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

[BIONIC]

-1 to the banning stuff noise

I don't get why a segment of folks want to just ban discussion of stuff rather than doing literally any awareness raising or activism around these issues.

Certain past games' containment/banning had some very unique circumstances that resulted in those policies, but before they were even considered as options by members or staff alike you had folks gently yet persistently educating others, providing links to research and analysis, and helping people make informed decisions and equipping them with the tools to be more critical of the content they still want to engage with. There was actual work (a lot of work) put into it by dedicated community members who had a vested interest in making this forum a more cognizant place in regards to thorny issues.

The influence of foreign governments/bad actors in our entertainment of choice sounds like something worth exploring in full to me. Would genuinely prefer folks make a thread discussing that, with links to further journalistic research, rather than reflexively demanding a topic ban.

If you guys want to bring up these issues in threads about the game, you are more than welcome to do so. Just don't attack other people for wanting to play it. We've got no problems with you bringing up the problems with the company.

That said, we're not really going to be banning it. Saudi Arabia has a stake in almost every game studio or publisher in the world. Even the argument for only banning this one would apply to actual sports that they have a stake in like golf, soccer, and F1. Hell, I think we'd need to ban tennis under the logic for the proposed ban.

There's a reason we don't ban content based on who is behind it: it's an incredibly slippery slope that has no real end. We made an exception for Potter, yes, but it was only after a lot of deliberation and with the understanding that we will not be doing anything like that again. The whole reason we started banning people for advocating for us to ban stuff is because we knew that if we banned Potter, that everyone and their grandmother would see that as an opening for us to ban every single slightly problematic thing that they didn't like. It would literally make the forum ungovernable for us and unusable for all of you.

If we are going to ban something, it's because the content itself is deeply problematic in some way. Just featuring Ronaldo isn't quite enough, otherwise we'd have to ban far more than just this one game.

You guys need to understand that we are moderators on an internet forum. There are limits to our time and availability. We have lives outside of this, though a lot of people seem to assume we don't, and those personal lives are important too. If you want to bring up the issues with problematic games in the threads about those games, you are more than welcome to. Just don't attack each other when you do it.

Is "gimped" warning-able? I swear I've seen users warned for it, but I've seen it all over the place lately

If it's reported we action it.

Hm, maybe it’s in queue still then. Thanks

Eh, I've reported plenty of ableist language in the past, and almost all the reports were completely ignored. At one point I just stopped bothering because it felt like a giant waste of time both for me and for the staff handling the reports.

So I took a glance at some of your reports and can see some were actioned, some not. Reason being as far as I can tell there is no widely agreed upon standard as to what is and what isn't ableist. And I won't try and make a list here.
I can just encourage you to continue reporting posts you think are breaking the rules or ableist.

I mean, that's tautological. It's actionable if we action it?

Yes, I mean to say, we're not going out of our way to comb posts for things that break rules. If posts are not reported we will more likely than not never even see it.

Appreciate the response. It's unfortunately more or less what I already imagined to be the case. It's pretty clear the staff and I have pretty different opinions on what ableism is.

But I guess as long as it doesn't bother the staff, I will report what I see.

And these things change over time too.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E2%80%98if-the-u-s-no-longer-wants-to-lead-canada-will%E2%80%99-carney-proposes-global-free-trade-coalition.1154505/page-2#post-138001746

Canada is not a leader. No one is going to listen to a country of 40 Million people who have King Charles as their head of state. Its like going back to the British empire.

 

Also getting immediately dogpiled. What do these people think makes Canada uniquely qualified to lead the free world???

[Kyon1988]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-will-sell-a-cheaper-338-%C2%A3259-%E2%82%AC310-switch-2-in-japan-that%E2%80%99s-region-locked.1153620/#post-137864250

"Xenophobic Rhetoric"

I swear the left has such strange concepts of immigration and integration. Like one moment it's absolutely crucial that you respect culture in every way and form to the point where you shouldn't participate at all if you're not the correct ethnicity and the next moment it's considered extremely xenophobic to expect an immigrant who moves to a new country to learn the language there.

It's not even about learning the language as much as it is being able to recognize some basic Japanese characters.

There's a difference between Pokemon and Yakuza though. I know people who are fluent in Japanese but won't bother with Japanese fromsoftware games. 

