title: God of War (2018) Feels Hampered & Incomplete
Reason: User warned: personal attacks
It's time of the day where the OP needs some attention. Shitting on one of the best game of the generation by critical scores as well as having the highest user score of any game this generation will get you alot of wanted attentions.
Title: So apparently Sony is just straight up shutting games down with no prior announcement? (StarHawk)
Reason: User warned: Insults.
Bruh get your dumb ass outta here. Nobody cares about Starhawk compared to UC4. Ain’t no sizable population still playing that game. Trying to be sarcastic doesn’t make your argument any less stupid.
Title: Dragon Ball Super |OT5| A new ERA of Dragon Ball
Reason: User warned: linking to pirated materials
here is the episode to those who can't find it
surprised it is only 8mins, feels more like those ova or 1-2mins shows that air as a weekend comedy series in between one anime episode to another
Title: Trump: 'possible' North Korea nuclear deal may not 'work out'
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Repeated bad faith arguments throughout the thread, thread derailment, account still in junior phase.
No we don't. There's a sect of racist bigots that support Trump but they are not even close to representative of Trump's support.
The media pushes that narrative though
Title: 'FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT4| The Piqué Blunders
Reason: User warned: Relativizing a tragedy for no reason, attempted thread derailment.
Liverpool openly defended a racist and refused to accept the blame.
The entire thing about mocking Hillsborough is wrong and deserves to be shot down whenever it's brought up, but that doesn't get Liverpool as a club and Liverpool fans off with the scummy shit they've done over the years.
Title: Agree or Disagree: Adding huge beards to male characters makes them more juicy
Reason: User banned (3 days): Concern trolling about sexism and false equivalences.
You see so many threads complaining about the sexualization of Women in Video Games on this forum but it's ok to sexualize Men and post Gifs of half naked Men?
Talk about hypocrisy.
Either both is ok or neither is, you can't have it all one way.
Title: [Poll] When do you foresee gender norms becoming a thing of the past?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobic and racist posts in a short span of time.
No, I'm not confusing anything. Basically what some "progressive" movements is abstract away the biological realities and let people identify as anything they like.
Which is supremely silly, I can as polite as necessary, but as an example, let's not pretend that a man that identifies as a woman will ever have the biological realities of one.
Title: H1Z1 Breaches 10 Million Players on PlayStation 4, New Update Introduces Revive Mechanics
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Platform Warring + Conspiracy Theories
lol BS. Xbox is the only console which offers proper early access for games. Sony obviously paid them to say all this nonsense to make Xbox look bad, typical Sony.
Also this free to play, so not a big deal if it reaches 10m on platform with 80m users.
Title: Streamer mOE_TV: "I am going to stop using "f**got" because it might hurt my income"
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying the use of hateful pejoratives
Most streamers don't use it for the same reasons. Some people don't say it because they just don't use the word period, but others use it privately amongst friends and don't use it on stream because they don't want their channels banned. He even said that he never meant anything ill by it in the tweet and that its a word he grew up with. Anyway, unlike some, I'm not gonna magically pretend like I've never used it either. It just depends on the people you're around and what you all mean by it IMO. Context is important here. I'm black and I have white friends that have used the n-word around me for example, but it's okay with me because contextually I understand it's not meant to offend. So like I said, context is key here and we should be looking for that in tweets and uses of words.
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other users
Condescending and stupid in what way? It's a pretty damn easy question to answer.
Or maybe you just don't want to admit that you're a hypocrite.
Either way, keep fighting the good hypocritical fight, soldier.
Title: Women officially allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia this week
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Whataboutism and Thread Derailing
This coming from the country that kidnaps children and puts them in kennels, the country where law enforcement shoots innocent people because of their skin color, where mass shootings happen almost every week but the government cares more about the feelings of gun owners than the lives of children. I could go on but I feel that's enough to say you guys are terrible, barbaric and ass-backwards in your own right.
Title: Agree or Disagree: Adding huge beards to male characters makes them more juicy
Reason: User banned (3 days): concern trolling about sexism, false equivalences, strawman arguments + prior infractions for similar behaviour
There would uproar if the OP made a similar thread objectifying women. Loads of complaining, accusations of being sexist pigs, the usual nonsense.
But as we all know, only women can be harassed or objectified, obviously.
Title: fail0verflow just released the SwitchX hack method (Read OP)
Reason: User banned (3 days) for admitting to piracy. This is not allowed per our rules.
Well, I'm personally waiting on an open source CFW to get a 2nd switch to enjoy homebrew (linux, older consoles emulation, switch ROMs). Shouldn't be that long I thnk.
As for 'piracy', my take on that is I'm currently buying 1 physical switch game a month, not mentioning some eshop titles when discounted/not available in physical format, this is what my 'personal budget' is. I'll allow myself to test some switch ROMS once I get 2 switchs for games I did not intend to purchase. If the game was worth my playtime, I'll buy it for my collection - this is what I'm doing with other platforms / medias (PC, audio CDs).
What Nintendo is doing (banning switch for people playing hacked online games) is obvious, could lead to a lot of cheats relating to online play if not done. Whatever you do with your offline purchased switch is another thing imho.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (length pending review) for failure to read OP + dismissing, insulting and misrepresenting concerns of representation.
Such a non-issue until people one day decided to make it one. Look no further than comics: perfect bods and skintight suits are the NORM. It's idealized reality. Consumers like looking at attractive characters, deal with it. People who go around trying to make people feel guilty for that make my skin crawl. And no, having these beautiful characters populate my entertainment has not affected how I view people in real life, male or female.
Title: Meanwhile in Canada: Restaurant Manager Fired For Refusing Trump Supporter
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying racism. History of similar behaviour.
I just do not feel that hat is actually a symbol of hate. If it was a swastika or a white hood or so on, absolutely I agree with you. Those are universal symbols of hate.
I just do not agree that this is a symbol of that. I just feel it is a hat that represents Trump's presidency and his campaign slogan. And, yes, I understand you feel Trump is a racist and a bigot. Also that he is abrasive and thus many dislike him due to his stances towards their countries and so on. I just so not think this is actually a symbol of hate and that it warranted this reponse. Same with the restaurant in Florida where a similar thing happened.
If the customer was being an asshole, yeah boot him. If he is spreading hate via universally accepted hate symbols or regalia, yeah boot him. This just personally does not pass my personal opinion of a hate symbol.
Reason: User banned (duration under review): excusing statutory rape
I know it's a different culture, but if the girl was 16 and she agreed with what they were doing, to me it's fucked up that Kurofa it's goign to have his life ruined because the mom didn't like it...
I"ll wait till all the info about the situation it's provided because I thought we were speaking about him assaulting a 7-12 years old girl...
Title: Streamer mOE_TV: "I am going to stop using "f**got" because it might hurt my income"
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying the use of hateful prejoratives as something only minorities care about
I'd argue the majority of society doesn't care about trivial things like this. They all have their own lives and responsibilities. Too much going on in their world to worry about some gamer/streamer feeling he shouldn't use a word that only a small handful of society are offended over.
Lol you’re trying way too hard man.
Defending this bloated and boring album that sounds like a female going through menopause is laughable .
Don’t act like you’re above the haters , you just are on the opposite end of it. Bro...you posted 20min later after you said you didn’t even listen to side B and said how basically everything on the album is solid, got those feelings without even listening to the whole damn album. SMH
Title: Meanwhile in Canada: Restaurant Manager Fired For Refusing Trump Supporter
Reason: User Banned: continued whataboutism arguments with a history of similar behavoir
Yeah you remember the atomic bomb or Slavery .. I think America has done much worse then put trump in the White house.
Questionalble .. only because you don't like it but it's me , deal with it.
Title: AP decides to run a cheery puff piece on Melania's visit to a child internment camp
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Use of a gendered insult
Pretty sure Melania gets cut slack because of her good looks, and nothing else. It's shocking how much slack she gets, actually, for a gold digging bimbo who is morally bankrupt enough to stand Trump.
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User warned: Console war rhetoric
This is purely business. As long as Sony continues to absolutely slaughter Microsoft in terms of install base, they will not budge on cross-play with Live. Sony is totally fine with cross-play with PC. It’s simply more beneficial to Microsoft at the moment if PSN and Live allow cross-play. Playing online w/ your friends is a selling point for PS as long as PS remains market leader. It’s an anti-consumer practice, but it makes perfect business sense.
I’d love to play with Live players on PSN but I don’t see it happening ever. Even if MS becomes market leader next gen, MS would then block cross-play to keep the online selling point. I know this because MS did this with the 360. It’s not surprising that Bethesda is quick to call Sony out since they have a history of favoring MS (co-marketing on every major release and previous exclusive content) and ignoring issues w/ their PS games (Skyrim PS3 neglect). It’s funny to see people blaming Sony (or any single company for that matter) for a core flaw with the politics of online console gaming. Keep fighting the good fight console warriors.
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring mod warning and continuing to push baseless narratives
While I do believe ultimately Sony is the main issue, I do think there are other technical issues that certainly complicate the matter. Especially when we are talking about F76 with the team being new in the area of mp, let alone cross-play itself.
That is the information I am curious about. I certainly wouldn't give Sony a break on this even if there are more technical hurdles at play.
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Warned: Concern trolling over crossplay
The issues surrounding console cross-play on the few games pushing for it isn't at all the same. If you wish to be reductive in your understanding then so bid. Btw, I am not even siding with Sony on their policy. :)
As another poster replied to me with, (paraphrasing here) F76 is a new area for Bethesda. This could be a multitude of technical issues. We just don't know because Howard simply blames Sony for it. I am not even saying that ultimately Sony would just allow console cross-play for F76. Would be silly for all the issues surrounding the other games. I am just saying that (for me at least) the issues with F76 not having cross-play even if Xbox/PC only is more complicated than just Sony being the jackoffs as they have been.
To be clear, I am also not saying people should lessen the pressure on Sony for their ass backwards policy.
Title: Maynard James Keenan (of TOOL) accused of rape
Reason: User banned (duration under review): discrediting #metoo and sexual assault statistics as deceitful and manipulative is not acceptable.
If the momentum of the #MeToo movement is mainly driven by anoniminity via Twitter than yes, it certainly is a criticism. People are ready to support victims of abuse, which is definitely a great thing, but those who choose to come forward with allegations should face withheld judgment and skepticism until all the facts are known. I don’t personally buy into those supposed statistics when it’s a part of human nature to deceive and manipulate. Rape is a horrendous act of cruelty but so is ruining someone’s life by jumping on a bandwagon based upon lies.
Title: Twitter Explodes After Homeland Security Headline Appears to Mimic ’14-Words’ Neo-Nazi Slogan
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate Language + Hostility
Anyone in this thread downplaying this can suck my dick.. What matters is that the fucking nut job white supremacists will view this as a call to arms. These people believe the pizza gate conspiracy for fuck sake, why wouldn't they view this as a message directed to them?
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Warned: Unrelated Whataboutism
I hoped for Skyrim to be playable on PS3 just like the 360 version for years but it didn't happen.
Was that dumb of me to hope for?
But now he's a hero
Ok
Title: Todd Howard blames Sony for no cross play in Fallout 76
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
Are we going to make a thread each time a dev/pub says Sony doesn't allow cross-play?
Edit:
Just to be clear, I'm not defending Sony. It's shitty that they don't allow cross-play, they're being arrogant because they're leading this gen and it will definitely bite them in the ass (it's already started).
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Thread derailment, trolling across several threads, account still in junior phase.
Nah, it's a fine argument. Goku is an outlandish fictional character who at least tries doing good. The villains he fights and turn good afterwards commit very real crimes, however. You can try justify your fondness for Vegeta all you like, it doesn't remove the cognitive disconnect. Btw I like Vegeta, too. But it's 100% bs that he's a forgiven hero past the Freezer-saga.
That's a problem in general though, isn't it. We love to watch and play what we'd find horrible irl. It's phoney.
Title: Europe's migration crisis: Could it finish the EU?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling disinformation surroundings statistics and pushing conspiratorial rationalizations
LOL
If it wasn’t for Merkels version of RT called ARD and ZDF those numbers would be way down.
Schröder had the balls to take unpopular measures and straightened out Germany’s economy and labor market. Regarding the SPD in its current state:
nothing of value was lost.
Amazing how people can’t see what a massive L for Germany this „nothingburger“ agreement represents.
Title: Wisconsin man injured after upskirting shoe camera explodes
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread Derailment + Accumulated Infractions
I know there is no harm intended by this gif but we should start thinking forward about retiring things like this that marginalize guns in today’s climate.
Title: Variety: How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job
Reason: User banned (1 week): excusing sexual assault
Humans like sex with beautiful people，so bad shit will happen around trying to acquire it. I don't condone his behavior in any way, but to act like it's a surprise as to what causes this seems disingenuous. Humans are faulty and we do terrible things to each other. No matter how good of a person you are. So the systems in place need to reflect these problems and try to address them as best they can from a logical, unemotional state.
Anyways I'm rambling, but I find it surprising that you find human beings being shitty is surprising.
Title: Former White Supremacist leader confirms groups using multiplayer gaming to recruit young people
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
I have never wanted to say "preach!" more loudly in my life.
If you're on the left man that just means that you are automatically smart and clever. It means everything you do is right. It means every tactic for your cause is good and effective. It means everyone who opposes you is stupid and dangerous but not too dangerous because you will vanquish them in the end. Aren't you so good! Aren't you so smart! Good for you for being on the left! Here's your good person card! Congratulationssss! Now good send "them" another scathing tweet you genius you.
I'm so sick of it. Get up and do something about it.
Title: Sony shares their criteria for deciding what types of games to make and publish
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by + Derailment
1. Does it have a gruff father figure, preferably with a beard?
2. Can you climb cliff faces by jumping from yellow line to yellow line?
If the answer to both questions is yes, you're greenlit.
Title: BREXIT |OT| A minister always pays his debts
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Using "SJW" as a pejorative. Prior infractions.
Totally disagree the moment you insult you show your true colours, and lose any valid points you may or may not have. he is a SJW, was the same on neogaf, anyone disagrees he flies in with insults
Title: Former White Supremacist hosting an AMA on Reddit (Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Tone policing reactions to racism.
You're all speaking in hypotheticals and it's very strange.
As a POC, I get asked constantly "what can I do to help" and I recently learned how useless that question is. It puts the onus on the victim to come up with a way for you to be an "ally". It's also a way for you to feel good about yourself since hey... you tried. Instead, ask yourself another question:
"What do I WANT to do?"
Which leads me to my next question. Do you WANT to fight? And when I say "want" I mean "are you willing"? Have you ever? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say most of you can't/won't. Because either you can't fight or you're too weak or afraid. And since that's the case for 99% of you: what the fuck are you arguing here exactly? You're sitting on a message-board arguing about some hypothetical situation where you likely won't punch a Nazi.
You're not being helpful, you're not dismantling anything, you're not DOING anything. And I'm not only speaking to white people here either by the way. What the fuck are you doing other than discrediting this man on a message-board arguing with a bunch of people you'll never meet? If you aren't doing anything then you aren't being helpful. This man just told you that people use Overwatch and message-boards to recruit and incite.
This doesn't bother you?!
You're ON a fucking message-board. You likely play this game online. These are your spaces and your communities. People that are interacting with your friends and potentially your families in a space that you frequent and have some say in. And your first fucking inkling is to say "we need to be violent?". Again:
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FUCKING FIGHT...
so why the fuck are you even bringing it up?! If you're not willing to fight then do something else. Do something that you're capable of. If you want to fight then by all means fight. But if you're not going to do either one then what the fuck use are you? Reading this thread has been so incredibly infuriating because you're all just talking out of your ass advocating for something you'll NEVER FUCKING DO.
You're advocating for someone else to do the dirty work. You want someone else to fight. You want the guy/girl next to you to throw hands. Yea you'll cheer them on when you see the video but what the fuck else are you doing?
I'm not gonna stay in this shit ass thread to "argue" this but I'll just ask you to ask yourself what the hell are you willing to actually do to help dismantle this shit. I've been asking myself this a lot recently. From what I can see, this man has done more for the cause than you and I ever did or likely ever will. Take a very long look in the mirror here and ask yourself what you're actually capable of or willing to do and stop speaking in hypotheticals. Ask yourself what spaces you're in and what positions of power/influence you hold where you can actually do some good.
Otherwise shut the fuck up.
Title: Former White Supremacist hosting an AMA on Reddit (Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Tone policing reactions to dealing with racism
Guy: “Hey guys, I was a white supremacist, recruited at 14, rejected it at 22. Now I’m dedicated to educating people about how they recruit people and helping folks disengage from hate groups. Here’s what got me out of it, and here’s what others can do.”
Era: “FUCK this guy. WE DONT OWE YOU SHIT! Fuck you! You’re all fools for listening to this guy! Fuck him!”
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Title: A more important thing to have in Cyberpunk
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Making a thread to mock representation concerns. Prior infractions for similar behaviour.
With all the news and huge/ridiculous expectations from everyone regarding Cyberpunk, that it lacks this and that, I personally think one of the most important things in a pure RPG, that I havent seen yet implemented, or not properly, is the need to go to the toilet.
Wouldnt it be "nice" if you're in a dangerous mission and you just need to poop so hard, that it fails the mission just because you didnt take care of that need before starting the mission? Seriously though, if theres an eating/drinking mechanic, why shouldnt there be a toilet needs mechanic as well?
What do you think ERA? Are there any examples of such a mechanic in games? I think Postal 2 had the pissing thing which was kinda funny.
Title: Casting for The Witcher Netflix Series Has Officially Begun
Reason: User Warned : Unnecessary Hostility.
Ok why the fuck do people feel the need to just straight out waste time and post stupid inane shit. Fabio? Cage? If you have nothing to contribute fuck right on off.
It is the stupidest thing to have to wade through and it happens in so many threads
Title: Chrono Trigger is on Steam (Fan patches now being released)
Reason: User Warned: Please do not promote piracy on the forum.
I wouldn't judge anyone if they bought this turd and then raw dog emulated the snes version on their pc. Supports a bad version of a game just to feel justified about piracy, though.
Title: Shooting reported at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland
Reason: User warned: drive-by, personal attacks, unfairly grouping unrelated users
Dear ERA,
Please remember that every time you pretended to care about people’s lives, you really just cared about anime at the end of the day.
“Oh no, not my precious Berzerk bumper sticker!”
We gone,
Peace
Title: Twitter Explodes After Homeland Security Headline Appears to Mimic ’14-Words’ Neo-Nazi Slogan
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Peddling conspiracy theories. Thread derailment.
It's one of the pizza places in the conspiracy. An alleged secret pedophile hangout, frequented by high-level Democrats.
The FBI says that's a pedophile symbol, it's clearly in the pizza joint's logo. Some people see evidence of a conspiracy, reasonable people see coincidence. See the parallel to this thread?
*sigh*
"You guys" was the term the other person used. Pretty vague term: why do you pretend it applies specifically to this forum, and not "conspiracy-minded internet liberals" in general? If you put in half as much effort trying to understand what others are saying as you do looking for secret Nazi codes you'd save me a lot of effort.
And to be clear: it's also not "David Duke is responding directly to hours of entertainment." (but it's only one hour after he saw it! checkmate!) It's "David Duke is responding to a brewing Twitterstorm and is now entertained by the rubes that bought into it."
Again: the fact that Nazis are taking credit is not evidence that it's a post by a cryptofascist, it's evidence Twitter nazis love watching and contributing to shitstorms.
Curated loadouts = mind numbingly retarded
We waited this long just for that.
I mean...I'll still do it and still beat it. But gee....sounds fun. Thanks...
Title: Kotaku Sources: Google Is Planning A Game Platform That Could Take On Xbox And PlayStation
Reason: User Warned: Platform-warring.
I'm in favor of anyone replacing Microsoft at this point. It can't get much worse than XB1 for me so I say go for it Google. If anyone is getting knocked out of the market, it will be the newcomer or MS.
Title: Variety - "How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job"
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Victim Blaming + Tone policing sexual assault victim; falsely equating name-calling to sexual harassment
Yeah not unexpected but this lil bit sets me the wrong way...
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Leave the company or make a big enough stink to be heard, but please don't sink down to the level of the people trying to belittle you.
The real answer is that no Kirby game is essential. You can go by your whole life without ever playing a Kirby-game and it won't have an impact on your life, positively or negatively. Is playing Kirby-games better than watching clouds in the sky? I wouldn't want to be forced to answer that question.
Title: GI.biz: Xbox and Nintendo gang up on PlayStation in cross-platform row
Reason: User Warned: Thread derail
LMAO. There's always one of you that never fails to impress over what they get so worked up over. Honestly, you're absolutely adorable.
You're also out of your mind if you think anyone is going to read past a couple sentences of this pile of confused arguments. Brevity is the soul of wit, muchacho. Although, not sure how much it would help.
Title: TheVerge : "The Nintendo Switch hacking scene is chaos right now"
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Advocating piracy.
So buy a second Switch now and wait for things to get hashed out? I'm not concerned with cheating online but free games? Emulators? How the hell do you say no to that? Yeah yeah, it's wrong. I know. That SHOULD be enough to make me not do it.
It should be.
Title: A civil War Brewing in America? Many Americans(and some racist congressmen) think so
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Repeatedly advocating violence and killing on the forum
liberals have been getting assassinated and murdered in broad daylight for years. Nothing will happen until leftists start bombing ICE and Police and Political offices.
If your votes arent heard or are ignored then you have to find someway to speak.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT3| You can't fight in here! This is the VAR Room!
Reason: User banned (5 days): Trolling, inflammatory posting, racist rhetoric.
Yeah who cares. Their few best players flee their 3rd world countries like plague to play in Europe.
On the last 5 WC, they won 1. Even international football they are loosing it.
Let them talk. Fucking Gignac is a gigantic star in Mexico league lmao
Title: Ubisoft reponse to Kassandra not being featured in Odyssey marketing
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling exclusionary rhetoric associated with hate movements and a history of trolling
Honestly these companies should stop walking on egg shells for the sake of pleasing these controversy so called journalists, it wont affect sales numbers at all like who the fuck cares if Anita is pissed neither she nor any of her audiance will buy a game
Title: Bernie Sanders, Pelosi and Schumer Find Common Ground: SHS should be allowed to Dine in Peace
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Junior account with a history of inflammatory political commentary + trolling
No he didn’t forget but it’s not like anyone but his specific supporters even cared.
Identity politics automatically ruled him an enemy for being a cis white male, gg any chance for real leftist policies he would have made and not be corrupted by corporate money.
Title: IGN: How The Last of Us Remains a Masterpiece 5 Years Later
Reason: User Banned (2 days): Thread policing, dismissing other users opinions. Ignoring mod instructions.
I really don't think your criticism, if you can call it that, added anything of substance to the thread. Exemplified by the fact that your post bemoaning people wanting to keep things "positive" outnumber those about the game 7:1. Not that I'm better in that particular case, but you get my point.
And in regards to the asshole thing, it's not so much that you're an asshole, but rather that the act of purposefully going into a thread about something you have nothing but bad things to say about is an assholeish thing to do. Like, seriously. Imagine if this discussion were to happen in real life. Could be about anything. Would you seriously like it when people constantly come up with the most superficial reasons to not like something? Like, just people sharing the opinion "I don't like it"? Do you really see any merit in that? If so, I'd love to know what exactly it is. Because personally, I think negative people are annoying as hell, and find no merit in the mere act of sharing what you don't like about something. And I don't see why that needs to be different on a message board.
TLOU is a great game that a lot of people love. That doesn't mean that everyone needs to love it, or even like it at all, because even the greatest things have their detractors. If you have some insightful criticism, great, share it, and let's discuss it. But is "plays clunky, enemy AI issues, pacing issues, best part is the beginning, ending is a design failure" that? That genuinely looks like you had 20 seconds while on the shitter, and you had to hurry to get your negative opinion in. Again, is this you wanting to engage in meaningful conversation? Did this really NEED to be said?
Bottom line to anything though, what's wrong with having one thread just celebrating the positive things about something?
Title: Someone attempted to rape my girlfriend and sexually assaulted her, don't know what to do
Reason: User banned (1 week): victim-blaming, misogyny, demonizing a sexual assault victim
I’m not going to address the the sexual assault situation, but just what I’m picking up on your relationship overall.
My advice, you need to end things and move on. This relationship is killing you with stress. For whatever reason, you’re putting too much energy physically, emotionally, financially into this person and it seems like no matter how much you give you’re constantly coming up short.
It also sounds to based on you saying she hangs around multiple guys that are telling her how that can fuck her better, provide better, etc that she doesn’t respect you as a partner. I’m all for my s.o. having plutonic friends, but if my girl is consistently hanging around someone who is actively trying to fuck her then I have to become suspicious of her true intentions. You also mentioned how you can no longer tell if she’s lying to you or not.
It’s all bad, my friend. When you have to write that much venting about any relationship, it’s almost 100% that it’s time to move on. Focus on yourself. Work hard and save money for yourself. Remove the stress of this toxic situation and focus on your own health.
Title: Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire From U.S Supreme Court
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Inflammatory commentary, antagonizing other users. Please do not celebrate the 'crumbling' of an entire nation. Not everyone is equally responsible and real people still have to live in said country.
It's gonna be so much fun watching America crumble. You guys deserve it. You voted for Trump.
Title: Jeffrey Toobin via CNN: Roe V. Wade is doomed!
Reason: User banned (3 days) - trolling
I'm not a Democrat, so I don't care. I'm laughing my ass off right now as the completely meaningless words of senators pounding the table saying they will try and stop this.
You can't stop this, you're a minority and what's about to go down is on the Dems and no one else.
Title: IGN: How The Last of Us Remains a Masterpiece 5 Years Later
Reason: User Banned (2 Days) : Hostility + History of similar infractions.
It's ridiculous because it's a forum for discussion. Negative opinions are just as valid and it's ridiculous that someone could be considered an asshole for saying bad things about a fucking video game.
And, again, "toxic elements" are referring to those who are getting into sheer, hyperbolic, aggressive shutting down of criticism of the game. Thus far I've mostly had people want to engage with what I'm saying, and then you get that one guy with the Herc avatar who decided I'm strawmanning because I don't like the game and said as much.
I didn't criticize the game because I'm not here to talk about its merits, I'm here to talk about people like you who fucking flip their shit if someone doesn't like the game.
Yeah sorry never mind folks I have no idea what I'm talking about. There's nothing wrong with some of this fanbase when you get zingers like this.
Title: David Lynch Responds to Backlash and Tells Trump: ‘You Are Causing Suffering and Division’
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Language + Community Generalizations
Thank you for illustrating my point so well.
That's happening and you're using their plight to try (and fail at) scoring points on David Lynch. You and everyone else who participated in the pile on aren't helping a single fucking thing. The other thread went from "i disagree" to "he's pedophile" in record speed. This one has accusations that he is autistic. Go look at the "does social justice have an identity problem" thread and all 4 of the reasons listed are just scarily on point. Yes, they are talking points conservatives use, but they're totally applicable to some of the really bottom of the barrel posters.
Still, it gets characterized as "protecting David Lynch" but it's actually just a really perfect example of how fucked the dialog is on this site with political matters. It might come from some passion, it might be a masturbatory thing, end result is the same to most of us not involved.
So, fuck you and fuck everyone who have pretty much trampled on any good will this site was built on. A big part of that was making it so the reaction to a guy saying something imperfectly wasn't the same as kids getting locked in cages. Another big part of that was not treating anyone who doesn't follow the marching orders like they're a fuckin double agent. Another part of that was actually being able to hold level headed discussions. That's all out the window. We're still Neogaf OT.
And no, this isn't an angry "i'm leaving" post. Yeah i swear a lot but this is as matter of factly i can put it. Maybe this gets me banned, but the rest of the site is fine. Im sympathetic to the mods/admins. The fact that it's turning out just like Neogaf shows it's not an easy thing to solve.
Seems like a good time to check in and see how we're doing after all the interviews and proclamations that ResetEra was going to be different.
Title: European Sony WWS Boss: "We Now Have Not Only The Best Lineup Ever But Also The Broadest"
Reason: User warned: arguing in bad faith
Different genres? Ok let's see...
God of War = third person, openworld action
Horizon = third person, openworld action
Days Gone = third person, openworld action (survival?)
Ghost of Tshushima = third person, openworld action
Infamous = third person, openworld action
Death Stranding = third person, openworld (action?)
Come onnnn.
Title: European Sony WWS Boss: "We Now Have Not Only The Best Lineup Ever But Also The Broadest"
Reason: User warned: Attempted thread derailment.
You can't have a civil discussion about this when the PR guy who was quoted is starting a console war with the source material itself.
This is like me going to church and proclaiming...
Title: European Sony WWS Boss: "We Now Have Not Only The Best Lineup Ever But Also The Broadest"
Reason: User Warned: disingenuous arguing, antagonizing other users
They already got a spider man game on ps4.
Well my bad, Jokes on you.
I say its a joke because while all that be true, it has nothing to do with what I said. Am I supposed to applaud a company for taking a risk? Thats what they supposed to do. Especially if they dont know how to reinvent the IP and cannot afford to.
Killzone Shadowfall wasnt so hot. I would had hoped that GG tried something new. For their sake.
Title: Splatoon Inklings age range according to Head Scientist at the Squid Research Lab
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Derailment + Peddling disinformation about site policy
Don't look at me. I'm against this stupid censorship stuff.
If a game is good enough for Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft to be put on their consoles to sell, than I think there shouldn't be a "holier than thou" self inflicted ban on it. But hey, who am I, right?
I'd go into detail, but that's frowned upon and might get the tread shut down, wanring handed out or worse.
Not that I value my account much anymore, but I don't want to drag anyone with me. ;)
Title: Guardian: Sam Harris and Bill Maher are bigots
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Rationalising racist arguments. Prior infractions.
Nope. Harris and Maher are just not towing the leftist line in strict conformity, they enjoy trashing extreme leftists, and have conversations/debates with conservatives. That is enough to get them on the hate list for a significant portion of the left even though 90% of public policy they support is Democrat/liberal.
As far as their views on Islam, they criticize doctrine. Same as they criticize other religious doctrine. The bigot label is a 15 year old claim at this point and still hasn't stuck. SPLC tried painting Maajid Nawaz (Islamic friend of Harris/Maher who agrees with many of their claims) as an Islamophobic bigot too but then ended up apologizing to him and giving him a big payout for slander.
As far as those making the "Harris thinks whites are genetically superior" line I encourage any of them to listen to the Ezra Klein/Harris debate. Both make legitimate points revolving around the race/IQ debate. Ezra thinks the history of slavery and discrimination has a strong systemic impact on IQ results. Harris thinks the data may or may not be impacted by slavery/discrimination at this point in time and that one should be able to argue for either side without being called a "bigot". Neither of them claim to make decisive, absolute claims or know for certain why racial IQ differences exist. To be clear, I'm not going to debate the details of this topic, I'm merely describing it to show its complexity, and that drive by posts about him being racist are just that: drive by posts.
Title: Sony PlayStation: First Party Studios & Projects |OT2|
Reason: User warned: Console war rhetoric
All the goofs that are bashing Ghost of Tsushima, Days Gone, etc. are doing so simply because they're Xbox One and/or Switch owners and have nothing worth playing for the entire year of 2018. If that was me, I would be bashing Sony too just because I (like them) would be pissed off that the console I don't have will always have the best motherfucking games on it. As someone who owns a PS4 Pro, Xbox One X and Switch, there's literally only one game worth playing on each of the other two consoles which consists of a turn based 2.5D JRPG in Octopath Traveler for Switch and Forza Horizon 4 for Xbox One. Hell, when Forza Horizon is the highest rated game in the last three years it's launched and has the highest rating of all the Xbox One exclusives this generation, I would be very pissed off too. LMFAO!!!
Ghost of Tsushima is going to be fucking awesome!!! Being able to do a one hit kill like in the E3 demo if you time the parry just right will be great. And duels like at the end of the demo reminds me of For Honor but faster and better. Really hoping that Ghost of Tsushima is Sony's second major AAA title for 2019 after Days Gone. I'll be so happy.
2018 has given me God of War (goty, easily) and will give me Spider Man in September. Add in Detroit (which isn't for me though) and all those other console fanboys are crying their eyes out in sadness which I can't blame them. They should get smart and buy a PS4 Slim/Pro. Oh well. LOL.
Title: Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire From U.S Supreme Court
Reason: User banned (3 days): engaging another user with unnecessary hostility. Telling another user to "kiss the tip of [your] dick" is highly inappropriate.
This is definitely by and large on white voters who voted for him by and large and continue to be the 38% or so that Stan for him in polls.
That being said fuck the rest of your post, bro. Dems might need to care more and do more, but Republicans don't give a single, solitary fuck about you and haven't since the fucking 40s when your parents weren't a twinkle in THEIR parents eyes and are doing their very best to fuck you and the people you care about. Dems aren't perfect for fucking sure but these mothafucking Republicans are LITERALLY WORKING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO VOTE with years of efforts or restrict when and where you can vote and gerrrymander to make your vote matter less. Republicans are literally working hard to keep your people locked up longer. Republicans are the ones masturbating at the prospect of stripping away Affirmative Action and getting rid of uppity negroes who might want to protest police brutality.
So you're going to have to pardon me this one time if I crassly suggest that embryonic, nearsighted mentalities like yours can actually just kiss the tip of my dick. It's this same nearsightedness that has us here now. See the fucking Forrest for the trees in the future, my brother. Failing to do so is how generations get fucked.
Title: Update on Micheal Rotundo, guy who's parents evicted him. Sues Best Buy for Discrimination
Reason: User warned: Ignoring mod post and derailing
Just looking at the guy, you can tell he probably thought Bernie was a savior then voted for Trump when Bernie lost.
He's that kind of guy.
He's a bad person. Don't make excuses for him.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Vilifying journalism + misrepresenting diversity and inclusivity efforts
If somehow we lived in an alternate timeline where many queer characters in popular video games had coincidentally been placed in happy circumstances, there would be a Kotaku or Polygon article outraged about how, "Queer characters aren't allowed to show a full range of emotions in game. Queer people are allowed to be sad too! Why aren't these video games reflecting MY LIVED EXPERIENCE?"
There's no winning with these people.
Title: The ragequit culture in Dragon Ball FighterZ is tiring
Reason: User Warned: Derogatory Language
While we're at it, making a trophy linked to ranked matches with 530 000 points is RETARDED.
No casual player is ever gonna get that legit, so they have to dodge all the strong players, rage quit, or fight people at their level that somehow made it that far or accept to fight people above their ranks.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Personal attacks against another member + backseat modding
I see you are back to your console warring bullshit you were spewing before your 1 week ban. Maybe you need more than 1 week to really think of the things you are saying. You are doing yourself and the crossplay cause no favor given your posting history which is full of Sony hate and Nintendo ass kissing, and if you want to deny that I'm happy to give examplaes from your posting past.
Title: Waypoint: CDPR Won't Commit to Gender Fluidity in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (Yet)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Vilifying games journalism, dismissing concerns about representation.
> Waypoint
that's where the real problem is
I bet the game won't let you play as a overweight person either but you won't see anyone making any articles about that
Title: Waypoint: CDPR Won't Commit to Gender Fluidity in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (Yet)
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate language.
What games actually do this that are on a comparable scope to Cyberpunk?
This seems like nothing more than a way to throw those wacky racist intolerant polaks under the bus for something no one else in the AAA RPG space does anyway.
Title: Waypoint: CDPR Won't Commit to Gender Fluidity in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (Yet)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling on the basis of gender expression and identity
& what, exactly, does 'feeling like a man' or 'feeling like a woman' mean? seriously? is simply 'feeling like yourself' all the time so very complicated? :) ...
Title: Waypoint: CDPR Won't Commit to Gender Fluidity in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (Yet)
Reason: User permanently banned: dismissing gender fluid people, long history of prior infractions.
I'll tell you why. Because CDPR is the only still pure high profile developer and gamers have become so damn entitled that they're ready to witch Hunt even them for not doing an insignificant thing that won't deermined whether the game is good or not and is probably much more hard to do than it's worth.
Like, you say it's just about switching pronouns automatically. That... Doesn't happen in real life. People WILL react to you changing your genre as you go along. And such, for the fluidity not being window dressing they'll have to implement literal thousands of different reactions to recurrent characters. And calling people "they" is not a thing.
As I said, if they do that, awesome, but if they decide it's not worth the hassle in a game that already offers a never before seen scope, it's totally acceptable and not a reason to call them "regressists" or whatever.
Nice bait tho. Happy pride month,
Title: Raging white woman assaults black boy at pool — and then bites the cop who came to arrest her
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying racism.
Ok, I was going to piece out, but this is the dumbest fuckin post I've ever read so I'll elaborate.
I'm not outlining a cause-and-effect chart. White people don't go hard life->poor->beating black children. Don't be reductive. What I am saying is that these things are obviously related, all these -isms are deeply intertwined with poverty, no matter their race. Bigotry is ingrained by the environment, and distress (often economic) provides an impetus for someone to act on those ugly biases. This isn't an excuse for people to be shitty,
When I was homeless, I definitely was more irritable and thoughtless. Poverty drops people's IQ by up to 13 points because it's so stressful. I was so distressed that I was convinced that if I needed to rob people for food I would.
It's a white women, in South Carolina, one of the poorest in the nation, a place with a ravaged economy, who is working a bullshit job in a ponzi scheme. It's a recipe for disaster. Just because she's white doesn't mean we can ignore the systemic issue that create her transgression.
You don't need to feel sorry for this lady, you don't need to empathize with her, hell you can relish the fact that she'll probably spend some time in prison for the cop-biting if anything. You don't even need to feel any need for reconciliation white the white working class. Racism is I just do not personally find the glib attitude with which people dismiss white suffering on the basis of social power structures appealing, plus the fact that it's obviously profitable for these companies to incite this racial division, and pointing that out shouldn't be controversial. Although starting off as I did was probably equally unproductive it is what it is.
edit: The poor white persons struggle is inseparable from the poor black persons struggle in the South.
Title: 50 Cent mocked Terry Crews' sexual assault testimony in an Instagram post he later deleted
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Victim blaming for sexual assault + reinforcing toxic masculinity constructs
I with 50 on this one, you do not let a man grab your nuts and do nothing, because you want to get paid. He should have manned up and checked him on the spot that this shit isn't tolerated.
Title: GI.biz: Xbox and Nintendo gang up on PlayStation in cross-platform row
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other members
Did you actually read what I wrote? In the analogy it's not like you're walking in alone with food from somewhere else, sitting down by yourself and eating it alone. I get the sense that you're being a little intellectually dishonest, or just misread, or a combination of the both. I would bet actual money that if I played out my scenario nothing would happen.
Title: Guardian: Sam Harris and Bill Maher are bigots
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Positive reframing of famine, hardship, and death
That is what manage to make France a much more laïc country through “déchristianisation” to reduce the influence of the church and clergy.
Same for Russia through the elimination of Koulaks and their allies.
Title: Why Nintendo is not investing ( buying or acquiring ) in more studios ?
Reason: User Warned: "Lazy Devs" argument.
Nintendo's management is just uninterested, unambitious, and frankly, lazy. In the field of strategic management, they're the classic case of the company gifted with exclusive resources. Nintendo is in possession of resources that are rare, valuable, difficult to imitate, and costly to substitute. That is, they have their IP and their well-known brand. This allows their management to be lazy and still get their incentive-based bonuses. It's the equivalent of owning the best stretch of beach on an island resort, it means you don't have to work as hard or provide as good a service as the hotel on the crappy side of the island. Building new studios or acquiring them and onboarding them? That's like, a lot of work. So much work.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other users
You should’ve lead with that, lol.
Don’t know where you got the Switch numbers for birthday gifts but whatevs..
40% of the 17 million is around 7 million owners that also have PS4s. The last Fortnite Switch numbers were 2 million (?) and growing (per Reggie right? Around the peak).
So, yea.. still missing some numbers. But there is still the question of how many of those Fortnite Switch owners actually had psn accounts to crossover. I feel what you are saying, no doubt. But you just ant post anything as facts. Alls I’m saying..
I love the PlayStation brand. But I never once said that the account lock thing was anything other than fucked up. I don’t need to look in the mirror, my profile is open to anyone that wants a look. If you had, you’d seen me just post in an Xbox thread where Forza 3 might be in gamepass soon and how it would get me to resub. I’m literally playing on my Xbox right now as I type this. I’m a fanboy of games in general as I prefer it to other mediums.
I like to shake stuff up. Contest people and their theories to see if they can back their claims up. If I get out of line I’ll rightfully apologize without questions and don’t have problems taking an L. I hate one sided arguments, so if thats all you want to see is people shit on one another, then scream “ Sony account block” as a defense then maybe you should look in the mirror, bud.
Title: Sweden's far-right eyes election gains as gang violence rises
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Racism.
I think even if SD get into power it's to late for Sweden. I reckon the civil society is mostly comprised of people who believe a monocultural Sweden is racist and big changes ought to be made to undermine the Swedishness and demographic of the country.
Title: Digital Foundry vs Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker on both Switch & 3DS
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Trolling + System Wars
How am I shitposting when I point out 240p is especially bad in the current market?
I thought this thread is about Digital Foundry's analysis of the game on Switch and 3DS. I don't see how I expressing my dislike for 240p of a game in 2018 is not on topic.
Is praising and showing love for 3ds only appropriate to your thread? Or are you just sensitive to anyone criticizing your beloved machine.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory generalizations + accumulated infractions
Lol, typical era bullshit. I dont even own the game yet. Im just pointing out most previews are really positive. I mean you say you hated the first game and yet are posting in the OT for the second lol.
Title: Capcom: MHWorld won't be ported to Switch but will develop future entries especially for the console
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Repeated system warring
Gosh, if only the Switch was capable of running an open-world action game with massive enemies and real-time combat...
But hey, gotta keep Sugar Daddy Sony happy.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): System-warring + Trolling. History of similar infractions.
"I truly believe however, that those pro-gamer decisions were only possible by being the market leader, and by a healthy margin."
I believe MS did not really build any studios this generation nor significantly increase first party output because they were in an underdog position and financially constrained (yeah yeah MS War Chest TM, I meant by management).
Sony would not make those gambles if they were not the defacto platform; which means getting more royalties due to higher number of multiplat titles being sold.
I am really sorry if you guys cannot understand how for Sony having friends buy a PS4 to play each and every single game instead of buying a competitors console and buying games there, helps them financially then I cannot help you.
Not everything you cannot understand has to be a meme. From your perspective, theoretical physics have to be a meme as well, amirite?
Title: LGBT Era: do you feel like most people are still closeted?
Reason: User Warned: Harmful generalizations
Well not to be rude, but you have to be blind in order to not realize when certain individuals aren't straight (mannerisms, attire, etc.) unless you mean the ones who are "straight looking"?
Title: Splinter: History Suggests Chasing Trump Officials Out of Restaurants Is Just The Beginning
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Do not advocate violence or killing on the forum - no matter who they are
Yeah it worked out in the end, just cautioning on how the path of a leftist revolution can be a bit... rocky.
Anyway I've done a bit of soul searching on this whole thing and I'm starting to really come around on the issue.
I got to thinking, maybe we really should show our rulers and adversaries some Civility.
On a unrelated note, check out my sweet new guillotine
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Trolling and antagonizing other members
Nazis didn’t steal their way of dolling out punishment from the Cheka? Either way, whatever, I’m not going to argue on the internet about it. Have a good day! Smooches..
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Hostility + Inflammatory dialog
what the fuck is this bullshit? you're a fucking asshole and for damn sure fucking privileged. Think you're sooooo smart and above it all, don't ya? point blank, you suck. And I could give zero fucks about image on the internet or in real life when fighting for the rights of equality for every person out there. And I definitely don't need to display my cred out there for your obviously trolling hating ass, that's for damn sure. Anyone Could spot you a mile away, breh.
Go back to 4chan I'm sure you and your enlightened thinkers will have a laugh about it over there.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory generalizations, peddling disinformation, and a history of concern trolling in contentious topics
In the real world? No. I don't think I've ever even heard the word "SJW" uttered by anyone outside of the internet. People doing activism or volunteer work are encouraged and accepted.
In colleges and universities it's rough because people are still young and very headstrong. This inexperience shows but we will forgive it so long as things don't go to far. Some adults never grow out of that but at least they are few.
On The Internet it's a completely different story. Hysteria runs rampant. Half truths. Misrepresentations. Accusations.
Finding any kind of nuanced or reasonable conversation is increasingly difficult. People are determined to force their beliefs on others.
You can see this plainly on Reset Era. In any given thread about Social Justice issues there are a small group of posters who will predictably show up to contribute only the same kind of one liners that are either completely dismissive, accusatory or inflammatory.
You get to know the avatars and you come to understand that all they contribute is quick and sharp one or two line posts that have no substance. In my opinion these people are almost always simply arguing against nuance. Don't you dare try to understand and issue or try to weigh up different ideas. They'll be on you... "so you're saying..."
Even just doing things like making a clumsy comparison can result in a ban. Or maybe making a not quite right analogy? Reported then maybe banned.
There's basically a zero tolerance approach to any kind of comment that isn't 100% "correct" first time.
If you wrote 10 paragraphs and even one sentence is a bit "off" then that's what will be pounced on and not just to say "I think you are a bit wrong there buddy" but to completely go all in and try to discredit the poster.
Most people here are left leaning AND supportive of social justice causes and still for some it's just not good enough so you see a lot of in-fighting.
In real life there has to be some give and take to actually get anywhere with anything political. If you want to gain allies etc you have to be approachable and likable and respectful. You can't flip out just because people don't 100% agree with you all of the time. Nobody wants to be around that.
I had a more social justice minded friend on Twitter last year who was having an absolute meltdown because Laci Green was dating Chris Ray Gun. I never knew who these people were at the time but it turns out they are just (relatively young, I think) Youtubers. Who the hell is freaking out over 2 Youtubers, miles away in the USA, bumping uglies? Who the hell cares?
You mix crazy tantrums like that in with the "SJW" stuff and it does all add up to an image problem.
Whenever I see someone mentioning Nazis in threads on this site I just roll my eyes and I know for a fact I'm not the only one.
Problem is you just don't know who you are dealing with online. In a thread about obesity a poster became really REALLY riled up about fat-shaming and was being rude and unreasonable with people explaining the health risks. Turns out the poster was 9 years old. I had to laugh. You've got grown adults arguing with 9 year olds over obesity.
Again, in the real world am I really going to get into the "both sides" argument with a woke 10 year old? Probably not. A whiny brat with a bad attitude isn't going to turn me into an ally any time soon.
Despite all of that I'd MUCH rather be publicly associated with say a Laurie Penny or an Anita Sarkeesian than to be associated with a Milo Yiannopolous or a Richard Spencer, so there IS that! I think they are all idiots but if we are talking about DANGEROUS idiots then I think the Right is a far more pressing concern.
Title: Maynard James Keenan (of TOOL) accused of rape
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexual assault allegations.
So, he didn't commit statutory rape...what exactly did he do? Have bad sex with someone 20 years ago?
Sorry, but I refuse to condemn a man on the word of an anonymous Twitter account.
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT6| In a Near-Drunken State
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate Commentary
So rather than work with a legislature that might listen to you and work on the global scale for everyone, just let trump win? FOH, anyone that stupid should be sterilised. With your background in activism you should be out there supporting your cause, and correcting misinformation.
Title: IGN: How The Last of Us Remains a Masterpiece 5 Years Later
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by comment.
Pretty good film. I heard that if you play it in grounded mode it's a much better game? Maybe I should try that
Edit - genuine question that no one answered
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2018 (Jun 11 - Jun 17)
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Console warring, trolling, history of similar behavior.
aka
Nintendo already worried about "After (the market) become bored of the Switch"....a return to the nightmare of the Wii U?
Even the Japanese Business Journals have entered Doom Mode.
Time to wrap it up Nintendo, you have nothing after Nintendo Switch.
After all! People already selling their switches away out of boredom!
Spoiler: Author thinks Nintendo should diversify away from games machines. Also TO CHINA!
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying harassment, victim blaming, account still in junior phase.
well to begin with, trans people are about 40% higher than non trans people to attempt suicide, and they have higher rates of depression, and anxiety. even after transition the rates don't go down significantly.
once again, yes the harassment probably factored in... but to put the blame only on them is wrong, she lit the match.
Title: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
Reason: User banned (1 week): wishing harm on another member
You legitimately have no idea the things that I do irl, the causes I donate to, and the time I spend on the ground
Call me a fucking keyboard warrior? You're literally a waste of human skin and tragedy can't befall you soon enough
Title: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
Reason: User banned (duration pending): concern trolling, falsely equating political discrimination to racial discrimination
This is the stupid shit that irks me. No relevant argument so you opt to twist words. No better than Trump but will post paragraphs about how their beliefs justify it.
Again with this stupid shit. I don't have to read someone's tweet or opinion to have one of my own.
I think we can resist people like SHS and Trump without stooping to blanket denial of service that only serve to make them the victims. And I'm pretty sure that most people can understand that yet suspension of belief and logic seems to be the champion of today's movements.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT3| You can't fight in here! This is the VAR Room!
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Language
Cavani and Suárez will rape our team, we play the worst football in all the WC and behave like some 1st class primadonnas. Santos needs to get out as soon as possible, complete shit of a manager.
Title: Waluigi is an Alt-Right, Incel, Internet Troll Weirdo
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Creating a troll thread, accumulated infractions for trolling.
I've been thinking a lot about Waluigi recently and I've realised he has basically influenced the behaviour of the modern alt right internet movement and represents it perfectly.
Think about it. Wario is clearly a libertarian. He doesn't care about anything other than money. Detestable but understandable on some level. What's Waluigi deal? He's got no clear role and or function within society so he probably spends too much time on the internet annoying people like how he annoys people in real life by simply being around them. He's self pitying. He whines like he's the victim despite clearly being an agent of chaos and spreading discord.
Also, he hates women. Mario has Peach, Luigi has Daisy and Wario even has a hot and heavy thing going on with that pirate he robbed once. Waluigi has pushed everyone away due to his attitude, he has nobody this is evidently the cause of his terrible attitude. Clearly, an incel lifestyle results in being an annoying idiot like Waluigi. He's probably tried to spike Toadette's drink at one of the Mario Party's too that sick fuck. #meetoo
Also have you ever seen Waluigi hanging around a black person? No, you haven't. Really makes you think what this guys real opinions are huh?
Basically, if you really think about it Waluigi represents every wrong with todays politics and internet culture.
So even liking this fucker ironically is the same as voting for Donald Trump.
Do you agree?
Title: So I guess FC5 isn't fixed 4K on Xbox One X; it uses dynamic resolution on all consoles [VG Tech]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Conspiracy Theory
Much better and in depth analysis than digital foundry
I used to be a big fan of DF, but even since they made that fake video trying to damage control Far cry 5 downgrade i trust them less and less
Title: Mexican guy harassed by racist white woman while out working with his mom
Reason: User warned: Don't incite physical violence.
Which is why we need to keep deplatforming, punching and shaming the fuck out of these useless assholes until they have to scurry back under the rocks where they can sit and read Trump tweets to each other until they rot the fuck away.
Title: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dismissive attitude towards contentious issues. History of similar behaviour.
Don't use personal attacks. It weakens your point. Second, have some perspective, if you honestly think that the deplorable situation on the border is that of Aschwitz or the other concentration camps you are beyond any semblance of rational thought or any knowledge of the holocaust.
What? Maybe if you throw some more buzzwords around maybe one will stick.
The irony of banning you for "misrepresenting moderation" while proving your point at the same time is delicious. If only someone could comprehend that criticizing a game isn't the same as attacking its developer...
Title: Pokemon Co. says "There is no way we will stray from basic elements" with Pokemon Let's Go
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Doubling down after receiving a warning
Yup. I've been warned for calling this a lazy remake, which I stand by what I said. Calling a remake "lazy" doesn't mean devs are lazy. Just that the direction of the title is uninspired. They kept the same freaking level design and scale of a Gameboy game. They heavily reused Pokémon Go Assets. Sorry, it's a lazy remake.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling on subjects concerning diversity/representation. History of similar behaviour. Accumulated infractions.
yeah good luck charging that much in a game that likely has no implied lesbians, lmao
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User warned: Thread whining and derailing
There are more posts in this thread than people actually concerned about Crossplay.
Some people need to get out of their room, >98% of the players WW dont know what Crossplay is (or don’t care) and just play Fortnite on one single machine...
Crossplay is good thing. And Sony did it already back than on PS3.
But if it was my company I wouldn’t allow it on my machine if I had a 40-45 million lead vs my direct competition.
MS didn’t allowed it back than with a 5 million lead...
Title: Turkish General And Presidental Elections, 24th of June |OT| Once More Unto The Breach
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations + Community Whining
It is funny how detached from reality ResetEra and Neogaf are/were
Few past claims
Trump won’t ever win
Brexit will never happen
Italy
Turkey
The list probably goes on and on, this is of coursed caused by a dogging of anyone with different views until they get banned, but whatever ResetEra thinks will happen, the opposite does!
Title: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Development Thread | News, Site Updates, and Speculation
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexist trolling + Accumulated infractions.
animal crossing is for 12&under
and since a fetuse is female until it loses an X chromosome to develop male parts, and you cant tell most boys with long hair from girls until puberty, female Villager should have been default
Except all they’ve done is denial. I’m trying to be constructive but it’s really hard considering everyone’s attitude. I don’t consider their explanation reasonable unless they’ve actually contacted Unity dev support and see if anything can be done about it. From their response it seems like they haven’t. Team cherry: have you contacted Unity dev support to see if anything can be done/fixed about their vsync implementation?
Title: Enemies whose attack patterns you just cannot handle
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Repeated trolling across a variety of topics (“Perfect for Switch”)
erfect answer will be the Winter Lantern,or it is my life's bane.he difficulty of Bloodborne will be less stern,witch to consuming insight makes me insane.
Title: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' affirms that racist violent cops are actually good guys
Reason: User warned: insulting other posters
I feel like has done this before... There should be some standard for the board that if people are going to post completely absurd hot takes that they should at least have to defend them rather than simply fleeing their unfiltered brain diarrhea the moment they've hit submit.
Also the "muh spoilers" stuff continues to be hilarious. Knowing there are shitty cops that may be redeemed (if you have an infant's grasp of nuance) is not a fucking spoiler. Do you close your eyes and plug your ears during movie trailers?
Title: Hollow Knight Switch's Input Lag bums me out
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Dev” rhetoric
Okay so basically, “it’s Unity’s fault”. Have you guys thought about raising the issue with Unity dev support and see if they can possibly provide a solution/fix, instead of taking the lazy route of not investigating it and pretending like it was intended all along? The PC version doesn’t seem to suffer from the same issue, so why not challenge Unity dev support on their implementation? Maybe they can even provide a fix?
Title: Time to go home boys, Fortnite has claimed the World Cup
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Antagonizing other users, history of similar behavior
Get this shit off my computer games forum. Neymar did the pubg punch when he scored for psg months ago. Is this thread worThy? Is it fuck. Get your england bullshitt out of here
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive drive-by post, thread derailment.
Can you imagine the shit storm if Sony allowed this and their system was compromised again like it was a during the PS3 for about a month?
Maybe that’s why Sony is not on board yet!
But let’s blow this shit out of proportion over one game!
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Personal attacks, thread derailment. History of similar behaviour.
I'm not going to derail the thread again but I will directly state that your attitude sucks. You are incredibly condescending to people which don't share you views to a T.
Anyway, my argument was for people to share the same aggression for all Anti-Consumer acts and by default all companies are Anti-Consumer. I really don't see the problem with that stance.
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Attacking other members, backseat moderation, long history of prior infractions for similar behaviour.
I like how you made that an offer and then proceeded to not wait what people would say of it and just grade reactions anyway ;)
Also, as an individual you can't say what is correct or what is not - What is correct, and what is not, is achieved by repeating an observation of , to the point it can undeniably be written as true.
For some reason i had to laugh out loud reading this, as i read it as an answer to OP's rules bound question. XD This was good.
Since its an , lets make an assumption. OP is actually trying to account suicide by way of philosophy. Which is actually, a play on Camus if you think about it :thinking:
The whole is some bizarro way to spampost though. Everyone knows only is allowed to do this. ;)
Yeahh that wasnt exactly (Who grades forum reactions even?) and that answer is cliche AF. I feel you got that from a Discovery program. In the sense that kind of thing.
But to answer your question: To seek new frontiers, discover new imaginations, To progress our species through knowledge and exploration. (
Seeing the Subpar Spatula thread, you have been really today, damn.
Title: Hollow Knight Switch's Input Lag bums me out
Reason: User warned: drive-by trolling
Of course I noticed the lag. I also notice when two hummingbirds fly at different rates. I can count the number of atoms that make up my computer screen. Somewhere in the world a mother cries for her lost child. No one hears, but me.
Title: Hollow Knight Switch's Input Lag bums me out
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
Just let this topic die. Its probably hurting the game sales for a unreasonable complaint.
And i think there are people thinking its input lag but it really is just the bad joycon signal.
Title: Capcom to continue developing (non-cloud) games for Switch in the future
Reason: User Banned (5 days): Inflammatory port begging / system wars
Screw you Capcom you stupid company, requesting more ram from Nintendo and still not support the Switch with meaningful titles is pure evil.
WHERE THE HELL are those titles you are blabbering about, Crapcom? How about announce some of them? Oh wait, you can't, because you don't have any.
Title: Nioh: Complete Edition PC performance thread
Reason: Member was warned for making broad accusations
I run this game on my laptop at highest setting and I get constant 60fps, no drop.
Not even using a good laptop card, just a 1070. Didn't even bother try running this on my desktop 1080ti.
I see people trashing consoles on the internet all the time and pretend to be PC gamers, but most can't even afford a decent potato and blame developers for bad port? LOL
Title: Raspberry Pi Gaming Thread - Emulation in the palm of you hand.
Reason: User Warned: Advertising services
Thanks. Its not perfect but its something I think I did good on for a first timer. The photoshop design on the graphics was mine and my wife who is better with vectors and cleanup work polished it to remove any blemishes and touchup any inconsistent spacing or measurement errors. She's really structure oriented and I'm really into design. Came together well even if I can't stop looking at the few things I know I can improve upon.
High quality stuff. Very polished and durable vinyls. He quotes based on what you send him. Not only did he do these but my wife was making amiibo NFC cards and we also got sheets of those graphics printed as well to sandwhich NFC chips between blank playing cards to make a custom rolodex of amiibo that took up less space than all of the figures we owned.
Everything he printed was already sticker backed too and very good with the adhesives. Dude's work is great and I highly recommend anyone here with questions on getting any gaming graphics printed to email him sometime. He even double checked on me since I had a top plate instead of a stick I needed graphics for in my arcade. He wanted to be certain it was really what I wanted or if I hadn't laid out my holes yet for a stick on the graphic I sent him.
So...yeah. You want graphics for a stick, arcade cabinet, card game, or whatever you've designed or need to design graphics for hit him up. He's helpful and does great print service stuff fast and prices based on what you sent him.
Title: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Trolling and baiting other users.
Are they born with a predisposition to ordering drone strikes that kill innocent people?
The current administration is an abomination and Obama was 1000x the president that this piece of shit is. However, if you consider denying service to SHS - who, as a reminder does not make policy - justified, then you best not have complained back then.
Title: UK PoliticsERA |OT1| - Strong and Stable Government? No. Coalition Of Chaos! PART 2
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Trolling, history of similar behaviour.
Guess who's back, back again.
Cmon, obvious stirring was obvious, but there was a valid point in there, you aren't going to be able to reverse Brexit at this point, because you don't even have a majority of the population that wants to reverse it.
Title: Selling Water While Black... and 8 Years Old
Reason: User Warned: Promoting doxxing of an individual. This behavior is not allowed.
Alright internet.
Find her, expose her, make her lose her job, all of her friends, everything. Put her on the fucking streets.
Racist white trash needs to be put in its place.
Title: Sarah Sanders and Family Reportedly Denied Service at Virginia Restaurant
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting information + denying the experiences of oppressed and marginalized people
This isn't even close to being factual. No matter how many times it's repeated, it doesn't reflect reality, but it may get people to believe it more and more. This form of thinking just furthers the divide between the left and the right.
Are you backseat modding?
Contact a mod, if I can't discuss the game graphics (I never spoke about the game quality) on this thread, he will tell me and I'll gladly leave
Title: Detroit: Become Human - The Worst Race Allegory [Mother's Basement]
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Pattern of drive-bys and threadwhining without reading OPs
I said it once, i said it a million times.
Game’s fine. Stop complaining.
The rant on the quality of writing becomes actually more hilarious as you read it.
Title: Which game was most constrained by console power, in your opinion, and why?
Reason: User Warned: Hostility + Personal attacks against another member
Sure, a super powerful console on-par with the 360 and PS3 and ahead of the curve because of an innovative idea that would have sold regardless (given that most people bought the Wii console for wii sports alone) would have been a terrible idea.
Slap on a DVD player at the least, and it would have done well.
You’re elitist prick attitude is shitty and unwanted. Get bent.
Sorry mods, one insult for another.
Title: Sony WWS are firing on all cylinders, but Corporate/Systems are asleep at the wheel
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory system wars + comparing opinions about video games to American nationalism
Yup age of trump people
If you want something uniquely American bullshitting and spinning is par for the course
Microsoft and their pr have frequently played opportunistic cards like with crossplay despite this being one of few factors of an advantage fir them and even at that only superficially so since playstation has had crossplay for a while just not with other consoles
An example of bsing.... Who was it who said announcing a console without showing it is one way to do it? And now they've done it twice? Yeah. Microsoft has the American chup on the shoulder more concerned with immediate appearances and image in the moment that American media and fans respond to more but not everyone worldwide and even in us market falls for that
Sony has typically taken the clasier approach of not attacking back in response even if people don't like the fortnite issue major cultural differences between the two companies one likes far more to just let their products represent themselves
But yea writing a story and spinning a narrative despite the factz is fine but unfortunately under the guise of "opinion" a lot of not very genuine people believe that's actually OK but it isn't
Sony and playstation turning around their entire brand and company in the last 5 years and developing syudios over decades and leading the generation on a well planned and executed mosel for games and media apparently means they don't do anything worthwhile behind the scenes? Lol alright
Oh and at the same time they launched the best selling VR platform a games streaming service and a TV service make increasingly advanced medical imaging and thei stock has more than doubled in 5 years and tlou2 has the most impressive animation of any game to date gaming wise
But yea they don't know what they're doing completely out of touch
Title: 15 yr old Bronx teen dragged out of store, stabbed repeatedly
Reason: User warned: Using the R-word as a slur
I find this to be a particularly idiotic and pathetic question. If we can spend multiple pages discussing the death of some abusive rap star, why not keep that same energy with an innocent(?) 15 yr old kid?
I dunno. Fuck it lock the thread since it bothers yall so much.
Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against you if you like it but I personally find the idea of a character I know to be female having a dick to be a not so pretty sight and it's like 50% of the content that gets requested online. It's incredibly frustrating when I'm browsing through images, gifs and animations to all of a sudden see Ciri, for example, using her dick on somebody else and then I have to scroll down quickly and pretend I didn't see it.
Like I said like what you like but it's confusing to me how futanari pops up so frequently and just how many people request it since the concept seems inherently niche
So, futa fans why are there so many of you compared to the other things available and what is it about futa that appeals to you? Because I just can't understand the appeal of Peach with a dick tbh.
Title: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States
Reason: User banned (duration pending): Using racist stereotypes. Trolling.
Just have sex like the Africans and Asians do. its not that hard, if those living on a dollar a day can do it you can too!
Can you really compare the modern day white population in the US and EU to Nazi Germany? be real.
Title: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States
Reason: User warned: Accusing someone of lying about their race without evidence.
You don’t have to lie about your color to make this stupid point about “self hating whites” Those people are just “free thinkers”, you’d say if they were any other color.
Really, white people making those kinds of comments that directly state an interest in declining facism and actual fucking racism don’t need your “black friend” disapproval because you want to switch places with them or some bullshit
Exactly. “Hispanics” are largely white and have been waiting to join full whiteness like the Irish did before they were seen as white. We’re going to start see “Eurasians” become a big thing too. Other groups will definitely take the bones thrown their way to join the privileged
Plenty of front runners who will gladly join the majority to keep everyone else down. If the same systems are in place, the rest of us won’t be gaining as much as we should.
Title: Microsoft acquires Playground games, Undead Labs, Compulsion games, Ninja Theory for first party
Reason: User Warned: System Wars - If you’re going to discuss this, refer to Microsoft’s own history, not how it compares to Sony’s
I went off online articles. They were studios that got the axe. Plenty more show a trend just as you said run into the ground or just trash production under MS. I'd fully expect rush jobs out of these newly aquired studios. And yes 10 years is fairly recent in a business.
Sony has shut studios down yes. They have shifted reources closed for strategic reasons but at least they were productive in some ways prior. Some worked on multiple franchises before closing shop or moving.
Title: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds
Reason: User Banned (1 Week) - Inflammatory generalizations against overweight people
Obesity affects everyone in society. Try sitting next to a fat person on the bus, metro, train, plane etc obese people can take up a ridiculous amount of space. They also often smell bad (cheesy) , because temperature control is harder with excess insulation, and I assume it is hard to reach all parts of the body when washing.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User warned: Thread whining.
Just posting or regurgitating the same talk
Like hunkering down in this thread until shit changes
You know like the Occupy Wall Street movement
I'm just waiting for the Hell No We Won't Go! posts to littered in the Thread
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Trolling, history of baiting derail.
This is the best soap opera I've experienced in years! The drama! The excitement! I hope they don't unlock it just to see this continue to play out. All these pages, and no resolution. And the very notion of a company not being Anti-Consumer is entertaining to say the least. The narrative can be a David Cage game.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (two weeks): History of bad faith arguments, moving goalposts, to defend a company.
That what I said... Epic choose the easy way to code just an account block instead to handle it in a proper way.
Said that the biggest issue with Crossplay for platform holders is the share of the revenue from purchase... that is thing that the developers/publishers will have to find a solution in the middle way where all platform holders get a share to make them accept Crossplay.
While they didn’t reach a consensus for all parts Crossplay won’t work in a business sense.
But that is another talk not related to the account block... that is on Epic side to fix the things.
Title: Brazilian store is selling flash cards for Switch
Reason: User Banned (3 Days) : Promoting and linking to piracy methods.
Saw this on my Facebook. You just plug a dongle on the USB-C port, then you are able to play ROMs, the games are direct instaled to internal memory. It suports themes, apps like Netflix and emulators, via micro SD cards. There is no mod chips, and you can swap to the original OS any time. The price is like ~40 dollars.
Some screens:
Crazy thing. I hope Nintendo do something.
Edit: I removed the links. And a mod removed a pic with the link to the store.
Edit 2: Looks like it uses the SD slot, not the cart one, so the words flash cards on the title are incorrect.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Ignoring Modpost - Do not discuss crossplay drama in this thread.
You mean I hope you are looking forward to playing EXACTLY LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING SHOOTERS FOR YEARS WITH FELLOW PLAYSTATION AND PC PLAYERS.
Oh, and do you think the new Black Ops will be bringing in Nintendo players? NO BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT EVEN HAVE THE GAME. You will be playing with Xbox players and PC players just like Xbox players have been doing for years.
For fuck sake you people need to give it the up and just stop making yourselves sound like jackasses with your salty little tantrums.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Fuck Sony.
Edit: "System wars"? Allow me to elaborate. For anyone interested in purchasing this fine, respectable and timely Fortnite bundle, be aware that your Epic account will be permanently and irrevocably locked to Sony's console when you link it to one, and will be unusable on an Xbox or Switch. Courtesy of fucking Sony (and Epic).
Title: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Development Thread | News, Site Updates, and Speculation
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Devs” Rhetoric
Imagine seeing this line out of context, and thinking
"This is it. The single moment that justifies Federation Force as a whole. Going from the hunter to the hunted. The master bounty hunter to just some simple rookie trying to live up to her shadow."
What should have been this cool rival fight was instead botched because the developers are lazy and have very little respect for Samus
Title: Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer says he is losing his cancer battle [UP: Passed Away]
Reason: User warned: trolling
Looked at two pages ago and didnt see any explanation.
Im ignorant and to lazy to make a case but I think Ill mock someone asking a legitimate question
Title: Some hackers start putting porn on their Switch profile pictures
Reason: User warned: Don't downplay the possibility of children being exposed to porn.
Well sure it is bad and Nintendo needs to fix it, but come on, it's a little funny. It's an absurd situation and it's ok to have a chuckle at it.
Edit: Already quoted a few times, but editing this to be less stupid as I clearly crossed a line.
Title: Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston To Be Suspended for 3 Games Over Uber Groping Accusation
Reason: Banned - (Pending Review): Dismissive of Sexual Allegations, History of Infractions
Yep. Sorry OP but yours is just a personal opinion because if true facts. I mean this is America, innocent until proven guilty and all that so technically fuck the NFL for ha ding out a suspension that has no legal merit.
Title: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds
Reason: User banned (3 days): persistent hostility in the thread, arguing in bad faith, history of similar behaviour
Yeah, but cant seem to see how much of a jackass you potentially look like when talking shit about others for ideals you yourself cant even live up to?
Yeah, we can fuck off together.
Title: Normalisation of 'plus-size' risks hidden danger of obesity, study finds
Reason: User warned: inappropriate comment
That's disgusting.
Also if you're gonna be fat that's whatever but getting to the point you can't bathe yourself? I'd kill myself before that point fuck that.
Title: Sony WWS are firing on all cylinders, but Corporate/Systems are asleep at the wheel
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): History of system wars + accusing others of conspiring against PlayStation
It not just games:
- they put the best console for the best price since day one
- they put the fastest os system since day one
- they putted share play
- they don't charge to play f2p games
- they have created a great movement about indie games in 2013
- they opened 2 new studios this gen(Manchester and the new one in San Diego)
What's is going on is after e3 people are everyday trying to create a narrative pro Ms.
And alienate people about Sony. Putting things that few people care against what is more important: games
Crossplay is so mediocre yet that doesn't make sense been so dramatic about that.
You can't even talk with people on crossplay. You don't know who is on the other side. Most of the games doesn't allow crossplay.
Title: Sony WWS are firing on all cylinders, but Corporate/Systems are asleep at the wheel
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
The switch has less features than a 40 dollar smartphone but the people have spoken and they want games. People want the last of us 2 not bc or 4k bluerays.
Title: Sony WWS are firing on all cylinders, but Corporate/Systems are asleep at the wheel
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Sony is back on their arrogance level, the same level they were at the end of the PS2, but we all saw what happened with their next system. We’ll see how Sony handles the PS5 because if it weren’t for their first party studios I would have jumped ship to Xbox by now just thanks to how Phil Spencer has changed a lot of it.
Title: One of the saddest scenes in Star Wars history
Reason: User Warned: Hostility towards another member
Thanks Mr. Lucas, I never realized the prequels implanted false memories in all those people’s heads, so to have the creator confirm this and not just some George Lucas dick rider is awesome!!
Title: Fox & Friends: 'thes are not our kids/it's not like he's doing this to the people of Idaho or Texas'
Reason: User banned (48h) for thread derailing with concern trolling
Yes. But you also do not understand my point. Let me try again:
Joe Neogaf (not a Nazi) reads that comic, and already struggles with feeling like he has a weak chin. How does it make him feel?
Is it possible to shit on Nazis without friendly fire? ESPECIALLY friendly fire that is body shaming?
It's like if a woman is racist, why it isn't suddenly okay to say 'what a fat ugly cow'. You can shit on her, comfortably, for being racist, no need to bring in superfluous shit.
Title: Improve a character's design with subtle changes
Reason: User Warned: Attempting to dictate the terms of feminist iconography
A lot of women would and do disagree she's a borderline case. Are they wrong?
Also, are we really floating the premise that a gay man can't identify feminist iconography? Are we suggesting that men in general can't be feminists or distinguish between empowerment and exploitation? Are we insinuating that a difference of opinion implies a patriarchal agenda?
If you're really attempting to characterize my side of this conversation as mansplaining, check yourself. Nothing I've said hasn't been repeated by scores of reviewers and female commentators.
Cant u post this in OT or reddit instead of opening a thread to rant as if its a common widespread issue.
I dont think opening a thread just for us to play IT helpdesk for you and you only is a topic worthy of a thread.
Title: Microsoft has made a number of pro consumer moves since the start of the generation
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread derailment. History of console warring.
Just like Donald Trump is the Pro-Mexican Children king lmfao.
They wanted to do the dirtiest of things to their consumers. The people were smart and said nope not buying your nonsense. So they had backtrack to get people back. Sure they are doing the best pro consumer things but to think it’s because they want to is silly lmao.
Title: Melania wears 39$ jacket with big "I really don't care. Do you?" on kid visit.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Use of a gendered insult
She's got to be the worst crisis actor ever. All she needed to do was to look pretty and smile to the camera to score some easy PR points. Couldn't even do the easy job right. What a brainless bimbo.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Hostility + Antagonizing other members
Oh wow $5 worth of content. Thanks so much Sony. Since save the world will be free later this year anyway. Fuck the fuck off. If you buys this you’re a fucking idiot of the highest order, it’s not even a deal.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks (Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Ignoring mod instructions. Prior similar infraction.
I get the whole account locking out situation that one truly sucks and that should definitely be fixed. Crossplay is Sony Choice at this point, their policy and its just like Fortnite is not truly Free 2 play on Xbox. This whole cross play issue is drowning the forums alive cant even view a thread with out that shit being mention.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Ignoring mod instructions
So are GameStop employees going to put up hand written signs near the displays warning consumers about the restrictions of attaching an Epic account to PSN?
Title: The Switch don't have a "bad lineup" for the second half of the year. Actually, in a way it's better
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attacking other posters and thread whining
Here's that list of the same exact shit that did absolutely nothing for those people this thread is about, whom this thread was specifically made for, so they can come in, see their is absolutely fucking nothing new say their needs aren't being met by this all over again, for the express purpose of getting everybody who has a corporate worshipping hard on for Nintendo to go in and shit all over people who come into this thread specifically made about them with whataboutisms, fallacies, boxing, and other forms of outright non engaging dismissals, without ever actually adressing anything they say....
Yet again.
Gaming side.
How many times is this going to be done?
Welp MS just officially dropped intentions to support VR despite claiming it was coming in the future. So I guess it’s less about being consumer friendly and more about capitalizing on consumer interest. When VR was all the industry talked about they assured it was coming...When it cooled they moved on forgetting those promises. “Cross-play? Oh we’re all about that!”
I’m fine with crossplay I’m just not as naive as others to believe MS is doing this “in the best interest of gamers”.
Title: PS4 Fortnite Bundle on July 16th, includes Save The World mode, exclusive skin, 500 VBucks
Reason: User Warned: Thread derailment, ignoring mod instructions
Is there going to be a warning now from Sony on the box that you cannot use your Epic Fortnite account on Xbox and Switch, or will that be in the fine print inside within the manual?
Title: I was looking forward to the Mario Tennis Aces story campaign, is it time to bail out?
Reason: User warned: "lazy devs" rhetoric
Um people have been asking for a Diddy Kong style adventure mode in Mario Kart for quite some time now, and/or better single player content for MK in general. Particularly with Sonic Racing having brought a lot to the table single player wise. Nintendo is a kind of lazy with that franchise too, but at least it has a healthy amount of overall content both in single and multiplayer. This game is lacking content on both ends.
TR was already never liked by majority of Era audience and now I guess this game will get even more hate after what that TR developer tweeted about Tlou. Lol
Ps fanboys going all after TR franchise and bashing it even though guy apologised immediately.
Title: Opinion: Team Ninja are disgusting and should be ashamed of themselves.
Reason: S+ User Banned (1 Week): Relishing depictions of sexual assault
What's wrong with a developer adding great new features to their game. They fit the theme of the game and I don't see how that's a bad thing. The more threads I see about those new features the more excited I am to try them out. I should really get back to this game soon.
Title: Melania wears 39$ jacket with big "I really don't care. Do you?" on kid visit.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Sexist rhetoric.
She seems dumb enough to have picked out that jacket without realizing it.
We're talking about someone who thought this was fit for publication:
Not exactly a paragon of good taste and prudent judgment.
Title: Microsoft has made a number of pro consumer moves since the start of the generation
Reason: User Warned: Threadwhining
In no way am I trying to disrespect this websites rules. But I agree with this. I have a idea on why this is, but I’ll not post it and let this topic stay focused on whatever it’s about.
What gets me thinking is that sea of thieves can run on a potato, get it out there on mobile switch,phone etc with crossplay gamepass.
The good will and press garnered by pirating together as well a building together would be a sight to see.
Then state of decay 2.
Then fable.
And why not Horizon 4.
Makes me giddy, to think it might be possible at some point the future.
Baby steps.
Edit: I do not own a switch, not do I intent to, my hope was for inclusivity, but thanks anonymous mod
Title: Opinions on Nintendo outsourcing to Bandai Namco Studios
Reason: User Banned (5 days): Antagonizing other users, history of similar behavior
Because Nintendo fanchildren who haven’t the remotest idea how the industry works want to worship hero developers (who are basically now glorified project managers).
News flash, a lot of Mario Odyssey and Zelda BotW was outsourced too.
Title: Hacker warns against Nintendo Switch Piracy (Consoles get banned)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Do not discuss or promote piracy on the forum.
I'm one of those who use yarhar techniques to try games that have no demos, or to check performance.
If I like it I buy it.
And please don't talk to me about steam refunds.
Title: A woman told me that my atheism offends her.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): transphobic comments, junior member
Its funny the people who are laughing at a stupid women for believing in a made up god are the exact same people who get offended if you don't believe in there made up genders.
Different sides of the exactly same coin ,
Title: Digital Foundry: The Last of Us Part 2 E3 2018 Trailer Analysis: Realism Pushed To The Next Level
Reason: User Warned: Derailment
Huh? Do you know what taking someone's statement out of context is? You just did it again. You can't grab a sentence and say HEY GOTCHA.
notice i said "while a shooter game is" not the shooter genre. I'm breaking down specific games all throughout the thread.
if you actually refer to ANY of the other posts i have made throughout this thread i have focused on describing battlefield and battlefront games.
keep trying though and keep embarrassing yourself.
When i described why Quantum break is a shooter i laid out the reasons.
But no keep grabbing posts out of context. Keep saying i don't own a ps4.
Title: Easy Allies have reached $50k/month on Patreon!
Reason: User warned: Inflammatory drive-by posting, attempted thread derailment.
Wish I could share the same excitement about an all-pale, all-male and able club now on $600,000+ per year from their gaming publication, but Yay for them, I Guess. **Takes Pitcher; Sips Cocktail...**
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Inflammatory System Wars
Not surprised....between their online forums propaganda, media blitzes and now marketing...MS wants cross-play because it greatly benefits MS.
As sales have been disappointing for Xbox (compared to Sony and Nintendo), they become more desperate. Sad, this is not a move benefit players...its a move to benefit Microsoft.
Title: New Research Shows a Vast Majority of Cis People Won't Date Trans People
Reason: User banned (1 week): Thread-complaining in a thread concerning discrimination
Can I ask what the purpose of the thread was? Like, what would be the spectrum of acceptable opinion in this thread without risking being banned or suspended?
Does the OP realise that posting a thread as a mod has an immediate chilling effect on people that might want to express an opinion but feel unable to do so.
And for a lot of them, that might be the correct way, to make sure they take stock and ponder what they actually mean before offering something.
But it also means that people cant understand why their position might be wrong, worrisome, transphobic or problematic.
So far, the pathway to not get banned is to say "I only date people I can have children with".
Was this a genuine attempt to challenge conventional views?
Title: New Research Shows a Vast Majority of Cis People Won't Date Trans People
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobia. Accumulated infractions.
I was talking with a couple coworkers just the other night, and one friend made a comment that the other friend should get with me(knowing I was engaged). Her response was "not the right color". I'm white. She doesn't date or have sex with white dudes. I did not look at her as a bigot in any way. Why would I? Everyone has their sexual preferences. Me? I don't want a penis in bed with me. I'm straight, I want a vagina. That doesn't make me a bigot in any way.
The fact that people in this thread are talking down to straight people that want the opposite sex for a relationship is appalling.
Title: Xbox One has become a great console for fans of platforming (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Console wars derailment
Sorry OP cant say I agree, its not even a console war thing but hardly any of those games you have listed are platformers they are just action games with some minor platforming (Ps4 could list Uncharted 4 / LL, Ratchet and Clank, and Spiderman if this where the case.)
Besides the Switch roster of platformers is probably better than PS4 or Xbox.
Title: Xbox One has become a great console for fans of platforming (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Console wars derailment
The problem here is that the moment you mention a console by name and then list a bunch of games on it, your point already sounds like your talking up one console over another.
"The PS4 has become a great console for fans of racing."
It has the F1 series, NFS, Project cars 1 & 2, Dirt Rally, Dirt 4, The Crew 1 & 2, trackmania, WRC series and of course the exclusives, GT & Drive Club."
As an opinion, that's fine. I might like those games. fair enough. But me linking those games with the PS4 automatically makes an assertion that I'm saying that the better console to play those games on. I guess the better assertion might be - "Here's a bunch of really great racing games." There doesn't seem to be any need to mention the console unless you specifically want to highlight that console in some way. But highlighting a single console by using a list of mostly multi-platform games is at odds.
tldr: You noted the console, no wonder you're getting a load of people mentioning its rival.
Title: FootyEra |OT 4| Mr. DT.. I don't feel so good, blud...
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Use of prejorative racial slurs + stereotyping
He is angry in his bones, with people like him their whole life is aggression, don't know if you guys get many travelers/itinerants/knackers/pikeys over in the UK but they are all like that. Eventually a vein in his head is gonna pop and he will drop dead.
Title: Macron scolds teenager for calling him “Manu” instead of “Mr President”
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other members
I don't know what you're on about. I'm not exerting anything.
I suggest that you work on your reading comprehension before posting any further. There is context in that very paragraph. If you reread it a few times, perhaps you can discover its meaning? I'm hopeful that you can.
Title: Rose McGowan gets into argument with Trans Woman at Book Signing
Reason: User banned (5 days) for misogynistic generalizations
This is such a weird female thing. If men have a common goal they look over differences and stand together, no matter what. If women have a common goal they tear each other apart because of petty reasons. Is it plain jealousy? It's not her job to be an ally. It's your job to be her ally. She is a symbol for sexually abused and raped women. And she might have said transphobic or racist stuff in the past, but that doesn't change what she stands for now. Which is fighting men that are abusive. And that's really all that should matter, because every side fight between women is just empowering those men by lowering their victims to the point of "she deserved what she got, she is transphobic/racist". And by losing focus of what's really important, that no woman, trans or cis, should be the victim of sexual abuse. For all I care she could be a complete racist, doesn't lower my opinion of her as a symbol for the fight against sexual abuse. So she is a stupid victim of sexual abuse, so what?
Title: Rose McGowan gets into argument with Trans Woman at Book Signing
Reason: User Banned (2 weeks): Insulting, antagonizing, sexism. Ban extended after review.
No. You can't build the roof before you have a base. You are just a small part of a larger fight. There is just no possibilty that trans rights can come before woman's rights.
You have to fight with the larger group to reach a position where they can fight for the smaller demographics within.
It's the art of war. I wouldn't expect it to come naturally to a woman. ;)
Title: You died. You have two choices. Go back and redo life, or go to Heaven?
Reason: User banned (2 Weeks): violent misogynistic fantasies
Live my life the same way, and the moment I meet my future wife....
Kick that bitch right in the mommy spot, stomp her face when she hits the ground, and walk away never telling anyone why.
Also, buy into bitcoin when its cheap.
Title: It's kinda funny how ridiculously early Naruto peaks (spoilers)
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
I don't wanna thread whine but...
How many Naruto threads has there been that were about how bad the series was, when it got bad, or how much people hate Sasuke?
That's all of them. All the Naruto threads. We haven't had a "What's your favorite fight in Naruto?" or "Who's your favorite Naruto character?" or "Who was the best Hokage in Naruto?"
The Madara vs Thanos one was different... so there's that.
To remain on topic, I don't think there's a point in the manga where I thought 'The story should end here", because I read the manga for Sasuke. And every "the manga should end here" point that people harp about is a moment where the story would've ended without me seeing if Sasuke redeems himself or not. So I was one of the readers who wanted the story to continue until it got to the parts I wanted to see.
Title: Hacker warns against Nintendo Switch Piracy (Consoles get banned)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Continuing to advocate and excuse piracy after being warned.
Thats the thing is I don't even pirate I just think its a laughable thing to see people dogpiling on people who do pirate, because if they looked at any study conducted over the past decade they would see their defense and virtue signaling does not help nor hinder sales in any meaningful way and that it peddles a worldview thats more pro corp than pro consumer
Edit: also again you contradict yourself if youve pirated other media yet think video games are a sacred form of media that needs to be supported, yet you have no problem downloading an album or movie when convenient; how does that work out?
Title: Hacker warns against Nintendo Switch Piracy (Consoles get banned)
Reason: User warned: Advocating piracy
Does nintendo not get any blame for people turning to piracy? The desire for retro gaming but Nintendo doesn't have that setup from day 1...or for example $8 for donkey kong? They literally could give these games away with the use of the gold or platinum coins
Title: Hacker warns against Nintendo Switch Piracy (Consoles get banned)
Reason: User warned: Advocating piracy
Yes piracy in all its forms has little to no impact on the sale of a release
Id really hate to be the person who thinks some corporation is worth the personhood to not steal from them but you do you
Title: New Research Shows a Vast Majority of Cis People Won't Date Trans People
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Transphobia.
First off, the "no kids" thing is bs. I wouldn't exclude dating a woman solely because she couldn't have kids. I think it's because deep down I know that person used to be a guy. My instincts tell me this person used to biologically be a guy and I can't do that since I'm straight. I can't speak for cis homosexuals or women, but that's how I feel.
Maybe in a future like Altered Carbon where you can put your brain in clones of whoever you want, but not today.
Sheit
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Refuting the validity of sexual assault allegations + victim blaming
So does she get a free pass for cheating? As someone who has been cheated on, that is mentally abusive as well. People are pretending like she is some perfect person who did nothing wrong. The only person who has verified her abuse story was her boyfriend, an unreliable source.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Derogatory memes + History of personal attacks
But shortly after ANH and TPM's releases, no one was calling them MARY SUESSS even when all they'd done was win by that point in their respective stories.
That's what I'm saying. People were so quick to label Rey a Mary Sue just after TFA when Luke and Anakin were also incredibly good with the Force when their own first-in-the-trilogy entries came out. No one gave a shit.
Hm, I wonder ?
Rey doesn't have faults? Being unable to move on from a desperate hope that her parents will return isn't a flaw? Thinking herself as a keystone of some larger, grander tale ala the Prophesised Anakin when she's just some kid of a couple of drunks isn't a flaw?
Tell me, what's Luke's flaw in ANH and ESB? He's kind of annoying. That's it. Rey's character is considerably more compelling.
Also, nobody was able to beat Rey? She was clowned by Snoke and easily disarmed by Luke.
Do you actually watch these movies, or is the material too difficult for you to grasp? Lmao.
People didn't write off young Anakin because of how stupidly good with the Force he was, they wrote him off because Lucas wrote Jake Lloyd's lines insufferably.
Look at the reactions when Ridley and Boyega were cast.
Look at the harassment of Kelly Marie Tran.
Can you honestly tell me that there some level of bigotry being perpetuated here?
"THE LAST JEDI IS OBJECTIVELY BAD REEEEEEEE"
Are you ten years old?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling and antagonizing other members in a thread about gender representation
Rhetorical argument, haha. Do tell as to what does that even mean here. That doesn't mean what you think it means. Thank you for the huge, unintentional compliment. This just goes to show that not only are you oblivious to what I'm saying, but you love using terms for the sake of using them. Whether it was brought up in the thread or not leads to the other argument: you can't expect someone to read 300 pages.
Your second paragraph is silly. What am I doing if not talking about the context? "How it relates to the content" ... nice pointless, padding sentences that mean nothing. Do you just want to have the last word, with such a childishly persistent attitude where you've been bringing up random nonsense just to prolong this? God ... you're being so silly!
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT2| The World's OG Tournament
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying offensive racial stereotypes. Previously warned for similar behaviour. Account still in junior phase.
Didn't even laugh but it's clearly tongue in cheek.
But whatever.
Title: EtcetEra can often be somewhat of a bummer to browse
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting moderation. Accumulated infractions.
No, they are not.
I received a 14 day ban for LITERALLY posting the definition of the word "tame" from dictionary.com. Copied and pasted.
I was told I was trolling because I read the context of a sentence different than the OP. Disagreeing with the OP on a definition of a word caught me a 14 day ban.
It was absurd.
Title: EtcetEra can often be somewhat of a bummer to browse
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling. History of similar behaviour.
Wow. I cant believe it, but you're right. I thought it was just a human response to the noticeable increase in distress the forum was experiencing, but it makes so much more sense that it's a troll trying to rouse dissent and tear what makes Era great down by presenting "alternative" viewpoints on current events.
If what you claim is true, this thread should be locked and scrubbed clean of bad faith. We cannot allow them to gain power here.
Title: EtcetEra can often be somewhat of a bummer to browse
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Misrepresenting moderation. Accumulated infractions.
I try to avoid EtcetEra as it seems to be nothing but an America-bashing free for all. There needs to be a political sub-forum so this stuff can have its own place. I await my second ban for voicing my opinion.
Title: EtcetEra can often be somewhat of a bummer to browse
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Misrepresenting moderation. Accumulated infractions.
Same here, people on ignore you literally see nothing from, no "This content is hidden because user on ignore list" and even if they quoted by others you see nothing, the quote is invisible to you. But you can be banned for not responding to them...
Title: EtcetEra can often be somewhat of a bummer to browse
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Long history of downplaying and dismissing serious concerns
Yup. People just seem to only post negative shit.
“One random person who isn’t famous or relevant called someone a racist word”. Better post this article
“Put my dog to sleep today” better tell everyone.
I wish we could have a Social issue/political issue sub forum to get all that crap out of the way of my entertainment news.
I started putting people on ignore who make race bait threads and trump threads. My ignore list is wonderful. But then I got banned for not responding to people in a thread and I’m not sure if ignored people can respond to me?
Title: WHO Updates ICD So That Transgender Is No Longer A Mental Disorder
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobia. History of similar behaviour.
The people who are most aggressive in pushing for the demedicalization of trans conditions (the non-dysphoric non-binaries) are not concerned about this scenario from my experience because 1) they themselves do not feel any distress over their bodies and are almost never pursuing medical intervention , and 2) they don't believe physical dysphoria even exists and simply want to chalk up all the pain and distress trans people feel to societal bigotry.
