Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Snoopy]

You can tell he’s a nutter because there’s no socks on his floor

[Propagandhim]

I also disagree that "spending a few grand on your hobby" on a regular basis is normal. It's normal among certain circles of people, but absolutely not among most people.

This is Era... we aren't "normal" people when it comes to this stuff. Have you seen the "PC Performance" threads around here, and how many people here have a 4090?

Hobbies can be expensive as hell. Do you have any idea how much I've spent on fucking Transformers in the last year? Or Lego the year before that? lol

Nepenthe, you're not gaining any ground here despite all the proselytizing about the destructive nature of capitalism on the global south.   These people just don't care.  It's just not working!!!!  We have to resort to plan B: Operation Organizin'.  Confirm that those on the forum that purchase expensive gadgets and gaming gear that exploit the economies and labor of the global south must return it or face a ban.  If not, what the fuck are we doing here exactly?  Promoting hazardous coltan mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo and toxic e-waste processing by subsistence-wage workers?  The exploitation cycle extends from the initial extraction of raw materials to the creation of the devices, and then final disposal of electronic waste, where the global south is a dumping ground.  Workers in developing nations are exposed to dangerous conditions while disassembling digital products by hand and flame to extract components for residual value....all for a pittance.  And your forum is full of people engaged and promoting this.  You're banning people for saying, "Lara Croft is kinda sexy" and yet you support this?!  

OPERATION ORGANIZIN' NOW

[Eric Cartman]

Did bdumbs figure out how to create a tournament again?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/pokémon-tcg-pocket-january-18th-and-19th-have-some-fun-play-some-cards-win-some-prizes.1074300/

Budget must be getting cut a lot cause these prizes suck compared to the last one. 

First place gets a tag "Pokemon Master" and a $60 giftcard at Amazon (if you live in a place where Amazon is not available we can make accomodations).
Second place gets a tag that says "Ash is a loser!," a $30 giftcard at Amazon, and a month of Era Clear.
Third place gets a $10 giftcard at Amazon and two weeks of Era Clear.

Crappy tag and $52 worth of an era subscription let’s go!!!

Bdumbs is going to go insane if he has to manage a 128 person tournament 😂

BORN TO DIE
WORLD IS A FUCK
Kill Em All 1989
I am trash man
410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS
$30 amazon giftcard

[Eric Cartman]

I like how Blueball keeps trying to make copy and pasting text sound like this incredibly complex process, that for some reason constantly involves logging in to things, instead of two keyboard shortcuts.

[Eric Cartman]

ComedySmasher:

- Actor
- Journalist
- Comedy college alum
- Dodger of ice shelves using their Bullet Time talents

What can he not do?

put ram in his own pc or beat a game on normal difficulty

Make it past the goblin camp in act 1 of Baulders Gate 3.

Have a single positive thought.

[Eric Cartman]

“Minorities that are armed are more difficult to legally oppress,” she said.

Can't help but feel your odds of survival in any kind of police action dramatically drop if the people coming for you believe you have a concealed weapon.

hence, SWATTING.

[MMaRsu]

The retards on GAF arent much smarter

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977992

if xbox goes 3rd party for most ppl it will make it easier to buy 1 console with both ps & xbox games on it gp is the only thing keepin ppl in their consoles

When I asked about the implications of Sony running freely, with no Xbox console on the market. They can price the consoles, games, and subs as high as they want.

I guess these morons don't think that far ahead. They just want to see Xbox burn.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977978

Do you honestly think Sony even thinks about Xbox anymore when making their decisions? Sony stopped thinking about Xbox about a decade ago. They aren't exactly competition anymore. On the other hand, Sony will always have competition with Nintendo and PC. If they fuck up too badly, people will drop the higher price and get a PC. Or trade a lower price for something that may have less graphical prowess, but comes in a handheld form.

Fucking LMAO. Sure the console COD gamers will go to PC or Nintendo. Sure bud.

Sure Sony doesn't even look or pay attention to what their direct competitor, Microsoft is doing

Holy shit. Are they really that stupid or am I just smart?

[Propagandhim]

“Minorities that are armed are more difficult to legally oppress,” she said.

Can't help but feel your odds of survival in any kind of police action dramatically drop if the people coming for you believe you have a concealed weapon.
hence, SWATTING.

Does it make it harder to legally oppress everyone else, or do I run the, "The government has tanks and drones and shit, what is the 2nd amendment going to do against a tyrannical government" auto.exe script now?

