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

[Eric Cartman]

Semi-random post, but sometimes when I'm playing older games I see some things that make me wonder "imagine what would happen if this was in a modern game". Stuff like this:



It's from Baldur's Gate.

Fine, I'll bite - this is what that would look like "in a modern game":

Lady Marxista (They / Them)🌹🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Requesting #mutuals for 6000 gold to pay my rent because my fash colonizer gentrifier parent landlords refused to accept ownership of my emotional support dragon

1. Yaaaas, go off queen! I see you and you are hecking valid
   
2. This you? (USE 9 YEAR OLD MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT)
   

[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/maga-is-turning-against-elon-musk-after-he-voiced-support-for-removing-h-1b-visa-country-caps-and-backed-sririram-krishnan%E2%80%99s-skilled-immigration-push.1069374/page-30

[HaughtyFrank]

Semi-random post, but sometimes when I'm playing older games I see some things that make me wonder "imagine what would happen if this was in a modern game". Stuff like this:



It's from Baldur's Gate.

That the main character can question the logic of the statement seems already a step further than what you get in Veilguard. Also wonder if there are different dialogue options depending on the player characters gender.

All the "oh man, this would be called woke today" is pretty flimsy to begin with. 
Like if games were always "woke" then why would you even need consultancy companies? 
Then there's also the simple fact that 99% of the time it turns out the old product actually wasn't woke enough and they need to remove or adjust content when it's re-released. 
Hell, even the avatar live action remake couldn't handle the complexities of a Nickelodeon show

[karambollostpassword]

late as hell, but that indonesian guy with the affair from the few pages back? he had to be banned from the Marvel Snap OT (or regularly banned) because he was having suicidal meltdowns over being so bad at the game

blowing up your life because of an affair with a 10/10 hottie is understandable, imagine doing the same for someone that cant handle a children card game

[Uncle]

Semi-random post, but sometimes when I'm playing older games I see some things that make me wonder "imagine what would happen if this was in a modern game". Stuff like this:



It's from Baldur's Gate.

Fine, I'll bite - this is what that would look like "in a modern game":

Lady Marxista (They / Them)🌹🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Requesting #mutuals for 6000 gold to pay my rent because my fash colonizer gentrifier parent landlords refused to accept ownership of my emotional support dragon

1. Yaaaas, go off queen! I see you and you are hecking valid
   
2. This you? (USE 9 YEAR OLD MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT)
   

so I think this IS the way it would be written in a modern game, meaning it's not in the original

Beamdog had done a "sensitivity pass" over the game and added/changed various things

the Baldur's Gate wiki makes no mention of this second dialogue line about "don't we need men to survive," which is probably just an opportunity for her to criticize the player and spread feminist ideals

the quest is straightforward, she asks you to rescue a nymph and all you can do is agree

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Lady_Hannah

reminder that Beamdog was in hot water for their modern BG expansion Siege of Dragonspear where they put in a trans character who immediately outs herself to the party, and trans people were freaking out because the whole point of being trans is to be stealth and nobody ever realizes you're actually trans, you would never just tell strangers

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/maga-is-turning-against-elon-musk-after-he-voiced-support-for-removing-h-1b-visa-country-caps-and-backed-sririram-krishnan%E2%80%99s-skilled-immigration-push.1069374/page-30

major props to him for taking it in stride and good humor instead of doing what nepenthe or dubs would do in the same situation

[NekoFever]

That the main character can question the logic of the statement seems already a step further than what you get in Veilguard.

No option to do penance push-ups either. Shocking.

[DavidCroquet]

LEAVE FORSPOKEN ALONE (this is a serious post)

[Taco Bell Tower]

late as hell, but that indonesian guy with the affair from the few pages back? he had to be banned from the Marvel Snap OT (or regularly banned) because he was having suicidal meltdowns over being so bad at the game

blowing up your life because of an affair with a 10/10 hottie is understandable, imagine doing the same for someone that cant handle a children card game

I forgot his name but I remember someone did the same thing over Splatoon.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Imagine thinking bezos hasn't been putting his thumb on the scale the second he bought the WP. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/pulitzer-prize-winning-wapo-cartoonist-ann-telnaes-resigns-following-censorship-of-latest-comic.1073856/page-2#post-133815396

I'll be honest, Tik Tok and possibly Reddit (maybe now BlueSky?) feel like some of the last sources for potentially reliable information. Not that there isn't astroturfing or censorship there, but traditional media outlets feel completely bought at this point.

[Nintex]

Pretty weak that they didn't print that comic tbh.

[HaughtyFrank]

I'd only ask her to not draw Mickey Mouse like he's dead for some reason

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mysterious-giant-metallic-ring-falls-in-kenya.1073751/#post-133794612

Kenya has a space agency?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-youre-in-charge-of-rebooting-making-an-origin-story-for-the-sensational-six-mickey-minnie-donald-george-geef-daisy-and-pluto.1074036/

Guess who.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-most-sus-thing-happened-to-me.1073337/page-2#post-133819434

I feel like the most you could do is leave an anonymous tip like "hey if you have any cold cases involving missing women, maybe poke around this old gas station by the river".