But yes it's a huge issue. The more you try and demedicalize being Trans the more you make it increasingly difficult for Trans people who are in a tremendous, often life-threatening amount of pain to get the help and treatment that they desperately need, or even be taken seriously for that matter. I have to self-med because finding a doctor that is competent and non-hostile
is pretty much impossible in my area. Its even worse for trans youths who often dont have that option and are just stuck completely without care as they are forced to watch their bodies irreversibly change and develop in ways that cause them an incredible amount of pain and distress, often driving many to the point of suicide.
Title: Pittsburgh Police shoot 13 year old in back, killing him.
Reason: User warned: self-promotion
I love hip hop music (I've worked with people who worked with 2Pac) , you can literally see hundreds of songs I love on my website (look at the song of the day section.
One thing I do want to make clear is I'm giving nobody the benefit of the doubt to anyone
I do want to apologise to you for perhaps not being as thorough as I should have been
Title: Let's talk about playable heterosexual women in games lacking romantic agency
Reason: User banned (1 week): thread whining, dismissing concerns of female representation, history of similar behaviour
Jesus what a trainwreck of a thread this will be.
Outrage culture sucks, and this is what happens when it backfires.
"Oh no, these female protagonists don't love men! This is a problem!"
I can't roll my eyes hard enough.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing sexual assault and domestic abuse allegations.
You’re using “leaks” here as if he’s denying it was him. The TMZ story does not suggest they were leaked. It merely says they “obtained” them. Chloe said her initial story was posted “quietly, and unlisted”, as if she was surprised to see it get attention. I thought that was an odd way for her to present things initially, but whatever.
His texts do not appear to be “cherry picked”. That appears to be his entire final text he sent her, and then the follow up responses. It’s easy to imagine if that wasn’t an accurate representation of that conversation we’d be seeing that made public from Chloe’s side real fast, don’t you think?
While you’re right that his farewell text is mostly about the breakup, it struck me as a mature sounding response to a relationship ending under these circumstances. Of course be brings up her cheating (which she doesn’t deny), but then he devotes an entire paragraph to talking about his own faults, and expresses a desire to learn from it all. Nothing said in all those words gives the impression of a controlling asshole furious that he’s losing his play thing.
Reason: User was warned for this post: Personal attack on another user.
Sorry you had trouble reading my original post. Reading comprehension doesn't come easy for some.
As to your question, it's simple. Two new games compared to a flood of ports. It's pretty obvious Nintendo is going to be using a ridiculous number of ports as a crutch. Mario Tennis and Kirby are hardly on the level of the new games that came out on the Switch in 2017.
Reason: User has been banned (3 days): continues with being dismissive towards the taste of others and needs to tone down the aggression. Was already warned for similar behaviour recently.
Title: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Official Update Thread
Reason: User banned (permanent): troll account
Sorry for a little off topic question? I also hope this a correct thread to ponder this question :)
Will this game have a playable male character? If not i wonder if male version of this game would be called Cumstained: Ritual of the Night
Reason: User banned a week for peddling rhetoric associated with hate movements and thread derailment.
Oh fuck off. I was on the old board during that shitstorm too. Calling Gators nazis is an insult to anyone that actually fought in World War 2. Zattmurdcok should know better than to use such gross hyperbole. I regret even mentioning it now, because the dogpile has thrown the thread off-topic. If you seriously don't see the comicsgate shit springing up after every major marvel event, then you clearly aren't visiting any comic discussions outside ERA. Its fucking everywhere, especially Reddit. My only reason for mentioning it, is because I fully expect outrage from that side().
In regards to me mentioning D&C specifically: I think hes right about Marvels quality assurance the past 2 years. Its been all over the place. Captain Marvel is especially egregious, they have a perfect Woman to lead their diversity initiative, and her comic has been a meandering mess.
Off topic is such a joke. This is my last response.
Title: Seth MacFarlane "embarrassed" to work for Fox; Steve Levitan (Modern Family) agrees, quits
Reason: User Warned: inflammatory derail
Sure he's donating money now, but if he really cared then he would have proven it by bitching and moaning about celebrities on message boards like a TRUE resetera liberal!
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): misogyny
Actually ive only seen one bond movie cause im not a fan of the series, but yet, any woman would "kill" for the oportunity to be the next bond girl, like i said, if you wanna change mentalities, ill will have to start with the womans, its a shitty industry but if we want to start to see progress we gotta start do something.
Im sorry if i look like a mysoginist or something but this is a topic that upsets me, going a little off topic,
Woman in my country are always asking for equal rights, yet i dont see none of them complaining when they go to a night club where their entrance is free with 2 drinks and man must pay 15 euros just to get in, where is the stand up for that for example?
I thought objectification was bad because it was too common. Now it's bad because it's not as common as it used to be making it look "out of place."
How about those who are against objectification just say they are against it without trying to attach their rationale to cultural contexts that in the end turn out to be apparently irrelevant for their belief system.
Title: RT: Italy Creating Census on the Roma and Planning to Expel the Undocumented Among Them
Reason: User warned: derogatory language
I'm Italian and I'm 100% this
edit for clarification: this fucking clown's retarded party got 13% of votes. he's in government because the rest of the fucking clowns in government (M5S) got around 35% riding on retarded people votes. apologists are still all "but let them work!"
Title: FYROM changes its name (end dispute with Greece)
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Presenting and propagating disinformation.
The location the deal was signed is not a coincidence. There in 1949 a surrender was signed between Communists and the Greek goverment. War lasted ftom 1943 to 1949. Communists wanted to establish a Communist Republic of Macedonia in the region. End result: ravaged country, straight after a destructive Nazi occupation and political tensions between left and right for 70 years. Now Civil War has officially ended with just a few wounded. It was their hidden desire for generations it seems. Such decisions are dangerous to be made by one govement.
I had a discussion with a colleague today who researched such matters. He himself had Greek relatives who were exiled and Greece did never allow them to return, because their passport had Macedonia as nationality. Because when the authorities in the Iron Curtain asked them what their nationality was, they answered Macedonian. Many died in exile.
Another important thing is that many documents and protocols and military documents of that era were officially destroyed,as if to erase that part of history. He had some photocopies of destroyed documents and when he contacted a library they told him to bring those over. They are filled with leftist wing versions of history, so they'd need a few right wing versions too.
Title: Analyst: Why Sony can (and should) play the walled garden game on Fortnite
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory System Wars + Junior Phase Account
Honestly, I'm kind of glad I don't have to share online play with XBox fans. They chose a plastic box over having a wider selection of games and likely paid more for the pleasure of doing so. I don't see XBox owners as being on equal footing as me and I sure as hell wouldn't pay money to share an online playspace with them.
That out of the way, Sony does need to figure out a fix for this problem people are having with their accounts not working on other systems at all. That's not right.
Title: Analyst: Why Sony can (and should) play the walled garden game on Fortnite
Reason: User Warned: Platform warring.
This one is still a head scratcher to me lol. You never hear about it yet Xbox "pro-consumer" fans are willingly giving them money to play a FREE game. Thank god Phil Spencer is looking out for the gamers.
Title: PS4 owners: if Sony don't change, will you change? (cross platform)
Reason: User Warned: Console warring
Nintendo fans are the worst hypocrites. They have no problem with the anti consumer practices of selling ports for 60$ and measly absolutely shitty first party sales. Meanwhile, Sony offers great sales and 40$ for technically competent high production value remakes like Rachet and Clank and SoTC in addition to high production value first party games. I am quite sure even an AA Sony exclusive like Detroit cost more to make than any game in the Switch first party lineup with the exception of BoTW. That is the real anti consumer bullshit, holding customers hostage by selling low cost games for 60$. And apparently PS4 owners are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.
Title: PS4 owners: if Sony don't change, will you change? (cross platform)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory point of comparison
Kind of runs in parallel to Trump supporter mentality - "I don't care about anti-consumer practices until they directly affect me." Complete hypocrisy.
Title: FIFA World Cup 2018 |OT2| Nothing Stops the OG
Reason: User Banned (2 days): Unprovoked personal attack towards another user
you really are being a bitter cunt, the amount of work going into OT for pretty much anything that has one is pretty dam hard and some of it people also love doing,
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying criticism of gender representation + history of sexism.
it is a game.
as long as not ALL women are grossly looking as ivy, iam fine to have someone looking that ugly.
i mean, this is a game, it should be treated as one. why is everyone trying to bend even fantasy games into something realistic?
i think sometime in the distinct future, people will go bonkers because a woman is able to "create" fire out of her hand.
i want realistic stuff as well as something extraordinary, which will boggle my mind.
if a game depicts women in a very bad fashion (only girls with big butts and tiddys) this is indeed despicable. but soul calibar has tall, small girls as well as big tiddys and small tiddys.
in fact, i dont care about any of that. i just like the variation and soul calibur as another addition to the fgc.
anyone out there playing a game only for this purpose is seriously mentally injured. please keep a game a game, dont mix up some genderpolitics into a game.
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User banned (1 week) for many posts in this thread rationalizing sexism, strawmanning and misrepresenting feminist critique, and dismissing women's concerns.
I'm sorry, but I will defend artistic freedom in this situation. People need to choose their battles wisely. You have the right to not like the artstyle, but to try to make an artist feel guilty for his design choices and forcing him to change it out of fear of a vocal minority attacking him isn't progress, just makes you a jerk.
What is this holy grail of female character design anyways that will please everyone? It simply doesn't exist.
The artstyle should change by personal choice, not by forced guilt. People also need to realize that this game is made by a Japanese development team. In the Japanese culture these types of artstyles are not a problem.
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): For a pattern of sexism and misogyny. Account still in junior phase.
It's not Capcom's fault Espn is run by weak Quacker Oats men. People always trying to bring up that hilarious censoring trash to justify changing classic characters. SFV is played on TBS and they don't have to change anything.
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying women's concerns over objectification, trolling, account still in junior phase.
And here we are again, instead of just ignoring games you don't like you have a bunch of people who probably never have played any of those games crying about it. I don't like it so remove it heh.
Title: Kotaku | At E3, SoulCalibur's Objectified Women Felt Like A Relic Of The Past
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Misogyny.
The character designs look cool, making sexy character designs in a fighting game with no plot does is not an issue (men are treated similarly in the game and everyone is equally as strong), this article has false-just political motivations evident by the laughable implication that a hot girl in a videogame is as dangerous as misinformed medical treatment, and considering multiple people in this thread can’t even spell SoulCalibur I really don’t think the character designs have truly turned off anyone from the game who was truly interested in its mechanics.
“But just from seeing the opening scene of this blockbuster fighting game—the moment when a game states its goals, makes its pitch, and reels in its audience—I knew that worming my way into the game’s culture, battling other players and getting competitive would be harder for me, even though I loved the gameplay, the stages, the single-player mode.”
Wow. This girl should take some notes from Kayane and understand that busty character designs doesn’t actually make the competition any harder for anyone...except maybe people attracted to women who run this risk of getting distracted mid-battle I guess? Haha, what an article.
Title: Why does Fortnite require Xbox Live Gold and not PS+?
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inflammatory System Wars
It's ok, I don't have an Xbox so I don't have to face the false advertisement on Xbox daily. Sucks to be an Xbox owner tho, being constantly lied to..oh well not my problem if that's what you can stomach. Remember it is all about the biggest player base for games possible until it isn't but hey it is what it is.
Title: I know that fighting games don't focus on visuals alot, but...
Reason: User Warned: Repeatedly antagonizing thread participants
It's honestly amazing that there are people on this planet that think animations are the single most important aspect of a game's image quality, despite claiming the game looks great otherwise...
Literally the most braindead argument I've heard in the past decade in regards to anything gaming-wise...
Then again, I'm also still wondering why an entire 6-pages of post reactions are riddled with people whining about me saying a game looks bad...just to highlight how embarrassingly painful it is to read these comments as a person who speaks English, these are from the first page alone, in reaction to a post that not once implied that any of the games being mentioned look "bad", "ugly", nor mentioned so much as a synonym for either of those words...
Reason: Member has been warned: showing up in a community thread with the sole purpose to complain about staff.
RIP XXX. He should have been in prison, not dead.
What's with the moderation? When we all moved here it was a community effort. It's now run like the old place but even more faceless and cold.
Reason: Member has been banned (under review): antagonizing staff. High number of infractions for antagonistic and trollish behaviour towards other members not too long ago .
Yeh, the mods on here on some holier than thou shit. But theres no way I'm about to miss out on arguably the greatest month of hiphop shit posting because of it.
Title: Should dating platforms be held accountable for rapes/stds?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Attempting to derail a thread regarding sexual assault with baseless accusations. Similar previous infractions.
The op’s post has a ton of extraneous detail that doesn’t really make sense. The entire story could be summed up as “so I met a girl that told me she was raped by someone she meet through a dating app.” Why do we know his nationality, the movie they saw, the missing couch. When people lie they tend to add lots of extra details to make the story more “real”.
Now all this could have happened idk but it seemed strange. And none of it is really needed to open the discussion about what info dating apps should provide to police investigating a rape case.
Title: FYROM changes its name (end dispute with Greece)
Reason: User Warned: Bakseat Modding
Can a mod bann the right wings of this thread please?
In this thread you have perfect posts like the last of pagoto93 and right below we have tear jerker responses and missinformation from zarathustra and petran79. Good faith is absent from this conversation.
As a Greek i feel embarassed for what other Greeks had wrote in this thread.
Title: PS4 owners: if Sony don't change, will you change? (cross platform)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Continuous trolling. History of similar behaviour.
No, you consider that a social interaction. I do not. I never believed that age old adage...
Nintendo fans have real friends.
Microsoft fans have online friends.
Sony fans have no friends.
And I will not generalize, but just wow at this thread. Eye opening indeed.
Title: Why does Fortnite require Xbox Live Gold and not PS+?
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
M$ being pro consumer? When?
Post-worning EDIT: no, really: cross platform is not a pro-consumer move on no one’s part. Whoever will lag behind in sales will always want to take a piece of the pie of whoever is in front.
Someone today could buy a console only because that’s what their friends have. If who is in front takes that obstacle away, they’d make their product way weaker.
The fact that it would be convenient for everyone is a separate issue.
Title: TMZ: XXXTentacion confirmed shot dead (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (permanent): Personal insults and namecalling against other members, extensive history of similar. This was the user’s second post after a 1 month ban.
He fucked a goddamn 13 year old with one of his bruhs
And I'm only making this post cause a lot of y'all saying some stupid bullshit
XXXTentacion was a woman beater, a rapist, a homophobe who almost beat a gay man to death, an all around shitheel
You are an idiotic buffoon if you do not understand why people are either happy, or don't care that he's dead
At 20 you know not to do these things, regardless of anything. He was a fucking cunt, a fucking cunt who ruined a woman's life. Making it unable for her to go out in public bc he sent his stans after her.
Go the fuck on somewhere if you really wanna say that he should RIP or he didn't deserve to die. Evil people should be dead. He was evil.
Dumbasses
Reason: User warned: unecessary hostility, derailment
Oh really? No shit Sherlock. I was at the Microsoft Briefing. Did you also know I was also at private showing for that game as well? Just like I was for dark souls 3 and bloodborne.
Oh and this. You wanna say anything else to me?
I won’t play devil advocate again guys/gals sorry!! I didn’t know it would cause quite the stir!! Thanks for your comment I’ll keep that in my mind in the future. = )
Title: Sony Online Entertainment Ex-CEO on Sony's crossplay block: "The stated reason internally was money"
Reason: User Warned: Platform-wars rhetoric
It must be annoying for the market leader to have your relatively weak competition try to hang off your coat tails constantly to gain a millimetre they wouldn't have had
Title: Sony Online Entertainment Ex-CEO on Sony's crossplay block: "The stated reason internally was money"
Reason: User banned (1 week): Console wars, inflammatory analogies, prior infractions for similar
This is just getting worse and worse for them.
It's starting to remind of a recent Hollywood scandal at this point.
Ex employees coming out and outing their greed. Probably not the greatest environment to work.
Title: Controversial article from The Atlantic: "When Children Say They’re Trans"
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Dismissive attitude towards transgender people's experiences on issues that affect them.
I agree. It would be highly irresponsible to impart your own bias onto a suffering child and affect their quality of life substantially for the rest of their lives simply because you couldn't wrap your mind around an issue.
It's best to rely on trained professionals in these instances, with the understanding that you'd seek professionals have received the most up to date training.
With all due respect however, I don't think the trans community's experiences should be a weighty factor when compared to trained professionals.
Title: Controversial article from The Atlantic: "When Children Say They’re Trans"
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Attempting to dictate the terms of gender identity and expression to transgender users.
Yes, I do know trans people. A persons outward appearance has nothing to do with their gender. The whole concept of 'passing' is rooted in gender stereotypes. A person does not need to alter their appearance in any way in order to conform to others peoples antiquated views of gender.
Title: IGN Opinion: Xbox Is Playing For Tomorrow, But They're Playing To Win
Reason: User Warned: Spreading journalism conspiracy theories
IGN is well known to be up for the highest bidder, they have no morals or standard of journalism to uphold. They'll shill for whoever is dumping the most money into their pockets. Given how glowing the MS articles have been since E3 there's no prize for guessing who their current benefactor is.
Title: I am disappointed that even in the year 2077 , Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous posting, ignoring the context of the thread.
again people are just to fucking sensitive. a man making a living like any other normal human being. whats wrong with being a cab driver? are all cabdrivers losers in your eyes?
people need to chill out, everything is such a big deal today. nothing wrong with working an honest job.
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Repeated hostility and personal attacks.
Post history checks out. Support of a gamer gater AND supporter of a club that abuses children, known racism issues for years from staff and players. Yep Dele Alli is much worse.
Title: ProPublica releases audio inside a detention facility of kids crying. Guard: "got an Orchestra!"
Reason: Used Banned (3 Days): Misrepresenting moderation and thread derailment. If you have questions about moderation, contact a mod team captain and do not disrupt threads.
you can get warned/banned for badmouthing republicans (or calling ICE gestapo wannabees).
moderation team here is always trying to "appeal to both sides" in order to present the false sense of civility in the face of actual fucked up human rights violations.
Title: ProPublica releases audio inside a detention facility of kids crying. Guard: "got an Orchestra!"
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): History of misrepresenting moderation. If you have questions or feedback on moderation, contact a team captain, do not disrupt threads.
the mods stepping up and actually taking real action...
Title: ProPublica releases audio inside a detention facility of kids crying. Guard: "got an Orchestra!"
Reason: User banned(pending review): Accumulated warnings and bans concerning inflammatory posts
If these turn permanent, or ramp up in a similar fashion and in the end the US is exterminating immigrants. I will eat my words and accept a permanent ban.
Title: CNBC: Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by employee
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling conspiracy theories and antagonizing other members
I honestly believe these Tesla threads are so divided because there's some foul play going on on this forum. The post you quoted is just so far out there.
Title: TMZ: XXXTentacion confirmed shot dead (READ OP)
Reason: User permanently banned: rationalizing homophobia, long history of prior infractions
Though I'mma be honest, jail isn't the place you want to be seen being buddy buddy with a gay guy. I think beating the guy for looking is too much but jail is about showing no weaknesses.
Not excusing his behavior but imo, it's worth considering the location and situation.
Title: TMZ: XXXTentacion confirmed shot dead (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Ignoring mod warning + trolling
Isn’t Anthony Fantano a Nazi? We still trusting that skinhead?
Also, I’d direct the mods to that thread about liberal tone policing. I’m glad we have one less homophobic woman-beater in the world. Y’all can’t even say he made good music. LMAO
Title: TMZ: XXXTentacion confirmed shot dead (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Alt-Account
Excuse me? It was a simple question. The suggestion of his post is that he will celebrate the death of other races besides black. That sounds ridiculous to say. Just asked if that was what he was suggesting cause it certainly seems that way. It's 2018, I already know all lives don't matter, only Black Lives Matter.
Title: I am disappointed that even in the year 2077 , Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dismissive attitude towards concerns over representation and diversity. History of similar behaviour.
You don't need context to describe an Indian cab driver. He might just be a cab driver that happens to be Indian. That's the context and there's nothing wrong with it
Reason: User Banned - (3 Days) Console Warring with previous infractions
Nope. Halo/Gears/Forza have been such a constant over the past decade years, that it is virtually impossible for a Microsoft conference that hasn't ventured beyond these safe showings to be treated as anything more than average, when the quality of these titles has collapsed in this time period. Feel free to be impressed by flashy trailers and the charm of Phil Spencer, but, in reality, you know very well that we have no reason to believe that Halo 6 and Gears 5 will be anything remotely close to the standard of the original trilogies, and they almost certainly wont be up to the standard of Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, God of War and The Last of Us.
In sum: I've got it right, the games media and Era have it wrong, and if you come at the king, you best not miss.
Title: Do people here actually know what concentration camps were?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Creating a thread on an inflammatory premise, repeatedly refusing to engage thread participants in good faith.
I understand the current situation how America treats children and puts them into camps is sickening and a low point in recent American history.
But I am pretty much in disbelief how much the word "concentration camp" gets thrown around in these threads. Either people don't know what they actually were, or they dismiss how absolutely disgusting these camps were. Both reasons are pretty bad.
Guys, the kids are NOT in concentration camps. I spare you the pictues, you can google them yourself. Better yet, visit a camp yourself!
Some choice quotes what happened there (which is not even everything):
Also if you visit one of the camps you can see things like:
- Clawmarks inside the Gas chambers
- Piles of shoes, clothes, gold teeth, other "valuables" that got taken from the executed to be "reused" (or in case of the gold teeth sold)
- The medical examination rooms
- The cells with handcuffs at the walls
and all of the above mentioned.
I know the situation in USA is bad and you are rightfully mad, but please don't throw around the word concentration camp like this. These camps were a crime against humanity and actually still exist in some form (North Korea) today, which is bad enough.
But the camps these children are in are FAR from concentration camps! Thankfully so!
Title: Having an anxiety attack while black: ER doctor suspended after mocking patient
Reason: User banned (24 hours): Rationalizing racial profiling.
I don’t know how race was brought into this. But there’s a lot of people that fake a lot of things just to get meds. Unfortunately the Dr was wrong here and was quic to generalize this person with people that fake symptoms.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Ignoring Mod warning + Repeatedly posting inflammatory generalizations
What separates games like mario (and most Nintendo games) from kingdom hearts is the lack of focus on narrative. Nintendo games are mostly about the gameplay where it seems kingdom hearts pushes this awkward story that somehow makes me cringe harder than that laughing scene from final fantasy 10.
But it’s fine if you feel enlightened for enjoying something intended for kids.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting moderation, community whining, and a history of infractions in threads related to abuse
Yea, Resetera isn’t a good place to foster that kind of self reflection lol.
You present an alternative view against the grain of a thread discussing a sensitive subject, you get a pretty swift banning. It really isn’t worth it. Just post similar to the rest of the thread, or just keep quiet. It’s a simple rule to live by here :)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days) : Advocate Theft/Movie piracy.
I literally made ticket in photoshop I can edit, print, and take a picture of. Now i can buy any future ticket I want, as long as the price is the same. Pretty much how it used to work, except now we can't watch a movie twice, so I need to check into every garbage film I can like book club or I feel pretty.
It also ensures when I check into those shit films, I feel pretty or whatever isn't getting a fucking cent from me, or movie pass I guess. Is this overkill? Probably, but they can fuck off with their constantly changing rules
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inflammatory False Equivalencies
Got to love the hypocrisy. An article condemning cage for treating women like shit and as objects, but nearly every every other day the website promotes sexy cos-players for web traffic. I'm sure they'll come up with some ridiculous reason as to why that's okay though. They know what they're doing.
Reason: User warned: creating an intentionally misleading and inflammatory thread title
Has anyone read this?
Despite the terrible title and that fact that Bill Clinton (!) is listed as a co-writer, this is getting pretty good reviews. Seems like a no-brainer for a writer like Patterson to team with an actual insider to create an authentic experience.
I combed through the last few "What are you reading" threads and couldn't find any mentions so I thought i'd ask the question directly.
Title: FYROM changes its name (end dispute with Greece)
Reason: User Banned (5 days): Conspiracy theories
well, no.
but, its a fact that Greece is soros playground with hundreds of NGO's operating completely free, with zero control.
also its a fact that Greek politicians get their nice, untracked black money bonuses through these channels.
its a european thing actually, not a greek patent.
it has been discused on EP more than once.
Also its a fact that how with his trusted puppet, varoufakis, soros cost the world markets some trillions (that he pocketed). if you dont remember, varoufakis -on demand- he deliberately missed a small payment to IMF, and this was enough to trigger the world stock markets, as all risky papers needed to get sold. so soros had not only the inside info on that, but he also had the "do it now!" button. Greece still has capital controls after 3 years, 100 billion extra burden, and a wrecked economy with zero prospect for people as is. So varoufakis clearly did NOT play for us Greeks. ;)
Also, its another fact that THE ENTIRE SYRIZA EP PARTY is listed on soros booklet of cumquat kosult, brussels, titled "Reliable allies in EP 2014-2019", where in fact the entire 1/3 of total EuroParliament members of all e.u. countries are listed in there.
so, tell your parents a big bravo from me, as they are pretty intelligent.
but the mercenaries dressed in police... hit women and old, gas women and children from helicopters... not soros. never heard of such thing. more military/front face brutal than his style.
will update when info more surfaces/gets validated.
Title: Rumor: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is SP only, not developed by Raven Software
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by inflammatory comment.
People who enjoy MW2 MP are no better than Halo Reach MP fans
Garbage people, just go buy Ghosts if you want to relieve halfway decent weapon balancing that isn't strung together by fucking floss and spit-quality netcode
Title: PC Gaming Era | June 2018 - We've not updated our privacy policy
Reason: User banned (duration pending): advocating a game banned from ResetEra
A rather short but fullfilling experience.
As entrepeneur of an erotic start-up it is your job to expand your company, satisfy the desires of a diverse field of customers and earn capitalist valuepapers.
You do so by managing the time, health and addictions of your employees in the style of a "clicker" game, these mechanical depictions of an employees hard work are served on an asthetic inspired by classical japanese drawings displayed in beautiful contrast to the Lars von Trier inspired contents found within.
It finds itself as a criticism both, our modern capitalist values - Entfremdung as taken straight out of Karl Marx's theory of alienation - and the commercialization of our human desires.
I'm very thankful for having had the chance to play this bold statement of a game, it gave me a new and deep appreciation for Lana Rain's webcam artistry and her unique struggles.
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory posts, long history of similar behaviour.
Sometimes I open this forum fully expecting to age by at least another two months by reading nonsensical fanwank from people who don't even bathe
Today I've aged four months by reading this post
I'm baffled. Fucking perplexed.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Continuous racial generalisations despite being warned.
Yeah right. I'm not going to play the game of 'your a bigot because you don't want to understand others bigotry game.' Their close mindedness means that me existing is an uncomfortable experience for them. No amount of understanding culture is going to change the fact that I get the vibes that I'm not generally welcomed in their social circles. And that's just yet another group of people on a long list of groups of people that don't like black people.
But whatever. I'm used to it. Happens all the time. Call me fake woke or whatever because I'm fucking tired of basically every fucking group in the planet that isn't black having negative stereotypes about black people and having that excused depending on who it's coming from.
Title: GI.Biz: Streaming could be key to Xbox reclaiming the lead from Playstation
Reason: User Warned: Baseless accusations/personal attacks.
Neither you, nor the OP has made any effort to show exactly how this is different from existing offerings from Sony, so yes, this just seems like shilling for Microsoft. Claiming that "Xbox's Game Pass is very forward thinking for capturing marketshare imo" like the OP does is being willfully blind to Sony's streaming and game share services that they've had since the PS3.
The service itself is something I welcome since it would allow me to play "console exclusives" on PC, but to claim that this is something revolutionary or forward thinking is a bit too much.
Title: It's time we talk about portuguese representation in games or the lack of it
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns about representation through 'forced diversity' rhetoric, previous infractions for similar behavior.
At the risk of being banned (yet again). I really hate all these representation concerns in games and in media in general.
I’m not being dismissive, but why are we forcing creatives to represent certain ideologies, cultures or races. Shouldn’t creatives be left to do what they want and we as consumers choose with our wallets?
I’m chinese, born in Ireland, which is quite a rarity. Should I try to be making some noise about the Chinese/Irish representation in games? As I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.
At the end of the day, we are all part of one race, the human race. As cliché as that may be, I seriously wish people could keep that in mind.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling across several threads, account still in junior phase.
Have you played Mario Golf on the GameCube? Aside from its ridiculously stereotyped characters, lack of disabled leads and nary a lgbtq character in sight it’s quite a good lark, if you can overlook said flaws as it was a product of a “simpler time” when such atrocious behaviour ran amok, unchecked.
Title: So E3 is winding down. Regarding Xbox, do you feel that MS has changed course?
Reason: User Warned: Console warring.
BC?
If I wanted to play last generation game, I would play in a console of the last generation.
"Buy an xbox one to play xbox 360 games"
No one cares about retro, other than xbox one fanboy.
Buy console to play windows update?
HUAUHAUHAUHA
Reason: User Warned: Off-topic generalizing of racial grievances among various groups.
No one is saying Asians don't face discrimination. But as a black woman some of the most racist fuckers I've met were those of Asian descent. That ONLY started to change for me when I went to college.
When I walk into Asian owned stores I'm watched like a criminal, when I go into social spaces I'm either ignored or talked to with hesitation. When it comes to friends the vast majority of them go out of their way to ONLY talk to white people.
They take our culture like rap and slang but treat us like shit and call us lazy, etc.
And when it comes to hiring they pull even worse shit than white people when they hold the cards to employing you.
As far as my experience goes the Asian community only seems to care about white discrimination when it affects them personally but they are more than happy to utilize those same tactics against other ethnic groups (Black/Brown people) when it benefits them.
If greatest distress to the Asian community is fucking Harvard and people thinking 'you're too smart' while other ethnic groups worry if Skinhead Redhats and his band of cops will deport and/or kill them first over a turn signal than I'm more than happy to switch places with you.
Title: Neil Druckmann: "Ellie is the Only Playable Character In TLOU Part II"
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobia. Account still in junior phase.
Joel is what made tlou great. His suffering and struggle
Ellie did nothing cool other than throwing some bricks
i wont like playin' a shemale or something, but what can i do, i'm still buying it. Just think they should start a completely new cast, as the fist game' ending was perfect...
Title: One year in I am so incredibly disappointed with the lack of content in Tekken 7
Reason: User Warned: Lazy dev rhetoric.
I really hope Dead or Alive 6 doesn't follow Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V this gen
Not enough content and just lazily focusing only on online mainly
Also DOA6 likely will use their own in-house engine which is nice
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing sexual assault and domestic abuse allegations.
In my mind its he said /she said especially since he is denying it. So now it comes to credibility. And as for proof if she has it she should share it if simply because she can say "he abused me" and he loses everything but if he says he didn't he won't magically get it back. I simply like more than someone's word when it comes to ruining another's career/ life.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing sexual assault and domestic abuse allegations.
Sums up my thoughts exactly. If she has proof, she needs to present it. It doesn't matter if she has 100 other people saying it's true - without the evidence it all "he said, she said".
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
You victim blaming sack of dog shit. No politeness, no trying to reason with you. Fuck that. You are an utter prick and the fact you seem to think you are the reasonable one is fucking adorable.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing sexual assault and domestic abuse allegations.
It's gross because she claims to have proof yet won't show it? Sorry I have a rational attitude when it comes to internet rage.
Also, sorry but her boyfriend isn't a source that is reliable.
Title: Warframe: The Sacrifice |PC OT| Howl I Met Your Mother
Reason: User warned: "Lazy devs" rhetoric.
Yeah I do, and Megan, while probably great at PR, is still just a PR person on message. Definitely for end case stuff, use the player base, but when it shows up a minute after you start the game and it's glaring obvious, that's just utterly lazy.
Thanks for the term, but it's still not great. It's up there with games shipping with day one patches lol. If they needed more 'room to breathe' it's not like they couldn't just ship the Quest and focus on that, right? I mean that was the point of this update, no?
The UI changes will eventually be serviceable to good, but they didn't have to ship them now and didn't have to ship them in a half-baked and half-arsed state, because it does not and would not effect access or quality of the Quest.
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Random Ruminations:
Title: I am disappointed that even in the year 2077 , Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
Just when you thought you’d seen every single possible insensitivity in video gaming they go and pull this atrocity. I’m appalled and will be blacklisting said game and hope you will all do the same and share the sentiment across social media to all your friends and strangers.
We need to band together to force some kind of legislation to prevent this type of blatant stereotyping in gaming and I for one will not rest until that end is achieved as these companies need to learn a little sensitivity. Sheesh guys, sheesh.
Title: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is serious about HitRecords work on Beyond Good and Evil 2.
Reason: User Warned: Insulting another member.
You are being the thick shit here mate.
You are asking why doesn't Ubisoft ask for portfolios and commission work, which is a professional practice.
I've told you they're not looking for individual artists or professionals.
So stop harping on about portfolios.
Title: FROM Software Only “Taking a Break” From Souls Game, Learning Unreal Engine
Reason: User Warned: Port begging.
Yeah, youre right. RE7 is still the best game for VR, and is playable without it.
Making games exclusive to a 300$ accessory few have both limits how many will actually experience your game, and how much you'll make from it.
But, y'know, if you people want more teleporting games for your hyper expensive add on, more power to ya.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Platform warring. History of similar behaviour.
some ppl in here are bigmad!
that guy selling the ps4 and getting another switch ...jeesus man.
you had some serious amount of hate for sony pent up in you.
Title: Playstation and XBOX Trailer stats on youtube post E3
Reason: User banned (3 days): Derailing thread, console wars
Halo 3 sold 14.5 million copies, it was bundled but it also didn't have 3 different versions like TLOU did...17 million is actually quite low
Concession accepted, I gave you multiple chances to provide a credible argument and you blew it.
Title: BBC: At E3, video gaming's bigots have lost
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Vilifying journalism + downplaying diversity and inclusivity efforts
This whole article feels a lot more a Gamergate bait than a genuine article over the changing way of thinking from the gaming community. Why?
It's not like the gaming journalism have any ethics, especially when we talk about the fight over the civil rights for the minorities, but divide the market by "progressives" and "bigots" doesn't feel legit. Not when some people feel themselves above the criticism and pretend that they actually care over, like EA.
Title: Incredibles II |OT| It's More Than Fantastic (Unmarked spoilers)
Reason: User warned: inappropriate/objectification
Bao was the feels...
Enjoyed it! Flowed well even if a bit predictable.
Elastic girl is still thicccc. Still baffling that Disney oked them thighs haha
Title: Officials: Vietnamese man dies in ICE custody in Arizona
Reason: User banned (duration pending): whataboutism, history of similar infractions
Only if they get 4 more years.
"Newly released government records summarizing investigations of the deaths of 18 migrants in the custody of US immigration authorities support a conclusion that subpar care contributed to at least seven of the deaths, Human Rights Watch said today."
"In 2009, the Obama administration major immigration detention reforms, including more centralized oversight and improved health care,” said , US researcher at Human Rights Watch. “But these death reviews show that system-wide problems remain, including a failure to prevent or fix substandard medical care that literally kills people.”
The death reviews, released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June 2016, cover 18 of the 31 deaths of detainees that the agency acknowledges have occurred since May 2012. ICE has not released its reviews of the other 13 deaths in that time period."
Title: I am disappointed that even in the year 2077 , Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers
Reason: User Banned (5 Days) : Trolling + Transphobia joke.
Y'all don't know if that even is an Indian in the trailer. It could be a fat white chick who cybernetically augmented herself to look like a stereotypical Indian taxi driver because that's what she identifies as.
Title: I am disappointed that even in the year 2077 , Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Gaslighting, dismissing concerns of stereotyping, history of similar behavior
Ah, outrage culture.
What we have here, was "the sole distinctive Indian in the trailer was represented as a taxi driver"
In outrage lens, becomes "..[as a race] Indians seem to be represented mostly as taxi drivers"
I'm not saying CDPR can't have a more inclusive design. I'm saying you're seriously misrepresenting their work
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Perpetuating harmful Asian stereotypes pertaining to personality
What the fuck? You don't think white people were the first to get lower acceptance rates due to AA decades ago?
I grew up in upper middle class and majority Asian neighborhoods for most of my life. There is a totally toxic attitude towards viewing education and career as a strict formula that I do believe hinders personality.
Do all Asians grow up in those neighborhoods? No. But I am totally in favor of income-based affirmative action as most of what a student accomplishes in k-12 is determined by their environment and by what their parents tell them to do.
Reason: User banned (1 week) - Downplaying racism, hostility
I don't know, maybe its because the Jewish peoples have been oppressed and killed for thousands of years at the hands of basically every other religious and ethnic group, and to this day suffer continued discrimination, verbal and physical attacks. Meanwhile, pricks like you cry that 4x representation at harvard compared to the national ethnic make up isn't good enough and you need more places, whilst other minorities are still under represented. Is that the worst you have suffered? Fuck off.
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): repeatedly downplaying racist discrimination, long history of similar infractions
this relationship holds at other top institutions as well
the asian american community seriously needs to let this go before affirmative action is put on the chopping block and hispanic/african americans suffer. you're not being systematically discriminated against if you apply to stanford, Berkeley, and UCLA and only Berkeley says yes
Title: BBC: At E3, video gaming's bigots have lost
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexism
If gaming community is like 90% of men and 10% of women, why do we need playable women characters in every game, even if the story is originally written for man character.
it's hypocrisy and i feel sick about it, this hole thing is so disgusting, you are taking creativity freedom out of artist hands.
Title: BBC: At E3, video gaming's bigots have lost
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Spreading disinformation, rationalizing rhetoric associated with hate movements.
Seems like a poorly researched article imo, even I like the positive message.
I think quite a bit of the stuff around Gamergate was absolutely disgusting, but one of the reasons the hashtag died was because there was no central "way of thinking", and over time the people in it were there for numerous (even conflicting) reasons. I can't be the only person who remembers the #notyourshield, where women and minorities identified with gamergate, and likely those in it were for more representation in games. You had some in it just because they were mad about the "gamers are dead" articles written. Probably what's left is mostly trash though.
I'm glad to see more female and non-white leads in games, though it seems like this year we more got games about providing you the option to build the character you want. Fine by me, as I tend to like more choice-based games. Only issue I still see, at least for big-budget games, is a lack of diversity in ideas. Most of these big games have homogenized into some kind of action game, and many are just sequels in franchises. When games were cheaper to make, like the PS2 days, the big games were across a wider spectrum of genres, and you got more one-and-done titles. Seems like indies have to pick up that mantle, but they don't get as much press.
Title: WaPo: A black woman was asked by a white man if she showered before she went swimming.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying the existence of racism based on personal experience
Happy to post again if necessary. I guess as others have said I’m just not exposed to this stuff so don’t understand it. I’d rather see him as a Dick than as a racist Cos as far as I know I don’t come across many racists. Perhaps I’m just part of the ignorant white people you’re talking about.
Title: WaPo: A black woman was asked by a white man if she showered before she went swimming.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying the existence of racism based on personal experience
Might just be a stupid European here, but why are everyone jumping to the conclusion he is doing it out of racism? How do we know he isn't just some creep asking every random woman that question?
Or is: Harassing black Woman = Racism?
Title: Nintendo Switch game piracy is now a (very easy) reality
Reason: User Warned: Platform Warring.
Smartass? You're acting like plugging in a piece of plastic requires a certain level of tech savviness. lmao
It's clear you're trying to make it appear harder than it is because you don't want people pirating games on your precious game system but you don't have to deceive others in doing so. Cry more.
Reason: User banned (1 week): consistent self-promotion, repeated offenses
For the ones who don't know everyone on the discord is putting together a list of most anticipated films for the second half of 2018 aka July-December. If you would like to add a film just comment here or on the discord.
Title: WaPo: A black woman was asked by a white man if she showered before she went swimming.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Forcing conspiratorial explanations for racism
The Pasadena Health Department said so. He could be from another department (hence why I said "on his off time"). Maybe he's telling the truth but out of line when confronting people when he shouldn't. Or maybe he's a liar. But even then blaming him of racism would still be jumping to conclusions.
I don't really think it's such a hard assumption. But even then, if she had showered, she could have answered "of course I have, how dare you ask ?"
Title: Road Rage Incident In Denver Ends With Mother and Two Children Shot (1 dead, 2 in critical cond.)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Advocating murder.
So please explain to me why this dude needs a trial. Like we know he did it. He wasn't born shit, lived a shitty life, and will die shit. His mom and dad ain't shit too. Should have had his bloodline eradicated.
Take him out back and do him just like he did those people.
Oh yeah NRA ain't shit too.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying emotional abuse, victim-blaming.
If things like that were happening within 2 weeks I don't get how someone can stay with the person for 2 years, unless he physically threatened her from being able to leave it's just odd, i'd leave the relationship if things were so bad early on.
Funny thing, i did not typed my earlier quote as a response to anyone specifically but apparently it struck a nerve with you as you seem to have found the time and effort to type that wall of text reply of yours - complete with personal anecdotes! - trying to defend yourself as 'NOT A PAID SHILL'.
Sad thing it has the opposite effect. Try not to be more obvious next time. Online marketing narratives is a tricky thing to implement especially something as blatantly anti-consumer as Xbox One 2013 policies.
Shockingly, you're current and future 'digital console lifestyle' DOES NOT NEED an always online with a 24 hour checkin console nor does it need to remove the ability to play physical disks or play games offline to the detriment of others.
An all-digital future DOES.NOT.NEED an always online with a 24 hour checkin console . Specifically, a digital games sharing implementation only needs your user permission and digital purchase history to work and it DOES-NOT-NEED an always online with a 24 hour checkin console.
Title: Nutrition/Parent era what's the deal with formulas
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling conspiratorial disinformation and inaccurate medical advice
Dude do not use formula.
Its origin is Nestle repurposing their wartime milk powder and remarketing it to shy mothers.
Breastfeed or bust.
There are a host of rather huge developmental disorders your baby could experience if not breastfed.
You say you've googled this, but it doesn't sound like you've at all googled this (Nestle is evil, formula is a dangerous hoax).
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Console warring
If Sony wasn't in the drivers seat with western third party right now, MS would be and nobody other than Sony and their stanbase would be crying themselves to sleep over it.
Hubris is a cruel mistress.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying inclusivity and diversity efforts on arbitrary terms
Never said any or implied any of that. My observation was that the photo was full of a majority of white people and asian people, which, IMHO, does not make for a diverse team. I didn't demonize anybody, I simply stated that I was disappointed.
In the gaming and tech industries on the west coast? It's Whites > Asians>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Latinos>>Blacks.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Console Warring + History of similar infractions.
U r just bringing excuses to justify the practices of the company you love.end result is exactly the same. If anything after MS e3 I think sony needs to do more timed exclusive and delay more games on xbx1.they r not at the same level as MS doing timed yet .MS is on another level when it comes to timed exclusives and delaying games on PS4
Title: Trump says he won't sign GOP immigration bill that would stop separating families at border
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Do not wish death or violence against others while using the forum - no matter who they are.
I'm done stepping around what I really think. I want him to die. I don't want it to be violent, but I wish he'd drop dead right this instant. God fucking dammit do I hate this man with every single fiber of my being.
Title: Sylvester Stallone under investigation for sex crimes.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling a thread about sexual assault allegations, dismissing concerns as “outrage culture”
2002 sexual assult charges.
Thank you for not taking this post too serious. It was satire of outrage culture.
It truly is easy to bait people in this forum.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User banned (1 week): downplaying sexual assault, victim-blaming
So I guess Chris Hardwick has an unhealthy 1950's view on how a relationship with a man and woman should go. Nothing here indicates sexual abuse though, but psychological abuse and the emotional toll that takes on someone.
She should have dumped him when she saw signs that he was controlling.
Title: Kingdom Hearts backlash can sometimes feel toxic
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Troll account.
I honestly don't understand why haters(all males) are so obsessed posting the same shit over again in a kingdom hearts thread.
Why are you so insecure? Did the games you play not satisfy you?
I honestly think they are the ones who have a superiority complex and a fragile ego. "Lets shit on Kingdom Hearts, so their fans knows how awful story is!"
Title: An FBI agent texted to lawyer ‘We’ll stop’ Trump from becoming president, disclosed from DOJ report
Reason: User warned: Personal attacks.
Stop being a Trump supporter.
Look I can make stupid posts as well. You have absolutely ZERO to add this discussion besides nonsense. Come back with some intelligence.
FBI agents shouldn't display their political opinions while on the job. That's one of the mandates of the whole fucking organization. It's not just "people." Working for the FBI is very serious and the role should be taken very seriously.
And I am the only one getting insulted.
Title: Trump holds impromptu (and insane) Fox interview on White House lawn
Reason: User warned: Calling fellow users out without provocation.
Waiting for Tesseract to drop by with some stupid fucking gif. Maybe Huelen will pop in to let us know how clearly he could see our president talk about wanting to be respected like a dictator who kills his people, due to the great glasses he got thanks to Trump's wonderful tax cuts. Maybe Jormbo will join us to let us know that maybe Kim Jong Un isn't such a bad guy and we shouldn't be so quick to judge, instead of sticking to posting in the sunken place where his ilk are welcomed with open, overly-grabby hands.
I don't think any of that will happen, though. At most we might get a shitty drive-by, just mild enough to not catch a ban.
Title: Guardian: French Border police cut the soles out of shoes of black immigrant children
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Rationalizing abusive treatment of children, accumulated infractions.
While the sole-cutting and document forgery if true is obviously ridiculous and wrong, someone being a child does not mean suddenly immigration laws cease to exist and you can freely cross whatever border you want. Neither does making generalized statements like "europes harsh treatment of immigrants" or "considering the views of poc in europe" help, for it is a mere attempt at trying to appeal to emotions and remove any nuance.
You are assuming too much and projecting your own biases.
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Victim blaming, accumulated infractions.
Funny you say that. It was the very first impression I got of him on his podcast. He’d feature famous people who’s work I’m interested in.
You’d hear him constantly try and keep up with their means of secrecy when it comes to avoiding fans. Forcefully bringing up how he has to wear a mask to cross the comic-con floor, etc
I’m sure that’s probably true, but in context and delivery, it came across forced, desperate, and awkward. “Oh, yeah, being a celebrity is so annoying, here are the lengths I have to go to”. He doesn’t like to refer to his podcast as “interviews”, just “hanging out”. It’s likely an ego thing.
Now that said,
She claims he was laying down these rules before you were even dating? Then you’ve acted like a fool. You’ve treated yourself like crap, and you’re venting to the media about it. Gross.
Now that I’ve shared an opinion that covers both sides of the arguement, I’m curious as to whether I’ll get some type of ban or warning.
I’m noticing in these threads, that there’s usually a pre-determined side you are supposed to stand on.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User warned: Console wars rhetoric. Calling other members fanboys.
No they do not. Stop defending your plastic box that plays video games. Epic doesn't have to do shit. This is ALL ON SONY. Holy shit the blind fanboysim is FUCKING EMBARASSING
Title: Chloe Dykstra Posts About Domestic/Sexual Abuse at the hands of Chris Hardwick
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Entering a thread about domestic abuse with victim blaming rhetoric without reading OP.
Why did she stay in this relationship? Seems all of this was at the start, had I had been the male best friend, I would have told her to get out, that the guy didn't respect her. (not trying to blame her for any of this, I just genuinely find it disturbing that someone can start a relationship this way, with someone who obviously doesn't want to be in this kind of relationship... I'm sure there is a kink like this, since this is basically 50 shades)
Edit: going to read the article and see whats up with this, maybe she thought he was joking? how long were they together... I need answers.
Edit2: "These were just a few of them. And made the choice to accept his controlling behavior, as he’d left his long-term girlfriend and I assumed that he was going through some serious emotional discomfort. This was a huge mistake."
That does clear up her thinking a bit. I can understand that and herself being a vulnerable target; because of past issues she mentions.
I can't understand guys like him, but he is the type of person I avoid in my life, you can't see people this way, especially those closest to you. It's like he views his partner as some sort of pet.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week) Continued system warring despite previous infractions
Honest question:
Do you think Epic is fine with other companies locking Epics’ free to play game Fortnite behind a paywall, and unless consumers pay that company money each and every month to play the free Fortnite?
The argument is that everything game related happens on Epic servers and that companies invest nothing for the ability to have consumers play the free game.
Or would that apply only to Sony?
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): System Wars; attempting to shift blame for one company's policy decisions onto another
The problem is Microsoft, not Nintendo, they are just caught up in it at the moment.
Why is Microsoft the problem? Well look at their current strategic direction. That is, games as a service, buy once, play on console, PC, maybe a phone (if that is still a thing) and enjoy the same game, with your friends.
Sounds great right? Well one issue with that, is that gamers playing online on their xbox console are paying for the privilege, while everyone else in the exact same match kind of laughs at them.
This, as you might expect, is something that is going to change one way or another.
So two options here, either PC gamers start paying for online games, and good fucking luck with that, or xbox gamers start getting online play for free. This is Microsoft's call and they have the finances to make this strategic call at any time.
Sony do not.
If Microsoft do pull the plug on paid online gaming then this leaves Sony in a bad spot. They can't just raise the price of windows by 0.001 to recoup the costs, they want that revenue stream to continue. Currently they might be able to get away with continuing to charge by offering PS+ style games, maybe something streaming, I'm not sure. But they have options to continue to ask their fans to pay while Microsoft do their own thing. The problem is if they have cross play on a heap of huge titles? Well those options massively diminish. It is one thing to offer a different service at a different price, it is very different to offer the exact same service, side by side and asking your own players to pay up. Unlike the current state on PC, console gamers would likely take notice of that.
This leaves us with the current state of play. If Sony allow cross play with Microsoft, they hand them a huge strategic advantage. When will this change? I'd expect as soon as Microsoft show their hand for next gen. When the Xbox one two launches and has free online play, they'll have some very big decisions to make.
So yes it isn't good, but I think playing the waiting game is the only call right now.
Title: Jim Sterling: Sony is being a complete arse about cross platform play with Switch
Reason: User Warned: Avatar shaming. (Address a user's post, don't attack their choice of avatars).
Not until Sony un-fuck themselves.
I see you have a Spiderman avatar. It's fairly obvious which side your bread is buttered. I'm sorry to tell you that Sony don't love you as much as you love them.
Title: Jim Sterling: Sony is being a complete arse about cross platform play with Switch
Reason: User Warned: Console Warring
Not really. IN a few days it will die down and the other consoles will still have shit games coming out this year, while a sony spidey will get people excited again and forget. Sony isn't going to change their mind until the start of the new generation. They literally have nothing to lose. I mean their console sales aren't going to suddenly go down to 38 and 17 million like their closest competitors are.
All of which represents a small but loud group. If you were to listen solely to those bases, no f2p game will be making billions. CoD and BF and BFront would not sell over 6 million copies and yet they do.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Thread Whining
It’s just that gamers complain about everything and the answer to it all is shockingly simple.
Why does Sony have this policy in place?
Someone did the math and : money.
Why isn’t Earthbound 3 in the US?
Someone did the math on porting and advertising plus what the expected returns would be : money
Where is a Chrono Trigger sequel?
Someone did the math and... money.
Stop getting so up in arms about everything.
You could be playing games and not complaining instead.
Title: Battlefield Subreddit Mods ban discussion about historical accuracy, place goes nuclear meltdown
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing concerns about misogyny using 'both sides' rhetoric.
According to some fans of the game, this distinction is large enough to warrant such a reaction, yes.
I’m not a battlefield fan to begin with but I see where both sides come from. But blowing off either side just leads to more group polarization and group think. Neither side is “right” or “wrong”. This is a purely subjective issue.
Title: Battlefield Subreddit Mods ban discussion about historical accuracy, place goes nuclear meltdown
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory false equivalencies and bad faith commentary regarding censorship
And if they swear you erase the memory of them ever swearing and ban them from ever coming into your house or interacting with you and your guests again. The guy's not wrong in that they're censoring discussion on a certain topic.
Title: It sadden me that GTA VI will probably be cross gen
Reason: User Warned: "Lazy Developers" rhetoric
Rockstar has been too lazy this gen and I don't care about GTA Online
PS360 gen (2008-2013 : 5 years), we had :
- Bully
- GTA IV
- Midnight Club LA
- GTA IV : Lost and Damned
- GTA IV : Ballad of Gay Tony
- RDR
- RDR : Undead Nightmare
- L.A. Noire (yeah it's Team Bondi who has developed but also Rockstar Leeds for PC version)
- Max Payne
- GTA V (and Online)
PS4/One (2013-2018 : 5 years) we had so far :
- GTA V
- L.A Noire Remastered
- RDR 2
That's a big difference
Title: Official Microsoft E3 2018 Conference Thread
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Very crappy conference with almost no games like every year. If it weren't for cyberpunk, vesperia, and halo infinite I think it could have been worse. I think MS needs original ideas instead of bringing the same stuff all the time. 3/10 for me
Title: To celebrate Pride Month, let's state our favourite Yaoi and Yuri manga/anime!
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): History of suspect posts condoning and promoting the sexualization of minors.
Does Happy Sugar Life count? Don't know if the main character is supposed to feel motherly for or feel attraction toward the little girl she kidnapped.
Title: NBC reporter visits one of the shelters for child migrants in TX
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeated trolling in a political thread, claiming moral highground, and making intentionally ambiguous posts to bait other users
Its not about celebri.... i am in a video game forum.... nevermind
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Trolling + System Wars
Yeah I fail to read because I don't just jump and blame Sony for everything.
Hahahaha, wow seems like I touched a nerve.
So? Is Sony the one that handles how Epic accounts work? All that image does is confirm that you can't share accounts between consoles, but I don't see in that image where it says that Sony is the one in charge of how Epic's accounts work.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Repeated instances of console warring and making disruptive posts meant to inflame other users
Im actually glad Sony is doing this. People can cry all they want it wont change the fact that the Playstation has then biggest instal base for Fortnite and Sony has the luxury on picking whether or not they want to share it with others. Playstation is the biggest reason Fornite is as big as it is now. If they want to they will do it, If they dont they wont. No crying from anyone is going to change what they're business decisions. Playstation owners will enjoy the massive base that plays on that system only. While not having to worry about any other base. This is Sony flexing their muscle, how they should when they want. With them providing all of he's wonderful first party games, and not changing all of their games into GaaS, I support their decision. Now This is my opinion, and its for sure not fact. But we all have our own opinions.
Title: Study: Those who work out regularly make $25,000 more per year than people who don’t
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism. History of similar behaviour.
Working out is not easy/Simple for men
For women most of them are happy just getting skinny/Losing weight
For men 99% of what you see online+Magazines is not even attainable for natural bodybuilders. Too much BS in this area unless you live in the gym
Title: Battlefield Subreddit Mods ban discussion about historical accuracy, place goes nuclear meltdown
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Unfounded conspiracy theories.
DICE probably had a work with the mods, worried it could affect their sales lol after all the backlash so far it will probably be the worst selling BF game in years
Title: The Last of Us has sold over 17 million copies as of April 2018
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Continued history of drive by posts designed to elicit a reaction, console wars.
Very good, but not on the same level as franchises like Pokémon, Mario Kart, Call of Duty, Minecraft, Fifa, Rocket League, GTA, etc.
Even Breath of the Wild might do better. The Last of Us 2 might cross 20M however if it will be a cross-gen game again.
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
Yup people are not seeing things correctly lol but it's resetera issues are not discussed here obviously just thrown at your face with not actual weight.
Title: Xbox requiring a subscription for online F2P games, your thoughts?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Platform war rhetoric and a history of infractions for the same behaviour.
It's funny cause its not like you are going to get an argument or defense force for this from Xbox fans like you do when Sony fans defend no crossplay or no EA Access or no BC on the PS4. As an Xbox fan and owner MS should most definitely remove the paywall for MMO's and F2P online games.
Title: The Quality of Nintendo Switch screens has really gone downhill.
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate comments and personal attack
Your mom was complaining about losing her Switch data all morning
EDIT: Didn't feel good about this one at all. My apologies . I know it's not the space for that kind of weird, dumb mom joke.
Title: Sylvester Stallone under investigation for sex crimes.
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations about the community
Hey that's not how things work here at ga.....
Era , where faux outrage , hysteria and good old hive mentality are the thing not to mention basic arse wiping of mundane life problems run free
As for sly well what a shitter if true let's see how things unfold it can only be positive that any or all incidents are brought to the fore no matter the status of the accused it gives hope that things will change across the board it is all too common be it sexual harassment in the work place or outright assault or rape nobody should feel helpless and unable to openly report such behaviour
As for the downfall of people's heroes , these people are no different to you or me shitty people exist everywhere and I suppose with no limits to your behaviour above a certain social circle it emboldens and enables people to be shittier don't put blind faith in any other humans based on their achievements as we are all fallible some horrifically so
Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press (BBC, CNBC, Sky News)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Continuing to engage in console wars / forum bias rhetoric despite multiple warnings
Man, this Microsoft PR move is pretty good isn't it? They even have CNBC thinking that the ball is in Sony's court, when we all know that it's nothing but empty PR stunt from MS. Or have we moved on from that?
Nothing will come from this. Sony won't allow cross play until they are behind, which isn't happening this generation or probably the next unless they try to rebadged a PS2 as the PS5 and charge $1000 for it.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate
you "it's a port people" are arguing just cause at this point it seems.
A port is simply taking a game, maybe some touch ups sure, and putting into new consoles.
No change to gameplay, no additions to system.
There. Easy.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate
It's clearly not a port for other, more easily identifiable reasons, like the differing amounts of content. It's all semantics, ultimately, because a person could view that video and assert it's an enhanced port.
It doesn't seem like a series entry out of place in the context of being a fighting game. The 'Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3' or 'Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection' games that expand on the basis of the prior game with changes and content additions.
But the enhanced port / new game argument is a dead end, because they can both describe the same thing.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Sure, let's ignore everyone that played the game at invitational saying this is basically 4.5, making it the smallest mechanical leap for a smash game ever.
It's as much a new game as SFV arcade edition is.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Yo , wanna settle our bet?
To summarize what we agreed would constitute a port:
"the general community consensus following release (or E3/Smash Invitational, where we'll likely have the answer) is that the game is a port of Smash Wii U in the vein of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as opposed to something akin to Brawl>Wii U."
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
Are these things being showed off in other videos? I'm just going by the E3 Direct. No where did I see showcasing of new moves other than the Final Smash changes. And the mechanic changes are nice, but I'm not seeing as drastic of changes as Melee -> Brawl or Brawl -> 4. Just tweaks like making dodging weaker.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, READ THE OP) | Dec 7, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts not to discuss the port/sequel status of Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
There are core mechanic changes, characters do have new moves, characters are updated, and Ganon has three new smash attacks at least. Your entire paragraph is false.
Anyone that thinks the game is a port is being willfully ignorant. Full stop.
Good that i didnt watch this.. The Sony games look boring. Only the RE2 Remake trailer looks awesome.
And as a Xbox player i get a cool Samurai game too. Dont care if its multiplatform.
Reason: User Banned (2 days): Console warring + Accumulated infractions
Why complain that the games lacks colours and actual gameplay? These games are basically walking simulators and full of cutscenes and this is what you Sony fans wants, an interactive movie basically. This conference was such a low, and I can't wait for Nintendo today!
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): History of Self-Promotion, Including During E3
Broke down what they revealed, just like previous conferences
Not a fan of this format, but The Last of Us 2, Ghosts of Tsushima and Spiderman all looked great and I'm keen on getting my hands on them. Was hoping for Mortal Kombat and Ape Escape announcements but guess not.
Title: Nintendo Investors Seek Answers After `Shocking' Share Drop
Reason: User Warned: Drive-by trolling
Good. Keep dropping. The switch has become nothing more than a portable Wii U.
Edit: Im not going to acknowledge the moderator who flagged this. I’m a Nintendo fan and you’re trying to call me a troll. LOOK at my user name for Christ sake.
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Unironic use of a cultural pejorative, history of suspect posts, account still in junior phase
Because with the direction is taking the world, developers are scared to put that in their game and get backlashes from any random swj group. Why risk that, when you can avoid it completly. That's the 2010' decade. Full of hypocrisy. Sexism? Not even close. People are scared, that's it.
Title: Detroit: Become Human sold 1 million units in two weeks
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Hostility + Inflammatory Generalizations about the gaming press and content creators
Pacifist version. I’m beyond happy for QD and Sony. I hope their relationship goes to the next level after this.
Violent version (read at your own curiosity)
Title: Dan and Carrie Floyd are leaving Extra Credits [UPDATE: Sexual harrassment claims]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying the activity and commentary of a hate movement
TB's name was dragged left and right during GamerGate and he got branded and his image was misused in all sorts of manner. I don't hold him accountable for things he had little-to-no control over. What little he actually said about GG was reasonable and if you want to discuss his involvement in GG then at least discuss the things he actually said or did, not the things that he didn't and had no control over.
This has been proven to be true often enough to raise questions, I definitely agree with you there, but at the same time I wonder and ask you. How is a man who supports these feminist movements be able to express his support or concerns without falling under excessive scrutiny?
Although I consider myself a supporter for feminism or LGBTQ movements I also find that it's hard to speak in defence of them without falling under the same scrutiny as the people who are vehemently opposed to them. Perhaps it's just poor wording on my part, or lack of tact, but it is something that concerns me.
Title: Playstation and XBOX Trailer stats on youtube post E3
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Homophobia
Dude its 2018
We are in the PS4&X1 Gen - The 360 days are over.Bungie and EPIC aren't anymore making Halo and Gears.
Halo 5 SHIPPED 5 Million Units in 3 months
God of War SOLD 5 Million Units in 1 month
Horizon was 1 year after release at 8 Million
Uncharted 4 at ~9 Million in 7 months and outsold Halo 5 and Gears 4 COMBINED.
The last of Us sold easily over 10 Million Units by now over obviously 2 platforms and The Last of Us 2 will be one if not the biggest non Nintendo Exclusive Game in this Gen.
Maybe Gears has a chance to be big again if they make the guys kiss each other
They should try it!
Title: Nintendo Direct E3 2018 |OT| #Perfect4Switch
Reason: User warned: concern trolling
I know this os stupid but but looking those Sony and MS exclusives in action and then looking Mario Party or Poke Lets Go It's like passing from a Tesla Roadster to a Fiat 600.
They are C tier company right now...what the hell is happening.
Title: PSA Thread of "Add this game to your account now and keep it forever"
Reason: User Warned: Thread Whining / Derailment
This thread is redundant because of that thread.
Now a great thread would be for price errors or great deals. Would need to make sure people who post in that thread are only posting new deals. Then we can have a new thread created to talk about them. This way people with alerts don't get spammed and can increase the chance of people getting the deal.
Example post would be
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User banned (1 Week): Saying it is bad taste to include women in a multiplayer game.
Please don't assume that if someone is against this idea, it means he must be a fucking chauvinist pig.
I have no problems with women in the Red Army or resistance movements, but regular soldiers in Western forces? I might be ignorant, I have heard about Soviet (go read now), Polish, Yugoslavian female soldiers, but never about British, American or German ones. They served as medics or auxiliary forces, anti-aircraft was as far as they could reach combat.
To see women on Western front is just fucking stupid. I will still buy and play the game, because I'm a WWII nerd but I feel that this is done without taste. It almost feels harmful towards the feminist cause, as they do it the wrong way. This that "YEAH PC BRO" from South Park.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling, bad faith arguments, characterizing diversity efforts and the sexist response to it as 'manufactured outrage', account still in junior phase.
Thanks for your considered response. I appreciate your thoughtful counterpoint.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing the existence of misogynistic backlash over the game featuring female characters. History of similar behaviour.
I think that a lot of people basically wanted Band of Brothers the game. Hence the disappointment. On top of that i don't think people who don't want women in the wehrmacht are a bunch of misogynists . After watching the gameplay i kind of get it tbh. It didn't feel like WW2 at all.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User banned (1 Week): Ignoring mod post. Downplaying sexism as just 'some assholes'.
Wait, what point are you trying to make? The first one is from a forum with no upvote/downvoting, so really you just found some assholes, which you can find representing any shitty opinion ever. The second one is an upvoted post celebrating playable women coming to BF1, with the top few comments being positive about it (I didn't read all the way down, I'm sure there will be some shitheads as always). The third one is also not really negative either, the comments seem fine with the inclusion.
If I'm missing something here you wanted me to see, please point it out. I do admit I only very briefly skimmed through, perhaps I missed some very awful and sexist upvoted comments.
Yep.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing the existence of misogynistic backlash over the game featuring female characters, account still in junior phase.
It's not the inclusion of women that piss people off about BFV. If MGS6 was announced and you played as the Boss/Joy, conducting operations across Normandy, people would be fucking ecstatic. Excluding the situation with Kojima/Konami. Their really isn't a precedent in the BF franchise for the "zanny, quirky humor" that was demonstrated in the trailer. With the exception of the Bad Company series, but than, why not just make Bad Company 3? And I think people do a dis-service to the authenticity of these games for the most part. Their's a difference between authenticity and realism. Being healed by a health pack after eating bullets doesn't change the authenticity of the soldiers on the bf, equipment, vehicles, locations, weapons, etc.
This is ww2 and I didn't even know until someone told me after the trailer. Is that not a problem?
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User banned (1 Week): Downplaying sexism
This is so stupid. EA changing the narrative and making this issue about sexism.
The main problem ppl have about this game is not that we can play as women. It is about their change in direction. Since a long time Battlefield has been about a realistic approach to the military shooter genre while CoD was always the more action oriented approach.
Now it seems like EA wants to go after the CoD audience with whacky face paints, edgy prothesis and random samurai swords. It is no wonder that (some) long time fans of the series are upset and make their voice be heard.
This is EAs PR-Team in full throttle and it's sad how many people are eating out of the palm of their hands. I'm 100% sure, if the game was presented differently ppl wouldn't have cared that there are fighting women in the game. Look at battlefront, nobody cared that there are female stormtroopers.
TL/TR: EA are betraying their long term fans to go after the CoD market, long term fans are upset, EA spins the narrative about sexism to discredit those ppl.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Dismissing the existence of misogynistic backlash over the game featuring female characters.
It's stupid how EA and people here keep acting like the backslash is against women when there's women in Battlefield 1 already and nobody complained. A woman is the current background in B1, and it's been like this for months.
The backslash is against the lack of authenticity of BFV. The game is set at WW2 but it doesn't look like a WW2 game. The art style, customization and overall feeling of the game has nothing to do with WW2. If this was a Bad Company 3 Battlefield set in modern era nobody would complain.
Why use the WW2 setting if you want a game with modern aesthetics? I bet this game was designed to be an authentique WW2 game from the start, but at some point during development an asshole with too much power has decided that the game should appeal to the Fortnite crowd, and the result is this mess of a game without identity.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Sexism. Using historical accuracy as a means to discredit gender inclusion.
No, For Honor is a fantasy amalgamation of different countries and historical periods. It's not trying to replicate a specific historical setting or event. If the critics were entirely comprised of sexists, we'd be seeing a lot more outrage about any game that features playable female characters, such as...
The Division 1 & 2
Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Titanfall 1 & 2
Various Call of Duty games
For Honor
Various Rainbow Six games, including the newest one
Mass Effect 1-3 & Andromeda
Dragon Age 1, 2 & Inquisition
Prey
Far Cry 5
Fallout 1-4 & New Vegas
Elder Scrolls 1-5
Overwatch
Killing Floor 1 & 2
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2
Dead By Daylight
Friday the 13th
Fortnite
PUBG
Etc.
It's pretty obvious that BFV's historical setting is a key factor in the complaints about the inclusion of female combatants yet people seem committed to blaming it all on sexism.
That is demonstrably false. There are actually many games that feature playable characters (see list above) yet only BFV has received such controversy. The key distinction between BFV and the games I listed? A specific historical setting in which female combatants did not exist within the represented factions.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of sexist gamers (and people in general) on the internet. However, you shouldn't automatically assume that everyone complaining about the presence of a female character is sexist.
Yes, women were part of WW2... in support roles (except for the Soviets). There were plenty of female medics, nurses, machinists, radio operators, drivers, postal workers, etc. There were no female front-line combatants in the American, German or British armies. There definitely weren't any black female soldiers in the German army.
I understand the appeal of diversity. I prefer to play as female characters in my games. However, let's not pretend that BFV's representation of women in WW2 is in any way historically accurate.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Dismissing gender inclusion and representation. Claims of 'fake outrage'.
Nah. Eventhough I like the response, I still wont6buy anything from EA. I do think too many people just try to offended. Not everything has to be all inclusive and for everyone. I say good on EA, but I'll still pass.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Concern trolling throughout the thread, history of attempting to redirect discussions of representation issues towards other subjects.
Just to be clear, what you're saying is that there is no value in rational debate, that you don't know how to change the views of people with beliefs for find abhorrent but that's fine because it's not your job anyway?
I mean... ok but I really don't know what on earth that attitude is going to achieve for you.
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): sexism, concern trolling
Kids these days don't read books about ww2. They play games. And this game is showing history not accuretly. Specially since it's taking places in real life and not just some fantasy.
Kids will think this is how it went down back then when it wasn't based on their video game experience .
This game is misleading. Yes women helped. All respect to them and they are not less importance in their role more than a man. But they didnt help like how they were showing it.
And when a stupid company that want my money to try and tell me we will make it our way or the high way. Then lol fuck off it's the high way. You are the one with less 60$ in your pocket you freak.
Next time let them hire someone with a silver tongue . Now someone who try and piss people off.what a god damn moron .
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying concerns of minorities, sexism.
I’m not buying this on principle and before some clown attempts to “call me out on my bigotry” I already have tomb raider, RE2 and last of us 2 preordered and applaud MS for ditching the guy for the new girl character as the main protagonist in gears 5 (which I will more than likely purchase as well).
I’m extremely against corporate mandated inclusiveness and rewriting history to appease a small vocal minority (that doesn’t even have much ground to stand on quite frankly).
Title: EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dismissing gender inclusion efforts as being shoehorned
The Customization of those games. If you're going to have a full customization suite it would be foolish to exclude women and minorities if you can dress you white male character up with facepaint, grizzly beards and non uniform attire. If you can make your dude look completely crazy why should women and black people be excluded? I agree with that. The difference between COD, Fortnite and Battlefield is that Battlefield games set in actual conflicts are based on something that actually happened so there is an expectation. You can subvert that expectation sure, but don't act confused when people tell you it's not authentic.
Cool have your women, lord knows they have been waiting long enough, but it would be better if they were in something new, not shoehorned into a historical conflict in ways that probably didn't happen. Take the Russian sniper class in Battlefield 1. It's a woman, how they appeared at the time and authentic to the era. It 's how it should be done. But no one would spend money to look like that I guess, or so dice thinks.
Title: Fortnite crossplay (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Mobile) confirmed, Sony blocking PS4
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): History of Trolling
Sony built it's PS4 player base through being all about games, allowing switching HDDs, not forcing media player costs on the players, nor Kinect or whatever, which is why they are at 80+ consoles sold with about 50+ million online users; more than It's console competitors combined, and doubled.
The PS4 online player base is not what their competitors DESERVE, however, it's what their competors' players NEED right now.
As a PS4 player I want the best games, and the best online. I am in no need for more online people to play against, however: I feel sympathy for gamers of competing platforms. They deserve a big player base as well, even if the companies which they support did not build that this generation, all gamers in my mind are just that; gamers. And all gamers are created equal.
No matter if you prefer Halo over Zelda, or if you think Mario Kart is better than Forza or Wipeout, everyone should have a chance to play with eachother. So I think Sony should allow it.
However, Sony should get 1 dollar per user, per month from their competitors. This money should go into the PS Network, to have an even beter service. Or maybe put that money towards the development for a new indie title which would be created for PS+. Or maybe give it to charity. I don't know. MS or Nintendo should pay for the gesture, because that brings value to their platforms, and it inspires them to create a compelling ecosystem for their users to invest in, so that one day, all platforms have the same userbase, not needing to piggyback on the big generational winner for player, but all contributing to 1 big online pool.
My 2 cents.
TLDR:
-All gamers are created equal and deserve access to Sony PS4 online player base
-Their competitors should pay for this access as it brings value to their platforms
-It would be even better if all 3 platforms in the future are equally as strong as every company would benefit
Because it makes owning their platform more attractive. And it brings more strain on the PSN possibly?
Then call it Cyber80sSitcom 2077
or ArianaGrandetheGame2077, but not Cyberpunk.
you can even safe yourself all the licensing money youve put into owning the franchise.
Next stop film noir in in the eighties.... Just look at those craazy hairstyles.
I wonder how much more universal the praise around here would be if it was unveiled at a Sony conference.
(I don't wonder actually; I think we all know).
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User warned: Insulting posters
But it's a new style of game and they can do whatever they want really.
The fact that you're adamantly saying everything in gen 7 is really weird because you're not basing it off anything other than your own smugness and sense of superiority.
Title: If your Fortnite account has ever logged in on a PS4, it cannot be used on Switch
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Ever since the Switch came out, I've been holding out on getting anything for the PS4 platform that I even think I might be interested in on Switch.
That's turned out to be a retroactively, entirely unintentionally good move.
And now if I want the best platform for something like Anthem, Xbox One X looks better for me.
Sony has better exclusives, but I rarely like their exclusives. I've had GoW since it came out. I've played maybe five hours. I've played more hours than that in Immortal Redneck on Switch.
I dunno...maybe I just don't want to play different versions of Uncharted (Dad of War, Uncharted, Zombie Motorcycle Uncharted, The Last Uncharted) or Infamous (Second Son, Spiderman).
Title: If your Fortnite account has ever logged in on a PS4, it cannot be used on Switch
Reason: User Warned: Off-topic / derailment
I really dont appreciate the shitty data monopoly Microsoft is trying to create with Live ID logins so I will stick to other games where crossplay works AOK
Title: If your Fortnite account has ever logged in on a PS4, it cannot be used on Switch
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate Language
Yep that sounds about right. Doesn't affect me, but Sony can eat a mountain of dicks for the attitude they have to cross-play. Epic probably built a nice API for them to use but Sony are just like nope cba.
Title: Cyberpunk 2077 Details (Character Creation, Fluid Classes, Go Anywhere, First Person RPG)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempting to incite console wars, thread derailment.
You can really identify the Sony fanboys by the replies in this thread. Don't worry folks, plenty of third person action adventure from Sony. Not every game has to be exactly the same, let CDPR do what they want, they are incredible game creators.
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): trolling, defending homophobia
I dont understand why this user got perma banned.
There is nothing homophobic or trolling about his post. He is only stating his opinion. And I do agree with making Ellie gay feels forced and a way for Naughty Dog to win points.
Are we living in North Korea?
Lift his ban please!
Reason: User banned (permanent): homophobia, troll account
Love the gameplay. Hate the forced gay Ellie bit. Just because she fell in love with her ONLY friend when she was a kid doesn't mean you have to force her to kiss another girl when she's older. The little girl that was Ellie's friend could have just as easily been a boy. There were no gender queues in the situation. Nothing that would deter ellie from going for a guy if she had the choice.
The thing is she litterally had no one else.
There are no signs or queues that she isn't into guys or prefers girls ANYWHERE in the game. She even looks at porn mags, so they had plenty of chances to set that up.
It's not only jarring to people who didn't play the DLC, even AFTER playing the DLC I kinda cringe at how forced it is.
A lot of people have gay moments as kids. It happens. That stuff usually doesn't carry into adulthood.
Again, just my opinion. I doubt gay elli is going to ruin anything, but damn is it forced.
I only wish they would have fed us something else for E3 instead of forcing more LGBT shit down our throats like litterally everyone else.
It's annoying that my youtube dislike etc will be taken as a bigoted vote against the kiss when really I'm just appauled by Druckmann and his horrific psychopath libertarian violence he's pushing on to millions of Playstationers. What a nasty piece of shit that man is.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Homophobia. Accumulated infractions.
the way they portray homosexuality in that trailer makes me want to vomit. It felt so contrived.
I am super happy they are making a game that includes something that most devs don't have the balls to do, but it came off very gratuitous to me here. Sexuality doesn't need to be such a big deal in any entertainment, it's why it makes so many people feel so uncomfortable.
Gameplay looks absolutely superb as expected. Lets hope the story holds up!
I am not impressed by this trailer at all. Ok so what that she is into women? There is no need to shove it to our eyes. I have seen this type of stealth gameplay on Tomb Raider etc before
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeatedly trying to re-frame a gay kiss as an agenda against men.
Look, we have to stop these extreme views. If someone doesn't like the kissing scene, it doesn't automatically make them homophobic. For me, the kiss in Left Behind choked me up because it was one of the most beautifully done scenes I've ever seen in a game. This scene feels agenda driven. Perhaps it isn't and it's just a poor choice but it 'feels' agenda driven. We see the two face to face. The girlfriend answers Ellie's question about the men with 'I think they should be scared of you'. Contextually, at that point, we know it's to do with jealousy. However, we then transition into a scene in which Ellie kills lots of men. Yes there were women in those scenes but what followed the initial scene cemented the comment 'I think they should be scared of you', a clearly deliberate cut. Then when we return, the line (or a similar one) is said again. Regardless of whether that was a mistake or a misguided cut, anyone picking up, subliminally or directly, that the enemy is man, could be forgiven for thinking that. THAT, I believe is what some people are not liking, not the fact she's gay. If done deliberately, that would be an agenda and not the beautiful scene it should have been.
Title: Lindsay Shepherd sues Wilfrid Laurier claiming 'attacks' have 'rendered her unemployable in academia
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying hate and intolerance, history of infractions for trolling.
What happened to Lindsay what a disgrace. She did nothing wrong and got raked under the coals. Not sure how the case will turn out but I support her anyway.
Title: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an action adventure, not RPG (no classes, stats, character creator etc)
Reason: User banned (1 week): sexism, off-topic console war trolling
There is a thread about how Xbox ONe's Always Online was, in hindsight, exactly what happened. But people are all on the disagreeing bandwagon, exclaiming that you want your single player when you want to single player, give us our choice, etc. Even though every console is always online.
From makes a single player game and it's AM DISSAPOINT all over the place. People have been "burned out with Souls" for a while now, From makes something new, but everybody walks in with their expectations.
Gamers are angry wives who won't talk to you because you forgot to do something, which you didn't even know you had to do in the first place. There is just no pleasing them.
Expectations are bad for you in relationships. They're bad for you in general. To be disappointed with something that was never promised in the first place is unhealthy relationship material.
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, Read OP) | Dec 7th, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring multiple modposts warning not to discuss the port/sequel status of the game
Doesn't change much, MElee => Brawl the whole system was just completely different, same with BRawl => 4... And let's not get started with 64 => Melee of course.
I mean, a "super Smash 4" was basically what i wanted so it's cool as far as i'm concerned but let's not kid ourself
Title: Super Smash Bros Ultimate (New Game, Read OP) | Dec 7th, EVERY character returns, Ridley confirmed
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Ignoring Mod Post + System Wars
Hahaha I'll still decide that myself Nintendoboi, but for now I certainly won't waste my time with slightly changed re-releases. After the lacking Pokemon remake Smash (and the non existent Metroid) was my only hope, only to be just another remake.
Title: Kotaku: The Last Of Us Part II’s Violence Is Designed To Be Repulsive
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Using derogatory language. Previously warned for similar behaviour.
Agree with your assessment.
The thing is this: did anyone make a thread to ask about any one of the other aforementioned titles? Movies? TV shows? I've watched TWD, it gets far, far more grotesque than this game, for example.
No, they asked about TLOU2 because it was done in a far more measured, but realistic and non-gratuitous way. And that's what makes it more violent appearing.
Play music to the background of any movie or game or TV show with violence, it doesn't feel nearly as violent. Suddenly take away the music to any such scene, and your interpretation of said scene changes drastically. That's just an example of how most media takes away the brunt force of what violence really means before showing it. In Spartacus peoples penis and vaginas are everywhere and people are saying cock every 3 seconds and get their penises chopped off, arms chopped off, heads chopped off, characters are regularly doused in the blood of their enemies: However there was no thread about that TV show, because it was done with background music and in a gratuitous way.
Kudos to Naughty Dog for demonstrating A) how violent their world is and B) that violence is actually really violent when portrayed as it really should be, and not designed to be "just normal" and with background BGM and sound effects that make it less than it is.
People should think about what it means to cut off someone's throat when they see it in a TV show, I'm sorry. If they aren't trying to understand that any of the other times too, that's an audience's own fault as well.
That will mean people will be less retarded when they say it's OK we send people to Iraq to get blown up by IEDs. Or you know start another dumb war.
Title: Nintendo stock down almost 7% after the E3 showcase.
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: continues to troll despite coming back from a long ban. Long history of similar infractions for immature behaviour when it comes to Nintendo and its fanbase.
Smash Ultimate is a port. Confirmed by investors. GG.
For Waypoint will the gayness of Last of Us 2 be enough to outweigh its violence against women?
Tune in next week for several 10,000 word essays on the matter.
Title: Resident Evil 2 Remake Gameplay Videos from E3 2018
Reason: User banned (pending review): Hostile, aggressive attitude and ignoring mod warnings
No fixed camera is absolutely a knock against a game series that defined fixed camera, again just because you feel like it isn’t doesn’t mean it is.
All of the emotion is sucked out of this game without those camera angles, the game itself is completely different in design.
Re7 shooting in third person? How is that different from shooting in revelations 2 or re4 or 5 or 6? It’s over the shoulder shooting. It changes how the game plays fundamentally.
It isn’t lock on, stand in place and press a button.
Nothing I’ve seen have said the devs called the game a metroidvania, receipts please.
Edit: lol wow so expressing a negative opinion about everyone’s golden lamb gets me a warning for drive by posting.
Fuck off.
Title: Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things actress) deactivates Twitter over FAKED homophobic memes
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Rationalizing Harassment + Defamation
If these are indeed gay people who are making these "jokes", then what could be more ironic than a baby faced child (and supporter of gay rights no less) spouting gay hate speech. Its absolutely the polar opposite of what you could expect. In doing so, they think they're shining a light on the absurdity of the stuff they have to put up with in their daily lives.
Though, its pretty ordinary putting Millie's face to this.
Title: Kim-Trump Summit Thread - Fire and Fury Edition
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Unnecessary hostility and dismissiveness, history of dismissive behavior
Because, nuclear programs cost money and not every country is in the strategic position of north korea. If you dont have nukes yet then u just dont have nukes. And u respond to me like im an advocate of nuclear proliferation when im somply stating mere facts. If we dont want a dictatoeship to have nukes we have to stop them before they get it or else he game changes. Why do you think North Korea is a difficult situation?
And if u were wondering there is evidence from a game theory point of view thay everyone should have nukes to reduce conflicts.
And its lovely u havent responded or probably read what i posted and still trying to make me out to be saying ‘omg this guy wants every dictator to get nukes’
Youre just a horrible poster and debater and i dont get why you ignore everything else and is just hung up on some sort misguided morality that doesnt matter in international relations. Proliferation agreements work because of an international liberal order lead by America who can punish countries like Iraq on a whim but often rogue regimes are rogue and are not part of this system and if I i were North Korea who has China at its doors and US presence and SK in the south, and not much going for me economics wise i too would try to play the long game of acquiring nukes
Title: Defensiveness Over "Generalizations" When Discussing Systemic Issues (AKA #NotAllMen)
Reason: User Warned: Off-Site Baggage
I just think other should know if they are dealing with a sexism lite person.
But here is your quote:
"Not a change. GG always was kind of a mixed bag, with a lot of well intentioned and a lot of ill intentioned individuals.
The perception that it's strictly bad was manufactured by old gaf and portions of the gaming press."
Imo someone who calls GG a mixed bag and "manufactured by old gaf and portions of the gaming press." while defending white cis males from generalizations is just SUUUPER transparent.
Reason: User warned: making generalizations of religious people
I'm not gonna go around and be shitty to religious people just because, but i do think less of them. I see religion as nothing more than a dangerous superstition and i don't really understand what's wrong with this stance like some people in this thread seem to think. Maybe religious people should open their eyes to the harm their fairy tale of choice has done to millions of people.
Lol @ the scots, irish and welsh wanting england to fail. Perhaps if they werent too busy being drunks and shagging sheep they would be in more tournaments.
Title: Trump administration moves to block victims of gang violence, domestic abuse from claiming asylum
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling + Taking pleasure in the suffering of others
I definitely wouldn't call myself a supporter.
However, Trump has broken through my anti-politics stance in a remarkable way. I'm 36 years old and I've ignored virtually every previous administration. In my personal life, most of my friends are moderates so they don't get worked up about politics. But Neogaf and Resetera have forced Trump into my daily life and I've enjoyed the reactions more than I expected.
Title: POLITICO: Sen. Manchin open to endorsing Trump in 2020
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Demonstrated Inability to Stop Relitigating the Primaries in threads causing derails.
Some "democrat" right guys? I mean he has a D next to his name. Meanwhile Sanders and any other left wing independent gets frozen out of the political process because of the DNC being corrupt garbage. Democracy is dead
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining, disingenuous arguments
It’s not trolling when that’s a fact, Kirb. It’s not my fault that I have opposing views compared to a video game forum user.
I can sit here and debate for less military use the same way you will argue for Kim to be thrown out of power. You enjoy the military and I’ll continue calling the US out for what they are.
I’m sorry that you don’t want to talk about your countries own military actions that are displacing thousands of people. This thread can continue on its generic leftist views.
Title: Val Kilmer calls out Anthony Bourdain for ‘selfish’ suicide
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Pseudo-scientific theories downplaying conditions of depression
But cancer, and in particular heart diesease and dementia are physical diseases. They are ever present unless remedied. Whereas with depression after a period of rest, where did it go? No scans will show it. Yet with the other conditions they are there, whether you are sleeping or awake. Depression is a conditon of the mind.
Where we differ is "the source of the problem". I contend that diseases like Cancer, Heart Disease, Dementia, and so on are localized within the body where as "depression" is a condition of mind.
My theorum contends that the brain is not the mind. The mind is a subtler entitiy whose physical organ is the brain. They are, the mind and physical brain - interlinked. But the brain is a subservient organ to the mind, and that the mind is the chief supervisor over the physical apparatus which they call the brain. For me the mind, and not the brain is both the origin and cessation of depression.
Not some fault in the physical wiring, not something handed down, like puma sneakers but localized in the mind.
Poll the people on the wealth of anitdepressants, and they will tell you that depression remains, what happens is the symptomology is simply dulled. Yet ever present, in the background of the subconsious.
Eat good food. Whats wrong with your gut organs is the overall tamber of the food you are putting down your belly. And it is the exact same with depression.
Your way of thinking, which is part and parcell to this time, is dangerous. It says "I'm a victim of my brain, it's wiring, it's genetic.
There is nothing i can do except take an antidepresant for the rest of my days. For the woe to be gone, there is the final act, no escape. I'm fucked. If you believe as such, when the wave hits and drags you down for the hundreth time, ending your life becomes rudimentary.
I believe depression is a condtion of the mind, and is brought about wholly by the tamber of thoughts the mind is fed.
As an example - for you it's about "oh i hate that guy cause he thinks he's better."
Thats the tamber of your thoughts. Thats what you are feeding your mind.
For me it has nothing at all whatsoever to do with "the lick of pride." That line of thinking is low level and ego centric. It has nothing to do with my ego gratification, and everything to do with another person avoiding fucking disaster.
Title: is the song complicated by avril lavigne disingenuous?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Casual Homophobia + Community Dragging
OP may be deranged, delusional and probably guilty of several crimes, but please don't ever compare him to the pop era crowd. Those are grown ass people posting stupid gifs and shit like "slaaaaay queeeen" "yaaaaas" and other crimes against the English language because they think they look... cool, I guess?
Not saying you're not ill, Milky boi, just not as much.
Title: The Black Culture Community [OT 3] - 400 years of choices
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Inappropriate Commentary
I just had brown sugar just now. It ain't safe 1st round but 2nd round doggy style did the trick. It was glorious. Black women are the real deal. Sorry for the gloating..it's just I'm mesmerized right now. I can't think straight. Nevermind me continue your convos. Once again sorry
Title: Which team will Lebron play for next season?
Reason: User banned (1 day): insulting fellow user
I think you might be a severely brain damaged idiot. I really do. The. Cavs. Have. No. Leverage. Lebron is a free agent. Boston will not trade Brown or Tatum and they don’t need to. They trade Hayward. If the Cavs want, they get a third team involved and flip Hayward for draft picks and expirings. It’s not that difficult if they are looking to bottom out. They can do the same with Kevin Love. Then they build around this year’s pick and whatever picks they acquire from trades while waiting for contracts to expire within the next two years. You seem to be the only one who doesn’t understand this.
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Sexist commentary, history of misogynistic posts.
I don't know about the latter claim. I'm sure it's true to some extent. Who knows. I feel people are really getting caught up in the BC issue because it's easier to defend and not addressing the other things I've mentioned like the internet in the instagram/tinder age and mass medias rise playing a factor.
And to your first claim. It's essentially what their belief is. Women always want a better guy. Thus stuff like BC (though they actually talk more about the media and the internet) would help them in their twenties but may be their downfall eg the term roastie/post wall that is in their common lingo for a woman who is used up, past 35 and nobody wants. Single cat ladies basically.
Title: Defensiveness Over "Generalizations" When Discussing Systemic Issues (AKA #NotAllMen)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Generalizations + Misrepresenting Moderation
This is just how it is here. If you’re not a minority, and someone makes a post that insults you indirectly, you either keep quiet about it or you get banned.
Title: ABC apologizes for hurting Indians feeling by having a Hindu national terror plot in ‘Quantico’
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Generalizations + Unsourced Claims
India a country that voted in Modi, the Indian Hitler. Why is this dude so popular in India? Really fucked up. A really really bad look.
This guy literally directed mobs of vicious Indian nationalists, as they threw babies on bayonets and raped a 100,000 women. His popularity exploded. Fuck all these people that defend India and Modi. Fucking disgusting. India also practices female infanticide, and is one of the most religous and oppressive countries on the planet. Looks at what they do in Kashmir. Shameful.
Some people are just complete unable to own up to anything their country does. Delusional I would say. This episode of Quantico is nothing compared to how other groups of people are maimed in the media. Hurt feelings my ass. Pathetic ABC would actually apoligise for this.
It's actually scary and eye opening. Are we really going to ignore this shit because of hurt feelings?
Title: Tommy Robinson arrested outside child grooming trial for ‘breaching the peace’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Spreading conspiracy theories about 'political correctness', history of Islamophobia and racism.
Two wrongs don't make a right, folks like this twatwad are given a platform by what is seen by many as over reaching political correctness.