[Eric Cartman]

There's no reason to constantly reprint this story, especially if Scrooge's atrempt at forgiveness doesn't actually involve both giving the wealth back and using his station in life to get involved with decolonislism. Otherwise it's just self-serving for Scrooge.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nvidia-teases-geforce-rtx-5000-at-ces-2025-on-1-6-25.1060764/page-30

But: Anybody who's got 3000 dollars to buy a gpu is wealthy. Saying otherwise means you have no grasp of the rest of the world. But this is probably getting offtopic, so if there's interest in such debate, me or someone else can make an OT-thread later.

A lot of the postings in this thread really have me on the edge of making an OT-thread about "When is wealth unethical?". So many people casually spending 2000 bucks on a GPU, talking about upper limits of 2500 or 3000 bucks. And meanwhile so many people in the world are starving. Yes, I know that's always true, but at these prices for what's supposed to be a mainstream product, I can't help but have these thoughts.

I also disagree that "spending a few grand on your hobby" on a regular basis is normal. It's normal among certain circles of people, but absolutely not among most people.

Didn't this dude just post about buying some stupid ass handheld despite being broke and we had the horrible crime of another member mentioning it? EVERYONE NEEDS ESCAPISM

For some poor, like Dr. Nothing Loud, that means 8K raytraced Wii games.

[Garfield]

is Messofanego part of the rape gangs? lololol

[DavidCroquet]

There's no reason to constantly reprint this story, especially if Scrooge's atrempt at forgiveness doesn't actually involve both giving the wealth back and using his station in life to get involved with decolonislism. Otherwise it's just self-serving for Scrooge.

     

And yet Toma is banned!   

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tarot-reader-predicts-switch-2-reveal-is-imminent.1074843/

User Banned (1 Month): Creating a troll thread. Multiple prior bans for trolling.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nvidia-teases-geforce-rtx-5000-at-ces-2025-on-1-6-25.1060764/page-31#post-133899978

User banned (2 weeks): Trolling over multiple posts.

Just to get this straight, please correct me if I am wrong: Are you saying we need to declare the ability of ResetEra members to spend money on their chosen hobby (videogames) as unethical because of a threshold that you/someone deems as acceptable?

Also - for the sake of transparency so you know my perspective, I am firmly in the court of "spend a few grand on your hobby is not categorized as 'wealth' or indicative of such." Plus, the financial situation of forum members is none of anyone else's business and should not be subject to commentary.

The financial situation of wealthy people is everyone's business, because it has an impact on the poor. Also the members were mentioning it themselves, just for the record.

As for your first sentence: I'm saying it's good to spend time thinking about the amount of money you spend on superficial stuff in the context of the people in this world. If this makes you feel attacked, then you probably already know that you're well-off and it makes you uncomfortable, because it feels better to be part of those fighting the wealthy, rather than being one of them. Fwiw, there are many degress of wealthy, so as mentioned before, I didn't call anyone here "ultra rich", not necessarily even "rich". But wealthy? Absolutely, if you can afford a 3000 dollars-gpu with little to no saving up.

I also disagree that "spending a few grand on your hobby" on a regular basis is normal. It's normal among certain circles of people, but absolutely not among most people. And it's not asked too much that you think about that. I often feel sick when I realize how good I have it when I eat some chicken nuggets that i have stored in the freezer. Just grabbing delicious food and enjoying it, that's also luxury most people don't have. And I don't get upset over that realization, but it makes me appreciate what I have more and makes me be vocal for the people who have it worse.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-some-recent-prominent-games-with-female-protagonists-that-youd-recommend.1074177/#post-133839807

User banned (permanent): concern trolling, history of severe infractions

...Gender neutral? NGL this reads like a dog whistle about woke characters.

Also, WTF is wrong with "full armour"? If the game is about combat, of course I'd want the female protagonist to wear armour instead of a pretty dress...

I don't know what you are talking about. I thought I made myself pretty clear. Western videogames are ashamed of letting girls be girls. You talk about combat, but how come almost every prominant western game with female protagonist always has to be about combat? (The only one that isn't is The Sims, and it's the most popular game among female players). Maybe girls have other interests beside slaying monsters? Maybe some of the those interests are different from what boys usually like? Or maybe even when slaying monsters, some girls prefer to look pretty while doing it? I know a lot of female players who play all sorts of videogames that don't care about realism as much as you do. I think a lot of western videogames with female protagonists are not made by women, and not targeting women. They are made by men who project their own interests onto women, and they pat themselves in the back for having female representation, even though they fail to actually attract female players to their game.

[Besticus Maximus]

Has princess bubblegum had a name change to Morlas?

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nvidia-teases-geforce-rtx-5000-at-ces-2025-on-1-6-25.1060764/page-31#post-133899978

User banned (2 weeks): Trolling over multiple posts.