English isn't my native language. When I'm tired I prefer reading difficult stuf in my language instead of having to translate stuff

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E2%80%98if-the-u-s-no-longer-wants-to-lead-canada-will%E2%80%99-carney-proposes-global-free-trade-coalition.1154505/page-2#post-138001746

Canada is not a leader. No one is going to listen to a country of 40 Million people who have King Charles as their head of state. Its like going back to the British empire.

 

Also getting immediately dogpiled. What do these people think makes Canada uniquely qualified to lead the free world???

White colonial state. Fuck Canada.

[xiceman191]

Emma Frost got revealed in Marvel Rivals and of course the usual suspects are mad at how she looks. Especially ClickyCal

thigh jiggle the cherry on top, every gooner design checklist filled

The level of gooner pandering in this game is shameful.

[Jansen]

Do you think it's bad that even though I live in a predominantly PoC neighborhood I open the windows and play cops really loudly non-stop

[books]

And these things change over time too.

And who writes the offending comment makes a difference as well, cunt.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mike-pence-to-receive-jfk-profile-in-courage-award-for-actions-during-january-6-insurrection.1154616/#post-138010767

the media is sick.

and the media needs to be disciplined.

[Taco Bell Tower]

There is a day care center right next to my house, large independent place. We are in the burbs of Houston so not shocking. She has been flying that shit directly below the Texas flag since the election...all the sudden its gone. What gives?

Houston burbs represent

Era creeping on women with children.

Transistor has always hinted he's into that.

[HaughtyFrank]

We are giving awards for courage now to people who did what they were supposed to do?

[benji]

I thought Vice was done for. So they still exist, publishing stories about trans VTubers discrimination, really having their fingers on the pulse of what's important right now?

Oh, the author is the weirdo that tweeted about having a dungeon of ciswomen sexual slaves or something.

The plight of transgender vtubers might be the least important issue of our times.

Wow, just wow. It's not just about the plight of trans women VTubers, you chuds. It's also about LESBIAN VTubers:

The second and more baffling controversy is VAllure’s policy on lesbian ASMR, or F4F (female-for-female content). In short, there’s an F4F ban, as the company has a specific “method” focused on appealing to straight men. When asked whether the company was “open” to content beyond F4M (female-for-male), VAllure head Stronny Cuttles said, “straight up no.”

“VAllure is based on a previous, established method that worked fantastically, and I want to ensure the success of anyone who is willing to take the risk to join under me, join under the company, and share the vision that is what VAllure is going for,” Stronny said. “So at this point in time, no. It will always be F4M content, and I can’t see that changing at this point in time.”

So, let me get this straight. Erotic content of young girls is fine… but lesbian content goes too far? What?! This is particularly strange when you consider the popularity of F4F. Simply put, the genre is not only enjoyed by queer women, but straight men as well. Men commonly listen to F4F content for the same reason that men enjoy watching real-life lesbian porn: Because it’s about two women having sex. This is doubly the case when it comes to fetish material, like bondage, feederism, giantesses, and vore, where the premise is more important than the gender of the performers.

Also, F4F isn’t illegal in various European countries. That’s a plus, too.

But let’s stop talking about men for a second here. Content oriented toward queer women is very popular in the ASMR space thanks to the explosion of F4F and F4A content creators on Reddit’s r/GoneWildAudio. In just five years’ time, GWA’s sister subreddit r/GWASapphic gained 137,000 followers. I post on GWASapphic myself, and I can attest to its immense viewership. My most popular audio on the site, a trans-girl-for-cis-girl yandere breeding audio, has 18,800 listens. That makes it more popular than one of Mercy Modiste’s top yandere ASMR audios, “Yandere Forces You To Love Yourself.” To quote the old adage: “if you build it, they will cum.”

Erm, “come.” Sorry. I meant “come.”

No doubt, there are more men out there listening to F4M content than there are queer women enjoying F4F. But what makes F4F incorrect for the “method,” while literal lolis are A-OK? That makes no sense, especially when you consider the popularity of the F4F genre among listeners across genders. Even in spaces where F4F and F4A are highly disliked, it’s not uncommon to see listeners request the occasional lesbian pairing with talent. Boys want to watch girls kiss each other (among other things). And it’s an open secret that a lot of the VAllure talent are queer women. At the bare minimum, bring on talent for an F4F-focused model or something — it would do numbers.