I.e. in this case the newspapers being gagged from covering a story because of the risk of racial tensions it could cause. Pretending that the crime doesn't exist is pretending the victims don't exist
Reason: User Banned (Permanent) - Identifying and sympathising with a known hate movement
The more I think about it, the more I feel sympathetic and a part of the incel movement. Not violent or hateful. Just frustrated and refusing the dating world. The idea of men just refusing that world appeals to me. I'm an incel
Title: Val Kilmer calls out Anthony Bourdain for ‘selfish’ suicide
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): History of victim-blaming + presenting opinions on suicide as fact
Do better..like what, exactly? Post "RIP"? How do you want anyone in this thread of "help" Bourdain or his family? So many people here are removing all agency from Bourdain, and pretending that suicide was just an inevitable outcome of depression that he had absolutely no control over. Which isn't the case. Suicide ISN'T inevitable or something outside of one's control, and I don't know why pretending it is and removing all agency from someone who decides to kill themselves is supposed to "help" anyone.
Pretending there's nothing he could have done differently does absolutely nothing to help those suffering from depression and making them feel like there's other routes beside suicide. It does nothing but make them feel like that's their only choice and fate. Claiming suicide, in many cases, can be selfish is not an "antagonistic judgement", it's a statement of fact.
Well......
How can you quote me and still ignore what I posted. And good job on the doing exactly what I mentioned about putting people in camps CaviarMeths. Unless a school has a policy that states that teachers are not allowed to call students by their last name I don't see how this will play out as a defense in court.
I am done here. I have been clear, but it is just as I expected and no matter how exact with words I am being, this is still attempted here. Lesson learned.
Title: Teacher was "forced" to resign for using a trans student's last name instead of preferred one.
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Excuse and downplay transphobia.
I feel like using a transgendered person's last name is as close as you're going to get with a certain segment of the population, so in some cases you might as well just shrug your shoulders and take it for what it's worth. It's something you can't really fuck up - a last name is a last name is a last name, and isn't associated with gender identity at all. I can see someone using it as a diplomatic stop-gap measure.
Not that this was that, though.
Title: When did Democrats become so socially uptight?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Unironic use of a cultural pejorative; account still in junior phase
It’s easy to say, ‘remember when the conservatives were the Bible thumpers?’
I feel the same way, makes me a bit moderate. Don’t wanna deal with the religious assholes yet hate the progressives that try so hard, they lose their sense of awareness and become annoying SJWs.
Title: Austria to shut down seven mosques and expel foreign-funded imams
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Islamophobia. Accumulated infractions.
I live in Austria and see this as good news. Last year the government had to close many Muslim Kindergartens because the teachers wouldn’t teach German and only were preaching religion. The Turkish community invienna is huge. I live in their district and there are whole businesses runny illegally and unchecked just because Austrians are so tired of correcting and improving the Turks and their outdated ways. Meanwhile they are given great social services and opportunity to adapt to Austrian culture, but they don’t and make me feel I’m sometimes in instambul.
I have no problem with Turks, even worked for them for 3 months till I was completely taken advantage off. But they really only support themselves and add very little to the Austrian economy because they rather only work with relatives or other Turks. Some Turkish children born in Vienna don’t even speak German and that’s a real issue I didn’t witness when I lived in Canada.
My Turkish friend even explained to me once that Austrians are idiots for giving social services to Muslims because it’s their culture to take advantage of kindness. Some Turks in Vienna really go all day without speaking a word of German and I think it’s very counter progressive. If your religion Makes you not adapt to the culture you live in because it’s from your country of origin. It maybe should be very difficult to practice.
I hope years from now the Turkish community changes and modernize and work with Austrians in German and together.
Title: Val Kilmer calls out Anthony Bourdain for ‘selfish’ suicide
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying mental health issues
I empathize with the mental aspect of it, I really do.
But the actual act of suicide is an extremely selfish act. There is no getting around it. (IMO, I suppose)
A person can still make selfish acts even under great emotional and mental instability.
I really don’t want to get in a fight with people who suffer from depression, I think it really is a matter of semantics.
A very poor analogy but I will use it anyways...a guy whose paranoid delusions tells him to kill that young girl cause she’s a demon...how we want to describe the act from his POV in criminal or social terms, that’s gonna change over time. But at the end of the day, the girl was murdered. No matter what disease he had that made him think the way he did will change that.
Again, I don’t want to get tripped up in arguing wording...suicide and depression are problems society needs to address better and handle. But the act is indeed a selfish one.
Title: How confident are you that Nintendo will reach their 20 million target for Switch this year?
Reason: User Warned: Lazy dev rhetoric.
In US, Switch was 39% down in April 2018 than in April 2017. In Japan, Switch was 11% down in April/May 2018 than April/May 2017. And Switch had Splatoon 2 in July 2017.
Pokemon Go helped Pokemon Sun/Moon to sell well, but Sun/Moon was a new game, not a lazy remake.
Sony tried to do it with Playlink (I don't know if it works, but Playlink games are awesome). And PlayStation 4 pull a new public, who not own a console last gen, since day one.
Title: Games that handle sexualization of women properly?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Bigotry.
Jesus, who cares? We're dealing with fucking videogames here. Every week there seems to be threads on here about nonsensical rubbish like the representation of women and trannies and homosexuality in the Mushroom Kingdom. Female empowerment, disabled leprechauns, the list goes on. In almost all cases its a MAJOR deal and you lot are outraged at said representation and the fault lies squarely at the feet of evil white men.
Unless its some weird paedo Japanese dating sim, do you even enjoy the games you supposedly play?
The general consensus online is that ResetEra is populated by complete and utter dickheads.
Title: Nvidia CEO says next gaming GPU announcement won’t be for ‘a long time’
Reason: User Warned: Off-topic platform warring.
I bought the 970 3 years ago and no game except Arkham knight has gotten a full play through. The quality games are on console now. I don’t see a single pc game I wish was playing.
Title: Teacher was "forced" to resign for using a trans student's last name instead of preferred one.
Reason: User banned (1 week): transphobia
A lot of you are really mean.
I can see both sides.
It's complicated.
He didn't call them by their birth name, he called them by their last name. Surely that person with the preferred name still has the same last name. If a student doesn't like to be called by their first name, I am sure you can still call them by their last name, just like anyone you'd speak to when calling customer service over the phone or gettoge any kind of service in person, people tend to call you by your last name.
I get that they wanted to be called by their preferred name but I also understand how he avoided this by calling them by their last name and remaining in neutral grounds.
Title: Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch |ST3| On Path to E3
Reason: User Warned: Hostility and Abusing the Report System
You are shutting down diversity.
I've reported you and hope you get permabanned because all people like you do is try to shut down any LGBT talk. More LGBT characters in Smash needs to happen and losers like you shitting on LGBT people are pathetic.
Reason: User banned (1 week): antagonizing users in community thread, history of similar infractions
I haven't bothered posting, the cicrclr jerk wank fest for the gsw is nauseating. No 1 cares about your title you shouldn't have even been in the finals in the first place. 5 all stars and your FMVP Is the reff. Fuck off into obscurity and enjoy your well deserved title *
Title: Jim Sterling Video - Valve Endorses AIDS Simulator
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Unironic use of pejorative "SJW"
The irony, I began to talk about censorship and my Sandy Hook story and I how felt about the school shooting simulator being connected to Sandy Hook and his SJWs reported my tweets and now my Twitter is down during E3 week. Thanks SJWs.
Title: Jim Sterling Video - Valve Endorses AIDS Simulator
Reason: User Warned: Threadwhining
How come Jim is the only person who doesn't have a main thread for his podcast? What makes his opinion greater than everyone else? I don't feel like he's better than everyone else, so why this special treatment?
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Claiming inside info and presenting no evidence to admins.
You can also add
- At least one canadian studio
- At least one usa studio
A time exclusive for DMC 5
Gavin Raeburn is the head of PG and owner of PG holding limited
Ralph Michael Futton is creative director
They are both on the executive board with Nicholas Charles Wheelwright and Trevor Roy William.
And now you have Keith Ranger Dolliver who is on the board of Playground games limited.
Playground games limited is own by Gavin Raeburn.
Remedy is a possibility both a hard one
Title: Steam's content policy is both arrogant and cowardly - Eurogamer
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Inflammatory Generalizations + Long history of similar infractions
STEAM is basically a hotbed for the alt-right. Valve has spoke loud and clear that they support this shit. I'm at the point where I'm just done with this fucking industry. The alt-right won, they've infected every community, every game with their non-sense. I can't escape from it as I see the hate everywhere I go. I'm going insane.
Title: Steam's content policy is both arrogant and cowardly - Eurogamer
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory accusations, long history of infractions.
One big reason why I don't PC game often is because it requires Steam the majority of the time, and I don't want to support their alt-right sympathetic asses.
Title: Polygon: "I flushed $16,000 down the toilet over a game," says one Final Fantasy Brave Exvius player
Reason: User warned: Victim-blaming.
Sure.
But back then, it was a FFA injection fest. Your grandma was probably doing it too.
Anyway, he said he didn't play that much since he sucked at trials, so in the end, he was still dumb no matter how you look at it if he just wanted to play Elza and Luneth.
And how old is FFBE now?
2years? He could've played 2yrs on injection credits instead of spending $15k+ and paying off debt.
Right?
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 22, 2018 (May 28 - Jun 03)
Reason: User banned (48 hours): Platform wars baiting. History of similar behavior.
Kind of interesting that the PS4 version of Blazblue sold nearly three times the Switch version. I thought any multiplatform game would do best on Switch. Is this game too hard core for Switch owners?
Title: Here are 12 minutes of Shaq-Fu, where Shaq beats up stereotypical rice farmers
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Antagonising other members and trolling about “political correctness”; account still in junior phase
I’m going to buy this right now. Watching these videos and reading how over the top it is sounds like a good time to me, but all the comments attacking it for not being pc is what sold me on it.
Title: Gamesindustry.biz - Xbox has everything to prove at E3
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): System Wars + Inflammatory Derailment; previous infractions
I will stop when this garbage stops getting posting, and hopefully one day sites will stop posting this stuff. There is clearly very little logic in the article. the comparison and contrast argument you responded to me with makes no sense either. The article does not acknowledge any of the things that have been stated by the companies or announcements that have been made. so what was the point?
Title: Why is the Final Fantasy XV hate vitriolic?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inappropriate Commentary/Joke
I didn't fail to comprehend, I showed you a poll that proves FF12 is not among the least-liked.
You're the one with a chip since the start, lmao.
First you say journalists treated FF12 with kid gloves and that's why 15 got rammed (???????)
Then you conveniently sidesteps 2 Final Fantasy games when you claimed you were confident it's the least-liked entry (it's not)
Then you call ppl "[my] hardcore fans" for some weird-ass reason, especially when RPGSite is a fairly mainstream website
Some wild shit you're spewing in there.
Where did 12 touch you ?
Title: I am so sick of my PS4 Pro and TV's "Handshaking" Problem
Reason: User Warned for off-topic console warring.
Well, it might have to do with the cables that is broken. If replacing cables doesn't fix this, I don't know how to help you any more.
It might be your graphic card, or your TV's configuration.
But just to be safe, no offense but Nintendo Switch popularity is rising a lot, while PS4 is reaching the end of its life. I'm not forcing you to buy Nintendo Switch, but personally I'd suggest buying one.
Title: Teacher was "forced" to resign for using a trans student's last name instead of preferred one.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobia.
I don't understand the vitriol toward the teacher in this thread? It seemed he wanted to be able to maintain his beliefs by compromising and instead of using the students birth name decided to use their last name.
Sure, he shouldn't expect to keep his job because of the school's policy, but not everyone agrees with transgenderism.
Title: Teacher was "forced" to resign for using a trans student's last name instead of preferred one.
Reason: User banned (3 days): Inflammtory Derailment + Trolling/Baiting
I admit it was ambiguous but only because I hadn’t taken a side on the matter. I didn’t word it at specific way so I could maybe appear transphobic, I wanted to see what responses would be without giving any bias by stating my own feelings on things. Even the question was not designed to ask whether the guy was right but whether posters stating that not following the rules was the fireable offense actually meant that, or, whether there was a deeper more important theme involved.
Title: Teacher was "forced" to resign for using a trans student's last name instead of preferred one.
Reason: User Warned: Inflammtory Derailment + Trolling/Baiting
I actually wanted my post to be ambiguous. One of the criticisms I have heard a lot lately about my particular ideology is that we are quick to label people as Nazis and bigots and I wanted to see if that would happen with my post.
Title: Allegations that Justin Trudeau groped a reporter at a music festival in 2000 have surfaced
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Whataboutism, thread derailment.
We supposed to be outraged and allow rhe conservatives to gain from this so they can work hand in hand with Trump who is an actual rapist and fucked a pornstar in his wife's bed after she gave birth to his youngest child, before going on to hire prostitutes to urinate on him?
A 70 year old man who has never even apologized for these things and in fact bragged about them?
Fuck outta here.
Title: The Vans X Marvel Collection is some hot BS
Reason: User Banned (1 Week) Inflammatory Derailment + Using capitalism to rationalize sexism; account still in junior phase
I'm sure there were tons of women who loved watching Predator in 1987 who were sad they couldn't find a comfortable Predator shirt because they were only availible in mens. But when a store doesn't sell something, having it made costs money, and having it displayed and taking up space costs money. If they don't think they can sell something, harassing them on twitter with claims of sexism because "I WANT THING" is entitled as fuck, and ignorant of sales and distribution methodology in the clothing industry.
(And I say that as someone who would wear the fuck out of them dope-ass shoes.)
Title: When Someone Says Canada doesn't have a Racist Problem They're Full of Shit
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying racism. History of similar behaviour.
Canada is literally, , the birthplace of multiculturalism
Will Kymlicka amonst many others.
We are the only nation on Earth to have laws in place for secession.
Quebec itself since its the topic here was founded on the relationship between the french Samuel Champlain and his alliance with the Huron, he even adopted 3 aboriginal children.
Canada recognizes it is made of, this is Kymlicka jargon, 3 national groups, anglos, francos, and the aboriginal.
I live in a backwards ass town filled with racism, but politely fuck off with saying the whole nation has a problem with racism.
I work hard on studying multiculturalism, and am proud of how well the state has over time better managed its minority groups through the use of multicultural scholarship.
Title: When Someone Says Canada doesn't have a Racist Problem They're Full of Shit
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying racism. History of similar behaviour.
I disagree. The experience of living in Vancouver to Quebec City would be radically different of someone of a minority race and/or ethnicity.
Same as someone living in San Francisco to Mobile, Alabama.
It's those parts of the country that need the focus to change.
You know what I have to say PA steelworkers? Go suck the orange Cheetos tiny cock. You cared more about fucking over PoC and the lgbtq community than your own fucking welfare.
You chose racism/bigotry over logic.
Hope you lose it fucking all.
Title: When did Democrats become so socially uptight?
Reason: User Warned: Don't dismiss concerns of children's mental development or school environment worries (lockdown drills, etc.)
Growing up in the 80s, I always identified as a democrat, even as a child. This wasn't because of my support for social welfare programs, unions or even LGBT rights, I hadn't truly grasped any of these concepts until further into my teenage years, the actual reason was far more basic: Liberals were laid back hippies and conservatives were uptight snobs.
Now, many decades later, I'm mortified by the disgraceful state of the Republican party... but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't feeling totally disenfranchised with my own party as well. Democrats have become just as anxious and uptight as Republicans, a society where both sides are occupied by helicopter parents and mentally fragile kids who wallow in perpetual agitation. There's no place for people whose philosophy hinges on living a laid back, carefree, fun and chill life.
This reminded me of an about how liberals were becoming Puritans in their lifestyle choices, and it encapsulates my feelings greatly:
So, Era, I ask you: Where have all the hippies gone? What happened to that beautiful ideology of carefree relaxation? And can it ever return?
Title: When did Democrats become so socially uptight?
Reason: User Warned: Unnecessary hostility
You come across as a gigantic privileged asshole.
You can't live a relaxed care free life when you're drowning in debt or being shot by the police. You can't just 'take it easy' when large swaths of society see you as lesser than an animal.
Get your head out of your ass op.
Reason: User Banned (2 Days) Threadwhining + Ignoring previous warnings
This site over reacts and gets rigidly out of shape over little stuff. The guy is acting a goof for his fans. Stop hating and find something more productive for your negative emotions.
Title: So is anyone else as terrible at dating as I am?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexism. Account still in junior phase.
Call me crazy but some women like when you are an asshole to them it’s worked for me plenty of times. First don’t over compliment them tell them that they look nice and that’s it. Don’t use words like beautiful and gorgeous and fine. On those sites guys tell them how gorgeous they are all day so they don’t really need to hear it from you and hell its not like some of them aren’t already big headed enough so keep the compliments to a minimum or none at all.
Next I wouldn’t even mention that I have my own place and a career maybe you’re sorta flaunting that to them and you don’t want them to want you for the wrong reasons so I’d Dutch on all dates or let them cover the bill, again you wanna come off as an asshole but not too much of one.
And lastly come off as if you don’t really need them make them feel as if they are replaceable. Never overreach for their attention if you guys are texting and she doesn’t reply to your text don’t send a second one make sure every text is a reply to hers. And when she does text you never reply right away and when she asks why you are responding so slow say you are busy dealing with important shit. Try the asshole approach it will work trust me.
Title: So is anyone else as terrible at dating as I am?
Reason: User Warned: Objectification.
Instead of saying I can't do this or that or I have bad luck etc just put positive energy out there and you shall receive that back.
Not in shape? Go to the gym. In shape? Go to the gym. A gym is a great place to meet new girls. Usually goes like this: 1. Meet girl at gym. 2. Work out together. 3. Hangout outside of gym. 4. Hangout inside her. (Or hanging hmmm) 5. Hopefully it lasts. Rinse and repeat.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after TLJ (Read OP)
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous argument/Strawman building
Many defenders of TLJ have always tried to portray people who didn't like the film as racists, sexists, misogynists. That's why they don't like when someone says I didn't like the film/her character but abuse is absolutely unacceptable. It ruins the narrative and they can't paint everyone with the same brush.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after TLJ (Read OP)
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Peddling "forced representation" conspiracy theories.
But her character WAS useless to the movie. It just felt to me like Disney needed more "representation" of a certain demographic. How funny would it have been if Finn and Chewie went on this mission while not understanding each other? It would have been great.
Now for this to actually "upset people", thats another story. But we should still be able to criticize something
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): History of hostility + antagonizing other members; graphic language
pathetic twisting of my words on your part--no man nor women is ruler over me, just saying. You were better off staying away from the keyboard instead of trying to low blow me--you're to old for that shit.
Title: Would Black people around the world have taken up Kilmongers' arms?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Hostility + Antagonizing other members
Oh no, please, don't gun me down with your magic space weapons that don't exist. As that seems to be the only way you think you can be an activist.
I mean, actual black activists something, and they didn't need a Wakanda. What are you doing? Flailing around that no one takes your fantasy about a magic African warlord killing white people for you seriously?
You think you can change the world? Do it then. Those people tried. Do it for Killmonger. Go on. Kill all the white people, the women and children too. Give all minorities guns, destablize the country, and do it without being killed, of course.
You don't have the excuse of the Avengers stopping you. What's your malfunction?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending) Hostility + Inflammatory Generalizations; Long history of infractions
They’re domesticated and invasive so that’s 100% wrong on every level.I would say that it’s fine to let them out if you leash them, build an enclosure, or ensure you’re supervising, but most people who let their cats out don’t do that.
No, what you’re doing is actually cruel and negligent for the reasons I listed. If it were up to me, someone would take your cat away from you and you should potentially face a charge for animal cruelty.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Peddling conspiratorial rhetoric + history of feigning ignorance
Don’t know anything about him but google tells me that he’s recently been spending big money to sway which DAs get appointed. Didn’t go well but that would have given him quite a pull.
Title: The Black Culture Community [OT 3] - 400 years of choices
Reason: User warned: Insulting another poster.
I will but I want you to know. You’ll never be one of us. You’ll never know what it’s like to not know your uncle because he was murdered in Texas for being a Mexican man in the wrong place. You’ll never know what it’s like to know the reason your parents moved out of their home town was because the KKK didn’t approve of their marriage. This is more than DNA. It’s a culture, experience, and history. I understand you want to know more but it’s not something you can just say you’re a part of because you found out you’re Mexican three days ago.
And we’re not Latinos. We’re Chicanos. If you’re going to wear that digital brown face at least understand why the difference is important to many of us.
Title: NYC army base orders pizza, calls ICE on delivery guy
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): personal insults and forum whining
I am becoming more and more convinced it’s just angsty young teens with their parents Comcast emails trying to out do each other with the quickest shitty 1-2 line hot take. There is almost no substance in this thread.
It’s 80% WHHHHAAAA FUCK GOVERNMENT AND ICE AND TRUMP AND TROOPS” about 10% “Laws though” 5% more “FUCKEM ALL ANYWAYS DONT LET THEM EAT PIZZA DO YOU EAT HAM ON PIZZA?” And 5% “???”
When people here say we need UBI it’s because they know they have no usable and transferable skills and don’t know what they are going to do when their free ride ends. There is not much room for healthy conversation. (Like you mentioned)
Title: NYC army base orders pizza, calls ICE on delivery guy
Reason: User warned: personal attacks
This case is about a family that was torn apart for nothing, fuck his warrant, you care about the law while your president takes a dump on it every day, and you know what?, fuck you both too.
Title: NYC army base orders pizza, calls ICE on delivery guy
Reason: User banned (duration pending): Generalizing the community, forum whining, accumulated infractions for downplaying concerns about discrimination.
This forum prides itself in it's "inclusiveness" and its "progressiveness" yet constantly seem to mirror the circle jerking that goes on in less "inclusive" and "progressive" places. The lack of logical or rational discussion here is disgusting. You either jump on the dog pile or get the fuck out.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Inflammatory Derailment + History of infractions for disruptive behavior
I get that you’re upset that I’m criticising a film that you like, but come on. I’ve expressed my disgust for people that would do such a thing to an actress in this situation. I’m expressing my opinion that the film is so utterly disappointing that a backlash is understandable. I’ve made it so very clear that personal attacks are pathetic. It’s a reasonable opinion relevant to the conversation. You want to pretend that everyone loves the movie and what I’m saying isn’t true?
Title: Popular "IRL" streamers Ice Poseidon and Asian Andy confronted at Denny's for racist "jokes"
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing malicious behaviour. Recently banned for similar behaviour.
There's no evidence. Hampton brandon is just joking around like he always does
Anyway, the community is starting to turn on Ice after yesterdays drama. He's a disgusting person treating his gf like that
Title: Peter Jackson confirms he's not involved in Amazon's LOTR series
Reason: User banned (2 days): generalizing all men in the movie industry as being perpetrators of sexual assault actively undermines the conversation regarding actual accusations of sexual assault and sexual abuse.
any time i see a director/actor sexual assault comes to my mind. can't respect any of them.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User banned (3 days): inflammatory comparisons. Star Wars fans are not like protected identities or oppressed minorities.
You are 100% correct but you are also fighting a losing battle there.
Look, if you saw someone who is the same race or nationality as me committed a terrible crime and you came to me saying something like "I see one of yours is in trouble again" I'd be so angry. I'd be annoyed that you want to use my nationality or race against me and I'd be mad that you want to shame me for something that someone else has done.
Problem is that SO MANY people want to do stuff like that. A ridiculous number of people just can't keep themselves away from that kind of thing.
In 2018 we've got to a stage where public expressions of racism are frowned upon but it doesn't matter because so many people still hold those views. They just don't express them.
So they look for other ways to do things. Are you a Star Wars fan? I am. "Oh, I see one of yours was harassing women on the Internet". As if it's MY problem. As if I'm somehow responsible. As if I have some connection to the people doing this sh!t other than "we kind of like the same things, maybe".
You can probably see it with football fans in the UK. If there's a 10 person fight at a Liverpool match with 50k+ plus people in attendance you'll get Manchester United fans saying "see Liverpool supporters are violent scumbags who can't behave at a football match". It's not racism or anything serious like that but it has similar roots.
There's "Us" and there's "Them" and we're more than happy to find the absolute worst of "Them" with the goal of using it as a stick to beat the normal ones. There's a certain type of person who is ALWAYS looking for someone to bully but their bullying takes the form of trying to associate decent people with terrible people based on some arbitrary commonality.
I would say that NOBODY on Reset Era is even remotely in favor or in support of what these trolls have done but you STILL have people in these threads implying that Reset Era is full of people who are just A-OK with this kind of racism and harassment.
The people doing this “Star Wars fans are the worst” thing would have been your everyday racists back in the day. They've just found a way to engage in the same behavior but the stakes are much, much, lower so it's kind of seen as acceptable. Luckily for everyone it's not a big deal as who REALLY gives a crap about Star Wars fandom anyway.
So even when we have an example of legitimate racism focusing itself on this young lady there are people who just use that as an excuse to target "Star Wars Fans". You think the;s people give a crap about Kelly Marie Tran? They don't. They are just f*cking delighted to have a stick to beat "fandom" with.
Post # 4 was "Embarrassing and disgusting. Fans are always the worst part of anything".
Post # 5 was "The Star Wars fandom really is the worst in existence."
These folks don't care about the issue. They just can't wait to bash someone who doesn't deserve it. Sure, you can point out that these trolls are total pricks and awful human beings and you can feel legitimate bad about what they have put her through.
For me the two most obvious reactions here are to condemn the trolls and to feel sympathy for the victim and to feel outrage about what they've done. Within 30 minutes or so of the OP going up we have jumped on to "Star Wars Fans are the worst" though so you have to wonder what some people are thinking.
If folks are not going to condemn the specific people doing this and they're not going to express sympathy for the victim but they ARE going to try and associate regular folks with a problem they neither created nor supported then what the hell is going on there?
Title: Anime Cast Resigns After Creator's Racist/Nationalist Tweets Drew Attention
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling disinformation, hostility, account still in junior phase.
You sound like you need to get back on your medicines.
Just because Japanese imperialists are bad, doesn't means Chinese twitter can start posting made up news without proper sources.
Title: Trump and Melania's relationship is the most hilarious thing in the universe
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): Peddling disinformation + accumulated infractions. Ban extended after review.
you do realize this is played in reverse right? She's stoic and then he turns around and says something to those standing behind him which elicits laughter. smh
Title: Was Geek Culture better ten or twenty years ago?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns about diversity and representation, accumulated infractions.
I'm totaly with you OP, everything is fucked up today. Everyone is crying about their rights and equality instead of focusing on the important things. Everyone thinks they are special, but I tell you something, nobody is special.
Title: Supreme Court rules narrowly for Colorado baker who wouldn't make same-sex wedding cake.
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Casting conspiratorial accusations against victims of discrimination without evidence
What? They should be able to refuse whatever they want. They are the artist. They can't be forced to do shit. Maybe I want to draw a picture for person A but not person B. There can't be a force aside from lost business that makes me do it for person B. If person B wants a thing and I won't do it then find someone else.
Also in this case didn't the baker offer numbers and other places to get their cake made? The CNN page for this says "He offered to make any other baked goods for the men. "At which point they both stormed out and left," he said." - It feels like these guys were just baiting shops to say no and start a shit show over this.
If I ask an artist to do something for me and they say no and let's pretend I can force them will the creation be worth it? If I am looking for a creative person to make me something I want them to enjoy it and have the result of their talent not the result of a lawsuit or a threat forcing their hand to make me something.
It is insane to think the baker should be forced to do shit. If that is the case then how about he draw a stick figure on the cake and fill it with toothpaste? How about he make it with cardboard in it? He doesn't want to do it and was respectful of the couple that asked. It doesn't say he called them names or was derogatory against them - he just refused.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Banned (2 Days) Inflammatory Derailment + Handwaving Harassment
The shitting on the SW and the fanbase in this thread is also as disgusting... don't broadstroke paint us all the same if we didn't like the movie she was in... these are just trolls who wouldn't need much in general to harass people in general... these are not SW fans as far as I am concerned
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: User banned (72h): repeated instances of trolling including this post
These artists doing so is reprehensible and disgusting. But it would be more troubling if the founder of a mayor religion, like say Jesus, came to light did such. If people kept such as a role model in every aspect after such, could be real harmful for society.
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: The user was suspended 1 month for this post. We're not going to entertain discussion or defense of content sexualizing under aged children, whether real or fictional.
I'd say violence is a heavy focus of many video games, especially Western M rated games that are tremendously popular. It is a glorified/cartoonized version of violence, but loli stuff is glorified/cartoonized too.
There's no evidence that drawn cp causes an increase in real cp. Based on the fact that video game violence and real life violence has proven to be unrelated, I'd imagine the same is true for cp, but it's impossible to know.
I don't like loli stuff, I don't know anyone in real life who does, and I feel very uncomfortable typing this knowing that people here are probably judging me negatively right now. But I honestly believe in what I am saying right now.
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: The user was suspended 1 month for this post. We're not going to entertain discussion or defense of content sexualizing under aged children, whether real or fictional.
I don't want to deviate too much from the context of this thread, but telling an artist what or what they can or can't draw goes against how we defined the concept of art to begin with, doesn't it? Is art something that should be regulated? That's something worth thinking about, but I think it deviates too much from this topic to discuss here, since this is a topic concerning an actual child that was actually victimized so the creator of Ruroni Kenshin could get off. Fuck him.
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: The user was suspended 1 month for this post. We're not going to entertain discussion or defense of content sexualizing under aged children, whether real or fictional.
There's nothing wrong with being uncomfortable with loli stuff, but there is a definite distinction between it and actual child pornography. To make a similar parallel, enjoying violence in media such as video games or action movies does not necessarily mean that you wish to harm people in real life.
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: This user was banned for 1 month for defending the act of pedophillia after a similar case of being callous towards rape victims
It's hard for us to understand the amount of restraint and self control necessary to keep one from indulging one's own perversions. Can you honestly say that if you were a pedophile (remember, it's not a choice) you would manage to go your entire life without ever even attempting to watch anything? It's a fairly obvious assumption that it is no easy task, surely.
It's the only reason I actually understand the somewhat lenient laws regarding possession of CP. Distribution makes it much much worse, but possession by itself is somewhat understandable, even though it is highly reprehensible. It's a difficult subject to tackle...
Read above. Not saying anyone should get a pass, but let's maybe cool our engines, this isn't as black and white as you're making it out to be, unfortunately.
Title: Rurouni Kenshin mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki charged with child porn possession [Mod edit: READ THE OP]
Reason: User was warned for making inappropriate generalizations.
Saw this coming. This is a country where large teams of men are creating and drawing content starring underage girls in bikinis and underwear that are getting into adult situations. It is being bought, idolized, and lusted over by millions of Japanese men. Instead of going on actual dates and developing healthy social lives. It's creating a creepy pedo culture that's probably far more widespread than any of the harassment crap going on here in America right now.
Stop idolizing anyone.
Title: Woody Allen Says He Should Be ‘Poster Boy for the #MeToo Movement’
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Implications of Antisemitism
His movies during the 1980s were quite progressive. In "Hanah and Her Sisters" all major roles are played by women.
It's really sad how the right wing media and tabloids have manipulated people. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that he's Jewish.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Victim Blaming + Rationalizing Harassment
It was more that her character was in a about a third of the movie and accomplished nothing and wasted everybody's time.
The whole Rose-&-Finn-go-to-casino-world-to-get-the-code-breaker-but-instead-save-the-horse-doggies shit was the biggest sin in a litany of awful choices in that movie. If you cut that whole side story out of the movie what would you lose? Would the movie be better? Arguably yes. Her character is no Jar Jar Binks but she doesn't add anything to the story. Unlike her sister who was great.
It's ridiculous that people are attacking her personally but that's what you sign up for with star wars.
If anyone is to blame it should be Rian Johnson. Seriously that guy shouldn't have been paid.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Derailment
There's really NOTHING that could justify this kind of behaviour, but as for "hating" the character I think the only thing I can think of (I'm not going to touch these people's "opinions" with a ten foot pole) is one particularly egregious bit of bad writing her character is victim of at the end of the movie. And even that is just "WTF just happened and how did that make sense?" innocent thing, not an "OMG SW is now ruined woe is me" thing. Before that, her character barely gets anything to do and is generally charming all around.
Honestly racism and simply mob mentality targeting the newest, "weaker" entry in the cast are the most likely explanations. A part of the people who didn't like TLJ have been absolutely toxic about it and it's not beyond them running a hate campaign against an actress just to keep throwing vitriol at the movie.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Do not advocate death or violence on the forum
This approaching GamerGate levels of toxicity (or maybe it was always like that.)
Can we just take Star Wars fans out back and shoot them in the head. Just put em down. There, done.
Title: Kelly Marie Tran has deleted her Instagram posts due harassment she has received after The Last Jedi
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Trivializing harassment and death threats + Victim Blaming.
Well , what i am saying can't be applied to this case of course (because we are talking about a fanbase here who is mad about the movie) but i always thought that if you put the photos of your body online (almost nude) and then cry in a corner because someone says that you are ugly , it doesn't make sense at all . You shouldn't expose yourself if you can't deal with negative feedback , you can't expect positive comments every time because there are no filters on social medias . By the way , a lot people aren't honest so positive comments hide the truth sometimes . I don't know if i have explained myself well but whatever...
Title: Fox News: Shep Droppin' Truth Bombs on WSJ Reporter
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): personal insults
Okay, and I am sorry you are an asshole.
Sorry, I didn't mean it as an insult. I just felt like insulting you and do not want you to think I actually meant to insult you.
Title: DRAKE VS G.O.O.D. Music (Update: Pusha Responds)
Reason: User Warned: Thread Whining
I don't necessarily care for either of these 2 artists but I'm enjoying how people in here think these rap battles end careers and stuff. It's really something reading the replies here, overblowing the back and forth diss tracks as if they were anything but publicity stunts. Reliving past nostalgia.
Nobody but nerds care for this shit. Here is a prediction, Drake will continue to sell millions of records and nobody will bat an eye that he didn't respond, or "didn't dare to".
Title: Xbox Wire: State of Decay 2 exceeds 2 million players in less than two weeks
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Platform warring, trolling. History of provocative and inflammatory posts.
Last Gen You couldn’t go anywhere on the internet Or Mp games without Xbox fans telling you how bad they where beating the PS3 and this was even perpetuated by Microsoft executives and PR.
But now sales units and revenue are irrelevant because Xbox is losing now ?
Title: Xbox at E3 sale. Xbox One S - $199, Xbox One X - $449, Games deals, Gamepass/Gold deals and more
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Platform war rhetoric. History of similar behaviour.
MS desperate ... again. Even at $199 I wouldn't pick up the S - I did awhile ago, and completely regret it. Bought it is a 4K player, and should have bought a dedicated one instead
Title: Xbox at E3 sale. Xbox One S - $199, Xbox One X - $449, Games deals, Gamepass/Gold deals and more
Reason: User Warned: Platform wars.
Good for them. Microsoft needs all the help they can muster to sell that Xbox One. I can't help but feel this has been the most irrelevant console we've seen since the Saturn. Being this aggressive with pricing certainly helps.
Title: Nintendo Investors Seek Answers After `Shocking' Share Drop
Reason: User Warned: Hostility and antagonizing another members
I don't think Nintendo cares how much and what you like. Golden ages don't predicate on random commenters' opinions.
Every game on the Switch, including the Switch, and third party titles that usually don't sell, are selling.
The SNES sold less than the NES and Wii, and the Switch will easily outsell it, and on top of that it's outpacing where the PS4 and definitely the Xbox One were in the same period, but obviously Nintendo is vying for those golden days because Dr. Dre's Dr. liked over , obviously. EDIT: Wait, the fucking SNES? Really? You think the period where they got real, tangible competition in the form of SEGA, and outright lost the console war in some regions, is where they had a "market golden age"? ?
The fucking ported Wii U games sold hand-over-fist better than the original Wii U games, some like already multi-million sellers. And I guess , the aforementioned , , , , ( and the new game), , , and all stopped existing because...?
It's cute that you think your personal opinion seriously impacts Nintendo's money, but, don't worry, it doesn't.
That's only because the best selling game on the Wii was packaged on the Wii. And the next best one was a game and a games.
You claim that does better than but outside one example they never have. And if itself can outsell every other in two fucking months, then why would you possibly think that would do any ?
Title: People with An Xbox One X, has the system lived up to your expectations?
Reason: User warned: system wars
This thread is asking for bias. That console is way too much money for most people to give anything but a self reassuring "yes, my purchase was NOT a failure".
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 21, 2018 (May 21 - May 27)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Trolling and goading after a previous warning
It's amusing to see how fascinated you are by my person, treating me with so much respect that talking solely about me is enough to warrant a post. I appreciate that but again that's not mutual though, not at all, sorry ;).
Title: Nintendo Investors Seek Answers After `Shocking' Share Drop
Reason: User Warned: Hostility towards another user
Reading your posts back on GAF, recent posts on ERA, and now your posts in this thread, it doesn't matter if you're a fanboy, fan, fanatic, whatever. The only word that really matters here is "pathetic", and that's what your posts usually read as. Someone who is hopelessly pathetic. Grow up.
Title: How do you feel about people who sleep with married people?
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Overt hostility toward other users
There are some fucking Alpha Neanderthals on this forum. Goddamn...
The fact that someone can so self centered that they have no notion of the pain they're causing someone, is beyond baffling to me.
Think of the gut wrenching betrayal someone feels when they find out the person they trusted with their most private feelings is out somewhere dark and grimy sweating and drooling with another selfish imbecile.
Have some fucking foresight, and empathy and decency, you primitive, drooling, monkey-fucking savages.
Title: Solo: A Star Wars Story |OT| Ron Shot Last [SPOILERS]
Reason: User warned: personal insults
Really? I mean... REALLY? Your wife walked out while y'all were watching it at the same time in different cities? I mean... I don't mean to demean your wife who has terrible taste, but your wife has terrible, awful, you should probably leave her except that you agreed with her awful, terrible taste. It's okay not to enjoy it as much as us. It's not okay to invent a made-up story to reinforce your hyperbole.
Title: MCV: New Boss of Microsoft Studios on Xbox's First Party Strategy
Reason: User warned: Inappropriate language.
They've been chasing this mongoloid trend of games as services for years and it continues to bear no fruit of any quality. It's infuriating to be an Xbox-only gamer and not have anything to play other than multiplatform games and middling AA singleplayer games.
The worst part is that they want streaming friendly games and yet so many of the big streamers I've watched have constantly and routinely taken potshots and digs at Microsoft at their lack of compelling software. How is that a good look when you've got streamers shitting on your recent games in front of audiences of 10s of thousands.
Title: MCV: New Boss of Microsoft Studios on Xbox's First Party Strategy
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Generalizing an entire forum and attacking other users
Holy crap are era users a bunch of whiney reactionaries with no room for subtlety. You are all mostly projecting your existing anti-ms/xbox bias on to this story.
I see nothing really controversial at all in what he is saying - sp games with production values are expensive and risky. Not every game can/will be a GoW or Horizon or BoTW - so game makers are wisely cautious.
Unreal.
Title: How do you feel about people who sleep with married people?
Reason: User Banned (5 Days) - Victim Blaming
For the people themselvers, i'd say they're doing quite good for themselves if they're able to attract a partner who is arguably aready committed, success attracts suitable mates as has always been since the neolithic.
The one that's being cheated on is in a fix however. Apperantly they're not able to command the respect, affection and loyalty of their spouse, and the fact that they allow this situation to occur Will making them the laughing stock of his family and working environment, I personally wouldn't let a spineless worm like that in any leadership role at my company.
Title: NOFX kicked off own festival for making Las Vegas shooting jokes: "At least they were country fans."
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Advocating mocking victims of mass shootings, accumulated infractions.
Fine with me, we as a country aren't doing anything constructive to prevent it from happening over and over again so it deserves mockery taste be damned.
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Ignoring Modpost + Derailment
of course the nazi analogy is highly charged. That's the point of making it imo. the current Israeli regime and the us and other nations supporting it are literally wiping out a race of people
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Ignoring mod post. History of similar behaviour.
It's just proof that the world has gone to shit. Good is bad, bad is good. Palestinians are dying, innocents are getting slaughtered and people would rather hide behind empty rhetorics or bury their heads to pretend this genocide isn't happening.
How can anyone look at photos of that woman dying and think "God forbid I hurt the feelings of her murderer!". Shame on the people in power who continue to enable this atrocity. You were supposed to be .
Title: How confident are you that Nintendo will reach their 20 million target for Switch this year?
Reason: User warned: Console Warring/ Insulting poster
Yeah sure. Toys not solely meant for little kids then.
So sorry for hurting your feelings. You probably aren't between 5-11 yet you like em and try to justify your rationale...
Title: Danish MPs to vote on under-18s circumcision ban
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inflammatory Generalizations
I want my fucking foreskin back. All arguments for circumcision are bullshit, plain and simple. Religion sucks anyway. Bill Gates is an idiot for wanting to mutilate every African in existence.
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory commentary about “PC culture”
He'll offend some but what I love about Kamiya is that he doesn't really give af. He won't comport to what PC society says you should be saying, thinking, believing etc. and for that he'll always get my support.
Admittedly at times his shots feel widespread and aimed at everyone instead of the trolls who usually, well trolls. Many people have had enough of PC culture, many are woke at. Amen to that.
Title: If you could, would you kill your interest in sex and or relationships.
Reason: User warned: inflammatory derail
Walking into the bedroom, being greeted by my wife, her ass in the air, panties parted to the side and giving me those puppy dog eyes? Fucking my wife after a long day at work is the most satisfying thing ever.
AndI don't feel sorry for people who can't get laid. Sitting in your moms basement and playing videogames and then complaining about not getting laid is pathetic. Put down the controller and get outside. There is a world to see, people to meet.
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (3 days): ignoring mod post and derailing thread
I understand the need to maintain some level of civility, but the mod edit screams of "both sides". Very disappointed. This is not a symmetrical affair, what Israel is doing is ethnic cleansing. Watering down our language only serves to obscuate that. This type of stance was how SA were able to perpetuate their apartheid system for so long. History repeating itself I'm afraid.
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): ignoring mod-post and continuing to derail by personalizing the issue, accumulated infractions for similar behaviour.
Only that your posts share the same values.
At least you are open about your political stance.
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Spreading Conspiracy Theories about Moderation
As to the moderation bullshit on these threads, it's exactly that, bullshit. They won't tell you why or give any sort of rationale as to why... because there isnt.
My guess is some hard right Zionist piece of garbage happens to be a mod and the other mods aren't willing to say anything.
Reason: User warned: excessive rudeness, don't personalize the issue
Why are you so fucking defensive all the time? You do the same thing in the dating thread. English is not my first language so me not wording things correctly happens pretty often.
Title: How Trump’s Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’
Reason: User banned (1 week): Pattern of trying to discuss history of users instead of their arguments. Prior warnings and bans for similar.
It’s a shitty way to continually shove away criticism—despite my agreement that America is generally racist. Especially as a moderator, as it opens you up to imprecise ways at perceiving conversations from your own biases. I’ve watched you post for neigh on ten years, just saying it’s a bad look for you.
Title: Trump sent a retired teacher a letter about gun policy. She fixed the grammar and sent it back.
Reason: User warned for trolling
Cringiest anti-Trump article and thread I've seen in a while.
OOOOOOOHHHH SNAPPPPP A 60 YEAR OLD SCRIBBLED ON A WHITE HOUSE FORM LETTER AND POSTED IT TO TWITTER
The state of America is so sad. The left and the right just can't wait to take meaningless jabs at each other, all day long. And for some reason a half-respectable media outlet like the Chicago Tribune is getting into this clickbait reporting?
Oh, but wait, if I'm critical of an article against Trump, then that means I pro-Trump! Dogpile away, kids!
Title: Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border trying to help a injured protester
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Inflammatory generalisations. Accumulated infractions.
Israel shitbags arent human. This is no thing a human would do approve or letting eye closed to be happen. If any Israeli people feel same they should remove that country soon as possible immediately or they will be part of human history's shame.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending the sexualisation of minors.
By default heterosexual women and men are attracted to very different things, and they'll find each others sexual interests yawn-worthy or even off-putting. Anime and JRPGs combine a lot of common attractions for men and women, yet majority of it is catering to the male gaze women find off-putting, so it gets the most amount of flak since that's where they are exposed to it the most and it can be difficult to filter it. Since the medium is a sort of contact point between opposing interests, there's a lot of people defending their own side, be it with good arguments or not.
I see the sexualization in games and anime as a reflection of the sexual repression in these societies as a whole. Both US and Japan are highly sexually repressed going from childhood into adulthood and the subject matter is handled as taboo, but since it is one of the most integral parts of us as humans, it's not something that can be just tucked away neatly. The more repressed public society is, the more they make fetish stuff and use every trick in the book to subvert the unnatural repression over things we are consciously or subconsciously attracted to.
Of course there's reasons for why society has these taboos, immature sexuality being perhaps the biggest problem zone due to it being so vulnerable to abuse and trauma, yet it's something pretty much all of us share in one way or another, and perhaps due to the lack of handling it we never quite grow through it and find unhealthy ways of dealing with repressed feelings that aren't openly handled. I see a lot of the criticism in the west towards Japanese infantilization and sexual depictions of women more as a sign of how we cannot handle anything remotely tied to children being conflated to sexual desire, whereas in Japanese culture people aren't as fearful of seeing cute things or petite proportions as sexually attractive, and aren't conflating it to being a pedo. The problem is that it does blur the line and does allow some very questionable material that skirts any regulation.
I think there's a point to be made about how the fetishistic nature of Japanese portrayal of sexuality actually stems from US influence after WW2 and the importing of those morals, which created this weird amalgamation of culture where there's super weird fetish porn, but it's censored, and there's otherwise normal fantasy games, but the female characters are running in battle bikinis and it's rarely acknowledged. Perhaps it's a way of "filling up a quota" of what otherwise cannot be fulfilled by society at large, the same way the vast porn industry does in the US?
Sorry if that was a bit of and off-tangent ramble, but I'm more interested in the base human psychology and cultural cues behind what we see in this media and how people here react to it, than picking apart yet another skimpy dress and making generalizations of how the Japanese are so far behind us woke peeps here.
Title: Thinking about playing God of War 2018 together with my 9 year old kid
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack. Don't call others 'blatant idiots'
Oh shush, what I said wasn't even wrong, and you blatant idiots can sit here whining about how much more visceral and nasty violence is now as opposed to things like MK in the 90's, it makes no difference. A child at 9 years old should be able to differentiate between real life and a fucking video game. If they can't, there's other problems going on than letting your kid watch big bad Kratos punch a norse witch in the face.
I suppose parents should also quit letting their children watch Marvel movies? Are we pretending those are any better now? I doubt that's happening either, OP will gauge how capable his kid is of handling it, and do what he wants.
Stop being such annoying prudes, because you're likely being dishonest to your own childhoods.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): LGBTQ intolerance + Inflammatory Derailment
While I don’t particularly associate myself with the community, share/agree on some/most values, or even call myself an ally per se, I can say it genuinely brought a smile to my face seeing so many of you people embracing each other and being proud of yourselves.
Sure, we may be different and disagree on some aspects, but you do you everyone. This is your month, after all, and it would be silly to argue against your value as human beings or your place/impact in society.
Make use of your unalienable rights this month, and the whole year(s to come) really. Live your life, be free, and strive for happiness everyone. Cheers.
Title: The Independent: Denmark poised to ban Islamic full-face veils
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): repeatedly defending sexism and misogyny
You literally called out two verses from the Qur'an.
Men AND women have the responsibility to prevent it.
What is your solution to stop rapists? Rapists are mentally deranged men (and sometimes women). They're looking for any excuse to rape.
Title: Pokemon Let's Go trailer racks up over 6 million views in a day (on Pokemon YT Channel)
Reason: User Banned(Duration Pending): Console warring after returning from a ban on it.
Nintendo HAS been dead since the 90’s. PlayStation has outsold them every generation and has become synonomous with console gaming.
Meanwhile Nintendo can’t even get GTA or COD on their platforms.
Title: Gag Orders & the Life and Times of Tommy Robinson
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory generalisations. Pedantry surrounding intolerance.
What.
Islamic isn't a race dude.
I assume you're american because americans seem to want to turn everything into about being race, but a hate group overtly expousing their goal to being anti-islam doesn't need a secret prejudice decoder ring to figure out what they're about, because they are straight up saying it.
Unless you think religious bigotry is somehow more palatable than racial bigotry.
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Conspiracy theories, history of sexism, account still in junior phase
As a man, I apologize that she has to endure that experience. As a suspicious person, I wonder are there malicious poster that would create thread every other week about woman facing sexual advance in gaming for trolls to get banned. I noticed thread like this are monitors very closely & ban are inevitable if poster are not careful about insensitive or childlike behavior.
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User Banned (4 Days): Making False equivalencies surrounding gendered harassment
I totally believe that, but from my experience it's gone both ways. Women employees I've witnessed at GameStop would work it over the counter to other males to get a pre-order or w/e.
Both are just gross.
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User banned (1 week): downplaying and excusing sexual harassment
This totally sucks for the person experiencing it and its absolutely terrible behavior But this literally can happen with every group of people. There are shitty people everywhere in the world from all walks of life. Not just men. It happens the other way also. I think we should tone down our expectations of people and we'll be less likely to be let down. You just can't expect everyone else to hold the same principles you do. The only thing you can do is choose the people you surround yourself with and cut out the negative ones.
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User Warned: Rationalising sexual harassment.
It's interesting to see the resentment against this behavior here and put it up against the fact that it exists.
I mean, if it doesn't work (as the opinions here tend to make you believe), why do so many men do it?
Just some shower thoughts.
Title: Self-admitted pedophile is a U.S Congressional candidate in Virginia
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Excusing pedophilia and rape.
How many times was you mother actually fucked by the 15 year olds who told you online that they fucked her? Saying you did something is not a crime.
And of course a avatar shaming....ignore list.
Title: Flashback! Jimmy Kimmel in Blackface mocking Karl Malone
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): False equivalence. Ignoring historical context of racism.
White face is no different than black face. There’s a god damn movie about two black dudes pretending to be two white women. Maybe I’m ignorant but both have to be racist if one is.
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexual harassment. Sexism. Accumulated infractions.
...what?
the gaming community is probably one of the lowest, TBH. If we're going off of stereotypes, then your "typical gamer" probably doesn't have enough confidence to slide into DMs and send dick pics.....
This is also true, something people always overlook in these situations and it makes it feel a bit disingenuous to me.
"PRO GAMER" is extremely vague, but if we're talking about people who are then they're probably no stranger to doing shit like this and actually scoring off it.
there are easy, basic, thirsty ass chicks out there just like there are sleezy, thirsty, dick pic sending ass dudes out there
Title: I was at a gaming event with a lady friend of mine, & booy do we (men) still got a long way to go...
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism - Rationalizing and normalizing sexual harassment
They wouldn't do it if it didn't work - You can be sure your friend isn't the only one they write with.
ProGamers these days are in the scene celebrities and they abuse it like the typical " scenario especially if the guys are good looking too.
The Pros of really popular games get probably as many boob/naked pictures in return compared to the amount of dick pictures they send out.
There are for example female Twitch Streamers that hooked up/dated with Pros just to grow their channels/personal career over the years which sometimes backfired when strip videos or even more explicit stuff came to daylight.
The same with becoming the girlfriend of a really big streamer for the same reasons.
Its the principle of one hand washes the other in those cases.
These Pros that wrote with your friend that day more than likely had her as a first choice if she is really that attractive as you say.
But you can bet they didn't sleep alone that night.
Reason: User Warned: Dismissing concerns over female sexualization.
I agree. Pardon me for asking, but what's with people whining about sexualized characters in Japanese video games these days?
Nobody had any problems about it back in the day.
Title: Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch |ST3| On Path to E3
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
dude you sound like an incel with unrequited love for a videogame waifu.
Daisy isn't real, and now im being serious. please get some professional help, you need it.
Maybe he shouldn’t go around insulting people like that?
I hate to say it but insulting people like you did typically leads to a ban, and if you are so scared of catching a ban here for what you have to say then what exactly, do you have to say that would get you banned?
From the preview, I have some assumptions.
Title: NFL teams deploy “cheerleaders” to charm male fans in the stands. Face low wages and harassment.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Victim-blaming, excusing sexual harassment.
These women are signing up for this job. Assuming it’s not a bait and switch, and it almost undoubtedly isn’t, this isn’t even a problem. This is not harassment. These women consent to that shit by virtue of the job. We all know it will happen. They do too.
Title: whole Publix Chicken Tender Subs are $5.99 this week
Reason: User banned (1 week): Hostility towards other members, history of infractions for similar
if a chicken sandwich is enough to make you support a corporation that actively funds anti-queer activities then yes, yes I am going to put you on ignore, because you are a feckless cunt
Title: Family of Black Man Killed by White Cop Awarded Just $0.04 By Florida Jury
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying police brutality with bad faith arguments, previous infraction for similar behavior.
That article doesn't state that he was unarmed, or that his hands were at his sides, both of which contradict the deputy's testimony (which says that he was brandishing the weapon and raised it).
I'd be happy to have proof that the deputy was lying through his teeth, but that proof doesn't appear to exist. The fact that the gun was found in his pocket is suspicious, but not conclusive. It's possible he put it away as the officers were drawing and firing, or as he was dying (headshots aren't always insta-kills, and people do strange things as they're dying). I agree it's super suspicious, but I would expect if it were conclusive there would be articles mentioning that as directly contradicting the deputy's testimony.
I'd hoped he'd found such an article, but apparently not.
Title: The Independent: Denmark poised to ban Islamic full-face veils
Reason: User warned for ignoring moderator instructions. Drop the gaslighting and groundless accusations of misogyny and bigotry.
You probably do because you seem to believe that the niqab (and the hijab) are inherently misogynistic without giving a shred of evidence beyond your emotions.
Why are you changing the discussion? It was you who falsely claimed that the niqab has no religious basis. I provided evidence that it does. Then you falsely claimed that Muslims don't follow the evidence I provided. I told you that the vast majority do and even the minority have their own evidences in support of the niqab. Then, you created a strawman that most Muslims don't believe it to be obligatory, which was never the point. I told you that even if they don't believe it to be obligatory, even if they wear just the headscarf or even if they don't wear any veil at all, Muslims who know of this proof will be against the niqab ban. And now, you're creating another strawman, that somehow I'm arguing that simply because a religion holds something sacred it cannot be banned. The entire premise of my argument is that a secular country that has freedom of conscience should not be banning the niqab as it violates that freedom. Not once have I (nor anyone else for that matter) said that countries cannot ban something that a particular religion practices, but to ban the niqab is hypocritical. For example, the punishment for theft in Islam is amputation, but you don't see Muslims amputating people in the West (or even in the vast majority of Muslim countries). That's because such a law would affect a second or third party. The niqab only affects one person: the one wearing the niqab.
I consider you believing that a woman who wears the niqab is less than a human to be dehumanizing. I believe that someone who thinks that a woman who chooses the niqab is simply self-hating or is a masochist or too stupid to come to that conclusion herself to be dehumanizing.
A woman who wears the niqab IS expressing herself. She is expressing her religious beliefs. She is expressing her devotion. She believes that what she is doing is a sign of devotion to her god. She is not doing it for some man.
In Saudi Arabia, sure, maybe, but not in the West. Who is forcing divorced women living alone or living with their kids? Who is forcing single converts? , in France, women started donning the niqab more after the ban was instated.
How on earth does a piece of fabric hide a person's humanity? That's some hyperbolic and baseless language.
It's funny how you and other non-Muslims seem to think that Muslim women are some frail weaklings, who have no idea about the world they live in (until they agree with your morality, then they're brave and courageous!). If anything, that does reek of misogyny (not to mention bigotry). Go ask a niqab-wearing Muslim woman living in the West. The vast majority will tell you they do it out of choice. Many even adopt it later on in life. When France banned the niqab, there were protests led by niqab-wearing women in France. Niqab-wearing women regularly violate the ban in France, taking on the financial burden that gets placed upon them. In some areas, the police doesn't even bother enforcing the law because they know they'll be faced with great resistance, largely from women. Some women who used to wear the headscarf only have started to wear the niqab after the ban simply because they saw that law as an attack on their community.
Try to have a grain of sympathy and try to see the situation from the eyes of those women who wear the niqab and believe it to be a religious obligation. What do you think will happen if the government imposes a ban? Are they going to be like, "Oh, this government must know more about Islam than me so maybe I should take off the niqab" or are they going to feel that they're being singled out and targeted for discrimination? They sincerely believe the niqab is part of their identity, something you're failing to grasp. A ban will only force these women to take on a financial burden in paying fines, cause them to leave the country entirely, or cause them to isolate themselves within their homes.
EDIT:
Also, it should be pointed out that many Muslim scholars who say that the niqab/face veil is mandatory permit taking it off in the West if wearing it could be a danger to the women or even for the sake of improving interfaith ties and relations with non-Muslims. . Despite that, many women choose to do so.
Title: ABC cancels Roseanne (Reruns pulled from Syndication)
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): attempts to derail thread with cheap whataboutism.
I know this isn't related to the thread but I'm genuinely stunned that Samantha Bee can see what Roseanne did, and what happened to her, then turn around and call Ivanka Trump a sexist slur. How do you not take a second and think before you act in that instance?
Title: People didn't get bored of Star Fox. The games just weren't good enough.
Reason: User Warned: Threadwhining
We do not need topics like this.
Star Fox Adventures makes sense as a Star Fox game because Dinosaur Planet was basically a Star Fox spinoff without the name. You say "to the game's detriment" but Dinosaur Planet probably would never have released at all otherwise.
Star Fox Zero is literally the best game in the series. It was not rushed and does not control even poorly. "Hardcore gamers" just hate the idea of motion controls, and those people are not at all interesting. People need to stop being disingenuous and realize that Zero has a hate train against it started by people who repeatedly state that they never cared for the Star Fox series. All the people in this thread going "I want a pure Star Fox" are completely overlooking that Zero is as pure as you will ever get. It was a ridiculous passion project that doesn't make sense and was rightly proven as such when slept on it.
Star Fox doesn't work as a full-priced title anymore because people don't value actual gameplay anymore. The word has been to refer to superfluous garbage that wastes the developer's time and the player's time.
Assault is a really good game, by the way. You know F-Zero GX sold really bad, right? Explain that shit.
Like, this shit infuriates me:
Translation: "I have no idea what Star Fox is and I need Nintendo to redefine it for me."
I will always and forever blame people for hating motion controls because it's such a stupid thing to hate. It's like whining about the battery life of the Game Gear with zero understanding of what those batteries are trying to power, something really stupid like that.
Title: Germaine Greer calls for punishment for rape to be reduced
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): downplaying marital rape.
Yeah I get that, but who doesn't at some point in a fifty year relationship have sex when they don't super feel like it, when one or the other is incapacitated from booze, a little rough and tumble no, no (yes, yes). It's trying to put a high pass filter on a massive sea of gray that will turn everyone or noone complicit, making it unworkable and at the same time also diminishing actual spousal abuse. I think physical coercion and/or systemic mental abuse are good indicators to whether marital rape should be criminally punished.
Title: Spain News: Impeachment obtains enough support to go through, President leaves the congress
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Trolling with an intentionally misleading thread title; previous infraction for trolling with disinformation
(In Spain, not enough space in the title)
President Mariano Rajoy just before PNV states that procedures made by PSOE due to Gurtel. This means that the procedure is likely to have enough support to go through.
What does this mean for Spain?
Who knows, as we might be going for new elections!
Edit: final votes for the impeachment are tomorrow, tune up to see what happens!
Title: Should developers enforce stronger penalties for Racism, Homophobia and Sexism in Online Games?
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous argument and dismissive of real issues
No, we do not live in a fairy world. The prevailing goodness is cloying and if you do not feel comfortable in an online community or there are attitudes that do not satisfy you, just disconnect or look elsewhere (for example, private parties with like-minded people)
Title: Cory Barlog addresses the lack of boss fights in GOW
Reason: User Banned (24 Hours): System warring.
Not just them, but every major Playstation first party.
I think Playstation fans have reached the point where they'll treat those studios as something special even if they aren't. They're reaching Nintendo EAD status, basically. But I would suggest that Playstation is even worse about this, because you get situations where you have people pretending that GOW 2018 has the best combat out of any game ever.
Plenty of people blindly defended The Last Guardian in spite of all of its problems because the same people made SOTC, which was a masterpiece. I think the blind devotion to studios is a major problem among game critics.
Title: Popular "IRL" streamers Ice Poseidon and Asian Andy confronted at Denny's for racist "jokes"
Reason: Member has been warned: inappropriate language.
I just saw some of his stuff, what is this? People acting like retards and generating money? Wish these things existed when I was young and stupid, I would of been rich.
This is retarded.
Did I actually get a warning and one infraction point for the word 'retarded'? Are you serious?
Are you actually trying to imply that retarded is a bad word because you are personally linking it to mentally disabled persons?
Wow, just wow. This is crazy.
Title: DRAKE VS G.O.O.D. Music (Update: Pusha Responds)
Reason: Member has been warned: inflammatory language.
LOL. The problem is he's telling and not showing and all I see is a picture of a Sambo coonin' for the camera. Obviously showing the context would be the best way to shut people up. Wonder why that hasn't happened yet? And I'm not saying that to be cynical. I'm legit curious why he's explaining how it was used instead of showing it.
Title: ABC cancels Roseanne (Reruns pulled from Syndication)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Downplaying racism as a symptom of mental health issues
The woman is mentally ill. She needs to go away and get some rest. She committed no crimes she just has fucked up insides/ideas. ABC knew this when they hired her. A good amount of her audience knew this but still watched. She was punished but now we are seeing shadenfreude at its finest. The victim of her gross words gave less fucks tha some ofoyou do. We need to fucking move on and let her drift back into Oblivion.
Title: [Update] Crackdown 3 not cancelled, "team continues to work hard on the game"
Reason: User Warned: Hostility
Is that what pathetic fanboys are reduced to these days? "My console's exclusives are watched more than yours, so mine is better"
Fucking pathetic in every sense of the word. If you're going to use twitch views as a metric, bad news, kid, most of your precious exclusives are now "dead".
Seriously. After the shit I've read on era today - this thread, the Xbox Ambassador thread - I'm disgusted to share this platform with some of the man-babys that hold a raging hard on for their favourite company.
Get.
A.
Fucking.
Grip.
Title: Flashback! Jimmy Kimmel in Blackface mocking Karl Malone
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying concerns about blackface
Are we serious right now? F*cking baby brigade in here with these sensitive emotions about something from 15 years ago that was directed solely at a specific individual in jest ?
Comedy in general is dying because of this type of mentality. Goes beyond race, EVERYTHING is becoming off limits if it triggers and catches a bit of bait.
Title: Flashback! Jimmy Kimmel in Blackface mocking Karl Malone
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Defending and attempting to redefine blackface.
I don't agree that Kimmel's sketch is blackface. He was imitating a specific person and not a racial stereotype. Sure, you could call it tasteless, but I don't see racism/blackface in it.
Title: Flashback! Jimmy Kimmel in Blackface mocking Karl Malone
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Defending blackface.
That's not blackface. Blackface has a specific style to it. This is making your self to look like someone else. I think people need to understand there is a specific difference. Also he never came at them with any kinds hate or racism.
Title: Microsoft lays off #Xbox support staff in favour of unpaid volunteers - report
Reason: User Warned: Console Warring
I'm pretty sure people problem is not with not renewing their contract. It's about giving their position to people from a program who has some of the worst fanboys in gaming.
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Devs” Rhetoric
Lol, GFreak staying lazy. Much more powerful console yet barely looks better, and they're returning to Kanto yet again, and they only put in the 151, no random battles, lazy catching
This screams stopgap before the 2019 game
Title: Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects
Reason: User warned: console warring thread detail
anyway, Phil tell us first party games are important a.k.a exclusives since 2014. He just didn't mention MS would skip this gen to try again in the next. lol
Title: ABC cancels Roseanne( Reruns pulled from Syndication)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting moderation, downplaying racism.
Resetera mods really need to chill out with the out-of-left-field bannings. How about putting an explained warning on the post or PM the one you find write something you do feel is "wrong" or in the wrong thread sometimes?
Or update your ToS to include a million things people impossibly can foresee being bannable.
Title: ABC cancels Roseanne( Reruns pulled from Syndication)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying racism.
Am I racist under the following idea:
She doesn't look black, but she does look like the female apes from Planet of the Apes? People say people look like other things all the time without the term racist being involved. I understand the negative term of monkey that hillbillies use for African Americans but I'm just saying...
Legit question, also not a racist. Thanks :)
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Devs” Rhetoric
Developing games is very hard work. Most people don't know of the amount of time, frustration, and lack of personal and family time it demands. Fixing code and bugs can be a nightmare.
That said I have no problem with calling Game Freak's progress as a games developer lazy.
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Hostility throughout the thread, generalizing communities, previous infractions for similar behavior.
Because this is the one place where there's a bunch of reasonable adults who arent blinded by their childhood and can either realize they like the series or dont. If you only like the first entry of a 14 entry franchise, youre not a fan. AND HOLY SHIT AT THAT SECOND SENTENCE. Its jaw dropping how astonishing that hypocrisy is.
And lmao for one, I am calm. You can't read peoples attitudes through text. For two, get down of that horse, youre not more grown than someone you disagree with just because you think you're somehow more right than they are.
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inappropriate language. Member in junior phase.
Well, rumors were trues, fuck you Nintendo. Don't tease a true new Pokemon for 2018 if you throw a Pokemon Go-like FFS !
I will wait to see how they will rape the Pokemon series next year...
Title: Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory commentary
It’s no bait. This game is targeted at gaga googoo babies who may not even have the physical strength to hold a Switch.
It’s not that they made catching like Pokémon Go... they made it EXACTLY like Pokémon Go. No innovation, no mix up, just copies a mechanic from a completely different game and tossed it in.
Only Game Freak would make the world’s easiest RPG and then think, “ We need to go dumber.”
Title: 30-year-old man is being sued by his parents because he refuses to leave home
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Trolling throughout thread, long history of infractions for similar behaviour.
Eh, I can usually ask my dad for 20 bucks each paycheck, and he usually gives me like...5 bucks if I ask him for it. I'm pretty selective with what I buy.
Title: The Trump effect: New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism
Reason: User banned (permanently): troll account.
2040 is coming. White people have oppressed minorities for long enough. As soon as the tide shifts, slavery should be reinstated... Only this time the roles will be reversed.
I can't wait!!!
whenever women are squirrely and answer with 'i don't know', realize that answer has a no in it, and that it is not a yes. it is an answer. she is being selfish and withholding herself.
Title: ABC cancels Roseanne( Reruns pulled from Syndication)
Reason: User banned (duration pending): downplaying racist remarks
Um not condoning her thoughts or views. But I thought being Muslim was a religion. Kinda like saying Christians are not a race. Either way I liked the show for nostalgic purposes. I feel bad for the other cast mates like others are saying. I just think this world is way to sensitive. Who cares what other people think.
Reason: User banned (1 week): making racist remarks in a sports thread
1) I cant stand curry act like a saint pre and post game and yet in the middle of the game he dives, crys, whines, taunts, and does his fucking stupid dances no 1 gives a fuck about expect for their " fans"
2) The fact green still has not been ejected is beyond me. the fact that Ker actively supports that big mouthed donkey after he goes off the range is disgusting and should be investigated.
3) Ker sitting on the bench like a bum swigging moonshine, pretending to know wtf hes doing ( taking off durrant when he got hot, and curry too) and the generic ABC pep talks and is starting to get testy with the media and is starting to show his true colors.
4) There life long "fans", if you asked them were GSW was located they would say whats a gsw.. Enough said
And fuck Adam Silver and the reff association the fact we had people on here in the match form say they should be investigated tells you enough of the fuckery that was going on last night.
Title: Pokemon for Nintendo Switch Speculation Thread 3 | New updates in the OP!
Reason: User banned (permanently): troll account.
Hey guys,
I know you're reaching your boiling points and are very desperate for information. I'm here to give you guys some! You guys don't know me, but I'm actually a custodian at Gamefreak's offices. Between JO sessions after hours, sometimes I go and check out what they're working on.
Just yesterday, I logged in to Yuki Fukishimi Nagasaki's PC and saw that the game's titles are indeed correct. They are called Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee.
I also found out that they are the only two pokemon in the game. You basically just catch a bunch of Pikachus and Eevees with different goofy outfits on. Some are black, white, asian, hispanic, etc. There are even trans pokemon. This is why a lot of leakers are saying it will be very divisive and mixed when it comes to reactions.
It will only be on mobile and is replacing GO, and you have to have a Windows phone to play it for the first year because of timed exclusivity.
I hope this tides you guys over until tomorrow when the big blowout is!
Title: Popular "IRL" streamers Ice Poseidon and Asian Andy confronted at Denny's for racist "jokes"
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying bigoted beliefs and behavior; using ignorance to rationalize intolerance
Because he isnt. I'll stand by it til the end. I agree that he's ignorant and his ignorance has pissed me off a couple of times, no doubt.
But cant we get back to my original point. Why was no one pointing fingers at the asian guy?
Title: Warhorse Studios cooperates with Hatred developers
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: trolling. Account still in junior phase.
BARAR.
Brother, are you saying it is allowed to single out a person to criticize him but it is illegal to single out a person to praise him?
This is unimaginable.
Title: What It’s Like When Elon Musk’s Twitter Mob Comes After You
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread derailment, re-litigating old threads to start drama, conspiracy theories, victim blaming.
For some of the deleted tweets I've seem she has been personally attacking Musk for months. If she has a history of harassment it is a good guess that a good chunk of her 42K tweets also involved harassment otherwise why delete them all?
Title: Roseanne: Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby = Valerie Jarrett/Muslims not a race
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Derail
I don't think you saw how it started? It snowballed way out of proportion, but when people say stuff I don't agree with, or even attack me, I've gotta respond.
Only because people keep attacking me, rather directly. Am I supposed to just not say anything? I never intended for this shit to take over the thread. If you take just one of my posts out of context I can understand that it looks weird as shit.
Title: Solo: A Star Wars Story |OT| Ron Shot Last [SPOILERS]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Using the term "gay" pejoratively.
They completely misinterpreted lando. He’s a suave smooth talking ladies man but in this movie he comes across as like a flamboyant gay dude. I thought Alden was fine as young Han and the Darth Maul cameo was totally pointless and cheesy.
The twist where the maurader turned out to be some kid was bad too and dragged the movie down. First half of the film was good though.
Title: Ars Technica: Game companies need to cut the crap—loot boxes are obviously gambling
Reason: User Warned: Hostility toward another user
If you're not willing to engage with someone because they wrote the word fuck you don't seem very confident in your ability to argue your position. Again, dismissing gambling addiction makes you a piece of shit. I'm not mincing words here, it fucking ruins people. And casinos would ruin them further if they weren't forced to at least make the token effort to inform and offer every opportunity to their clientele to stop themselves. The fact that devs/publishers are unwilling to do even the most basic things tells me they understand just exactly how badly they're exploiting customers and don't want the gravy train to end.
Lootboxes should earn you an automatic M from the ESRB, and at the very least should be breaking down percentages/odds in a clearly visible manner.
Title: Ars Technica: Game companies need to cut the crap—loot boxes are obviously gambling
Reason: User Warned: Downplaying gambling addiction despite being provided with multiple facts
Gambling is regulated because it pays out real money and things worth real money.
People get addicted to many things that don't have monetary value. Excercise. Eating. Porn. Playing video games. Addiction does not mean that there's a problem with the thing that they're addicted to and that it should be regulated.
The gift card does because it is what's being traded. Also you sell food if you want. You cannot sell loot box contents (apart from the couple of PC games, which I have already said should be regulated).
It's not circular reasoning. The act of gambling by placing bets on horses, playing the lottery, playing slot machines, etc would not exist if they didn't pay out real money. The only reason they exist is to take and pay out money.
Those people generally have far bigger problems, and the gambling is a sign of that. If gambling wasn't there they would be off blowing their money somewhere else.
Your last sentence is bullshit. Do not tell me that I should stop having a discussion just because you disagree.
So your real beef is with addiction, not gambling per se.
Regulating everything that someone can become addicted to is not an option, and should never even be considered. Should porn consumption be regulated? Sex? Food? Buying shoes? Eating chalk? Collecting stamps?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): System Wars + Accumulated Infractions.
I tried playing Darksiders remastered with Steam Link and the screen was full of artifacts, washed out graphics and sound problems. Sound problems! Like I was playing in MS Dos or something. I tossed it somewhere and never used it again.
The PC crowd will try to deny your experience and blame you for your problems not their beloved PC.
Title: Design Director at DICE made a great comment on Reddit about the backlash regarding the BFV reveal
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Unironic use of the pejorative "SJW", framing diversity efforts as a world-ruining agenda
Maybe there was none in your book, or maybe there's actually none at all. But are you confident on saying there's no influence of those SJW extremist at all from your perspective?
Btw, I thought I clearly wrote 'pro-like' not a full on 'pro' campaign. Also, I hope you're not mislead by the word 'campaign', or should I rephrase it as 'agenda'?
World is ruined by these things.
Title: Japan whaling kills 122 pregnant whales for ‘research’
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Thread whining, inflammatory post. History of similar behaviour.
...And? Besides trawling for outrage, what's the point in posting this exactly?
I mean yes, we get it, whales are fairly intelligent and people don't like hearing about them getting killed, it's not great. But Minke whales are not endangered, and nobody except vegans is getting upset over octopi being killed, which are also pretty intelligent creatures. We all know the "scientific research" aspect is very questionable, as well. But I just can't see any reason for pointing out the part where some of the whales were pregnant as some kind of nutty whale-pro-life advocacy or something.
Title: Why does God of War look likely to succeed sales wise while Wolfenstein 2 mega bombed?
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Unironic use of the pejorative "SJW"
I loved wolfenstien, wolfenstien II however was a clusterfuck of SJW shit to the extreme to the point where the whole fucking game was just a giant cutscene of various political tropes surrounded by some of the worst level design imaginable.
How they went from the first having a believable story to the second shitshow is beyond me.
GoW had me story wise until a certain someone turned egomaniac and the ending pissed off my friends and I because like usual they gotta pander all these revelations for the inevitable sequel. It was however a fantastic reboot to the series.
Wolf got so god damn cringe worthy it was just in eye rolling territory.
Title: New Star Citizen ship pack unlocks nearly every vessel in the game for $27,000
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Derogatory Language + Inflammatory Generalizations
All ships have interior in the game, but not all function are already implemented.
Look at my Flickr album for ships and vehicles to see their interior:
I think i've already said enough like other SC fans, but trolls will always stay trolls, no mather what we say you guy only repeating the same shit from years ago. It really is sad to see that some really trying to hard to hate, like they are just insecure with their own lives.
If you can't stand people having a certain passion for something, then what do you have to look for here? So why would you make a topic about it? Really a bunch of fucking retards in this thread.
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Insulting other posters / Victim blaming.
You're full of shit. Show us receipts or get out. I can guarantee you that no vocal person on this forum has been part of the Smash community longer than I have (with the exception of one person) and that doesn't sync up with behavior I've witnessed or heard of. If you have an axe to grind, whet it on those responsible and stop slandering the game and its community at large. That behavior doesn't even sound like the behavior of typical human beings, let alone the Smash/Melee community.
Furthermore, I'm sorry for your disability, but if you can't wavedash, then you wouldn't be able to understand the game's fuller potential.
Reason: User banned (duration pending): advocating for mass violence against civilian populations
I think the main problem with the US (and Russia), is that they are the only countries in the past 70 years or so that haven’t lost wars on their own soil. Getting your dick kicked in the dirt on a national level definitely makes you rethink fuckin with other people both internally and externally. Honestly it will probably take a few major cities being razed to the ground over this countries 400 years of racism and oppression and sexism for it to finally click with folks, as in it will push the liberals who will suffer most for the actions of the dumbshit GOP to basically wipe them from the face of the earth, or at least reduce them to the levels of the racist parties in Europe in terms of power.
We’ve literally been pushing this off since Sherman and the end of the civil war but it’s one of those necessary cleansing fires that most of the West went through during WW2 and the aftermath of that, while the US and Russia were relatively unscathed compared to how France and Germany looked at the end.
Title: Wkd Box Office - 5•25-27•18 - $103M 4-day for Solo. Same Star Wars taste. Now with zero profits!
Reason: User banned (3 days): antagonizing posters consistently over movie opinions, ignoring modposts
I don't know why people are getting on me for wanting JJ to off Rose. To me death is a way bigger honor, than being written off in an anti-climactic way like Jar-Jar was.
Let me ask you people. Would you rather be written off by being "promoted", or would you rather end up in the Watchmojo.com top 10 list for best Star Wars character deaths? I know I want to be there with Porkins in the top 5.
Title: Wkd Box Office - 5•25-27•18 - $103M 4-day for Solo. Same Star Wars taste. Now with zero profits!
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Negatively characterizing diversity efforts + a pattern of sexist commentary, long history of infractions.
That Rose quote, if it's not copy pasta from somewhere else, is a genuine ERA meme.
And I kind of agree with that sentiment. I hate how Disney cast an pretty homely looking Asian to do token representation.
Title: How do you square Detroit's mixed critical reception with the universal praise it's received on ERA?
Reason: User banned (1 week): trolling
I remember Amirox was one of the loudest critic on Heavy Rain. I mean it's ok to voice your opinion but when someone tries to bash the game at every opportunity then it says more about the person doing the bashing than the game or David Cage.
Title: Why can't western devs match the melee combat of Japanese developers?
Reason: User warned: Thread whining
Close Japan vs Western threads with inflammatory OPs that can't possibly generate meaningful discussion.
ResetEra needs thread posting requirements. It's too easy to sign up and post anything.
Title: It's 2018. Counter Strike has been around for 18 years and you still can't play as a woman.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeatedly antagonizing other users, tone policing, trolling.
I just had a mental image of OP doing 2 huge lines of coke before furiously smacking the keyboard writing up the OP. Just chill and explain yourself more calmly.
Title: The New Yorker published a good summary of the incel community
Reason: User banned (1 week): painting incels (violent misogynists) as victims in need of help is unacceptable.
Oh my God, we all need to get out there and help these guys out, be their wingmen, help them socialize and just hangout with them. What is now going on is very dangerous. Their dispair brought us the Donald. Sadly this isn't going to help them.
Chat with them at work, at the grocery store, try to make small talk with these guys. Imagine being a none white male with a hot white girlfriend. Holyshit the internalzed self hate is very dangerous for society in the long run.
Title: The Thread For Site Questions That Don't Need Their Own Thread
Reason: The user was warned for this post. https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-word-about-neogaf.290/
I have some concerns with Reset. Please read this post with an open mind and I will try to be respectful.
I signed up because not only the fact I see potential in the site, but also the fact that I have concerns and don't know any other way to express them besides signing up and asking so I can get my answers straight from the horses mouth.
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I pray that my post was presented in the cleanest, most respectful manner possible. I am far too used to being banned for being me and it worries me that I even have to preface this with,"please don't ban me."
Thank you for reading.
Title: Design Director at DICE made a great comment on Reddit about the backlash regarding the BFV reveal
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Continued hostility in BFV topics; antagonizing and attacking other members
Calm down, dumbass. I don't have a problem with that. Using modern military policies to justify inclusion in a WW2 game just didnt make any sense, that's all I was pointing out. Fuckin Christ, go take your meds already.
Title: New Star Citizen ship pack unlocks nearly every vessel in the game for $27,000
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
Oh look... This thread again...
Blablabla funding, blablabla no one is forced to buy, blablabla scam, blablabla Derek Sm.. Derek Dumb (sorry), blablabla Christ Roberts, blablabla the game will never been made, blablabla such a shame, blablabla non citizens don't understand how it works, blablabla pay 2 win, blabla blabla blabla...
Have i resumed the thread already ?
Title: It's 2018. Counter Strike has been around for 18 years and you still can't play as a woman.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism - Talking over women about their experiences
Your argument stands stronger when you focus on your personal experience of disappointment. Don't pre-empt to speak on behalf of all females. There were 20 odd women in my CS community which I played in for 10+ years (RIP Club Axia, still miss you) that I'm comfortable saying wouldn't give a flying toss about what character they played as.
Title: It's 2018. Counter Strike has been around for 18 years and you still can't play as a woman.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing representation concerns as "identity politics".
Woo boy, I wrote a post for this thread, but deleted it instead because this shit is toxic and I couldn’t care less, but one thing I will say is: fuck identity politics.
Title: VALKYRIE PROFILE -LENNETH- announced (PSP version ports to iOS/Android platforms; Spring 2018)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week) Continued pattern of antagonistic behavior towards members, has been warned numerous times about this behavior in the past.
What terms don't I understand? Character design? World? Story? Or maybe you're just hung up because I think the game looks creatively bankrupt, looks like it's bloated, looks ugly as sin (all things that VP wasn't).
I'm going with someone just being a crybaby.
Title: Why can't western devs match the melee combat of Japanese developers?
Reason: User Warned: Trolling with off-site material
also lmao @ OP
was it just around that time of the year?
I guess the last 300 responses didn't have enough substance in 2017. Kind of a weird agenda to have.
Title: Italian government collapses before it is formed, setting up a constitutional crisis
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Peddling conspiracy theories, moving goal posts, and misrepresenting arguments of others
Honestly, I'm sick and tired of repeating the same thing over and over.
There are multiple links I've posted, some of them unfortunately are in italian only, but the situation is explained better.
The simple fact that we are having this discussion right now means that someone in Bruxelles wasn't happy of Conte's nomination.
And you all should find better arguments than: he is Fascist or it is conspirational bullshit!
Title: Ludiscere - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Sexualisation: A Case Study
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Misrepresenting arguments as gendered shaming and virtue signaling
here's some dot points
1. I never said the criticism was invalid. I said it was disproportional and often misdirected.
2. My bringing up fashion was to show that the majority of criticism wasn't about trend following but rather targeted at specific characters. ie "Jin is just as unoriginal as pyra yet gets a percentage of the criticism that pales to Pyra/Dhalia"
3. Your post about "I thought it was stupid as a child" reeks of selfishness and a complete lack of empathy. Yes some people are followers. to attempt to destroy something via criticism due to the circumstance of its existence rather then interacting with its merits is a shallow and conceited attitude.
4. Most criticism is of Pyra is more interested in slut shaming and virtue signaling then it is actually doing anything intelligent. It has taken the overepresentation of certain body types within the medium and somehow gotten to the point where it has invalidated a body type by saying is lesser and only exists for male pleasure. that attitude is toxic bullshit and it's spread to the point where people coming into these threads can't accept a beautiful woman as a beautiful woman due to a poor fashion choice.
5. the male gaze is insatiable and doesnt discriminate between body types or clothing. Any beautiful person has an innate sex appeal. To the male gaze it wouldn't matter if Pyra had an A cup or a M cup. If she was beautiful she would be sexualized. Its right to criticize that.
Title: The Girl With Big Breasts: On The Sexualization Of Lara Croft [link in OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Thread-whining, antagonizing another user, recently warned for similar behavior.
I want my five minutes back. What a bunch of baloney.
I’d hope the author was a bored kid, but it’s full of creepy “my OG Lara would never lack such class to wear this one dress and should only be sexy how I like” bizarreness.
What exactly is the point of this blog?
Title: Tommy Robinson arrested outside child grooming trial for ‘breaching the peace’
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): Posting alt-right content. History of posting such material without attempting discussion.
"Tommy Robinson was arrested while reporting on a grooming gang trial in the UK. Shortly after a judge ruled that the press in the UK cannot talk about this. The ruling goes so far to even block people from posting too much on social media about what happened. Can the UK really do this? What does this mean for free speech in the UK?" (5/26/18)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Ableism, antagonizing other users.
Mind your manners when you speak to me or don't speak to me at all.
Your impairment is not a free pass to bother the entire movie theater. Wait for the DVD.
Title: Ireland Repeals the Eight Amendment (Abortion Legalization) - 66.4% Yes, 33.6% No
Reason: User Warned: repeated inflammatory thread derailment (comparing abortion legalization to child porn/abuse)
1. The term "fully alive" doesn't really describe anything.
2. Humans are at no point independent from their enviroment, they allways have to interact with their direct enviroment in order to survive.
When they consist of one cell and when they have survived 40 winters already.
3. Some Babies have no parents (atleast shortly after birth).
The way it is being done in most places on earth where there is no legal human until the baby exited the womb is practical and has served us well as a species for so long.
But thanks to recent scientific advancements we can see more and more how exactly the development of a human being works, the development that happens inside the womb, but also outside of it after birth.
So People have been asking themselves: Shouldn't we choose a new point?
So far, there have been a lot of proposals, all of them with some sort of reasoning behind them.
But we notice that when we move our point away from the traditional point of birth in either direction, things are getting problematic.
If we move it all the way to the beginning, the fertilized egg, then we'll have the rape dilemma. So that's not an option.
If we move it beyond the point of birth, then... well, when do we stop? We would need some sort of criteria that only has the states "true" or "false" and can be detected with very high certainty.
...So do we need to meddle with the point of birth at all?
I'd say we need to, since we are no longer dependant on mother natures clock for when the birth is. So technically individuals, doctors or the parents, are deciding when an object becomes a legal human as they please in individual cases.
Now the "abortion is only legal in the first [insert] weeks" is indeed a very practical compromise.
But even if we leave out the "human life since conception!" folks, then there are still many many people that aren't happy with this randomly choosen point and would much rather make it dependant on a specific criteria. But as written above, it must be precise in order to satisfy our concept of law and legality.
Well or we could really just leave it to individuals, maybe the parents, maybe the docters or maybe some officers, to determine and declare in each individual case when a pile of cells becomes a legal human. Mind though that this would open the door for all sorts of horrific abuse. "Child abuse" could become legal.
Reason: User Warned: Trolling threads is not justified
Let me remind you that Sony has sold a lot of PS4s. Therefore trolling Xbox threads is expected and justified especially considering Phil Spencer said the 2015 Xbox line up was the best ever, which was an objectively false statement.
Title: FootyEra |OT 4| Mr. DT.. I don't feel so good, blud...
Reason: User banned (5 days): Inappropriate comment.
Before any other Liverpool fan cries I'd like to humbly apologise for my "edgy" comment about Karius not being consoled by his teammates.
Just like the fans, they all proved themselves to be great lads after the game, the cameras just happened to miss it. I'm sorry.
You'll never walk alone*
*I hope your kids die of cancer!!!!!
Title: The Girl With Big Breasts: On The Sexualization Of Lara Croft [link in OP]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Pushing false equivalences to shut down criticism of sexualization of female characters, history of similar behavior.
Yeah that's where you are wrong. Man being constantly portrayed as beefy shirtless hunks and women being portrayed as dressed in tight fitting clothes. It's always been equal, it's always been spot on equal.
A lot of folk will claim that beefy men is a "power fantasy" but they are missing the major point that all games are a power fantasy. Evenega Man is a power fantasy.
The look of characters stems from how society views ideal men and women. Men being big brawny buggers and women being voluptuous vixens. That isn't a power fantasy, it's a societal fantasy.
Men and women are both victims of idealization here.
Tell you what, you show me an example of a sexualized woman in gamimg and I'll find you 2 from the same year with sexualized men.
I've had enough if this "false equivalency" rubbish. Both sexes are forced to endure inaccurate depictions of themselves within fiction. This has always been the case. And it's not a male power trip...it's basic human idealism at play. Demanding perfection in equal measure from both sides.
I certainly have no interest in looking like conan, and I'm quite sure I'm not alone in that. So the power fantasy theory kind of falls apart right there. Sorry.
Title: The Girl With Big Breasts: On The Sexualization Of Lara Croft [link in OP]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Pushing false equivalences to shut down criticism of sexualization of female characters, account still in junior phase.
The only post that actually makes sense and is anchored in reality. It's absolutely true that both sexes are depicted inaccurately (and on purpose, as we are talking about video games after all), but the only difference is that men are not allowed to victimize and they don't have white knights to sustain them even when they are wrong. The facts and the reality will tend to be ignored in favor of women by certain type of people with reasons well known.
Title: It's Time To Cut Trump Supporters Out Of Your Life
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Advocating bullying, denying other people's humanity, long history of infractions.
Wrong.
It’s become more and more clear that functionally the deplorables are the same as any Alt-right neonazis.
The more interesting question would be why does someone who is willing to do deplorable things like support a pedophile like Roy Moore, just to hate minorities and LGBTQ, deserve to have their human rights acknowledged?
I can understand that with the shitstorm that was 2016 there were some people that genuinely did not want to support the fascism when they voted for Trump. Some were just tricked by all the antiHillary propaganda. Some were just layman voters who knew next to nothing about politics and were told by their deplorable friends to vote for Trump.
But Trump SUPPORTERS?!? Fuck them. I had a Trump supporter for a former boss. He was the kind of scumbag that would listen to talk radio and look for any reason to defend anything about Trump. At first it was me just debating him but by month 12 of arguing with him I literally told him that I was glad his wife died and that if he’s willing to use excuses like “locker room talk” then he, as I explicitly used the words, “deserve to be slaughtered”. I still don’t regret those words because frankly a guy like that doesn’t deserve to be allowed to vote.
Trump SUPPORTERS are subhuman scum that don’t give a shit about anything except hating the groups they hate. They don’t care about fiscal policy. They don’t care about religious morality. They just care about feeding their hatred and enacting harm on the groups they hate by ANY means they can. In that sense yes they are fucking fascists and they deserve to be stomped out just like any other fascists.
I see no reason why these people should have their humanity respected when they have shown time and time again that they have zero respect for the humanity of others. And I don’t just mean during the age of Trump. Even pre-Trump they showed they had no respect for the humanity of others. Whether it be their support of Rush Limbaugh slut shaming Sandra Fluke, or their telling rape victims that they should consider pregnancy a gift, or their accusations of Trayvon Martin as a drug using thug and claiming that he deserved to be shot, or their demand that LGBTQ people be treated like alcoholics, or their claim that Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to have a site for prayer anywhere considered too “close” to ground zero, or their baseless claims that Obama was not a real American.
And let’s not forget that the vast majority of terrorist attacks happening in America are being committed by Trump supporters. Because of course these subhuman scum would be willing to start committing terrorist attacks. Since everyone else just tries to either kindly ask them to stop being mean, or outright supports the deplorable things they say, it was inevitable that they would decide they could get away with terrorism.
Cutting off Trump supporters from your life is not enough. You should be trying to ruin the life of any Trump supporter you know. Torment them, belittle them, bully them, do whatever it takes to let them know that if they don’t knock it fuck off, there will be severe consequences.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
It's funny how these POS go back into their holes once they notice they fucked up
Well I hope you enjoyed your job at Bioware
RIP TB. You will be missed
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
TB when he first announced what he didn't do right away (go to a doctor) has been seared into my brain when I first heard him talk about this stuff.
So when I started having similiar issues to the above I flew to the gastro like bat out of hell. Had the colonoscopy done...no polyps, no UC, No IBD and no cancer. Internal hemroids that tared due to constipation. Red blood is not as much of problem as to black blood that looks like coffee grinds. Still get checked out. I was diagnosed with alternating IBS (Mix of Constipation some days, diarrhea other days). You have to change your diet, you have to balance your fiber but you also have to understand...it will be with you for life. There is no curing IBS.