Just to get this straight, please correct me if I am wrong: Are you saying we need to declare the ability of ResetEra members to spend money on their chosen hobby (videogames) as unethical because of a threshold that you/someone deems as acceptable?

Also - for the sake of transparency so you know my perspective, I am firmly in the court of "spend a few grand on your hobby is not categorized as 'wealth' or indicative of such." Plus, the financial situation of forum members is none of anyone else's business and should not be subject to commentary.

The financial situation of wealthy people is everyone's business, because it has an impact on the poor. Also the members were mentioning it themselves, just for the record.

As for your first sentence: I'm saying it's good to spend time thinking about the amount of money you spend on superficial stuff in the context of the people in this world. If this makes you feel attacked, then you probably already know that you're well-off and it makes you uncomfortable, because it feels better to be part of those fighting the wealthy, rather than being one of them. Fwiw, there are many degress of wealthy, so as mentioned before, I didn't call anyone here "ultra rich", not necessarily even "rich". But wealthy? Absolutely, if you can afford a 3000 dollars-gpu with little to no saving up.

I also disagree that "spending a few grand on your hobby" on a regular basis is normal. It's normal among certain circles of people, but absolutely not among most people. And it's not asked too much that you think about that. I often feel sick when I realize how good I have it when I eat some chicken nuggets that i have stored in the freezer. Just grabbing delicious food and enjoying it, that's also luxury most people don't have. And I don't get upset over that realization, but it makes me appreciate what I have more and makes me be vocal for the people who have it worse.

This poor fucker should have just stuck to criticizing the wealth obligations of important people, like Scrooge McDuck

[Disco55]

The retards on GAF arent much smarter

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977992

if xbox goes 3rd party for most ppl it will make it easier to buy 1 console with both ps & xbox games on it gp is the only thing keepin ppl in their consoles

When I asked about the implications of Sony running freely, with no Xbox console on the market. They can price the consoles, games, and subs as high as they want.

I guess these morons don't think that far ahead. They just want to see Xbox burn.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977978

Do you honestly think Sony even thinks about Xbox anymore when making their decisions? Sony stopped thinking about Xbox about a decade ago. They aren't exactly competition anymore. On the other hand, Sony will always have competition with Nintendo and PC. If they fuck up too badly, people will drop the higher price and get a PC. Or trade a lower price for something that may have less graphical prowess, but comes in a handheld form.

Fucking LMAO. Sure the console COD gamers will go to PC or Nintendo. Sure bud.

Sure Sony doesn't even look or pay attention to what their direct competitor, Microsoft is doing

Holy shit. Are they really that stupid or am I just smart?

I'm too lazy to look it up, but when was the last time a Call of Duty game even showed up on a Nintendo System?

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-some-recent-prominent-games-with-female-protagonists-that-youd-recommend.1074177/#post-133839807

User banned (permanent): concern trolling, history of severe infractions

...Gender neutral? NGL this reads like a dog whistle about woke characters.

Also, WTF is wrong with "full armour"? If the game is about combat, of course I'd want the female protagonist to wear armour instead of a pretty dress...

I don't know what you are talking about. I thought I made myself pretty clear. Western videogames are ashamed of letting girls be girls. You talk about combat, but how come almost every prominant western game with female protagonist always has to be about combat? (The only one that isn't is The Sims, and it's the most popular game among female players). Maybe girls have other interests beside slaying monsters? Maybe some of the those interests are different from what boys usually like? Or maybe even when slaying monsters, some girls prefer to look pretty while doing it? I know a lot of female players who play all sorts of videogames that don't care about realism as much as you do. I think a lot of western videogames with female protagonists are not made by women, and not targeting women. They are made by men who project their own interests onto women, and they pat themselves in the back for having female representation, even though they fail to actually attract female players to their game.

Where the fuck is the concern trolling?

Interstingly, both Love and Deepspace and Infinity Nikki, two of the most popular femme coded games in the market are made in China. You don't really get these overtly "girly" games in the west. Female characters in western games have to be as "badass" and gender neutral as possible. Pretty clothes? Shiny decorations? Simping over husbando? Not allowed in mainstream games. You gotta be a sassy veteran dressing in full armour otherwise nobody takes you seriously.

This rings pretty true. Name me a AAA game that's as unashamedly girlie as infinite Nikki?

[Garfield]

This dude is doing the THEORY.  That sticky-icky anti-capitalist THEORY.  He even has the OG Nights 3d Controller.  That's another level of praxis.

I got mine in 2009 for about $20 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/notch-back-in-the-developer-chair-teasing-potentially-a-minecraft-spiritual-successor.1073997/page-5#post-133860309

User Banned (2 Weeks): Downplaying racism

the phil fish comments were racist.