[books]

I hate that Ree and company calls it transphobic to not call bearded chicks with dicks females. I have a porno mag still in one of my storage boxes my boy send me while he was living in Brazil for a decade; super hot chick with smoking tits and then you open the fold and there's a big ass dick. I dont know the point of the story.

[nachobro]

Emma Frost got revealed in Marvel Rivals and of course the usual suspects are mad at how she looks. Especially ClickyCal

thigh jiggle the cherry on top, every gooner design checklist filled

The level of gooner pandering in this game is shameful.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Did all of them forget about how Emma Frost uses her body and mind to manipulate others? 

[benji]

If they want to see some "shameful gooner pandering" they should check out Emma Frost in some of the comics.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Emma Frost got revealed in Marvel Rivals and of course the usual suspects are mad at how she looks. Especially ClickyCal

thigh jiggle the cherry on top, every gooner design checklist filled

The level of gooner pandering in this game is shameful.

Trans Ree: 

[HaughtyFrank]

Did all of them forget about how Emma Frost uses her body and mind to manipulate others? 

First rule of Resetera is that there's never, never, never ever a reason for a fictional character to be sexual

[Taco Bell Tower]

Unless it's a underage character.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gov-newsom-trump-betrayed-all-americans.1155018/

Nobody cares. This guy sucks.

ERA user or a Trumptard.

Slime ball. We can do better.

No, you can’t. You elected Trump again.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Unless it's a underage character.

Clicky loves splatoon for this reason!

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gov-newsom-trump-betrayed-all-americans.1155018/

Nobody cares. This guy sucks.

ERA user or a Trumptard.

Slime ball. We can do better.

No, you can’t. You elected Trump again.

A Trumptard.  *clicks url* Oh, couldn't really tell the difference!

Slime ball. We can do better.

Yes, you could have done better but you just had to listen to NepNep 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gov-newsom-trump-betrayed-all-americans.1155018/

Slime ball. We can do better.

Have fun:




Don't forget Bernie caused white supremacy, fascism and Trump while AOC has voted to fund Israel and the rest of these are "white libs" so...

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mike-pence-to-receive-jfk-profile-in-courage-award-for-actions-during-january-6-insurrection.1154616/#post-138010767

the media is sick.

and the media needs to be disciplined.

Leftists revealing themselves being fascists. Same old, same old.

[BIONIC]

If they want to see some "shameful gooner pandering" they should check out Emma Frost in some of the comics.

Disgusting. Someone post some of these shameful comic panels so I know to avoid them.

[Polident]

Emma Frost got revealed in Marvel Rivals and of course the usual suspects are mad at how she looks. Especially ClickyCal

thigh jiggle the cherry on top, every gooner design checklist filled

The level of gooner pandering in this game is shameful.

In time the period of frumpy pants suits will be seen as the cult of ugly failing to indoctrinate the masses.

This is the natural state of things. Soon they’ll bring back Fear Effect with the “Titties or ass? How about both!” ads.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

outselling overwatch 2

[Boredfrom]

Emma Frost got revealed in Marvel Rivals and of course the usual suspects are mad at how she looks. Especially ClickyCal

thigh jiggle the cherry on top, every gooner design checklist filled

The level of gooner pandering in this game is shameful.

In time the period of frumpy pants suits will be seen as the cult of ugly failing to indoctrinate the masses.

This is the natural state of things. Soon they’ll bring back Fear Effect with the “Titties or ass? How about both!” ads.

God… I hope so…

[benji]

I mean her normal outfit is "gooner material" by their standards:

Spoiler: she regularly wears less (click to show)(click to hide)

Even the "covered up" or "action" versions are still heavy dominatrix looks:


Like she literally was a dominatrix for an evil cult.

The entire thing is based on the other Avengers:

[Boredfrom]

How weird it feels she become an Anti Hero. In the 90’s most media was depicting her as a villain even when she was already with X-Men groups in the comics.

[Polident]

One of the movies had Betty Draper in a sparkly bra and cape with the fur scarf. She worked for Kevin Bacon and red Nightcrawler. I liked that movie.