Please do, fuck these assholes.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User banned (24h): Ignoring mod post
Are mods banning people because they don't believe that sexual exploitation on twitch happens, or because they don't see anything wrong with doing it? I honestly wanna know.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexism. Accumulated infractions.
What alinity does is far worse. She exploits her sexuality for views, she did major fraud and admitted on stream, and many other. I'm with Felix on this one. He's not a perfect person, but he is perfectly rational regarding this whole situation with her. Look up the whole story on google before jumping to conclusions.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User banned (1 week): sexism
I agree with this. Maybe shouldn't call them thots. But the revealing clothes some streamers wear while streaming is dumb. Should be able to get by with your personality and talking with your audience.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism.
This is blown out of proportion in the dumbest way, it is apparent when you watch the video that he is only defending himself from someone who seems to enjoy copyright claiming people's content at will.
And the examples he's using was in reference to the abuse she's getting but the fact that's she's an example of a streamer that uses her body to bring attention to her streams. He was commenting on her being appalled at being seen as something sexual, when that's literally her brand. The type that make being a female streamer on Twitch harder. You wanna talk about influencing impressionable kids, I can assure you that her audience isn't getting the right kind either.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism.
You wanna know the saddest part about these women streamers using sex appeal?
Hitomi Tanaka is capable of streaming on twitch without being practically naked or using donations to flaunt her body. It was just her playing mario kart and talking to chat.
A JAV star is setting a better example for the platform than most others.
Title: Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It - Motherboard
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism.
I didn’t know that kid of ocular tech was out in public (and the link does work lol).
Offhand this sounds bad, but I’d need to see the video. Girls do use twitch akin to live sex sites where they will get in skimpy clothes and that is their entire gambit. So I would need to see whether he’s insulting them or girls like Hafu who sells on her playing the game instead of low cut clothing.
Title: CNN:Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Sexism, victim blaming, account still in the junior phase.
I'm starting to wonder what Sexual Misconduct is in America. Because remember, this is America.
Now hear me out. I know there's a lot of legitimate claims of sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Especially when it comes to men committing it. But let's also be honest. The game men and women play is very confusing and even sometimes twisted up.
Let me turn my attention to women. Ladies, you guys play too many games. Period. You have this notorious knack of saying no when you really mean "Yes, keep trying." A lot of women find persistence attractive. You will put on a performance to say no when you're actually saying YES or Maybe. We men know this game and we keep trying as hard as possible until you give up and say YES. Finally, the chase you wanted has ended at your command.
Let's be clear. Women, you're the ones orchestrating, prolonging and controlling this chase the entire time. That's the game. I know this happens with men too but it is more common with women. That's why I'm only addressing you here for the most part.
Now this isn't necessarily a bad with persistence and letting someone you're mildly or completely interested in being able to shoot their shot more than once. But it can be confusing also. It trains other men to be persistent in situations where the woman actually means NO. And that's when we cross into sexual harassment.
Now I know what you're thinking. "People know/should know when your No means No." and some do, some pick up on that Immediately. But some have played this game of cat and mouse between the two so many times, with success, that (I believe) they can't honestly tell the difference. I'm not saying in all cases, some people are just creeps or just don't like No and trying to force it. But I do feel for a significant part of the issue, it is the case.
I think that for those situations, and all where you indeed mean NO. You should be as direct as possible and do it in a serious matter. Don't do it playfully, don't do it ambiguously. Be crystal clear as if you are explaining yourself to your boss or a judge.
This is in no way me saying women are the problem. This is me saying this game men and women play could potentially be where a large part of the problem lies.
Title: 2018 UEFA Champions League Final |OT| Real Madrid vs Liverpool
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Inappropriate comment.
Ramos is a cunt and he is the one footballer I wouldn't mind seeing his legs shattered in a match. The guy has brought so much pain to others, and if Salah misses the world cup he just might be in real danger because Egyptians won't let it go.
Title: Don’t I have the right to not be around guns?
Reason: User banned (duration pending): conspiracy theories
Don't own, don't want to. Think we'd be better off without. But when I see something like this published in 1991, I stop and think about it instead of instantly having an allergic reaction to all claims of conspiracy. Especially when and the false flag are declassified.There will be changes made. I personally think attacks will continue until the public reacts in a way that favors those influencing them. I also personally think there's more to the story than what we hear. I'm not concerned with the possibility of a right being taken from me that I never took advantage of ( I don't intend to arm myself) I'm more concerned with how easy we are manipulated and the negative repercussions of a society that is conditioned to reject any notion that clandestine agendas in high government exist. It's easier to generalize and hate than to look into all possibilities.But what do I know.
Title: Three men implicated in fatal Kansas swatting now face federal charges
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Derailment
Hey America, how do you you feel? No really, how are you guys and girls?
Over here in continental europe, we are great. Been to the gun range this week, been shooting an AK 47. Not mine, not gonna brag. We have it in the community. Love the big rounds that might be just a bit too high caliber for me, a western 5,56 like the M16 would be just right if I was honest.
You know what we did not have this week? Or this year? School shootings. Feeling great. Swating. None, awesome right there for an ENTIRE CONTINENT. Here - SPECIFICALLY - in eastern europe you go for lunch in your favorite pizza place and two police officers also frequent the place. Do you know what they bring and drop on their table? Their AK 47, police weapon of choice. Not kidding. Guess what they never fired in an actual situation their whole live. That's right, won't spoil the thing for you.
Honest to god america. Fix this.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Ignoring Modpost + Calling for mob justice
Can anyone make a thread about the little POS called David Crooks? Cancer is a cruel sickness and the memory of John Bain must be respectful even if you are not ok with him.
For other side that guy must be punish.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
It takes a special kind of asshole to piss on someone's grave right after they've passed. Calling out a dead guy, way to go. Over complaining about graphic options too, no less.
That said, I don't see the sense it firing people like this. I hate the internet pitchforks out mentality.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Advocating for mob justice and peddling rhetoric associated with hate movements
Bioware eventually got rid of that Manveer Heir guy, so they'll fire him too.
I genuinely can't believe people would use the death of another human being as a platform for whatever axes they have to grind. Like, what kind of point are you trying to score by doing this? I just don't get it.
Title: State of Decay 2 reaches 1 million players in 2 days
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Console warring.
Is this going to be Microsofts new thing? Trying to make out every game is a success because loads of people are trying it for free on games pass? Seems a bit desperate really. Do they think people won't abandon their platform if they think it's more successful than it really is?
Title: 15 months after Switch began smashing records, will we see the first sign of AAA reacting at E3?
Reason: User Warned: Console warring.
Rockstar is ant tier compared to Nintendo. They have one massive IP. RDR sold 15 million copies. That's like C-tier for high ranking Nintendo IP.
At best they would be better off cooperating with each other. There is no reason for this division especially not the crap you bring you up from 30 years ago.
Title: I would gladly pay 100 bucks for the infinity war Blu-ray right now.
Reason: User warned: do not advocate piracy
The theater version of movies was pirated just as quick and I watched it.
Here pick a random movie that’s been out for years and go try to pirate it and see how many hoops you have to jump through.
Now you may be tech savvy and can do it but how many people who will do this rather than just pay for Netflix or their VOD? It’s just easier.
Pirated movies existed way before the internet and there always will be pirated content.
It’s just like the pirated video game debate with DRM.
This time the DRM is the damn cinema
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: Member has been warned: insulting another member. This kind of hostility is not necessary.
What an absolute fucking piece of human garbage. Not touching bioware games with ten foot pole if they don't address this head on.
No criticism shortly after death is absolutely a healthy norm. Yes, in time everything will be fair play for discussion. But if you want to air your grievances a day after someone dies you can go fuck yourself.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: Member has been banned (under review): thread derail. Attempting to start a witch-hunt in a thread that focuses on mourning the loss of a human being.
There are so called journalists and someone from atlus and indie devs saying how shit he was and talking about everything terrible he did. Oh wowsee, these people are actually garbage humans. THEY COULDN'T EVEN WAIT A LITTLE.
Someone should make a list. My PM needs it.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Derailment
The Bioware guy should be massively ashamed of what he just wrote. I've never seen such an insensitive, utterly amoral hot take on someones death, especially so soon after. Why didn't he say this to him when he was alive? What an absolute coward, hiding behind someones death to rant about them and be happy they're dead. Jesus christ.. He's made his tweets private now, but someone archived it. If EA/Bioware genuinely thinks this is acceptable public behavior, then I'm done with their games.
Title: SOLO crashes; estimates drop to $105M -$110M for 4-day holiday weekend
Reason: User Warned: Provocative posts and generalisations.
lol, as opposed to the nerds who get mad over everything star wars related for no fucking reason
The fandom is just nauseatingly childish and vindictive for absolutely no reaaon
Title: Ludiscere - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Sexualisation: A Case Study
Reason: User banned (1 week): sexist trolling, dismissive "virtue signalling"
If you don’t like Japanese culture, aesthetics, humour and sexuality, you can always consume something else.
I'm tired of occidentals virtue signaling every time and imposing their cultural moral sensitivity and hypocrisy
Xenoblade 2 is an incredibly good game and completely normal in the Japanese game/anime culture. You should have realized the genre when watching all the trailers and art before buying.
If you don't like anime, the problem is your preferences and tastes, not the game.
Title: Ludiscere - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Sexualisation: A Case Study
Reason: User Warned: Absolving character designers of criticism. Disingenuous argument.
I did *not* mean the character designers. I mean players who look at these characters and problematically assume that "T&A" is all they are and all they are meant to be. That design theory may or may not apply to some of the awkwardly designed Rare Blades who have less developed personalities, but it does not apply to the main characters.
Also I find the premise that the original designer can sexualize an original character questionable. If it's an established character such as Zelda or Peach who was not showing skin or given disproportionate curves to begin with, and then they receive them in a later design, sure that's sexualizing. But these are the final, original designs. Nobody sexualized them. The design as is is how they were designed to be. You can argue the series became sexualized compared to a previous entry, but not the new characters.
Edit: was mistaken about one of the primary art designers being a woman.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Advocating Violence + Inflammatory Generalizations
My dad destroyed me with this. Fuck that wall.
Basically, a lot of people have never been checked and think their shit don't stink. And if its improper for a parent to do it, best believe someone else will down the line.
Its beyond the hitting imo. Grounding them, taking the phone away, and time outs didn't stop these kids from becoming shitbirds nazis...
So these "good parents who don't hit kids" we're referring to still failed somewhere.
Im not pressed to hit kids, its just dumb to see y'all act like those who have got spanked are mentally damaged or some shit.
Title: Valve slammed over "horrendous" Steam school-shooting game
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): False equivalence. Inflammatory post.
Saying "I'm not for censorship but I don't want the game to be sold on my store of choice" it's like saying "I'm not racist but they can sit on the back of the bus"
Title: Just a taste of what women might experience online
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Equating resistance to harassment to harassment itself and refusing to support claims with examples or evidence
You are not playing that card either. Don't expect me to post an example of harassment or violence as an answer to a situation of harassment or violence. There are already plenty out there and it is rather easy to visualize one in your head if you won't bother to find one.
Title: Lil Tay: 9 year old girl abused by family for money and views
Reason: User Has Been Warned: Implying that a 9-year-old is partially responsible for her abuse and being put in potentially dangerous situations.
This all seems like a good deal gone bad. It was all fun and games when she was getting popular and having fun. Now that she's getting bullied for her actions she can't take it. Her family are scum for putting her through this but at the same time you reap what you sow.
Title: Ten Years Later, Zack Snyder’s ‘300’ is Uglier Than Ever
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling topics about potentially harmful representations in media
It is just a movie to me. I'm sorry I don't subscribe to the modern "problematic" culture. Everyone is offended for one reason or another and looking for reasons to be that way, that's not how I roll.
But fuck it, let's go through the entire history of cinema and pick each movie apart, I'm sure there is something to offend everyone in the world if we look hard enough.
Jaws, well shit that's offensive to sharks...ET that offensive to wayward space aliens...Beethoven offensive to Angry Saint Bernard's, Cujo offensive to Nice Saint Bernard's.
Home Alone, offensive to shitty parents...Beetlejuice offensive to the perverted undead...and so on and so forth.
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting identity politics and calls for better representation, account still in junior phase.
I don't like how it puts individuals into groups and gives them value based off of their group identity. I think it's a dangerous philosophy because it gives people value based on immutable characteristics.
A great example of this is this tweet by the DNC:
I really don't care what color or sexual orientation a person is, I care about what policies they are advocating for and what their values are. And notice who's missing from the list - men, asians, and whites. Should we not elect more people from these groups? Should we value a black woman's politics over a white woman's politics simply because they are black? Why does the skin color of the individual matter when it comes to their views on healthcare, for example?
I know I'm in the minority on this forum but I find this way of thinking to be the complete opposite of the philosophy MLK preached - judging individuals based on their character/values as opposed to their skin color/group identity
Sums up the political landscape of the last 5 years. Probably why Trump was elected and likely will be re-elected. Total and utter unwillingness for one side to listen and consider criticism. Misinterpreting legitimate criticism as some evil attacks. That tweet ecxhexch is perfect glimpse of the larger issue.
Title: DICE GM response on Battlefield V "controversy"
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
Gotta love how the poster on the first page intentionally left out the latter half to fit his agenda. Basically sums on the discussion so far on this game. This forum included.
Title: George Takei accused of sexual assault in 1981
Reason: User Warned: Conjecture of vulnerable sexual harassment situation. Giving excuses for sexual predation.
This is one I can give the benefit of the doubt. George may not have realized he passed out. I know that consent is not always verbally given. Before you guys grab your torches let me explain. The situation that your like sitting down and the girl/guy start to move down to give you a BJ. You don't always say yes you can blow me. I know I have just kinda leaned back put my head back and thought fuck yeah. You give the go ahead through your body language. It is possible George mistaken him passing out to the motion of leaning back, relaxing and going oh yeah. He seems to have acted completely appropriately once the guy said no. Situations like this with drinking and emotion the guy may have just got lighted headed and it was a case of mixed signals. Or of course he may have drugged him and tried to assault him, but for me the jury is still out.
Title: George Takei accused of sexual assault in 1981
Reason: User Banned 1 Week: Inappropriate Comment, Multiple Warnings Recently Received
I don't buy this one.
He championed LGBTQ issues and women's rights and spent his own fortune in the efforts. People who do that don't do shit like this. This smells like opportunistic retaliation by rumor-mongering conservatives.
Title: Trump says ‘Our ancestors tamed a continent' and ‘We are not going to apologize for America’
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling. History of similar behaviour.
Lol.. so many people grasping for straws..
Tamed, as in the synonym for cultivate? To bring in to service, rendering land useful and manageable; under control, as natural resources or a source of power.
Wow.. breaking news indeed. ITT, people with a limited vocabulary.
Title: Valve slammed over "horrendous" Steam school-shooting game
Reason: User warned: Hostility, disingenuous posting.
While I think it’s vile, disgusting and in poor taste it has a right to exist unless it’s deemed criminal. Game is clearly protectsd under free speech so how about you get the fuck out of here if you don’t like constitutional rights.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment.
Some real aholes coming out of the woodwork on Twitter who I'm sure like to market themselves as socially liberal yet can't wait to shit on a dead person.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment
RIP. Always admired his work, series was excellent. The man was stubborn for sure, it saddens me that he couldn't use that to defeat the disease but atleast he put up on a hell of a fight. I wish his friends and family strenght in these hard times. They aren't alone, John had a wide reach and was loved by many.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Derailment + Ignoring Modpost
Absolutely agree. He may have made mistakes in the past, but people change. It's his positive actions like this and not tolerating jokes and other transphobic nonsense that made me respect him even more.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
Cancer sucks. Im not really sure what else to say unfortunately.
Uhh... why were these posters banned?
The Mod post specifies that we shouldnt put him on blast and that we should respect the dead in this thread.
These 2 posts detail good things he has done and show appreciation.
Neither is a derailment nor do they show ignorance to wrt the mod post.
Are we not allowed to talk about his legacy, period?
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment.
Left my best wishes to TB's family before I went to bed last night but I can't believe there are people that came into that thread to proselytise about how bad TB was when a family has lost it's father. Some people think they're so virtuous and yet completely lack a shred of empathy.
Disgusting really.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment.
I think it says a lot about a person when they try to turn the death of someone into being about them. It's a very self-centered view of the world. We've seen it a few times in this thread too.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment.
RIP. You're a legend TB.
All those people using this thread to discredit him, you are disgusting. This is not the place
Edit: Just seen that most of them got banned, nvm then.
Title: DICE GM response on Battlefield V "controversy"
Reason: Please don't use red text as it is reversed for mods.
To all of those looking for historical accuracy, I got something to say that I have been wanting to say for a while now. I am going to write it in large font to make it pop out.
Title: DICE GM response on Battlefield V "controversy"
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing arguments and concerns of including women in games
Thanks for a reasonable and well thought out response. I agree with you for the most part. I never took a hardline stance, and i will still buy the game. But it just pisses me off that people start to make up facts just to combat morons. We are better than that, or at least i thought we were. I guess I'm just disappointed in the level of discussion on this forum when it comes to this topic.
Just to give you an idea of where i (and i imagine many others) are coming from:
WW2 games holds a special place in my heart, growing up with the PS1 Medal of honor games, Allied Assault and later BF1942 and the early CoD. I was hoping this game would scratch that itch that those games did. Giving that Band of brothers feeling back, that has been missing for so long.
CoD WWII was absolute stinking garbage, so that didn't pan out. This was the last hope to get that feeling back, and it seems that they have gone in a completely different direction with this game, which is extremely disappointing. The female amputee soldier with facepaint is just part of that.
And no matter how many arguments could be made for why it should be included, female soldiers with bright facepaint ruins the WWII experience much more than any sniping from parachutes could ever do. Since you will see that all the time, in every game. It will be unavoidable. And to salt the wounds even more, they made the game much more "band of brothersy" in other ways by making other things much more realistic. So it will be like watching a WWII movie with Adam Sandler showing up in the middle of an intense scene.
And yes, in Medal of Honor Underground you play as a woman. That is very cool actually! Why? Because she is a French resistance fighter. And those actually existed, and did many of the things you do in that game.
Title: Just a taste of what women might experience online
Reason: User banned (duration pending): equating harassment with stealth bragging
Stealth brag video? ;)
I mean it's the usual stuff you hear in online-games. Doesn't have much to do with her gender. I would have muted these guys after their first sentences. There is really no point to deal with these kind of players. Stick with the nice players/friends and enjoy your game.
Title: Just a taste of what women might experience online
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexism + Diminishing the prevalence and impact of gendered harassment
Not at all lady, my intention is definitely helping you to enjoy your game more. I game with my lady all the time and we learned how to shut those idiots off. Why let a bunch of ignorants ruin our good time?
Title: Just a taste of what women might experience online
Reason: User banned (duration pending): disregarding harassment suffered by women; history of such statements and infractions
I mean, without heavy moderation I don't think there is anything you can do against this.
Your best bet as a female player is to play along or "not feed the trolls".
Title: Battlefield V fans who failed history are mad that the game has women in it
Reason: User Warned: Lazy dev rhetoric.
Forgive me, but I've read stuff like this a lot of times and I find it to be an excuse for the lazyness of the game designers. You can have a "realistic" FPS that is respectful to the historical war it wants to portray without sacrificing the fun factor. Take the game Verdun as an example. It has mechanics that are inspired to the actual trench warfare of WW1, with only weapons of that era, and it is fun. Realism is not equal to simulation. The "it's a videogames, it's not supposed to be realistic" cannot be an excuse for game designers to not think about how to implement mechanics in the game that do not denaturalize its own setting.
One rightful argument might be the one of "the over the topness it's a stylistic choice, they have every rights to not portay WW2 in an historical way". I might agree with that, but in that case this is not a game I can take seriously.
The realism topic in videogames is a very interesting subject
Title: Why did Ni no Kuni 2 (apparently) fail to take off?
Reason: User Warned: Generalizing a fanbase
It isn't horny enough for my dear friend Mike Minotti.
Edit: Was trying to joke. Should've remembered the audience to ensure it was clear that I wasn't serious. Consider my buns sufficiently blasted.
Title: Battlefield V - Reveal trailer - October 19th
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling. History of similar behaviour, accumulated infractions.
Oh my, that's quite offensive to me personally. Especially when I never once focused or mentioned the sex of any of the characters. I don't think your slanderous attitude is acceptible, sorry.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
I wish TotalBiscuit had used his last time on Earth to excuse and reconcile with the pain he caused to many people in the gaming industry & community. Oh well, not much to do about it now. Condolences to his family and friends, his memory, both good and bad, will live on.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): thread derailment
Jesus.
I was wondering why the title had a mod edit and some of you guys are terrible.
Biscuits mistake was ignoring the very obvious social issue to express his concerns about gaming press which weren't important relatively.
Don't assume biscuit himself held the same beliefs of the social Neanderthals.
Anyone who even took a passing interest in learning about the gamer gate drama through biscuit and had a functioning moral compass would notice the apparent mysoginy of everyone else throwing shade at journalists by how they were focusing on Quinn.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): attempting to continue thread derail
Nine of the top ten posts on Reddit's /r/all right now are all from various communities independently mourning John, with many more further down the page. It's a discovery even for those like myself who have followed his work for nearly a decade now, in my case primarily via StarCraft (although I first encountered his voice through WoW, when he was one of the first out of the gate to push back against the incursion of cosmetic cash microtransactions when the Celestial Steed first landed back in WotLK). As just one example, I only had the vaguest notion of what Warframe was and had no idea what an impact he had on the development of that scene.
I know this is a console-centric forum (with, let's call it as it is, a sizeable and vocal progressive presence that accepts no mediation, compromise, or nuance when it comes to repudiating the more despicable reactionaries online), but I think it's quite fair to say that where the PC scene is concerned, no media figure was more important to so many and it's hard to imagine one that would be as broadly mourned. When TB covered a game or lent his support to fledgling independent titles, be it through exposure, advice, or direct contributions like the voice work he provided for Space Pirates and Zombies, he gave it his all and made you know that he was never there to be a tourist hopping on the flavour of the month. It's hard to fathom how one finds the time or energy to make this commitment and mean so much to so many games and players at once. From SC2 alone I've probably heard more of his speaking voice in the past few years than that of many of my closest friends, and yet I've only ever seen a fraction of his work.
I'll be a little bolder than that, in fact, and say that John's contributions were as beloved and necessary as they were because they filled the vacuum left by the insipid log-rolling, hype culture, schoolyard clannishness, misplaced priorities, sanctimonious hectoring, and intellectual failure of the established enthusiast media at large. If that also swept along a great deal of reactionary unpleasantness in its wake, well, perhaps we can distribute blame for those externalities some other day; but know that John Bain was as beloved as he was in so many corners because he worked his arse off to provide a much-needed service and perspective to which the self-described journalists had abjectly failed to attend. It's no mistake that everyone who worked with him directly or interacted with him in person only had the kindest things to say about him, while the the sneering at his kind of work, or overblown and uncharitable accusations of complicity in a culture of entitlement and harassment, reliably came from those who were so far removed from the communities he served as to have never interacted with him productively at all.
That always reflected more on them than it did on him. And once the condolences have died down, the taboo about speaking ill of the dead has subsided, and certain parties come out of the woodwork again to air their meticulously documented grievances, I won't let them forget it. You know who you are.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (1 week): Inflammatory analogy. Those who want to discuss gun control after a shooting are not attempting to criticize the deceased.
"It's too early to discuss gun control"
"It's too early to discuss toxicity in the gaming community"
Cancer being as awful as it is does not preclude a discussion of Totalbiscuit's actions (anti-Romani rhetoric, transphobia, harassing several people, including one time where he told someone to get cancer and die, etc.) nor does it make it inappropriate for one to reflect on their legacy, what the results of their actions cause. See also: Cancer taking Rob Ford doesn't erase the damage he dealt to Toronto, Ontario and Canada in general nor does it make those that point out the consequences inappropriate for doing so.
Condolence to his family, in any case.
To reiterate: Cancer sucks.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (1 week): Appears to have entered the thread with intent to cause an incident
He was with the gamer gate shit if i'm not mistaken and harassed people on twitter and sent his fans to harass people. And given how gamer gate is radicalized, I would imagine that's also what the poster is referencing.
Title: John Bain (Aka Totalbiscuit) has passed away [READ OP]
Reason: User banned (1 week): History of inflammatory behavior in threads about deaths and surgeries
I understand his family is experiencing pain and people want to be respectful of that, but how about we also respect the victims of the systematic harassment campaign he was a supporter of. Just because someone passes away doesn’t erase half their history. You have to consider their entire life.
Title: Israeli firm compiled Dossier on Linda Sarsour, passed it to US groups seeking to discredit her
Reason: User banned (one week): concern trolling in a sensitive topic
WOW! Hon, please read your own reply here. I am sure Linda Sarsour and her loved ones care about her. But hey, let's drive her into hiding or better yet suicide. Jeez man.... Really..... fuck off.
This is gamergater type of shit, like what they did to Anita Sarkeezian after the same kind of disinformation was spread.
Title: Why do some guys handle rejection from women so poorly?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexist generalisations.
Rejection hurts everyone, just some people have better emotional skills and are able to deal with rejection healthily and others not so much.
But I will say this women should be straight with guys and not lead them on slowly into the friend zone that shit sucks too.
But yeah, males, get your shit sorted man children.
Title: Why do some guys handle rejection from women so poorly?
Reason: User Warned: Dismissing a serious issue with false equivalences.
Lady sent 65,000 texts because she was rejected. She told the guy she wanted to soak in his blood and broke into his home also. It happens on both sides.
Title: Challenging the bigotry of an icon: How Bloodborne slyly calls out HP Lovecraft
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Downplaying racism.
I read all of his work multiple times and that is bs. If you are ofended by a cat named niggerman and dismiss the whole story just because of the one cat than I’m sorry for you.
Title: DICE - We will always put fun over authentic (Regarding Battlefield V compliants)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Characterizing inclusion of women as a ploy to 'trigger the right' and 'anti-Battlefield'.
People have opinions that can differ from yours.
This trailer they released looked ridiculous to me. It almost felt like a super hero movie. Having a female at the front of the cover also is pretty much nothing more then a statement to trigger the right and cater towards left and let them go at it. Rather backslash talk then no talk at all. It's EA after all.
Nobody would have complained if they would push females in the game, i am pretty sure BF1 had them in the compaign and it had a metric ton of muslims in it. Nobody really cared because they also where part of the conflict. But to really go out of your way to make it look like a girl power type of arcade game just feels completely anti battlefield. Specially with the over the top arcade type of reveal trailer where everything just felt like a scripted galore vs a real battlefield fight.
Obviously the devs push statements like this in order to push more fuel on the fight to make people talk and trigger people to watch there reveal trailer and promote there game that normally wouldn't play it.
Title: Kanye’s 7 song album is coming June 1; Kanye x Cudi album "Kids See Ghost" coming June 8
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Aggressive whataboutism
share all your services and branded items you own and let's look up every C level executive political views. kanye doesn't even know trumps ideologies or policies. he's not fighting for them. his case is so minor compared to some other artists. people don't even speak about racist ass guns and roses.
I honestly think what you just said is incredibly shortsighted. he's got the pushback and feedback from everyone already. i just want to hear the music I love. i don't shut doors to conversations and other viewpoints even though I also consider them to lead towards hateful speech, but i express that to them directly.
And now that you say it, kanye IS the person I would like to boost! if the music is amazing, i'll stream it as many times as I want and buy as many albums I want. i cant wait c:
Title: PlayStation Classic Being Internally Considered at Sony
Reason: User warned: console wars
Tell a Sony fan that Sony copies Nintendo and they will eat your face up, btw some Sony fan will reply to this comment with a console that came before NES classic and sold 10 units and say “look someone else did it before Nintendo”
No one will remember GOW like they will remember BOTW in x years, GOW is the most overrated game of this generation, I'm not saying it's a bad game because it's not but it shouldn't be put in the same league as BOTW.
Mods, I feel like everyone who wants to derail the thread without real arguments about the game (but dont want to be punhished) keep saying "but but but its a David Cage game, this cant be a good game" and nobody do something about it.
Title: My wife is going on an out of state trip with a guy friend
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Framing sexual harassment/assault as something that is outside of the perpetrator's control.
Surely you remember why we left the old place? People get drunk and do stupid shit.
Do you believe that people are 100% in control of thier actions at all times? It’s not really clear if we actually decide to do anything or not.
I’m not worried about my partner planning to cheat. Shit is pretty much over at that point. The worry is some dude tries an awkward pass and then hopefully that’s the end of it. How many stories have we heard about women being afraid to say no or leave a bad situation for fear of being hurt? Again this probably will not happen, but why store fire next to gasoline?
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): inapproptiate GIF. Please do not post it anymore despite your strong feelings for it.
Remember my post from the original thread on the peace talk announcement? I posted this, and it was misinterpreted to just be treating a serious event sarcastically and disrespectfully and was subsequently removed with warning given:
On the contrary, what I meant it to convey was a combination of both "it's a trap" with something that on the surface looks off the charts pleasing.
Looks like this feeling was dead on. Still one of my favorite gifs of alltime.
Title: Why do some guys handle rejection from women so poorly?
Reason: User banned (duration pending): dismissing a woman's concerns of feeling threatened
yeah. i was relatively polite on the drink one, i chalked that up to the girl just being drunk and having a bad night. plus it was in college so immaturity was a factor
the voice mail was from a single tinder date that i didn't think went well (this is why i 100% understand why people ghost others)
people are weird and insecure.
settle down your foaming at the mouth.
Title: How do you tell someone you miss very much, that you miss them?
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
You are probably correct, but the way you put it, is just fucking dark and mean.
Who did you benefit with that response? You come out as the sad, lonely, angry shit.
As for the OP. You did not give us enough info to provide advice.
But in general, it does not matter how much you love someone. You cannot win someone over by simply showing your infatuation with them.
Just remember there are several billion people on this planet. You may think this is the one person, but they are simply your favorite in a small circle of people surrounding you.
If someone is not into you, you cannot force your infatuation on them. No level of poetry or persistence is going to shift their view.
The world is much bigger then the few dozen people you may know. It is probably best to move on to the pool of billions of potential humans you have yet to encounter, then obsess over a single person.
Title: NYT: We Sat Down With the 'Arrested Development' Cast. It Got Raw
Reason: User banned (3 days): Attempting to religitate prior ban
Thank you to all the people who have been kind and supportive of me in this thread.
I guess the one day ban was either lifted or only lasted a few hours or something -- whatever the case, I think it's pretty ridiculous that I was banned for my posts in this topic. Unlike some other posters, I didn't personally attack anyone or try to dismiss their personal experiences. Just discuss the subject of the topic in a civilized manner using my own experiences to support my arguments.
But it's clear that the moderation team here doesn't want a real discussion with differing viewpoints to take place, just a dog pile of judgment.
One poster on the last page said I shouldn't have to "recede out of the internet", but I think it'd be unwise of me to stay here in this topic any longer -- because it's simply not worth it, I don't want to catch additional bans over this discussion. And I think my continued presence is derailing the thread, and for that I truly apologize. So I won't be replying (other than this general reply) to each of the people who quoted me, even though I normally would.
On the actual topic, the last thing I'll say is that Bateman's apology is about the best anyone could reasonably hope for. I don't know what else people would want out of him at this point.
And now I'll let you guys get back to your dog pile.
Title: Israeli firm compiled Dossier on Linda Sarsour, passed it to US groups seeking to discredit her
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Peddling Conspiracy Theories about Moderation/Site being part of an Israeli plot
So obvious.
We saw these attacks play out in a totally planted and state-sponsored way across conventional media, social media, and even here (even supported by certain mods, such that calling out the stories was a bannable offense).
Title: CNN:Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): framing sexual misconduct as something that happens only with unattractive men is not only false, but offensive and unacceptable.
Dude looks like a God though. The only good looking dude to be accused of harassment so far has been James Franco. Everybody else was old or ugly from what I remember.
Remember that old SNL skit?
sorry for the non-youtube vid. couldn't find it there. Fuck hulu.
Title: CNN:Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment
Reason: User banned (duration pending): downplaying sexual assault
What's the point in this kind of news? It's just a glorified gossip column. It's a win for everyone! News outlets get a shit tonne of hits and you all get to gossip and bitch about your favourite celebrities while pretending it's under the guise of some kind of progressive agenda.
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): intentional dehumanization of a developer and thread derail.
First, I'm not a dude. Second, of COURSE I want that, because all of Cage's work is trash. And Cage as a human being is also trash. So yeah, good job, you figured me out.
Title: DICE - We will always put fun over authentic (Regarding Battlefield V compliants)
Reason: User banned (duration pending): strawman arguments over sexism
This is what this thread devolved into and it's sad. "I don't really think the tone lands very well with the setting-" "SEXIST RACIST IT'S VIDEOGAMES LULZ YOU BIGOT".
Title: DICE - We will always put fun over authentic (Regarding Battlefield V compliants)
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
Who the fuck are you? I too played BF since the beginning and I'm in no way entitled to justify all this whining you crybabies are coming up with.
Hell, all this whining is coming from man babies who think developers should always listen to their demand (oh amisogynistic pos, too).
Bf1 was shit? Rofl
Grow the fuck up, you entitled idiot.
Title: DICE - We will always put fun over authentic (Regarding Battlefield V compliants)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Ignoring context of discussion to concern troll about generalisations. History of similar behaviour.
It sure is an effective method living in such a simplified world where anyone with other views is branded as "-ist" as necessary. It can't be people are criticizing the drastic shift away from aesthetic authenticity (if I remember correctly that was even DICEs own reasoning in regards to prior games). No, they must all be bad evil racist sexists. Clearly. You figured it all out. Your view is the only true, progressive and good one. Bravo.
Obligatory disclaimer: Obviously there are also youtube comments etc that are indeed sexist, racist etc. But that is not what is going on here in this discussion.
(Also incorrect since BF2 already had black US soldiers, not to mention all the non-white factions in basically every BF game)
Title: Americans coming over to Ireland trying to influence our Abortion referendum.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Aggressive thread derailment.
People shouldn't meddle in other country's political affairs. The last thing Ireland needs is outsiders telling them what to do. They've had centuries of the British doing it.
That said, I am going to enjoy seeing you rage impotently if the "No" side does happen to win because you're one nasty, hateful piece of work,
Title: Detroit Reviews will be go Live on May 24th
Reason: User Warned: Antagonistic false equivalencies
There was a time when Donkey Kong was judged as a fun platformer and not as a monkey supremacy in the jungle obliterating crocodiles. So that's not how it works,it just how it works
Title: Historical accuracy in video games: how important is it to you?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting diversity efforts and representation for women in media as 'forced'.
I do not really care about every detail in the game and if its historical or not.
But the thing is, the developers know exactly that its not correct, except some in french. I dont give a Sh.. if I have to play a woman or not and what person is in the cover.
EA put the woman in the game not because its historical correct, but to avoid a discussion why they are missing and to earn some money with marketing. And thats the bad part - the woman are forced in the game and not because its the right thing to do.
Same with Star Wars 8 and other Films/games.
Title: NYT: We Sat Down With the 'Arrested Development' Cast. It Got Raw
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): downplaying abuse as "normal"
I'm not missing it, and I somewhat addressed it in another post.
Basically, It's not the norm for her, as an actress, to be on the receiving end. It absolutely is the norm for most other people in Hollywood. And I've personally witnessed actors and actresses reaming out directors, writers, and producers in absolutely terrible ways too. They're just treated in a, typically, better way.
A lot of people are similarly missing that while this clearly affected Walter, she says she would work again with Tambor no problem, that he apologized, and that she let it go -- and wants to continue to be friends with him even (something truly not required by actors at all). Because she's a total class act and also a professional.
It sucks to compartmentalize some ire you drew from some random fuckhead who had to scream at you for some almost certainly unimportant reason, and like I said, I know that from first hand experience... but you have to have your cry, tell your close friend, and then move on. Just like she's clearly doing.
She's certainly had more experience in the industry than me, but in a completely different way. As someone working in the industry, I don't think my insights are invalid just because she's a prolific actress. And it somewhat highlights an aspect of what I'm saying in that people pay attention to actors but not the other people in the Industry... which is most of it.
Title: Battlefield V - Reveal trailer - October 19th
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Sexism, account still in the junior phase.
Women are interested in BF to begin with? why are they pandering to people that don't even buy their games to begin with ?
that's like putting anime girls in a Madden game
Title: Battlefield V - Reveal trailer - October 19th
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism, ignoring moderation warnings.
Huh?... I don’t even know how to respond to this.
You could feature an Eastern European women in a leading role in the campaign. What is the issue? You could make brilliant commentary with this even.
I hate the idea of revisionist media that has to make everything politically correct for future generations. Maybe people should understand how it was then?
Title: Post one character design you love, and one you despise.
Reason: User banned (1 week): "trap" is a transphobic slur and is not acceptable here.
Love: This Dark Souls waifu (yes, I know it's a trap)
Despise: anime souls waifu (Code Vein)
SECOND ROUND (I'm sorry, I can't resist this)
Love: Morrigan (Dragon Age)
Despise Yen's alternate outfit. I'm sorry, but it screams "Morrigan rip-off" to me,
Title: Tomi Lahren gets drink thrown at her; the President of the United States tweets out support
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Trolling, disingenuous arguments, account still in the junior phase.
Amir0x got arrested for child porn on GAF. Tyler Malka sexually assaulted women. Believing someone from this community might conduct a mass shooting isn't exactly crazy talk when we look at who we've had to expel in the past.
I believe a mass shooting can take place anywhere. That is why I believe so strongly in gun control. Whenever I go out, I remain aware of where the exits are. It's just a fact of life nowadays. There's been over 100 mass shootings by May 2018. Source: - Gabby Giffords herself was the victim of a mass shooting.
That's not the equation that was made. The act of throwing water isn't a legitimization of violence. It is an act of violence in and of itself. It's in the aftermath of that violence that posters here are championing physically attacking Tomi Lahren that is the true incitement for violence, like putting gun targets on a list of people's names.
This post, for example, is a blatant incitement of violence. He's basically saying that Tomi should be punched as well. And people have concerns about messages like this and rightfully so. We as a society should always be advocating for less violence, not more. That so many in this community are at peace quietly standing by when people level this kind of violent rhetoric is downright horrific. This kind of rhetoric deserves no platform whatsoever.
Title: NBA Playoffs 2018|OT| We Were All Kevin Durant
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Attacking other Posters with claims of Delusion/Mental Health problems, with a history of Infractions.
Yikes.
Yikes yikes yikes.
Who am I attacking if Very few actually think like that? I’m simply stating those with delusions they are somehow a part of something they are not need to seek help. These delusions form for a reason and the most common reason is that real life is not enough.
Thus the advice to get a life coach and be better. People with these delusions need help, they don’t need to continue to live vicariously through a corporation that plays basketball.
Why do you feel attacked if you don’t have these delusions? You should just agree and move on.
Some are exposing more than this wish to I think.
Title: Pokemon for Nintendo Switch Speculation Thread 3 | Pokémon Switch is never coming lmao
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Linking to offensive content
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Stalin, I was just reading up on the genwars in /vp/ and they are the funniest shit I've ever seen lmao
Thread started with this:To which the first reply was:Throw in some objective observations:and I was laughing my ass off for like an hour.
There's also one last one but it's super NSFW in terms of language so I'm just gonna post a link to it and let you have at it yourselves.
Title: Battlefield V Details [No Auto HP Regen, Fortifications, Skill-based Gunplay, Physical Interactions]
Reason: User permanently banned: sexism; low post count
I just think it's a bit ridiculous to prominently feature mostly women in a video game based in World War II. If it's alternate history fine, if it's a modern game fine, but WW2? I mean, eh...
Title: Battlefield V - Reveal trailer - October 19th
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism and negatively characterizing diversity efforts
To me, yup. Getting Overwatch and Fortnight vibes from this trailer, absolutely.
Please don't accuse me of being triggered or any such nonsense like that or I'm offended by women in games or something but yeah it is a tad eye rolly to see a woman not 2 seconds into a trailer for what I assume is a WW2 game.
Just looks a bit desperate for the diversity tickmark. Again, don't you dare try and say I'm against this stuff in principle.
Title: Is it offensive for a non-black to listen to a song with n-word on blast?
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Creating a reaction/troll thread to relitigate a serious discussion concerning race.
Yesss! I feel you, i'm the same.
In private, I most definitely go off.
Like I can't listen to GKMC or To Pimp A Butterfly without just being consumed by them. There's just so much rhythm and soul at such a fast tempo to even think about censoring myself.
I won't deny it.
Title: So I was excited about KH3 and wanted to research the story....
Reason: User banned(duration pending): History of inflammatory and low effort posts
There no worst thread than a kingdom heart thread. It's a circle jerk of fair weather kingdom heart fans giving shitty advice to people who want to jump in the series.
Oh yeah, you can't forget the constant shit posting .
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Dictating the terms of reclaiming language. Arguing in favour of using racial slurs.
I took a peak at those threads and realised quickly that if you white you must agree or risk a ban. I am not saying its racism against white people or anything like that. It just seemed really stupid. I'll probably end up banned but if you put the word in a song and accept money from white people that enjoy it, you really should not attack them if they sing along.
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Dictating the terms of reclaiming language. Arguing in favour of using racial slurs, ignoring admin instructions.
The official Resetera policy on the n-word is as follows:
"As a policy update, we'd like to clarify a moderation stance on people who police a minority on reclamation of the n-word. This also applies to comments that everyone should be able to use the n-word as well. To be clear, these kind of comments are unacceptable."
I don't believe that everyone should use the n-word. I believe that whatever society agrees is acceptable should be equally applied across race, gender and sexual orientation.
People with the above opinion have been banned on numerous previous threads in accordance with the above policy. This moderation policy, as applied in several recent threads, is extreme. It is enforcing that one opinion on the subject is allowed, and any others are banned for "arguing in bad faith". In other topics, a range of opinions are acceptable and debatable. For this one, if you don't hold one of the allowed list, you will be banned for expressing it in any way.
I have raised this with the senior mods as advised and I recieved a boilerplate response that had nothing to do with the concerns I raised.
The idea that the n-word is always acceptable when used by people of a certain skin colour and never acceptable when used by any others is a radical view. It's not enforceable, because skin colour isn't binary and because not all black people are African-American and not all African-Americans have dark skin. Its use in song lyrics, but then to say that people of other colours can't perform those songs, is not a clear and obvious moral situation. The debate is worth having, and is possible to have if moderation instead deals with those comments which actually express racism or are personal attacks.
Banning people to enforce a particular opinion is not a just use of moderation ability.
Having the opinion that a word shouldn't be divided by race alone does not make one a racist.
Title: Kotaku: MMO Players Feel Conflicted About Online Sugar Daddies
Reason: User banned (1 week): sexism, fat shaming, vulgarity
When I was in a wow guild years back I used to moonlight on some of the rp servers for shits and giggles (argent dawn if I remember)
Got friendly with a not very serious rp player who was a girl.....was very poor in rl and could not afford the sub fee so I grew some coin her way as shits easier to team up with and she was a healer which back then were like an albino monkey riding a unicorn.
After a few months I got bored of the server and started moving away....which means this I cutoff the money for this chick...this was around the start of Facebook so she messages me on Facebook to jump on skype and I would not be lying if my ips widescreen monitor was not used to it’s full effect with this girl....she pretty much offered the cookie jar in return for the sub fee and wanted to meet up to let me put my hand in.
Being the non discriminating type I took her up on this offer....she met up with me and bought her guild friend and her sugar daddy who was a 49 year old medically retired navy sailor who still loved to wear his uniform out in public but got paranoid as apparently you can’t wear the uniform outside of military occasions like Anzac Day ect...this guy paid for this chicks subs and bought her mounts .....gold ect and in return he got to sail the seven seas.....the guy was rocked with ptsd and wow was sort of an outlet for him so this was a way of connecting with people
The girl I was friends with wanted a similar arrangement but I was put off by the logistics of trying to have meaningful intercourse with her as she was effectively 5 times the size of me
I don’t mind s bit of extra weight but if your not sure your fucking a vagina or a fat roll you have a problem
I bid farewell to my sailor friend and Bessie the tank healer that day.
Title: Commuters of ResetERA: Do you drive with your knees?
Reason: User warned: hostility
Sorry, I am still of the opinion that you are a irresponsible piece of shit. Even texting at red lights.
I happen to work in the field of dealing with auto accident victims, and day after day I delve into the details about what happens with car accidents, and I work with the victims as well
People like yourself are causing a shitload of accidents these days. It’s a huge, huge problem
So yeah, fuck You. Get fucked, you are a piece of shit. If I catch a ban for saying this, so be it. It’s worth it for the slight chance that you do some research and realize that your behaviour is shitty, and that you are acting like a garbage human being. You’re risking your life and others. Get fucked, good day
Title: Tomi Lahren gets drink thrown at her; the President of the United States tweets out support
Reason: User Warned: Bringing up moderation in the thread, attacking other users
Assaulting people for their political leanings being applauded in here should probably be addressed by bans and warnings. The posters dismissing this are trash and don't deserve a platform to speak on.
Title: Tomi Lahren gets drink thrown at her; the President of the United States tweets out support
Reason: User banned (3 days): downplaying racist actions
Because some people have enough sense to see that this kind of "political discourse" is far more toxic than anything she's ever done. Go to one of her political events, call her a piece of shit there, actually it's preferable if you stay and debate without hurling FUCK YOU BITCH at her. Hell, go home and some of you guys with blue check marks can write up some essays in response to her tweets explaining why she's a piece of shit and I'm sure it'll get plenty of hearts. Just leave it out of a fucking resturant when she's with family Jesus Christ.
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous argument and derailing
No I called it lazy because it literally took zero amount of physical effort. None. Not a single calorie was expended in it's execution. I also found it ironic that many articles labeled it as taking a stand.
Title: NPD April 2018: God of War #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
Reason: User Warned - Inflammatory Post
Drive by gloat posts aside, sales-Era is pretty savvy and sometimes comments like that can come across as condescending.
That came across more harsh than I intended and I apologize. I only meant to draw attention to the fact that many/most of the active participants in sales threads are long-time members (dating back to the old forum) with solid track records. Certainly not the ignorant fanboy who needs to be educated as implied by your tone now and again. Do we really need to explain to people that multiple products competing in the same space can't all be successful, for example?
Reason: User warned: inflammatory drive-by, platform wars
The magnitude of butthurt around this $20 PC upgrade is glorious, I'm picturing people lying in their beds at night sweating furiously with angst while imagining the personal wrongs being done to them.
Title: May Wrasslin' |OT| Celebrating 205 Live Day
Reason: User Banned (5 days): Repeated personal attacks on other users. Previous warnings for such behaviour.
You and I both know that I didn’t say that. You just intentionally misrepresented what someone else said so you could try to make them feel bad, while simultaneously taking the moral high ground. Congratulations, you’re an bully.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempt to shift some blame on Kendrick despite Mod Post at OP.
Hmm yeah I’m not really happy with how Kendrick handled that and kinda shamed the girl on stage like that.
White people shouldn’t fuckin say that word in conversation, but I feel like performing a song, it’s different, there’s no hatred behind it, I don’t think there is any racism behind it either.
I feel like he totally set her up with that shit, he was waiting for it. when she’s rapping a long to the song and is feeling the moment shes not gonna be up there thinking clearly to begin with, she’s next to Kendrick and her adrenaline was probably through the roof.
Idk I realize this is all subjective but I’m not okay with someone being humiliated like that on stage after being invited up to sing a song that you know has the word you don’t want white people saying
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Arguing in bad faith.
It is an interesting topic and context does matter. As someone who would never use the word in any normal situation I am pretty sure I would if Alice Walker asked me to read a passage from The Color Purple in front of a group. I would do so knowing that she knows her work, knows what she is asking me to read and would not ask me to alter the power of her art by changing words.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith.
Come on man you saw the lyrics yourself... the word is literally on every single line. When at a concert you're hyped up, probably on something (alchohol or another drug), and you're just really there to have fun.
Do people reasonably expect to be like this at a very fast song:
"Man down
Where you from, [wait I can't say the word coming up, they'll crucify me] nigga?"
"Fuck who you know, where you from, my [wait I can't say the word coming up, they'll crucify me] nigga?"
"Where your grandma stay, huh, my [wait I can't say the word coming up, they'll crucify me] nigga?"
"This m.A.A.d city I run, my [wait I can't say the word coming up, they'll crucify me] nigga"
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempt to shift some blame to Kendrick's choice of song) despite Mod Post at OP.
While its all on her and she shouldnt have said it and not on him i do feel that once the person she chose was white he should have picked a diff song that didnt use the word that often.
i will never understand why this word is still used in general but im not black so ill never say it.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (A Week): Arguing in bad faith.
"Man down
Where you from, nigga?"
"Fuck who you know, where you from, my nigga?"
"Where your grandma stay, huh, my nigga?"
"This m.A.A.d city I run, my nigga"
what's a nonblack person supposed to say here if they're rapping along. like bleep or pause or what
Title: NPD April 2018: God of War #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
Reason: User Warned: Console war posting.
Yeah, because that's 80 million unique buyers. Look, you're an obsessive Zelda fanboy. Your history is indicative of this. But most of the people buying these Zelda games are the same people who've always bought it. Like is the case for most big franchises.
Title: NPD April 2018: God of War #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
Reason: User Warned: Console war / Thread derailing
lmfao
GOW has one great selling well received game and y'all go wild.
The franchise has a fraction the cultural relevance and impact of both Mario and Zelda.
It would not surprise me if it fails falls to outsell both BoTW and SMO on a significantly larger install base.
Title: Lay It Omni: What REALLY Stops Women From Going Pro in Esports?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Repeatedly downplaying the existence and impact of sexism, history of infractions.
E-sports are international. I've a hard time believing everywhere from america, to all of europe, to asia, to latin america, etc all have a highly toxic environment. edit: as for being competitive environments it is to be expected for them to be such when it comes to a competitive activity.
Title: Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version Announced for Switch (in Japan only)
Reason: User Warned: Derogatory Language
If you are gonna troll, at least know your facts my boy. Those comments were made concerning ARK, and the devs confirmed that it was running natively on the switch.
This is just capcom going full retard.
Title: Battlefield V key art leaked, yep it's WWII.
Reason: User Warned: Sexism
In active combat roles? As far as I can remember the US Army didn't even allow women in active frontline combat roles until a few years ago (while the Air Force, Navy and particularly the Marines did for a few decades already).
Women are basically guaranteed to be included as part of the USSR (especially pilots and Recon/Sniper class) and probably as part of the French Resistance as well, which IMO is a more than adequate historically correct inclusion, just how they did it with BF1. As soon as someone goes down the "but Battlefield MP is so non-realistic already, so anything goes" rabbit hole you might as well argue for the inclusion of aliens or anthropomorphic animals (only somewhat less realistic than black women fighting for the Wehrmacht) as well.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Generalizations
If you think you're entitled to cause suffering to another living being you are no different to me then a Nazi.
This is all Mengele levels of evil.
You are naive as shit if you believe chickens or cows don't get put trough this shit in your country.
Also: at the end of the day these animals are still being tortured, mutilated and murdered .
Title: 'They deserve no mercy': Iraq deals briskly with accused 'women of Isis'
Reason: Member has been banned (1 week): abusing the report function to attack staff and complain about a warning he has received in an immature manner.
Weird how you called him out, but not this post that is actually more vile.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Disingenous posting/Building strawmen
Of course I realize that, and its fucking dumb. However, we can't pretend that some dumb white girl singing a SONG written by a rapper she adores is in the same ballpark as a klansman trying to lynch us from a tree. If it gets to that point (and honestly I think it's reached that point) we need to remove the word from our vernacular altogether because it has way too much power.
I mentor multiple young black men in the inner city, and I've taught in inner city high schools my entire career (10 years) bypassing higher paying jobs in suburban districts who are falling over themselves to hire a black male special education teacher. Why? Because our youth needs positive male influences.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned (duration pending): explicitly ignoring modpost; hostility
The OP says nothing about Kenndrick regularly invites people who don't say the word. It says white people saying the work is not normal.
I came to say that very thing, IN GOOD FAITH. Fuck moderation telling me I can't express my REAL opinion on this matter. I don't care if people have done it before and managed to self censor themselves. that means NOTHING. If you invite someone on stage to sing a song, they are going to SING THE SONG. How is this logic flawed? Hip-hop belongs to EVERYONE now. I've been fighting racism and discrimination in the deep South of the U.S. my entire life, and this reverse micro discrimination is only making things worse. This is OUR culture now, not black culture, not white culture. We are prejudice for suggesting that there should be two cultures, it's all part of the American experience.
So is free speech. We should not say things to be hateful, or IN BAD FAITH, but it's bullshit when we start telling each other what we can express IN GOOD FAITH. This is how I feel about it and I'm not going to let myself be censored. I've only been banned once in all my time on all kinds of forums in the last 20 years, and I'll take a ban for this one, this is some BULLSHIT. Sad to see this happen here.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned(duration pending): Bad faith arguement and history of supporting hateful stances
Thread is fucking stupid.
He invited her to rap his song, she did it just the way he wrote it. He 110% KNEW there's a real good chance of this happening by inviting her on stage but then embarrassed her in front of millions.
I don't give a shit what you 'can and can't say' she was set up to fail and he should be embarrassed. What a piece of shit move.
Ban me for telling the truth.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Derailment + Misrepresenting Moderation
Your viewpoint is exactly what I wrote as well as how I see it. But here-
A poster said don't fucking say it and someone replied saying so listening is ok but saying it is not? He dosent listen to rap but wants to know how as a brown person he should approach such a song, Banned. Someone said if the song is filled with that word the singer should not have called a white person on stage in first place, Banned. Someone said she should not have said it and he should not have called her on a song which has the word multiple times, banned.
This is just the first page. You feel a ban was good on them? If there is not much discussion to be had then why is this thread 16 pages? Surely people got stuff to discuss here.
You can ask this and not get banned. That should answer it enough:)
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Modwhining + Derailment
I am not going to quote them all, but is this a joke mods? We got people posting racist bullshit up in here. People apparently with a fucking of posting racist bullshit, and they are only copping a week ban.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned (duration pending): suggesting a racist term as a replacement, explicitly ignoring modpost
I would replace the word with jigga....or falafel.
But mods- honestly, what is with the bans on the first few pages? Legit question; you're saying its in 'bad faith' but the comments say she's wrong for saying but Kendrick is silly for inviting her knowing full well that most of the words contain the n word. That surely is an argument to make no? Those bans seem really excessive to me but perhaps I'm missing the point.
So non-black people in these concerts are going to have a really awkward time when they just have to just stop dead in the tracks every time the word is mentioned in these songs, which is a bit weird considering the gratuitous use of them in songs. I kind of assumed using jigga as a substitute was the best course of action as opposed to straight not saying anything- that just kills the flow of the song.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned (1 week): Inappropriate language, ignoring the context of reclamation of offensive words.
Right, I'm just going to flat out state an opinion and I want anything that comes towards it* - I love Kendrick, but he was stupid letting this happen.
Why the fuck would you have beef with a white person saying the n-word in a song you invited them to sing when you damn well know it uses that word on every other verse?
It's retarded, it sucks that she said it, but she was damn into it and as were most of the fans, I can understand how 100% white people such as myself CANNOT appropriate that word, and it is fashionable for black folk to use it - but it doesn't detract from the fact that he was retarded to invite her onto the stage for that song or that she was stupid for using it after she self-edited...
At some point, in certain conditions and enviroments if you keep throwing that word it will normalise it, you can't dislike someone who you invited on stage for a song where you wrote it into every other verse - she wasn't trying to be racist, at all, she was enjoying herself and the song which is one of his most popular songs.
*I've been drinking wine for the past six hours.
Edit:
Let's flat out say it, this is what he bloody wrote and that is EXACTLY how it should be sang, socially conscious or not - granted she's white, she said it, she was given that platform with the dude WHO WROTE THOSE LYRICS.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 week) - Thread derailment, history of similar behaviour
On one hand i do feel the audience member should have not said it. But the heat of the moment i don't think it was malicious. Context counts.
Also a word about the over the top moderation.
Can mods please chill. We don't need this place becoming NeoGaf 2.0 all over again. Some common sense is needed.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): History of racist and misogynist dialog, peddling alt-right counter-narratives, ban dodging
i don't post here anymore, but this is my second attempt at a permaban. this board is ridiculous. if you aren't super left, you're a piece of shit to these people.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned (1 week): Concern trolling, pushing conspiracy theories as fact.
Im with Whoopi on this one.
Shouldn't put it in the song, if you don't want people repeating it.
end of story...oh, and nice setup Kendrick. You set that poor girl up.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Denying the historical context for reclaimed language despite extensive clarification throughout the topic
The notion that people should just accept sweeping global pronouncements regarding what they can and cannot say in any and every context without any justification is some absolutely Orwellian bullshit.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith.
I remember artists saying that back in the day that slapping a sticker/ parental advisory label on their music ruined or compromised their artistic integrity. Isn't singing the song and leaving out words doing the same thing?
I guess my point is ... if it is made for the masses, then the masses should be able to use it. Or just don't use the word period. He is highly intelligent and can surly come up with an alternative.
I personally would feel stupid as hell to be taken on stage and asked to sing along just so I can mumble or leave out certain words... get outta here with that shit. Either way it really is a no win situation.
Title: Lay It Omni: What REALLY Stops Women From Going Pro in Esports?
Reason: User banned (duration pending) - sexism
The average woman's reaction time is approx 100millisecond slower than the average male's (the gap is smaller among young healthy athletes in their prime but still of consequential value). In today's social climate it might not be politically correct to point this out - but the fact is that the way some competitive videogames work, people with faster reaction times will have a sizeable advantage. (esp in certain e-sports like counter-strike where reaction time to peeking corners/peeking players is to the millisecond)
During the CGS, (the championship gaming series, no longer around), there was a reaction time test machine and the e-sports pros who tested on it almost always showed that the pro guy gamers would have about 80-150ms faster reaction time than the pro girl gamers. is one of the easier ones to read on this topic, as most of them use scientific jargon which isn't meant for public consumption.
It would be great if everyone, no matter their sex, was 100% equal on biological footing so we didn't have to deal with these discrepancies - one possible solution would be a setup similar to the NBA/WNBA, have a 'everyone' league and a 'women' league (though money talks and it will only happen if some suit sees profit in it)
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith and building conspiracy theories
It seems like Kendrick would be above something like this, it almost seems like a publicity stunt. He is pretty politically minded, and hes smart enough to know about all of the layers to something like this. Why would he call a white girl up for this song , which features that word pretty prominently?
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Arguing in bad faith and ignoring historical context, long history of infractions.
Yeah, surely it has nothing to do with the fact that they hear literally EVERYBODY THAT THEY LISTEN TO USING IT FREELY AND OPENLY AND PROFITING OFF OF IT.
Surely that has nothing to do with it. When your idols are using it to that extent how the FUCK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A BAD WORD? SERIOUSLY, DO YOU NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THIS?
You can't even say the word "cunt" around most women without getting a verbal lashing. N word should get the same reaction and it doesn't because the word has been glamorized and turned into something completely different by a generation who did nothing but profit off of black injustice and inner city culture.
If Kendrick said "I'm not using the word anymore in my music etc etc" it would be a HUGE national news story. Might even start the trend. But no, publicity.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Pattern of downplaying concerns about intolerance + trolling a thread on race.
Pff we are in the age of social media and armchair internet outrage man! There is no such thing as context or making mistakes! She is no better than a klansman!!
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith and ignoring historical context
Well if you are going to judge people singing your song, he definitely is allowed to say he shouldn't write lyrics he things a part of his fanbase isn't allowed to sing along with.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Peddling incel rhetoric, accumulated infractions for disingenuous posting.
Not going to agree with that whole forced monogamy type thing, but to suggest that incels just accept being sexless good boys is kind of laughable. You take away women and men get frustrated and aggressive. That's just a given. This whole hookup culture can't be helping with that. Online dating in general has destroyed monogamous culture, IMO. Just from reading on here and the old board, you can see that all of the women gravitate towards the top tier men, leaving the bottom 80% or so with nothing; and yes, I am exaggerating on that percentage. Any average male dating in the 90s and early 00s could see that it was easier to find romance back then, than it is today, because people have too many options now. Back then, you might have one very attractive guy dating all of the girls in his small circle, but now, that same guy has further reach, thanks to Tinder, Instagram, etc..
Title: Netflix live action Mob Psycho 100. First impressions...uhheh
Reason: User Warned: Hostility
shut up. no one said anything anything like that. don't try and make an effects issue and casting issue into a racial issue
I didn't realize things like skinny people being part of the bodybuilding club, screen text looking cheap and the main character not looking small enough was a "people of color" issue. jfc.
Reason: User Warned: Peddling disinformation + inflammatory generalizations
You have no idea of his health any more than I do. But if he's truly vegan he's definitely deficient in some things.
Hysteria is a strange word to use. Do your research man. And go to non-vegan sources for it. I'll say it again, ignore the all-cause mortality epidemiology.
Title: President Trump will demand the DOJ investigate the alleged Obama/FBI infiltration of his campaign
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Continued trolling, history of similar behavior
If the question is am I open to some stupid conspiracies just because they sound juicy then yes I’m open to them.
It’s probably easier to just call me stupid.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Arguing in bad faith throughout the thread. Dismissive attitude towards users while asking to be educated.
I did read it and asked some questions that got answered? Glad not everyone is as closed minded as you are about someone curious about something. Educate instead of being passive aggressive when someone doesn't parrot your thoughts.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeatedly insisting that others educate him, yet dismissing all responses.
So telling me I shouldn't try to understand / learn something because I'm not part of that culture is just cutting me off from understanding a different perspective. We as a society need to strive for the multi-culturism scenario that the crayon box philosophy / policy advances and one of the ways to that is taking in as many perspectives as possible in my opinion.
Also why are you swearing / yelling at me in your posts?
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User banned (one week): derailing thread with complaints about moderation
We could discuss how absurd it is to receive opinion mandates from the moderation of a forum as that seems like a ripe subject of discussion. I remember hearing that NeoGAF was bad but never imagined it was like this.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith/Ignoring mod post.
yeah, when invited on stage by the performer himself to sing the song which has that word over and over again.... I mean what the hell are you supposed to do?
I'm confused by the controversy here. Is there is a piece of the story I'm not getting? Yes, the word sucks and shouldn't be thrown around but that is sort of a pickle situation when you are a fan and excited to be on stage with a performer you admire, on the spot...
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Attempting to derail a serious discussion after receiving an infraction.
It's a thread of agreeable content now , saying anything otherwise is just an issue. So either get in line and on the same page or don't post is basically what's going on
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Policing minorities on the reclamation of language. Ignoring mod post.
I agree White people need to stop using the word, but maybe not call on a white girl to come sing on a song with lyrics that have that word multiple times in it?
How about Hip Hop artists stop using that word in songs? So we expect all white people to not sing along with the lyrics that are written? If you don’t want that, then stop using the word.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Warned: Conspiracy theories.
My instinct is telling me that she's a plant and he planned this to make a (valid) point. The way she says "oh I just sang it like you wrote it" is such a conveniently saccharine excuse she had lined up and ready to go.
Maybe it's just me, but if I were the kind of dummy that would use that word I would have been like "oh shit" and just died right there onstage of shame and embarrassment.
edit: a Hulk Hogan-esque mark/shoot commentary isn’t exactly “conspiracy” when it’s performers performing, but noted.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (a week): Arguing in bad faith, and history of racist arguments
He’s done this before without interrupting. Obviously what was the case yesterday doesn’t necessarily carry over to today.
But inviting her up there specifically to sing that specific song which makes specific use of that word and how quickly the music stopped gives me the impression that this was a bit of theater and preplanned choreography and him signaling his opinion on this going forward.
That said, if that’s the case, he could have just tweeted that bit of info out instead of putting that girl at the mercy of the Twitter Moron Army.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith.
Kendrick Lamar should have just told her before she went up on stage to clear up any confusion. If a black author asked me to be the voice of their novel for the audiobook version, and the book contained the n-word, i would say it. Similarly if i was cast in the part of a play, written by a black author, where a character said the n-word, i would assume they want me to say. So if a black lyricist wants me to repeat their lyrics, i don't think it’s unreasonable to confused about whether or not to say the n-word contained in those lyrics.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert [Read OP]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith.
So the acceptable useage is not to sing the song but listen to it only ? I don’t listen to rap and r&b at all but want to know how a brown man like me should approach engaging with the music
Title: 5 years ago Microsoft announced the Xbox One
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): History of entering Xbox threads to bait and antagonize others and incite console wars, repeatedly dragging in off-site drama.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Accumulated history of trolling
I was discussing this with my wife yesterday evening in one of our high-brow chats we like to have by the fire. She pointed out that the universally employed expression for this orifice in England is actually quite racist. I agreed but bemoaned the lack of alternative. I could only come up with 'urethra' which is too formal and 'dick-hole' which just sounds stupid.
The racist expression is 'Jap's eye' btw.
Now it's time to port them over to PC. I own all games that were released on PS3 and PS4 but I'd buy them all again just to have the whole series on a single, always available and never obsolete system.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Generalizations
Fucklem I automatically think anyone who isn't on the same side as me as racist. My opinions are the only correct one, my side is the only correct one. I'm fighting against white supremacy and evil. Theres no nuance, no understanding. Moderates are an ally of evil.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Downplaying the historical context for reclaimed language.
Why is it necessary, though? What is the meaning of the word when a black person says it? And why is that meaning somehow changed when a white person says it?
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dictating the terms of language reclamation.
Seems ridiculous to me. It's in the song, she wasn't using it in any other context than repeating lyrics he already wrote.
You can't have a word that can only be used by certain skin colours.
I don't listen to much rap or hip hop but if the word is in the song, I'm gonna sing it. Freaky Friday is a recent example.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Using straw man tactics and false equivalencies to justify the use of a racial prejorative
Why did you took such defensive position? I'm attacking no one.
So in the end, the context doesn't matter? So is de facto racist if other that black say it. Like if someone reads lyrics with the word nigga and reads it without censor himself, it's on the same page with someone who is pro-slavery, thinks black people are subhuman etc?
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Warned: Downplaying the historical context for reclaimed language
Well come now, why would he invite her to sing the song with him if she's not allowed to use some of the words.
Even substituting something else on the fly seems dangerous here. Maybe he shouldn't be putting those words in his songs if his music isn't meant strictly for black people.
Seems like he was just wanting to make a point and I guess that's fine but feel kind of bad for the fan.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned(3 days): Bad faith argument and dismissing historical context
Kendrick Lamar is the fucking best there is right now, but it is actually in the song lyrics, so fuck that shit I'm singing it. Same with Money for Nothing and any other song with a slur. It's a slur in the context of a song lyric. If you don't want people to sing it, don't write it.
You will never hear or read those words (or the Spanish version of it, which I don't think I've ever even pronounced since I've never heard it in a song) coming out from me in any other situation, those are heavy fucking loaded words with so much pain and hardships behind them, but a lyric is a lyric. And I say this after reading the whole thread, so to some of you: consider me whatever you want to consider me. My spirit is at ease regarding this.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Placing blame and responsibility upon marginalised groups for racial tensions/racism. Ignoring historical context. Previous infractions.
*start moving on.
I say in the sense that the debates over the use of the word are the cause of a lot of frayed tension between black people and non-black, and it’s usually the people who are trying to be respectful that are made to feel frustrated and sidelined.
I say that as a white person who despises the word, would never use it in any context, and fully who acknowledges the centuries of abuse black people and people of colour have suffered.
I simply cannot see how argument that ‘you can’t say it, but we can’ will bring us closer together and heal the seismic rift (that white people are very much the cause of, may I add).
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in bad faith and ignoring historical context
Nigga isn't a slur. That's the whole reason it got popularized because trying to reclaim the n word is a tough pill to swallow so people like yourself sanitized it. When any black American chooses to actually use the n word they use it with the actual baggage it comes with. A lot more and more black youth do not use the term nigga with that baggage which is why increasingly they will give a pass to their closest non black friends using the term.
You elderly folk created a situation that was designed to become a more accepted term over time.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Disingenuous and bad faith posting regarding reverse racism.
I mean, preventing people from saying a word in the context of a song based purely on the colour of their skin because the word is racist is pretty ironic.
Title: Kendrick Lamar calls out white fan for rapping n-word onstage with him at concert
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Offensive bad faith argumentation and dismissal of historical context. Infraction upgraded upon further review.
I know there is a big historical backdrop in the meaning and context of the word, but as a non-American this is just an example of how crazy you are. So it's ok to write lyrics saying nigger, it's ok for the rapper saying it, but it isn't ok to sing along with the singer (except maybe?, depending of your color skin) even if you aren't calling anyone in particular nigger, it's just lyrics.
You never feel like to start pondering, and wonder at what point stuff stopped making sense?
“I know what it is like to lose. To feel so desperately that you are right, but to fail nonetheless”. Is the very first line from him in the movie.
He is set out to prove to the universe that his ideology was the right one to save it.
He believed it so much that it became a religious pilgrimage for him. Religious people always try to sound sane but you and I know they never are.
You ever sit there and watch debates between religious people and intellectual people?
Lol, yeah. Xbox, made by microsoft...learned about multiplayer goodness from Nintendo, and Not...the PC where multiplayer games were already a thing, and also...xbox being owned by microsoft....who makes...y'know...windows?
You don't connect a lot of dots do you. You are like one of those kids where the dots on the page make a sailboat, but you somehow manage to draw the world's ugliest cat, and insist it is supposed to be a cat.
That is apt description of your absolute devotion to crediting N64 for a whole slew of things it really didn't earn.
Keep connecting those dots boss. :p
I've given up on dating American women. Not to paint with such a broad brush, but I've found most single American women to be extremely superficial, incurious, and uninteresting. Going to be traveling a lot more to experience the dating scene among cultures that have not been Americanized.
Title: [Homebrew] Outrun ported to Switch in just 5 hours
Reason: User Warned: Piracy Derailment - Do not discuss piracy in threads about homebrew or emulation
Not older than Mickey Mouse, though. Which I will happily admit is a whole different problem.
I will also add that the discussions we've had after I asked the scary questions has actually turned pretty interesting. I didn't know that Cannonball was a thing. That certainly changes things a bit. Though that is still the real Ferrari, but if he dumped the ROM from an arcade board and runs in on a Switch emulating that arcade board, it's... eh, depends on the local details now. Not entirely white, but probably not black either.
I ask because I care. Both that people don't get in needless trouble and that old games aren't undermined by piracy. And I'll admit there's a lot of details about this I don't know, so I ask.
As an aside, I would buy an official Outrun port for Switch, get the 3DS one and make it in HD and I'll buy it. Outrun is fun.
Title: [Homebrew] Outrun ported to Switch in just 5 hours
Reason: User Warned: Piracy Derailment - Do not discuss piracy in threads about homebrew or emulation
Hey, I'm happy to be proven wrong, I don't actually have any stake here. I cited some actual legal sources tho, and per it doesn't look like there have been any actual legal counterpoints provided.
Though yes, for sure, I am taking an America-centric stance here. I can't speak for what's legal elsewhere.
I know this is just a limp attempt at a zinger, but avatars fall pretty squarely within fair use, along with most images on the internet.
Title: The Whitehouse Has Released An Article Regarding MS-13
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): attempted thread derail by parroting controversial official statements that include dehumanization in order to get reactions.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misrepresenting moderation in a contentious political topic. History of defending racism and bigoted remarks.
I didn’t leave out anything, the person I quoted isn’t banned. I came back into the thread, mainly because I couldn’t believe ‘his majesty’ was banned for his first post. I just think it speaks volumes overall to some of this boards touchy mods, and their inconsistent and incredibly flexible bans. This isn’t the place to discuss this anyway, so I won’t say anymore.
Title: Pokémon for Nintendo Switch Speculation Thread 2 | What Defines a New Thread?
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
So, since these games seem to be a wash, where do you think Gen 8 will take place? I'm hoping for Australia or India. Genwunners need not answer, I want Gen 8 to feature new Pokemon and locations. You can go play with Magmar or Sandshrew or whatever for a year.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): arguing in bad faith. Asks for receipts yet never responds when being shown receipts despite being active on the forum.
"he's openly racist and sexist and supports harassment"
Gonna need some proof guy.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: arguing in bad faith. Attempts to downplay clear associations with hate movements. Account in junior phase.
No, what's a stupid fucking argument is not being able to surface even ONE racist or nazi-sympathizing quote and then calling the person a racist and/or nazi. Has Vavra said that women shouldn't be in the video game industry? Does Warhouse actively restrain women from working for them? These are things that could be used rationally to defame the guy.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: Member has been banned (1 week): arguing in bad faith. Attempting to muddy the waters when it comes to normalization of extreme right wing views and their support.
How is that normalization? That sounds like just the opposite, that he speaks with them on their terms.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Misrepresenting the community with inflammatory implications
Yeah...No. We just don't like "Spain's" Right-Winged Parties, but we keep voting "our own", and it's Catalonia's Province with more Ciudadano's Votes (""""Centre""""-Right)
Yet I remember Resetera almost celebrating and supporting South Africa ANC's President when he said "We are not calling for the slaughter of white people - at least for now" refering to the mass slaughter of white farmers
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dredging up off-site drama and inflammatory generalizations about the community
That place was built by harassment, by its owner, staff and the mob mentality that came here. No wonder. Harassment is only good if it's not against you.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Intentionally trolling and generalizing an entire community despite having been banned for the exact same ban behaviour. Under further review.
You best just report me then, so you can get back to just sitting agreeing with each other safe from anyone with an outside opinion.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: repeatedly downplaying the actions of a hate movement and the person in question's involvement. Account still in junior phase. History of defending said hate movement.
Title: Daniel Vavra (Kingdom Come Deliverance) cancels his visit to Gamelab; Spanish development conference
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): Picks a single post that fits their narrative and generalizes an entire forum based on it. Has expressed antagonism towards the forum in the past.
Guy has received death threats in the past, really funny huh? People cheering for harassment here, shades of NeoGAF.
Reason: Member has been banned (1 week): drive-by post that offers nothing else than empty meta-commentary that adds nothing of value to the discussion. History of similar behaviour.
The video is fucking great, highlights the problem with extremism politics (both sides are guilty), and PoliERA will hate it because although they claim to hate purity tests, PURITY TEST.
Title: Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version Announced for Switch (in Japan only)
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): antagonizing members. Unusual large history of infractions for similar condescening and elitist behaviour in Capcom-related threads that pollutes discussions.
I thought users on the previous site were bad about understanding business and disingenuous comments but this thread is on another level.
Title: Pope Francis tells gay man: 'That you're gay does not matter. God made you like this and loves you'
Reason: User warned: insults
Why are you guys still replying to gcwy? That moron isn't going to debate in good faith for even a second; he'll just continue his woe-is-me jig and attack vague strawmen without ever directly providing counterarguments. Dude is talking to himself.
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 19, 2018 (May 07 - May 13)
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): attempt to derail the thread. More interested in discussing people who have issues with Capcom than what those people actually have to say. History of antagonizing members of the MCS community.
Title: Not-an-Overwatch-clone Paladins uses stolen Overwatch art to promote game.
Reason: Member warned: Dismissing other members as fanboys.
Paladins defenders are the worst...now its overwatch copying them? That's a laugh. Do you post about how fortnite is stealing from their new original game Not-Fortnite too?
Title: Jim Sterling: Steam Pulling Visual Novels For 'Pornographic Content' Regardless Of Actual Content
Reason: Member has been warned: drive-by post. Visual Novels are a legitimate video game genre and your dislike of them does not take away from their importance to other people.
Title: Gaspar Noé explains his hatred for ‘Black Panther’: ‘I had to escape the cinema after 20 minutes’
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous argument and bad faith posting
Yes, and it makes you look extremely silly. For someone who doesn't care about the cultural importance of BP, it's just a fucking movie. And it really isn't as good as some people make it to be. If people don't like then who cares, but it doesn't make them racists
Title: What Can Microsoft Do To Win Back Customers Lost From Last Gen?
Reason: Member has been warned: "joke post" that is essentially console warrior rhetoric.
Consumer friendly.,....Xbox...hahahahah
Biggest joke ever
We really need a Gordon Ramsay for Gaming :
Today i will look at what the 3 competitors have me to offer while 2 of them are mainly even competing for the same community!
*music stuff* :
So Sony this is your dish but before i dig in i have to praise you and how you handle your workers and the variety on your menu!
We were amazed by your showings a lot in the past years and it shows you are a true master chef in your field with a lot of experience and love for your job!Can you outdo yourself?
So this is your recent one right?Greek?OMG it tastes so violent but at the same time so full of love and its telling a story...It has the whole package and is well rounded...Bloody amazing.A Masterpiece!
I'm really looking forward to your next one - I heard its something with spiders right?;)
The side dishes are great - They could be better but this isn't about serving side dishes right?The main course and its variety is what drives customers to you!
*Gordon moves over to Nintendo* : Absolutely amazing - This is art - You can feel the joy and love and feel like a kid again!Keep going - This is definitely your expertise and no one touches you here!
And you can even take it with you without any problems....Just WOW!
*Gordon moves over to Microsoft* :
So you guys are pretty loud in recent years without showing so much to back that up.You are on the news like 3 times a week and especially this Phil Spencer dude can't shut up.
Pretty soon you should show something interesting or you will get really annoying.
Your recent showing was a pirate themed meal - You promised a lot and worked 4 years on it but the waters weren't really deep.You promised an amazing soup but in the end it was just empty water without any content in it!
But you still didn't learn your place and claimed you will redefine everything with an AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA dish,as usual in the FUTURE,but so far its again just empty promises.
Well,lets see what you have here.You call it Zombie Soup? OMG!Did you guys even look at that?Its full of bugs!How could you let this go out?Is it meant to be like that?
You claim to be most consumer friendly chef but you just deliverd empty toilet water + bugsoup to me in a couple of months and as it seems to your customers too?How bloody dare you!
*Phil Spencer storms in* BUT muh side dishes are so much better!
Title: Palestinians Want Freedom Just Like Anyone Else
Reason: Member warned: Claiming Israel's actions are 'the same' as the holocaust.
Beyond ironic, I spent so much of my time in college taking courses about the Holocaust and I look at what Israel is doing today and I just don't have words for it. How a population that has historically been under someones boot could then turn around and do the same thing to someone else just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure part of it started off as making sure they were protected, so they would never again have to fear being marginalized or worse systematically exterminated. I get that desire, I understand that visceral demand for protection and security, hell I can support it. How that deeply rooted concern for safety turned into ? No, I cannot support that. It makes me exceptionally sad and angry to be honest. To know that there really isn't shit we can do about it makes it even worse. No one, is going to come out against Israel, republican or democrat. Its shameful.
Reason: User banned 5 days for constantly misrepresenting facts and arguing in bad faith.
Im glad they're not allowing kneeling; kneeling is a attack on American MOrals and the soldiers who fought and died, so glad they won't be allowed to do it anymore. My father was in the army, and in the wars he lost his right eye, but you know damn well for sure he flew the flag until the day he died, so i have no respect for these people kneeling. You don't disrespect the flag like that. Thank you Vince.
Title: Another racist couldn't resist the urge to show their ass over Twitter
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
Era seems to always be on the lookout for any one racist. Thread like these and other nazi ones make me anxious. The US is one fucked up place. Back to the gaming section.
Title: Jim Sterling: Steam Pulling Visual Novels For 'Pornographic Content' Regardless Of Actual Content
Reason: User Warned: Threadwhining
but Jim Sterling tho, we haven't hit our quota of seven separate weekly threads for whatever stupid shit enters his brain and then immediately rockets out of his face
Title: Bill Maher has some harsh truths about the Mueller investigation
Reason: User banned (3 days): arguing in bad faith
I didnt need those articles. I've watched him since his ABC show. I know what he's about. Not a racist. He definitely has issues and he's a raging hypocrite, but still a good ally to have.
Title: Bill Maher has some harsh truths about the Mueller investigation
Reason: User Warned: Derogatory Language
I think there is a glimmer of hope that the old retarded rednecks are old and will die out, it all depends how the choices the younger generations will make.
Title: Bill Maher has some harsh truths about the Mueller investigation
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trivializing transphobia.
Blacklisting everyone is that isn't 100% onboard with every left wing thing on Earth is part of how we got Trump.
The entire point of his show is to bring on people with opposing viewpoints and talk with them. The antithesis of the liberal bubble problem. If you just rip into every Conservative guest, why would anyone ever show up?
Not being an asshole to Milo and cracking some bathroom jokes doesn't make someone a prejudiced transphobic that should be boycotted, sorry.
Maybe in your book that makes me a transphobic asshole too, in which case, block away, and enjoy your slightly more liberal than before bubble. TBH I don't actually know any trans people - but my Dad is a lifetime crossdresser, so I have plenty of empathy for them, I guess you could say.
Title: Trump has ruined my capacity to enjoy passive entertainment products
Reason: User warned: trolling
It's literally not affecting those people. Nothing has happened to them yet. It COULD do, but many things could happen. They're a political bargaining chip at the moment.
I'm not asking about the experience of "people". I'm asking about the experiences of the OP and anyone who feels like them in this thread. Even though Trump has had no measurable effect on their life except for news stories. That's what I'm trying to show here - if Trump has no effect on you, why would you let it affect your enjoyment of life?
Title: Jordan Peterson Blames Violent Men on Women Not Marrying Them, says Enforced Monogamy is Incel Cure
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Defending misogyny.
Wow what a disgusting hit piece.
There has been enough dishonest reporting of Peterson that I start with the assumption that any main stream media content is agenda driven in some way.
I'm not surprised what so ever that the full transcript of the interview was not released. The writer so clearly has an agenda that's she's pushing and selectively picks quotes from him.
She also literally mocks his appearance.
As soon as i saw the thread title i thought surely he's not saying the government should force marriages? And he isn't. He's been completely misunderstood again, and people that already don't like him will use this article as fuel for their hatred of him.
Title: Dead Cells might be the most frustrating game I've played in awhile
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Do not discuss piracy on the forum.
Just don't give a damn about progression.
That's the key to having fun with the game.
I've played around 10h on a cracked verison (now waiting for Switch release) and didn't even get to the 2nd boss, but was it fun.
So yeah, I have to disagree with OP, for me it's probably the most fun game I've played in a long time.
Title: FaZe Fortnite Streamer Tfue Banned on Twitch for 30 Days for Calling Another Player "Coon"
Reason: User Warned: disingenuous arguing
I didn't say they were validated, I said the context of the issue was key. Pewdiepie called someone a nigger in a fit of rage, there's no other possible context behind that. This guy called someone a coon because he thought his actions and appearance resembled that of a raccoon. Two completely different issues, handled in totally different ways.
The context of it is in his apology video, which by your posts here I'm guessing you didn't watch. You're also trying too hard to ignore how many people use coon as short for raccoon. Just accept that it's a common term. Broaden your horizons.
You're mistaken here. I'm talking about people using the word as short for raccoon.
Title: Compete: "Smash Players Plead With Each Other To Please Stop Smelling So Bad"
Reason: User warned: personal insults
Toxic? Compared to Mang0 or Leffen?
God people like you are absolutely pathetic. Nah, it's certainly because he's a puff main and number 1, it's the same shit he's dealt with throughout all these years of bullying from people like yourself.
Title: Mass shooting at Santa Fe, Texas HS (Reports: 10 dead, suspect in custody)
Reason: User Banned (Permanently): Trolling, account still in the junior phase.
Smh at people bringing politics and politicians over this, not that you shoudn't, but geez, show some respect, stop waving flags and blamming whatever for this like a stupid game. "Bb-ut leftists, b-b-ut Trump b-but all right wings are nazis, it's all their fault!!!" -- what does this has to do with this tragedy? That's sad.
Title: Elon Musk and The Boring Company Invent The Subway
Reason: User warned: Don't unnecessarily bring up old stuff to dismiss a fellow user.
I'm pretty sure he's also that guy who was convinced a stripper he was dropping loads of money on, genuinely likes him. So I wouldn't take his posts so seriously.
Title: Why was Black Panther so highly overrated??
Reason: User banned (1 week): racist trolling
Stereotypical black gangster character the way he acted and spoke. What specifics do you want the CGI was poor all of it especially the car chase. Andy serkis character was brilliant yet he barely made appearances . The accents were so bad especially Whitaker, Basset and Gurirar bad American attempts at anything that isn't American. On that note why get Martin Freeman to do an American accent he is so bad at it. One of the best main characters was Shuri yet she was stuck doing one liners on intercom. The whole ending with the other tribe showing up to save the day was so predictable it was lazy as fuck. All the praise this movie gets is because of Left Wing politically correct fake bullshit
Title: Why was Black Panther so highly overrated??
Reason: User warning: Bad faith argument and dismissing systematic racism
Damn near everyone saying it's a cultural event is saying it is one because it's mainly black cast, black director, it's set in Africa, it shows black people having futuristic technology, it's a like a black fairy tale, it has rhino's, look they have fake accents,
I mean seriously y'all are saying black this and Black that as xyz reasons it is so significant. Yet like a few others have said, saying that is a straight up disservice to film and the cast.
It seems like y'all like to use the race card when it helps your case. And then yell bigotry and ignorance when someone else says no, this shouldn't matter.
Seeing people as equals does not equate to being ignorant of the trials and tribulations some have suffered. That's stupid and not equality at all. Many people suffer, for one reason or another.
Pain is something we all share in life, and it should bring us together not divide. Seeing people as equals does not mean I fucking paint blue over my eyeballs and everyone is blue now.
Why the fuck else would I be here, responding to every person I can about this movie and my thoughts. Despite the fact motherfuckers took out your pitch forks and yelled un forastero as soon as I compared it to Batman vs. Superman.
Title: National Center On Sexual Exploitation behind Steam Ban
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Rationalizing and justifying the sexualization of underage characters.
The game is about one's self discovery about sexuality. At what age a person usually discovers about his/her sexuality? Oh yeah, underage. For the purpose of the game itself, it really fits.
Ok I am not sure how to explain this to you since you clearly do not understand the English language. As I have repeatedly stated many times now, I don't expect games to be reviewed after every patch. , to provide a review of a game that is of what it will be , not what it was at a time prior to launch when they played it if it is not the final launch state. The Catch-22 here is the media has to be treated special and provided early access to review the game because if they do not they will throw a fit and write articles about how the bad game dev/pub won't let them have a copy early to review, case in point, again, is the reaction by the media to what Bethesda did.
The shipped game is not in the state that some of these reviews experienced, therefore the reviews don't mean anything and should not have scores. Also of note, the devs potentially lost money on this based on potential metacritic aggregate bonuses. So to recap, the reviews are worthless because they do not reflect the launch state of the game, and they are harmful to the devs as they may lose income over this farse.
As for updating reviews, Destiny gets a review for it's DLC but since Destiny is not the same today as it was at launch It should be updated on it's review score for the whole package that it is today. If a reviewer did the review for the DLC and the base game then it is not that much work to update the whole package. The Division has not been updated since the last major expansion but it is a different game from then and if some picked up a copy after ready the review they would not have a good idea of what that game is today. In these types of cases, and since these games are becoming more prevalent, the reviews should be updated. the reviews of Battlefront 2 talk about the micro-transactions that were tied to the game but are no longer in there. That is another example of a game that should have its review updated. I don't expect the updated review score to be better, just have the review reflect the game's state. This isn't rocket science, I am not trying to explain trig to a neanderthal but it definitely feels like it.
EDIT: I am getting sick and tired of these warnings from "staff" for insulting a poster. Are you kidding me? the crap that has been said to me on here and I get a warning for this comment, this is a joke ResetEra and you need to fix it.
Title: Jordan Peterson Blames Violent Men on Women Not Marrying Them, says Enforced Monogamy is Incel Cure
Reason: User banned (duration pending): Attempting to conflate misogynist demographic imbalance in China and India with women’s sexual liberation in other countries.
Some background reading for people who want to be more than just upset:
Forced monogamy is pretty ridiculous, but the problem he is talking about is a real one.
Title: FaZe Fortnite Streamer Tfue Banned on Twitch for 30 Days for Calling Another Player "Coon"
Reason: User warned: Disingenuous argument/ Strawman building "he has black friends"
His entire chat and youtube community who knows this guy much better than we do and has quite a few PoC in it have all mostly confirmed that his excuse is legit and fits with something he would do. This is a classic example of todays society wanting to crucify everyone and every so often the wrong people get caught in it. Ninjas actual racial slur got shoved under the rug but tfues is gonna be crucified? double standards aren't cool man. I dont watch tfue im more of a CDN and Myth guy but Id rather trust his chat especially the PoC in his chat over random assumptions online as they watch him daily for hours. Now i'm not at all defending racism or racist remarks fuck anyone who is racist or even remarks in that way and claims not to be but in this case i believe he was just being funny and didnt realize that was a racist term i mean hes a dumb surfer bro i doubt he is exposed to that term often. Actual racist deserve to be shunned and exiled and literally all put on an islands alone to slowly starve as they all insult each other but we should be more smart over who we pick to crucify instead of jumping at every possible opportunity to do try to hurt someones career over it.
(Edit) I did not say "He has black friends" so dont know why i would be warned for that? ludicrous argument, In this case the PoC are people that support his career outright with no emotional connection so the connection is WAY different than "Black Friends" (Which btw should be turned to PoC friends to be inclusive). And besides my argument was way above just his chat defending him I offered other valid points as well.
Title: FaZe Fortnite Streamer Tfue Banned on Twitch for 30 Days for Calling Another Player "Coon"
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Downplaying usage of racial slurs, trolling, account still in the junior phase.
How is this gaming related?
People say bad words in the real adult world. Welcome to adult life. If people feel offended enough they will stop giving him money. We should have a dedicated SJW forum for this stuff.
Title: FaZe Fortnite Streamer Tfue Banned on Twitch for 30 Days for Calling Another Player "Coon"
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Aggressively downplaying the impact of racial slurs and intentionally misrepresenting information.
How so? I find it laughable, that's all.
Does that exclude me from discussing the english language? No it doesn't.
I never said it was one. Give me a break....
Title: Treyarch: "No plans to bring Black Ops 4 on Nintendo Switch"
Reason: User banned (24 hours): Platform wars-baiting with a long history of similar infractions.
good. i'm tired of port begging. the switch doesn't need every games in existence on it and it's not even capable of doing so. switch owners are just insufferable and expect every game to be brought to switch. good on activision.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): Posting outright pornography, even behind spoiler tags, is never appropriate
But even if it's censored by pixels like Japanese porn, it's still incredibly graphic in some of these games
I'm assuming it looks like this during play?