Please focus on actual racism, plenty of that to go around.

[Disco55]

This dude is doing the THEORY.  That sticky-icky anti-capitalist THEORY.  He even has the OG Nights 3d Controller.  That's another level of praxis.

I got mine in 2009 for about $20 

Kind of makes me sad Sega has that Nintendo problem where if it came out after 1996, it isn't worth rereleasing.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-a-new-space-ip-by-naughty-dog-has-been-announced.1060260/page-104#post-133452633

User banned (1 month): Trolling over multiple posts

this post has strong loser energy lol. come on, we know you're just trolling at this point.

Please don't mock my concerns

[Eric Cartman]

And doing research doesn't necessarily mean you have awareness. What I mean by this is that I don't expect, say, a marine biologist to inherently be aware of the major contradictions of capitalism and their own behaviors thay conform to that system just because they are neck deep in the act of researching. Rosa researching the laws and history of a place to lend credence and inspiration to a preexisting story does not inherently mean he would have been expressing awareness, much less a desire, to pursue themes related specifically to decolonialism at the time of writing. Indeed, I can't imagine awareness of this process was all that high outside of militant African, Indigenous, and Asian circles.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-some-recent-prominent-games-with-female-protagonists-that-youd-recommend.1074177/#post-133839807

User banned (permanent): concern trolling, history of severe infractions

...Gender neutral? NGL this reads like a dog whistle about woke characters.

Also, WTF is wrong with "full armour"? If the game is about combat, of course I'd want the female protagonist to wear armour instead of a pretty dress...

I don't know what you are talking about. I thought I made myself pretty clear. Western videogames are ashamed of letting girls be girls. You talk about combat, but how come almost every prominant western game with female protagonist always has to be about combat? (The only one that isn't is The Sims, and it's the most popular game among female players). Maybe girls have other interests beside slaying monsters? Maybe some of the those interests are different from what boys usually like? Or maybe even when slaying monsters, some girls prefer to look pretty while doing it? I know a lot of female players who play all sorts of videogames that don't care about realism as much as you do. I think a lot of western videogames with female protagonists are not made by women, and not targeting women. They are made by men who project their own interests onto women, and they pat themselves in the back for having female representation, even though they fail to actually attract female players to their game.

Meanwhile Kyuuji still reigns unimpeded, despite the now-legendary "High Femme" post that made exactly this same point as the bolded while using a couple hundred more words to do it.

[Boredfrom]

Has princess bubblegum had a name change to Morlas?

No, is another mod.

[Besticus Maximus]

Sometimes, concern trolling and dismissing concerns are the same thing 

[killamajig]

There's no reason to constantly reprint this story, especially if Scrooge's atrempt at forgiveness doesn't actually involve both giving the wealth back and using his station in life to get involved with decolonislism. Otherwise it's just self-serving for Scrooge.

     

How is anyone supposed to take Nepenthe seriously when they say this....

You could make it work if decolonization was a part of Scrooge's character at the end of his life.

[DavidCroquet]

The retards on GAF arent much smarter

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977992

if xbox goes 3rd party for most ppl it will make it easier to buy 1 console with both ps & xbox games on it gp is the only thing keepin ppl in their consoles

When I asked about the implications of Sony running freely, with no Xbox console on the market. They can price the consoles, games, and subs as high as they want.

I guess these morons don't think that far ahead. They just want to see Xbox burn.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/new-xbox-device-coming-in-2026-known-as-xbox-prime.1679269/page-4#post-269977978

Do you honestly think Sony even thinks about Xbox anymore when making their decisions? Sony stopped thinking about Xbox about a decade ago. They aren't exactly competition anymore. On the other hand, Sony will always have competition with Nintendo and PC. If they fuck up too badly, people will drop the higher price and get a PC. Or trade a lower price for something that may have less graphical prowess, but comes in a handheld form.

Fucking LMAO. Sure the console COD gamers will go to PC or Nintendo. Sure bud.

Sure Sony doesn't even look or pay attention to what their direct competitor, Microsoft is doing

Holy shit. Are they really that stupid or am I just smart?

When I first began to stray from The Village of era, I thought GAF would be a balm for the soul. Turns out it's equally retarded...maybe even moreso. I still browse both forums since it gives a "complete" picture of what's going on in gaming, but the extreme tonal dissonance between the two is enough to rend the untrained mind asunder.

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but I would personally love to see Xbox burn lmao

[Boredfrom]

They are made by men who project their own interests onto women, and they pat themselves in the back for having female representation, even though they fail to actually attract female players to their game.