I think most you can do is anonymous Reddit post using the phone number so it shows up on google searches.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills seeing comments like these. The dude didn't want to give out all his personal information to meet up for what was presumably casual sex, the OP then doxxed him and considered reporting him to the police (???) and now you want OP to use the perfectly innocuous information gained by said doxxing to potentially ruin his life?

What. The. Fuck.

[DocWager]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-youre-in-charge-of-rebooting-making-an-origin-story-for-the-sensational-six-mickey-minnie-donald-george-geef-daisy-and-pluto.1074036/

Guess who.

At least it’s not an essay that has bits of his perverted instincts spread throughout it.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/politics-is-bad-for-business-why-disneys-bob-iger-is-trying-to-avoid-hot-buttons.1073334/page-3#post-133809792

One of the metrics these soulless corporations use is online engagement, and chuds absolutely control the narrative there for anything that is not a smash hit blockbuster. In fact legitimate criticism just adds fuel to the same fire they stoke whenever anything is not bad to middling.

Exactly.

It doesn't matter if your "Captain Marvel bad" video covers only actual criticisim, it's existence will make the algorithm feed chud "DISNEY WOKE? *Brie Larson Crying Face* EPIC FAIL!" videos to anyone looking for criticism of a film.

[TylenolJones]

Banned for a month and thread locked for going damn the Chinese are doing superheroes better than the US. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-vs-marvel-avengers-design-costume-comparison.1074006/#post-133815669

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-vs-marvel-avengers-design-costume-comparison.1074006/page-2#post-133816875

[Taco Bell Tower]

Banned for a month and thread locked for going damn the Chinese are doing superheroes better than the US. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-vs-marvel-avengers-design-costume-comparison.1074006/#post-133815669

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-vs-marvel-avengers-design-costume-comparison.1074006/page-2#post-133816875

xenophobic commentary over a series of posts

Why not perm ban their ass?

[Boredfrom]

In fact legitimate criticism just adds fuel to the same fire they stoke whenever anything is not bad to middling.

[Venice]

From Edmond Dantes, who regularly writes 1,000,000 word posts on The Lord of the Rings, in a thread about JRR Tolkeins birthday:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-lets-commit-cyber-crimes.1074039/#post-133820061

I'd rather not celebrate a racist's birthday

And exactly ONE YEAR AGO...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/to-mark-j-r-r-tolkiens-birthday-which-of-his-many-characters-is-your-favorite.671452/

[NekoFever]

From Edmond Dantes, who regularly writes 1,000,000 word posts on The Lord of the Rings, in a thread about JRR Tolkeins birthday:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-lets-commit-cyber-crimes.1074039/#post-133820061

I'd rather not celebrate a racist's birthday

And exactly ONE YEAR AGO...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/to-mark-j-r-r-tolkiens-birthday-which-of-his-many-characters-is-your-favorite.671452/

Saying that is really going to piss off whoever created this thread.

[Boredfrom]

From Edmond Dantes, who regularly writes 1,000,000 word posts on The Lord of the Rings, in a thread about JRR Tolkeins birthday:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-lets-commit-cyber-crimes.1074039/#post-133820061

I'd rather not celebrate a racist's birthday

And exactly ONE YEAR AGO...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/to-mark-j-r-r-tolkiens-birthday-which-of-his-many-characters-is-your-favorite.671452/

People have said he is Dr Forester alt… maybe he forgot to change it? 

In any case, dude is bipolar for Tolkien.

[wizardora]

From Edmond Dantes, who regularly writes 1,000,000 word posts on The Lord of the Rings, in a thread about JRR Tolkeins birthday:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-lets-commit-cyber-crimes.1074039/#post-133820061

I'd rather not celebrate a racist's birthday

And exactly ONE YEAR AGO...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/to-mark-j-r-r-tolkiens-birthday-which-of-his-many-characters-is-your-favorite.671452/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-lets-commit-cyber-crimes.1074039/#post-133821873

Saying that is really going to piss off whoever created this thread.

Are you Mr. Snuffleupagus by any chance?  Either that, or great minds thinking alike 

[Boredfrom]

they're not bad because they're diverse, they're bad because diversity is considered a primary goal of the filmmaking, above story, about logic

[BIONIC]

That Edmond died when he left the UK and went back to Egypt. He won't be missed.

[wizardora]

That Edmond died when he left the UK and went back to Egypt. He won't be missed.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/maga-is-turning-against-elon-musk-after-he-voiced-support-for-removing-h-1b-visa-country-caps-and-backed-sririram-krishnan%E2%80%99s-skilled-immigration-push.1069374/page-30

major props to him for taking it in stride and good humor instead of doing what nepenthe or dubs would do in the same situation

Volimar is a former mod (also a known pants-shitter)

[Boredfrom]

He already botched about Tolkien and orcs way before this.  

Tolkien was the only thing genuine about him.