NSFW (I blurred it myself)
Yet the dev is on twitter saying
I wouldn't really call that tame even if it is censored. "Tame" is the likes of The Witcher 3 supercut video I posted above.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending the sexualization of underage characters.
But not actually, because they aren't real. Laws protecting minors are about protecting actual humans.
edit: and again, to be clear, I'm not championing these kinds of games, so much as I am against arguing a principle that makes no sense (like protecting non-existent minors from exploitation).
Title: Customer harassed by Cheesecake factory employees....for wearing a MAGA Hat
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): For equating resistance to oppression with actual oppression.
Man, some of the replies on here are just.....wow, I can't even come up with a word. As an avid Trump hater I say "it's just a fucking hat". It is his right, as it is the right of everyone else, to where that if that's what he chooses to do. Oppressing the oppressors is oppressing. Dress it up how you want. 2 wrongs don't make a right. If you feel you're that much better than them, simply ignore them.
you have to have at least one hot one. All 3 don't look like TV stars, not even magazine models. And are all 3 of them slightly brown? What progressive world is this? Directing seems amateur, special effects are simple. The original show was campy, this is just bad.
I liked the original charmed. I watched it with my sisters growing up. They don't even look like sisters in that show too, but this is too unbelievable. This fails so hard at casting.
They are latinas? Than why is the mom white ?
Title: Solo Writer confirms Lando is sexually fluid. Attracted to both men and women in the film.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): LGBTQ Intolerance
Is that a retcon? He was all about Leia in episode V.
That is a retcon, they should stop changing characters that way and start making new ones.
Now it went from watching on second week to just borrow the BD from a friend.
Title: Jordan Peterson Blames Violent Men on Women Not Marrying Them, says Enforced Monogamy is Incel Cure
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending misogyny.
The context of his words is this (this is all from other Peterson videos):
Marriage is not for you, it's for the children.
Children do better on average when raised by both their biological parents compared to being raised by only one of the parents or with one of the parents and a step parent. Actually, a step parent is much more likely (100 times more likely if I'm remembering right) to abuse a child than a biological parent.
He thinks sex is more serious than what people think nowadays. There is nothing casual about sex. Casual sex is not good for people, he says you pay a price for that. It's not good for you psychologically.
Taking out of context something he said and using it to try to discredit him is standard behaviour for his opposers. I don't trust any article that doesn't link the full video or text from where they took his words.
Title: Jordan Peterson Blames Violent Men on Women Not Marrying Them, says Enforced Monogamy is Incel Cure
Reason: User banned (duration pending): downplaying violent misogyny; sexism
Haha, yup. It's staggering that Incels don't do more to make themselves more worthy of the women they want. I wonder if pornography creates unfair standards for them while also subsisting their lonely lives.
I didn't say otherwise.
1. How can you be so obtuse? That's clearly not why I linked the article.
2. Obviously.
The consequences and concerns are similar, which is the point.
I agree with your first statement, but let's not pretend that giving women more sexual agency hasn't led to more men being rejected by women. That's just a logical consequence of sexual liberation: if you go from not being able to choose your sexual partner to being able to choose your sexual partner, many men who would have had partners before will no longer be chosen. In a sense, men are losing a kind of sexual welfare system.
Are you capable of generalizing information from one situation to another?
Title: Jordan Peterson Blames Violent Men on Women Not Marrying Them, says Enforced Monogamy is Incel Cure
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: junior account that deliberately attempted a thread derail and antagonizes both forum members and its staff. Has been warned for similar behaviour.
This is the most naked hit piece I’ve ever seen on Peterson. How could a board full of, presumably, media-savvy people on this forum not see that?
But whatever, have your fucking circle jerk.
Title: Gaspar Noé explains his hatred for ‘Black Panther’: ‘I had to escape the cinema after 20 minutes’
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
The R&B excuse is barely crouched racism
Everyone acting like people are upset because he simply doesn’t like Black Panther are purposefully being disingenuous
It’s actually not a MCU cult, it’s that black people don’t like being insulted by stereotyping the music in the film. There is no r and b you pieces of shit
Most of y’all are racist idiots yourselves so of course you defend the edgelord shockjock director
Title: Solo Writer confirms Lando is sexually fluid. Attracted to both men and women in the film.
Reason: User Warned: Downplaying concerns regarding LGBTQ representation.
I support lgbt rights and believe lgbt couples should have the same legal protections as straight couples, and will vote in favor of pro-lgbt rights legislation till the day I die... but everything gotta be gay nowadays? Honest inquiry.
Title: Man harassed Latina women for speaking Spanish in Manhattan, threatens to call ICE on them
Reason: User Warned: Please do not advocate physical confrontation on the site - no matter who they are.
When it comes to bigoted pieces of shit? Of course. Just like a good ol' sock to the face. Normally, we don't advocate violence, but when a Nazi's involved, by all means, knock the fucker OUT!!!
These people DESERVE IT for the sole reasons that those who they hate don't deserve it. That is my view regarding bigoted pieces of shit. Those on the end of their hate, the innocent people just trying to live their lives, they don't deserve ANY of the shit they get, but these fuckers feel embolden and obligated to dish it out. Well, they want it, they'll GET IT. Cry me a river....
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
I hope one thing coming from this is that people who excessively play these games will think about their life and seek professional help, if needed. While we don't have much research based on these cartoon sex games yet, people preferring porn to real life tend to have some personality disorders.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Generalizations + Derailment
I mean, there's something to be said of certain particularly weird kinds of porn / erotica coming from Japan. That whole "genre" of 'woman frozen in time getting fondled and basically raped' by one or multiple men seems to be exclusively a japanese thing.
Like, i don't really watch Japanese porn all that much (if at all) but the stuff i encountered, more often than not, had the female performer seems to be instructed to act as reluctant as possible.
So imho it would be somewhat dishonest to claim it's racist / an unfair stereotype to say that erotica (be it drawn or filmed) coming from Japan can be somewhat problematic. Or that the Japanese have a perfectly healthy relationship to (underage) sexuality - but that's obviously not what this thread is about.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User banned (1 day): Unnecessary attempt at escalation
there is no defence for these devs or people that play these games.
It's gross, and if you like it you're gross and creepy.
Take your boob support mouse pad and your body pillow and do one.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: Member has been banned: defense of sexualization of minors. Usage of whataboutism ("violence") to defend it further. Under review.
The only difference between is that one is fictional, and one is real.
The characters are drawn that way because either the author exclusively finds that body type attractive, and doesn't find or is capable of attraction to other body types, or is making it to sell to people who find that body type attractive.
But either way, people who look like that who are adults capable of consent do exist. And often are sexual beings, just as adults in general are.
Title: Valve requesting sexual content be censored in Steam games, or they'll be removed
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive community generalisation.
ITT: people arguing "all anime females look like children, ban all anime games".
I mean, it's ResetEra, home of a large part of the "sex in videogames is always bad" contingent, so I'm not surprised that the usual nonsense is getting wheeled out. By that logic, I would expect there to be calls ITT for Ladykiller in a Bind to also be banned.
Title: Switch Online Makes Nintendo Look Weak (The Jimquisition)
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other members and refusing to source claims
no
Edit: I do not appreciate this warning. I was never antagonizing to anyone and I did provide sources prior to this warning. the whole discussion should have been relevant, not one single response.
Title: RyujiNX (Switch Emulator) is now booting some commercial games
Reason: User warned: Advocating piracy
I honestly don't think that piracy hurts sales, much less emulation. A lot of games sold are emulated, like the Mega Man Legacy Collection.
There have been several studies showing that pirates have a greater investment in the consumption of pop culture and buy myself.
Myself included. When I was broke and couldn't afford to buy games at all I did download roms.
Now I own nearly a thousand games just on Steam, and more than is honestly economically justified. I shouldn't be spending as much as I do on games, but I do.
It's still download roms of games I already own, just because it might not be worth the effort to get them from my own carts.
PlayStation 2 is one of the easiest. I never did bother with downloading them, since it is easier and faster to just make an iso myself out of the game.
It's also noteworthy that pirating and buying aren't mutually exclusive. A game pirated doesn't mean a lost sale. Chrono Trigger is probably the game I've pirated more than any. And I own the game on every platform except IOS. The longest time, the only way to play Chrono Trigger, was expensive SNES carts.
Anyway, the whole point of emulation isn't piracy to begin with. It is preservation and options. Emulators have options, and simply work like a PC port. You can also download most PC games. Most choose to go through Steam, though.
I would much prefer it if I could actually buy Nintendo games on Steam. But that isn't going to happen any time soon, if ever, so it is at least nice to enjoy something Nintendo developed on my PC.
In fact, it makes me want to buy Nintendo games more, knowing that I can do that. I am really looking forward to emulating Breath of the Wild on CEMU. Not so I don't have to buy it, I own 3 copies of the game. But because I dream of better framerates and resolution to play it in.
If I was a game developer, I would much rather poor teenagers and college kids with debt, and people from poor countries with high poverty, download a rom of my game than just not play it at all. As long as I can afford to live comfortably and am not losing all my sales. I would then most value people's precious time, not just their money. Also those people are also potential future customers who just don't want to wait.
What are we afraid of when we say that a game being emulated is a bad thing? Lost sales? I don't think that's gonna happen. Gamers are passionate, we like to buy stuff.
Piracy is a service and poverty problem more than anything. Most anime fans used to be pirates, now most are paying for Crunchyroll. People who got things for free now want to spend money because they're invested in the hobby.
Piracy is a victimless crime that doesn't cost developers sales. Much less emulation.
I don't know and really hope this kind of post isn't bannable here. I know Piracy is frowned upon, but this controversial opinion I hold isn't a bannable offense. I hope it isn't, because I can't in good faith sat that emulation or even Piracy is bad for the industry, developers and artists, when studies show that Piracy leads to increased sales, not lost sales. I'm going to have to go with the studies on this topic. I can't in good faith pretend otherwise.
Title: Dylan Sprouse and James Gunn call out Jared Leto for being a creep
Reason: User banned (1 week): We're not interested in hosting conversations delving into the distinctions between "pedophilia" and "ephebophilia."
If you read his original post, there is no sign of his downplaying it though. He was making a factual correction when it comes to categorization.
He’s informing people of what the true definitions are, he’s not advocating for either being okay.
I’m confused as to why no one is distinguishing between advocating the actions and informing people on how to use correct terminology.
We’ve chose to talk about this, so don’t we want to be informed on what we’re talking about? Mind boggling.
Well according to the mods “we don’t care”. So I guess everyone just use whatever words you want. As Thor said, they’re all made up anyway.
Sorry mods, I don’t mean to make your life difficult. It just feels odd to me that we can’t discuss facts without the implication that it’s beig advocated for. I’ll respect your authority and drop out of here.
Title: Dylan Sprouse and James Gunn call out Jared Leto for being a creep
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Attempted derail, signed up with defunct email domain, apparent troll.
Seems like mods here are very trigger happy, this should've been a warning at worst.
Very disappointed to see the Neogaf flavor of acting high and mighty over here as well, can't wait until the eventual accusations hit one of you. It's only a matter of time.
Hypocrites are always exposed in the end.
Title: Man harassed Latina women for speaking Spanish in Manhattan, threatens to call ICE on them
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Thread derailing, trolling, account still in the junior phase.
Lol I'm not lying. I'd prove it if she let's me record her saying it. I showed her the video and she said "hes a lawyer he prob knows its the law."
Its actually a customer at work told me and the funny part is shes runs a day care center, to the one who said I'm at a daycare center, lmao. She told me she gets a headache when she goes to a Chinese place and they speak their language and she cant rest there while they do their hair or nails. And shes African American too so I thought it was the law. Idk bro. That's why I asked, niggas getting mad at me. Shieeeeet.
Title: Japanese rail company issues official apology for train leaving station 25 seconds early
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Racism - Mocking accents and a history of inflammatory comments about Japan.
Shameful Display!!
Honestly, if there is one thing I like about Japan is their efficiency and punctuality
The fact that this leads to incredibly high levels of stress among the populace is a different matter
Title: Dylan Sprouse and James Gunn call out Jared Leto for being a creep
Reason: User banned (1 week): We're not interested in hosting conversations delving into the distinctions between "pedophilia" and "ephebophilia."
Pedophilia is being attracted to children.
A 16 years old girl is a child. (not saying that makes it OK, but this is not classified as pedophilia)
As for it being legal, it can be in several countries / states. Again not saying it's ok, just clarifying.
Title: Interview with David Cage (on Detroit, QD, Sony, industry trends, interactive fiction, etc.)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
So you think good sales and a high metacritic score excuse him fostering bad workplace conditions?
Oh right, gamers
Also metacritic doesn't mean shit and most critics are not very good at their jobs and easily impressed by high production values.
Title: Eurogamer: Leaks suggest Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off (also heard by EG's sources)
Reason: User Warned: Thread derailment.
This isn't disrespectful in my opinion. Before I've gone the Freelancer way (and not writing about videogames anymore) I wrote for an Online Magazine here in Germany. The fact is the following, if you do have insider informations, it better be correct if you can't name a source in the first place. You have to land a hit like the guy who was right with the Final Fantasy VII Remake. Or the guy who spread the whole Final Fantasy XV Infos and the complete Story months before the game was released.
If you make a big fuzz and it turned out to be crap, the editor do have a problem and a well known portal like Eurogamer should simply stay away from such stuff. They weren't correct with anything they "leaked" so far. So, why trust them anyomre? That's not how serious journalism works. You can be wrong one time. This sould be your warning sign that next time your informations will hit the spot.
Crazy to me how Microsoft is consistently release games that are in the 70-80s while their main competition has had constant 90s or higher exclusives that can only be played on their system. It’s not even a mystery anymore as to why they are losing.
Reason: User Warned: Personal Attack - Please do not call other users idiots for disagreeing with you.
Eh, I can't really say that the automotons that populate KCD are that much better, they aren't as stylised and have greater fidelity of materials, but the people look plain AF, but I'm also not dinging them for it either, because I'm not an idiot without a clue of technical or production realities.
Title: Why is the Xbox One UI still an absolute mess?
Reason: The user was warned for this post. The OP hasn't said a word about XMB. Don't create strawmen to dismiss valid points made by a fellow user. Argue in good faith.
If you have trouble like it stalling out and then jumping around, do a hard reset. Hold the power button in for 10 seconds or so, then unplug it for 15-30 seconds, plug it back in and go through the longer reboot.
The rest of it is either wrong, like the capture stuff, or just being unfamiliar with it. There's really no 'problem' with the UI - it's just different from the PS4, which seems like a real problem for people who are used to it. It's a different piece of hardware, it has a different UI...adjust to it.
I swear to Christ some of you must get in your car and just scream 'WHY ISN'T THIS A CROSSBAR UI? WTF!!!!'
Click down once and hit A - you're in the dedicated games and apps section. How is that not focused enough? The last game/app you used will be highlighted when you start, with a giant splash screen of it on the screen.
Title: Why is the Xbox One UI still an absolute mess?
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't dismiss entire groups of fellow users in a condescending manner to disregard their opinions.
That's weird, because I get into games within one second on the PS4 too, but I suspect some Switch fans don't actually have another system.
And you'll also take a barebones, nearly useless UI because you get into games at the same speed as any other random UI? What it is you are having trouble with on any other system? PS4 is basically one button press and game starts. It's not any worse or better than the Switch lol. Yet it has 10x the features.
Title: Why is the Xbox One UI still an absolute mess?
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don’t imply a fellow user’s genuine complaints are an attempt at “spreading false news”. Argue in good faith.
Why do people say oh its so hard to @!!!!
Its literally an option under take screenshot to adjust the length of time from that point on.
Its strange how some people seem desperate to spread false info.
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 19, 2018 (May 07 - May 13)
Reason: User warned: Goading people into bickering with an inflammatory comment.
Sure, whether it will be ok for Nintendo or not will depend on if they will hit their target or not but I didn't say successful, I said an "achievement" meaning sales that would appear impressive basically. Beating 2017 Switch sales wouldn't be impressive in any way imo considering the points I underlined. A lower price is not an excuse as well as the console is selling on par with 3DS basically everywhere else in the world despite that and Switch itself in Japan would easily have done much better last year if only they would have had stocks for the most important period of the year. So expecting Switch this year to do better than in 2017 is imo and for all these reasons really not that much to ask.
Jarmusch: I salute you man, I know how hard it is to go against the horde and stay calm sometimes here ;). The ignore list is your friend for people that have nothing else to contribute than baseless and childish attacks. Thankfully that's still a very small minority.
Title: Jeff Minter still haven't made a penny from 'Polybius' on PS4/PSVR since launch last year
Reason: User Warned: Console Warring
Yup. Look at all the “Indie dev announced Switch version of game outsold all other versions” success stories — you can find them by the sound of HD Fanboys(tm) gnashing their teeth and downplaying the accomplishments. Being exclusive to PlayStation is even worse, because the user base is all into “cinematic experiences” with scruffy macho men, which is diametrically opposite to the Minter aesthetic.
Title: Customer harassed by Cheesecake factory employees....for wearing a MAGA Hat
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Trolling throughout the thread, previous infractions for similar behavior.
Some people really like Donald trumps personality. He’s a pretty hilarious guy. I can imagine a black person liking him even though he is orange and they are black.
Title: WWE's Enzo Amore fired over sexual assault charges. Update: Charges dropped due to lack of evidence.
Reason: User has been banned (24h): thread derail by making obviously misinformed post. History of trying to downplay sexual herassment. Victim blaming.
The guy lost his job.
If the girl was lying, she has hell to pay
I'm so done with this culture enabling liers to destroy lives.
Title: WWE's Enzo Amore fired over sexual assault charges. Update: Charges dropped due to lack of evidence.
Reason: User banned (3 days) for ignoring a modpost, going after a potential victim of sexual harrassment, and accusing people of beliving said victim of being a lynch mob
Huh, okay i guess. Lets continue down the path of making assumptions about a person with no knowledge of the person or evidence.........
"a of who to someone who they has a "
Title: WWE's Enzo Amore fired over sexual assault charges. Update: Charges dropped due to lack of evidence.
Reason: Member banned 1 week: Attacking a potential sexual assault victim.
This is the person that is saying this:
She also admits that she is depressed and bipolar. Also, 2 hours before tweeting her story she tweeted that she had cocaine in her eye.
Not saying that this didn't happen but these are people that are not stable.
Title: Deadpool 2 features groundbreaking LGBTQ superhero storyline [SPOILERS]
Reason: User banned (one day): ignoring a modpost
Its not about being a spoilerphobe. Its that the movie is close to release and we have other avenues to discuss reviews and the like. Especially this close to release, there is no particular reason for a thread title to contain plot points/themes. Seriously. There is nothing to be gained by introducing the information in this manner. Its like with that Avengers thread the other day. As a community we have dedicated areas to discuss all aspects of the movie. What do you specifically gain by having that information the title where people can’t avoid it even if they wanted to?? Thats all. Its just basic consideration for others really.
Reason: User Warned: Do not equate racism to anything less than racism.
Ironic that racism in itself is a show of peoples prejudice and ignorance, yet this is exactly what the people are showing who are berating people for purchasing the game.
Edit: To clarify I was showing the personality traits that racism comes from, I wasn't trying to downplay what racism is. Please remove the warning.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Normalising bigotry and racism. History of similar behaviour.
why wouldn't Bohemian people be scared of turks or muslims in general? Should they somehow have good opinion about people they only knew from raids and slaughter?
And I think the cumans in KDC are descendants of those who settled in Hungary couple centuries before, so their original ethicitic wouldn't be shoeing much after a lot of mixing with with local populations
Reason: User has been banned (3 days): repeated thread whining. History of showing up in KC:D threads and complaining about people discussing the creator's politics.
I respect that mods allowed this discussion here but, sigh...
There are like 4 threads already on this. It has been debated to death and then three more times over. What more could be gained from this? People on both sides said everything they possibly could in 10 different ways, there and back. Plus every single thread was completely derailed by this topic and ultimately locked. Once this starts eventually the entire thread collapses. It's a valid topic but it really should have its own thread, otherwise mods will keep creating new KCD threads and then locking them again.
Reason: User Warned: Disregarding rules in OP - if you have a problem with moderation, please PM an admin
Oh boy. Freeze me until tomorrow please.
It's patronising as all fuck. thanks Era for reminding me that when I purchase software I don't take on the views of a member of the development staff.
Reason: User Banned (2 weeks): Intentionally ignoring administrator instructions and policy. History of similar behaviour and accumulated infractions.
OT:
Uhh, I might get banned for the second time for this, but I have to give this post thumbs up. I am "guilty" of knowing the man himself, but that's beside the point. What rubs me in a really wrong way, that this project is about Bohemia and how it was for us last 100 years. We were told what to think, what we should say, what we should not say, what opinion we should have and what should we not. This sounds, probably unintentionally, same way. It's like quote from the old newspapers which we have stored in our weekend house called "The Red Law". "Who is your favorite historical figure, and why exactly is it Lenin." You know, this feels....wrong. I am not defending Vávra, I have nothing to do with the project. But why I as a Czech person still see the same shit even from west as we saw from the east. Why? Because "someone decides"?
I am sorry, but the beginning of the OT, as I Czech person myself, I don't agree with it at all, like it should not be there. Ban people who act like an idiots in this thread, but don't try to think for others and dictate, what they should think. K thanks.
Resources for those who are not from this area and close countries:
Reason: User banned (1 week): trolling/bad faith (low post count; user's first post was asking this very same question about Vávra's racism, and user acknowledged the answer received) and disregarding moderation instructions in the OP.
Very nice OT!
Though I still think that starting all posts about this game with big red words "[" as if it were a commonly known proven fact, without providing any support for such severe allegations, is stretching it too far. I mean, is there a court ruling that Vavra is a racist? Who decided that it's an undisputed fact, and based on what? I can only scratch my head. Sorry if my rant offended anyone, but the phrasing of this red warning really rubs me the wrong way.
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 19, 2018 (May 07 - May 13)
Reason: User Warned - Derailing the thread with hostility and accusations
1. who are you?
2. chris, doesnt need you to defend him (again, you seem to have defense force tendencies)
3. you dont have a clue of what i know or dont know about sales just because you're wrongly assuming i dont know shit just because i dont post a lot
cheers
Title: Seething hate for developers is something that the gaming community needs to work on
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Bot/Spam Account
The playstyle is completely different to other BGs, as there is less emphasis on actually killing enemy players (this allows them to respawn and then fly wherever they want) and more on slowing them down. The BG is RNG in that the nodes spawn randomly and you can sometimes have a bad streak of inconvenient spawns.
Title: Rare adds private lobbies to Sea of Thieves, removes them 12 hours later
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Thread whining, generalising the ERA community, history of similar behaviour.
And you are not the arbiter of what opinions I can and cannot have, and its my opinion this didnt need a thread at all. Tough shit if that offends you.
Title: Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Bot/Spam Account
What's with all the resetera postings? It's pretty redundant to post a forum to another forum.Especially one as toxic as resetera....
Mod Edit: Removed links
Title: Deadpool 2 features groundbreaking LGBTQ superhero storyline [SPOILERS]
Reason: User banned (a day): ignoring a modpost; thread derailment
I know I'll get yelled at from ppl saying "it isnt a spoiler!!!" but the title of this thread, for me at least, is a spoiler. Not a huge one but it is a spoiler.
The movie isnt out for a couple of days for general audiences anywhere in the world yet and now I know there will be at least one prominent LGBTQ superhero taking center stage. Couldnt you wait until at least Saturday to post this shit? What would some of you feel if 2 days before The Last Jedi opened I would've posted a thread named "The feels of seeing a character from the OG trilogy back"?
I dont care if Im called "part of the problem of spoiler culture" or some shit. This is shouldnt be happening, especially before the fucking movie is even out yet.
Title: Customer harassed by Cheesecake factory employees....for wearing a MAGA Hat
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Repeatedly advocating for the use of force across multiple threads
Acting as if it's acceptable for someone to wear a MAGA hat in public only helps normalize these people. Anyone wearing one absolutely has to be confronted and forced either to take it off or leave the premises. It's not a game.
Title: Ask A Native New Yorker: What Should I Do About My White Neighbor's 'Thug Life' Doormat?
Reason: User warned: personal attack
did cagey post on page 1? no
did cagey post on page 2? no
did cagey post on page 3? no
did cagey post on page 4? yes
when cagey posted, did he interact with the topic of the thread in any way shape or form? no
did he rush to defend white people? DING DING DING
Honest topic recap: I’ll give EA the benefit of the doubt - against all real life evidence - because I’m bored and want to speculate. Pls speculate with me.
High quality thread.
Title: Eurogamer: Leaks suggest Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off (also heard by EG's sources)
Reason: Use Warned: “Lazy Dev” Rhetoric
I only have a problem when it’s stated that placing mechanics in the spotlight comes at the cost of creating entire new intellectual properties as they will search within their already existing catalog for those mechanics to exist. How do novel gameplay ideas preclude them from also coming up with new universes? Because Miyamoto speaks as if they’re incompatible. There’s a few reasons I can think of why they do this:
1) it’s more likely to be commercially successful when attached to well known properties.
2) as assets already exist, this saves them an incredible amount of work (which is why I used the word lazy).
I’m hard-pressed to really consider Nintendo to be creatively bankrupt, but do believe them to be lazy, and if not lazy, it’s due to their extreme conservatism. I suspect this is a corporate decision, not a creative one. New IPs are huge expenditures and time investments. Why not shove many of their gameplay ideas into existing frameworks where much of the work has already been thought up and done?
Title: Rare adds private lobbies to Sea of Thieves, removes them 12 hours later
Reason: User Warned: Lazy dev argument
I was fire and flame, bought everything it had to offer, story books, art book, controller and now I haven't played it in a month.
This company is a mess, why are they still working there? Hundreds of people and all that they can do is develop an empty shell of a game in 4 years, create a hand full of new clothes in 4 weeks and broken features that they have to remove.
What the actual fuck are they doing all day? Specially the design part of that company? I know we had that topic a hundred times before, but like several people with a similar job on ERA already said, shouldn't they create and design stuff nonstop? And if, why aren't we getting at least 10 new cosmetic items in a week? What the heck are they doing all day in their 8 hours of daily work? Also the programmer.
A company where I really have the feeling that they are actually working 8 hours a day is EPIC, cause they deliver every single week with huge patches and cosmetic stuff every few days.
What a hopeless company.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Repeated bad faith commentary and a pattern of antagonistic posts; accumulated infractions
Undermining the legitimacy of the existence of Israel, like some here try to do, leads nowhere.
In fact, the biggest obstacle to peace is that the Palestinian leadership refuses to acknowledge the existence of israel in any form.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory false equivalencies, bad faith commentary
Pretty much, throw in one dead kid in the backseat of one of those cars or the street he mashed into and people in here would be saying the cop should have used the gun before the tazer
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Victim blaming + Lack of humanity
Another dummy dead. Dont feel bad for the guy. Probably provided nothing to society anyway. Wonder what he was on? Gotta feel for his family though, if hes got one. On second thought if your driving around naked and plowing into other vehicles, you probably dont have much of a family.
Title: How do you feel about Octopath Traveller's 59.99 price tag?
Reason: User warned: Trolling
I personally think that these upscaled 3DS games should expect people to pay 3DS prices for them instead of jumping straight to 60 bucks.
Either way, I guess it's not as bad as DKC.
Title: How do you feel about Octopath Traveller's 59.99 price tag?
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Series of antagonistic posts
ONLY SONY 1ST PARTY GAMES ARE WORTH $60
IF THERE AREN'T IMMACULATELY MODELED MUSCLES THAT TOOK 500 MILLION DOLLARS TO CREATE, NO SALE, SORRY INDIE TRASH
Reason: User Warned: Hostility and antagonizing other members
I wish they'd drop support for every game except Dota, CSGO, and Artifact just to trigger the single-player crybabies even more. People ITT seriously arguing they haven't put out a game since Portal 2. Fuck off.
Title: Kotaku: Hacker Is Trying To Make A Virtual Console For His Switch
Reason: User Warned: Please do not discuss or make accusations of piracy in homebrew threads
So people who use your software are only going to use homegrown organic ROMs and definitely not illegally downloaded ones why would you even think that sheesh guys trust me?
Like for real dude, you're making software explicitly for playing illegal ROMs because Nintendo won't let you download Tennis for $5.
Title: Kotaku - Retro Studios Other Project (Seperate from Star Fox) May Be cancelled
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Going into a thread to insult a developer's body of work. Previous warnings and history of this behaviour.
Duh.
When me and others pointed that out, the faithful were quick to dismiss our opinion. (just one of many examples)
No gaming developer goes MIA for that long.
As it stands right now, Retro is pretty much over. Their last game? A quick Donkey Kong title. Their recent game? A racing spin off of a half dead franchise. Their likely ambitious game a la Prime? Dev hell and eventually canceled. The actual Prime? Moved to another more competent (?) studio.
Now go ahead and dismiss this post as drivel too.
Sometimes reality hurts, but it is what is.
Reason: User Warned: Sexism. Exclusionary rhetoric.
he said "mostly cunts", and I agree.
she is a fake geek girl, a host on a network about video games and admit she doesn't play video games, I thought that's well known
Title: U.S. Blocks U.N. Call for Probe Into 58 Gaza Deaths
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Do not invoke Nazi comparisons in this topic. Many other analogies are available to you. This one is not.
I always like the "Israel has a right to defend themselves."
Like, do the Palestinians not have a right to defend themselves from systematic oppression?
Should have the Jewish people in Western Europe not attempted to defend themselves from their oppressors during WW2?
I'm sure the Nazi's thought they had a right to defend themselves also....
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): History of anti-semitism and promoting anti-Jewish conspiracy theories
It was created in a very unjustful way that I would call evil yes. It was said that the one who led all the terrible acts done towards palestinians in the early days ended up being elected as president shortly after. So yes. It makes a lot of sense actually that an outcome like this has come from that. It is very sad because the jews deserved a lot better. I personally feel like their religion has been hijacked and their past now used for a strong excuse to get away with literal murder. Its whats happening
Title: Pauley Perrette Claims She Left NCIS After 'Multiple Physical Assaults’
Reason: User was warned for: Downplaying assault, sexism.
Wait. I'm confused. What does Harmon and his dog have to do with this?
Also this story makes her sound like a serious diva and kind of a bitch. Especially if Harmon was genuinely trying to make amends. It must have been REALLY BAD for cast and crew to notice it enough to speak out about it. Which is a shame because I had always liked her character.
I need to know exactly what she is claiming though before I passed any kind of real judgment personally.
Title: BBC News - Toronto van attack: Inside the dark world of 'incels'
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Defending members of a hate and inequality movement as victims.
Those cultures usually have a patriarchal society where male role models and the way of being a man is well defined.
And let's not fool ourselves by thinking this is not occurring in said culturally different places too, it may just not be as organized and exposed as western incel culture.
This is what I am criticizing. There is no real path to follow, and thus males are left to get exploited by your said feedback loop, which definitely exists, but way more on the porn side.
They suffer because they had no one in their darkest moments to guide them.
Title: Black woman removed from United flight for 'pungent' complaint by white man that took her seat
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
Poor entitled (white) men. Can't we all just leave them in peace to rape, pillage and destroy the world. Destroying the world is no easy task! Won't somebody please think of the entitled (white) men! /Sarcasm
Title: (Alabama) Black pastor warns black congregants against attending white churches
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): repeated hostility and downplaying racism
What the fuck do y’all fools think racism is? That if niggas don’t let white people do whatever they want it’s racism?
Let me know when being white is perceived as a threat and when you’re not the most favored ethnic group on this planet by a wide margin.
To answer your question, that was prejudice. Other ethnic groups can hate white folks, but your white friend not being able to rent wherever he wants isn’t racism...
Asians can certainly be racist, but not towards white people.
Show me a country that’s majority black that hasn’t been shot to shit by colonizers and where it’s richest residents aren’t white people and I’ll answer whether or not black people can be racist.
Y’all are killing me in here.
This is going to be harsh, but to me that makes you a pretty worthless human being.
Benefits like you are collecting are for those UNABLE to work, not those that are LAZY and UNWILLING.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Do not invoke Nazi comparisons in this topic. Many other analogies are available to you.
"Guys, don't compare this THIS genocidal expansionist ethnostate to THAT genocidal expansionist ethnostate, that's offensive and hyperbolic."
Israel is absolutely a white colonialist terrorist nation. They want to expand in size and power via ethnic cleansing, just like European colonizers did (to great success) here in America. Who exactly do you think Hitler's inspiration was in his bid to become a superpower? And, in turn, who do you think is inspiring Israeli policy towards Palestinians now? It's all the same god damn playbook.
They also possess 100-200 thermonuclear warheads and the latest greatest missile technology that our tax money can buy. They are already the rogue nuclear power in the middle east that we shit ourselves over Iran maybe possibly becoming years from now. At this point I honestly think that the main reason Netanyahu doesn't just nuke Gaza is because they'd be downwind.
Title: Pokémon for Nintendo Switch Speculation Thread 2 | What Defines a New Thread?
Reason: User Warned: "Lazy Devs" Rhetoric
Grid-based (at least for the map construction and scenario design, not necessarily movement) would be so SO FUCKING LAZY that I can totally see GF going for it in order to save time.
Edit: I know that it's a screenshot for a very old build and the grid could have been used as mere prototyping to have something up fast, but we've really seen GF doing worse re: reverting features.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Do not hold all Israelis/Palestinians responsible for the actions of their leadership. Do not make blanket condemnations.
Yes. It's being frowned upon too with "Don't generalize Israelis".
Fuck that shit. The people in Israel elected their government. They made Netanyahu the longest running PM in the history of their government. Their hands are full of blood as well.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Warned: Do not imply all Israelis/Palestinians support the actions of their leadership.
Not just Americans, but Israelis too.
Where are all the Israeli's who (supposedly) oppose Netanyahu ? Every time a thread on Israel's crimes pops up, someone always comes along and tells us the majority of Israelis don't support this. Where are they? Why aren't you guys out there protesting this massacre?
52 dead, 2000+ people wounded. Do the lives of your neighbors mean so little? FFS. take responsibility for your government. Don't just sit on your hands and cry foul whenever someone calls you out on that shit. You can't have it both ways.
Title: 198X Retro meets modern by Hi-Bit Studios. PS4,XBO,PC,NSW
Reason: User Warned: Off-Topic Portbegging
This looks really cool....
...but this is the game I NEED on my Switch
Edit - Hey, fair enough. I didn't even realize this was a KS project. My apologies.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned for 1 week: Calling Jewish people Nazis is not allowed, nor is conflating the Jewish people with the actions of the Israeli government
Not a fan of Israel, what happened in World War 2 was horrific. The Jewish people endured a lot...instead of telling the world not repeat the horrors of World War 2 and embracing pacifism they themselves have become a Nazi regime.
But sadly, my country India is has been doing the same thing in Kashmir for a long time.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned for 1 week: Israel has only existed for 70 years, this post propagates the Jewish media conspiracy, and that is unacceptable
This has been their playbook for over a century. Controlling the narrative is their forte, especially as their opponents (Palestinians) have little access to many of the Western news outlets and public forums to offer cogent counterpoints.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned (1 week): Do not invoke Nazi comparisons in this topic. Many analogies are available to you, but not that one.
That’s may be the most disturbing part for me. Hitler and the nazis viewed Jewish people as little more than rats, and now they turn around and view other humans as little more than rats.
Title: Black woman removed from United flight for 'pungent' complaint by white man that took her seat
Reason: Member warned: Thread derailing / trolling
I'm not saying basing insults on racism is ok, because it's fucking not but more men should be telling women they stink. Women, you do stink sometimes.
Title: Black woman removed from United flight for 'pungent' complaint by white man that took her seat
Reason: Member banned (3 days): Rudely trying to shut down discussion of possible discrimination after previous warning.
Oh give it up, it was plainly obvious I wasnt defending the airline nor the "white dude". I was merely commenting on the insanity of taking a small one sided snippet of info and then extrapolating as far as you people did. If anything it just speaks to the apparent preconcieved biases you people have. For all anyone knows it couldve played out the way it did but as others have stated, something is off with this story. I just tend to err on the side of logical, fact based conclusions rather than joining the hive mind of anger. I read stuff like this...
And it just sounds ridiculous. You are GOD damn sure she didn't smell? How could you even know something like that unless you were there? (Not like her smelling bad is ok for him to act that way)
But uh hey, I guess I can join the circle jerk if it will make you happy? Grr fuck that white guy! His whiteness and privilege and stuff made that woman leave the plane? Ugh fuck white people amirite? And fuck United because they aren't saying anything so they must like TOTALLY be into that guys racism amirite?
Title: Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery at Walter Reed medical center
Reason: Member banned (3 days): Continued trolling after multiple warnings.
I wish her the best.
But how convenient for Trump that his wife get sick and possibly die, thus improving his ratings due to sympathy. This is no accident. Follow the money.
Title: Horrible neighbor won’t give owners contact info
Reason: User banned (3 days): inflammatory/classist rhetoric (wishing death on poor people)
And it’s the owner that will get the fine if they call the city/county code enforcement. We got a warning about grass once when we were out of town for 10+ days and got sick after getting back and couldn’t mow for a week. Owner got a copy of it.
In my experience, rental houses that include lawn service are very few and far between and tend to just be higher rent houses, often with HOAs and the owners just pay for service to both attract high income tenants and to not worry about generating problems for them with the HOA. Most rental houses the yard work is on the tenants—it has been for us everywhere we’ve rented a home (and again we saw very few listings with lawn service included).
In any case, the neighbors were we lived who regularly had overgrown lawns were definitley trashy. Constant noise, fights, arguments, cops showing up at their houses etc. Again, talking just of the people that didn’t maintain their property at all, not just people who let it get overgrown for a week or two here and there.
In any case, the OP said he had no issues with the neighbors when the owner lived there. So if that owner was taking care of the lawn (themselves or including a lawn service in the rent) it would be taken care of. So it’s pretty clear it’s on the tenants and their just not maintaining the property themselves. It sucks living next to a place that’s not being taken care of, especially when it’s directly impacting your property like in the OPs case with weeds pulling the fence down. I’d 100% call the city/county code enforcement about it. Fuck trashy poor people. Can go die in a fucking fire for all I care.
Reason: User Warned: Hostility and antagonizing another members
Not everyone. Just a few of you. Where what I'm saying is "oranges are orange" and you are all coming back with "you're wrong because bananas are yellow "
It's like...none of what y'all are saying is exactly wrong....but you clearly aren't grasping what I'm talking about because you keep arguing unrelated things.
It's very sad and confusing. It's like you just take what you know and assume it adapts to everything.
Also...the 4 or 5 of you who are "disagreeing" with me don't really constitute the dozens who have posted in this thread. So not only are you confused, but now you can't count.
Yeesh
Title: BBC News - Toronto van attack: Inside the dark world of 'incels'
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Arguing in bad faith, comparing a hate movement to minority groups.
The intrusive invasion of privacy and insertion of the state into peoples lives being suggested is unacceptable to me.
Switch out incels with a minority group and this forum would absolutely not be ok with it. Especially the suggestion that people socially inept with the opposite gender are guilty until proven otherwise. I'm not sure if people are aware this covers a lot of people in this forum. People did not think this through
Title: BBC News - Toronto van attack: Inside the dark world of 'incels'
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sympathetic apologia for a misogynistic hate movement.
Maybe if ISIS recruits came from the socially inept rejects that we all saw in school there might be a point. Incels dont appear to be a movement with leadership but a gathering of misfits hostile to a world that has rejected them their entire lives. Calling them misogynists might be a correct label but it does nothing towards fixing the problem.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned (1 week): victim blaming
Wow can't believe how gullible some people in this thread are.
Stop treating headlines like they're some great wells of knowledge, 99% of you don't know wtf is going there, as someone who does, you're making fools out of yourselves.
The solution to this issue is quite easy, don't try to attack the border of another country and don't get shot.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Do not condone violence or killing.
All the rockets and carbombs directed Israel over the decades didn’t help either but no, only Israel is at fault here according to progressives.
I wish the IDF wasn’t using lethal force but they must protect themselves.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned (duration pending) - antisemitism and conspiracy theories
Lol why would they?! They havent for 70 years why start making a big deal out of it now. The world is witnessing the biggest terrorist state and not betting a eye. Thats how much the zionist controlls the media.
Title: 52 dead, 2238 wounded in Gaza today (worst day since 2014 Gaza war) [UPDATED]
Reason: User banned (1 week): antisemitism
Conservative dems or Jewish infiltrators? He was down with moving the us embassy to Israel years before it happened. He's spoken in favor of Palestinian sanctions to uphold his apartheid state.
Title: Switch Online Makes Nintendo Look Weak (The Jimquisition)
Reason: User banned (1 day): suggesting a DDOS
Well I think you can put them on a portable USB 3 hard drive.
One option is to DDOS their service until they listen. Or hit then up on Customer Service and on Twitter about the issues.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Thread derailment with console wars antics even after a modpost on the subject was made
For real, lol. Why more people are not outraged at having to pay-to-play F2P (and subscription MMO) games on the only platform that does it out of the lot, is interesting.
But this topic I heard is the anti-consumer one.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Thread Whining
Well... LOL
Best post. People need to realize that even with The Sun, BBC, IGN's and bunch of other articles Sony won't change their stance because obviously business reasons. Members here just going in circles, doing Sisyphean's task. If public media didn't do shit, nor will Resetera forum. It's just moving goalposts. Really.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User has been warned: bait post that only paints a clear picture about the poster themselves.
56 pages...wow.
Let me suggest how things have come to this.
Sony and PC crossplay is successful,
Sony leads in consoles sold by a considerable amount.
Microsoft wants some of those MAUs.
Offers Sony a crossplay deal.
Gives Sony their terms and conditions.
Sony says fuck that, we have the market.
Microsoft uses this to push an agenda.
It still doesn't work.
Xbox one's are still sitting on shelves along with the much needed and wanted backwards compatibility.
Sony announces another 18 million consoles sold.
Sony is anti consumer but releases more exclusive titles than the competition put together.
Continues to dominate crossplay player numbers.
Drake gives Sony free cross platform advertising.
Microsoft continues to push Xbox anywhere.
The consumer is still baffled as to what this is.
Resetera goes into meltdown.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Ignoring Modpost, Threadwhining, and System Wars
I like how you're passing the blame from Microsoft when it originated from them. If Microsoft enabled cross-play last gen when Sony was open to it, we would still have cross-play this generation between consoles. Since MS refused to and wanted to hold onto their XBL subscriptions, why should Sony give up market share now?
Want to explain how Sony is acting like tremendous dicks? The only people trying to make this a big deal is the people in this thread.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: System Wars + Off Topic Commentary
It's not asinine. It's literally the whole point. They bought Gears of War from Epic to keep it off of Playstation. Is this not registering? It's done by a Microsoft Studio BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT IT TO KEEP IT OFF OF PLAYSTATION. Literally to exclude half the gaming community from playing it.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User banned (1 month): Console wars, long history of similar behavior
Member when MS had Youtube, Netflix, etc behind Xbox Live Gold paywall? Pepperidge Farm members.
Now MS is the savior of gamers with Crossplay? How about removing Gold wall for f2p Microsoft, how about removing Gold completely - I'd come back! But we all know that ain't happening, cause we member what you stand for.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User warned: Console war bait
This thread isnt going anywhere .going in circle like a dog who eat his own tail .... people asking from crossplay and Sony defence force saying that as a company they have nothing to gain giving that to ms.
At this point I'll save this thread for when ...there will be the inevitable push with gamepass on PC utilizing UWP and the windows store to integrate exclusively with the two Ms platforms ..PC (windows) and Xbox .with PlayAnywhere.....I hope that people will understand and excuse Ms for utilizing their strength to push their product windows and xbox over the rivals as well
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User warned: Console war behavior/bait
I’ll add that nobody hears PC or Switch players wanting badly crossplay with Playstation, they don’t give two fucks about crossplay.
Only Xbox seems loud about it just to make the competition looks bad.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Console war post / Inappropriate offensive content.
There seems to still be quite a lot of people defending a very unconsumer friendly decision....
If I look at roblox and Minecraft those games have no issues between pc..android and iOS.. and kids love to play them
As these kids get old they start to ask why they can't play with their friends on xxx third party title
And these kids will be the target market for gaming companies
I think things will change..but as long as sony is number one I don't think it will.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Console Warring
I love how no one here has one single shred of evidence that sony is to blame on this. But a few pr mouthpieces at microsoft point the finger at sony and here we go lol.
And personally I'm glad there isn't crossplay and hope it stays this way. It doesnt benefit me or sony in anyway, shape or form.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Thread-whining, ignoring moderator's instruction.
Again.
You can vote by your wallet.
And it's more easier than you thought to buy a console or pc/ios game in order to play with your friends. Several of my friends bought playstation 4 for the first time only because they want to play Monster Hunter World cooperation with me. They used to be Steam players.You can't say the strategy doesn't make money as this is a case that 1 player, like me, bringing in a lot of more new platform console players into this gen.
What I can't understand for such a topic is that as you know the answer is NO, why still make the same topic again? From MC to Fornite. You can even make this an OT| Why Sony refuse cross play. and update again and again with new titles that MS want to work out.
What a waste of time.
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User was warned for thread whining.
I don't understand why we have another thread on this. Will we get why games are not cross play with every online game that has cross PS4-PC and Xbox-PC. Can I also vote for monthly why do we pay for online thread and I hate lootbox thread even if they are cosmetics.
I suggest we should have a OT
Why Sony doesnt do cross online OT
Lootbox are bad OT
Why are we still paying for online OT
Title: Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
You're literally acting as if you're paid by Sony to defend them, lmao. And then immediately throw an Xbox comparison instead of focus in the issue that is the thread about. We get it, you love your PS4. Everyone can see that, but you don't work for them, nor do they care about you in the slightest, as seen here. But yes, compare how the majority of people knowingly pay Xbox Live to play any online component game since the dawn of time, instead of giving said people more players to engage with it, while helping the developers and their game to stay healthier. If you're really worried about this paid feature, you would be saying the same to both companies and I would agree, but this is not the topic here, and I'm sure you're loving your paycheck. Pick a side, it's cringy but fun.
Title: Eurogamer: Leaks suggest Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off (also heard by EG's sources)
Reason: User Warned: Repeated system warring in Switch topics
This year has been laughable for the Switch
The online service is a poorly thought out joke, third party support is at N64 levels, their big game for the first half of the year is mario tennis and retro's "big game" is a wipeout knockoff with starfox characters
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing another member and community-whining
What's so confusing when someone says it's garbage? That chorus is absolutely garbage. I'm sorry if my opinion doesn't match your echo chamber, but there you have it. If my post confused you, I'd gladly use more direct language but then I'd run the risk of upsetting your other delicate sensibilities.
Title: The way palestinians are treated as worthless people that need to dissapear
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Antisemitic conspiracy theories
Nothing will change, the Jewish people own the media (tech, news and Hollywood). I don't mean this such that there is some conspiracy to cover up but the narrative is controlled so well it's not even funny.
Where are the Hollywood movies about what is going on in Palestine? Where is the boycotting from the tech power houses? Where are the headlines from news sources at prime time 8:00 PM? Its such a big joke. At first I didn't want to believe it, however, the older you get the more clear it becomes.
The (majority of) Jewish people living in Israel have blood on their hands and they know it.
Title: Wildlife poachers in Kenya 'to face death penalty'
Reason: User banned (3 days): trolling and advocating violence.
I consider poaching worse than a regular human murder but that's just because I'm not very sanguine over the value of a single human life. If you told me you could magically bring back five thousand of an sxtinct spieces of rhino by pressing a button that killed 5k random people I'd tell you to hit the button.
Title: Wildlife poachers in Kenya 'to face death penalty'
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Do not advocate or celebrate barbarous “public executions” on the forum.
This seems weird sentiment
I wish more countries would bring back death penalty’s from medival times and make them public.
It might not full stop poaching , child / woman trafficking , rape , murder, terrorism or other pedo behaviors.
But I bet that shit declines across the globe
Title: Wildlife poachers in Kenya 'to face death penalty'
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Do not promote or condone violence and killing on the forum.
I’m more against the extinction of animals who need our help before they disappear of earth forever.
If death is the price you risk for ivory and penises and whatever else they want elephants and rhinos for, so be it.
This would be good too.
Title: 9 dead, 40 wounded as bombs hit Indonesian churches
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Attempted thread hijacking
In the mean time, 41 dead (and counting) in India due to extreme weather, that's very likely the cause of climate change. I don't mean to belittle any one event, it's obviously horrible what happened, but for some reason we're more fascinated with terrorism than storms.
Title: Wkd Box Office - 5•11-13•18 - Infinity War is top comic film ever at $1.7B Worldwide. 4th all time.
Reason: User Warned: Derogatory Ableist Language
If you didn't like BP, You're a racist. If you didn't like the new Ghostbusters, you're a sexist. If you didn't like TLJ, you're both. I mean come on, its not rocket science.
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT4| Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!
Reason: User warned: derogatory language
This is fucking retarded nonsense at every single level. Why would you even bother posting it here? Are you going to start quoting stuff directly from TheDonald going “fuck I hope that this is wrong.” I can’t tell if you’re trolling us.
Title: Left wingers who play down Russia's involvement
Reason: User banned (2 days): trolling, peddling conspiracy theories, history of similar behaviour
Hillary did more to get Trump elected than any of these people "from abroad." The Clintons, with the DNC that they bought, and all their pals in the media made sure to boost Trump while imposing a virtual media blackout on her primary opponents (candidates who all could've soundly beaten Donald). There's your "upended democracy" for you right there. All this shit we keep hearing about "meddling" is sheer projection; and the same goes for them crying about online trolls and bots.
Title: Inti Creates announces Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (8-bit version)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling, history of similar behaviour.
Getting a lot of Mighty no. 9 vibes here. Just the way he's sitting here talking to us, and the delays we've seen. Really hope IGA doesn't turn out to be a con man hack.
Title: Frostpunk arrives on the Microsoft Store (Windows 10)
Reason: User warned: system wars rhetoric
Yeah, I'm getting an interview @ E3 and I'll pose this very question.
I'll take UWP over Win32 any day purely because window management is standardized and easy, and I don't really care about mods (not that a UWP game can't be built to receive mods, but it requires extra developer input), or Steam. I haven't found a third-party window wrapper that wasn't terrible. Getting Stellaris to scale properly in window mode is a nightmare.
As much as PC gamers seem to want to hate it, people who actively follow Microsoft know that UWP isn't going away. Hundreds of Win32 APIs are hitting UWP every year, and Win32 will eventually be phased out. I get that it's super kewl to hate the big meanie M$FT tho.
If Quake is on consoles already (which it is), your thread premise of no Quake games on consoles makes no sense. If you're asking for a port of a Quake game to current gen, it's a port-beg. If you're talking about Quake Champions in particular, that game is not coming to consoles for the forseeable future as stated by the developers so you're asking for a port of an exclusive title which is also a port-beg.
Title: Cornell Student Strips to Underwear for Thesis After Prof Questions Outfit
Reason: User warned: trolling
Why didn't she have the courage to go naked? Defecate on the projector? Who is making all these archaic "rules" about proper etiquette? Bring down the patriarchy!
Title: Benedict Cumberbatch Will Not Take a Role if his Female Co-Star Isn't Paid Equally
Reason: User warned: Dismissive of institutional sexism and arguing in bad faith
Thats not what i was asking. Why is he only taking that stands with a female co star? In other words he doesnt care if a male co star gets less?
Pretty sure male co stars get way less than him too. But he doesnt care for that. Why would he. Thats not a big headline. what he did here is. We will see if it works for him.
Didnt work for franco . We will see if this story blows up in bens face.
Title: Benedict Cumberbatch Will Not Take a Role if his Female Co-Star Isn't Paid Equally
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing systemic inequalities, using a transphobic meme.
This is just stupid. You should get paid based on your abilities and the amount of contribution you make to the success of the work you are doing, not based on what you have between your legs.
Maybe one day we learn to look at each other as human beings, not as men, women, black, white, Apache helicopters or whatever.
If I were a male co-star of BC, I would be pissed if he was not going to fight for my right to also get equal pay.
The PC Master Race is strong in this thread I see.. Bunch of elitism lol. Those saying Quake can't be played on a controller are underestimating what people can do.
And either way, what's it matter to PC elitists anyway?? If RTS games can exist on consoles, so can Quake.
EDIT: Getting warned over calling out elitists is a battle scar I'll endure.
Title: Google Updates Chrome, Breaks Tons of Web Games
Reason: User warned: Using 'retard' in a derogatory manner
Ugh, never go full retard when posting an 8K image resolution picture of an emoji. (If you click on the quote, then open the image in full size, you'll know...)
I swear, I think Chrome is leading towards IE6...
Title: Japan ERA |OT| We all お箸上手 and 日本語ペラペラ in here!
Reason: This user is warned for this post: Defending practice of racism even if that practice stems from ignorance and not malice. Insulting the intelligence of fellow thread participants.
Because admitting that such ridiculous training as you call it should ever be used in an international context is frankly..not intelligent. Hence why Aizo was rightfully called out by the twitter people. And this whole convo is about foreigners in Japan trying to wrongfully do as such. Of which I am indeed a foreigner. But definitely not of the ilk that would push their opinions on a culture. Calling hama-chan ignorant is flagrantly stupid.
Reason: User Banned (Length Pending): Repeated trolling.
Tbh adjusting for everything, if you make less than $100k a year you’re a fucking loser
I’m shocked to see how many people are settling for less than $100k a year
It’s incredibly pathetic
Title: [LEAK] Massive Devil May Cry 5 Info (Potential heavy spoilers inside!)
Reason: User has been warned: attacking a user.
Yeah proof that you too chicken shit to put up anything of value on that statement. When you come back with a bet on what you think will be happening then we can talk.
Title: [LEAK] Massive Devil May Cry 5 Info (Potential heavy spoilers inside!)
Reason: User was banned (2 weeks): Derailing threads multiple times + Using SJW to insult users unironically multiple times
Confident. Not dead-set certain. That requires an official announcement specifically stating there's no such thing as DMCV. So even though I know it damn well in my gut, I'll never claim to be the be-all-end-all authority on the matter.
And no, it DOESN'T make sense. Because they'll be banning him for the same reason as NOT banning everyone else: Getting duped and buying into it. There's also disregarding all his other contributions, both here and in the old black tar pit. It would be an incredibly, incredibly shitty thing to ban him over this.
But then again.....I get banned on here myself because a demand for evidence and call for rational thinking goes against the "principles" of certain social justice warriors. But even in the face of that, I'll still say they won't ban him when this turns out to be false. He was duped same as the rest of everyone on here. Even I for about three hours thought it was genuinely a real thing. I mean....I even made a logo dude! Two of them!
If from Itsuno specifically, then yes. But most everyone who NEEDS their action fix has a shitload of Bayonetta to look forward to next year. A whoooooole lot of people missed out on Bayonetta 2 because of......well, it was on the Wii U. So for a lot of us, it's gonna be a genuinely brand new stylish action experience!
Title: [LEAK] Massive Devil May Cry 5 Info (Potential heavy spoilers inside!)
Reason: User was warned for this post: Console Wars
I really hate that a great action game like Bayonetta is now tied exclusively to Nintendo consoles which means people who never gave a damn about these types of games are suddenly parroting the game around like they know anything about the games of the genre. These people most definitely have not even played Bayonetta let alone the other action games (or else the sales on Nintendo consoles would reflect it like it does for games like DMC and GoW), most know her from Smash and think the franchise is bigger than it actually is.
Part of why I don't want exclusivity for DMCV either. I want the maximum number of people to experience it and don't want the conversation around it to be dominated by console warrior non sense.
Title: [LEAK] Massive Devil May Cry 5 Info (Potential heavy spoilers inside!)
Reason: Warned for off topic derailment post moderator advice
You're showing numbers from a niche tournament for niche games. There's no doubt that the PS4 version of T7 outsold the XBO version. The other games you talk about like Rev 2 aren't relevant to people in general. Hell, I bet more people know about Killer than KOF or Rev2.
Title: [LEAK] Massive Devil May Cry 5 Info (Potential heavy spoilers inside!)
Reason: User was banned for 3 days: Off-topic ad hominem, thread derailment
Seriously, fuck Max for all I care. He's obnoxious, a whiny crybaby, and looks like a hipster version of what Chad Kroeger of Nickelback used to look like before he shaved off his beard and got a short cut. Plus, he tends to hoe out his sister, which is borderline disgusting and incest, during his streams and tends to have a short fuse (Example being the N word incident last year) over stupid things. Even worse is the fact that his fanboys seem to eat up every BS that he spews out of his mouth and take it as gospel. He's easily one of my most hated gaming YouTubers ever, along with AlphaOmegaSin, Razorfist, and PewDiePie. I can't believe that he called DBFZ 'too simplistic' during one of this year's past conferences. Seriously, fuck him.
P.S. Did I mention that the way he smiles is just creepy as hell? O_o
Title: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Reason: User has been warned for entering a specific woman-centric thread to explain their viewpoints as a "man." This community is not for them.
"Bakunyuu" (lit: exploding breasts, as in "Bakudan" or bomb.). It's a genre of sorts in live-action Japanese adult videos too. Anime and manga can just go much broader with it, not being bound by reality.
My perspective as a man is it's mostly harmless in cases where it's portrayed as very on-the-nose (like the images discussed here) and more insidious when it's treated as a given that an attractive woman is going to have a certain cup size (arguably, despite my love of the show, One Piece is on the more insidious side, as it draws attention to Nami and Robin's ever-expanding busts but never treats their proportions as outrageous or unrealistic. People who aren't completely divorced from reality can tell that Sorceress from Dragon's Crown is complete fantasy).
Title: REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
Reason: User was warned for invading a thread to lecture women.
I'm not.
I don't think it's pessimistic to think that many young men get some kind of stimulation by scantily clad gaming characters (something that lessens with age for most men... or so I'd like to think). I used to think it was exciting too when I was around 20.
I didn't mean that you should stop trying to engage others about it, only that you shouldn't expect too much. Like I said, I doubt most young men want to understand the issue that was brought up.
Title: What if the PS5 has no bluray drive and retail only sells licenses via cards
Reason: User warned: Insulting other posters
Not only are you quoting a factually incorrect post, you’re really using cd’s as your argument. You show me a 50gb-70gb download for a cd and I’ll buy you as many disc-less ps5’s as you want.
Some of you guys are really in your own little bubble (moms basement)
Reason: This user is banned for this post (1 week) for transphobia and community bashing.
A group of people on the internet who's idea of utopia is living in a naked communist village where everyone fuck everyone regardless of genitalia or weight, use urine as nourishment, and only true possession allowed is a personal mattress made of one's excrement?
Sounds about right.
Title: Is it time for Gamefreak to make their in-game Pokemon closer to the anime?
Reason: User Warned: Threadwhining + Inflammatory Generalizations
What exactly is the point of posts like these ?
Either you get people who agree with you, in which case you made an echo chamber, or you get people who disagree, in which case they get called Fanboys for not expecting the same thing as you.
Either way, no discussion of value is being held.
Title: The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s. It Just Surfaced.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Arguing in favour of whitewashing history for the sake of grammatical accuracy. History of insensitivity on racial issues.
imo it's not about the dialect, it's about how it was transcribed. Why not use original English spelling? You still keep the original meaning and grammar, the way the words were spoken by using correct spelling. Here I just replaced the D with TH, and corrected a few contractions:
“We very sorry to be parted from one another,” Lewis told Hurston. “We seventy days cross the water from the Africa soil, and now they part us from one another. Therefore we cry. Our grief so heavy look like we can't stand it. I think maybe I die in my sleep when I dream about my mama.”
On topic, his account is invaluable. I'm glad to hear about his story. Slavery seems to be too often forgotten or brushed away nowadays, or even being romanticised by far-right people. The horrible reality of being caught and brought forcefully to another continent to work as a slave, or being born and die as a slave should never be dismissed. It's part of the history of this country and should be taught properly.
Title: New Mexico Congressional Candidate has an explicit message for the NRA in TV Ad
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Thread derailment, trolling, account still in the junior phase.
Hmm, why do sanctuary cities have a higher crime rate?
All these Einstein’s blowing blood vessels just thinking about it, lol
This place is NeoGAF 2.0 after all
Anyway, just watch the guy who says ‘No Amnesty’
That’s the man to vote for.
The only nod I’ll give you is that New Mexico is already a blue state, so there’s the advantage.
Title: FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
Reason: User Banned (2 days): Trolling.
The secret illegal tyre test happened in Barcelona years ago.
Mercedes have got Pirelli in their back pocket.
This "bullshit" is from AMUS, so are you saying they're a non-trustworthy source and the team quotes in their article a complete fabrication?
Title: I accidentally triggered Steam’s fraud detection and now my accounts are locked
Reason: User Warned: Off-Topic Commentary + Derailment Potential
Steam absolutely needs :
Live support, with 5m or less response time, and library curation. They need to move the plethora of crapware asset flips into an opt-in dungeon instead of shitting their storefront with masses of garbage to sift through.
You shut your damned mouth. One of these shows is one of the most influential anime series of all time, the other is a crappy american sitcom with a bunch of unfunny SNL rejects.
Title: I'm back in the fold. Please recommend me some bangers.
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
First thing you should do is return that X and cop a PS4 Pro.
EDIT: I don't mean it in a console-warrior or mean-spirited way, but I think if you are someone with limited time, you should treat yourself to the best and the PS4 does have the cream-of-the-crop this gen. That said, if you've been away since 2012 their should be more than enough to satiate yourself with multiplats like The Witcher 3 or Dark Souls 3.
A white man getting in her face would not be met with the same sympathy either.
This is the kind of privilege that society gives to women alone. Other women can confront people like this. She clearly lies, fake cries, and reports it all to authorities. All she had to say is "he pushed me" and you would be in trouble.
Maybe women should start being allies by tearing down their own privilege, since they're the only ones left that can question it. But good luck with that, since people aren't even at the point that they can even acknowledge that women have privilege yet.
Title: The Recent MCU Soundtracks Have Been Nothing Short Of Great (IW Spoilers)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Arguing in Bad Faith on multiple posts, Trolling, with previous infractions of similar issues.
I don't celebrate trash or mediocrity. And, where talking about the film scores, not the movies. is one of the best Marvel movies ever, it's score is uninspired mediocrity though. The same with ,, , , and all the rest. The only original scores that stand out in the whole MCU is and some of . doesn't count as it relies more on licensed music. Oh, and let's not even get into the sound mixing on most of these films, which is also mostly horrible such that you can barely even hear the mediocre scores when they're playing. Again, BP stands out above the rest.
Title: Well, Ricky Gervais tweeted me and now his fanbase is attacking me.
Reason: User Warned: Victim Blaming
As an English prince once said, "Chat shit get banged."
Also, as someone who finds Ricky's recent schtick irritating, your tweet is way off base. Most of his career has nothing to do with atheism or reveling in being "offensive".
Title: Well, Ricky Gervais tweeted me and now his fanbase is attacking me.
Reason: User Warned: Victim Blaming
As someone who does not care for Gervais at all:
You talked shit about a powerful figure on a public platform, they gave you a lighthearted handslap, and their dumbass fans pursued you. How do you not know how this works? Twitter is garbage, comedians hate it because people attack them constantly, and you posted something there about one of the grumpiest mother fuckers in the game. So it boomerang'd on your sense of anonymity. The internet is not truly anonymous and you may face consequences if you treat it as such. Grow up and get used to it. It's simply reality, and no one will act as they should.
Edit: it should be better, people should act better, but Twitter is one of the stinkier orifices of the internet
Title: Well, Ricky Gervais tweeted me and now his fanbase is attacking me.
Reason: User warned: Victim Blaming
If you can't take a storm, don't throw shit at other people. And your reply on Twitter is really stupid, I don't know what you expected. You even directly addressed Gervais, doesn't matter if you @.
The only thing you can do is sit it out. Don't react, that only fuels it. And depending on what you do for a living you might want to shut down your account and create a new one.
Title: Well, Ricky Gervais tweeted me and now his fanbase is attacking me.
Reason: User Warned: Victim Blaming
I mean, isn't that what you were looking for?
I'll admit to not understanding the allure of sharing thoughts probably best kept internal and broadcasting them to the world because "reasons". But if you get that attention in response... I mean, and? Outside of people crossing the line (which does happen and is NOT excusable) some return tweets from the person you took a shot at over the internet was/is one of the possibilities you were 100% aware of when you decided to type that.
Whether he searched it or not is completely irrelevant. Sure, he didn't need to search his own name, and you also didn't need to share your random opinion across the internets either.
Perhaps. I find it equally lame that average people who aren't sitting bored because they are wealthy beyond need take time out of their day to tweet shots and randoms they don't know. Ill never understand trying to pretend that taking that shot at some person over the internet is somehow so much more mature and "okay" than them responding.
Title: Well, Ricky Gervais tweeted me and now his fanbase is attacking me.
Reason: User Warned: Victim blaming.
You mocked and belittled him, he responded without a personal attack. You shouldn’t have been rude if you didn’t want a backlash. You know what Twitter’s like.
He created The Office. Even if everything post-Extras has been crap, your comment is off-base. Don’t be a knob next time.
Title: The alt-right attack on the Netflix Witcher makes me feel a bit uncomfortable about CDPR
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns about diversity, comparing people concerned about diversity with Nazis, long history of infractions.
Yes. The nazis and the people who go around with a diversity checklist like "your show only had 11 PoC and not a min. of 15. Also not enough gay people. I'm going to have to write an angry tweet about you now". They all deserve to be ignored.
I'd also settle for twitter being wiped out so none of these people have voices on the internet anymore. It's truly a plague on society.
Title: The alt-right attack on the Netflix Witcher makes me feel a bit uncomfortable about CDPR
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns about diversity as 'alt-left', history of similar behavior.
I mean if the game aimed for a more historically accurate setting then I don't see why the show can't. If it's fear of pressure from the Alt-Left which the Kingdom Come devs faced then that's kind of silly.
Title: The alt-right attack on the Netflix Witcher makes me feel a bit uncomfortable about CDPR
Reason: User warned: Do not use "retarded" as a pejorative
It isn't how you or I would do it, but it is a country where all of the black people can fit on a single schoolbus, so the fact that they're addressing race at all is noteworthy.
That said, there's also truth to their approach. Race is a construct, and has been understood differently in every society. In America, someone is consider "ethnic" or even "non-white" if they speak Spanish, where in Europe that would be seen as retarded. Race isn't actually about skin tone, that's just how people obsess over it here and now.
They did that, it was called True Blood and it ran for 7 seasons.
Title: What in God’s Name Happened to Ricky Gervais?
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Defense of transphobic content.
The reason is that the topic of the section is the outrage against comedy, not transgender* (what is the right postfix here?). He starts with a logical issue with the criticism of deadnaming wrt. Jenner, which is a reasonable point, but a good joke starter, because he can ridicule the argument brought forth. Then, the joke is to complain about unreasonable outrage while venturing into comments that could reasonably lead to outrage when used in a public speech (as opposed to the very legitimate use of Jenner's old name in the context where it was used), i.e. the chimp-joke. This makes for an obscure and funny situation in itself. On another layer, going beyond the context and to the moment-to-moment comedy, he uses self-deprecation to move the focus off transgender* itself while making some jokes about the chimp.
Title: What in God’s Name Happened to Ricky Gervais?
Reason: User Banned (3 Weeks): Hostility towards other members, arguing in bad faith, long history of similar behaviour.
Do have an argument aside from what you think about what other people think who have seen it?
You literally can't talk about argument in comparison to the article. Because YOU haven't seen the content. So kindly fuck off, until you come around to "wanting to see it" and stop raging about shit you haven't experienced.
Title: French family at Safari doesn't understand wild animals
Reason: User warned: do not use the word "retarded" as pejorative
What the absolute fuck. Those animals can reach then in milliseconds and they bring out their kid??!! Bro this is the craziest shit I've ever seen how retarded do you have to be
Title: Merkel Says Europe Can't Count on U.S. Military Umbrella Anymore
Reason: User banned (24 hours): Inflammatory and disingenuous posting.
I think Germany could show some signs towards its partners that it's not using euros and EU rules only for its own interest therefore creating an economical reich.
Reason: User banned (2 weeks): Insulting other users while having a long history of similar hostile behavior.
It's absolutely unfair to compare TV viewer numbers between a show that predates the smartphone/streaming era to a current one.
Go be an asshole somewhere else, we don't care for your petty bullshit.
Title: Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance
Reason: User banned (1 day): dropped an inflammatory "insider" claim, then weaseled out of it, creating a derail.
Edit: Nevermind. There is never room for a civil discussion.
Which is a shame. There's a lot to be learned of Facebook sharing your private info/conversations
Title: As Amazon pursues a second headquarters, it battles hometown Seattle over tax to stem homelessness
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread derailment, previous infractions for similar behavior.
Maybe they should cut their salaries.
I just read the most hilarious article about congress members unable to afford housing when they’re paid $185k a year. Hahahahahahahagagagagahahahahahahayahahahaid sixbwushahahHhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahaha
That's not what the article says. It's not a binary "it's a success" / "it's not". Like I've said, I second DL's article word by word.
No no no, I take responsibility on poorly wording my argument, what I mean is gauging success, which is subjective rather than objective. I don't think we can actually tell how "profitable" Squad actually was, but we definitely can discuss how successful - or not - it was. I'm not saying that Squad was a failure. But it wasn't the success that people seem to argue it was.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Inappropriate comments in a serious thread. History of such behaviour.
If Sony knew all along and kept quiet, are people here keeping their PS4s and siding with Satan or selling them? F God of War, Spider-Man, Last of Us 2, etc now right? Let's go. Nintendo Switch awaits thee...
Title: Persona 3 and 5 Dancing character trailers.
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Negatively generalising an entire country. Accumulated multiple warnings and bans.
These games are just a testament to Japan's inability to dance. It's cringeworthy to watch. I haven't seen a single good female Japanese dancer, they suck.
Title: As a longtime Nintendo fan that wants to play retro games, I feel left in an odd place.
Reason: User warned: encouraging piracy
Seriously, just emulate OP.
I get it. I went 15 years without downloading any emulated games (has some in high school, but deleted them out of guilt.) But these games are 25, 30 years old. They SHOULD be public domain, if it weren't for Disney and its ongoing destruction the media landscape.
Reason: User Banned (A week): Downplay racism + Pattern of similar behavior.
Sure, get your property back. It was more about her calling the cops. The property aspect, sure, that is fine.
So, no IF SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING AGAINST THE LAW scenarios allowed? My posts didn't have anything to do with race whatsoever. If I were to see someone breaking the rules in the park... that's the scenario I'm talking about. I've never done a single thing in my life because of race.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling, thread derailment, previous infraction for similar behavior.
It's funny. Similar situation happened with Quantic Dream, alleged sexual harassment, toxic work environment, inaction by management, etc. Quantic gets completely shit on. People have their pitchforks out calling for a boycott. No need for conclusive evidence even when they have won 2 out of 3 lawsuits filed against them.
When Naughty Dog does it there's a massive defence force. Evidence is required first. Pitchforks are kept at home. And it's OK since the person that allegedly harassed the victim has left the company.
All of my replies were quotes from this thread. Lol.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
I agree there is no need for victim blaming, but then at the same time these sorts of allegations are extremely serious and and can literally ruin peoples lives. I think we should all cool it with the judgements until an investigation is complete (I have a strong feeling there would be an investigation happening, especially as names have been dropped publicly now) and until we know all the details.
Also it's pretty disgusting to see some of the usual crowd jumping on this issue to further push their own anti-Sony narrative. I would hope those sorts of posts would be moderated especially considering the seriousness of the topic, but it doesn't appear to be happening which is honestly sad to see.
Title: Dark Souls Remastered Network Test Playable Now!
Reason: User warned: system wars, rhetoric disrespectful to developers.
There is zero, none 0% reason why any game should perform and look worse on the X over the Pro. At the very least with lazy development you would get the same on both platforms. But having it be worse on the X, a machine with much more power, is an utterly stupid thing that only ever seems to happen with Japanese devs or games.
Theres zero reason this game should be anything less than 4k. Hell even the PS4 Pro should be able to do it in 4k.
Also, that Parallax Occlusion Mapping looks right out of launch 360 titles. Are we sure it wasn't there then too? Because if that's a new addition, I think we found the reason why the X is behind the Pro... *cough* devs *cough*
Title: Were you identified as "Gifted and talented" in school, or went to a magnet program?
Reason: User banned (Duration pending): Personal attacks on another user (via PM). History of such behaviour.
sorry for your son, but that's not at all how I was when I was younger. I was twice voted most popular in highschool, and once most funny. I craved attention, and relished speaking in front of the school whenever I could. Even today, I have absolutely no problem getting up on stage before a huge crowd and playing them up. I remember a teacher once saying I was a natural showman, that I could play a crowd into the palm of my hands. I had tons of friends growing up, still do.
Sure, some fit the stereotype, but it's hardly universal.
Title: I would trade literally any upcoming game to get a new Bethesda Game Studios game this year
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Continual toxic and inflammatory remarks towards the community, long history of similar behaviour.
Love the part where you ignored the other parts of my post and cherry-picked the one you could actually argue against (or attempt to argue against with your completely pointless anecdote)
People (as in the general gaming audience) like BGS games. This is, like, . That fact that no-fun nerds with no lives on internet forums have an axe to grind against Bethesda for incomprehensible reasons inside their echo chambers where they delude themselves into thinking John Dudebro gives a damn if Morrowind has "more roleplaying" than Skyrim (hint: he doesn't give a shit) is utterly irrelevant.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): inappropriate comments about an alleged victim of sexual harassment, history of infractions.
Why is that Royce person tricking David into naming the developer publicly with that pushy bs?
Nothing good will come from this twitter crusade, they all left ND already. Seems like he's just craving the attention again after his story was forgotten and kinda debunked by Kotaku.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User warned: Downplaying sexual harassment allegations.
Ok....so....has anyone been charged with anything? Is there an ongoing criminal investigation? Or is this just someone slandering another's name? Because from the beginning of this to the now nothing has happened. I'm just curious if this is just a bunch of nerds on a forum getting riled up over another person's business when they have no reason to be involved.
Reason: User warned: Dismissive about racial issues and arguing in bad faith
Technically they were doing something illegal, like using a charcoal grill when they weren’t allowed.
But let’s make it about race! Why did the Russians even bother with all those Twitter and Facebook bots? This shit makes itself, ugh
Title: Current Affairs: Critics of the left aren’t oppressed and they don’t believe in “rational debate"
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Arguing in bad faith. Dismissing the realities of sexual harassment.
Properly dealt with? He and his followers were pushed underground, and now it's harder than before to counter / fight his rhetoric outright.
Oh yeah, we sure did win!
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT4| Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!
Reason: User warned: personal insults
Thanks for the personal attack. Democrats controlled the Senate until January of 2015, fyi.
The framework agreement was signed in 2013. Granted, the final paperwork wasn't until July 2015 now that I look it up.
But all of this does nothing to defend Schumer's position or his pathetic deflection of a valid point of criticism.
Some democrats. Not Schumer, who opposed the deal and is the one under scrutiny here.
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT4| Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!
Reason: User warned: personal insults
Democrats weren't in control of the Senate or House when the deal was being made in anyway you dip. They haven't been since 20fucking10
Most of your outrage is based on you not knowing basic history. Lol
Title: SPOILERS: God of War SPOILER Thread (SPOILER THREAD, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!)
Reason: User Warned: Hostility.
hey you could have just not said anything instead of leaving a drive-by shitpost like this, but thanks for insulting my intelligence, dipshit
I don't entirely agree with you on the Baldur stuff, guy clearly needed to be put down. But the way the writing basically forced Kratos to kill him gives him a way too easy out on that one. I'm less pleased overall with how Freya devolves into just constantly yelling "PLEASE STOP FIGHT" at the end and then just disappears for obvious sequel bait.
Title: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 28!
Reason: User warned: Dismissive inflammatory posting, console warring.
I bet if MHW got a ultimate version with the same amount of monsters as Gen Ultimate, people will still find flaws about it.
And I also bet if there is a new MH game on switch with the exact same game design features as World these very same people will praise it and say it did better than world.
Title: Former Naughty Dog Employee Named in Sexual Harassment Claim
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Inappropriate commentary - threads about sexual harassment are not a place to air personal grievances about a video game.
Cogburn was a trash developer anyway. He ruined one of the best multiplayer games on the market. Uncharted 2 was amazing and had a very dedicated community. Then Cogburn ruined Uncharted 3 with all the casual BS thrown into the game. After he got ripped for it, he claimed Uncharted 4 would be much more like what fans of 2 would want. In the end, he basically took a mod of Uncharted 3 MP and fused it with TLoU MP and Destiny (why do grenades recharge in an Uncharted game?) to make Uncharted 4 MP. Those of us that loved UC2 MP kept giving NaughtyDog feedback throughout the years. Time and time again we would complain about the same issues, only to have Cogburn spit in our faces. Some of my favorite gaming memories were playing UC2 MP back in high school. Some of my most aggravating gaming memories were playing UC3 MP. And some of the most boring times I've had gaming have been playing UC4 MP. It really says something about how Cogburn viewed us fans, when our #1 requested feature on forums for Uncharted 4 was to have a classic mode, and instead, months later he gives us Kill Confirmed. At some point he eventually gave us a beta for a classic mode that was only available a certain time, and after that I just stopped caring about UC4 MP. It's such a shame that UC4 has one of the best story modes ever in a game, but the MP was so average. Maybe Cogburn should have listened to us fans and the MP wouldn't have died 1 month after release...
Title: 'Deadpool 2' Outscores Original in Test Screenings (98 out of 100) (MOD EDIT: Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (Two Days) for continuous backseat modding in the thread and harassing individual user.
There are... situations regarding this film that reshoots would help. Nothing with the actual quality of the film, mind you. Remember . Also, more people should read the :
FWIW, I don't think that Weasel will be recast, at least not in this film. What I think it's possible is that this might be an opportunity to not make his role not as big as it once was. And as for "spoilers" that didn't came from official channels for a film that isn't even out yet, I really hope that people start to respect others that would like to go spoiler free. I don't care about people being "right", I care about not getting my experience spoiled because some are careless with how they handle spoilers, being either right or wrong.
As for the reshoots: I haven't seen any trades or credible sources with a good track record reporting on it. This seems like moving goal posts to keep playing the "problematic production" narrative further, and I won't be given the time of the day for stuff like that. Reshoots happen ALL THE TIME for big productions. Discussing that is pointless, what I discuss is the actual final product and/or official information that come from promo material
Title: Shells are currently being fired both ways across the Syrian border
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Continued hostility towards others, history of similar behavior.
Oh I didn't realize the US closed the only lifeline to the outside world, amazed over 100,000 soldiers on the borders, openly kicked out UN forces from positions meant to act as a mediating force, openly talked about the annihilation of the Iranian people, and committed an action that was universally agreed to be the cassus belli for war.
Please proceed.
Reason: User Warned: Unnecessary Hostile Tone towards another User
Who is this Maerek Gagar you speak of?
This will shock you, but some of us have been following the league and CONCACAF competitions long before the ancient times of 2016.
You're born on third base as Atlanta United supporters, and are whining so hard on twitter like spoiled petulant children.
You Joffrey ass, "It's my new DP, I call him Barco"
but wait, "WE LOST A HOME GAME!"
FOH.
Title: Belgian Gaming Commission recommends criminal prosecution over illegal loot boxes
Reason: User Warned: Don't call people paid trolls or shills
Good. Push harder. I hope more countries start pushing too.
I'm somehow still always surprised at the number of posts in these topics that seem to come from the corporate equivalent of a Russian troll farm.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Tone-policing reactions to racism
No, I don't think those are the only places with police issues, but I do think there's an important qualitative difference between them and Yale University. I expect better of Yale.
Similarly, are those three instances literally all of the campus police brutality in existence? Presumably not, but even still it's telling that of the best examples you can find, one's clearly not racially motivated and another is unnecessary roughness but falls well short of fatal injuries.
Yet here you are, accusing me of idiocy, when half the first page of the thread is expressing support for the sentiment that "some of these white folks are actively tryna get us killed." Good job.
Title: Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2018 (Apr 30 - May 06)
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): continues with disingenuous posts that try to pass off assumptions as facts. Unable to back up statements. Petty behaviour that causes low-quality discussions. Large history of infractions for similar behaviour.
Its not a computer issue thats for sure ;)
Why do you think Nintendo continuously supports Splatoon while cuts ARMS off relatively soon?
Considering you made up that "investor alarming advertising" in that one MHW thread, I'm going to need a citation to that.
Capcom already identified before the game even released that launching on PS4/XB1/PC will lead to growth in the West. There's no need for such denial.
The last time I was in Glasgow I was surprised how it appears that everyone is okay with young girls going out while looking like street whores - also annoyingly drunken.
Title: Are Political Defeatists on Era just secret Trump Supporters?
Reason: User Warned: Please don't make threads for the sake of attempting to label other users
You go into a political thread on here, and you'll often find certain posts that don't really make sense. Like "nothing will come of this" or "this will only increase his approval ratings" or "this is wrong, it's only going to be four more years of Trump" or "the Blue Wave is dead now..."
What seems like defeatism is sounding more and more like back-handed Trump support. Like people from other forums are coming in and trying to cause discourse. They know the usual "MAGA DRAIN THE SWAP LIBTARD CUCKS" method won't work here so they're "hiding it". The same way the "alt-right" hides their bigoted Nazi beliefs with double-speak.
These people often show up when an outlier poll showing the Dems going down appears, or all that crap about Trump getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
Am I just being paranoid and worried from the recent news? I don't want to die in nukes...
Title: Mentally preparing myself for Republicans controlling Congress even after mid-terms
Reason: User banned (3 days): ignoring a modpost by continuing to insinuate that another user is a Nazi sympathizer.
Yeah, but also see I specifically said the only moderates getting called Nazi sympathizers are those doing it, which lead to his silly overly defensive response, but whatever little narrative you want to go with
Do you demand a spot in the conversation for Nazis? You still haven't answered that question. If you don't, then you're not a Nazi sympathizer, but if you do, you are.
As far as the rest, I'm not Jesus, and I'm sure not going to shoulder your choice not to vote. You don't vote, that's your choice. You want someone to pin sin on, you can go to church, that shit ain't on me, no matter how much you want to make it about me
Title: Mentally preparing myself for Republicans controlling Congress even after mid-terms
Reason: User warned: trolling and bringing up off-site content
I do wonder how badly some of the other posters at the Old Place took it when Trump won. I still vividly remember the complete confidence so many of them had when some people started to panic that Trump might win. They were calm, almost paternal, in their complete and utter certainty that people were freaking out over nothing.
I wonder if those people have accepted what happened, or whether their minds snapped and they continue on to this day, greeting other people and talking about living another great day in a USA with another Clinton in office. They were so, SO sure that Trump as President was impossible and were almost condescending to people that thought it might be happening.
Title: U.S. violates JCPOA; Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal & reimposes economic sanctions (UPDATE)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Repeated arguing in bad faith and antagonization after being warned.
I'm posting on a message board, I'm not writing a research paper. If you are too lazy to use Google to look up press releases issued by the IAEA directly, then so be it, I'm not doing it for you.
Title: "Woman yelling at group of men in Alberta Denny’s shows racism is part of Canada’s character"
Reason: User banned (3 days): personal attacks, inflammatory accusations and generalizations
But But But people like NoName999, Apathy, GungHo, Mighty Chin, and Trace all claim that Albertans are all racists. All while ignoring all the racism that happens where they live. The bigotry they spew is OK for some reason.
Title: Is it wrong to still expect apology after being catfished (long time ago)?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): victim blaming
People need to own up to the other side of being "catfished" and that is that you put yourself in that position.
Sucked what the person did, but it is just creepy that you are still grinding on it.
If you still need some kind of closure about it, instead of talking to that person talk to a therapist because there is much more going on.
Title: Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 | One step closer to Hamill-time
Reason: Member was banned for 24 hours for ignoring moderator guidance
If it is fair TO SCRUTINY AND CRITICIZE ELECTRONIC ARTS for a microtransaction debacle that was a best didn't really happen yet, then it should be equally fair to scrutiny a game project THAT CLAIMED TO BE the beacon of open game development and the savior of a platform, while hoarding hundreds of millions of dollars from shady marketing and still not delivering anything substantial after years of development and theatrics.
Title: Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 | One step closer to Hamill-time
Reason: Member was warned for posting in bad faith
the real face of star citizen...
you backers better try to get a refund, because this shit has no hope. I could list everything that is wrong regarding this and it would be paragraph long, and this video shows that.
Title: Bloodborne Cut Content Restored :: 5 Deleted Characters and Enemies :: Working In-game
Reason: User warned: repeated ad hominem and needless hostility throughout the thread, causing a derail
Project your silly fanboy outrage elsewhere please.
All I said was that if sony wanted to spend the money to assort a team of Scrappy dudes with something to prove I'd give them the benefit of the doubt it'd be worth playing. No where in there did I suggest they're not good developers.
Title: EA Has Provided A New Combined Install Base Estimate for PS4 & XB1 (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Off-site baggage, attacking another user, system warring.
Upon that Btw bish was clearly sony biased ,and that would be okay if he wasn't using his power in line with his bias
His "verifying sources" was part of the bias tooets forget that place and that mod..I don't understand how ppl can take him seriously
Title: The Switch Online Service is a good value for me (and it should be for nostalgic fans too)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory false equivalency
Oh, the “I got black friends argument.” So because you have Switch games you are allowed to spout nonsense and hyperbole?
People it’s $20!! In no way Nintendo was planning to match XBL and PS+ for $20! You guys are something else, reminds of the Switch announcement thread and now look where we are, and I was one of those people being down on the system haha...
Admit it, when the big games hit, the price will be even a bigger steal! Still wished it was free though but at least it’s <$20 personally for me...
Title: Spyro The Dragon Reignited Trilogy Trailer (PS4/XB1 September 21st 2018)
Reason: User Warned: Use of offensive language.
Idd... the game looks absolutely beautiful, yet these retards complain about fucking color palette, just because it is different from the original lmao.
Title: Spyro The Dragon Reignited Trilogy Trailer (PS4/XB1 September 21st 2018)
Reason: User Warned : Platform wars rhetoric.
This will probably trigger some folks but playing spyro or crash on anything other than a playstation should be a sin. It's like playing Mario on anything but a Nintendo console. I and many others grew up in a time where you had to have a playstation to play these IPs. For the life of me I don't know why Sony didn't buy them up. Crash and Spyro will always be playstation mascots to me.
Title: Spyro The Dragon Reignited Trilogy Trailer (PS4/XB1 September 21st 2018)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): History of port begging
Why not Switch!? The console is insanely popular, so there is no excuse for this to not come to the Switch, but for Xbox and PS4 at the same damn time...
Title: Sony taking 22% cut from charity Overwatch skin (Developing, Read OP)
Reason: User warned: Console Warring
Not surprised in the slightest. Sony has always been full of lies and anti consumer.
Sony taking money away from women with breast cancer just shows there true colors...
Let that sink in....
Sony is taking away support for cancer patients and survivors. Not fucking cool.
Title: Sony taking 22% cut from charity Overwatch skin (Developing, Read OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Derail + Promoting conspiratorial medical advice
To be honest, I personally do not donate to cancer research even though my own father passed away from cancer. Through my research, I have found that a vast, vast majority of charitable donations to cancer research goes towards salaries, and (most importantly) diagnosis methods and equipment, rather than cure or prevention.
This is not a health forum, (obviously), but there is very strong links between Breast Cancer and iodine deficiency. One needs the correct type of iodine (Lugol's Solution is often cited as being the best). There are many reports of women painting the iodine on their breasts and the cancer reducing or going away completely. Obviously, do your own research.
There are many, many, many positive health benefits to iodine.
People raising pitch-forks against Sony: I personally find it distasteful using 'Charitable Donation' to promote goods and products.
With the amount of money these corporations are making, they could help propagate the idea of real health and not this culture of mass-medication.
I sometimes find people make donations to charities to ease their own conscience, to make them feel like they're contributing something or helping the cause in some way. I, myself was like this in the past. But the best way is to educate yourself and then educate people close to you.
Title: Sony taking 22% cut from charity Overwatch skin (Developing, Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
When you're out-greeding Microsoft, to the level of taking a cut from a charity, you have well and truly fucked up.
LMFAO: this post had literally NOTHING to do with "system wars". This was about Microsoft as a whole being a greedy company with their price gouging and shit policies, including Windows, Office, etc. But sure, if the XBOX fanboys (and mods) want to make it about "system wars", whatever. Yes, the ban is worth it, because God I hate blind fan-boyism.
Title: If there's any chance we get a FFVI Remake in the future, I wish it was done like Octopath Traveler
Reason: User warned: hostility, console wars
FF6 has alot of "copy/paste" in it's environments as well. If you start dissecting games like that, you can find copy/paste in anything. Even in FF15, they copy/paste the same structures over and over. You sound like a nitpicking Sony fanboy that's mad ocotopath isn't on PS4. Get a life bro.
Wow, that was needlessly aggressive. But hey, thanks for being a huge dick about it.
So what is the name of the tank? I mean if my not knowing doesn't offend you. Also, I "apologise" for suggesting you are a huge dick. It's not fair of me to assume you have one or are one.
Title: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |OT| Letting The Dust Settle
Reason: USER WARNED FOR: Insulting other users
probably should, I just wanted to see if mayhem really did cheat (lol)
the thread will serve no purpose other than to give this dumbass a place to post his dumbass shit. Best CS player on this site, out.
Reason: User warned: completely uncalled for personal attacks
Take the brexit shit to the brexit thread.
You're well enough to post on gaf all day though. Have you thought about getting a job at buzzfeed? They seem to pay people to post tweets.
Or a Russian propaganda network?
Title: Civilization VI: Rise and Fall |OT| Just One More Era
Reason: User Banned (24 hrs): Personal attacks.
Holy shit you're right! You still can't rename the Leader, Civ, or Civ adjective, but at least you can rename your cities.
Go into City View to edit the name at the top.
Title: Which of the big three has the best first party and why?
Reason: User has been warned for: Console warrior talk. Sony's games are not the same game with a new skin.
i choose Slaytendo, they're the only one of the three to provide a diverse portfolio with their games
Microsoft? lol
Sony? Cant wait to play the same third person action adventure game again and again but with a different skin!!!! *looks at Horizon and Days Gone, GOW and TLOU etc.*
Title: What is about Nintendo that allows them to create the largest library of high scoring/selling games?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): System warring, list wars.
Ugh too much hyperbole there TC.
Switch has 2 games over 95.
1 game between 90-94
11 games 80-89
So if 80+ is a really good game,
PS4 also has 2 games over 95, both of which are not on Switch and one is a full exclusive
PS4 has 13 games between 90-94
PS4 has 136 games between 80-89
So if 80+ is a really good game,
If we want to look at sales, Switch games have topped out at around 9 million for a big game like Mario Odyssey. PS4 has 6 games over that with GTAV at around 17 million just on PS4. Uncharted 4 has over 10 million.
So no matter how you slice it, you're just wrong TC about Nintendo being #1 in any metric. All that said, to answer your question, I think a few of their devs use unique development techniques to bring quality to their titles. Nintendo games are always impeccably polished too. They are definitely world class, and can win GotY awards or even GotG awards. But I hesitate calling them "the best". thats unfair to other human beings on earth working hard to make great games. You can call Nintendo your favorite dev all day long. They're my favorite dev. But other devs are very talented too and can make awesome games that sell really well.
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining / Thread derailing.
why have people thought this time it will be better? For real, this game is done, the damage is done since release, it is a shadow of its former self...can´t understand the many times people still flock on this game, just drop it already, there is enough stuff to play for everyone...the game is completely obsolete at this point
Title: How good of a year is Xbox actually having in 2018?
Reason: User Warned: Driveby post that doesn't contribute to the thread
That engagement though.
Edit1: I think they made the same mistake as the WiiU. Adding a letter to a consoles name makes people believe its a minor upgrade.
Edit2: I agree with my drive by warning. However, i didnt have much to say on the matter and thought my joke was funny so thats why i posted it. Didnt mean to stir a silly console war.
Title: Roman Polanski calls #MeToo movement 'mass hysteria'
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Downplaying the importance and legitimacy of an equality movement.
No Lies Detected.
I think the movement has done some good in that men now think twice before doing something stupid but there is a lot of hypocrisy and paranoia involved here.
Title: People saying 'we' when referring to the sports team they support...
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Trolling throughout the thread, antagonizing other users.
LMAO why are you so riled up by this? Guess I struck a nerve with those still vicariously living out their early 20s through college sports hahaha
EDIT
Oh I get it now haha. Bro if you still incorporate your college teams into your personality so much that when someone voices their opinion that college sports sux you feel personally insulted and start lashing out u should probably reevaluate some of ur priorities
Title: U.S. violates JCPOA; Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal & reimposes economic sanctions (UPDATE)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Wishing death on someone, inappropriate commentary, history of infractions for similar behavior.
Hope this fucker dies of a heart attack or someone has the balls to just straight up poison this clown on his way to the NK summit. As a Canadian that doesn't rven live in the US I fucking hate this moron piece of shit.
Title: U.S. violates JCPOA; Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal & reimposes economic sanctions (UPDATE)
Reason: User warned: Advocating violence
People are gonna come down on you for this opinion, but you aren't wrong... The people in power do not care in the slightest until it affects then personally.
Props to you for having the balls to speak your mind.
Title: U.S. violates JCPOA; Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal & reimposes economic sanctions (UPDATE)
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Advocating targeted violence.
The only thing that would work on republicans is mass targeted violence against them and their families. I'm convinced that fear for their physical well being is the only thing that would get through to them.
That's how far their higher order thinking has deteriorated. That's how little they care.
Protest? They dismiss it all as fake. They are evil.
I call my GOP rep every week. Not once have I gotten a sincere response that addressedthe points I raised, no matter how firmly I present and limit the topic of discussion.
And they've been this way for as long as I can remember, in my 30 years on this earth. They don't care. They never have
Title: U.S. violates JCPOA; Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal & reimposes economic sanctions (UPDATE)
Reason: User warned: conspiracy theories
Because it's naive to think a bloodthirsty regime like the Iranian one will keep his side of the deal.
It lets them enjoy the removal of the sanctions while secretly building their nuclear force.
Bringing back the sanctions will at least slow them down until there is a better solution.
Title: The Guardian: "How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability"
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Attempting to dictate the terms of discussion surrounding race.
So first off, this isn't a thread about racism? Then what is it?
Why is it 'inane'? Because you describe it as such? Are you trying to suggest that people don't engage in the behavior I describe? Are you basically diasavowing human behavioral science?
It absolutely benefits people to do so. You, as someone who has suffered under the pressures of institutional racism, feel that is the most severe of all forms of oppression. Is that more severe than a pacifist suffering under a culture of war? You are suggesting so, but is murdering other humans for profit and power an ethically better behavior than disliking them based on skin color?
Both stem from human natural instincts and need checked by civilized behavioral controls. These controls are instituted at a society wide level both via culture and education.
You completely misunderstood my point because you are caught in your own battle. And it's a noble one, no doubt. Don't assume people disbelieve in institutional racism just because they are giving you ideas as to a better strategy with which to accomplish your goals. That's short sighted and shows you didn't really read, absorb, and comprehend what I wrote...that you dismissed it out of hand and assumed it was coming from the same place you assume everyone that criticizes you comes from.
So what do you do on a daily basis to interact with the institutionally disadvantaged? Do you work with the poor? The mentally ill? The disabled? How are you involved with other segments of society that are equally disadvantaged regardless of skin composition? Equally invisible, neglected, loathed...called losers out of hand by people of all backgrounds. Or is your only issue, one issue that is personal and specific?
You just attempt to adopt a distasteful, dismissive point of view that doesn't allow any new information into your world. It's unhealthy for building any allies or comprehensive society wide power structures which could in fact be used to turn the weight of set institutions away from the people you claim to care about.
You are a provocateur, when you should be trying to be a leader.
Title: The Guardian: "How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability"
Reason: User banned (3 days): hostility and belittling other users
Oh my fucking god, are you serious? Can you get a fucking history book, mate?
The fact that you can fucking vote at all is a result of "white supremacy loosing (because of the various election cycles)". You can not be this ignorant.
Because rapid, sudden change equals rapid, sudden backlash.
The worst and consequently best things happen when a seed planted and left to grow over time, not to sprout immediately. The Civil Rights Movement is a long series of protests, speeches, events, courts, etc., no one just fucking said "hey, let's just let black people sit in the front!"
Absolutely fucking maddening, this fucking progress denialism bullshit. "Oh well actually we're all still just slaves and nothing changed for the better ever! We're all doomed! We'll all be oppressed forever! And the only way we can stop it is ! YEAH! PROGRESSIVENESS! WOKENESS!!!"
Title: The Guardian: "How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability"
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
see my previous post, being racist is not a binary state. It doesn't mean that white people are inherently evil, but ascribe to beliefs and actions that benefit white supremacy in some shape, way or form.
Title: Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
Reason: User Warned: Console War rhetoric
I also wonder every time there is this kind of reaction to a Nintendo announcement how many people who are posting so negatively are being paid to do so? Maybe that's just me, but that seems to be the world we currently live in. This is the social media of gaming right here, and if you want to be an "influencer", this is the thread to do it in.
Title: Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
Reason: User Warned: Advocating Piracy
If someone already paid like 3 times for the same fucking game I'd say that ppl are ethically entitled to download it or rip it instead of paying for this crap.
Is amazing that MS is handling his legacy 100x better than Nintendo.
Title: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection announced (PS4/XBO/PC/Switch, 12 Games, 40$, May 2018)
Reason: User was banned 24 hours for: needlessly hostile insults towards other users and stacked previous warnings
You don’t know what you are taking about as usual. Like just stop, because you have no proof they delayed this. This incessant Nintendo fanboyism is making you delirious.
Reason: Member has been banned (1 week): playing internet detective is against our ToS. Contact the staff about your concerns instead of publicly shaming someone.
Yikes! A fucking shit posting troll.
And that's just a taste
Reason: Member has been warned: trolling. Knock it off with the console warrior behaviour as well.
That looks terrible. Yikes! To go from the graphics in Uncharted, GOW, etc. to this is not a good look. Looks really bad graphically. Running at a really low frame rate it appears. Interaction with environment is terrible. Oof, this game needs a ton more time in the oven.
Stop what? I'm expressing my dislike for a theme that is actively embracing a horrible element of the institution such as genocide, not religion or adherents of Catholicism, unless you are unaware, there's a pretty big difference between that and the institution, today and in history... Should I stop what, get down and grovel at the feet of the Catholic conservatives that defend the institution? Should I stop before I offend these poor people? Maybe it's easy for some to ignore things like the harmful missionary worked propped up by the institution that is ongoing in the world among other issues. There's a big problem with the institution and I think having a theme that embraces the institution's elements is wrong.
I'm not talking about adherents, I'm talking about the institution itself, which is what this theme is embracing such as its symbolism, the institution has a history and continued perpetration of awful shit. The institution is equatable to the Nazis in many ways, of course the most well known is its campaigns of genocide, which this theme itself was celebrating too.
Reason: User Warned: Arguing in bad faith - Don't ask someone to back something up just to throw it back in their face.
Too bad you’re trying to base your argument with information that is still super old . How about you stop hmmm ? There was a new amendment in 2015 which means you know less than a 4chan and Reddit poster put together.
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive towards issues concerning fair representation in media.
how are they gonna do aladdin in this current climate without some group from the internet getting 'offended' about everything about it? I can smell the whitewashing/sexists/chauvinistic complains before they even exist.
Title: Millennials Buying More Homes Than Any Other Generation
Reason: User warned: Trolling, insulting generalizations against large group of people.
Millenials basically used the job market and student loans as an excuse to freeload off their parents just so they could accumulate wealth by not paying rent. Now they are buying very nice houses, whereas as people who worked hard and lived on their own post graduation (aka behaved like adults) are left struggling, unable to find appropriate housing for themselves and family. Millenials love playing the victim while reaping nothing but benefits from the goodwill of others—mainly their parents. They are parasites.
Title: The Guardian: "How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability"
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Trolling, history of similar behaviour, account still in the junior phase.
I'm curious by the language in here. Not once have in read the word "black person" yet I'm hearing "white women" all the time. I'm sorry, but are we not equals? So if anyone is using person of color, then use caucasian please.
Title: Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
Reason: User warned for inflammatory rhetoric
$20 a year for any real grown ass person is "free". If you are seriously stressing over that shit your life is fucked up and the last thing you need to be doing is playing video games anyway.
Title: Nintendo Switch Online: New Info (Cloud Saves, 20 NES games, Family Plan)
Reason: User Warned : Admitted provocative trolling.
Damn you all are ravenous lol. No fun allowed .jpeg? Seriously though, who would actually think that about Furukawa though? It was a hyperbolic troll post that clearly worked, I think you guys are a bit embarrassed that you took the bait so easily :{o
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack on another user
No. It’s was perhaps true years ago. It’s no longer true. But you never concede anything so I’ll just move on and not waste typing on someone like you. You poison threads.
Title: Virtual Console Is Not Coming To Switch, Nintendo Says(Older titles will not be under the VC name)
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): console warrior rhetoric. Has an infraction for similar behaviour.
How embarrassing for Nintendo.
1.5 years to get online on their system and no plans for retro games on a large scale.
I hope Sony and Microsoft announce their next console with phrases like:
"You won't be able to send your friend messages on the system"
"Our online system won't release for roughly 1.5 years after launch"
"We won't be providing any means of playing our old retro games for years"
And other hilarious things that no other company but Nintendo could get away with for some magical reason.
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): trolling attempt.
That's not acceptable when they could gain much more sales if they'd just willing to Switch a little of their business strategy. Imagine how much more shareholder and media create expert would be pleased if they did that.
Title: Nintendo Has Become The ONLY Major Console Manufacturer To Provide No Free Method Of Back-Up Saves
Reason: User warned: Thread-whining, trolling.
Actually, it does not say in the OP that I can only specifically discuss local backups. No where at all. I have read it six time now and it says that nowhere.
What I do see, however, is a lack of clarity and contradictory statements in the OP. In the age of Trump though, only personal feelings matter so I am leaving this discussion now.
Title: Nintendo Has Become The ONLY Major Console Manufacturer To Provide No Free Method Of Back-Up Saves
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Arguing in bad faith, thread-whining.
Op and people like em knew this was not an option since January 2017, and given Nintendo stubbornest and stand on hacking, is not gonna change, they also knew CS was 90% like to be behind the NSO payment.
so now they decided to complain about 2 things that were all but facts already. and for what reason? trying to shame nintendo into offering either option for free?
Title: Nintendo Has Become The ONLY Major Console Manufacturer To Provide No Free Method Of Back-Up Saves
Reason: User Warned: Backseat modding, personal attack on another user
Terrible thread, this isn't something new and we all knew this was coming.
This is really people searching for a reason to slander Nintendo.
Also the TS is arguing in bad faith he's actually asking people to take their pitchforks out by asking for hashtags really mature.
Title: Nintendo Has Become The ONLY Major Console Manufacturer To Provide No Free Method Of Back-Up Saves
Reason: User Warned: console warring rhetoric
This thread ... so you want cloud saves for free? Something only MS does because they are so desperate for sales? You don't know Nintendo or its legion of fans very well. I'm happy they actually included more than just "online" multiplayer in the online service. $20 is a pittance, so what is the problem exactly? Honestly, curious
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inappropriate comment.
Just know that if Elon sent a text message to your wife she’d be packing her bags within 5 seconds.
He’s a little goofy looking for a broke dude, for a billionaire he’s essentially a supermodel (and very young too).
Title: People saying 'we' when referring to the sports team they support...
Reason: User Warned: Derailment - Stop arguing about the language of attribution
I do not feel superior to sports fans (neither to those who use this phrasing), I just have an issue with this, because I think it is unfair to attribute other people's successes to oneself. If it is purely emotionally, then this is fine, because you cannot control it, but if it is linguistically, then it is a deliberate dicision to do so. Also, I have a strong inclination towards correctness and clarity in language, so I have issues with all kinds of deliberate imprecisions.
Title: NY AG Schneiderman, Weinstein investigator, accused of assault by 4 women (READ OP) [UP: Resigned]
Reason: User banned (3 days): trolling and derailing, history of similar behaviour
Every person who goes out of their way to constantly attack Trump continues to be exposed of the very things they attack Trump for. The ultimate bug zapper.
Title: NY AG Schneiderman, Weinstein investigator, accused of assault by 4 women (READ OP) [UP: Resigned]
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Dismissing and trivialising sexual assault, long history of infractions.
Also, smh at people calling him "a piece of shit." Yesterday you all thought he was a great person. People have issues, and I'm glad he's resigned over this, but there's no reason to dehumanize a person over what are relatively common flaws. Part of this vitriol is why our prisons are so needlessly full and why we are not seeing much focus on actual rehabilitation in our prisons. Good people would feel compassion for both the victims and the perpetrator.
Title: LTTP: Blue Reflection | School Girl Shower Simulation
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): Defending sexualization of underage characters, dismissing criticism of underage sexualization.
If this were instead targeted at people who are attracted to men, and showed similarly titillating views of partially dressed male characters (even *gasp* completely bare torsos), would you be equally outraged about it?
Title: NY AG Schneiderman, who investigated Weinstein, accused of physical assault by 4 women
Reason: User banned (duration pending): conspiracy theories
So is it safe to assume this is part of the info that Black Cube had obtained to protect Trump that was then found out when Ronan looked into Black Cube?
Not calling the story false. I 100% believe it. But the reason it was found out was probably not for good journalistic reasons but because Trump and his allies have been desperately hiring that Mossad connected firm to find dirt on people connected to the Mueller probe.
Schniederman needs to resign ASAP and Preet Bahara needs to run for NY AG to make sure that the Party of Trump doesn’t take control of the NY AG seat.
Title: NY AG Schneiderman, who investigated Weinstein, accused of physical assault by 4 women
Reason: User warned: encouraging skepticism surrounding assault allegations
Isn't this guy super integral to Mueller filing unpardonable charges?
These women deserve to have their stories heard, but be very, very cautious in how you engage with this story because the Russians will be pushing it hard. Be objective without losing empathy.
Title: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was served dessert in a shoe during his visit in Israel
Reason: User warned: Personal attack.
Perception matters in diplomacy. And yes, making probable statements is reasonable because we'll never know for sure.
Your entire contribution to this thread is essentially "I have nothing to say"
Title: LTTP: Blue Reflection | School Girl Shower Simulation
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): Defending sexualisation of underage characters, dismissing criticism of underage sexualisation.
Obscure is right! I knew nothin of its existence until browsing the shelves at EB Games. I had just finished Persona 5, so I was looking for the next JRPG fix. It looked fun, so I traded some games in to preorder.
The game has a bit of a low-budget feel, but it was exactly as I had hoped. A fun Persona-light RPG with nice graphics and music. I greatly enjoyed my time with it. It led me to try Nights of Azure, another Gust game, which I also adored.
For me, it’s becuase I am an adult. I don’t really know how else to put it. I openly played it with my daughter and girlfriend in the room. There is nothing to be ashamed of here.
“Obvious low budget repetitive crap” when you haven’t even played it. I was sincerely hoping this community would be better than the last. These comments are what’s embarrassing here, not this game.
PS: this isn’t a game where you “creep on school girls”, this is one reason why opinions such as in this OP are toxic to the gaming community as a whole. The fact that you believe someone would be disgusted by playing a RPG that occasionally shows wet shirts, legs, swimsuits, or underwear and should be hiding from society is evidence of this.
Title: Notch donated to Count Dancula (Nazi Pug guy)
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive towards bigotry
His money to do as he wished with.
I think the case was overblown anyway, and all the people in this thread taking it so serious really do need to just take a joke.
You dont have to like it, i dont like it, my grandparents had to flee Poland due to the Nazis, real nazis not just people who dont agree with your views, yet i can see this and laugh.
If i go to hell then so be it, but this was just another overreaction.
Title: Italian Elections 2018 |OT| From the creators of Fascism | Polling Ended
Reason: User Warned: Don’t peddle conspiracy theories.
Insider trading? He is behind the Italian crysis in 1992? This is all documented.
Anyway of course i can't prove it 100% that he is behind Emma Bonino. It's just an opinion based on some facts.
Well she is a member of the open Society Foundations ( created by Soros ) and she even didn't have enough signs to start a new party. Now she is everywhere in Italy : train stations ,airports , Sky , La7 , Rai even 2 times a day. Who is paying here? Why is she so overexposed? Maybe i'm wrong , who knows.
But anyway if you want more Austerity which is the key point of the program ( more poverty , worse public services , more unemployement etc ) she is the right person.
Title: Italian Elections 2018 |OT| From the creators of Fascism | Polling Ended
Reason: User has been banned (3 days): multiple posts showcasing hostile behaviour; highly aggressive and condescending tone towards users who do not share his opinion.
He doesn't seem too enthusiastic about the idea.
Also, he is a puppet, like Renzi.
Title: Horizon Zero Dawn : The Frozen Wilds |OT|Red Head Redemption 2
Reason: User was banned (24hr) - 1. Read the OP first. 2. Don't drive by post / provoke people on purpose.
I will never understand this mindset.
Anyway, what’s new in this DLC again? Completed the game last week but the story and characters were absolute shit.
Title: Jeffrey Tambor Admits To Being "Mean" On The Set Of "Transparent," But Denies Sexual Harassment
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory drive-by posting.
Can we all just forget about this? Yeah he may have sexually harassed people but arrested development season 5 is coming out soon and we all want to be able to enjoy that. That is the important thing
Title: University of Florida accused of racism after celebrating black graduates are physically removed
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Doxxing.
The man physically grabbing and pushing the excited graduates seems to be an employee or lecturer/faculty member of UoF but every part of the video and his behavior I find troubling.
Regardless of his given direction or the degree of supervisory authority he was lent by the college the sheer physicality here seems wrong, excessive, and completely inappropriate. The popular hot take by people posting up defenses for this man is online (ya know the type... slightly racist bottom dwellers who love harsh law and order more than anything in the world when it involves POC) is that these ceremonies are incredibly long affairs and he was just doing his job. The speculation abounds but there are concrete accumulating details that would lead one to believe that YES this was a racist moment.
Simply observed in the videos the students were committing no crimes, they were reasonably excited for the day and their accomplishment, and none of them really seem to be dragging the proceedings down at all. This whole thing seems messed up and extremely unfortunate but people rushing to victimize/defend the official online and admonish the graduates makes it even grosser.
All I have to say if I was in the audience and saw my kid being touched or manhandled like this I'd have very, very stern words for both the school and the faculty member. SMH
Title: Any other PS4 Pro users getting best version of 3rd party games on Xbox One X from now on?
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
No, I'm getting the best version of 3rd party games on my PC. I also get to play the fabled Xbox One exclusives on my PC as well. Wow, the Xbox One X is pretty damn pointless, ain't it?
Title: Switch needed cloud saves at the beginning of it's life. End of story.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): System Warring + Accumulated infractions for antagonistic behavior
That’s no excuse, they didn’t have it at launch and it’s nope been more than a year. If they are in the gaming industry (which they have been for decades now) then it’s thier responsibility to be up to date with the latest technology and software. They are just too lazy and conservative with their resources.
Heres a video with Kratos wife! NSFW Atreus being created by the mini-game must be canon. No condoms in greek times. The question is which woman did kratos not pull out off ? Failed mini game consequence ?
I've been gaming since the 80s. Read every single magazine, and I've been in a lot of forums over the years. Never heard anyone complaining about being offended about Punch Out. I've heard people talking about the stereotypes, yes. And asking themselves if they are offensive, yes.
I remember when Nintendo showed the Mario Odyssey boxart that had Mario with a sombrero, a bunch of people were like "OMG ISN'T THAT RACIST"? Turns out it was only certain people looking to get offended on behalf of others because lots of Mexicans on social made actually loved seeing Mario with a sombrero. Nintendo ended up removing sombrero Mario from the boxart due to that. And by the way, I'm Latino.
This thing about getting easily offended and outraged over small things is actually something that happens predominantly in the USA. The rest of the world doesn't throw a fit because it shows a French guy liking croissants, or a Mexican with a wrestler mask. If a new Punch Out is offensive to the current US gaming climate, then the game can skip US release and it can release in the rest of the world just fine and no one will mind the silly stereotypes.
Not an attack, just stating an observation my dude. Anything that isn't a Sony product you criticise from what I've seen from your posting on this forum.
That guy has a similar opinion on gaming as yourself, not really a surprise.
Title: Is Xbox the leader in console Backwards Compatibility and promising it in the future?
Reason: User Banned (1 week): History of thread whining, console wars and antagonising/baiting in Xbox threads
Why is it that a topic about xbox backwards compatibility always seem to pop up when other topics about console exclusives are going on at the same time
Reason: User Warned: Creating a thread to incite console wars
- Seven-fold increase in revenue year on year.
- #1 games console of the current era, with strong brand reputation for AAA single-player games and hardcore console gaming.
- Market leader is mid-tier premium television sets and AV equipment, with rave reviews.
- Defied all odds and have managed to make Xperia a successful phone brand with loyal following.
- Thriving camera department that continues to exist. That's something.
- Success at the movie box office with Jumanji revival, Spider-Man Homecoming, and critically with co-productions like Blade Runner 2049.
- Television studio is still producing hits like The Crown and Better Call Saul, and dominating in Asian markets.
- 12% growth for Sony Music, despite most record labels crashing around them.
So is it safe to say Sony is #winning?
I mean, it wasn't that long ago people were planning for its funeral...
Title: God Of War And The Importance Of Console Exclusives (The Jimquisition) - SPOILERS in video
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Thread derail, fanboyism rhetoric, history of accumulated infractions.
Gaming in 2018 is just software written in mostly C and C++ or even higher level languages that could basically run on any modern device. The fact that Doom 2016 exists on the Switch proves that. You could make God of War on the Switch hardware with some concessions without losing what the game is. Hardware is not a big deal anymore. It's basically a little faster or slower.
Sure, tell me that Nintendo games are somehow more special because you're touching a specific plastic controller when playing them or that they only look right when you look at whichever panel Nintendo chose for it (even though Nintendo has no problem picking whichever type of panel they can get cheapest at the time), and tell me that I can't truly appreciate an album unless I listen to it on vinyl.
Playing games on Nintendo's hardware sounds "warmer," right?
Reason: User Banned (Pending Review): Persistent bad faith argument. Ignoring moderation guideline.
I'll 'move on' directly to talking to the administrators about how you object to accessibility. Failing a resolution on that front, I will abandon this dump, the offshoot of one of the worst sites on the internet.
There is a difference the size of the universe between not liking a work on grounds of aesthetics and being purposefully excluded for no valid reason - there is no reason that the gameplay systems have to apply challenge unevenly. It is possible for all parties to get what they are looking for with relatively minor changes to the title, a toggle in a menu and a handful of different 'rules'.
And no, it's not that they are unfortunately excluded. You are advocating in favor of that, because you see it as impossible for things to be better. But people know better, and they expect better.
Title: SEGA Genesis Collection announced for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC
Reason: User Warned: Port begging.
Why would this not come to Switch? That's the only console I'd ever buy this on. Seems like a perfect fit for playing these old classics. Kind of surprised.
Title: SEGA Genesis Collection announced for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC
Reason: User Warned: Port Begging.
I am baffled why this wouldn't be released on Switch also...I'm sorry if this sounds like port begging, but come on. This isn't the Wii U era...Switch is more successful then Xbox One, and that platform even has some of these games already what with some of them being BC from 360 versions. The only reason I can think of is if they're involved with some possible upcoming virtual console plans.
Title: R. Kelly forces women to pee in cups while in the studio with him
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Relitigating off-site baggage. History of trolling.
i remember last time someone in the community, kept shaming our president for allegedly getting peed on. the shamer turned out to have children as "one of his many fetishes".
kink shaming is not cool. neither is forcing someone to take part in your fetish.
Reason: User Warned: Please do not be hostile towards other users and discuss your opinions with care.
. . . and? No one with ambitions beyond merely shoveling a commodity, whether it's romance or whatever, would tout the of the market as any sort of vindication. If anything, it highlights the difference between the pressure to commodify and the pursuit of an art. It's a choice most writers have to confront at some point, and it's no secret where the hell the money's at. I'm sure there are terrific romance stories out there, but they're the one that blew up sales records. It's not strictly a romance thing; the highest-grossing "sci-fi" movie is . The fans have spoken, and they want schlock. You want romance to be taken seriously, but you're touting its commodification? You do realize I'm not an investor, right?
FWIW fantasy's my thing and it's taken even seriously than romance; it's just as escapist but without the financial success so what the bloody hell are doing with our sweat and time. Thing is, I'm not in denial about the quality of the average fantasy work. It'd be easy for me to say its relative obscurity has spared it from the curse of commodification, but even established fantasy authors lament that most writers of the last two generations are either still chasing the ghost of Tolkien or just trying to get their old D&D campaigns in published form. So it's mostly crap, without even a convenient excuse. FFS two of the most celebrated epics of the last twenty years both infamously . But I'm not bothered by any of this. I don't take personally the collective disdain directed at fantasy. I see it as a challenge.
Now, the question is, does that make you feel better? Does it make me appear more impartial, if I show a willingness to confront the issues of my own genre with just as harsh a light? Because if so, that's a serious problem.
You should post it in an Israel thread.
Also, why do you use this thread to post your Israeli propaganda? Is this really the place to show your feelings about an apartheid state? Didn't you make a Jewish thread?
Title: No Man's Sky gets a new update in Summer called "Next"; coming to XB1, too
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
well since it's coming to XB1X i guess it's worth playing now! i don't know why i even bought it on PC...the experience will be much better on XB1X which is such a beast of a machine!!!
Title: No Man's Sky gets a new update in Summer called "Next"; coming to XB1, too
Reason: User warned: Stop trying to derail a thread you admit to have no interest in.
I don't particularly care about this game. However I do care about honesty in marketing (It's about ethics in gaming marketing :p). Sony lied to sell this game and their consoles, and that I don't like.
Title: Switch needed cloud saves at the beginning of it's life. End of story.
Reason: User Warned: System wars rhetoric.
It will come when their online service launches. No need for all the hyperbole in this thread either. Nintendo actually buils durable consoles, unlike some of their competitors. But I guess that isn't very modern of them.
Title: No Man's Sky gets a new update in Summer called "Next"; coming to XB1, too
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack against a game developer.
Atleast XB1 gamers arent buying an outright lie and scam
As someone who paid 60$ for it at launch, it’s definitely a better game now but still not good
Fuck that liar though, still pissed he never came out and admitted the “features” were not gonna make it in at launch. It was all “wow never expected two players to meet up that soon”. A simple post mortem interview or statement about here’s what happened. Nothing. And yeah some of the extreme people would never take anything as good enough, but for those of us who just wanted a little honesty and transparency after parting with 60 of our hard earned dollars, would have gone a long way
But apparently releasing content that was originally promised is now an admirable thing and better than other devs would have done so all is well
Honestly the biggest scam wasn’t even the multiplayer. It was his whole “were not like other space games, our universe is vast and limitless and if you see it you can fly to it”
No Sean, each system is it’s own puny little sandbox with a few planets. Surrounded by a fake ass skybox. You can never fly far enough to hit the sun or a star. And warping to other systems via light speed isn’t just a faster way... it’s the only way. And it’s trying to mask the fact your just loading in the next small sandbox, you can’t fly there naturally and it’s not all one vast connected universe
Once that illusion is broken, trust me the game loses any and all immersion, makes you not care. It’s pointless
Title: No Man's Sky gets a new update in Summer called "Next"; coming to XB1, too
Reason: User was warned for: Thread whining
What's the point in making a new thread for this patch on the forum?
This is just going to start the big shitwar again between people that feel cheated and people that don't.
And honestly, this game has had it's chance in the light, there are other games far more deserving of the attention.
Title: Hawaii Lootbox Legislation Update - 3 Bills, 0 Passed
Reason: User Warned: Hostility + Arguing in Bad Faith
or succinctly, and, oh, look what specific hobby relevant to this board is cited as a well known example.
But people are not buying lootbox games for the purpose of lootboxes.
They are buying games for the purpose of them being games; lootboxes are - oh, would you look at that? - a method of retaining engagement.
Why do games - such as critical darling Resident Evil 4 - have adaptive difficulties if the purpose of a game is to force learning?
To take your claim at face value, Flappy Bird is a more ethical game than Resident Evil 4 which is solely a cash grab due to adaptive difficulty.
Oh, PS4s and games are free now?
All that money they spend on marketing to ensure they maximise day one revenue seems a waste then.
Title: Why do some fans have such a hard time accepting that some just didn't like TLJ that much?
Reason: User Warned : Pattern of low quality, inflammatory threads and commentary on the subject of Star Wars.
Could it be that to some people, Star Wars has basically become a religion, sacrosanct, any critical thinking forbidden?
Do these fans think it is their duty to defend Star Wars against heretics, and make them repent?
I got this idea when I saw this part of the Red Letter review:
It's a bit disconcerting.
Star Wars is a corporate product.
Reason: This user was warned: Please refrain from engaging in console warrior rhetoric when discussing phones.
No they weren't
But keep trying to justify your $1000 phones LMAO. I'm getting rich from you guys because my stock in the $1000 phone companies keeps going up
Wait until you all figure out how many hidden features are on these forums. Maybe I've been blind because I didn't really go on any other forums.
I think there are some other goodies, but I like this a lot better. After the dark theme comes, we'll just need a few more enhancements.
Reason: User was banned (1 week) :Support for Stalinist Dekulakization
All credible accounts by historians that actually looked into the matter showed they were greedy, produced way more than they could consume, and abused the trust of the state. They had to go.
Give me something from, for instance, the New York Times. All my sources in this thread were from there.
Reason: Stop arguing in bad faith in a community thread.
quit impeding job creation and economic growth with over-burdensome regulations and taxes. Those are the things that kill entrepreneurship and corporate expansion, the two most critical ingredients of job creation; i.e., employment.
Title: Marvel Cinematic Universe | I hope they remember you
Reason: Member was warned for derailing the thread
How many is a lot, because there are like 736548674946 movies and TV shows about the holocaust and like a dozen of them are about Magneto. C'mon. The change would be a drop in the bucket. Handwringing about hypothetical outrage is ridiculous.
Thanks for letting me have the last word.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC Full Release |OT| El pollo es mio
Reason: This user was warned: Port-begging and arguing in bad faith.
You seem really offended by my post, the game will drop on PS4 and it can drop faster then expected and the motivation can be the huge install base on PS4 for Bluehole
Reason: User warned: acting with unnecessary hostility towards other users.
I was gonna respond to this post. I wanted to. Then I read the bolded.
The poster conflates "social impact" with being popular in different circles. Sigh...
Then, the poster calls this film, a film with an "average predictable story".
SLAYVEN, what the fuck am I even supposed to do with this? What kind of reasonable conversation can be had when THIS is the starting point for this guy?
Title: Nintendo Switch |OT| Now you're playing with power; HYBRID POWER!
Reason: User was warned for: Unprovoked console war nonsense.
Btw guys, let me tell you how the Nintendo Switch™ ruins every single video game and console in existence and how I can never play anything that is not on the Nintendo Switch™ ever again.
Title: Notch donated to Count Dancula (Nazi Pug guy)
Reason: User banned (1week): hostility and downplaying antisemitism
You suggesting that I'm a Nazi Sympathizer or enabler, calling me a "centrist", etc, aren't insults? Man, I need another cup of coffee
WORDS
WORDS
WOOOOORDS.
Who cares? I was very passionate about World War 2 in High School. That includes watching Hitler speeches, and thoroughly enjoying that part where he killed himself.
MUH ACTIONS.
I feel like you either dont understand the difference between words and actions, or are deliberately conflating the two for god-knows-why. You think you're saying a lot here, and you really aren't. You are directly bastardizing REAL efforts to combat a REAL issue, by muddying the waters on what we all agree is a pure evil that still exists in our words. It's directly harmful to YOU, to US, and to those who just want to punch a goddamn Nazi in peace.
Title: (IGN)How Campo Santo's move to Valve does, and doesn’t, affect In The Valley of Gods
Reason: User Warned: Derailing the thread
Is it just hard for you to see that Valve has completely focused their product efforts on hardware lately? I mean....yeah they arent making games, but they released products in the form of the steam link, the steam controller, the vibe and the steam machines. And they are actually releasing a game this year for crying out loud.
Title: (IGN)How Campo Santo's move to Valve does, and doesn’t, affect In The Valley of Gods
Reason: User Warned: Derailing the thread
What a stupid fuckin' comparison. EA is how much bigger than Valve? You can do math right?
And again, "all these things don't count because reasons."
Valve has less employees than most AAA devs and you wanna compare them to EA? The height of disingenuous bullshit. Now I know you trollin'.
As a PC gamer, Valve's contributions to the platform are undeniable and exceptionally important. And yeah, the hardware stuff counts, not that you'll ever agree because you're just here to shit on Valve and can't be arsed to research anything.
Title: (IGN)How Campo Santo's move to Valve does, and doesn’t, affect In The Valley of Gods
Reason: User Warned: Derailing the thread
Lazy devs? Nah, that's really not the angle I'm going for. If I could collect a healthy paycheck playing wheely-chair jousting in the hallways of my uniquely managed office then I'd totally do that too.
Anyway, see, what you did there was fill out your list with a bunch of shit that amounts to basic maintenance to make it look longer.
I mean, "game engine updates"? "Controller support"? "Redesigning and improving the store"? "GaaS"? Hahaha, are you for real with this shit?
It's like saying that people should be impressed with, say, EA if their list of recent accomplishments was "updated the Origin store, Frostbite still works and you can still buy microtransactions".
Like I said before, maybe Valve's VR efforts will bear fruit at some point. I personally doubt it, but I'm no prophet. Either way, until it does it doesn't mean squat.
Title: What's up with Nintendo and pricing this last year?
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): hostility towards other members. Tells a member they are a "special snowflake" after going at someone for calling a videogame that involves a father and a son "Dad Of Boy".
I've never played the game but thanks anyway, and if you think my reply was vitriolic I don't know what to say. You must be a very special snowflake.
Reason: 24H Timeout: Continuing Insulting Users, after viewing a mod post about it
Again, no offense, but are we back on NeoGAF where everything we say won't be see as "second degree" when it's clearly the case? Especially when english isn't your primary language and you just write something to put your feeling on something without wanting people to be offended?
I'm mostly asking because I didn't think people would be offended by "burning in hell" since I always thought this was nothing more than a pun in english.
Oh actually, I think it's mostly a personal thing. I just don't find the magnum really fun (quite the opposite of Halo CE) to use, being the visual feedback or the sound design, and while I understood it's purpose when the BR wasn't patched, I don't see the point of keeping the magnum when the BR is now a better starting weapon overall, and the magnum should be replaced by the gunfigther magnum like it was during the Tuning playlist time.
Reason: This user has been warned for derailing the thread with console war nonsense.
It's in those threads where it gets exposed that the X1X is not the "true 4k" console touted by Spencer.
Also by Spencer:
Every game coming to the xbox one x that uses the very same fake 4k bashed by Phil is reason for immense discussion.
I personally enjoy calling out companies on their bullshit.
Title: I love my Switch... I just wish I loved the games.
Reason: User warned: Personal attack on other users
stfu and go play your beloved Switch.
"How dare you not like this thing I like? No one cares, it's only YOUR opinion and I don't like the fact that are even bringing it up, keep it to yourself!" - How all you fools sound.
Title: I love my Switch... I just wish I loved the games.
Reason: User Warned: Thread-whining.
Another unnecessary thread with lots of trolls and Nintendo haters. How interesting. It's not for you, OP? So, sell it, and move on. No one cares. Millions of people love Switch and its amazing games.
Title: I love my Switch... I just wish I loved the games.
Reason: User Warned: Thread-whining.
What are the point of these threads? Switch has tons of critically acclaimed games, why make a thread saying you don't like good games? - comes off as trollish. Seems like a personal thing.
Title: As I get older I find myself becoming less interested in story heavy games.
Reason: User Warned: 'Lazy dev' rhetoric.
same. my standards for what's actual good story telling have gone way higher than when i was a teenager.
i don't connect with "cinematic experiences" for the most part. i think it's a lazy move by devs to focus on that, creating boring and meaningless gameplay that has to be tolerated until the player gets to the "good part", the cutscenes and the actual story. if the shitty story you want to tell isn't actually enhanced by being in an interactive medium and can have the same effect if it was a movie, don't bother imo.
Title: Switch needed cloud saves at the beginning of it's life. End of story.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread-whining and community whining after returning from a ban for the same behavior.
Oh wow people on forums complaining? Oh my gosh that must mean it’s needed! How many posts did you see before you knew it was needed? What’s the threshold for social media posts?
Title: Infinity War on some level proved James Cameron's point (spoilers)
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): Disingenuous argumentation in a MCU related thread. Unnecessaril hostile and condescending towards other members.
So you don't take official statements as marketing. OK. Gotcha. Don't be inconsistent in the future, I got this on record. Ya just made the book of "gotchas" down the road.
FYI, It does matter if it was 4 years ago but AS YOU CAN TELL NOTHING HAS CHANGED THAT MUCH WITH THE STORY SO THE 2014 ARTICLES STILL STAND.
Title: Star Wars Battlefront II |OT| This Deal is Getting Worse all the Time!
Reason: Member was banned for a week for continued trolling
Oof, I made a vain attempt to push back the separatists on theed with Yoda only to get jumped by Vader, Maul and Ren. LOL
Lmfaoooo of course that went straight over your head. I'm done with you.
Title: Yakuza Community |OT| No Yakuza here officer
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: keeps derailing threads with self-promotion despite having been explicitly warned multiple times about it. No interest in actually engaging with our community.
Title: AusPoliERA |OT| Section 44’d straight to Manus Island
Reason: User Warned: attacking other users
And seriously go fuck yourself telling me I'm fine with pregnant women being bullied when the entire time I've spoken about the issue it's been about Barnaby and saying that the focus on the affair itself was off base.
Maybe you'd have a chip on your shoulder against people that told you that actually the 120 million dollar taxpayer funded public debate about your humanity was a good thing too if you had to go through it, you sanctimonious shit.
Title: Cryptocurrency |OT2| Money's New ERA Shoots for the Moon! | Read OP for Thread Rules
Reason: User has been permanently banned: trying to promote a "Pump And Dump" Discord server despite this being against the rules.
I am not endorsing it, but if anyone wants to join a discord chat that aims to be ahead of the trading or just see what a pump group looks like, message me.
Reason: User was warned for: Personal insults towards another member
We played MVC3 multiple times, you aren't good. And you are an ass. And you are arrogant. It wasn't random, it was targeted. I honestly wish you stayed at the other forum.
Since I was reported - I want to be clear, I do not condone Karsticles' harassment of new players, and if this forum and its mods do, then please do not let me hold you back from removing me as part of your community.
Title: League of Legends |OT| What's Old is New Again
Reason: User was banned for this post - You couldn't be civil?
I wanna say stuff about the champ but the SJW nazi mods would ban me. Probably ban me for this post tbh knowing their garbage ass moderation.
New champ is perfect for the SJW moderation actually.
Title: FootyEra |OT 3| Chelsea United Newcastle Tottenham
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): using a community thread to antagonize staff members. History of moderation whining.
I SCARE the hierarchy!
(Nah it's usually some biased mod like toonlink banning the steam users that time when the switch fans came in the steam thread and trolled us)
Title: US PoliERA 2018 |OT4| Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!
Reason: User banned (24 hours): trolling
But this is why modern journalism is a stigma on democracy. In this case, I had read the entire memo so could immideately notice the spin the journalist put on it.
But in 99.99999% journalists report based on unnamed sources or unrevealed material. How are we to know whether the journalists are spinning or reporting.
I think this is one of the reasons the press's approval ratings are so low. Spinning is for politicians not journalists.
Title: Star Wars |OT| New Canon, New Forum [NO SOLO OR IX SPOILERS]
Reason: User warned: Multiple attempts at inflaming and derailing Star Wars threads with drive-by posts.
I like how when Siomon Pegg says something, the response is hes an idiot, and no one listens to him.
Collider has a discussion, and then its said they are stupid, and no one listens to them, they are not credible.
The reactions are very interesting here.
Title: Fire Emblem Heroes |OT|Mount Breeding Simulator
Reason: Refrain from using offensive words such as "retard"
Yeah, screw this BHB on infernal. It also just shows why Cancel Affinity should be removed from the game. "Look at me ma, i'm Taco and now i have no weakness" ... that inflated butt even kills Hector if he doesn't have full health, and that's even with 2 Armor Ward buffs.
Edit: Removed certain word from the post and replaced it.
Reason: User warned: attacking another user through offensive false equivalence. Wanting to gun down nazis in a video game is not "as bad" as being an actual nazi.
The fact that you want a game to simulate that violence suggests you aren’t any better than the hate groups you want to virtually harm.
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Unnecessarily hostile towards other members which makes any discussion about spoilers and SoT in general cumbersome, user also has history of infractions.
Title: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out
Reason: Member was warned for calling people 'blind sheep' for liking something they don't
lmao ok. and w this i'm out of here. impossible to fight off 4 million blind sheep at once. enjoy your game!
you take the definition of unplayable way too literally. is there no nuance anymore? christ you're ridiculous. also: i came in here asking for a refund. and ok. it's a janky, unpolished, technical mess. losing my mind? y'all the pugnacious ones not me. open your eyes
Title: Monster Hunter: World |OT2| Cart Team Racing
Reason: User Banned (24 Hours): Insulting developers, complaining about the thread
I see the regular Kirins, I take screenshots
Then I see a big ass Kirins that I can pass right under. I compare these side by side. I defeat the big ass Kirins 10 times and still no large. The whole thing about you being able to ser if it’s a large crown is the biggest massive bullshit one person could spread. Stop fucking lying, holy fuck.
It’s ALL rng. I could see a Kirin bigger than my left testicle, compare it to the other Kirin who’s smaller than my right testicle, and there would be NO crown from any of them.
This game sucks ass, if I ever post in this thread again then please quote me and tell me to gtfo because I seriously don’t want to ever return here or to the game. This game is fucking abysmal, someone tell these shit developers how to actually develop games.
10 mil copies sold? LOL, holy fuck, people.
Why do you think it's important to ask these random dumb questions like it will result in a conversation worth having? Feels like you stalk the thread looking for opportunities to be a bitch ass.
Title: Fate/Grand Order |OT| Welcome to Another Hell
Reason: User Warned: Advocating Piracy
If you want to be a real hero then pick up an extra copy of the third volume of the manga, debind it, and scan it to the internet. I'm pretty sure the only pictures we still have of it are phone pictures of the open book.
As an internet marketeer / guru and social media strategist I'd be more than willing to guide the allies with the most effective social media marketing strategies. I'd fund the entire process myself ofcourse. A small budget of 70k would be put towards the Allies and their social media campaigns alongside Google Adwords for YouTube.
Title: Fortnite: Battle Royale |OT| 100 Players on Epic Battlegrounds
Reason: This user was warned for Inappropriate Language
I don't know WHY I do this. I build a 1x1 tower and I have great position. I see someone off in the distance and focus on him for some stupid fucking reason. Then before I know it, someone has built a ramp up to me and I can't defend in time.
I know better to always focus only on my immediate surroundings but sometimes I just go full retard.
Reason: User was banned (48h): Continuing thread derail, ignoring repeated moderator warnings.
I think you misread my post if that is what you take away from it. If I didn't articulate my opinion adequately then I apologize.
I fully understand why people are upset and I am not defending Colin. I am just surprised the manner in which some members of this community reacted and going as far as to demand things from Jones and the Allies as well. It goes against my idea of what the EZA community is and my post was meant to give my take on that.
But since I wasn't able to give my opinion on this issue at the time and it seems the conversation has moved on I will leave it at that.
Reason: User has been banned (1 week): Ignored multiple warnings and moderator posts, has no interest in the community itself and tries to be specifically rude to a user who disagreed with him.
Reason: User Warned: Trolling (Parroting false claims already proven false.)
I have a few questions for everyone.
A lot of people keep bringing up colin singling our people who say bogus things, thus bringing the wrath of his followers. While i agree this isn’t the classiest of movies, do people who aren’t famous have any more of a right to harass famous people? Celebrities/more prominent people get mean shit said to them all the time. Why shouldn't they be allowed to respond? Reap what you sow.
Other issue:
A lot of people take issue with colin singling out people because “they don’t represent the community. “
However those same people are so quick to talk about how toxic Colin’s community is, rather than acknowledging they’re just actually talking about bad seeds. Why are you allowed to generalize about his community while criticizing him generalizing yours?
It’s complete hypocrisy.
Reason: This user was suspended for 1 week for this post. Promotion of piracy is against our Terms of Service.
I've been passing his podcast around on my own private gdrive account if you want to hear this farce with your own ears.
Totally and completely loss of respect for Jones here. Read: not EZA, just Jones.
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Racism and misogyny aren't simply "differing opinions". Argue in good faith.
Acting with open hostility over a differing opinion should not be acceptable, especially when the EZA community supports the idea of "Love and Respect". Hell, that shouldn't be acceptable for this forum in general.
Reason: The user was banned for this post (5 days). Arguing in bad faith, abusing the report system, and laughing at a moderator's fair warnings aren't productive ways to add your opinion to a discussion.
Reason: User Banned (24 hours): History of trolling the Overwatch OT
smurfs wont be spending much time below platinum. this is just you being upset that youre bad. you arent good enough to accurately determine when someone is smurfing or just having a lucky game
Reason: User was warned for: advocating threats against game developers
Devs don't wanna be threatened or treated like shit. But consumers don't wanna be jerked around and nickle and dimed either. Respect is a two way street. Don't treat folks like a sucker or a meal ticket and make good on your promises if you don't want people being angry. This is the real world. People want reasonable outcomes for things they pay for. At this point, especially after three years, it's time to cut the bureaucratic, corporate bullshit. Be honest, be straight forward and work together to make the game as good as it should be.
Reason: Member was warned for personal insults. Calling other members dumb.
they are just dumb and want to feel smart
at most you get her to use her grapple hook so a 2 second window. the orb is much better used for other purposes imo
Reason: The user was warned for this post. The "lazy devs" rhetoric is incredibly toxic and dismissive, and therefore is frowned upon here.
Yes. They're the laziest of lazy.
IMO, the original exotics shouldn't have been taken out of D2 anyways. D2 takes place in the same world as D1, so it's always been weird to me that these guns just VANISHED.. all of them. I imagine having to re-earn them all from the beginning would have resulted in the same shit storm that presenting old exotics as new content has received, but at this point, I don't think anyone is going to praise Bungies decision making. Then I take into account having to balance/code ALL those weapons & I start to understand why they aren't there, but damnit how does that shit just disappear?
EDIT - I'll put /s next time so that everyone knows I don't think Bungie is lazy, far from it.
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Argue without resorting to personal attacks.
Because what you can afford dictates what you can do. If you team has a certain budget and they can’t afford to put in more content, your complaints don’t mean shit. You clearly have never worked a day in your life in software development and it shows. Stop talking about stuff you clearly know nothing about
Reason: User was warned for this post for: Calling out other members and dismissing their opinions
Yeah, the outrage is fake. Not the problems, but the response to those problems. Totally cool that you feel you can tell me to shut up when I refuse to validate it, too.
Did it not occur to you that in a game that lives or dies on players queuing into different activities it might have seemed reasonable in development to throttle predicted XP grind paths? We have no idea what the motives behind that decision were, but I never noticed it until the Reddit Outrage Machine span up.
Reason: User was warned for a post for: Inappropriate behaviour towards another member.
Did you notice that you weren't getting shit experience for anything other than public events? Quality design mechanic there to funnel people away from crucible, raids, and strikes just so they can run from public even to public event in the hopes of getting a slot machine engram. Bungie noticed this and then gamed the system, got caught, and then just doubled the amount of XP needed to get an engram. Again, so much better than actually making these popular items memorable to receive by making them rewards for playing specific activities to get specific items.
Ohhhhh the outage is "fake". Good to know. Shut up.
Reason: The user was warned for this post. There are better ways to respond to criticism than to dismiss another user's opinions in an overly antagonistic way.
Wait, it's Bungie's fault you bought into a circlejerk of online negativity?
Reason: The user was warned for this post. The "lazy devs" rhetoric is incredibly toxic and dismissive, and therefore is frowned upon here.
Let's just be honest with ourselves. All bullshit, formality and misguided respect aside.
Bungie is lazy. Period.
With as many talented people they have, and the sheer number of staff they have on hand, plus all the external help they receive, with as much money they've pulled in from game sales, DLC and microtransactions, along with promises of an improved toolkit and development process and with all of the feedback and outcry from over the years, there's just zero, absolutely ZERO excuse for there to be even more re-skins, missions taking place in existing areas (like in Destiny 1) and just the overall shallowness of everything. The art is nice. The environments look cool, but that's about it. It's funny because I didn't expect much and had very low expectations, yet I still end up unsatisfied. I guess I was hoping that maybe they'll exhibit a spark of inspiration and a sense of nuance and depth.
Nope. Instead, they do the bare minimum, knowing people like me will buy it. What a shame. So much potential, yet they seemingly just don't give a shit.
Title: People are too quick to judge The Last Jedi before Episode IX comes out
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generaliations
ITT dudes who don't like lead female heroes in 'muh Star Wers' provide us with more displays of their impressive couching skills.
Edit: Oh, pardon: #NotAllTLJHaters.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Misogynistic rhetoric, hostility, persecution complex. Account still in the junior phase.
So, I see we're doing the usual dogpiling on anyone who dislikes the movie, once again. The same shit that I called out mere days ago (strawmans, deflections), when everyone was conveniently and blissfully unaware of what I was talking about. Right. You can't refute any of my points, so you attempt to demean or attack my character by saying that I'm a men's right's activist, and whatever other associated horseshit that goes along with it, when I have said nothing of the sort. But fuck all of that, right? Who needs sufficient evidence? Just pure unadulterated outrage over nothing. Classic political tactics on display here, and very timely as well, given the incredibly deep and nuanced "themes" of this cinematic masterpiece. So, let's do this.
Hmm, and yet despite what you mentioned, the movies were massively appealing to people from all backgrounds. People from all over the world enjoyed Star Wars. This may blow your mind, but there are places outside of America where people actually live. Shocking for some, I realize. Regardless, why do you think that is? Could it be that despite the implications of political leanings in the background, that the overall message in the movie itself was still broad enough to appeal to a wide demographic? Could it be that it was set among a very basic backdrop of good vs evil? Could it be that people of all backgrounds, genders, beliefs and races could get on board? That men and women alike enjoyed the heroic adventures of Luke, Leia and Han, regardless of whether they wore a red tie or a blue blouse? Subtlety and nuance. That is what I'm asking for. Not the complete elimination of references and ideas entirely. Do you understand?
That's not what I said though is it? Quote and bold the part where I said that back to me. If you can't, then you just shoved words in my mouth. It's a neat trick, and I get why people do it, since you have to push your false narrative, but sadly, it's also dishonest as fuck.
My feelings weren't hurt by Admiral Gender Studies and the fem brigade, but it's cute that you think that. As with the user above, you are attempting to spin your argument around a false narrative, which I assure you has zero basis in reality. I'm not taking a hard stance on things like gender or identity politics. I'm simply pointing out that it's the movie. It alienates people who neither agree or disagree with the points presented and have no horse in the race. It should not be indicative of someone's character overall to be neutral on a particular subject. Unless, you're saying that all of those people are worthless pieces of shit and don't deserve to watch this movie and garner any enjoyment from it?
Filmmakers can say whatever the hell they want to, in press and interview settings. Themes and values are personal, and are derived from you and you alone. Character development and good storytelling are universal and can appeal to anyone. I don't care that Lucas disliked Nixon. I don't care that Rian disliked Trump. I don't care about the political and ideological values that sci-fi or fantasy genre filmmakers hold or think about in their private time. This isn't a TED Talk, it's an escapism fantasy movie for all ages. Their intrigue with politics is from a trivial perspective only, and for a specific set of people who happen to think the same way. None of that matters if you can't build quality content around it. When you push your agendas and themes over the plot, then you cut out a portion of the audience who does not relate to your propaganda. Tell me a fucking story.
I will point out to you yet again, that you are arguing from a position of "the other movies did it", which as I stated to you in the home release thread, is not a stable foundation to argue from in this context. I'm not here critiquing the OT. They aren't flawless, and I would never argue otherwise. The prequels? Some good ideas and framework there, but generally laughable. We're not talking about those. We're talking about this movie and the one that came before it.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User Warned: Don't use inflammatory words to insult other users.
LOL.
Stay not knowing what the fuck you're talking about, "El Bombastico"
Patience is a finite resource and stupid fuckholes are in abundance.
But if you really wanna credit me with much influence over the shitpoor excuse for "discussion" being mourned here go right ahead. Someone not posting live from an embedded location inside their own colon might instead come to the conclusion the thread's dead because the film dropped out of the top ten and anyone even halfway rational is probably sick to death of litigating the 3 millionth argument over mary sues and how every female character in the series needs to justify their adequacy as story elements before they can do anything.
Stay thinking about me when I'm gone and getting brave enough to take your swings when you think I'm not looking tho.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User Banned (24H): Incitement
Mod called him out on his bullshit and he ran away with his tail tucked between his legs.
Seems to have pulled an Amirox too and edited all his posts here, LOL.
Make no mistake. I love TLJ and defend it, as my post history will show. By even I couldn't stand the vitriol the guy threw out before a mod stepped in.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User has been banned (3 days): unnecessariy hostile behaviour, usage and defense of inflammatory language. Has been warned for similar behaviour in this very thread before.
"This is just offensively idiotic"
oh wait, idiot was used to denote people with an IQ under 70.
and shit, comparing it to someone with such a weak brain that they're handicapped? how unPC.
How can i denote how moro... du... wtf words can i use to describe that that weren't once used to describe certain people?
I'm not going to change my vernacular just because you're thinking of it as its outdated term that is no longer used to refer to those type of people, thanks to their common usage to mean more than a specific condition.
If i called a guy a retard, you'd have a point, but this is a descriptive word to show how lacking in logic that type of writing is and "lacking in logic" sounds robotic as fuck.
There's a clear difference between using it as a "bad word" and using it the way i did. It's not a perojative.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: This user is warned for this post: Insulting fellow user.
You're full of shit.
we went through 3 pages of you being pointed at that you've taken the scenes out of context.
You ignore scenes where Luke is training, doing two tasks at once. Obi Wan doing the same thing.
You tried to pretend that there was no time skip during Luke's practice with Obi Wan, to argue that Luke picked up his skill in seconds like Rey did.
We saw in the prequels the younglins doing the same exercise as Luke did with Obi Wan.
You ignore the fact that these little kids are doing SOMETHING for 15+ years before they even become a Jedi, yet you want to pretend that it's as simple as opening a door?
Even the poorly written movies you're defending point out that someone should be dead doing what Luke did at the end of TLJ. And Luke fucking DIED through overexertion.
Even before I came into this thread you pretended that a few seconds of from the movie proves Rey isn't a Mary Sue because she smashed the MF a bit, yet ignore the rest of the action piece where she expertly pilots it like Han and Lando did in the OT.
It's nothing but dishonesty from you.
You've lied and denied plain things show in these movies, just to make it fit your view and your defense for these movies.
And what's your defense against this? You ignore everything that happened for the last three pages, like nothing ever happened.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User has been banned (1w): completely misunderstood the relationship between two characters and uses that misinterpretation as base to make homophobic statements.
It just seems like an unnecessary addition to an sci fantasy movie aimed at kids as it’s core audience?
That’s not a bigoted statement, it’s just that adding something so overtly policitallt correct and PC to this movie just would have been out of place.
Obviously lesbian Asians can exist anywhere, even in outer space , and I’m totally fine with that and support their rights that live the life they want. That’s all perfectly fine. I just doesn’t fit all that well into a Star Wars movie.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User was Warned: Inflammatory language towards another user
You skip the part where I said it was a hail mary?
Sure you did.
The strategy YOU keep putting forward is dumbass. Not the one-in-a-million hail mary kamikaze attack that destroyed the last of the Resistance fleet save for the Millennium Falcon, all for the sake of a single extra hour.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User warned for: continuous inflammatory, condescending posts towards other users. You can have a discussion with others without devolving into this sort of attitude.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User warned for: personal insult.
Did you even read any of of what i wrote? Jeez at least explain why is critizing her automatically sexist. Why dont you instead use your stupid head and actually give me a reason why it is sexist?
So all you are saying is that the mere act of calling her a mary sue makes me a sexist? Well who the hell gave u the power to decide that?
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: 24 hours ban for: Persistently making baseless, racist arguments.
Lol spouting bullshit. Vietnamese actress can be confused as Chinese. That's not bullshit. Hollywood panders to Chinese box office with almost every blockbuster and could very well be with the last Jedi. that's not bullshit. Those are the only 2 points I've made that amounts to "bullshit" and still none of means I'm a racist.
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi |OT3| The War is Just Beginning (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: This user was warned for: Racism.
Being American and being vietnamaese while still looking Chinese can still be pandering to Chinese audiences. And none of those facts really dispute that she's still a bad actress.
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): trolling (including in private messages), disruptive behaviour, accumulated infractions.
I think we need to have another APPRECIATION THREAD for the GOD HIMSELF KANYE TRUMP dropping what is probably the GREATEST RAP VERSE since the SUGARHILL gang back in the 1950s.
I don't care what your political affiliation is
I don't care what your taste in music is
Whether you love or hate Kanye
but you need to understand
just how great this verse is, and SHOW SOME RESPECT for this man's talents and skills
no WONDER he can turn ppl's political views with how good his rhymes are
let's listen again
POUR SOME R E S P E K on his name and share your appreciation here, thanks
Title: Kanye TMZ Live Interview: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. ... That sounds like a choice"
Reason: User warmed: Posting bad faith videos to further a disingenuous narrative
I've watched a few black people bringing up good points about what Kanye said.
I wasn't sure before, but after these videos I'm positive: Kanye had good intentions.
Title: Prostitution should it be legal in America?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Aggressive behavior, condescension and personal attacks. History of similar behavior.
Cool. Now imagine that not all people see themselves as objects to be fucked by others.
Simple thought, isn't it?
Are you really so limited, that you can't figure out that most people are not like that?
Especially, since it promotes objectification of women?
Once more, it has nothing to do with being sex negative, stop this false equivalency!!
I am all for people enjoing sex, but not when it's done at the cost of respect and autonomy of people, who are already by society like second class citizens.
What is this bullshit about gilded cage? You seriously think that women treated totally equal to men in the modern world? You totally think that when men see women being sold like products for their entertainment it doesn't hurt them? It's not about limiting anyone's rights. It's about stopping systematic abuse of 50% of population. If you can't buy it, maybe you should get a bigger bank account.
In the perfectly equal society it wouldn't be a problem.
In modern society it is. And no, selling your body for sex is not empowering.
Well, not everyone can be so "woke" to sell their bodies to strangers and consider it to be a pinnacle of freedom and empowering. Especially, when they don't have a choice.
Their own? Are you sure?
It's the same trash argument like these about women who wear burqas out of their own choice. It's not so much a choice, but influence of the male-dominated society which tells women that selling one's body is a nice way to get money. Which obviously serves men and not women.
Yes, why we should care about people who rules this planet more, rather than people who suffer from it?
You sound like a typical wannabe-woke mysgonyst, my dear.
You have issues. And no, I don't have misgivings about sex. I have basic respect and understanding. Which you are lacking.[/QUOTE]
Then it's very much understandable why are you protecting prostitution.
I hope your mother is proud of you.
I am sorry that your reading comprehension is at the negative numbers.
Are you really so limited that you don't see that people who like it in obvious minority?
Selling one's body for pleasure of complete is stranger is completely different from any other job.
Also, you have justified human trafficking. You an exemplary of modern internet woke person.
On the other hand what can I expect form the place mostly populated by men? Understanding? Empathy?
When it comes to women? Hahaha.
No. Of course not.
You like women as prostitutes because you use them. And obviously you will be against this.
Since the rise of feminism people, like you were feeling that you are losing power.
So, instead of just shutting down feminism, you have decided to "infect" it, recreate it to serve the male population. And all this rhetoric about "females freedom and empowerment" through prostitution and porn, is essentially an example of that. Make women believe, that by serving men they are more powerful and protect their own freedoms.
We see what you are doing here. And you will never win.
Title: To those that must be squeezed: the Best Balls Deep Squirters
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Troll account.
When she bares down on you to the balls and that squelch she makes during the squeeze.
Recant your greatest experience with a squirter.
My own will be posted soon, I must marinate a bit more, but it ended up like this:
Title: Netflix confirms: Jeffrey Tambor will appear in Arrested Development S5
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate Commentary + Inflammatory Comparisons
But that is my point. Did Amazon say that they found him guilty? I am not saying companies are greedy, but there is no doubt that there have been companies that when having to choose between standing by an accused actor and face a backlash/boycott/permanent damage to the company or cutting an actor free and ending a show, have chosen the latter. Unfortunately, "outrage" culture in today's age has changed the way situations like this are handled. I mean just look at the way companies started dropping the NRA after Florida happened. The NRA didn't do anything wrong in that situation per say, but it was drop them or face boycotts/bad press/etc.
Edit: Yeah, the NRA comparison was stupid, and I apologize. I was trying to think of something to equate it to off the top of my head and that was the first thing that popped in. It was a very poor comparison. For the record, I think the NRA’s behavior was disgusting through the entire ordeal and that is not what I was trying to excuse. I was trying to say that the NRA has done inflammatory stuff before but it seemingly blew up this time because of the social media campaigns to the advertisers. The mod pointed out that it was the mocking of the students that really set this off and I completely overlooked that.
Also, I am not trying to say that ANY of the accused are innocent and I think all the behavior is despicable if true. My argument all around was poor and not explained enough. I was trying to play devils advocate and it blew up in my face. I messed up. You live and you learn.
Title: Kanye TMZ Live Interview: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. ... That sounds like a choice"
Reason: User Has Been Banned (3d): Personal attacks despite previous warnings.
case in point. I'm not superior, I merely know more about this topic than you do and have laid it out. Feel free to live in your own ignorance if you wish.
Title: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Official 4K Screenshots, Editions Info, Previews
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexism. Similar history of infractions in TR threads.
Another awful outfit reveal, as expected from the reboot era, where realism and political correctness pollutes the game design in a fictional game where Lara takes down ancient beings who wield firey magic and rise from the graves. It's like they are purposely trying to make her unattractive and not sexy on purpose to try to drive some kind of message, when really it just restricts the creativity that goes into the aesthetics. Imagine games like Tekken or Soul Calibur went for the whole realism military route for their outfit designs, it would be just boring and people would be crying for diversity, but because this is TR it somehow gets a pass. Even games like TLOU or HZD has non-realistic costumes that are just fun to look at, no excuses like the material of the outfit aids the character in hiding in the jungle nonsense.
It actually wouldn't be bad if that outfit was a one-off or appeared a couple of times but from what I've seen and heard, most of them are like that. One of the best things about classic Lara was the diversity in Lara's wardrobe because it either reflected her personality or it was designed around the level she was in. This isn't ARMA or Battlefield it's a TR game, this realism excuse needs to stop because it's making for boring and the same shitty-ass re-skin outfits.
Title: Microsoft has a problem with Xbox that it can't buy its way out of..
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Posting misinformation to incite console wars
You're mistaking fixing PR with fixing their lack of financial gain. Again, XBOX has NEVER made Microsoft a profit. Which is why Microsoft PR always talks revenue instead of profit. The difference is gargantuan but people equate the two..
Title: Microsoft has a problem with Xbox that it can't buy its way out of..
Reason: User Warned: Driveby post that adds nothing to the thread
Is this the weekly Xbox is doomed thread
Four years. Four years claiming Microsoft is going to kill the xbox division next month and put out all their games on other consoles. Four years being wrong. Don't you folks ever get tired of this?
It's even more baffling when people say gamepass is the biggest indicator they're going to go PS4/switch because "streaming". Do you people even know what gamepass is?
Title: The Verge: Microsoft still won’t say how many Xbox Ones have been sold
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Thread-whining, community whining, media whining, system wars rhetoric, previous infractions for similar behavior.
Crying for MS numbers at this point is one of the surest signs of a detractor who just wants to be negative about it in the first place. Does Era, or apparently what passes for games journalism these days expect MS to change their stance and do something that wouldnt benefit them at all just for the sake of satisfying Era/Media??
Why is this thread, that article even a thing? Slow news week now that everyone's done with GoW?
Title: Native American men removed from university tour after parent tells cops they made her 'nervous'
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Concern trolling in a thread about racial discrimination.
Hang on, is there more info? The article doesn't even say what ethnicity the parent is, nor what actions the two men were doing that "made her nervous" (if any). Where they making sexually inappropriate jokes towards her daughter? Comments about committing violence? There is almost ZERO actual info in the linked article yet this thread is full of assumptions and racial hostility. What happened to believing the victim?
Sure, this thread is probably correct, but we don't KNOW that and it seems wrong to just fill in the blanks with whatever racial prejudice you want.
Title: Whoever approves opinion articles at NYT NEEDS to be fired.
Reason: User banned (duration pending admin review): defending misogyny + similar previous infractions.
It reminds me of the visceral reaction some people had to any discussion of the role US foreign policy played as the motivating factor for terrorists after 9/11. The sexual revolution being a moral force for good is a foundational belief for people in a similar way as the role of the US in the world being a moral force for good is.
If I had to bet $100 on whether Douthat is right or wrong about "the logic of commerce and technology" being harnessed to address the unhappiness of incels, I would definitely bet on him being right. The logic of commerce and technology isn't exactly on a losing streak right now.
Title: Black Panther |OT| Wakanda Forever (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User warned for bad faith argument and being disingenuous
I’m not even talking about black people loving it. It makes a lot of sense as to why it would extra special to them. I’m talking about the “white liberals” that say it to make themselves feel better about themselves.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending) : Repeated instances of trolling in gender/representation topics. History of similar infractions.
idk why people are getting bent over the mask
I'm sure there are ways to take it off with button combinations/alts or better yet in customization
and this will help the sad folks upset about her form fitting true to origins attire, maybe they will throw in some kneepads, kevlar vests, and nun habits to mask possible "embarrassment" from your dog's girlfriend.
Title: (Leak?): Battlefield WW2 (2018)... could actually be a Bad Company 3 game.
Reason: User Warned: System wars rhetoric.
AMEN.
Or do as it should be done, BC for console plebs and proper BF PC exclusive. That way they could redeem both series, instead of making a hodgepodge of compromises so you can play on both PC and console...
I am one of those people who think that PC FPS should not be muddied with console gameplay. You lose the sharpness of PC gameplay with sloppier console stuff. On the other hand, pure console fps would be better than one that has PC centric stuff shoehorned in too.
But that kind of stuff is dead, sadly... Oh how I miss proper PC Battlefields (after 2142 they've been hit and miss at most, 4 redeemed itself somewhat in the late stages when they made a lot of PC centric changes).
Is it only me or were the maps bigger in the past too?
EDIT.
NO!
I want one too, so badly... Maybe after there's been some breathing room with the million scifi shooters that were released the past few years...
2142 is still the best scifi shooter, Titan Assault is the GOAT gamemode after original Conquest.
FUCK RUSH. FUCK IT WITH A RUSTY FORK RIGHT IN THE EAR.
Title: [GamingBolt] Graphics Analysis - God of War: Arguably The Best Looking Game of All Time
Reason: User Warned: Thread derailment.
Clearly the best looking skybox in game and by far waaaaaay better than GOW. Not even close. Also the #2 looking water in game behind sea of theives. Completely blowing GOW out of the water.
Title: Any other PS4 Pro users getting best version of 3rd party games on Xbox One X from now on?
Reason: User Warned: System Warring - This thread is not about exclusives
personally i don't care about third party my only interest lies in Exclusives so i prefer the playstation this generation so far. I hope in the near future that Microsoft comes up with a line up that does interest me.
Title: Politico: The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile
Reason: User banned (1 week): thread derail and pushing conspiracy theories
I'm not saying I the Haiti conspiracy. I'm saying looking into Laura Silsby gives the me same vibes I get from knowing that Clintons/Trump/Epsteins run in the same circle. There are tons of super sketchy people all around Trump and the Clintons, and at this point, NOTHING would surprise me, EVEN a previously ridiculous Haitian trafficking conspiracy theory. That's the point.
And leaning on the Politico name as a bastion of journalistic excellence is laughable, but that's another argument.
Here's a link for you, despite you being extremely rude and dismissive.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Antagonizing another user with false accusations, accumulated infractions.
And I've just noticed that you have, as your profile picture, a Nazi pamphlet on the extermination of the Jews. Is that supposed to impress people? A grotesquely distasteful picture to justify your self righteous abuse?
Title: 8-4 Play Podcast |OT| A Podcast about Video Games, Japan and Japanese Video Games
Reason: User Warned: Derailing + Non-ironic use of the pejorative "SJW"
Oh. Then I was the one to misunderstand. hehe
Keep up the good work. thumbs up
I wasn't calling him a sjw and wasn't annoyed by him. (also didn't mean to offend anyone)
But just saw the sjw argument coming a mile away.
It was more like venting some steam regarding this whole sjw society we live in.
Nevermind. Carry on, nothing to see here.
Title: Why Do We Gloss Over Discriminatory, Prejudiced Content In This Industry?
Reason: User Warned: For this post, and others within the thread. Downplaying harmful stereotypes.
That's because 99% of trans-women don't do that and therefore they don't like being depicted as such. So to use it as a blanket term for trans is bad, but in the case of Rin it seems to be accurate. (not justifying what they're doing as I don't know the context of the character nor have I played the original game) My point is, as with my previous post, that there are people (albeit very few) out there like that and that's what is being portrayed and it shouldn't be seen as a reflection on the entire culture/people.
zelda was honestly overrated, change the character and name and put it on another platform and it would tank. And again it brings me back to my point of Nintendo gets treated differently because they’re Nintendo. Their fans are on another level compared to Sony and Microsoft.
The games all have the same style, the online sucks, the pricing sucks. Nintendo don’t even try. Grab an old one, change it up a bit and it will sell regardless. Quick another Pokemon game, Mario, look Mario is now an ant.
I don’t see it doing well as the fans and casuals who want one have moved on
Reason: User warned: Inflammatory drive-by posting, trolling.
This is going to get me flamed but this is my opinion on the switch and Nintendo in general.
Nintendo has a nostalgia to it. Nintendo is always given leeway for their choices, pricing, region lock and lack of deviating from the formula.
I liked playing Super Nintendo, n64 and game boy colour.
What has Nintendo done since then? They release the same games over and over again. Nintendo fans love it because they eat it up. But how far will Nintendo fans take the switch?
It’s like zoolanders looks.
You often see Nintendo fans list every major Switch release out, and tell you "see, that's a lot of games". PS4 and XBOX owners don't do that, and there's a reason.
Title: Harry Potter And The Crock Of Shit (The Jimquisition)
Reason: User warned: Dismissive and inflammatory drive-by posting.
I wouldn't even know it existed if it weren't for these YouTube Edgelords and their identical hot-takes constantly giving it oxygen.
Gotta get them clicks tho.
Reason: User warned: Sweeping generalizations towards other users
Good to see them numbers growing. It's also therapeutic to see other consoles' fanboys come in and shitpost the thread about Microsoft lying, spinning, etc.. Imagine being so invested in a company you have to insult another one if it reports positive news. Imagine that.
Title: Red Dead Redemption II - Official Trailer 3
Reason: User warned: Console wars, reviewer conspiracy theories
Even Overwatch could get a GOTY then why not... Nintendo score always +5 for most reviewers because the history of the company lower the expectation bar. While the Nintendo fanboys play shit on every thread.
Thanks for making BotW from a title I respect to a title I diss.
Title: Best racing games in the last 5 or so years?
Reason: User warned: Hostility towards another user
You just can't wait to put down a Sony exclusive in your post, can you? What exactly was the point of posting that if the only thing it will try to spark is a fanboy war? Keep fighting the good fight.
If you have liberal views and you support Trump you are racist. Because nothing of Trump is remotely liberal and the only other thing that could possible attract you toTrump is racism.
Title: State Of Decay 2 Still Feels Rough, Despite Some Promising Ideas
Reason: User Warned: Antagonizing other users.
I'm sure all the fine folks concerned here are just waiting for their chance to use the beloved w10 store and play SoD2 to their hearts content while giving it a fair chance, don't worry
Title: 'God of War' shows how far the video game industry has matured... and how far it has to go
Reason: User Warned: “Reverse racism” nonsense
Do we really need to get into racism?
Having a black voice actor has absolutely nothing to do with the race choice of the digital character on screen. It is even more racist if the developer are forced doing it for being “equal”.
Title: Any other PS4 Pro users getting best version of 3rd party games on Xbox One X from now on?
Reason: User banned (3 days): inflammatory post, platform warring.
This sort of thing happens a lot with PC owners. They just *have* to find a way to mention they are playing the best version on their Uber-PC, even if the discussion has absolutely nothing to do with them, like this thread. Kinda sad.
EDIT: ALL THESE EXAMPLE ON THE FIRST PAGE ALONE.
Nobody asked you about your PC guys. Zip up your pants.
LOL.
Title: Subversion of internet spaces by trolls (example: Mumsnet)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Transphobia.
I dont think this means mumsnet has been subverted - its always been very clique.
Transphobia is fairly wide spread and I still think for most people on the street a lot of the debate and discussion around it has come on very suddenly. It doesnt help that a lot of activists are also countering these issues with extremely offensive and sexist terms. A great deal of animosity is building up between a group of women and trans people who really just need to sit and hear each others concerns and and life stories over coffee.
Also i've taken a look at the active threads and see one on the back of this very discussion out of tens of threads so the author is stretching to say this is every thread now. Seems like fear mongering to me.
Title: North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
If it makes you feel better, I edited my post because I wanted to see if this goes through first
But thank you, your response is the exact sort of melt down I find amusing
Enjoy 4 more years of Trump my friend
Title: Mahmoud Abbas says the Holocaust didn't happen because of anti-Semitism
Reason: User banned (permanently): blatant antisemitism
So if I say there is a posibility there is at least a grain of truth to what he said, am i going to get banned again for not sharing the popular and propagated view? If you look hundreds of years back, there is evidence to some for the overall social function that has caused dissonance in society.
It bums me out this site seems to reject any notion that isnt entirely permissible through the lens of the blue democrat.
That isn't productive or positive at all.
Title: Nearly 80% of South Koreans Say They Trust Kim Jong Un
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Derail
Im saying that Americans have no ground to stand on because they have yet to deal with issues such as Systemic Racism, The Prison industrial complex and reparations for Slavery and you just compared me to Kanye "Slavery Was a choice" West....
Im guessing a Blacks sound a like and look a like to you eh?
Reason: User Warned: Advocating property damage and arson.
I laugh at the faux outrage over property damage, specially when talking about franchise restaurants that are 100% guaranteed to have insurance.
Stop acting as if we are all going to live forever, and we should all just patiently wait while our rights erode.
Sheep don't understand their lives have a timeclock.
Title: What's going on with Black Widow in this Captain America poster?
Reason: User warned for thread whining
You made a thread about a four year old movie where she is posing suggestively? Ehm, maybe we should talk about how the future Black Widow movie is searching for a female director?
Or we could discuss old movie posters
Title: With girls joining the ranks, Boy Scouts plan a name change
Reason: User banned (5 days): arguing in bad faith to push "political correctness" narratives and sexist rhetoric
I am not furious, it's just my opinion. I think it should work both ways. To be clear I know nothing about the boys scouts or what they do or what they stand for.
I just know that for whatever reason it now seems acceptable to attack all things "boys only". It doesn't go both ways. Imagine for a minute that boys wanted to play girls sports, be in the girl scouts, etc...What kind of backlash would that get? It is ok to have things for girls only and boys only.
Like I said I have kids, 3 boys and I want them doing some stuff that is just for boys sometimes. They play boys baseball, basketball and it is very competitive and teaches them a lot. With some things it needs to be split by gender. That is perfectly all right but it is no longer "politically correct" to say so. It's ridiculous
Reason: User Warned: Advocating violence and arson.
good. fuck that property. The state and capitalism should always be reminded they are there by choice and we the people can rise up if we choose.
"Macron says those rights are now outdated and incompatible with the 21st century global economy."
Unless your protest actually harms the creation of money for capitalism it isnt a protest and ineffective.
Title: Texas officer surprised by encounter after responding to call of ‘vicious’ dog in neighborhood
Reason: User banned (3 days): Hostility towards other users.
'Don't compare human beings to fucking animals' is the most basic of social graces and that you people can't seem to get that idea through your skulls seems, to me, to indicate an excess of poor fucking judgement or complete dirth of social competency. Take your pick.
Title: Why Do We Gloss Over Discriminatory, Prejudiced Content In This Industry?
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Downplaying homophobia and bigotry, account still in the junior phase.
Perfect, then I don't need to deal with your inability to understand any viewpoint outside of your narrow, sexist, racist cisphobic one, and hurl profanities at me.
Title: Why Do We Gloss Over Discriminatory, Prejudiced Content In This Industry?
Reason: User Warned: Making excuses for a pattern of homophobia
You already answered your own argument, she does. She does it again in her SL, that's how P-Studio wrote them. That's why you don't have the chance to smack him.
To me it totally does though:
Unless I'm reading something wrong that's how I interpreted that exchange.
Look, I think Hashino (director of P3 to P5 for the people who may not know) is a person who doesn't understand gay people and therefore he includes scenes like those in all his games: it's in P5, it's in P4, P3 and Catherine too. I also think that with him gone we have the chance to get better LGBT characters in Persona, but I also think there are people in here that are actually pushing the idea that particularly this game is actually going out of its way to be homophobic and harmful when that's not the case. In short, "why don't we smack Persona 5 for being homophobic and problematic?" the answer is actually pretty simple: because the scenes described by the OP are just a fraction of a 100 hour game that tried to accomplish another thing.
Reason: User Warned: dismissing discussion of social issues in video games
Yeah coz SE is not making games to please small handful of old school TR audience. They're here to make money like everyone, action and killing appeals to majority of gaming audience and walking and searching shit doesn't, it's simple. Name one pure exploration and puzzle based game sold 5 to 8m copies like TR Reboot did in its life time?. Old school TR will not work today trust me .
I remember someone created a thread here that they don't want guns in RDR 2, I mean what? Lol Game based on crime drama should not have guns? Lol Seriously? RDR 2 is such a expensive game and will not even make half of its money if there's no action in the game .
My problem is the some handful of members pushing their nonsense social agendas here. If you have problem with violence and white guy killing non whites then boycott all such games which do that for example - Uncharted ,Cod and gta nd all. Don't target TR franchise and Lara character alone .
Talk about the game and it's features as this is a gaming section of the forum and not off topic section. Also posting such things on a gaming forum will not bring any change in violence in games or society mindset. Change comes when you go out there and come in power .
That's all I have to say .
Reason: User banned (1 day): aggressive personal attacks on staff, inappropriate/off-topic moderation complaints.
Well it is clear that the moderation for this is being handled poorly. Just look at that articulated response I got about your waring.
Lazy dev argument really? Am I supposed to be some corporate ball sucker who cares about the feelings of a dev group over the fact that they released a shambles of a game, no.
I guess the Mod is though.
Title: Doctors told me today I have around 8 weeks to live [Update: Campaign Funded!]
Reason: User was warned: Please do not encourage "suicide" posts on other forums, even for the best of causes. There are better ways to help.
Yup.
Just made my suicide thread on gaf with a link to Talal his gofundme page. The longer gaf has acces to that link the better, even if its only for 5 minutes.
Title: Doctors told me today I have around 8 weeks to live [Update: Campaign Funded!]
Reason: Member warned for dragging up off site drama
well the owner on the other forum closed the thread claiming that we shouldn't shove morals down other peoples throats and giving is a personal choice. ironic considering what he shoved down another person's throat that wasn't her choice
Title: Doctors told me today I have around 8 weeks to live [Update: Campaign Funded!]
Reason: User was Suspended (72H): Bad faith posting
Have you tried some holistic/asian treatments? I knew someone who was kind of in a similar situation. He went to see some asian doctor who gave him a regiment to flush out all the toxins from his body. He's still alive today.
Title: Kanye TMZ Live Interview: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. ... That sounds like a choice"
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Derail
The father of a good friend got murdered shortly before he arrived home. She saw him in his blood, metalpipe in body.
She somehow managed to not go full dumbass. Most people manage to pull that off.
Edited to end the thread derail party.
Title: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Renewed For Season 2 By ABC, Comedy Series’ 11th Overall
Reason: User Warned: Negative racial generalisation.
This whole “this person says bigoted things but I’ll support them anyway” seems like something only white people convince themselves to do. It’s pretty pathetic but I’m used to it at this point.
Title: Why Do We Gloss Over Discriminatory, Prejudiced Content In This Industry?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Aggressively attempting to dictate the terms of homophobia
I don't give a shit what you are, do not tell me how to interpret things. I told you how I saw the scene, if you saw it differently and choose to see malice behind everything, that's fine.
Title: Can Nintendo afford to miss Pokemon releasing in 2018 with how "meh" their line-up has been?
Reason: User warned: Dismissive, inflammatory posting.
Man, so many great answers! Some people must have a seasonal response system or something:
"wait for E3" -> "wait for a direct" -> "wait for VGA" -> "wait for a direct"-> repeat ad infinitum
Its also cool that, if after the E3 we realise that the biggest games were announced, that same people will say "well, i'm still looking forward to play smash bros, and yoshi, and all those alreadly announced for this year so i don't get your your complains"
About op cocern: well, they can ... if the cut the price!
Title: Mahmoud Abbas says the Holocaust didn't happen because of anti-Semitism
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Rationalizing antisemitism.
What he said wasn't the best, but you could use a less leading headline. It's foolish to deny that of the enmity against Jewish people in Europe comes from their association with banking. That doesn't mean they brought antisemitism upon themselves, in isolation it really isn't a value statement at all.
Title: State Of Decay 2 Still Feels Rough, Despite Some Promising Ideas
Reason: User Warned: Console Wars
Satonya Nutella being stingy with his Azure servers. Mark Whitten and Albert Panello told me each Xbox One would have access to the power of 6 Xbox One CPUs in the cloud for free. What is going on here?
Trying to get my friends to play this game with me but they are already getting turned off by the negative previews. Same thing happened with Sea of Thieves. Pulling teeth to get them to even try it. This bad press DOES effect things.
I'm personally concerned about Crackdown 3 and it's server-side destruction. It was conceived when "Cloud Powered" was one of the foundations for Xbox One and they really seem to have got away from that. If I can't wreck a whole city with my friends, I'm going to be so frikin mad I may finallly buy a PS4. The horror.
Look it up, it matches your behavior in this thread 100%
Something about the game encourages people to behave this way towards other people starting the game for the first time.
It's a real problem that, as this thread proves, has not been solved yet.
Another shitty Xbox (and PC...) exclusive.
No wonder they changed the game pass they knew everything on the horizon is complete dross including Sea of Thieves.
Title: Why I think Persona 5 is the Most Over-Rated Game this Generation
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Space palace was the worst, but I wouldn't call this game over-rated. We have pretty much the entirety of Sony's own line of games to call that. Hell, one of them just came out!
(Persona 5 is my GOTY 2017, but in no way is my favorite Persona game, because that would be 4 Golden)
Title: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |OT| Gone Gold
Reason: User Warned: Please do not make inflammatory generalizations about gaming communities
Both sides are idiots. Skullgirls and KOF XIII are 2D and pretty different in how they approach animaiton and art style even when compared to each other. Trying to compare them to SFV in a positive or negative sense is just beyond stupid. We may as well be comparing 3S and SFV which dumbass Capcomheads do anyway because no one but Capcom could make a decent or well animated fighting game. I hate the insular nature of the FGC at large and the Capcom community (to a lesser degree).
God bless DBFZ and Xrd for widening the playing field a bit.
Title: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |OT| Gone Gold
Reason: User has been banned (1w): continues to be hostile towards other users despite having been warned in the past for it.
Mate, you’re actually funny but most of all deluded. All I did was respond to you in a normal manner then you suddenly go on the offense with the “defending” bullshit. Speaking of defending, get back to defending Tekken for their awful DLC practices because no one else will. You child.
CPT this year is going to be wild.
Title: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition |OT| Gone Gold
Reason: User has been warned: derailing thread, insulting user by accusing them of astroturfing
You'll say anything to defend this game bruh, you can't stop people from voicing their discrepancies against it. If people have a problem with Arcade Mode and FM then they can absolutely voice those comments.
Capcom needs to take you off the payroll. You doing too much.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive post.
That makes it my truth, my experience.
Sorry but when most of the time I see some angry white middle class jerk trying to act offended for black people, asians, poor people etc.. I dont buy it.
Title: I feel permanently damaged since the break up
Reason: Member has been banned (24h): history of abusing the report system to send hostile messages towards staff.
Sounds like a quick way to burn down the new relationship too.
Time. Just, time. (Without knowing the specifics of the old relationship and circumstances of the breakup, etc, it's hard to go farther than that in terms of advice.)
EDIT: Oh, you're the "asshole family cares more about caste than happiness" guy. I remember your other topic now. Sorry dude. :(
Title: Microsoft needs to "invest in teams, empower them creatively, and give them time"- Phil Spencer
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack. Please be respectful and polite when posting in threads.
LOL only here do I come across such weirdo fanboys, I love it. Your life must be cool when it comprises getting worked up over someone 'dissing' Playstation. Did the PS gamer get his feelings hurt?
No, I didn't forget those games you half wit. You don't seem to be able to understand the point of the post. That first party games this generation for Sony is much better, not that there were no good first party games last gen. Which is why I choose certain games to prove this point.
Do you actually think first party games for Sony were better last generation? At the very least you should be useful enough to have a point, as stupid as it might be.
Title: Microsoft needs to "invest in teams, empower them creatively, and give them time"- Phil Spencer
Reason: User Warned: Thread whining.
I wish these threads would stop.
Fuck what Spencer has to say.
He's been saying a lot for years.
Why do we keep having threads about his twitter responses to desperate fans begging for content? He knows. He's been knowing.
Title: Microsoft needs to "invest in teams, empower them creatively, and give them time"- Phil Spencer
Reason: User warned: Inflammatory snark, thread-whining.
Every time Phil Spencer says something on Twitter, it’s (apparently) news.
To be fair, games wise, there’s not much else for Xbox fans to talk about at this moment in time so, any little scrape of news is news.
Title: PS5 and next Xbox launch speculation - timing and specification
Reason: User Warned: Hostility
I must have really hurt your ego since you're still in such a mental state weeks later.
While I do find it cute to see it's probably better for you to send me more PM's.
What i said was correct and on point, this little poke is more of act of desperation. Let's stay on topic, now that things are more interesting.
Title: PS5 and next Xbox launch speculation - timing and specification
Reason: User Warned : Unwarranted hostility.
I already typed my long response you were just too dense to understand the issue.
Current gen Xbox One X games barely fit on tripple layer UHD discs.
You never actually solved the problem other than hand waving.
There isn't s point to having a shit ton of ram if you're gonna be handicapped by storage limitations so you can't have more/better assests to work with.
Your dumbass response is devs must just be idiots if they can't make it work.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Warned: Dismissive post.
It kind of proves his point though. There is a group of people that go from controversy to controversy and magnify it to 1000 because they want to be accepted or need reassurance that they are truly progressive (probably to make up for something they are truly not progressive on) and they act a fool. I don't think MG was taking a shot at the people in the doc, more so the crazies that hopped on the band wagon.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): thread derail + thread whining. You do not get to dictate what people from the US should care about - especially when it comes to a US TV show. History of multiple warnings and bans.
I am interested in the outrage surrounding Apu and why in gods name in America ( because this only concerns the US ) people would focus on some shit like this when there are wayyy bigger fish to fry. The US is all sorts of fucked up in every way, and especially concerning racial treatment of minors.
In my eyes this whole thing about Apu is offensive! comes off across like focussing on the totally wrong things in your society.
I have zero interest in watching a documentary because racial issues always grip me and have quite a big impact on how I feel about the world and people as a whole. I have no interest in going out and start looking for inequality, that would make me sad.
But from an outsider perspective, this seems like the wrong thing to focus on. The US has so many problems with racial treatment, PoC often get treated so unfairly. I feel that Apu is just a minor drop in a bucket if you catch mt drift.
Now I hope you finally understand me damn.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying intolerance for the sake of comedy
He is very true here, modern people annoy the fuck out of me in this regard, it's a reason why comedy is basically dead besides a few individuals like Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Dismissing concerns of racism.
Completely agree, fuck outrage culture and this cherry picking of Apu when you could consider almost all Simpsons characters offensive is completely ridiculous.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inflammatory Derailment
Can't hear his response from underneath his Klan hood. The worst generation keeps being the worst generation, but it's all okay because he's white and he made a lot of money propogating racism. Can't have any introspection or anything that might hurt his money train. We all know what this is really about.
Title: In South Korea There's a Witch-Hunt Against Female Game Devs who Align Themselves With Feminism
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Downplaying bigotry and intolerance, history of similar behaviour.
You're vilifying people you don't know and don't understand. You don't know that these people view/see women as tools and not as human beings. This mass of people is a lot more diverse than you give them credit for, and taking some extreme figures and statements out of the large blob just makes your own opinion more extreme.
And your statement is very hypocritical, you're being intolarent by what you personally think should not be tolerated. Isn't that exactly what they're doing too? What makes you different from them?
Title: In South Korea There's a Witch-Hunt Against Female Game Devs who Align Themselves With Feminism
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Advocating unsung virtues for hate movements and numerous accumulated infractions.
and yet, here you are painting any MRA as a if it were a direct anti feminist ground...
not going as far as thin foil theories, I would argue that simple, loud small grounds (death the penis, etc etc etc) that will make "interesting" news
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Homophobia. Ignorance.
Cristiano is a narcissistic moron who scores a bunch of goals when an entire team plays just for him.
He´s also a crybaby, a complete dick to his teammates and a criminal who unfortunately will never go to jail.
FUCK.THIS.GUY.
Also: Zlatan´s gool was 1.000.000x cooler.
FakeEdit: Maybe I´ll gain some respect for Ronaldo once he comes out of the closet after his active career.
Title: TotalBiscuit / John Bain's cancer has worsened ; retiring as a Game Critic, expresses future plans
Reason: User Warned: Baseless conspiracy theories
I’m not saying you aren’t invested personally. But honestly financial investment seems like it would want the largest return on income. You’re making it personal when it isn’t, I’m just saying a long term patient would likely make you more money than a short term one.
Title: TotalBiscuit / John Bain's cancer has worsened ; retiring as a Game Critic, expresses future plans
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Derailing thread with conspiracy theories
No one is saying you are not doing your job, or that the loads of people in care are not doing their job. But for you to totally disregard the people controlling large sectors of power and trillions of overall dollars as just jolly good folks is completely ridiculous too.
A cure all one pill and yer done type of cure would never see the light of day anywhere in this day and age. This is the age of profit and margins. Anybody telling you otherwise is pulling your leg. You can take that to the bank. If it were possible, it would be crushed by the hand that feeds in a millisecond. That much at least is certain unless a very good person actually ran a company that did not answer to share holders and profit margins.
That however does not mean that current research is somehow all bad. Far from it. I don't think anyone thinks that way. And besides that there are other things you can do with nutrition available to everyone that can help prevent cancer.
But Big Pharma technically, probably does not always follow through with some things they should take further. It has nothing to do with the scientists, and everything to do with the businessman that run the corporations.
So I have no idea why scientists in general get so uppity about it. It has nothing to do with you. Nobody is calling you out personally.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Broad generalization about other cultures. Handwaving criticism from an Indian American on Indian American issues. Previously warned for the same infraction.
I don't like to generalize, but this is mostly a situation I have seen in the US. Seriously... people in the US gets offended by everything... and what's worse is that they like to get offended in behalf of other countries/persons.
I don't get offended by the Bumblebee Man... in fact, all the people in Mexico I know likes him.
The outrage you read on the internet are mostly white privileged americans with no real problems, trying to get involved in something. And I get... I appreciate the act. But seriously, none of that is offensive for the rest of the world.
In fact, we wish to have those kind of problems.
Title: How do you feel about people who pirate movies?
Reason: User Warned: Advocating Piracy.
I have no problem with people who pirate movies, and I have no shame in admitting that I've done it myself, although my preferred method was Bittorrent rather than streaming.
Here's my position: I've been using Linux exclusively at home for nearly two decades and I've been on the lookout for the opportunity to purchase movies digitally for years to store on my media server and play on Kodi. I don't want to go to a cinema. I don't want the hassle of ripping physical discs. I'm not interested in rental or subscription services. I just want to purchase the odd movie every now and then to keep and play on my preferred platform (Kodi). Is that really too much to ask?
Apparently it is, because I've done everything in my power to find such a service, including contacting multiple companies, anti-piracy organisations, etc., and it seems that no company is providing it.
So if the industry isn't interested in supporting video content on my chosen platform, what do they have to lose when I just get what I want via other means? As far as I'm concerned, my use of Bittorrent is inconsequential to the industry because the industry is not providing any competing service.
With regards to other media, I do not pirate anything. DRM is pretty much dead on music, so I never have any issues playing legally purchased music on any device I own (Kodi, MP3 Player, Phone, Tablet, Linux PC, etc.), and games are limited to their platform by their nature of software/hardware compatibility anyway.
Now, I don't like it when I hear of friends/family pirating music and games - especially of small artists and developers - and I'm often tempted to encourage them to buy their music and/or games, but I usually won't say anything because I feel that it might come off as snobbish. But movies? I have zero sympathy for that industry. Same goes for TV.
And your co-workers OP? They sound like assholes, but that has little to do with piracy.
Title: How do you feel about people who pirate movies?
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Advocating piracy. Accumulated infractions.
I don't think so. Tbh movies that I pirate I wouldn't be willing to pay for anyway. If it wasn't able to be pirated I'd watch something else. If it's something or someone I really want to watch or support, I'll pay.
Title: How do you feel about people who pirate movies?
Reason: User Warned: Platform war baiting.
Do you guys feel the same about people who pirate current video games? I didn't include that part in the OP but yeah, they almost celebrate and high five each other whenever a Denuvo game is cracked. They're all big time PC Gamers yet pirate every non-mp release. They also slam consoles because you can't easily pirate them.
Title: How do you feel about people who pirate movies?
Reason: User Warned: Advocating piracy.
OP's coworkers sound super annoying, but I have no problem pirating stuff. Last night I grabbed Suicide Squad just to see if it was as bad as people say and I really don't feel bad that they won't get my money.
I definitely still like to pay for the good shit, though. After I downloaded Annihilation and watched a review about it, I felt so bad that I bought a movie ticket online...
Title: Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s (Tesla's) creditors are suddenly having a serious bout of buyer’s remorse.
Reason: User warned: trolling, insults, inflammatory/strawman argumentation.
see? they just come out of the woodwork to mindlessly condescend and defend their Benevolent Billionaire God King. "His flagship product looks pretty good, except he can't actually make any."
Reason: User Warned: Offensive racial generalisations
As an Indian guy it truly is hell, but I don't think racism has anything to do with it. Like I doubt many of the girls who claim to only like white guys on tinder or whatever would be swiping left on Zayn Malik or Toni Mahfud. The sad truth is that white men on average are just significantly better looking than men of any other race. Just step into any college campus and this becomes instantly evident. A better more realistic solution would be to have a government subsidized plastic surgery program for ethnic males. Getting an average ethnic male to surgically ascend his looks rating by two points might allow him to compete on a level playing field with the average white male. I know I'd be the first one to sign up.
Reason: User Banned (permanently): Repeatedly entering threads dealing with race or sexism just to make inflammatory and bigoted comments. Arguing in bad faith. Ban extended to permanent after review.
Doesn know why they have preferences?
Why do I have a latex fetish? I don't fucking know lol.
I have a question for you guys.......... Are gay men sexist for not wanting to date women?
yep, it's true for every race. just see how oriental asians act around black men. growing up in pakistan, there was a huge demand for fair skin women and nearly all the movie and tv stars were fair skin men and women. this is a country with 70% brown skin to dark skin people. i saw my own aunts berate and just dismiss other women and men and boys because they were dark skinned. there were Nivea ads touting its power to turn brown skin women white. entire songs written for fair skin women. it was hilarious in a way.
so when i see these threads wondering why white women dont find people of color attractive, i go back to how other races feel the same about brown and black people. you cant force someone to be attracted to people they arent attracted to.
Title: "The Simpsons" hits back at Hari Kondabolu's "The Problem With Apu"
Reason: User warned: Broad generalization about other cultures. Handwaving criticism from an Indian American on Indian American issues.
Like I said in another thread:
People in the US need to calm down. Seriously... people in the US gets offended by everything... and what's worse is that they like to get offended in behalf of other countries/persons.
I don't get offended by the Bumblebee Man... in fact, all the people in Mexico I know likes him. I'm pretty sure people in India are not offended by Apu.
This "problem" is just white privileged americans with no real problems, trying to get involved in something.
Title: "The Simpsons" hits back at Hari Kondabolu's "The Problem With Apu"
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
Because seeing your responses to my dissenting opinion is humorous. And seeing you guys categorize me as Apathetic, Ignorant, etc is also pretty humorous.
Title: "The Simpsons" hits back at Hari Kondabolu's "The Problem With Apu"
Reason: User Warned: Trolling + Mocking Members
Im glad i backed out this topic a few pages back.
Anyway. Im still gonna file a complaint and go nuts online. Every Scotsman does not videotape couples in cars!
Title: "The Simpsons" hits back at Hari Kondabolu's "The Problem With Apu"
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory language.
OK? Again, if being called "melanin deprived" offends someone that much, they never wanted to help in the first place. White people are so used to being coddled that the most minor insult gives them the fucking vapors.
Title: "The Simpsons" hits back at Hari Kondabolu's "The Problem With Apu"
Reason: User warned: Use of inflammatory language.
Simpsons has been trash for a long ass time. Like I don't know how many threads we need to drill into the heads of some of you people.
You see some shit like Apu but you so melanin deprived you just ride with like huck huck yeah they sure do talk and act like this. I'll even impersonate her stereotypical voice.
But hey decades later when we try to evolve as a society people tell you why it's bad? Nope nooo it never bothered me, I never saw a problem.
Apu was/is an insult but nah disagree with me, quote me, get into your trash.
Title: Netanyahu currently speaking on "concrete" proof of "Iran's Secret Nuclear Files"
Reason: User Banned (One week): Calling for the death of a nation, antagonizing other users
Iran is a terrorist state desperate for nuclear armament. They actively call for death of Americans. They support a monster in Syria. You people disgust me as much as I apparently disgust you.
Title: Simpsons creator Matt Groening on Apu: 'People love to pretend they're offended'
Reason: User Warned: Arguing in bad faith
I'm dismissing the concerns of the Indians who brought this issue up? I could've sworn I was talking about the mob mentality surrounding this, and, well, pretty much everything else now, that Matt was talking about. I agree with the doc, if you had bothered to ask, or, you know, first actually gave a shit to.
Title: Vegan mansplainer scolds, doxxes woman after she buys ice cream for a crying kid
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Victim Blaming
Yeah he's an asshole, but she sounds like one herself as well.
1. Felt the need to "advertise" her deed on social media so she can get the validation she desires, something I'm not a fan of. I know people who advertise whenever they give a couple bucks to a homeless person on their FB or whatever (making it a "story" about how "good" it made them feel) and I find it pretty distasteful. Implies the original intention wasn't driven by any kind of altruism, more like "I cant wait to see how many likes I can get for this" and needing the world to applaud them for their "charity".
2. Even though the guy sounds like a bit of a loon, her response was both disrespectful, dismissive, and expletive laden. Not gonna celebrate her for that. She doesn't sounds like a great person herself.
Title: Reuters-Ipsos poll: Democrats losing support of millennials
Reason: User Warned: Wishing harm and hardship on others
I just want automation to violently hit America in the face and send millions to the unemployment lines. Fuck people and fuck mankind; let's just dedicate everything we have to rushing forward with AI and see where it takes us.
Title: Avengers: Infinity War |OT| Destiny Still Arrives (Unmarked Spoilers)
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate commentary.
All I could think of during the credits was "How messed up would it be to cut to Tony and Pepper's house, and there's like a fetus just laying on the floor surrounded by Pepper's dust.
That's when I realized I have issues...
Title: NG: Largest Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice Found in Peru
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Rationalizing child sacrifice as "population control."
Gruesome but probably had an effect on population control. Which is why population is such a problem for humanity now. Too many unproductive mouths to feed and all that
Title: Jury has reached a verdict in the Cosby trial [Guilty on all 3 counts]
Reason: User banned (1 week): defending/downplaying a convicted rapist
the sheer number of accusations certainly doesn't look good.
that alone should cause you to take notice.
But being a fan of the scientific method/evidence I just can't roll with it.
He probably did it, but I don't think anyone should convict people via He/She said He/She said.
If there was some DNA evidence or something tangible involved I'd be less conflicted.
Meh, I'd rather not think about it either way.....if he did it, then he got what he deserved...if Not then that's tragic also.
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User warned: Trolling.
he was great. Love how triggered Alex got when he dared to suggest that as a new parent she might have a tough time being authoritative with her child. He literally said nothing controversial at all but she was so threatened by his suggestion. Quite entertaining. She really is awful every time I see her on here.
Title: Trailer of Netflix Documentary on Rachel Dolezal (White Woman Identifying as "Trans-Black")
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Transphobia, previous bans for similar behavior.
I think this trans race has to be acceptable.
All anyone here keeps telling me is sex and race are just social constructs, soooo
If one is able to identify as a sex other than what they were born as, who are we to say that they don’t feel they are a different race.
Title: Trailer of Netflix Documentary on Rachel Dolezal (White Woman Identifying as "Trans-Black")
Reason: User Was Warned For: Unnecessary gendered attacks. There's plenty to criticize Dolezal on otherwise.
To you. I don't need to hear anymore from this clown in makeup. Nothing "fascinating" about some dumb hoe who sued Howard, then decided she was black for the "perks" or whatever.
You'll disagree, shockingly..
You don't know! Would she ever lie? Come on..
Title: Bill Maher is off on so many thing but every so often he nails it: His Open Letter to Rosanne Barr
Reason: User warned: hostility
I'm just gonna stop you right there.
You can also fuck right off, because I have put more blood sweat and tears into working for, stumping for, and generally busting my ass for political campaigns, get out the vote efforts, and protests than you could possibly comprhend.
You've got a real problem opening your mouth to say stupid shit when you don't know anything.
Title: Bill Maher is off on so many thing but every so often he nails it: His Open Letter to Rosanne Barr
Reason: User warned: derailing the thread
And people took it out of context and turned it into Sanders vs. Clinton discussion, which I honestly didn't intend for to happen. Whatever your thoughts on Sanders are, Clinton is clearly centre-right and to me it's baffling that someone can be so upset about a comedian like Maher not being progressive enough (implying they care so deeply about progressive values that they're that picky) yet be comfortable with voting for someone who's clearly not the most progressive on her side of the political isle.
People's expectations are skewed badly online.
Women gets hundreds of likes a day from guys who just want to one time them. Many of them married or partnered up. Many of them creeps. It creates a problem for the genuine guys to get a look in. You're more than likely getting filtered out along with the hook up guys.
The women because they have guys messaging them by the hundred load a day believe everyone wants them. That they are literally God's gift to manhood. Their expectations are skewed. They date the good looking/rifh dudes and get sidelined or messed around, and then complain that the guys in general are messing them about. If they could accurately filter the time wasters and creeps, they would get to half decent guys who would happily respect them and date them. Problem is the average guy isn't super good looking, not rich. Gotta keep expectations in check.
tldr; it's a ckuster fuck. Good luck have batman.
Title: Darrell Gallagher (Ex-Activision SVP) joins Microsoft Studios exec. leadership team
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Spreading conspiracy theories, accumulated infractions.
This is the guy who spearheaded the deal to make Rise of the Tomb Raider one year exclusive to Xbox.
It failed badly and he "left the studio" shortly thereafter.
Now he's working for the people whom he made the exclusive sweet deal for. It's not surprising, I don't think there are many companies out there clamoring for him given his business catastrophe.
It's almost like the revolving door in politics where they graduate to lobbying.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Thread derailment, hostility.
Actually it's been dismissed to death in this thread.
Bayonetta is sexy and confident and powerful without the need to wear armor or have bulging muscles. And she emerges victorious with little effort. So I guess she is a power fantasy too huh?
I mean she was designed by a woman after all.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Ignoring thread guidelines, dismissing concerns around sexualization as coming from 'SJWs', sweeping negative generalizations of a people.
Most gamers are men. As simple as that. Sex is not only a bait but THE bait. In all aspects of life.
In any case, again the double standard. We talk about oversexualized female characters but not a word on the superhero male model showing off muscles, Dante from DMC 3 or more recently Gladio, from FFXV. Lot of talk about Cindy but NONE complained about Gladio. The difference? how much one side likes to make noise while the other side could not care less.
Japanese are a little perv and they like fantasizing with women that are not often seen in their daily life ? Of course. But we, westerns, should not measure it by our standards but theirs.
Unfortunately there is lot of posing in this SJW. They know they get visits on the internet so their behaviour becomes more radical which consequence is that most times the legit causes are mixed up with the bullshitting ones.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Trolling.
Looks a the P5 outfits.
Looks back at thread.
Remembers why I decided to bail out.
And here's hoping Nintendo puts bikini Samus in Prime 4, if only for the giggles.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 month) Repeatedly entering the 'Why Women Criticize etc.' thread to make bad faith arguments and be dismissive of the issues despite a previous warning and ban for the same behaviour. Ban extended after review.
The few snippets of zero two's behavior I've seen are quite ludicrous.
The thing is gender /= biological sex. And there are people who don't subscribe to either gender. Unless you're doing something like deepfakes, or mimicking the face of some real person, it is fiction don't think nonexistent character representation has anything to do with respect, it only deals with representation of biological sex which is distinct from gender, women /= biological female bodies.
The same issues could be brought against future sex bots, once they pass the uncanny valley. But again, I do not think objects with female bodies in and of themselves are disrespecting anyone. If you see the statue of David, in what way does that disrespect men? I don't think it does. I think this idea is an attempt at trying to use the "misappropriation" idea again, to misuse it, that is to say you can't portray a certain race, a certain sex, a certain class, a certain group, a certain political group, a certain religion without permission.
But in fiction, you don't need to ask neo-nazis or kkk or surviving nazis how to portray them. In satire you don't need to ask a political party if they'd like to be made fun off. Irrespective of the group, freedom of expression allows you to represent any group any class. Of course if you do tasteless things, you will offend, you will provoke, and you will have to deal with the result of that.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Disingenuous arguments.
This is the opposite of anecdotal evidence though lol. This is a few fringe crazy people doing crazy things as reported by the media. We don't judge an entire group of people for that kinda stuff, right?
Most gamers in general don't even know who Anita is. The point I was trying to make is I've never heard ANY man ever say anything like "women are objects who exist solely for male titillation and pleasure" or believes that in any way. The few people who do think like that are social outcasts that don't get alot with the rest of society. At least that's how I see it...
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Derailing the thread with a nonsensical comparison
It's not the videogames it's the consumers. The industry is just an assistant to bring imagination to life. Now tell me to give everyone injections to lower their desires like it was done with gay people not too long ago.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 month): Using a slippery slope argument to defend the sexualization of minors. Repeated warnings and bans. Ban extended after review.
Not focusing only on loli but when you start to ban fiction material, where is the line drawn? Right now is "we will remover any depiction of unreal underage" and that is valid, but it also open the game to plausible keep the ball rolling for whatever future people get a distaste towards
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Please do not defend female characters being subjected to sexual assault for titillation
Replying to this post because you've asked for candid responses. Now - I don't like Senran Kagura and know nothing of it beyond those two videos you posted. But I like DoAX3 and am willing to defend that, so I reckon I'm close enough to be able to give a relevant response.
But having watched those videos, I don't agree that they're pretty gross. I don't see what makes them pretty gross. You're interactively harassing or assaulting a virtual character. That's it. You, the player, is behaving like an asshole and a pervert to a young woman. It's not for me, but you describe it as 'potentially harmful' and I just can't see it. Potentially harmful to who? Pixels? Fictional characters? Sure. Real people ...how?
Do you mean to imply that there could be someone out there who interacts with this and thinks to himself "Ah, I see. So this is the way to treat women. I was doing it incorrectly all along. From now on when I see a bikini-clad maiden I shall proceed to give her bosoms friendly pokes and slaps. If she recoils with tears in her eyes I will know I have done it correctly." Because that doesn't happen. Stuff like this exists you can't treat people like this in real life, it would be gross in real life. It the same reason all kinds of forbidden behaviour appears in video games, most of it violent, but some of it, like this, sexual. And like video game violence, I don't believe that it affects anyone who isn't already predisposed to that kind of behaviour, and I believe only very realistic content (real both emotionally and visually) can have such an effect. Slapping around some poorly-rendered cartoon character in a blatantly silly atmosphere is not anywhere near the level of realism that would cause anyone to get confused.
On the other hand, I can't see how this is harmful in the overall context of video games either, because this is a niche game for a tiny audience that is aimed squarely at heterosexual male otakus. There aren't any women feeling excluded by this game having sexualisation - sexualisation is the raison d'etre of the game. So from that point of view no harm is being done either. This isn't a 'Cindy in FFXV' situation here.
I suppose that's a defense of the game. Apparently you believe this opinion means I shouldn't be welcome in the forum? I think that goes too far, but each to his own, I know you mean well. To be clear, I'm certainly not angry, just confused at the level of your opprobrium to something I consider totally harmless.
As for the second part of the question, the 'Why do you enjoy being pandered to in such a gratuitous, over-the-top manner', well, you've nailed it. It's the interactivity. For me, I'm an amateur photographer. I love taking pictures of stuff. Getting the right lens, the right aperture, setting up the light or being in the right place at the right time. I've done all kinds of photography - landscape, macro, safari, architectural and urban exploration - but one kind I don't get to do that I've always wanted to is taking pictures of half-naked beautiful women - because I don't have access to beautiful women who'd get naked and just pose all day. Guess what, no normal guy does! DoAX3 lets me live out this thing I can't do in real life, and I love it for it. You can't pan the camera around a model and find the perfect angle in porn. And that last sentence is basically 100% of the appeal, if I'm being as candid as you want me to be. And to be extra candid, I don't actually know anyone with the physical attributes of a Momiji from DoA. (They might actually be impossible.) Put those things together and I can spend an hour just setting up scenes, taking pictures, and appreciating the beauty of the subject. Some do the same with landscapes in Horizon or the cars in GT Sport. For me, I prefer female models. It's just purely an enjoyment of physical beauty thing.
So if you want to know where the enjoyment comes from, that's it for me. I get that almost everyone else in the thread isn't going to think that's enjoyable, but it should be obvious how to some people it is. I don't get anything out of discussing it with other people other than sharing good images, so I don't really discuss it. And I disagree, as I've stated before, that it's ludicrous or harmful. And that's an important point. People don't defend these games them being 'so clearly ludicrous and harmful' they defend them because they that they're harmful.
(I just want to say that all of this is, as you said, assuming the characters are 18. Marie Rose in DoA shouldn't be allowed, imo. It's actually fucking that there wasn't more fuss over her being in DoAX3.)
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (24 hours): Personal attack. Previously warned for similar behaviour.
...As someone who was raised Buddhist by my Burmese parents...fuck you. Fuck you for misinterpreting the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. Don't come here with your willful mistranslation. From the bottom of my heart ပါးစပ်ပိတ်ထား
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Not the right context to laugh off a serious argument
I'll personally defend it because I find it hilarious. Ludicrous things like that are like that for me.
That being said, I haven't actually played any SK games beyond a demo IIRC, but those videos make me want to. It's the kind of absurdism I find appealing. Even if the combat is bad, presentation goes a long way.
That SK thread has actually got me curious too with people saying there are legit well-written characters. I'm trying to wrap my head around that claim. I would find the cognitive dissonance of that absolutely fascinating if things do indeed get as serious as they say.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: Failing to label obvious NSFW content
It goes back to Buddhism and how sex is less taboo than with other religions. Do some googles if you want to know so bad. I thought it was common knowledge how expansive the sex industry was out there.
Fan-service or not, the point is they handle this content just fine over there. It's not the games' fault.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned for this post: Do not condone, defend, or otherwise excuse the sexualisation of children.
no because blanket statements accusing people of being pedos really doesnt do anyone any favors when its over cartoons that have numbers arbitrarily added to them
Edit: Im not saying sexualization of children is acceptable, if its someone like Nanako in Persona 4, ya thats creepy and weird. But ive been called a pedo for liking P5 and choosing the Futaba route when really the difference is arbitrary when someone like a Makoto fan gets a free pass on the subject. All im saying is context, blanket statements dont help anyone
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned for this post: Attempted thread derailing. User was banned for 5 days for accumulated warnings and bans for trolling, drive-by posting, and derailment
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was banned for 5 days for this post for this post: Making generalizations about the entire anime community, despite being warned for this behaviour last week.
I remember years back when we could make fun of creeps who jerk off to prepubescent anime girls and now it's all "but it doesn't hurt anyoneeee", "don't kink shameeeeeee", "don't say mean things about the anime community even though most people in it are complicit by tolerating and defending the sexualization of minooooors", "but she's a 47598789375869 year old dragoooooonnnnn"
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was banned for 1 week for this post: Sexism, ignoring mod posts. Second warning in a week's time.
Meh, I see nothing wrong with Pyra’s design nor Rex’s relationship with her in the context of the game.
Even if the lead character was a female with a male 2ndary lead playing the love interest I have a feeling those who lean a bit too far in to “everything in gaming is now sexist” would just say that the game is anchoring the female lead down with a love interest they don’t need, and the only reason the male character is there is because the developers think the women always need a man...
It feels like there’s no winning with certain types of people until the female characters are fully covered and ugly.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (6 weeks): Making personal attacks even after receiving multiple warnings and bans for that same reason. Ban extended after review.
I nowhere had said that "rape is fine". If you have read it like this, you need to step away from your kool-aid and check your stupid useless head.
I said there is difference, between "rape" and "bad flirting", which is true.
I deeply detest any form of violence against women, including rape and harassment.
At the same time, I think there is a fine line, between, accusing people and automatically assume "guilty until proven innocent".
That is all.
With that said, I am out. I am not good enough to join your club, where your masturbate each other egos. Have fun, but know that your whining won't change the world one bit.
Get a healthy dose of reality, college drop-outs.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User's previous 3-day ban was extended to 1 week for this post for: Repeated rude, dismissive and bad faith arguing.
One single character design could not, even theoretically, put me off from playing the game. It would be petty on my part and I have never understood when people do that, because, it's one design out of many and game consists out of many things, like gameplay, music, other designs, e.t.c. Being turned off the whole package by just one single aspect is senseless and illogical to me.
For example: I really disliked a lot of designs in MK9 - most of the female designs in this game were tasteless and boring (especially Mileena, who was one of my favorite characters in the past) and she, alongside Kitana was heavily shafted both in costume and story departments. Nevertheless, I am really big fan of the series and I really loved the gameplay.
It's possible to like the game and admit that there are some problems with it, be it designs or gameplay.
On the other hand, there is MGSV. Despite my big love for the series and the fact that MGS2 has one of the biggest influences on my outlook on what video games could be, I didn't want to play this game, due to the multiple problems, like some designs, story decisions and gameplay.
So all in all, I can be turned off the game, when there are more things then one that I dislike.
As for diversity - you have already said it - I'd like to see more characters of various ethnicities as long as they nicely written. Often I see people saying characters and going "good enough / at least it's something", i can understand it, but it doesn't really sit well with me, because, "token" character doesn't really feel genuine. Of course, it is case by case thing.
There is no such thing as "sacrosanct" games. Everything can be criticized as long as criticism makes sense and not goes into realm of personal taste.
If you lost friends because of such stupid shit, it is your problem, not theirs.
Zealousy is never good. As this thread proves.
Someone in this thread said, that, when people address problematic stuff, some people take it as if ti was personal insult.
I see a great irony, that you take my criticism of some people as a personal slight.
"Vaguely antagonistic"...What is this? You can't even figure out what I was trying to say, but you still say that I did something bad. OK.
"Rude, dismissive, hostile". So many buzzwords. So little meaning. It's like you have a dictionary, which you apply, whenever, possible, with zero understanding and contexts.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: offensive and disingenuous comparison. Anime fandoms are not a protected class.
How does that make you difference form a sexist or racist?
Honestly ? I've seen enough Asians driving badly so I lost all faith in Asian's driving.
All I see is emotional females so I lost faith in the female sex.
Is that something I could say?
It's just never good to generalize.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Persistent dismissive arguments after being banned for the same reasons, continuing to ignore mod warnings/bans. Ban extended on review.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: 1 Day Ban: A series of rude replies and bad-faith argumentation.
I should have worded my point differently - I think this opinion, that RE is somehow , and the rest of the Internet is worse - somewhat hilarious.
Though for some people glass is always half-empty.
Apparently some people don't understand how to make characters expressive via art style and see it as bunch of evil words for the sake of nerds. Oh well.
Nope, got it first time, just wanted to clarify.
Sorry, I am not specialist on fictional women.
Goodspeed to you in this uneasy study.
Should I send you a hand cream?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Ban extended to permanent after review, based on history of ignoring prior warnings/bans, and for repeated sexist trolling.
This is the best thread ever
It’s never ending
I completely disagree with comparing racism with Cindy and Pyra and Quiet and some other female characters
There is a reason why 1 is against the law and the other are games with teen ratings or even lower
And no
This is not because society accepts this and that but not that and that
There are fundamental differences
This is a no-brainer
Its actually degrading the effect of racism
If you want to make it as broad as how women are threated in some countries its more a good camparison of course
But dont use it in discussions about Cindy etc
Women in Iran are at this very moment literally risking their lives on the streets of Iran
Yes how they are threated is like genatical racism
But please dont get carried away in discussions about some character designs and comparing it to racism
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: This user is warned for this post: Downplaying sexism.
Well no, but Racism is factually a wrong and evil thing
I don't think ogling is, atleast not in media?
I also don't think ogling in real life is necessarily bad as long as its not obvious or done to harass someone.
Just really not sure how that compares?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (1 week): user came back from a 2 day ban for not arguing in good faith and being dismissive of the arguments being made in this thread then continued to do the same thing.
Oh, I dunno. Maybe most people just like to play games and don’t want irl politics to interfere with that...but hey, what do I know?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Dark Souls Remaster coming to Nintendo Switch (Delayed), Xbox One, PS4, and PC on 05/25
Reason: User Warned: Accusing developers of being 'lazy'.
They just pulled up the brightness and took off all helmet textures to get stable FPS is my guess. Maybe they aren't lazy but they will not feel the urge to do something out of the box if they have calculated we will give them that amount of money before-hand without craving something back.
(ok, seems it's the publishers responsibility to give the remaster developers the proper resources)
I pre-ordered MHW and will not play it until it gets a locked 30 fps patch. Capcom are really lazy not giving us that for example
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Member was warned for ignoring guidance in the OP. 'It's just entertainment'.
What it comes down to, is that a group of people wants games to set a positive example by only including content that they agree with. And I think that's scary. I don't want game developers to encourage certain thoughts or behaviors. I wouldn't trust them with such an important task anyway. Developers shouldn't be lumbered with raising and educating people. They're just creating entertainment. Entertainment that reflects the real world. Entertainment catered towards people's desires. That's the free market.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Member was warned for dismissing the issue 'That's just how it is'. Derailing.
That's just how it is, really there are giant double standards in real life just as they are in video games.
Women tend to be sexualized more and male characters tend to be cattle set for slaughter in violent games. That would be an interesting topic to discuss.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Has Been Warned For: Consistently disingenuous and aggressive posts.
Yea and a game decides to appeal to certain audience that's horrible and it should be deleted from the world right? That's sure how people make it sound these days. If a pub chooses to make a game to appeal to everyone that's fine, but when they decide to go another way they should be able to do that without the fear of having to censor their art to appease the eternally triggered.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't make disingenuous arguments to shut down criticism of sexualization in games. Don't equate criticism of fanservice to actual abuse.
Criticizing fanservice and then saying you don't want it banned is the same as verbally abusing a person for their clothes and then expect them to continue wearing them.
And in case of video games, where the consumer has all the power and the social media is capable of persuading masses, criticizing fanservice literally leads to less interest from devs in localization and development of such titles.
Some publishers now avoid releasing games in the west because of the abuse they receive for their games' content and have to resort to publishing their games in English in Asia to avoid controversy.
If this weren't the case, you'd just be wasting your time complaining on the internet ad nauseam. I guess you should be happy knowing that you're affecting the industry with your "harmless" posts.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: The user was banned for amassing multiple warnings and this post (48 hours). Sexual harassment isn't a geographical issue, and ignoring problems doesn't solve them. Argue in good faith, or don't participate in discussions you clearly don't care about.
Bruh, I’m not American and all the sexual harassment going on has nothing to do with me or video games.
I’m not a woman, and the devs are allowed to create whatever they want and you’re free to criticise it, that’s your problem. But instead of arguing about something you don’t like constantly expecting it to just change out of nowhere, how about you just ignore it instead and play something you don’t find offensive. Also you don’t represent all women even if you are one, just saying.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was banned for 24 hours: Dismissing the opinions and concerns of other posters in this thread, despite the instructions in the OP to avoid doing that.
Maybe the camera angles show "cleavage and panty shots", but you are the one obsessing over them. I'm sure the camera angles also show faces, feet, shoulders, clavicles, knees, and possibly arm pits. You are the one projecting sexual desire on them. Cleavage is not innately sexual. It is only your sexual repression which makes anything forbidden into something arousing.
You make it dirty, not the camera. And I find that shameful because I don't make it dirty, and I find your behavior degrading to women when you reduce them to just a bunch of sexual parts, ignoring their personhood, and remove their agency by telling them how they should be allowed to dress.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Extremely sexist post, telling women what they can or can't talk about, after coming back from a month-long ban
To a certain extent I agree with OP on females in games. If a game is heavily action or combat oriented and features females performing said action or combat I'd like them to look more the part in terms of having visible muscle tone and being decked out in combat appropriate gear. However, this desire comes from an entirely different place. In my case I simply appreciate the female form and think females actually look cooler than males when they're fit and decked out in battle gear on top of being sexy, it's my own preference. For example if I'm playing an MMO and there's a muscle slider I'll always make full use of it and try to go for outfits that make my female character look like a badass.
So if I were in charge of game design I'd make sure any females that are performing in combat look the part, however I would not do away with the eye candy and I'd make said combat appropriate females look idealized and attractive. I'd still have those eye candy females in the game but they'd be entirely there for the sake of fan service and would serve absolutely no role in the combat whatsoever. I love fanservice and the sexualization of females in games, however where I disagree with many other games is that the sexualized eye candy females should not be the playable characters or the ones performing the action.
Now let me make clear that I'd still have these eye candy females as the cheerleaders, the maids, or any other non-combat service role since that's honestly where those types of females should be imo, not fighting. I think that if a female is going to be performing on the battlefield she should actually look like she could absolutely fuck shit up. So that'd probably be where I also disagree with OP and those against the sexualization of females in games, I think there's a place for these types of sexualized females and that's it's just a matter of better writing to properly fit these females in the game that makes a good amount of sense.
But even disregarding that, this notion that it's somehow "problematic" to have these sexualized females in the game is one that I actually find offensive. Let's just set the record straight here and point out that yes, this sexualization is in fact done for the male gamer and usually something the Dev wants to do. The types of games that sexualize their females where never for any of the people who'd find it offensive to begin with. It's not like there's some kind of plot to demean females through games and promote them to be over sexualized IRL, it's simply something that's done to get the attention of your typical male gamer.
So don't treat it like it's this huge problem that needs to be addressed, it absolutely isn't. There are games that don't sexualize females and those are the types of games that OP and those that share that sentiment should focus on. I don't agree with complaining about it because it gives the impression that companies and Devs are somehow doing a bad thing by having these sexualized females in their games, and that simply isn't true. There's nothing sexist about wanting to have an overly sexed out female in a game and enjoying that, it's perfectly normal and doesn't cause any harm to anybody besides those that can't cope with views they don't like and can't, for whatever reason, disregard it.
I could make the argument that games which don't sexualize their females are somehow problematic and prudish, but my argument wouldn't be any less valid than those of you complaining about games that do sexualize females, it's all subjective. Nobody is committing any fouls and that's my problem and those that are so negative towards you complaining's problem. You're all on this high-horse and acting like some kind of civil rights issue is at stake, it absolutely isn't and you all really need to tone it down. That this thread is 100+ pages is ridiculous. Not only isn't complaining like this going to not change anything, but will actively set many people against you to defend their hobby from this absurd criticism.
Like I've said before, I think Anita is incredibly toxic for even making such an issue about females in games the way she did, because it creates a narrative that she's objectively right and those these companies and Devs are somehow the bad guys when that's just simply not the case. It almost feels like a group of outsiders trying to muscle in and make demands while acting like they're righteous. Stop it.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: comparing this community to fake feminist trolls on Twitter, mocking their concerns, accusing them of hurting their cause
EDIT after mod warning: It was really not my intention to offend nor mock anyone. I'll stay out of the thread from now on. If someone wants to reach me about it, please use MPs
This, and the are the kind of hyperbole i'm talking about. Risque designs doesn't make a game a . Taking on Xenoblade 2, wich is the hot topic today, i can't help but thinking that those are really the designs the artists had in mind, gross or don't, and Monoloth/Nintendo wanted to respect that, and maybe, just there's no ulterior motives behind them. As far as i read about the game it seems to be well written and there's not much focus, if any, on sexualizing the characters whatsoever, wich would contradict the claim of a game and characters designed to pander only a determined demographic.
You know, there's a spanish twitter account created by the right-wing forum forocoches posing as a feminist twitter account and dedicated to post ridiculous and overblown statements with objective of hurting the cause. This thread reminds me to that account sometimes, to the point of making me question the validity of some claims.
There's also the claims that imply that only sexist otakus buy those games, wich maybe should be taken in account too.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: drive-by trolling, not reading the OP
What is stopping people from creating non-sexualuzed designs? Nothing. Apparently they're creating things people want/like. Are you telling me I should not want/like this?
Also, effin' lol at people saying shirtless buff men are not the same as sexualuzed women. I'd argue it's worse.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: extreme mansplaining and condescension
I think you girls are misunderstanding what is happening in that gif. She gets hit on the lower left and that animation is her recovery. So do your boobs move if you get hit form the side?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User has been permanetly banned for this post.
So THIS is where the scum of the internet known as NEOgaf went their leader got charged for sexual assault. After reading this thread i understand why no other forum wanted to host the refugee users.
Hahaha, sorry but you are delusional, just look at Overwatch's popularity. Pussy sells, baby 8) .
You can ban me from your moral masturbation white-knighting echochamber now, i said what i wanted to say.
Focus on real problems and real women issues like for example the way they get treated like worthless objects in the middle east or india. OH WAIT, you don't give a shit, sorry, i guess that bringing cartoon girls away to some single men is more important.
Stay well :)
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Member was warned for disingenuous posting
According to there is no link between videogame consumption and sexist attitudes in gamers.
As a matter of fact video games don't need to appeal to anything or anyone. If some games cater to people who want to see T&A it's because they're obviously in demand.
Well, who says video games can't be the place for self-indulgence? If somehow everyone was required to play video games I would agree with you, but that's not the case. At the end of the day no one is forced to play anything.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (3 days): repeated "white knights" dog-whistling after warnings, making stuff up about Japan
They not care.
The Japanese are more open-minded than other countries in terms of sex. Specifically for my taste they take light years to other countries. They do not have so many prejudices. Thank God, there are no white knights in Japan and that's why we get amazing designs without censorship today.
And as much as it bothers some of them this is part of their culture, manga and anime with designs of this type. And it will continue like that without changing, that luck that we have fans of the anime, the manga.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (3 days) for repeated trolling and disingenuous argumentation
Look in medieval art women were portarayed as morbidly obese. That appeased their wealthy wives. But the athletic village girl and maid was always there. Take the reality behind closed doors as you will.
Human height is determined by genes and with proper nutrition the average height went up quite a bit showing a dormant trait spread through many western populations.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User has been perma-banned: comes into the thread with a claim that has been rebuked several times already and argues in bad faith.
Can we please stop this stupid argument of sexism in videogames? It's not even a real problem at all. It's a media like the others. Are you gonna criticize porn movies cause the women is objectified? Ofc no. It's like complaining about tits in a fanservice game like senran kagura. If you are a real feminist you should focus on real world problems, not on fittious ones.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: trolling and/or failure to read OP and follow moderator instructions
Look, I'm basically all about developer freedom, and the (paying) market dictates what gets made. Gaming is a for-profit, entertainment medium. Its not a social service. For the most part, things get made because there is an audience that wants and is willing to pay for a certain type of product
Sorry guys, but I'm against telling any dev to not make that "fanservicey" game that's targeted towards a certain male audience because honestly, why should they be denied the product they like and would want to purchase? I'm sorry, but I don't get the "outrage" all the time, and all the calls for this to banned/changed/censored, etc.
If you don't like the looks of a certain game, don't buy it. If enough people agree with you, the game will fail commercially and I promise no more games will be made like that. Yes, its as simple as that. Of course, there is also the chance that enough people will buy the game and make it a success. No, it didn't succeed because the devs "inflicted" the game on us, and the ignorant masses bought it, but because the game found an audience that supported the game because of what it was trying to do. You should accept that someone made a game for an audience that isn't necessarily yourself. Sorry, it happens.
But, you say, females make up half the audience and there is not enough female centric games?- then ladies (or guys who feel strongly that our fellow sisters aren't getting a fair shake) get computer science degrees, learn programming, gets jobs at devs and change their demographics and overall culture, and ultimately work on getting more of what you want made, or make your own indie lablel and make the game that suits your own fancy. If it appeals, then people will buy it. If it doesn't then they won't.
But honestly, standing around banging a drum against certain aspects of games you disagree and think shouldn't be made is pointless, and remember there always is another opinion. Spend time with the things you like, skip/avoid the things you don't. Its the key to happy gaming (and a happy life in general).
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (1 week): repeated and persistent trolling across multiple posts
Very good question. It's a leftist thing. They believe they know what's best for everyone and have a compulsion to regulate everything.
I can see where this whole thing is going. What the left wants.
Eventually, the left is going to get the government to form something like "interactive entertainment content board". It will be run by some random unknown unelected people who will go through every game's content for "hate speech", "sexism", "racism", etc.
They will determine what sort of content we are allowed to consume. And just like every other regulation, it will do more harm than good.
First of all, it will require tax payers money to run it, publishers have to pay a fee to get their game evaluated for 'harmful' content, which will lead to more delays in release dates, because they might be forced to redo game assets the board finds offensive. In addition to that, it will add more cost to games, indies will have difficulties going through all these regulations and last but not least, creative vision is being altered.
This is my prediction. It's what the left wants. They want to regulate everything. They want their subjective vision to govern reality.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Members was warned for disingenous posting
Yeah, I just edited back in and bolded the context of the entire post. He didn't talk about the female form, he talked about protection.
Also "there is a between their visual design and the actual protection they (would) provide"
And what is this disconnect based on? The real world? So argument is realism...
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: trolling, literal objectification
Here's the thing. Women happen to have such bodies, but they're not the only ones with said bodies, there are works of art that share said body type. Statues, dolls, drawings, all manner of art shares possession of said bodies. The female body design is public domain, it belongs to no group.
Eventually there will likely be fully functional indistinguishable objects whose sole purpose is to serve and please. Barring legal issues, these objects will share the same human body design used by humans.
If I happened to look like a broom, it matters little if I predate the broom. The broom would be an object that just so happens shares my appearance. When people talk of brooms or use brooms, I shouldn't be offended by such.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Permanently Banned: Persistent trolling & user signed up with a banned email address.
I'm not even going to bother with this.
Well, seeing how most, if not all the characters used as examples aren't even close to sexualization or just so minuscule that you have to resort to "camera angles" or simply tight clothing. A few characters in a big roster of fighting games that seem "sexualized" in your eyes doesn't mean the game has a problem. Also, here is another question I've been meaning to ask. Even if this game was dead or alive tier nudity, how would that be such a bad thing? My girlfriend and sisters don't mind this type of stuff, and in fact love playing as Mileena from Mortal Kombat. You can claim anecdotal evidence all you want, but the point is that this is such a nonissue since female gamers who really care about games wouldn't care about the characters or how they dress, they would instead care if it's fun. This is the thing I've been seeing lately that instead of gamers having fun with different games, people have to bring politics into things and dictate whether this or that is bad.
Now I think I should stop commenting since the mods will probably ban me for trying to "derail" the thread, even though I'm not trying to do that.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: This user was banned for 1 month for this post. We're not going to entertain discussion or defense of content sexualizing under aged children, whether real or fictional.
Let me rephrase then: why it be illegal?
Child pornography is wrong not because it pleases pedophiles but because children are actually stripped naked and made to pose for a shot or even worse effectively forced in sexual intercourse. Drawings and CG do not have this so the fact that such productions are "creepy" can't be a reason to prohibit them as there is nobody hurt or exploited by this.
While I still find such content particularly fucked up and I'm not interested in little girls still doesn't sit right with me to criminalize any victimless behaviour
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was banned (24h) for disingenuous arguments, ignoring the thread's history. Please at least read the OP before posting.
Games are full of half naked men with pounding muscles and textured nipples. Maybe in one out of hundred games there is a woman who is modeled in a sexist exploited way - and only then it becomes a "big deal". The hypocrisy knows no boundaries.
If there is someone who should be angry, it is the men. Men are some of the most exploited creatures on this planet. The sexism against men is ten times worse than the one against women. Just watch any Hollywood movie and count the half naked men compared to half naked women, I swear you will be surprised by the ratio. Muscles everywhere, men are shown as sex objects much more often than women.
And remember that all these products where men are being exploited, the producers are mostly men.
How is it when the producers are women? Just look at the Japanese ikemen-gay games where almost all the staff are women. They draw some of the most sexist shit on this planet and make all men look like sex slaves to women.
I do not like this debate.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was banned. The email address and IP proxy used suggest it is a troll.
Where I come from, if you're a guy, age 25, and you don't have your own apartment, car and a steady job by that age, people are going to treat you as a manchild / loser. I can't even imagine the pressure a lot of guys feel. There is no equivalent to this for women. Nobody had any expectations out of me, not even my parents. I don't own anything and I don't have a job, and yet nobody is disappointed in me. Lucky me I guess lol. Suicide rates being sooo much higher for men make perfect sense when you think about it.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned For: Thread Shitting. Clearly, many people in this community and in this industry find this to be a topic worth discussing.
With that analogy I would accept that industry has moved away from brought me to it and find something else. I rather use the energy to find something I like than try to change something. Here's another analogy. You're a fan of a gaming magazine. There's one console you like but over time the magazine starts neglecting it; favoring the other consoles over it. Do you send an angry letter and tell them to change it or do you find a new magazine that does cater to your taste?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Ban Extended(to 7 days): Refusal to accept the entire point of moderation.
I do think it's quite ridiculous that mods can say "don't use this argument. we don't like it" Since when do mods get to add rules at their leisure for their convenience?
But I'll drop the point since it's frowned upon.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (24 hour): Disingenuous explanation of a term at the expense of women's perspectives
It’s not a thing. It’s pretty much anyone who is condescending, whether man or woman. But somewhere down the line someone decreed that only guys can be condescending. It is also used as a catch all for someone disagreeing with a woman.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned for invalidating others members' perspectives based on anecdotal evidence. The thread has many patient women and allies. Please listen to them.
I'm sorry that this bothers you so much. Personally I don't know many women that play console video games. So I don't really understand the perspective. All of the women I know spend time playing games on their phones and their tablets. I shop; a lot. I spend a great deal of time talking to other consumers and enthusiasts that are buying video games. They are pretty much all dudes. And when it is women, 7 out of 10 times they are buying for someone else. I had a lovely 15min conversation with a young mother just the other day that wanted to know all the ins and the outs of the Switch so she could buy one for her children.
If you want to boil it down to its most simplest nature, video games are made by guys, for guys. They are the ones driving the vast majority of the revenue on console game sales. There are plenty of guys that like these games. Developers are supplying things that meet this demand. Some developers are also fortunate enough to create their own vision free from outside control. So they can make whatever they want to make. If a good percentage of people are repulsed by a title, then it won't sell well, and future iterations likely won't get financially supported. But they do sell well. Because people like them. The vast majority of people don't have any problems of principle with either MGS V or FF XV.
I, too, am surprised there aren't more women making video games directed towards women. That way you could look past many of the games that were obviously made for other audiences. I'm not sure why there aren't more women making video games. I'll admit that I don't know much about the barriers in the industry that prevent more women from making games. But everywhere I go, everywhere I shop, everywhere I have conversations online, it's mostly dudes. If there were more women buying console video games I'm sure that you'd see more console games for women. It's kind of a catch22.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: concern trolling and extreme mansplaining
1. IMO it's distasteful to insult designers and call their designs "trash" multiple times in a single post, no matter how much you hate them. Criticisms and insults are two different things, and I think your post was leaning to the latter.
2. Your title is misleading. Nowhere do I find why women criticized sexualised character designs. It should be titled "Why I criticized sexualised character designs", simply of the fact that you were not speaking for other women besides yourself, nor you providing any statistics to back up your claims(how many women would insult the designers the way you did? for example).
3. Are you implying that men don't criticized sexualised character designs as much as women do with a thread like this? Is there any reason and what's your intention to minimize men with your thread?
4. Quiet and Cindy and Mario and Kratos, etc. are game/fantasy characters, so asking for them to be treated like real people is baffling. FYI Snake and Raiden were running around naked in their games too(not just Quiet), and none of the characters in FFXV were wearing appropriate clothings for combat(not just Cindy). So do you see what's wrong? You are asking for fantasy games to be realistic and you are fighting for the rights of game characters.
5. Quiet and Cindy are side characters who are barely in their respective games. Did you really let that stop you from enjoying the games? Seriously?
I just hope that people can play games the way they are meant to be played and try to enjoy them as much as they can, and know the differences between games and reality. Do you not understand that while you are protecting the rights of game characters you are actively insulting real life people(game developers)? Do you really think that you are accomplishing anything here in a gaming forum?
Personally how I would fight for women's right in real life: Vote, donate, protest on the streets, educate, get involved, and behave as a decent human being in the real world. Insulting game developers in a gaming forum is just not my thing personally, that's all.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: condescending, rudely dismissive, mansplaining
You aren't going to fix it. That train of thought is folly. You're pretty much asking for the entertainment media to change itself entirety. It's not going to happen. What you can do is stop being sensitive to it because nobody needs unnecessary stress in their life. I'll never understand why people choose to focus on what they don't like. Why look through at the world in a negative light? Why find things to complain about? What is the point of living if you surround yourself in negativity and stress yourself out by worriying about things beyond your control? Everybody, gaming is about having fun. If you don't like something then don't associate yourself with it. It's really that simple. Find things that you do like and focus on that.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned For: Repeated arguing out-of-context. This thread is about the obvious disparity in how male and female characters are portrayed/sexualized in games. Not the very idea that the human form is attractive.
Stating that practically every human-being finds the human-form intrinsically pleasing is not insulting at all, it's generally something to be celebrated. Which is what SFV does. Wonderfully.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: Coming in a thread about women's opinions to tell them their opinion doesn't matter is rude and dismissive.
Video games are a form of art, if the developer chooses to use a certain style then let them. If an artist has a certain vision who are we to tell them it's wrong, just don't play that particular game.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: This user was banned for 2 weeks for this post: Topic Derailment, Arguing in Bad Faith, despite previous ban and numerous warnings
Well, my point is ALL lives matter. White, black, red, green and pink. Granted, the term "all lives matter" has been used to hell and back by conservative media as a push against BLM, but I like to think MY definition is juuuust a little different from theres: There's no color, . You crack us open, we're all made of the same gooey shit.
Barring a few....anatomical differentiations, I'm exactly the same with men and women, and with regards to any sexed depictions of either one. I see no logical differentiation in sexes - probably why I'm bisexual! To me, men and women offer the exact same stuff in just different places, hence I tend to treat them the same. Maybe I'm...stupidly optimistic thinking that everyone will one day see past the barricades I see past. Or maybe I'm just fucked up and am a deviant in every way possible. But, this is regardless an opinion discussion, so here's my opinion: Complaining about stuff like this is silly. It's a double standard - for every female depiction which someone says is negative, you can find a male equivalent. And cherry picking to me is cheating.
In times like these, I remember the Romans. They used to have this festival called Saturnalia where they celebrated and worshipped, well....Saturn. Naturally. Throughout Saturnalia, social castes were set aside, and sexes were set aside. You could literally be walking home with groceries and see people wandering about in the nude casually, or even having group sex out near the fountain square. Hell, you could even swap those groceries for a warm body for a casual pump for a few quick minutes before going back on your merry. Simply put, NOBODY GAVE A FUCK BACK THEN. They just. Had. Fun. They lived and loved to the fullest.
And now....now we can't even love without getting offended over something. Don't you feel it's kind of tiring?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (24 hours): Thread Derail
This thread... Why do people think that all females feel this way about certain characters in a videogame? Because I'm telling you now, they just dont. You should change the thread title to "some" women.
Also, why are some posters being warned/banned? Its a discussion...Its ok to disagree with others as long as the discussion is in a civilised manner.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: coming into a thread about women's opinions to denigrate them and say "why are you so mad"
I don't see how a game WOULD be a problem if it had slight sexualized female characters. Why get so mad? Just don't play the games. That's it. Don't ruin the fun for gamers who just want to play a game and escape.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: The user was banned for this post (3 days). If you don't care about the subject of a thread, and you don't care about the people posting in that thread, then maybe you shouldn't be in that thread trying to shut down discussion.
I care about me and my preferences. Not something bigger. I don't care if anyone is "fucking tired" of seeing such designs. I am not. I don't care how it affects, like any other sort of media, people's psychology or anything. Not everyone minds it. Not every woman, and definitely not me.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Member was warned for drive by posting
It's not the popular term. It's the exclusive term. People need to not be so fragile. You could literally call me a specimen, man, boy, bubba. Idc. There are more important things in life than a name.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: could you be anymore condescending?
No one said there aren't any other issues in play. But if we want to have a serious conversation about a serious subject, it's better that we're not scatter-brained about the discussion. If you're not able to able to remain clear-headed and on topic, by all means skip my posts. I'm here to discuss the thread topic regarding character designs, even if you're not.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: insultingly condescending, trolling. "Don't like it, don't say anything" could easily apply to you posting in this thread.
your open criticism is an attempt to change the way devs design characters, and posting on an open forum is an attempt to get others to feel the same way. to say it's anything but is dishonest. IDK how old you are, but when i grew up we were always told "if you don't have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all" hiding behind criticism is simply a ruse. Do you find it ok if someone was to walk up to you in public and criticize you? you'd probably find it rude and offensive as would anyone so "it's just criticism" really doens't fly
The dev chooses to design that character that way. you say my comment is subject to criticism, i agree, as is yours. but your "jesus fucking christ" attitude shows you don't want criticism you just want people to agree with you and get outraged. My view isn't for or against. it's simply live and let live. If you don't like something, be an adult and ignore it. don't buy it, don't support it. that simple.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was suspended (24h): repeated trolling and condescension, ignoring mod warning
but those are YOUR feelings and sure probably some others, but now you are taking a voice away from all women, some who may just be fine with it. you want devs to pander to you instead of horny teens it's just as bad and sad that you don't see this. also the fact you specifically say "horny male" is insensitive to the LGBT community. why specify males? what about gay males who could care less? what about lesbian females or might like it? You may not agree with dev design choices and you have every right to do so, but you made this to push your agenda for your reasons, nothing else. You don't speak for everyone but you feel you do
funny you assume i'm a man? also you must have never played DR3?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User warned: for the last time, stop trolling and derailing the thread. Final warning
Oh thanks, so Sniper Elite 4 on PS4 I see, came out this year, I’ll have a look
I must say though, all this killing, especially sniping, is really violent
Shouldn’t we also be more offended about ourselfs that we kill people all the time in so many games?
I dont know
Anyway, thanks for the tip
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned for: personal attacks
This really does not help your content for anyone not carrying a soap box.
Being a condescending fuckwit only makes you come off as a condescending fuckwit.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: for the 3rd time now (!), please use quote tags when posting large images in non-picture threads. You receive notifications when your posts are edited, so stop ignoring them.
I feel it really depends on the games subject manner and if the design is well done.
For example I think Quiet has a really bad design because her outfit is really ugly and the design really doesn't fit in with MGSV really dark tone.
But the women of Street Fighter always have some bangin designs because they were designed by some of the greatest illustrators in video game history and fit the wacky tone of Street Fighter.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: inflammatory and insulting bait; basic feminist critique is not "random internet radical feminism"
It works both ways. Most "problematic" female characters are actually written and designed by women so it's obviously not an issue for them. You're trying to paint this topic as poor women vs MEN when it's actually random internet radical feminist vs women in the industry. They are a creative force in the industry and they deserve praise.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: Timeout (24): The OP answers all of your questions, but you choose to be rude and condescending instead, despite having 3 prior warnings. It's time to take a break from posting.
Maybe because you can't. :/ Stereotypes exist for a reason, because there's always more truth than lies to them. And there's nothing more obnoxious than having a righteous crusade torn to pieces by a godamn stereotype. I....actually know that all too well.
Let me ask you a simple question: What the hell is wrong with sexualized characters - male and female alike? We have no problems with torture porn, or gore-fest shooters where you get points for shooting people in the nuts. But, whoa! A hot woman in a bikini? UNACCEPTABLE!
Why do we glorify violence, something that life, while condemn sex, something that life? It doesn't compute.
Now don't take this the wrong way - I'm more of a characterization guy. I'll take a good story and good character over character design any day. But why the fuck do we get so upset at something so innocuous at the end of the day? Like, who are we fooling?
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: do not be condescending and rudely dismissive. If the topic does not interest you, do not post in it.
But there are enough examples where women are not overly sexualised. Why not play these games instead and let other people enjoy their tiddies? It's really not that hard? When I don't enjoy something I don't play it. There are sooooo many games nowadays.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: ignoring the OP and posting off-topic, dismissive strawmen arguments
Let's try and bridge the real world with fantasy, and I'll be interested to hear your views. Why? Because like in the real world, people often have sexual desires/interests met fantasy.
Are we going to agree dildos and fleshlights aren't sexist/misogynistic? What about males and females masturbating at night? (or whenever, in private) What about males and females using Tinder to hookup weekly with sex partners for fun and enjoyment? What about gossip and chat between friends of their desires/interests/sexual partners and so on? What about males or females, yes both, who want to dress scantily, in tight clothing, to accent their features or feel sexy/empowered? In relation to clothing, what about the cosplayers of the characters you deem problematic? Are they perpetuating harmful problematic views? Is this internalized misogyny just because people want to dress sexually?
You see, this is where I seriously struggle with some of the incredibly Conservative views of some gamers. The realms of fantasy being treated more hostile than the real world. Of course, I expect you to come back as any proper feminist should and say sex toys are natural, masturbating isn't a sin, people having sex with 150+ partners a year doesn't make them a whore/bad person if it's all consensual and for fun. Talking to your friends about what turns you on/how good sex was last weekend, or that you find actor named x/y/z hot and they turn you on/you dream they'd fuck you, is healthy natural sex talk. People should be able to wear whatever they want, no matter how sexual, and still garner respect, it's their bodies and dress sense. Etc. Etc. Etc.
However, turn to the world of fantasy, and some of you cannot wait to rush in with every single accusation/name calling/term possible, often without any evidence whatsoever of foul play/harassment/wrong-doing, other than there being sexualized polygons. Misogyny is hatred and contempt for women, for fuck sake. A fleshlight isn't hatred of women, nor is a sexual video game character unless there is evidence the creator is something sinister themselves. Most often it's just as I highlighted earlier, straight men catering to their fantasy desires, and this is backed up by actual psychology and biology, not blogs. Most often this is not people who hate women. Yes, actual individual behaviour in this industry can be shocking and appalling, but meeting that with blanket statements/accusations is incredibly intellectually dishonest and harmful. The social media and internet court in 2017 is downright childish and immature at times. Unsurprisingly, absolute rampant hypocrisy often follows this kind of behaviour. As in some people who state they how they are publicly, end up being the ones sitting at night masturbating, sexually pleasing themselves, watching porn, hooking up on Tinder, Googling cosplay of video game characters and more. All of which, I have zero problems with. It's all healthy and natural biological behaviour for a sexual species.
What I do have a problem with is hypocrisy and heavy-handed accusations with zero evidence, as it doesn't make anyone a knight in shining armour, it often makes people incredibly ill-advised and hostile to reality. Well, that and of course the male feminist ally turns out to be a raging harasser/abuser is also something I have a problem with, you know, because that is evidence of foul play/abuse/problematic behaviour. Someone staring at their TV because Quiet is on show in no way is direct correlation that they hate and harass women. No more than someone putting sex toys in their body, or closing their eyes and masturbating whilst imaginging being fucked by whoever turns them on.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: constant whataboutisms, derails, wilful ignorance.... stop.
Maybe where you live
But not where I live
Actually, when a woman goes missing the search is always a bigger thing then when it’s a man
And most soldiers that die are men
And women are not hit by people
And they get much time of work for free when they get children and men don’t
Just some examples
Where I live women are not treated less good than man, maybe even better than men
Anyway
MGSV is fantastic
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: do not come in a thread about women's voices to immediately dismiss women's voices and talk about "dudes complaining"
TBH I hear dudes complaining about sexualized designs more than women.
And most of the cosplayers I know will actively flock to those designs way quicker than any others.
It may be bad in practice, but people seem to enjoy it regardless.
Gladio is just as bad as Cindy. The dude is wearing black leather pants with a leather jacket and no shirt.
I switched his outfit to alternate almost immediately.
Title: Why women criticise sexualised character designs (READ OP)
Reason: User was warned: unprovoked personal attacks
Well aren't you just open minded? The good news is that you can vote with your wallet and not buy games you deem sexist or misogynistic. You can write or tweet at developers or publishers who you deem to be perpetuating things you do not like; let them know they lost a sale. Personally, I do not want any sexualized in my video games, but to approach this with such a closed-minded attitude seems counter-intuitive to me. Good luck changing minds with that kind of attitude toward debate.
Title: DigitalFoundry: Hitman on Xbox One X: The Complete Tech Analysis
Reason: Member was warned for calling posters "delusional fanboys"
Of course Sony wanted to win head to head videos as well...if you think for a second that DF comparison videos are not something on the radar of the console manufacturers than you're crazy...
What do you think the point of "true 4k gaming" is? So they can freaking brag about it! If DF videos were not important, then they wouldn't have bothered to do that series of videos with DF going in depth with the hardware
Marketing is all about word of mouth, if you think DF hasn't played a MASSIVE part in that the past 2 generations you're CRAZY or just a delusional fanboy...
Everyone knew the 360 dominated DF comparisons last gen...every knew the PS4 was dominating this gen...
Title: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze coming to Switch
Reason: User Warned: Trolling + System Wars - Please do not come into a thread just to insult its participants or a fanbase.
This thread just highlights that Nintendo fans are fucking weird. "Please Nintendo, screw me harder. All these unique assets, I should pay double just to support you! Please re-release Mario 1 for $20 too so I can support you, you need my support"
Title: Labo only sold 30% of it's initial shipment in Japan, didn't boost Switch sales
Reason: User Warned: Ignoring mod post, thread whining
Nah, you made a shitty thread, without context, without information about the product, oblivious to a holyday that will help sell Labo, and the reason Nnintendo shipped a lor more units. and now you play the victim. The definition of petty.
Title: Labo only sold 30% of it's initial shipment in Japan, didn't boost Switch sales
Reason: User Warned: "No True Nintendo Fan" disingenuous arguments, bringing up off-topic things to provoke
Big time. Indie studios that port their games to the switch have nearly universally said how the switch is their best selling platform. Actual games sell on the console and hopefully Nintendo sees this and keeps the gimmicks to a minimum.
I do think super fans like you said seem to be using their support for all Nintendo products as some sort of guage for how much they love Nintendo. I really enjoy them but to me a true fan is willing to call a company out on bad ideas. Kind of like the fans pretending that the DCEU movies are good.
Reason: Member has been warned: back seat modding.
Folks, Monster Hunter World has come along and proven that there's a big market for these types of games on non-handheld platforms, so if you could give the subtle-but-not-so-subtle port begging a rest, that would be great.
Reason: Member has been warned: drive-by post that only fuels console wars and adds nothing to the topic.
What's even funnier is that it's coming from the fanbase which in the past several years kept saying "who cares about third party, nintendo games are good enough", home console wise. It's amazing to see.
Title: Star Trek Discovery |OT| To Boldly go into the new streaming era
Reason: User was warned: inflammatory language, insults/rudeness towards other posters
Everybody offended by the gender implications of the term Mary Sue are dismissing the main point, as if being female has anything to do with the criticisms. Should we use Gary Stu instead? Really, who gives a shit if it's a man or woman? I know I don't, but I do know that since she's a woman, and since watching this garbage unfold is like reading some poorly-written YA power fantasy, Mary Sue seems to fit. Boo fucking hoo if that makes you go to red alert and raise your shields.
This show legit gets dumber than a bag of hammers far too often. We're 7 hours into it and less than a handful of characters even matter. The protagonist could be a transgendered alien sock puppet, and it wouldn't matter. She's the main one rolling out the sudden epiphanies and solutions to overcome all the manufactured drama that happens here.
If I was really trolling I'd be rolling out this kind of nonsense: "Here Mike, hold my beer, I need to go total Leeroy Jenkins on the invulnerable space monster that shredded a platoon of Klingons in front of us last week. REEEE!" - *DING!* Attention: The senior staff position of Chief of Security is now available. Suicidal Cylons need not apply. Klingon spies preferred.
But, I'm not trolling. I'm a fan of the franchise and watching this train wreck is fucking painful.
This is Star Trash. Nemesis tier Action-Trek, shoehorned into a long TV series, sprinkled with nostalgic cues and throwbacks to the better shows.
Disco sucks, and CBS would have been better off throwing bags of money at the Axanar team.
Title: Codemasters announced ONRUSH, a new arcade racing franchise
Reason: User has been warned: spreading misinformation as a fact.
Most of the people who worked on the first Motorstorm left to Media Molecule right after production ended.
We will never see that level of quality (and fun, because the gameplay was amazing in the first one considering the physics and simulation they translated in good car control) again.
Miss you Motorstorm
EDIT: Rushy, thanks for enlightened my stupid thought, I'm not sure why but I confused Alex Evans from Media Molecule with someone who gave a fantastic interview about how Motorstorm worked with different types of vehicles in 2007 about the gameplay and racing mechanics for IGN back in the day.
Title: Yuzu - An experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra
Reason: Banned (24h): Thread Derailment and provoking other users.
did I stutter?
and this is not my fan fic idea m8
one of the main discussion about CEMU being locked (other than racking up the cash), and given the speed which they advanced the project is that they used Documentation under NDA or any other type of contract
Title: Yuzu - An experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra
Reason: This user is banned for a series of posts in this thread (10 days): Thread derailing. Badly researched argument.
Everyone knows emulation main intention is piracy. saying that is just a back up or for better perfomance is just putting the head in the sand and looking the other way trying to justify it side way. If Emulators were 100% commited only to performance, they will 1, not make it open source, 2) figure out a way that the game requires physical copy to run
yeah!! god forbid games made by a company be playable only on the console same company manufacture!!HOW DO THEY DARE!! D:
Reason: User warned: needless hostility and personal attacks
Oh, I'm sorry that i hurted your sensitive artistic soul. I accidentally missed his post because it was on the bottom of thread and i didn't followed the thread lately because of douchebags like you who instead of just saying "hey dude, it was shot from cutscene, remember the rules and please don't post this in future" started to rant about how low effort community become and how smart you are by sarcastically poking my entire work judging by one single screenshot. Don't worry, i stop posting my shameful mediocrity in this thread, i know that all my screenshots are garbage anyway and not even close to those perfectly cropped photoshopped art that occasionally keep appearing here despite all low effortness from me and others who's not meet quality standards of this awesome and extremely friendly screenshot enthusiasts community. Carry on and have a nice day!
Reason: User Warned: Antagonistic behaviour towards other users.
You know, it helps if you look at what others post (not only is it nice to them so they get attention for their work, even if it's just a snap from a cutscene, but you might also learn something). If they have already posted a cheap screenshot from the in-game cutscene you have another shot from, but a couple of frames later, you might want to reconsider posting your shot, even if you spend so much time on it like you did with this one (that's sarcasm, in case it isn't picked up).
This thread isn't loved because of lame-ass shots from cutscenes without any customization from the person taking the shot, it's loved because there are shots in this thread no-one else has seen before. When I saw the duplicate, I really had to laugh out loud, good god, people, is this the quality we as a community want to uphold or can we do better? I think we can.
btw, what the **** is up with that misogynistic clothing of the female character in this game? I thought the era of the dude-bros is slowly beginning to slide behind us and gamemakers start to realize female characters can wear normal cloths as well.
Anyway, carry on!
Reason: User banned (1 day): Ignoring a warning to continue engaging in disruptive behaviour.
Hmm. Let's see, you now call me a 'douchebag' but I receive a warning for showing that you simply posted a duplicate shot of a low-effort cutscene... odd.
Anyway, I'm not even mad, like I said I had to laugh. It's just sad people just post here without looking at other people's shots apparently, as it's very obvious it's a dupe of the same scene. Notifying one of them is apparently not wanted and is met with the usual enthusiasm: "douchebags like you". Sure, let's put my efforts to make screenshotting an easier task for many out there, where guides, tools, cameras, shaders are all made freely available next to your efforts and then again let's see who the douchebag is.
Oh and resetera mod, good job mate! Let's put warnings on everything a user has to say here :) (Oh sorry, this likely will make you warn me again)
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Inflammatory and hostile attack. Doubling down. History of similar behaviour.
I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt but at the time he stopped making reviews there were multiple threads with Gifs of him wearing a blond wig with robes and a face full of makeup singing or whatever.
I'm glad he found his true calling because as you can see by this thread he was an awful reviewer with zero credibility.
Reason: USER WARNED FOR: Topic derailment / Insulting other users
Wow.
K I'm only gonna post games older than 2005 now, thanks.
What obnoxious elitist windbaggery. It says nothing of the sort in the rules at the top.
And this is on the first page, this is exactly what I'd post in this thread.
Not only are these games "Old As Shit, OAS (tm)", but they both contain HUD. Where are your complaints there? I am fine seeing such beautiful games.
If you have such a problem use your mouse and scroll down, that's what the scroll option is for.
And no, I don't have time to figure out how to take the HUD off my screenshots, and frankly I don't care. I prefer gameplay shots because I like to see what I actually see when I play the game.
Will continue to post old games with HUD, k thanks bye.
Nowhere in the rules does it say you can't take a screenshot with a HUD 2 screenshots per post. If you have more than 2, make more posts or use thumbnails. No more than 3 consecutive posts of the same game. Link to an album of your collection.Always include the name of the game with the screenshots. Not everyone is a game encyclopedia. Don't compress your screens or use a host that compresses them (Steam, Imgur). Emulator screens are fine. However, you should list the emulator used. Do not post stretched screenshots. Do not take 2.35 screens unless you know what you are doing. Please do not post major plot points from games released in the last 2 months. Think before you post. Is the screenshot worth posting? Does anyone care about some ugly texture you found? No.
I selected my pictures, but I sure as hell don't have time to figure out how to take out the HUD out of ever one of my games and I ain't gonna waste time on that shit.
Reason: User was suspended (3 days): ignoring moderation warnings, continues to pick fights and post insults
I posted 2 screenshots per post as per the guidelines. I only happened to put an extra or 2 posts in a row because it was the first time I posted screenshots in a while. That wasn't trying to be inconsiderate. I was just having fun.
Apparently some people are against fun and don't like people having fun in a way that is not fun to them though.
Your complaint is just you don't like screenshots with HUDs. Don't dance around and claim it is anything beyond that. How obnoxious.
And no I don't have a special amount of time to take special screenshots in the special way you demand I have to take screenshots. I'm not going to justify it any more than I already did. None of the rules say I have to take off the HUD, use Reshade, or do any other fuckwittery to my screenshots to be able to post in here.
I actually don't like these camera manipulation non-screenshot type shots but I don't be a dick about it and tell people not to post them.
There is no requirement that I have to spend hours taking a screenshot to be "eligible" to post a picture in here. How ridiculous.
You could easily, easily just scroll past screenshots you don't like and just let others post whatever they want. Clearly I am not the only one with this opinion.
Pure elitist windbaggery. Not all of us like Reshade, HUD-less, camera manipulated shots. I don't. So I don't make them. That doesn't make my screenshots "low effort". Subjective AF. Which just means I'm going to keep posting my completely guideline conforming screenshots until you guys get over yourselves and your elitism :)
Making conclusory statements isn't an argument.
Cinematic games are games that splice short cutscenes into the gameplay (momentarily taking away control from the player to show a short cutscene) and are generally set-piece driven. TLoU doesn't do the former as Uncharted does and how many set-pieces drive TLoU?
I know, I know. It's easy to tell someone they're blind if they don't agree and just leave it at that.
TLoU fits that bill. Now, if you're done posting snide responses that lack substance and are just meant to stroke your ego (god knows your real life "successes" aren't doing that for you), get out of this conversation.
Reason: User banned (2 weeks): continuing to act with hostility towards other members despite being warned to stop this same behavior by a moderator.
I'm right and you're wrong! That's all you've been spouting non-stop. And no, the giant bomb link was not the first tihng that showed up. Nor would it matter if it was. What matters is the content of the source.
Maybe you should try a discussion that's more your speed. Like arguing with a 5-year-old whether "cat" is spelled with a "c" or a "k." You might actually have something worthwhile to contribute to that discussion.
Reason: User was warned: "SJWs" and other similar dog whistles are not acceptable on ResetERA.
I think forced SJW content in video games is ruining them. An example is when Nadine beats the crap out of Nathan AND Same at the same time. That was absolutely pathetic. I sense this trend again in TLoU2. I hope it doesn't end up ruining it. Don't get me wrong I am all for more representation in games but it shouldn't look absurd. Just my 2 cents.
Title: Shenmue I & II Remaster (2018; PC/PS4/XB1 - $29.99)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Repeatedly attempting to dictate the terms of discussion in Shenmue threads despite repeated warnings and bans.
Being a fan since 1999 means that I've known two generations of Shenmue fans. From my experience, Shenmue fans such as yourself who don't care about the details are not a majority. That's what it has to do with it. Blanket statement when I directly said it's about my personal experiences? Come on.
Title: Shenmue I & II Remaster (2018; PC/PS4/XB1 - $29.99)
Reason: User banned (72 hours): Persistently trying to derail the thread with refuted points after being banned for it.
This post by Fudoh explains in details what Dreamcast does with its video signal:
The actual aspect ratio of DC games is not a true 4:3. It's about ~7% narrower than 4:3. This can be considered an error or whatever, but that fact is: that's how Shenmue was designed.
Those who don't care, just carry on. I'm posting this only to prove that Dreamcast consoles displayed the game this way on typical CRT TVs of its era.
Title: Shenmue I & II Remaster (2018; PC/PS4/XB1 - $29.99)
Reason: Member has been warned: arguing in bad faith. Ignoring posters on purpose.
CRT TVs didn't display square pixel images as they don't have pixels to begin with. They are analogue devices which paint an image on a phosphor coating with electron beams. That's the point. It was designed with full knowledge that the watch won't be round. They were constantly checking how the game is going to look on CRT TVs on which people would typically play it on. You are wrong by assuming this game was made with capturing devices and PC square pixels in mind. It's like you people don't understand the basic fact: the game is supposed to look the way it does on CRT TVs, which is with the black bars on the left and right. However, they might not be visible on a given CRT TV due to its overscan adjustments. This was actually a feature back in the day because CRT TVs would shift image and/or crop it due to random settings at factories. Those adjustments were made roughly and each manufacturer could deviate from the PAL and NTSC standards in terms of image centering and overscan percentage.
In other words, the watch in Shenmue would be oval on CRT TVs of the era, not round. Just like the Metroid ball is not round on real NES hardware and CRT TVs. This is all a part of the SD gaming legacy and you people stretch it to meet PC standards of the modern day. Don't you see the fundamental problem here?
Reason: Member has been banned (3 days): posting spoilers in a review thread despite the existence of a spoiler thread.
Finished the game 20 minutes ago.
It's really good, the only thing that was meh is the combat system and the feedback of the axe, but acting, graphics, lenght, pacing and story telling are REALLY, REALLY good.
Solid 9/10
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: attempting to discredit outlet with a conspiracy theory. History of constantly console warring whenever possible.
Look what they gave Zelda and Mario and you'll understand what's going on here.
Title: MegaMan Legacy Collection 1+2 releasing May 22 on Switch
Reason: User warned: repeatedly baiting and antagonizing another member
No you can't say the same for me because I haven't been banned multiple times for inflammatory/insulting post about Capcom's games.
But I digress.
I stand by what I said. And the release date of this collection is hardly irrelevant, but I feel like I'm going to get nowhere so let's just drop this here.
Reason: User warned: Dismissive drive-by posting whining about a "hivemind".
Don’t bother, you won’t get a clear answer that indicates any smoking gun. The hive has decided it so and it’s not worth getting yourself banned. Just move on.
Title: FREE to a good home thread |Reset-ERA Edition| No begging, requests, or taking advantage
Reason: User was warned for this post: code begging.
Does anybody have xbox live gold free trial codes? Trying to get Gold very temporarily to buy the Forza Horizon 3 Blizzard Mountain DLC that's on sale this week for Gold members.
Title: FREE to a good home thread |Reset-ERA Edition| No begging, requests, or taking advantage
Reason: User was warned for this post: code begging.
Does anyone have an Xbox Live free trial code to spare? I'd love to try my hand at Battlefield One and TitanFall 2 online. Please PM me if you have one! Thank you.
Title: FREE to a good home thread |Reset-ERA Edition| No begging, requests, or taking advantage
Reason: User was warned for: Insulting another user.
Well i ended up buying the champions pack anyway because i was enjoying the game.
Or you could not be a douche and try to give away a code that literally anyone can get by going to a simple link? Me, a leecher? LUL
EDIT: In case anyone is wondering, you can get the pack completely free by going here: . This ass was just trying to get free internet karma by passing this along as something he was giving away.
Reason: User warned: console warring / concern trolling
The half-step/tradeoff-y nature of the Pro along with all of the complaints I hear about how loud it is make it really hard to justify over a One X. Seen a bunch of people complaining about fan noise while playing God of War. I really like having the base Ps4 for sony stuff and the One X for everything else.
Reason: User banned (5 days): console war posting and trolling.
If graphics are that important to you to shed a tear, wouldn't you just go with the most powerful console...the xbox one X?
Confusing advertisement. I'm sure God of War looks pretty but it's on a the lesser system and this tweet reminds us all of that.
Title: Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects
Reason: User banned (24hr) - Posting in bad faith and derailing thread
I don't think just wanting to discuss one thing and not argue about semantics is not being humble. I just want to talk about what games sony is making with their in house studios i can look forward to coming up. not get into a bitch fest about semantics. I've seen enough BS and drama on these forums and i'm just too old for that childish shit. So in the effort of moving on, you can call whatever you want 1st party, i don't really care, i just want to talk about sony's talented studios not shit 3rd party ones like QD who's games suck. and i don't care about remakes either
Title: Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects
Reason: Cite sources whenever possible when making sales claims. "Those games likely sold such and such" does not cut it.
RE7 sold 100k, that's RE7, the other games are most likely selling 20-30k. I just explained why only 2 of the 5 matter, why don't you read. Housemarque just released one exclusive, not two, so why don't you get your info correct. And Matterfall was announced 2 years ago at PGW 2015. And even if you name 1-2 games, that still doesn't change that Sony is dropping 2nd party games. Obviously not all, but a lot, in favor of VR games, games no one buys, which is the whole point of conversation. And again, not even replying to my main point, obviously you can't.
Title: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
Reason: User has been warned: knock it off with the unnecessary aggressive behaviour towards other users and the TV-tech elitism.
nah you're more interested in arguing semantics and pushing your agenda.
Indeed, people come here for advice and discussion. Good luck with correcting others and trying to sound smart though. You've done a wonderful job masking that with your recent posts. I won't be reading any more of it.
Yea I just bought the 900E though. I might return it, I may keep it. Still need to do some research and exploring issues surrounding Dolby Vision and futureproofing. I certainly don't like the idea of having just spent $150 on a stand-alone Sony 4K player that won't do DV.
There is a fine line between getting an entry-level 4K setup for ~$1200 and going overboard with overspending and future tech concerns, you know? I'm trying to find that delicate balance of a decent 4K setup that won't become instantly outdated or fail, causing remorse in a year. There's a lot to consider. I'm in this for the medium-long haul and cannot afford to make a mistake. I've definitely considered both the B7A and the 930E.
Title: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
Reason: User has been warned: stop with the personal attacks.
lol Nothing still can't let it go? Is he jealous he doesn't have an OLED? Did his parents give all of their attention to an OLED panel over him as a child? Is it all just for the greater good?
We may never know.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User Warned: Platform warring.
Sony is absolutely obliterating this generation, especially as of late and with games like Last of Us 2, Spiderman, Ghosts of Tsushima and Death Stranding hitting in the next two years (hopefully) I see zero reason to own an Xbox console. The sheer amount of high quality games coming out of Sony Worldwide studios is a testament to how engaged Sony is in the gaming business and truly cares.
The difference between Sony and Microsoft are the size of the companies and what their golden egg's really are.
The Xbox division is a small arm of a giant that is M$ and their primary focus is the business/services that make them the most money. Sony's gaming division is a huge portion of their profit pie and we can all see how much involved and engaged in talent they truly are.
While I sound like a fanboy but I literally cannot imagine a future without Sony ip's and wish I could say the same for the xbox platform. It's the same with Nintendo, just like Sony, the two companies seem to have a "soul" and charm that M$ is lacking.
Reason: User Warned: Derailing thread with multiple posts regarding Nintendo Direct speculation
As always, take it with a grain of salt. He could be credible, he could be not. All I'm saying is that it's a door that should still be left open for now because anything can happen.
Reason: Warning: Lazy Dev / Console War type post.
If it's confirmed that's Retro actually making DKTF Switch and it's their only current project, yes. That was the point of my post.
Jesus, the overracting over my post. Nintendo fanboys can really get salty if you make strong criticism over their favorite company to the point of making personal attacks or saying it's going to add you to ignore (go ahead, I won't miss you either).
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Console warring & attempting to create inter-thread drama.
What a hypocrisy! Slightly related? LOL. After first GOW reviews it wasn't "sligthly". So, you, Xbox fans, are allowed to spew shit about Sony 1st party games in MS thread like "Sony's games are getting good reviews because they are media darlings". It's so sad that you don't get any single warning from mods. Not a single one. Yet, you provoke others and they get a warning or bann. Yes, it's annoying.
Title: Xbox One Backwards Compatibility |OT| Who wants to pay for remasters?
Reason: User banned (1 day) : Drive by, non-contributive post that only served to derail the thread and a history of such behavior.
There is only few titles i could play again, but i'm not interested a lot in retro compatibility.
I expect to play new games on new consoles, i don't buy them to play again and again old games or to buy another remaster.
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User warned: console warring
Yup
Xbox is a joke
Unless they get games it always will be
I'm sorry but all of these extra features are amazing, but mean very little when there's no exclusive blockbusters.
This is not really an opinion as PS is outselling Xbox by, what? 3-1? 4-1?
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Console wars + trolling
This phill Spencer have done nothing but hype up ps games. Don mattrick delivered a lot of great games up until 2016, but this canceled or runied great games. He hates Xbox so much and worked so much to ruin it like never before from play anywhere to lack of games.
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Console warring, antagonizing another user, attempting to create inter-thread drama.
I already mentioned this thread in first page. Yes, that thread is indirectly connected to this thread because some reactionary posts because GOW's reviews here. And that thread is created just because GOW's reviews, otherwise it wouldn't happened. I'd explained in post on first page which is true, Klobrille. You, a legit insider, agreed to a post which accuses media for giving to Sony games a good reviews just because emotional storytelling. Which is a straight up bullshit. Now, you mentioned me here too because post in other thread. You did the same now as i did, right?
Title: Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread
Reason: User warned: Use of a slur associated with people with developmental disabilities.
Twice now they sent me PAL versions of games clearly sold as North American copies.
Of course you can get a refund, but you have to pay for shipping back to them which is retarded.
Please learn from my mistakes and pay the extra $5 to get shipped from a reputable seller or Amazon directly.
edit: Didn’t mean any offence to anyone with my choice of words above. Simply frustrated with the situation. I apologize if anyone was offended.
Title: [GamingBolt] Graphics Analysis - God of War: Arguably The Best Looking Game of All Time
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Ignoring Modpost + System Wars
No, they would have warned me if it was just me.
But that's another exclusive vs. an exclusive for the same platform. That's not the same argument as something on another platform which is better implemented but not recognized as a runner-up. Examples, QB, AC:O, Ryse, Injustice 2, Witcher 3, Gears of War, Tomb Raider, etc..
Here, let me give you this quote on page 2:
Is that not flame-bait? Is that implicitly saying that (ala Sony) can beat out all other gaming companies?
Title: [GamingBolt] Graphics Analysis - God of War: Arguably The Best Looking Game of All Time
Reason: User Warned: 'Lazy dev' rhetoric.
Uncharted 4 and Uncharted TLL are lazy PS4 Pro version. Naughty Dog admit it was a rushed job but it is not the way they work... This is why the gap between UC4/TLL PS4 Pro and TLOU 2 will be huge... And the gap will be big too between UC4 PS4 and TLOU PS4... It is normal it is there second game on PS4 but the gap will maybe be even bigger on the PS4 pro version...
Title: Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread
Reason: The user was warned for this post. Don't derail threads with complaints about moderation. If you have issues or doubts, send them directly to a staff representative.
Title: [GamingBolt] Graphics Analysis - God of War: Arguably The Best Looking Game of All Time
Reason: User warned: Bringing off site drama into discussion
What he said and I'm not picking sides I'm just calling shit it. SonyEra likes to dog pile on people who criticize or don't agree that Sony has the best of whatever. It's been like that since gaf, same posters; Bundy, Guymelief, the OP, etc. Really ridiculous and sends any kind of discussion down the drain.
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Pushing unfounded concerns about diversity efforts.
Diversity is GOOD but NOT just for the sake of being diverse because doing this defeats the entire purpose of what you're trying to accomplish to begin with. For me, I care about if the person is qualified, skilled, talented, has experience and quite simply, knows what the fuck they're doing. As long as the person meets those requirements, I don't care if the person is male or female or what their race is at all. To me, it's all about what's most important in regards to creating and developing games and even in general. Being diverse isn't what's most important. If you have a completely diverse team but they lack in all the other areas, that not only defeats what you're trying to accomplish but also proves that you're being diverse just for the hell of it when those people aren't qualified to be in the position that they're in.
To sum it up - Any and every studio for that matter can be all female, Black and/or Hispanic people or whatever. As long as they know what they're doing and meet the requirements that the job/position they're applying for is met, im perfectly good with it.
As for Microsoft and Xbox One, I hope that Spencer's plan is NOT to make their games available on other platforms ala Minecraft but at times, it does sound and come across that way in regards to what their future planning is.
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User warned: Thread-whining and being dismissive of fellow users.
I gotta say, threads like this are massively stupid. Microsoft has a long history of hiring third parties to make titles for them. Even assuming that you actually know-know what the MS owned studios are working on, you still don't have a useful amount of information. That right there makes the actual OP of zero value whatsoever. Now, for what the thread actually is: backseat driving of Microsoft.
It's entirely possible that there is a single person on this site qualified to backseat drive a platform holder. But if that person exists, they have not presented themselves in this thread. So, maybe we can just stop pretending that internet forum posters are capable of having intelligent thoughts on what an impossibly big entity should do. There is just so much that is opaque that any takes, any thoughts that an amateur has are ill-informed by their very nature. The conditions under which the thoughts are had bares no relation to the actual world where the decisions are made.
Right now we have three pages of people arguing over MS acquiring Playground Games, if that is a good idea or not, if they'll do it or not, blah blah blah. But no one here has even seen the Playground Games contracts. No one knows exactly how much control MS has. For all you know, PG is precluded from developing a racing title for any other publisher. You don't know if Playground Games is committed to develop, say, 3 more entries in the Horizon franchise. .
And that's a massively simplified version of the pieces on the board. There are so many parts that one would need to have a deep understanding of to truly grasp any given situation. There is a reason that people who do this kind of thing professionally - analysts - are so very bad at their job.
How about we leave it to the pros? Threads like this mostly result in low effort concern trolling and little else. Nothing of value is created.
Title: Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
Reason: User was banned (24hr): Don't make disingenuous posts
I read what you said. I also think it' very assinine using Google metrics on a game that's way unfinished in terms of marketing when compared to the biggest games in the world aka LOL DOTA. Even Crash has seen its marketing finished.
Reason: User has been warned: brings offsite drama into the thread in an attempt to villify another user.
Sadly Luu knows what she was doing here and with my personal opinions of her off this site due to bullying and harassment. This is why I can't collaborate with her and got to escalate this out of concern and it's a shame this is why,
EDIT: I have messaged Zhuge and Sweet Nicole to get this addressed.
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Accusing a forum member of being a shill with zero evidence.
Lol.
Dude, obviously that person is an Apple employee propping up their faulty product in an apple thread. You don't think a single Apple employee is in Era?
Title: Buy/Sell/Trade Thread 2018 | Read the New Rules in the OP |
Reason: User has been warned for: hostile post
Jesus Christ you people love to clog this topic with posts that have nothing to do with BST. The 1 dollarshipped meme or whatever was pretty fucking stupid and ran it’s course a while ago, no reason to change all the rules because one guy got his fucking feelings hurt.
You can warn me or ban me now if you want, this is getting really fucking stupid.
Title: Kanye West drops new song called Lift Yourself
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack. Arguing in bad faith.
congrats, you managed to completely contradict yourself in a whopping 2 posts. you're a clown. stop backpedaling. your last 2 posts show how incredibly ignorant you are. I'm done with you.
Title: Would you pay $50 to piss on Trump's grave?
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate Thread
First off, let's make a few things clear. The fifty dollars would go to a government employee, who was assigned to this detail. He'll let you in and look the other way. None of the $50 goes to Trump's family or Trump supporters. There is also a 0% chance that this is a scam and a 0% chance you'll he caught and punished.
You also don't to piss on the grave. Since he may enjoy that sort of thing. Any appropriately disrespectful thing will do as long it doesn't take more than an hour and doesn't leave noticable damage. Dancing, flipping him off, getting gay married.
I probably would. Even if it's dumb -- he's gone -- there is nothing left to disrespect. I wouldn't want to pass up there opportunity to do it.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User warned: Ignoring mod edit and further context given on the statement
Any Ching JU Want Baby!
It’s all hyberbole PR bullshit. Investors want positive news and somone has to put a positive spin on things. Sony does it Microsoft and Nintendo do it but console sales don’t lie.
Title: Tenn. Woman Who Thought She Had Food Poisoning Delivers Own Baby in Turkish Hotel Using YouTube
Reason: User warned: Inflammatory, off-topic remarks
oh give me a fucking break.
people should be accountable for being sus irresponsible nascisists. She went into a gestation like it was nothing and not taking care of the child she would ence deliver 9 months later. how can one be such a irresponsible person? It's there telling she is even highly educated, were are not talking about trailer hillbillies here.
Title: Joy Reid homophobic blog posts, potentially hacked?
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Personal attacks despite previous warnings.
It matters if you take your job seriously as a moderator. If you only care about points on a forum, then whatever--do you. Just keep in mind you've lessened yourself in my view, from your posts in this thread and inability to self-reflect.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: Member warned: Insulting other users
Were you around when Sony combined sales into a Playstation family because their sales were terrible? Or were you not even born yet.
Glad to see some folks getting banned, the hate towards MS is amazing to see as if they are directly responsible for some terrible shit in their personal lives.
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Racism. Thread derailment.
This is maundering and mouldering . This usually happens before you shoot someone. After you've given a speech about how everything is ok. Then you scream how nothing will ever be ok again, then shoot.
watching a black man self destruct live is entertaining though.
Title: Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Making light of death threats and toxic gender constructs
There are death threats voiced by people with severe mental health problems... and then there are death threats voiced by teenaged males who aren’t mature enough to regulate their emotions.
I don’t believe that all death threats should be taken seriously, and I think that some of these so-called ‘celebrities’ or high-profile people who discuss or write about gaming are being overly dramatic when they mention these threats against them. In high school, Bob Bukuowski, the high school bully, used to threaten me every single day. That’s just what male teenagers do.
How many gaming journalists have been killed so far for writing about gaming? The answer is none.
Title: Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Apologism for a harassment and hate movement.
Pretty much this. Lots of pandering to an audience with obvious social or political framing. Just tell me what you think of a gane in the most objective manner possible without bias or agenda
Title: Polygon: God of War’s director on toxic masculinity and why Kratos had to change
Reason: User Warned: Derailment - Please don’t use this thread to discuss your opinions of a game you didn’t play.
A friend brought it over and I played for a few hours. The game isn't for me based on the main character. For the developers to say it's combating male stereotypes/masculinity is pretty laughable.
Title: Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Apologism for a harassment and hate movement.
Uck, what a bunch of drivel. Gamergate nonsense started because of actual corruption and horrible video game journalism, not because some scores weren't what people wanted...
The gaming journalism industry needs to stop pointing fingers and realize that is THEM that are the real problem. Always have been since the early 2000s. Look at how this horrible author fawns over review scores and metacritics but then blames the mobs for their angry responses. Look at how kotaku reviews games not by quality, but by agenda. And of course, the angry mobs are the problem as well, but your average reader is not. The average reader just wants to be informed, and it's not their fault that kotaku fails miserably at that...
Title: Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault
Reason: User warned: Console warring, attempted thread derail.
Yup. This thing seems so one sided. If you want to talk about fanboyism dont try to direct the attention only one group. If you go to OP's post history you will get a hint.
Lol im out.
Title: Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault
Reason: User Warned: Trolling with off-site baggage
No problem, I can understand you not wanting to draw too much attention to the Zelda fiasco considering your own behaviour after that Jim Sterling review landed back in the gaf days.
Reason: User Warned: Trolling with false equivalencies
1 2 Switch : 2.29 million
Bloodborne : Can't find exact number but most news shows "over 2 million" thus it's shy of 3 million.
Ergo, "sold about the same."
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): History of platform warring/drive-by posts. Ignoring moderator post.
"Our new strategy is to only report things in a way that looks good for us"
ohkay dude
Just bring 360 and XB original compatability to PC and I don't have to pay attention to your consoles ever kthx
It will definitely play it own segment... let’s see if the engagement can hold the tiny userbase it will have being profitable yet.
Ohhhh but userbase didn’t matter, no?
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Platform warring. Ignoring mod post.
And it goes right along with what we expected from Microsoft pr machine to say to mask their issues and losing market share :) to their investors. Every year its a new phrase whenever their sales arent up to snuff with the competition. Typical indeed. They make their pr talk and consumers read through it and interpret, that is all.
Great job all around.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
MS all over this gen. a load of market spin and utter bollocks and no focus on what’s actually important...games. Yeah, it gets said a lot, but it’s crazy how everybody knows what they need other than Microsoft.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User Warned: System Wars
Stop being defensive, this is typical Ms marketing spin because they lost this gen. Your are only showing your true colors.
Man, if you read this bullshit often, it's really easy to write and replicate.
Title: Power 106 premiered new Kanye song "Ye Vs. The People" feat. T.I.
Reason: User banned 3 days for history of bad faith and disingenuous posting
Both parties do, but it is clear that mindlessly voting democrat is accomplishing nothing. Minorities need to make their votes matter, and you do this by sending the message that their votes aren’t guaranteed and will have to be earned.
Drive-by posting?
See above. Minorities need to send a message that their votes aren’t guaranteed. If either political party sees that votes of minorities can be swayed, then they will do more to go for them. You are already starting to see this with some republicans trying to win over Hispanic voters.
Title: TotalBiscuit / John Bain's cancer has worsened ; retiring as a Game Critic, expresses future plans
Reason: User Warned: Thread derail
Every time I read about these cancer stories I get more frustrated. As a software engineer, I get really mad at developers who code without understanding the code first, and I end up applying this to doctors a bit: I have this constant feeling that the current doctors just don't know what they are dealing with at all, and that everything is trial-and-error based.
I thought about studying cancer myself just to see if I could come up with something... Maybe apply my methodical thinking to the problem, but alas, it's not what I like doing so it would be unlikely to happen.
I honestly feel like we need the Elon Musk of health at this point. Someone so incredibly passionate and knowledgeable, that would finally understand what's happening in the human body and propose a logical cure to this mess.
These days, at least here in Brazil, people become doctors only because of the money: Nothing else. This DOES NOT WORK. If there is no passion, there is no development. This applies to absolutely all areas.
Is it even theoretically possible? Do we have a percentage to that?
I've always heard that cancer is incurable.
Again... I'm just not hopeful at this point. When will we stop with the trial-and-error approach and do something else? We need to "debug" the human code somehow... Do we need another Hitler to do that? Do we need to eliminate religion?
Is this really the case? I lost a close relative recently because they basically gave up: they starved to death instead of being killed by the actual cancer. I call that "not fighting".
Is it though? It seems like everything is out of reach of doctors. The entire medical field is trial-and-error based. No one truly knows if a given food causes cancer. No one truly knows how a specific medicine seems to work from what I can tell. It's a massive pool of ignorance in the field.
Agreed. So frustrating to have to keep dealing with such bullshit disease and have zero progress on actual treatment.
That sounds interesting, thanks for the link.
Again, do we even know that? Aren't there stories about "miracles" (i.e. ignorant people not understanding something) where the cancer completely healed?
It's sad to hear this, as it confirms my suspicion from the outside. Very, very frustrating.
What about the "miracles"? There must be something that can be done, or else those "miracles" would not exist in the first place.
This was painful to read. I feel truly sorry for you. Fucking disgusting stupid disease.
Again, that's probably bullshit. We cannot accept that, just because we don't know how something works, that it's impossible. People believed that the sun was a god, how incredibly stupid is that in hindsight... Same thing with cancer i tell you. It is something stupid that is 100% curable, we just didn't figure it out yet.
Yet again, I hate reading this. Why on earth are we not close? What are scientists doing wrong? Maybe we need more passionate scientists and less greedy ones.
Absolutely love this attitude. We need more people with such mindset.
Title: Microsoft: Xbox One is the “Highest-Engagement Console” in the Market; Explains Strategy for Gaming
Reason: User warned: Read the thread, don't console war
That’s a lot of buzzwords just to say absolutely nothing.
Feel kind of bad for the PR guys, the kind of bullshit they need to come up with in order to do their jobs, I don’t think they’re having a good time.
Microsoft, we need games. You’re not going to convince anybody until we see those games.
Title: Chance the Rapper apologizes for his statements
Reason: User banned 24h for needless aggression and insulting posters after previously been warned not to.
I may be a asshole but you're the fucking fool who basically used a racial slur against a Black man who has only done good for his community.
The simple fact that you admit to hesitating before posting proves that you know you shouldn't have said it. But you did anyway. You're like the Vietnamese kid who came to the hip hop party sang nigga in a song, caught a beatdown for it and still be obtuse enough to claim that you would have preferred to be corrected a proper way.
Despite by your own admission. Your common sense telling you to STAY IN YO FUCKING LANE.
Title: Giant Bomb asked Cory Barlog about recent Labor Issue debate in video game industry
Reason: User warned: Being dismissive to documented issues
This would be absolutely atrocious for the gaming industry. It would absolutely devastate middle developers...big companies would move operations overseas and/or drastically raise prices. To want to unionize this type of work (which kind btw? programmers? artists? animators? anyone who works for games?), is foolish and shows an complete misunderstanding of economics, freedom of contract, and a whole host of other issues.
Moreover, these people aren't suffering. Long hours for 6 months? Working on weekends? OH NO!! We have a damn human rights violation going on.
Companies change when their bottom line is affected. Studios should be much better at managing their projects to not have this and have reasonable hours to allow folks to be more productive. Studios that do a better job, will get better talent and make better games.
Title: What's the anime industry's fascination with highschool and explicit underage obsession?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexualization of underage characters throughout the thread.
I'm of the opinion 2D interpretation should not be illegal yes. Gross sure, but not illegal.
If I drew 2 stick figures humping but said "oh this one figure is 12" is it suddenly child pornography?
Title: What's the anime industry's fascination with highschool and explicit underage obsession?
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Downplaying sexualization of underage characters throughout the thread.
A fictional character written by an adult, voiced by an adult, drawn by an adult, I'm a setting meant to evoke high school that doesn't actually resemble a high school populated by stylized drawings that don't quite resemble actual human beings are dozens of layers deep into an make-believe abstraction at that point.
If you want to be pedantic about arbitrary age, that's entirely within your right to do so, and I'm not adovocating explicit sexualization. But it's all make believe.
How old is this character? Does it look 15?
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Title: Video appears of police slamming and choking out former NFL player Desmond Marrow
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying police brutality
I said the police used too much force in my original post. But the thing is you don't know how it escalated to that point without more video of what happened. You are watching the point only from were he was already handcuffed and nothing before. That's like if I shot someone in self defense, but there was just a video of someone shooting a man. Would they be guilty because you saw him murder someone without any context before? We need more information on how things reached this point.
Title: Milo Yiannopoulos shouted out of NYC bar by crowd chanting 'Nazi scum get out'
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Whataboutism, thread derailment.
Then why are we not hearing protest from people in here against groups who preach hatred towards jews and spread antisemittic postings because they hate Israel. I am not a supporter of what their government is doing but supporting antisemitism because you have a problem with Israel is just as bad.
Title: Microsoft confirms they’re investing in gaming, big focus
Reason: User Warned: Ignoring Modpost + System Wars
Read your post history and you outright said you had no interest in playing Horizon only weeks ago, after saying it’s over rated and all your posts are in Xbox treads. So it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know you don’t play any switch games either since you apparently don’t like a game you never played. But grouped it with SMO and BOTW. So it’s doubtful you played those either. All over rated games apparently. Enjoy Sea of Thieves tho I guess?
It's about the concept of Labo, there aren't cardboards.
Probably Kotaku will do an article about it soon but if you need to see something PM me and I'll send you the cover.
Sorry about the OT, last post about this.
Reason: User Banned (3 Weeks): Downplaying the importance of topics on people speaking out about sexual assault, and the importance of the MeToo movement + history of infractions.
#metoo threads on this forum are 99% pointless. Just a bunch of posts saying "wow person is shitty!"
Reason: User Warned: Advocating extinction of an entire animal breed.
I would mass exterminate these animals if I would have the chance. They are dangerous and should be illegal or behind a VERY hard to get license.
This is coming from a person, who would never fucking ever support the death penalty for humans.
Every time i see a Pitbull or similar dog in the street, I change the side of the road. I really hate these fucking monsters.
Reason: User Warned: Attempting to shut down discussion through false equivalence.
I mean this is all irrelevant anyway since I'm not talking about a dog on a subway that hasn't aggressed against anything vs. a human on a subway that hasn't aggressed against anything as you probably shouldn't be killing either. I just don't see the point of bringing it up about humans killing humans on subways because there are a fuck ton of humans on subways. There is no data on the rate of dog attacks vs the rate of human attacks on subways.
It's just that I don't want to hear about your woes about the moral compass of people on the forum as you probably suckle on the teat of the animal agriculture industry. You contribute to the demand for animals to be killed, so you kill animals. You would never make this "farmed, processed and sold to me" argument for child porn, or at least I hope you wouldn't.
Pitbulls are definitely more likely to be dangerous, it's just that people's solutions of extermination don't make a lot of sense when there's not a good causal link between the breed and the rate of attacks, at least that I know of.
Title: Console Hacks - Patient Zero of Piracy and Cheats
Reason: User Warned: Equating piracy and homebrew/emulation
Just change the word piracy with homebrew and you won't get banned.
It's the same way you can exchange piracy with emulation in many cases if we're bing honest.
Title: Beerbongs and Bentley’s (Post Malone) is out
Reason: S1 User Banned (3 Days): Racism
My hot take is.....Post's whole shtick is getting really dated. Rockstar is overplayed. The rest of the album is filler. He's a one hit wonder (white iverson) for sure.
Also it's 2018 we shouldn't be giving white rappers a platform
Reason: User warned: Posting unmarked spoilers in a review thread.
Well, so I saw it.
That was a movie. It was projected on to a screen. People talked. I didn't exactly like it, but it was entertaining in parts.
The trailers did show a good 80% of the film, but they only showed the spine of it.
Title: AVENGERS 4 | Speculation Thread (open Infinity War spoilers!)
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Sexism and derogatory pejoratives
Pretty dark ending, really liked it.
Curious to see how they will fix this. Time travel is kind of obvious here, but hope they come out with something different.
Besides I think the time infinity stone is a no go here, not only Thanos has it but the only good guy that knows how to control it is out of action.
Didn't like the post credit scene to be honest. It's like every major company today is going full cuck mode.
Title: Jury has reached a verdict in the Cosby trial [Guilty on all 3 counts]
Reason: User Banned (A Week) : Downplay sexual assault and sexual allegations. Accumulated infractions.
damn. he was at least guilty on some but not all of them. sad that it is a numbers game. i was gunning that it was all false due to the ones who lied and fabricated. but it is what it is.
Reason: User Has Been Banned (1d): Insensitive post advocating extinction of an entire animal breed, in conjunction with previous warnings
Pitbulls need to be euthanized out of existence. A breed designed to kill and go apeshit. Seriously, how many deaths have resulted from these monsters? Fuck these dogs and fuck their owners.
Title: All of these sad dad games illustrate how badly other voices are needed in the industry
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Trolling, accusing a member of “race-baiting”, low post count
“I need to get clicks. Best way to do that is to write a garbage race bait article.... but what nonsense will sound enlightened and cover up my sheer idiocy? I need something that Provides a ridiculous premise that provokes the perpetually self described ‘woke’. Got it...”. - Author of OPs article
Title: All of these sad dad games illustrate how badly other voices are needed in the industry
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
OP, you're right. Ignore the obviously fragile white men posting who feel personally attacked. They are totally trying to derail the thread.
Though I'd say its just the classic white dude protag problem, which is nothing new in itself, but with a new twist on it. So the more things change the more they stay the same.
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Case in point
Title: Trump thanks Kanye for his cool remarks on the prez
Reason: User Warned: Derogatory language/meme
Optimistic (longtime fan) side of me says this is just him playing the internet for hype/clout, feeding off the social media outrage machine to boost album sales, and pandering to all the high school/college kids who love his music + are total nazis because alt right is the new counter culture for gen z
Logical (resetera) side of me says damn, this dude has really lost his fucking mind from all the drugs and yes men enabling him
i feel conflicted, i love his music and fashion but damn he's going full retard with these tweets
Title: We need to talk about the online radicalization of young men
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Sexist and racist rhetoric, history of similar behavior.
Did we even watch the same video? There was not a single person in it who wasn't complete 100% genetic trash (like me). Not one of them would be there if they were actually attractive to girls like this:
Their introvert life style and non-NT personalities are the RESULT of how they got treated by their peers/society because of their looks. You're blaming the symptom and completely ignoring the root cause. The only thing being confident and outgoing will do is get them beat down even further.
Title: Wanted at Chinese Start-Ups: Attractive Women to Ease Coders’ Stress (NYT)
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Sexism, using cultural relativism to justify sexist practices.
If women chose to do this i don't see any issues. People need to stop trying to police the choices of women. It's crazy how people automatically assume this Equals sex. I also wish people would get out of their western "values" are the best mindset it's super imperialistic. I'm also annoyed with these 2 minute videos that barely explain things and puts a western filter on it. You could at-least go to china and interview some of the women. I don't care about the opinion of some western feminist.
Title: Germany's Jews urged not to wear kippahs after attacks
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): For a continued pattern of hostility towards other members.
Just like when people here make bigoted statements right? Do we need to let the discussion happen instead of stifling it, right?
Turks and Syrians have never needed the palestinian cause to justify anti-jewish hatred.
Whatever happens in the middle east is just a mere excuse to justify anti-jewish hatred towards jewish people for DARING to not know their place. You see the same shit in America from white racists.
Title: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 shipped 1.31 million units. Best-selling "Xeno" title ever?
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Advocating piracy.
Piracy is hardly an indicator of lost sales. People download just because they can. I know someone who downloads all the movies and shows at 4k blueray lossless, just because he can. That was literally his reason. Most pirates who like the game tend to buy it as well so it usually helps games a bit instead.
As a pirate who downloads games I would never pay for normally and buy the games if i do like them, I agree with that idea.
Title: Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling. Attempting to shut down discussion by misrepresenting arguments. History of similar behaviour.
He is voicing white guys as well, talking in stereotypical ways. That guy can be found in every single QD release, probably a friend of the team and he got to do a bunch of characters for HR.
All of you who seriously seem to hate Cage so much, would you want to personally murder him or what? Why are you so passionate about it?
Title: Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
Reason: User Warned: Trolling with false equivalencies
haha seriously? So modding now is a true evidence for determine if they are evil?
Why Witcher developers are not considered misogynist when they have several nude girls on their games and show it on cutscenes?
Title: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 shipped 1.31 million units. Best-selling "Xeno" title ever?
Reason: User Warned: Don't peddle conspiracy theories on the forum.
Thats... debatable, we have no idea how much the first Xenoblade sold, as in the region it sold the most in, gamestop fudged the shipment numbers after the first shipment so they could sell 'used' games at 90 dollars a pop instead of new games at 60. The game was so hard to find, and thought for so long to not even be coming stateside, it's piracy rate of well over a million puts it in the category of one of the most pirated games of all time, at a quarter of modern warfare 2 at the top of the list, which sits at 4 million. Anyone want to compare popularity levels behind one of the biggest call of dutys and a Japanese rpg on 'The fucking two gamecube duct taped together' system?
As for the sales, Whether or not that is actually impressive depends on what the numbers are.
A game that sells 10 copies sold 10x more than it's predecessor that only sold one, but that' not really worth much.
Of course there isn't a single person at Nintendo who has any idea what Xonoblade could be selling.
There wasnt a single person working at Nintendo who had any idea what xenoblade was, what they had, or who expected Xenoblade to ever sell period with the first game.
It's almost like we had to have an entire campaign calling Nintendo out on their clueless out of touch shit to even get the game, And Nintendo being complete fuckups left money all over the table.
It's hilarious that the whole reason anyone, ANYONE in na can even be a fan of xenoblade in the first place is because of people not being corporate worshippers, and pointing out Nintendo dropped the ball....
And then you look at this.
Nintendo just xenobladed again.
Title: [RUMOR] Red Dead Redemption II Information Coming Thursday
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Spreading misinformation in this thread
This will be a very complicated thread so bare with me and I am not a lunatic.
Timeline:
So on March 28th, GTANet (GTAForums Admins and mods) posted without any further context:
Now from this post, we can conclude that they were on their way to attend a Rockstar related event in London. Mind you this was posted the
Now, here's where things get a little more juicy:
A few weeks back, a user posts this thread on the GTAForums saying that he/she saw R* with members of the press near Usher Hall in Edinburgh. He later says that the presentation took place and goes on to describe what he heard from his friend "Deep Bawbie" that was at the venue...
"15 minute movie"
"Members of the press asking for icecream"
"Press with Jetpacks" I'll come back to the Jetpack thing later.
Now of course, we all thought he was a troll but if that were to case, why was the thread not locked yet? Many questioned the OP but the moderators came to his defense and started communicating with riddles. Some of which has yet to be solved.
A riddle was solved though that deciphered "jetpacks" as "press bags" like the one seen in the tweet.
After a while, some members started to think it was a hoax and that nothing even occurred at Usher Hall but earlier today, the same Admin that posted the tweet (And the same member that possibly saw the game in action), posted on the forums saying this:
Thankfully, this wasnt as hard to decipher as the other hints and riddles and shortly after, a member translated the true meaning behind that post:
Lots of the same mods and Admins that were teasing imminent information liked the post seemingly confirming that it was the answer to the riddle.
So that concludes this. News coming Thursday?
(If this thread is too weird or anything feel free to lock it mods. But there is credence)
Title: New Nintendo CEO Furukawa: “Nintendo should focus on things that only we can provide"
Reason: User warned: Console warring
90% of the people who would be interested in a powerful nintendo console are ps4/xbone gamers with an inferiority complex cause "how can such a weak sauce console outsell my dear beloved black big ass set up box"
that rage drives them to internet forums like this, where they distill crap all the time.
Nintendo needs to be inovative and bold, as true artists and creators do
art > tech
Title: Switch at 17.79 million worldwide units sold, as of March 31, 2018.
Reason: User Warned: Hostility. Please be respectful and polite when posting in threads.
Except unless you're crazy you can see we were talking about Nintendo. As that's why he mentioned when he brought up GameCube.
Please try to not be disingenuous.
Title: Is 4Chan finally getting the investigation it deserves? Posting shut off for 48 hours
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
I mean I think its cute that you think you can hide from the NSA, CIA, FBI, local authorities.
If it means getting rid of places like 4chan, sure, it means diminishing the spread of fascism by not giving people like them a soapbox, absolutely.
You sound awfully hurt.
Yes.
It isn't a generalization at all.
Title: 3DS Homebrew for GBA, should i? Is there a risk?
Reason: User Warned: Advocating piracy.
To clear things up first, im really not going forward yet to get that done. Its something im considering, cause i want GBA games injections, and since there is no way to get GBA games on portable ( other to find a lucky shot a good gba sp used, and also find the games ). I would throw my money to simply get the ambassador program for some GBA on my New 2DS XL, or simple being able to purchase them on the eshop. Oh and there are these gba clone like the revo k101, but im not sure it can do the same job as GBA inject.
So i came to the conclution that the only possible way is to mod my 3DS, but im worried. Can i get banned? I dont want my account blacklisted. And once homebrew is installed and you put your games in there, can homebrew get deleted and the gba inject still works? ( like i dont want to have access of the free game shop, i wouldnt feel personaly honest of getting game like without paying... ok yes, the gba are not paid, but getting recent games , it would cross a line i dont find acceptable ). Only thing i want to get done in my system is gba inject. So, is it worth it? Some people are offering this service for a fee, and im considering it.
Title: WaPost: 'HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose TRIPLING rent for some low-income Americans'
Reason: User warned: Derailing the thread.
This is going to be a giant turd in this thread but...
Democratic policies instituted at the state and municipal levels contribute far more to homelessness than this policy ever will.
Edit: basically local Democratic policies limit supply of new housing being built. Creating scarcity and increasing housing costs.
Title: Trump thanks Kanye for his cool remarks on the prez
Reason: User banned (permanently): trolling the forum by repeatedly lying about his ethnicity.
Who the hell are you to determine what others are? I am a proud, gay, black man. I support Kanye and 100% agree that Democrats have just taken my vote for granted year, after year, after year. All while making things worse for my people.
Whatever you want to say about Trump I don't give a shit. I have more money in my bank account due to the new tax law. I voted for Hillary because I was expected to do it. Never thought for myself. That is now changing. Glad Kanye is now on the forefront paving the way. Tired of people telling us how we should think and vote!
Title: Trump thanks Kanye for his cool remarks on the prez
Reason: User Warned: needless hostility
I honestly want the Kardashian family of being nothing and doing nothing and making money being nobodies in their own right be destroyed because of this. I want them to be blacklisted in California and laughed out into Mississippi. Bless you Kanye for making this happen and taking the Rot with your own rot. They are only the primary reasons if this celebrity who have no talent or nothing of value being famous
Title: Thurrott.com: Microsoft is making significant investments / financial backing to go all-in on gaming
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Unwarranted hostility. Calling a female developer a 'fem nazi'. Account still in junior phase.
Microsoft has talent..plenty of it..but talent means nothing if you have poor leadership, direction, allocation, management etc. Halo 5 was apparently a cluster fuck when it was in development having to be scrapped and redone during the dev cycle, and Sea of Thieves was apparently so bad that half of the team didn't even know what they were making.
I give Rod Fergusson credit, dude is an awesome studio lead, Gears 4 was steller and the amount of content they throw at it is crazy, I think the Coalition can do great things if given the opportunity to. But Bonnie Ross needs to fuck right off, she's nothing but a fem nazi, wish Josh Holmes could of been studio head instead of her.
Remember that Guerrilla games made an above average shooter but when given the change they made a banger that was critical and commercial hit.
2. Contrary to popular belief, Sony's own studios (not third party but ones they actually own) range from mediocre - God tier. Santa Monica, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla have all succeeded this gen, Sucker Punch put out a decent Infamous Second Son, PolyPhony put out an extremely underwhelming Gran Turismo ..then there's Knack..
Lets not pretend that Sony has 10 studios that constantly put out GOTY caliber games. They have better management and leadership, they've done a better job of cultivating their studios but they also have a ton of 3rd party support and exclusives that Microsoft needs to get a hold of. Sony has tons of Japanese support as well that MS lacks.
3. Lionhead wanted to make a grittier Fable 4, but this was when Phil Harrison was around and wanted every Xbox game to be online and multiplayer focused probably so they can get that sweet microtransaction money
4. Right, I agree but this was a different Xbox and different Microsoft...not saying everything is going to be roses and sunshine but at the very least we can't apply what happened 5-10 years ago to Microsoft's current vision for Xbox....
Title: Trump thanks Kanye for his cool remarks on the prez
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing and defending racism.
Sounds more like a dude that is vehemently tough on crime and punishment while also being against political correctness so firmly that he comes across as an asshole.
According to snopes:
“As the , it is, at best, a secondhand quote from a private conversation, written down years after the fact, and should be viewed “with some skepticism.””
The guy has said plenty of stuff on both sides of the aisle when it comes to race relations. But I don’t believe these two examples are enough to definitively say he hates blacks.
I do understand why some would infer that. It just shouldn’t be taken as fact yet unless I’m missing a bigger piece of the picture.
Reason: User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory generalizations, hostile behaviour, long history of infractions for the same behaviour
So let’s talk about logical fallacies. First you make an accusation that I “don’t engage with the scene” - which is not only false, but completely irrelevant to the argument.
Next, my argument being that the entire scene is a toxic shithole. I don’t want to list out every single example of how bad the metal scene is now, because honestly I’d have a novel. It’s not just a few bad guys, it’s the entire damn scene. If some indie rock band or punk band is accused of shitty things, the fans disown them, the label drops them etc. Look what happened to Brand New for example. Meanwhile just for existing as gay or trans in a metal band gets you death threats on a huge scale. Just for calling attention to the massive neo Nazi apologism going on now in metal gets huge defenses from the scene. They would rather protect neo nazis, homophobes, racists, bigots than see their favorite bands get called out. The only time a band actually gets disowned by the fans is when the opposite happens - when said band calls out the alt right or neo nazis. Machine Head did this, and their album sales went down dramatically, they get death threats and have to hire security, they get doxed. Take your no true Scotsman fallacy out of here because it’s bullshit.
To be clear, I’m not saying the majority of metal fans are nazis or pedopholes - but the majority of metal fans DEFEND musicians and bands who are these things. That’s unquestionable. I’d also allege the majority of bands at best, have engaged in blatant bigoted slurs in their career. Everyone from Guns & Roses to Zakk Wylde to Darkthrone has said something gross about Jews or gays. And again, that’s discounting the neo nazis in bands.
Also this “you’re not one of us” gatekeeping shit isn’t going to work with me. It’s dumb and yet another reason why the metal scene is a pile of shit.
Firstly, I’m not just talking about comment sections. Secondly, those sites don’t have unmoderated comment sections. They actually have dedicated mods. That’s actually a testimony to how bad shit is.
If you read my post, I use MS as an example of a blog that called out a specific band and got doxed, raided with anti jewish slurs, sent threats, and had an attempt at being de listed from Facebook. I should also mention that I said nothing about my opinion on that site as a whole - which is that they’re a blog and those guys make dick and fart jokes and aren’t journalists. So not only is your comment now extremely suspicious to me that you think that’s a valid response for the aforementioned abuse that the writers should get for calling out Nazi bands because of their “journalism” but I also think you don’t understand what journalism is either. And unlike you, I’m drawing my conclusions from the content of your post, I’m not trying to pull some gatekeeping fallacy out of my ass because I’m triggered from having my precious and shitty scene called out for harboring nazis and pedos.
It has everything to do with the alt right. There are tons of direct correlations between the election of Trump and right wing populism’s “race realist” identity. Trump being elected and the rise of the alt right and the normalization of this behavior. It just so happens that a lot of these people love metal. What a shocker.
Well I definitely try not to support developers or places etc that align with gamergate. Certainly there was a time when video games were at a critical mass in terms of toxicity, but I think most games are trying to address things like diversity, representation, etc and are trying to shave away toxicity. Let’s put it this way though, I’ve yet to see developers who are outright nazis, pedophiles, bigots, etc that get massive defenses from the community. Even something like Kingdom Come Deliverance, which certainly does have its defenders - that’s over representation. The director of the game doesn’t have photos of him seig heiling or shouting “white power” etc.
Oh and funny enough - there’s a huge cross section of gamer gators that are metal fans - in fact this is an ongoing thing for a while. Milo himself has talked about how metal should be more alt right, YouTube personalities who made their names as gamergators constantly putting out disgusting videos about Anita and Zoe Quinn are all huge metal dorks. What a funny coincidence
Feel free to continue to make logically bankrupt comments like these at the expense of your trash scene, I hope it all crumbles to the ground over the weight of people on the outside recognizing it as music for losers and bigots.
Title: NPD March 2018: Far Cry 5 #1, Sea of Thieves #2; PS4 Tops Hardware Charts
Reason: User Banned (1 day): Hostility towards another member
LMAO
I just pointed out, that MLB is one of the best selling games every year in the US, with constant yearly growth like NB2K for example, and SoT was able to sell even considerably more.
I mean i could also give you historical MLB first month unit sales to get an even better idea of the sales performece about SoT
But in this case i rather go with a fanboy reply, so go fuck yourself...
Title: Microsoft initiaties action to protect Halo IP in the wake of ElDewrito (Halo Online Mod)
Reason: User banned (1 day): Linking to illegal content
Nice that the game's not really affected, it's just harder to get a hold of it now. Basically you need to find the old version of the game on a different site, then patch it with their patcher that they still offer on their site (so I guess that is in the clear in regards to assets/whatever included) to 0.6. For now the still works even if it's not linked on their site, so you can still use that if you don't want to bother with getting the old version and patching it.
I've deleted the game since it wasn't my thing from the little I've played of it, I had never played Halo multi player before though I had the PC CE, just saying.
Title: Kanye West praises right wing Youtube personality, "alt right" rejoices
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Racist dog-whistling, trolling, history of similar behaviour.
I'm sure some people did vote like that, but undoubtedly a lot of people voted for him because they prefer a free market economy over a centrally planned one and they were upset with the PC culture, and preferred individuality over identity based politics. None of those have to do with racism and are reasons people will vote conservative.
Reason: User Warned: Hostility. Please be respectful and polite when posting in threads.
I've been professional chef for just over 10 years now. This is exactly what you do, from decades of standards before you, you keep your fucking mouth shut. Keep it to yourself, it ain't none of your bizness
Title: Microsoft initiaties action to protect Halo IP in the wake of ElDewrito (Halo Online Mod)
Reason: User Warned: Advocating theft and distribution of ip, piracy.
My point was that it's still not worth getting worked up over. It's Microsoft, who cares. It's not some small team or individual that lost a bunch of their work. Someone dumpster dived and took a dead project to some kind of completion.
Title: Microsoft initiaties action to protect Halo IP in the wake of ElDewrito (Halo Online Mod)
Reason: User Warned: Derailing with deliberately misleading photo to troll and discredit developer.
They are one of the worst devs. They've completely ruined a great franchise with every step they've taken with it. I'm not the only Halo fan with this opinion. I was responding to someone saying they burnt their bridge with PC gamers, which means they've burnt every bridge they had. They are one of the worst devs in gaming.
Title: I'm convinced mobile app develpers update apps just to get your attention
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): For their behaviour in this thread. Hostility and history of similar behaviour.
I know you like to speak on his behalf, but don't speak on mine.
I'm not trying to get anyone to agree to my position.He's own post offloaded the responsibility of a proper changelog by saying:
and for the record "agree to disagree" is the lowest form of disengagement for forums.
Title: Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts
Reason: User Warned: Hostile inflammatory conduct within thread after previously being warned in thread.
This thread shows unequivocally that the administration of this site doesn't give the slightest fuck about people of colour, with that total lack of moderation in here.
Should just rename this site. White FeminismERA.
So countires shouldn't get back what is rightfully theirs because of tourism. Gotcha.
How beneficent of you.
Right right. Gotta make sure those dirty black know how to take care of their property, before they can have the permission to loan back their own heritage.
Title: Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): History of aggressive behavior and insults towards other members.
Yeah actually he does. And if he won't, I will. You don't give a fuck about anyone other than yourself and you think white man museums in white man countries are the center of the world. Piss off. Tourists and people who actually care about history and heritage visit all over the world. Museums are operated everywhere. We have someone in this thread who exactly studied the topic at hand, giving his opinion that it should be returned. Your ignorant opinion doesn't matter.
Title: Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts
Reason: User warned: Making a point doesn't require insulting a poster
White people raped and stole resources from other countries to prop up their own. Giving back the equivalent in terms of financial value would destroy economics across Europe.
Hope that was clear to you. If that chicken was too spicy I think you have some family thats boiling some.....
Title: Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts
Reason: User warned: Justifying historical atrocities
They weren't "illegally looted", they started a war and they lost. Victor takes the spoils. Besides, you can't apply modern rules of diplomatic relations to the past. The British actions were acceptable by the standards of the time.
Title: Milo Yiannopoulos shouted out of NYC bar by crowd chanting 'Nazi scum get out'
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): advocating murder
Just kill the fucking bastard. He is a fucking nazi, whoever kills him should get a medal. Use 1 on those 3 billion guns you americans have and just shoot the fucker straight between the eyes.
Fuck him
Title: Help me preserve the rich legacy of gaming sites and official game sites
Reason: User warned: self-promotion
Hi Era. I am Joyce, and I just began an effort to archive gaming sites (especially defunct and obscure ones in danger of going offline and being lost), as well as official game sites. I am starting out with general gaming sites, and I will add official ones to my effort at a later, but not too distant, date.
You can read more about the effort and support me here:
And you can learn about the first site I just archived, to launch my effort, here:
I want this thread to be used for suggestions of sites I should archive. What are your favorite gaming sites and official game sites that you would like to see preserved?
I can't wait to check out your suggestions!
Love, Joyce
Title: Broadly: 100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color
Reason: User banned (4 days): trolling, derailing, previous infractions for similar behaviour
Oh now I’m a “fucking prick”
And quote me next time.
You’re the one starting a fight on a web forum. Now you can’t finish it? Cmon now, you’re better than that!
What’s wrong with everyone using the same memes? The internet, and memes, bring people together. You don’t want that?
Title: Net neutrality is all but dead. Here's what happens now.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Needless Hostility
BitTorrent isn't a service, it's a protocol. You block the illegal service, i.e. ThePirateBay, not the fucking protocol. And you have no fucking clue how much legitimate business is done through torrenting. When I worked with MD Anderson, we'd use private torrents to transfer huge files across the country.
Comcast blocked .
Dear god I'm glad you're no longer a mod with the mentality you are showing.
Title: iFrames or Accurate Hitbox Detection? Is there any excuse for this anymore?
Reason: User warned: "lazy dev" rhetoric
Team Hitbox, always.
iFrames to me always seemed like a lazy cop-out, give me 2 evade options [e.g. roll and dodge like in The Witcher 3] and send me on my way without the ability to magically phase through attacks.
Title: iFrames or Accurate Hitbox Detection? Is there any excuse for this anymore?
Reason: User warned: "lazy dev" rhetoric is frowned upon here.
Noticing a lot of posters saying iframes are good because they mitigate barely dodging an attack
Thats no excuse with current technology. If you cant find a way to mitigate those without making the entire player magically invincible, impervious to even a 100x kamehameha to the face, you are lazy
The technology and power is there. No more excuses
Title: Fans of old-school Zelda should check out God of War
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Inflammatory generalizations with numerous accumulated warnings
Jesus christ, Sony fans over 25 years have been so hell-bent on having a game one-up Zelda, that now something mildly alike has come along there's been a series of dumb threads such as these: GoW4 looks nothing like classic Zelda, this thread of desperation.
What's even more hilarious is that Nintendo have been like "been there, done that" and moved on to the next game-of-the-generation design choices.
Title: Can other countries criticize U.S. race relations when they have much less diversity? (READ OP!)
Reason: User has been permanently banned: blatant racism
Can you explain why average heterozygosity in humans is about the same as in Plain Zebras or Wildcats, yet modern taxonomy recognizes different subspecies in them, but not in humans?
Don't speak for you? Spare me the dramatics cupcake.
For the same price of your precious tourist trolley, California could have built a 250 mile long, 4 lane highway. But yeah, I'm sure your trolley was more important.
Enjoy your "sophisticated" and grid-locked highways.
**Calling someone a cupcake is hostile? Lmao.. interesting..**
Title: Van Strikes Numerous Pedestrians in Toronto, Canada (10 confirmed fatalities according to police)
Reason: User banned (1 day): advocating for violence against prisoners.
Nah.
Throw this guy in the right prison surrounded by the right people, make sure they're well aware why he's there, and he'll enjoy a few years of abuse that will be much worse for him.
As modern emulation situations improve, I tend to sell off older collections. Doesn't stop it being painful, but it has meant I can keep my head above water buying new games..
Some examples:
Sold all my DC library and bought a GD-EMU so I can run all DC games from SD card. Ended up a few hundred pounds in front.
Ditto my Saturn library and my Rhea.
Ditto my N64 carts for a 64Drive.
Ditto my GC collection once I sorted Nintendont on my Wii U.
Also sold all PS1, GB/GBC, and all earlier 8/16bit games once I had an Nvidia Shield TV - near perfect emulation through Retroarch of just about everything?
The only games I'm now actively collecting / hoarding are OG Xbox, PS3/360, PS4, Vita, DS/3DS and Switch.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Excessive hostile rhetoric towards another member. History of such conduct.
with all due respect. you must be full of shit then
PS2 library is the greatest of all consoles ever made. quality is amazing and so is quantity. we had a perfect amount of every genre.
Xbox 360 has the second best library probably (I know PS3 had the big exclusives later. but the xbox had a lot of games that were not even released on PS3 during the first ~4-5 years because it was difficult to make games for PS3 and it came out a year later)
also not just because of the quantity. PS2 had relatively very little shovelware even compared to last gen or this gen (digital crap).
Title: Milo Yiannopoulos shouted out of NYC bar by crowd chanting 'Nazi scum get out'
Reason: User was warned: Hostile behaviour towards another user
Go fuck yourself I have a scar on my stomach after being stabbed by a Neo Nazi and my mom got death threats since she dated a hispanic guy FUCK YOU
I have had my issue growing up as mixed in Norway and don't you dare claim I was defending him I was pointing out the fact that assholes like are given way to much attention.
Title: fail0verflow just released the SwitchX hack method (Read OP)
Reason: User warned: Defending piracy
Awesome news to see the Switch opened like this, particularly since the form factor is so great for playing all sorts of games. And I don't understand why people are worried about piracy, ultimately that's Nintendo's concern as if the people they pay were that incompetent to leave such a great flaw in their systems, then they deserve to suffer the financial repercussions from it.
Title: Valve acquires Campo Santo (Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods); ItVoG now a Valve title
Reason: User Warned: Topic Derailment and Trolling a Developer
my bad i accidently started when i found out i'll never play your games ever again
tell the hair tech people i love their work
Edit: 4-24-18
I don't accept the trolling accusation, what I was referring to for the 2nd line (nor the derailment either but what can I do)
Title: Van Strikes Numerous Pedestrians in Toronto, Canada (10 confirmed fatalities according to police)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Derail
Too bad the Canadian judicial system will let him out in 30-40, with the tax payers taking care of his bills. Capital punishment is warranted here, or better yet, fly him over the Pole and drop him out at 30,000 ft for polar bear food.
Title: Van Strikes Numerous Pedestrians in Toronto, Canada (10 confirmed fatalities according to police)
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Advocating Violence
honestly they should have shot him dead. he doesnt deserve to live, even prison life is too good for him. the people he mowed down dont have any possibilities so why should he?
Title: Thurrott.com: Microsoft is making significant investments / financial backing to go all-in on gaming
Reason: User Banned (24 Hours): Platform Warring
OHHH the fabled and illusive magical war chest MS has stashed that will be the solution to all their problems....lol this is some 2001 fanboy shit where everyone proclaimed the death of Sony now that big bad american juggernaut software company MS entered the console market only to get steamrolled by the PS2, 360 falling behind PS3 at the end despite all the of Sony's fuck ups and 360 having year headstart and price advantage, and now this gen with Sony going back to damn near PS2 levels of domination crushing the xbone in sales....bu bu bu dat war chest will change things next gen surely! lol
Title: The Nature of Causality: What Should Switch Owners Do in Regards to Delayed Multiplatform Games?
Reason: User Warned: “Lazy Dev” Rhetoric
Microsoft even closed studios when they did not deliver their job in time. Also there is not one case for the Vita where Bandai Namco had technical problems causing a later release for the Vita. They just managed the development well.
These publishers are behaving like little kids in school not having their homework.
"Oh i couldn`t do it. It was just to difficult. Maybe next day i will have it."
But publishers like Koei Tecmo have no problems in bringing their last gen stuff over. So the job can be done if there is the will to do it.
Title: The Nature of Causality: What Should Switch Owners Do in Regards to Delayed Multiplatform Games?
Reason: User Warned: Spreading conspiracy theories, console wars rhetoric.
I mean, we know flat-out that third parties actively did their best to ensure Wii was a failure comparative to 360 and PS3, so it makes complete sense that people would feel they are standing opposed to Nintendo.
Title: Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
Reason: User Warned: Complaining about the thread.
Do actual meaningful things instead of wasting time and effort on an internet forum? Work your way up a corporate ladder and enforce those ideals yourself? Open your own business which embraces those values? Run for local office and use your viewpoints as the cornerstone of your campaign? At the very least become a respectable member of your community so people will lend an ear to you?
"Yeah, but those are hard, and take time."
No shit they are, if they weren't they wouldn't be worth doing. Change has never come easy and it never will.
Or you can just whine on a forum and try and boycott a video game. I'm sure the multiples of $60 that they're missing out on will really affect their bottom line.
Title: Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Continued downplaying of toxic working conditions, history of infractions on the subject
I think I have a far better idea than you? The question you should ask is do you?
What do you think these papers never made a mistake? Or printed something wrong?
These papers are owned by people who are wealthy and that have political agendas. They are there to make money and fulfill their polital needs. Maybe you think they are run by some people who are the worlds unbiased saviors.
There are bad apples at QD but that's true with any organisation with 200+ people in one building. But you can't tarnish the whole studio cause of a few choice cunts
Title: fail0verflow just released the SwitchX hack method (Read OP)
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
They will, but that won't stop several here on this forum admonishing Nintendo for going after the people that help them "back up" their "legitimately purchased games".
I used to not be bothered by console homebrew and even softmodded my Wii so I could play the U.K. import of Xenoblade Chronicles (this was before NoA finally announced its localization), but between the whole CEMU situation and now this, I'm just inclined to consider most people who talk about current console emulation as nothing more than delusional, game-pirating shitheads.
EDIT: ooh a warning, I feel like a just popped my cherry. I guess someone caught some feels for my insinuation that I believe they're probably a pirate, and make no mistake that's exactly what I believe.
Title: Van Strikes Numerous Pedestrians in Toronto, Canada (10 confirmed fatalities according to police)
Reason: User banned (duration pending review): trolling and derailing
Are you kidding? This happened in Canada - we don't believe in justice here. Either the police were mean to him during the arrest, or he had a bad childhood. Trudeau is preparing a big cheque for the guy right now.
Title: Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
Reason: Member has been warned: generalization of an entire forum.
Who cares what a jury decides?
What really matters is ResetEra's justice and its completely non biased opnions when it comes to Quantic Dream and David Cage.
/s
Title: Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge welcome baby boy
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending) Advocating violence, inflammatory derailment, and numerous accumulated infractions.
Beheading the royal family was an even bigger boost for tourism for France.
Sell tickets. It'll be a money spinner.
At the very least turn Buckingham palace and the other land and assets theyve stolen into a theme park and keep the Royal Family in a cage where people can pay to touch them.
That would generate far more money than they supposedly generate now.
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: misogynistic behaviour that was previously warned multiple times and has now reached its peak with the current avatar.
You can always redownload though if you already own, right?
Title: Kanye West praises right wing Youtube personality, "alt right" rejoices
Reason: User warned: using a racially charged pejorative.
Not to justify anything Koonye is saying or his beliefs, but from the outside, this seems a bit hypocritical on Obama's part, no? Im all for sitting down with the "enemy" to talk and discuss matters and Obama is pretty much my main goto for support on this.
Again I don't have any context on any meeting these two might have discussed and can't say I blame Obama for not wanting to get involved with such a crazy figure but its just an observation. I'd like to see someone go one on one with Kanye. Maybe Obama could clear the fog in this guy's head.
Title: Broadly: 100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color
Reason: User warned: please do not use "retarded" as a slur, it is not allowed here
Ok, I will comment some of them for you guys.
I have come across many instances where fingers were pointed and it did not have the slightest of racism. I have my own thought and mind, and I will assess the situation as I care.
If I tell someone that I am Egyptian and they reply that they went to Morroco once, then why would I be mad? I would more than love to talk about his experiences and undergo similarities and differences.
Well, I am not retarded. Now, the list is a guide targeted towards whites, right? So again, the writer assumes that most whites are below the normal intelligence range? ok.
I will use them and laugh at them as I please, so no.
I love the weeknd as much as I love Arctic Monkeys, but I think this is pretty much subjective and has nothign to do with racism.
And it is not the place of POC either, let light-skinned identify themselves as they wish.
Of course, I can and I will. I have my own opinion, and if we disagree that's fine.
Ok sure, will d.... "22. Share articles relating to the everyday experiences of race and racism written by people of color."... What....
I will watch anything I liked, and I will not force myself through a show if its bad, just for the sake of the director being POC.
I will never call a person exotic, but I am sure as hell can feel if a person is exotic to me. Let us look what exotic means: "of foreign origin or character; not native;" If I met someone from Japan, I would die to have a conversation with them and learn about cultural differences.
What role would a POC be better at than a non-POC? And no, I will apply for that position myself if Its one I want.
lolno. Should I also refuse to speak at the black panther panel because they are all POC?
What?
I haven't seen get out, but god damn, I bet my life savings, that shit does not happend to every POC, everyday. Come one.
GTFO
Now, this is an interesting topic. I believe NO-ONE, should use that word, and I was close to making a thread for this after watching dear-white-people.
I don't believe in being white gives you access to stuff that others cant.
I experience racism quite often.
There you go. There was some of them. I have only taken the most important ones. Many of the others are just bollocks.
Title: Are Gamers ready for Master Chief to lose the helmet?
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: misogynistic behaviour that was previously warned multiple times and has now reached its peak with the current avatar.
Reason: User banned (1 week): sexism and inflammatory rhetoric
Can with stop with this stupid battle royale shit?
all these companies trying to ride the genre for funbucks. This genre is full of 12 year old kids, nu-males and titty streamers whihc makes the game wholly uninteresting.
Honestly hope this fad dies in the next year so we can get on with our lives, jesus
Title: Microsoft renewed their trademark license for Bloodforge & Iron Brigade
Reason: User Warned: Self-promotion
According to this website, Microsoft has renewed it's rights over Bloodforge, an Xbox Arcade game that I never heard about before, but that have some similarities with god of war. Is Microsoft trying to make another Ninja Gaiden/Ninja Blade?
Title: Michael Cohen case shines light on Sean Hannity's property empire
Reason: User banned (duration pending): repeated instances of trolling, baiting, accumulated infractions.
Trump collision not panning out. Need to find anything not to look silly.
Hopefully this was enough of a post not to be banned. If it was a hot take like everyone else in a thread where I post "fuck trump!", at least that would be tolerated.
So good. Go after Hannity. Must find anything.
Whoever decided that wave after wave of enemies with no checkpoints (the
was a good idea should be shot.
How a massive failure of game design like that made its way in to a shipping product is beyond me.
Reason: User warned: abusing thread creation privileges
There doesn't seem to be many people talking about it, though I guess that makes sense due to how low-key a release it is. Just wanted to generate some discussion about it.
Title: Many of the popular early 2000s movies haved aged like sh*t
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate language.
Bro are you on fucking crack? Lotr absolutely shits on 99% of blockbusters coming out today. If you are talking about the effects you are wrong. CGI has been absolute trash lately, and practical effects beats even the best CGI in most cases. WRONG!
If you are talking about the movies themselves, you are even more wrong. Just incomprehensibly wrong. As a matter of fact, when i rewatched them a year ago, my biggest takeaway was: Man, i wish they still made movies like this. The Hobbit movies have aged MUCH worse. And they are just a few years old. I can't anymore with all these retarded hot takes popping up lately...
Title: UCF unveils national championship banner at spring game
Reason: User banned (1 week): Gross generalization of millions of people
Fellow UCF student to butt in here and say we’re the best and every other college team sucks ass compared to us. Fuck places like Alabama thinking they have talent. Nothing but a bunch of rednecks and racists.
Title: Bernie is stumping in the South and winning over some black voters
Reason: User Warned: Either have a discussion around the argument, not the user, or don't.
This is the point, midnight john.
He simply just got someone banned while exhibiting the exact behavior he attempts to white-knight against. I'm tired of seeing kirblar's bullshit propagated throughout this forum in the guise of intellectual curiosity. He has very little. The poly-sci major in your might think this is profound, but it isn't.
Title: Texan teacher told students to list positive aspects of slavery
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Trivializing slavery
So, no slave ever thought his or situation was good? All slaves everywhere completely realized their state of exploitation? There will always be people who do not act on, much less recognize, their best interests. There will always be people who embrace the interests of their oppressors.
Title: Had some Jack in The Box late last night and now I hate myself.
Reason: User Warned: Insulting other posters
Lots of whining pussies itt. You guys hate ALL fast food, eat it anyway, always say its the worst shit ever, and always feel "sick". I eat fast food maybe once a week and i never feel shitty afterwards. McDs, BK, Taco Bell, Jack, Wendys, etc. All fine. You guys are weird.
Title: Algerian woman denied French citizenship over [refused] handshake
Reason: User banned (1 week): inflammatory/Islamophobic rhetoric, accumulated prior infractions
Good, France is better off without them.
If they follow the religion that zealously they'd probably also be fine with throwing gays off buildings and other medieval bullshit.
Title: why are Sony so backwards with buying from different regions?
Reason: User Warned: Inappropriate language.
What are you talking about? Why would government come knocking on someone's door? All games on Microsoft store have correct ratings on each store front. If you buy in US and switch to Germany, you game from US will have USK rating.
Sony is just retarded and made mess of a system. Steam had unified account and games system from get go, you can switch regions as you please on same account and library as long as you have credit card from that region and logged at least once from IP of that region.
Sony retarded approach is the reason you can't move regions of your account or change your PSN name.
Or when they change your name for you (i.e. offensive name), you get completely new account with same details and library, and lose your save data in cloud, your trophies and your friend list.
Title: The Verge: The Xbox One is the best console if you don’t care about exclusive new games
Reason: User Warned: Console Warring
LOL! Sony exclusives (I mean 'games') are being so overhyped in this thread. Honestly don't know anyone with a PS4 that is obsessed with their precious exclusives as any rando is pretending to be in this thread - to the point where it's literally unbelievable blasphemy that anyone would care.
Then the the fact that games generally look and perform better on XB1X is met with 'meh, I don't notice a difference' or 'well, that's only 90% of the games', 'Cool, you have a shiny piece of hardware with no exclusives - what's the point?'.
It's like questioning why somebody would buy a 4K TV if they're not going to watch big-budget mainstream action movies. 'Most stuff may look better, sure - but if you're not gonna watch Fast Five, what's the point?' Gimme a break.
Title: Spain: Black child racially and physically abused by white kids in playground
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory generalisation.
Majority (NOT ALL) of Spanish people are awful, racist with everyone that’s not from spain, I’ve been to madrid and mallorca and was devastated by how they act towards foreigners, i also have heard this from friends that have visited and live there, never going back to that country for sure.
Title: Nintendo Labo Cardboard & Accessories Replacement Costs
Reason: User warned: trolling, inflammatory console war rhetoric
they should have been plastic pieces like legos. larger than legos obviously. card board. yeah I mean obviously its a nintendo product so it will sell a lot to a lot of neckbeards.
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: repeatedly bringing offsite drama/controversies into this thread despite having been told multiple times to not do that.
There is always Discord... oh wait.
Probably never lol. Okay, maybe not never but something tells me they will be the last of the last...
Reason: Member has been banned (3 days): accuses another member of lying despite neither having the source text nor being able to read it. History of similar behaviour.
This is what i got from different places
こだわり = commitment
悲願 = Earnest wish
Title: I've just finished Breath of the Wild, and I have some thoughts...
Reason: User Warned: Personal attack.
Sadly I don't think he's right in the head. I mean, he's literally spamming Twitter with BotW clips. At this stage it's pretty safe to say that the guy is a few eggs short of a dozen so don't be too hard on him.
Title: God of War Photography Thread [may contain mid-game spoilers]
Reason: User Warned: Insulting another user.
Ah yes how naive of us to wander into a thread for a title not yet released to peruse some early in game shots from ERA members only to see late game content like a blood soaked Kratos standing with HUGE FUCKING Spoiler. Thanks fanboy you fucking dolt.
Quite silly indeed.
I wouldn't think anything in particular of the GoW score on its own; it's sensibly below the metacritic average but hey, it may not be down their alley, 8 is a good score, yadda yadda.
What makes this entire thing putrid is the 7 to SoT. Yes, tastes are tastes but in no universe SoT is a 7 and GoW is an 8. And lo and behold, SoT comes from *ding ding* a british developer! Want to be harsh? Good, but be fair. They always pull this shit. They know everyone thinks they're biased, they know they're gonna be accused of it, and whenever there's the chance they slam some major exclusive to prop up the british game of the month. Like a clockwork.
I'll wait till I can read the reviews; if anything, the mental gymnastics should be entertaining.
Reason: Member has been warned: attempt to discredit outlet. Console warring.
they are drinking the Nintendo kool aid... for me Zelda was an solid 8 and GOW is a 10
don´t even know why they are giving scores or for who these scores are, it´s certainly not given on a good basis, it`s given on:"yeah, haha, let`s be extraharsh because we are the edgiest scorers out there" can`t take this seriously tbh
ridiculous scoring
edited: understood the warning, will not comment on review scores again...
Title: EDGE Slammed the latest GOW title with a 7/10, stated that it lacks personality
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
EDGE states that "While its bulk is impressive, it lacks a distinctive personality"
I don't have the review in front of me, but it is available for purchase. I don't understand why EDGE gave the game such a low score. It is certainly one of the few reputable publications to deliver a harsh score on the game. I personally haven't played the game, so I can't comment on whether the game deserves that score. However, the general consensus is that GOW 4 is a return to form for a franchise that has been suffering from repetition and super macho protagonists. The new characters, and gameplay mechanics are fresh of breath air, even if sometimes the game plays it safe. Do you guys agree? And what do you think is next for the Gears series?
Title: Daniel Vavra: "There is no propaganda" in Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Reason: Member has been banned (3 days): whataboutism. Thread derail. Has been reported and warned for similar behaviour in the past.
People are really going in on this game while ignoring that a lot of games coming out of Japan have propaganda and seemingly rationalize sexualizing minors....
Title: Consider this: maybe I just want a 6-8 hour game and that's it
Reason: User Warned: Hostility. Please be respectful and polite when posting in threads.
Who the fuck plays video games for six hours straight??????????
What kind of deodorant-abrasive sludge waste you gotta be to binge that much for gaming???? Six hours??????????????
That will not be me. 2 hours alone gives me a headache. Georgia weather is lovely
Reason: User banned (1 month): Repeatedly misrepresenting communications with staff, ignoring numerous prior warnings
So I'm not allowed to make the OT after all, due to political differences with some admins of this site. I hope someone else can take over instead of me and use the title ” which both is a quote from MW2 Mercenaries game and pretty much incapsulates both the universe and the gameplay of this one. But I'm okay if something else is chosen. Sorry about the short notice and take care.
what about the USA though? its mot like they took in millions of refugees from syria... last year it was less hen a thousand.. and unlike japan the us has been a major actor in the region and arguably one of the reasons why the region is so destabilized.
Title: Sainsbury's to introduce 'touch-free' meat packaging cos' millennial's afraid of touching raw meat
Reason: User Warned : Off-topic generalisation based on "gender roles".
you can't deny how 'weak' (psychologically at least) the young seems to be these days though.....like what's up with big grown guys in their 20s shrieking at the sight of a cockroach or a house lizard?
I know gender role is a 'open fluid' concept nowadays but still.......c'mon. They can't handle stress, they can't handle strenuous physical activities. They demand safespace but don't want to create it for themselves. They want to live their life based on what they want to be, not what it is.....such as this 'meat packaging' thing.
(p.s. i am a millennial as well by the article definition)
Title: La Casa de Papel (or “Money Heist”) |OT| What was missing from Netflix’s Death Note
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
Huh? Are you going to call me a xenophobe or something because I believe the Spanish accent sounds weird and too funny to be taken seriously the way it is spoken? Chilean Spanish sounds like that for a lot of Latin American native Spanish speakers too. Don't try to see things where they are not.
Title: "I’m white. I can kill you and nothing will happen" - El Salvador woman attacked Spanish man
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Personal attacks against another member + inflammatory commentary
I'm assuming you're white, I find it really peculiar that you so badly want to claim her as one of your own, that is to say 'White'. Well, you win this racist POS is white just like you enjoy your pyrrhic victory.
Title: "I’m white. I can kill you and nothing will happen" - El Salvador woman attacked Spanish man
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Offensive generalisation. Member still in junior phase.
As much as I would like to say you're right, you might be mistaken. Spain has a long tradition of reconquistas, pillaging other continents and Muslim genocides, to kill members of another race is in their culture.
While I appreciate the mind reading and knowing what someone else meant, I'll politely wait until that person replies. I just wanted clarification so to not misunderstand what that person meant and reply back to them with misinformation on my part.
Title: Alcohol proven to be a known carcinogen, alcohol industry is downplaying the link to cancer
Reason: User Banned (1 Day): Continued trolling after receiving a mod warning.
If people want to call me out for something that might be false then they can do so. I'm under no obligation to provide sources for my claim. He asked why and I told him. If you have a problem with that specific sly response that's fine, I understand.
Title: Why is it still acceptable to refer to woman as b****** in hip hop music?
Reason: User Banned (2 Days): Thread whining. Insulting other users.
Can't believe this thread is still going strong at 15 pages.
Bunch of whiny fuckin' bitches in these parts. Seriously. I've never seen a group of people over-analyze, dissect, and generally just beat a topic to death more than I have in this thread. Seriously, if you don't like the word 'bitch', then just don't freakin' use it. But in the real world, people DO use words that other people might find offensive and we all have to deal with that as grown adults. So an artist calls a woman a bitch in a song. Big deal. There are bigger things to worry about in the world than offensive words.
Title: WSJ: Germany Struggles With an Unfamiliar Form of Anti-Semitism
Reason: User Warned: Inflammatory Generalizations
To be fair, there's nothing more frustrating than discussions about racism in Germany, especially if you have them with Germans, who all believe they're super progressive on everything and can never possibly be racist. Even Antifa people will grate on your nerves if you discuss something like the H&M Shirt a while ago.
There was no one having a discussion with me, just me pointing out to a poster that a comment of theirs raised my eyebrow. Lay off your hyperbole.
You may have missed it, but I did directly quote you. I responded to someone else in the same post, so maybe that got lost.
Title: WSJ: Germany Struggles With an Unfamiliar Form of Anti-Semitism
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Derail
Deporting is pushing your problems on another country. You don't care about anything but your own country?
Also a big issue is the lack of healthy discussion on this subject in Europe. Especially Germany and France where criticism on Israel is taboo. If a normal discussion is to be had then it is easier to convince people away from the radical. If the only people that don't scold you for what you see as an ethical stance are racists then you will mirror them.
It is not me making that connection it is also pro-Israeli organisations (not to be confused with Jewish rights orgs, I applaud those) that jump on every opportunity to use (justified) outrage on anti semitic incidents to sneak in pro Israel policies. See the incident in Amsterdam after which political parties were tricked to sign a declaration on anti semitism that just happened to also declare anti Israel stances as such.
The hypocrisy is not without cost and it is showing when you have people who are not in on the pro Israel hivemind.
No eurocentric method of tackling this will work, there are many with anti-semitic views because of the conflict that are ignorant on this subject and influenced by conspiracy theories etc.
I think the thought of EVEN MORE WWII milking solving this is showing a lack of understanding on the problem at hand. You can't shame people into being pro-Israel because Europe shat on the Jewish community for centuries ending in genocide and felt bad about it. This target group does not feel responsible for that and WWII is being milked enough, especially in the superficial way (no political analysis).
So teach the existence of legitimate positions (critical on Israel but not on Jews as a people) so people can actually move into them.
Edit: and even I am now just focusing on the migrants, I was the only brown guy in class and it was the white Dutch kids that came with the Jew jokes and Holocaust mockery.
Title: Trump will be meeting Kim Jong Un in the coming weeks!
Reason: User Warned: Trolling + Inflammatory Generalizations
You don't get it. Since everyone who even remotely supports anything trump does is a secret fucking nazi, they know to keep quiet so not to expose themselves. The plan is to pretend to be normal people with different political views and once you befriend them or gain their trust, they swoop in, take out the swastika and start arranging the next clan meeting.
Trump supporters are evil peices of shit. Sub human you may say. Once you dehumanise them you don't need to think about it anymore. Peace out
Title: Trump will be meeting Kim Jong Un in the coming weeks!
Reason: User Warned: Arguing in bad faith and disingenuous commentary
Yea...I know that is something the left loves to yell about. It's nothing. Just like Mueller. Now please, stop attacking posters and trying to derail the thread.
Title: NYT: Fury in Germany as Rap Duo With Anti-Jewish Lyrics Gets Award (On Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Reason: User warned: for arguing in bad faith, derailing, and demising bigotry
Holocaust is a word that has been used before and after World War 2. If you want to get technical about it, the specific word for the 'Final Solution' is Shoah. Make another Holocaust simply means, to me, create some form of mass killing.
Title: AP reporting that male sexual assault victims feeling left behind by #MeToo
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Misogynist Commentary
If you're talking about places like India, Iran, the Orthodox Sect of Israel, sure.
Otherwise, no. Society gives the women the advantage in education and safety nets in 1st world countries.
I refuse to pay a Subscrition for PhotoShop. I would love to outright buy it, but nope, I’m just going to ~get for free~ it until their is an option to buy the newer versions.
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Thread derailment.
If that is your take away you are mistaken. I called the moderation questionable because I have noticed, more than just this thread, confusing signals being sent by more than one moderator saying two different things.
Title: The Rise of the Crisis Actor Conspiracy Movement (VICE YouTube)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Trolling about crisis actor conspiracy theories, long history of infractions.
I had to do that because of your stance on the Skripal-poisoning.
The child actor is extremely bad btw, I do believe someone shot up a school, but the actor is too bad and he is the reason why people believe in the government staging attacks.
To give a f- 'live' interview with a mf- earpiece :-D Also his fake emotions are too bad. He would never be hired for any big movie I can tell you that :-)
I didn't believe it because of his bad/fake acting (if that makes any sense). I merely googled him and saw he had an IMDB page, but now that I went to see it, it appears the IMDB page is a hoax.
Btw I can 100% prove he is a professional actor:
-he got paid to do interviews, in which he practiced sound-bites (whatever those are) in front of the camera, and as a result; he was acting.
So while crisis-actor hoaxes are (most probably) fake, the kid is still an actor IMO
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: User has been warned: downplaying of sexual harassment and mentioning a situation that should stay off the site. https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-word-about-neogaf.290/
I mean Neogaf got destroyed because of one of those extreme exemple. It was a facebook post about how the owner of the site was a overconfident jerk that entered a shower naked one time because he thought he could. The person who talked about it never wanted to make the name public, she later on said that she didn't want to hurt his career and that he was just an ex that was an asshole. And yet everything around him got destroyed.
Now of course Malka was an asshole and handled the whole situation as poorly as he could so nothing of value was lost. But still, I think it was an exemple of how a MeToo post can become extremely viral and nefast when really it's more a private matter that should be resolved, well, privately.
Title: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Reason: User Banned (1 week): Whataboutism, sexism, arguing in bad faith, prior warnings and bans for similar behavior.
Look I dont watch much alt right stuff like in the Tarantino thread they may have some dark stuff in their past, maybe even recent, dunnoh. But many denounce nazis and violence and racism only to be called alt-light.
The same happens with opponents of feminism they ask where is all the denouncement of extremists and unfair legislation from the moderates, only a token modicum while often associating with them?
The problem is going to altright funded platforms and trying to deplatform them there. Doxxing and harassing employers with lies and exaggerations.
U know someone gets a hostile ex that cheats accuses of physical abuse, rape and child abuse etc, and is proven innocent in court. Divorce may rape them anyway with hefty alimony and child support.
They go down MRA rabbit hole become alt are doxxed cant get employed. Suddenly jailed for not being able to pay child support. Raped in jail given hiv. And suddenly homelessness jail and sentenced to death.
Here's the point they say they deny the holocaust say genocide never was committed by nazis and that thats demonization. Such evil never happened. But they are pro genocide?
There are probably genocidal supremacists but there are also those who say genocide is wrong and merely use the word nazi to represent a false glorified idea of a group that never committed genocide. Based on the nonsense conspiracy of holocaust denial. Wouldnt be surprised if theyve tossed all the evil under demonization conspiracy and only follow some imaginary nonexistent mythical nazi.
All women is wrong but some( and some men)? Fifty shades doesnt help.
Soy harm is exaggerated but whether it is or isnt somewhat harmful would require detangling soy industry propaganda. Will watch vid.
Nazis are evil but at least some use conspiracies to believe their worse acts never happened. I dont know what they find in it but at least some wouldnt be so intent on denying genocide if they were pro genocide. The argument Im seeing is theyre arguing in bad faith but even so the followers would be attracted on wrong beliefs and oppose genocide.
Like say someone recruits talking about slavery how bad it is and how it never happened. How can they at any moment go slavery time boys with their misled followers?
Would be like Hillary saying mass deportation out of the blue there wouldnt be acceptance.
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexist rhetoric, victim-blaming.
If you have proof that not wearing makeup and heels does not actually reduce the likelyhood of being a victim of sexual harassment, I would like to see it.
I didn't say Peterson is expressing sincere concern, I said he is thinking about possible ways of solving the problem. The possibilities of coming up with a solution during an interview against a SJW are below zero, but that kind of thought process, if practiced with a few other intellectuals of different viewpoints, could help make advancements in the right direction.
Also, women don't make dress codes, but if enough people works together, they can be changed anyway we want.
I don't think he believes in women staying at home. But he does believe in women being happier and having a fuller life when they have children.
Title: DatingEra - This isn't like one of your animes
Reason: User has been permanently banned for trolling.
Hi guys. I’m new in this forum so bare with me.
I have been going out/dating with a cute girl this past month. Last Sunday was our third time going out and we had a great time. Every time we go out she texted right after I dropped her at her house and the next day so I think that is a good sign that at least she is interested. I’m trying to go really slow because I suck at this.
The other thing I want to mention is that I’m 32 and she is 19. I’m hoping for the best.
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: The user was banned for this post (48 hours). Condemning sexual harassment isn't "denigrating sexuality as if it's the 1950s." Argue in good faith.
Yup, I've noticed this weird phenomenon on this very forum. Infantilizing women and denigrating sexuality as if it's the 1950s. A very vocal group of liberals have suddenly become conservatives.
Title: North Korea: No need for more missile tests
Reason: User warned: Using inappropriate slurs.
No one threatened to nuke them before.
Maybe China spanked him or their nuke program collapsed as icbm testing is expensive. Whatever the reason, it makes it hard for the US to do a strike with all these NK concessions towards peace.
If would be great if all it took for North Korean peace was a retard US president threatening to nuke them.
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: This poster is banned for this post (3 days): Disingenuous and sexist argument that deprioritizes victims of rape culture
Media paints all accused as "definitely guilty". And due to today culture of the "buzzwords", even if accused person issues statement it is usually is lost in the media buzz and everyone only remember, that person was accused and nothing about what was following it.
There is difference, between rape and clumsy flirting, which often being painted as one and the same.
Reason: User banned (1 week): victim-blaming, normalizing sexual harassment
One person's sexual harassment is another's just trying it on and no one male or female would surely think no one would try it on with them in such a drink and drug fuelled envirmonent
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: User warned for minimizing sexual claims and victims
Lately it seems these accusers are just waiting for these guys to be in headlines or winning awards to then make their baseless claims on twitter, these sometimes random people have been given way too much power.
Title: Democratic Party files lawsuit against Trump campaign, WikiLeaks and Russia
Reason: User Warned: Pattern of disingenuous commentary
I'm very sure that the coverage of Fox News about Obama had a much bigger impact on voters than some Russian bots on social media.
Also don't forget that Republican party was in power when the Soviet Union fell apart and that the relationship between the USA and Russia was better when Bill Clinton was in power than when Bush Junior was in power. Putin was against the Iraq war.
Title: Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
Reason: Member has been banned (3 days): ignoring modpost. History of infractions.
How the hell is LionPride's argument that "bitch" is not the same thing as the N-word, one of the most heinous slurs in the history of the english language, a bannable act of misogyny. Is it Resetera's official stance that the N-word and "bitch" ARE equivalent?
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User Banned (2 Weeks): Trolling, history of similar behaviour.
You're the one sweating bullets over it, why are you upset that this is being talked about? What is your horse in this race? Just another example of Peterson haters ignoring the actual narrative and falling back on their constructions of Peterson.
Title: Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): History of inflammatory posts, and trolling, account still in the junior phase.
Man people need to toughen the fuck up. So many cry baby sjw’s. The Internet was a mistake, social media was a mistake. People are pussies nowadays. Give it a decade or 2 and these sjw’s will be in power and free speech will be dead, because hate speech and bullying. Pussies
Title: The New Yorker: How One Joke on “Roseanne” Explains the Show
Reason: User Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling, thread derailment, arguing in bad faith, history of infractions for similar behavior.
It's odd how Obama (along with Clinton) didn't support gay marriage for the majority of his political career, and was only forced to move up his support when Biden made a blunder in 2012, yet no one thought it was "problematic" to have pro Obama characters in TV shows.
Festivals like Coachella have gotten too mainstream. They're only meant for a certain type of people. Not saying what was done in the OP wasn't wrong but it's not surprising. Its like bringing your kids to Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras and complaining that they've saw too much nudity.
Title: Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
Reason: User Banned (1 month): Misogyny, history of aggressive behavior, citing anecdotes as fact
Nigga who are you? And is that the best you got? Whee boy I see why you get your rocks off being an ass in threads bout minorities
Funny enough the women I asked, black or otherwise, said bitch isn't near as offensive as nigga
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: Member warned for downplaying sexual assualt. Unwanted sexual advances are sexual assualt.
“Innocent” flirting is perfectly normal, and it almost always requires that men... just go for it (kiss, arm on shoulders etc etc) at some point, which obviously can lead to an uncomfortable situation if the woman isn’t attracted. That’s not sexual assault, that’s just how flirting works.
That’s exactly the message from Catherine Deneuve. In that sense, calling everything a sexual assault is a witch-hunt and it’s bizarre. Not sure how you can say she’s wrong honestly, unless you’ve never flirted in your life.
It goes without saying that people that use their position power to force women into sex are scum, and infact sexual predators.
Title: Massachusetts pre-school bans kids from using the term, "Best Friend"
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying gendered slurs.
No worse than I feel about anything else when I read about racism. Bitch has NEVER been the slur some of ya'll are trying to make it now. FOH. Is the word 'fuck' ok? Or am I now advocating sexual violence....?
Some of ya'll....
Either namby-pamby is ok to use or it's not. We both know the answer. Which makes you the hypocrite in this situation.
Happens anytime I don't adopt the prevailing white liberal/progressive ideology. I don't take it personal.
Title: Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
Reason: User Warned: Assuming the opinion of others based on their avatar.
I'm reminded of the quote "the line between doing a nazi salute as a joke, and doing one for real is irrelevant."
Are we at the part of the thread where the anime avatars argue in bad faith yet?
Title: London murder rate overtakes New York for first time ever after spate of fatal stabbings/shootings
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Offensive generalisations. History of similar behaviour.
Jesus, I hadn't realised the place was infested with Croy-boys.
We have very different definitions of normal people getting on with their criminality *ahem* normal lives when it comes to Croydon.
Croydon isn't too far off from the likes of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham as places to avoid at all costs. Cesspits as far as the eye can see.
Title: Too Many Men: What happens when women are outnumbered on a continental scale (WaPo)
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Trolling, history of similar behaviour.
i once watched a movie, that followed intergalactic alien homosexual black men from the planet Anus, who discover females on earth (something they did not have on Anus). they start eliminating all women on earth to help the oppressed man on Earth and even goes as far as to leave behind a gay ambassador to educate the remaining men, of a world with no to little women, making an all gay society. it's an interesting theme, and one that i think with a bit of work, could work in places where women are out numbered. what i am getting here is, make homosexuality more acceptable, if not the default choice.
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User Warned: Try not to phrase suicide deaths as "taking the easy way out"
That's because he took the easy way out and killed himself thus avoiding facing the music for what he did whereas his victims will have to live what he did to them for the rest of their life.
Yeah that was fun watching the site go up in flame.
Title: Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Troll account in junior phase.
TIL I'm advocating for Nazis because I think making a joke does not equate to literal murder. Good to know. It utterly disgusts me how you and the others can think this is such a big deal that you're willing to accept this verdict. People are actually happy, disgusting. I want them to GO AFTER. Not some idiot who makes jokes. Jesus christ. Especially in the UK where Muslim gangs are raping people left right and center and the police aren't doing anything about it because they're worried about backlash from the community. But no, by all means, I'm a nazi lover because I want them to actually fix problems that aren't a stupid youtube video. To the people who are comparing him to nazis and hitler, you are what's wrong with the world. If you think a joke constitutes Nazism then I don't know how to help you, you are too far gone. If someone is calling on others to do foul things, then CLEARLY that's wrong, but he's VERY OBVIOUSLY NOT DOING THIS. He's talking to a bloody dog and even prefaces the video by calling it a joke that his friends were meant to see, as a practical joke on his girlfriend. This is quite literally thought policing. And also, he's not a white supremacist, you guys just LOVE throwing that term around. "I don't agree with this guy therefore he is racist, a white supremacist and an alt right". Gets real old, real fast. Real Nazism isn't a joke, but I've yet to see an example of him doing it for real.
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Victim-blaming, downplaying sexual misconduct, accumulated infractions.
The first Justin accuser lied about being 16.
Not saying Justin didn't groom underage girls, CA themsevlves basically admitted that, but it adds to people being conflicted.
Wife must feel awful.
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User banned (3 weeks): long history of gaslighting and dishonest posting style (repeatedly refusing to acknowledge counter-arguments).
Why don't you listen to the video linked? It explains it better than I could. The first 10 mins should be more than enough.
Talking about changing an entire category that labeled themselves as Classical Liberal -> Conservatives, because it fits the agenda.
Title: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 |OT| So, Do You Sew?
Reason: User Warned: Trolling
Well, most gay men, tend to indeed identify as men. If not, they would just be transexual. So, yes, I think many identify as men.
We have men, dressing as women to be funny. That's the history of drag. It not only makes a mockery of traditional feminin traits but also is offensive to individuals who identify as women by making a mockery of cross-dressing for comedic value. Its inappropriate and offensive.
Title: Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
Reason: User banned (2 days): Involving another member's employment in an argument
Man you gonna talk shit about me and "Jesus, this thread" but you need receipts to show a link between the alt-right and antisemitism? Right next to your employers name? That is some bold shit. here's a book on the subject and good interview
Title: Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): ignoring modpost. Pushing thread derail. Large history of infractions.
probably, this site is very moral absolutist and full of people racing to be a moral superiority.
and imo, the resettlement advisors tag has to go. too many of them assume they're mods or their words hold more weight than others.
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Downplaying culture of sexual assault; disingenuous commentary
I swear some of you people.. victim blaming is one thing but the poster went and fucking attacked someone with 0 knowledge on the individual and you guys sit there like oh he deserved it. You're literally victim blaming yourself.
Title: Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
Reason: Member has been banned (1 month): throwing personal insults. Further derailing a thread with transparent intentions. Under further review.
Replace "women" with "black people" and "bitch" with the "n-word".
It's just as offensive to women, but considering you are only 18 you probably don't have much (if any) experience with women.
Crews is correct, masculinity can be a cult and it can be toxic. It isn't always and it doesn't need to be, there is value in masculinity just as there is value in femininity, but the part of masculinity that requires the rejection and hatred of femininity and anything that isn't stereotypically masculine needs to be purged.
Title: ‘Smallville’ actress Allison Mack arrested for role in alleged sex cult
Reason: User Banned (3 Days): Inappropriate Commentary, downplaying crimes involving Sex Trafficking and Slavery
Didn't really thought about anything before posting. Either people get a little chuckle about it or they don't. It's not really something offensive in my book.
And since humor is the fuel of life, i don't really see the problem.
Title: Fascism, alt-right/nazis & the importance of de-platforming |OT|
Reason: User banned (1 week) trolling and making disingenuous arguments despite past warnings.
I'm serious. It's important to recognize the signs of someone becoming radicalized. You realize that there's literal nazis out there, right? This is long past being a joke and I'm right in the center of it all (I can drive to Charlottesville for lunch) so I hear about these things all of the time. The straight white male obsessed with bitcoin who scoffs at mass media and becomes obsessed with reading the Great White Male authors has become a major trope and it's becoming so frequent that I hear stories about them in coffee shops all over the place. This is the start of a major movement and it's important to recognize the signs so that people know when they need to help intervene on these people and spread positive messages.
They're reading:If you see anyone reading these books in a coffee shop, I dare you to ask them the questions you could use to spot a typical white supremacist. Ask them their favorite classical music artist and ask them their racial heritage. They'll have long answers prepared for both and will answer delightfully. Now imagine for a moment, that if you could just look down on this poor, obviously angry soul (probably reading Infinite Jest or Evola), and you reach out to him and you say, "Listen, I know it's hard. Life's hard. I know it's hard to lose your privilege, but it's time to finally think about PoC, LGBT+, and women and the persecution they face, too. It's not all about you." You could really reach out to these vulnerable kids with a message of love and unity and prevent them from becoming absorbed in hate. Offer to take them around an urban neighborhood and do some good, donate some time or something. Having one less nazi in the world is hardly something to take lightly.
But it’s totally ok for a females to be 95% naked and not have people creep on you?
Look, yeah it’s bad. But I think it’s a both female/male issue.
To elaborate further cause y’all take shit so sensitive.
Not saying guys don’t do stupid shit but if You’ve been to Coachella you would know that they should regulate the dress code a little to stop this from happening more
Title: Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
Reason: Member has been banned (2 weeks): intentionally pushing thread derail and attempting to bait member. Warned for disingenuous behaviour multiple times in the past.
You've been asked to stop using gendered slurs by women on this board. Why is it so important for you to say "bitch"?
Title: DatingEra - This isn't like one of your animes
Reason: [user was banned: 24-hour timeout] Continuing to make heated remarks, attacking users after a prior warning
You actually should read what kind of card he played because there's no way someone who actually cares remain insensitive to it
Also I'm fucking tired of reading "these are games". If you cant respect yourself enough don't put your weak shit on me, ty
When you re making a plan and everything, if the girl shows flakiness it's your job to tell her that you made all the arrangements since there was an agreement. So yeah, indeed, you re going to pick her up unless she completely bails. If she does so then you re done trying until she contacts you so you can offer a date again
Now chrono is quite skilled at manipulating people and he absolutely knows by saying that since he's going away, he's not sure where it will end up
Guess what, it is scientifically proven by a LOT of easily findable studies that women are more attracted to men whose feelings are unclear. On top of that he's like "im going away soon..." which in a negotiation is the biggest power you can have since it basically tells that he's willing / able to walk away. And no one, again, is cold to that argument unless you have good reasons
So yeah, please keep your knight in shining armor's kinda comment to yourself because it shows the clear lack of knowledge you have on the field. Same as ACB
I have no respect whatsoever for people doing witch hunting for the sake of it. If anything I'm only giving straightforward feedback. The girl felt for it because of a possibility of loss, no more no less, and she wanna give a really nice memory of it all
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User banned (permanent): Defending misogyny, transphobia, and hate movements as first post.
Ok. I'm a nobody but I finally get to post so time to unload some opinions I've really really wanted to post for over a week. Probably won't see me post too much as I tend to become a wallflower very fast. But enough with that.
I started watching channel awesome at the very very beginning, finding the Nostalgia Critic from the AVGN crossovers. My history with the site has always been a flakey one but it got me through some bad and stressful times in my life and I used to find the Nostalgia Critic very fun, but after Blip sank and the Nostalgia Critic temporarily retired I stopped coming to the site but kept up with as many people as I could find on Youtube. Side Note: Hearing about Justin's death made me quite sad. But yeah it's probably why I never noticed the people who got added after 2013 or 2014. But yeah after the reboot outside of the Commercial Specials the Nostalgia Critic has really lost his charm. Even more so with the recent allegations by people I really like. Heck it actually lead me to discover their twitters and rediscover them.
On the Topic of GamerGate I'm actually fairly neutral. For reason's I shall explain simply being that while I wholeheartedly disagree with their methods, I also think Anita was just whining heavily. I mean I do believe Women should get more starring roles and equality in the industry and games and such, on the flipside I remember the immense struggle my dad had to keep custody of my little sister and I away from our Biological Mother. She, my Biological Mother, couldn't hold a job and could barely take care of herself let alone us, yet it took her parents telling the courts that she wouldn't be a fit mother before Dad finally got us. To add salt to the wound when Dad moved away with Us so She couldn't run away with us for the tenth time and had to leave his old job behind, he discovered what an immense struggle it was to get us foodstamps. And forget about Tanif or Wicks or anything like that. To put it bluntly, I'm an Equalist. If those feminist SJW's really were for Social Justice, then they'd really be for it, Championing not only for Women to get equaler jobs, but also for the Flipside of making it so that Single Parent Dad's have an easier time getting the support they need for raising their kids. Also they'd stop spreading the misbelief that only women can get raped, even if it probably is rarer for men to get raped by a woman, probably because there's such a social Stigma against admitting it. TLDR: Woman should be paid Equal. Men should be elligable for Tanif. And a bunch of other Stuff. Also yes there probably is plenty of Mr. Fanservice in the Video Game Industry. Gamergate was a bad thing but Anita was just a whiner.
One last thing I just thought of: Written History should not be changed when someone changes gender. It is quite important for historical context. Because that was effectively another person before they changed. Or another form. Oral history is free to change however.
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Title: Pics that make you laugh |OT 2018| Best Friends Forever
Reason: User has been banned: history of racist language.
The word wog isn't an racist insult in australia. Its' what us croatians, serbs, greeks, lebs, macedonia etc call ourselves. My dad always calls himself an old wog bastard.
In Australia you will see graffiti saying "wogs rule"
In many aussie shows, actors are proud to be a wogs. There's a movie called The Wog Boy which is very funny.
As for relos it short for relatives.
Reason: User warned: Ignoring context given in OP and arguing in bad faith.
The only real backstory is that people saw them just sitting there. Sure, they didn't do anything. But my wife has called the police on people who are just sitting there because they've previously been banned for things they did before. So people seeing that didn't know why they were being taken out by the cops then either.
Title: Jim Carrey slammed for portrait resembling Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Reason: Member has been permanently banned: derailing thread with faux outrage and behaviour that resembles trolling. Has been given too many chances by now.
I don't remember saying I voted for him. Maybe it was sarcasm? Do you have a link? Because in actuality I didn't vote for him. More Carrey art....
Title: London murder rate overtakes New York for first time ever after spate of fatal stabbings/shootings
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): Racism, history of similar behaviour.
Think we need to bring back stop and search and allow it to be targeted or be used more disportionately against minorities within London.
As the problem seems to lie within gangs made up typically of black men and boys.
Title: Jordan Peterson - The "Intellectual" We Deserve
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Defense of sexism and victim-blaming.
I did not say that porn leads to society that sexualises makeup, you're saying that I do, so find the proof of me saying exactly that.
I did not say that there is a baseline of normal sexuality either, I defined what I mean by hypersexualised culture today and gave you proof. It's not a comparison. Although I also compared it to 50 years ago in terms of volume of sexual imagery processed by our brains which you totally ignored. Take that as baseline of you need one.
I also did not say I know why women wear makeup to work, where do you get this stuff?? Women obviously wear makeup for a large number of reasons. Having a reason for something doesn't mean that's it automatically removes underlying message of the object. It's the same concept as having a gun. You can own it for different reasons, defense, hunting, fun at practice range, but it doesn't remove the underlying message of danger, of capability to maim or kill which you may or may not want to project. Makeup to negligee is a bit like pepper spray to gun.
Title: Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): For false equivalencies surrounding Nazism and a pattern of downplaying hate movements.
So to combat so-called "Nazis" like this guy, we're basically doing what the Nazis did.
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (3 days): Ignoring mod-post, re-litigating discussion of underage sexualization.
I know you’re banned, but I certainly think an artist can be a fine person regardless of what they draw. There’s more than a few good people that can vouch for Shad as a genuinely kind person like super best friends and a lot of the non-shit part of the animation community. I also enjoyed his appearance on the Sleepycabin podcast.
That being said, what he draws is still uncomfortable as well as his continued association with someone like Emily Youcis (an actual Nazi). I don’t know if he realizes how damaging that is in his edgelord bubble if nothing mattering and everything being a punchline. I won’t blame anyone for hating him because of that.
It’s a legal grey area, at least in America. The fact there are legal avenues for actually buying it like Mangagamer tells me that it’s not enforced at all if it actually is illegal.
That being said, Shad drew some suggestive pictures of real little girls including Keemstar’s daughter, who I think would have the legal right to sue him over it and probably win.
Edit: whoops, just saw the mod post. My b
Title: Bernie is stumping in the South and winning over some black voters
Reason: User Banned (5 Days): Misrepresenting and complaining about moderation. History of similar behaviour. Accumulated infractions.
Fun fact: One time in PoliERA, back when kirblar was a mod, he said that Russia's standard of living took a sharp upturn once Communism ended. I replied with citations and charts showing how wrong that was, and he temp-banned me.
Title: Algerian woman denied French citizenship over [refused] handshake
Reason: User Banned (1 Week): Sexism. Account still in junior phase.
Typical response.
In reverse the husband would do that also in her "benefit". He wouldn't shake hands with another girl also cuz he respects her even if she dont herself. Shes someone's daughter or wife. If you're okay with random people touching ur wifes hands go for it bro :)
Title: DatingEra - This isn't like one of your animes
Reason: Member banned for one week: Continuing to troll the same thread after previous ban.
What do you guys think of JSwipe? My problem is that I know everyone on there and Jewish girls don't play video games. Might be better off on farmersonly.com tbh
Title: DatingEra - This isn't like one of your animes
Reason: This user is banned for this post (2 days) : Inappropriate language
We were saying this about Chrono like 20 pages ago but everyone thought we were just trolling lol
It was clear from the start this woman was gonna be hurt in the end. Mans got out of a 5 year engagement and immediately goes on like 50 dates in 3 weeks, admits to targeting damaged women because they are more interesting, talks to them as if he is the solution to all of their problems, etc. Literally weeks ago you were saying how girl was calling you on the phone talking about your future together while u just long boarded in the park for 2 hours straight, then ended the phone call because you got tired of it. Not once mentioning how you felt the same way.
It was quite obvious this woman was seeking to be with you long term, yet you acted with complete indifference to it. You don't enjoy relationships without intimacy or serious connections, but thats incredibly selfish if you never planned on being there in the long term. Especially to a girl who has had as many issues as you described earlier ITT. She's okay with it only in the hopes that you stay with her. You're okay with it because you are trying to justify your actions and paint yourself as a white knight.
You're kind of acting like a rape baby here
Title: DatingEra - This isn't like one of your animes
Reason: User warned for: Inappropriate Posting / Double Posting
When I dated my wife, I was 22 and she was 17. We didn’t have sex for 8 months. Your position was mine as well. Eventually my wife became ready. More than likely she wants to make it special. She will determine the right time and place for her and if you care about her you could wait quite a while. Don’t get frustrated. She will want to have sex eventually if she likes you enough to date you.
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: User Banned (permanent): Ignorant generalization of an entire culture. History of similar behaviour in other threads. Ban extended after review.
Weird that so many are bending over backwards to excuse the culture of French sexism.
Pretty sure if this was said by Eastern European women rather than French, people would not be trying so hard to rationalise this.
French culture is backwards, anti pc, sexist and racist. It's not a secret.
Title: "Channel Not So Awesome" - Ex-contributors of Channel Awesome detail a history of abuse (READ OP)
Reason: User Banned (1 month): Defending the sexualization of minors.
I just put that into the same basket as guro and the like, it's weird, and the majority of people are gonna hate to see it, but it still doesn't hurt anyone so just leave them to their devices in their corner of the internet.
But again, this is off-topic as he's not even remotely involved with CA.
Edit: Basically all i'm saying is that he may be an edgelord but that doesn't make him a bad person.
Title: French actress Catherine Deneuve slams post-Weinstein witch-hunt as attack on sexual freedom
Reason: User warned: arguing in bad faith to belittle sexual harassment victims, making unsubstantiated generalizations about "the left"
Given the American attitude of puritanism, and the left's reliance on members of certain teams being victims, this is not going to be well received here at all. She raises good points however, and a lot of nuance is needed because there is indeed nothing wrong with trying to get a date or trying to figure out if there's attraction with another person.