Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Think World of Warcraft will finally go back to its roots and stop being World of Feelingscraft? 

[Pwnz]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-microsoft-lays-off-1-900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce.809208/page-51?post=118160574#post-118160574

Why aren't you standing in the front lines of that thread?! Where are you?! Do you not have any compassion for Nina Marotta and how she's going to die from lack of medication?!

I'm just not really posting or reading much anymore. It's gone to shit, reading the highlights here and the poliera discord is much more entertaining.

I might check the parent thread or something because none of these insane admins have kids for some reason and don't impose their mandate their shitty opinions as consensus or ban. 

I bet if you found forum web traffic data re is like 50% down yoy

Don't know why posters like albatross keep trying. Hell, responding to AI is probably more stimulating

Basically my account is just there in case MOBA fires all the the admins and sues them for tanking their investment with antisemitic shit. Maybe someone that just bans people posting porn unsolicited instead of having a different opinion could allow discussion. Would have to be quick, I don't think the forum will last the year.

[Snoopy]

What if MS only fired the bad employees? The ones who turned up late. Took duvet days off. Stole other people's lunches from the office fridge. Had Harry Potter cups on their desk. Watched Mr.Beast videos.

[Lonewulfeus]

Just think, at least 40% of them were probably trump supporters

[benji]

Alternate take: people in that thread have lost their minds just because one single person got banned.

Like fuck, almost 2,000 people lost their jobs today - that's 2,000 families that are potentially struggling to pay rent/mortgages and put food on the table. And that's in a games industry job market that is clearly absolutely brutal right now so where are they supposed to find new employment? And fine, even if you lack empathy and don't care about these people, how about this: the brain drain this will lead to, as those people seek employment outside the industry, will absolutely make the games you play worse. So this impacts you too.

And yet the community and that thread has taken it upon itself to turn that news story into creating a conspiracy theory about the forum's mods and a commentary on how the forum is run. Its such a bizarre thing to see posts about how awful the mods are in a thread about 1,900 people losing their jobs.

Honestly, I don't know or care whether that ban was warranted or not, but maybe lets focus on the important story just for today?

Seriously. It's like we've lost all perspective on the real impact of the breaking news and the thread has instead warped into people demanding to express themselves in a particular way when expressing themselves within the lines of the rules is more than reasonable and has been demonstrated by other people throughout the thread. Forget the 2,000 people that lost their jobs today, there's a conspiracy theory to unearth about the moderation staff suppressing opinions or something. Like if you feel the person's ban should be lifted, then that's fine. Report the post and express that. The moderation staff looks at everything that comes their way and have told us this countless times. But seriously, it's insulting to see how much that one post has become the dominating focal point in a thread that's about 2,000 games industry people being put out of work.

 

What is there to discuss about people losing their jobs?

You're not going to allow points of view like "good fuck em they work for Microsoft" or "good fuck em more money for artists" or "good fuck em they probably love Elon" or whatever else. So what is there to discuss other then circle jerking each other off about how much you hate it but you're not going to do anything at all about it? Blah blah blah I hate this industry as if this is the only one where it happens and as if you're going to drop the hobby as if that would change anything. Blah blah blah blah capitalism as if slave labor is superior because the slaves don't lose their jobs.

Try to be less transparent bootlickers who want to "focus" the community on anything but local immediate wrongdoing.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-dad-an-i-are-estranged-and-it-kills-me.809514/?post=118163364#post-118163364

I'm more or less estranged with my parents since after coming out as trans. while they did allow me to return to their place when i got evicted from my apartment and that's where i currently have no choice but to live there we basically almost never talk, not that we'd have much to talk about anyway. they uderstand so little about me and had the wrong impression of me throughout most of my life that they somehow never saw me being trans coming.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-microsoft-lays-off-1-900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce.809208/page-24?post=118134537#post-118134537
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>Banned

Ha

Era mods seeing that "Banned "😍😍

More like Era mods seeing that "Banned" 

What did they expect?

There is clearly going to be some crossover like HR, marketing and other things that MS will want rid, then there's probably some technical stuff too that doesn't need duplication. If anyone thought there wouldn't be redundancies, what the fuck?

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-dad-an-i-are-estranged-and-it-kills-me.809514/?post=118163364#post-118163364

I'm more or less estranged with my parents since after coming out as trans. while they did allow me to return to their place when i got evicted from my apartment and that's where i currently have no choice but to live there we basically almost never talk, not that we'd have much to talk about anyway. they uderstand so little about me and had the wrong impression of me throughout most of my life that they somehow never saw me being trans coming.

I would try to make a silly comment but this is just sad.

Melody is so self centered that they don't realize their parents absolutely love them. Even if they don't like or agree with their choices they willingly let Melody back into their home. I bet if Melody came out of their room, didn't talk about trans bullshit, and just chatted with their parents it would do them some good.

[Boredfrom]

Asking the important questions:

Recently I have been wondering if Nintendo is popular at all in developong countries outside of Latin America, and I say that specifically because I live in Latin America and Nintendo has a decent amount of popularity here, not massive and it varies depending on the country since their product are very expensive and not everyone can afford them, but a lot of people still do and others who don't have the money to buy them still rely on, let's say other mediums to play their games, and I think the great results the Mario Movie had here are a proof of that. However I have noticed that in many comment sections of Youtube videos I have seen people from middle east, eastern Europe, south Asia or south east Asia saying that they don't understand why Americans love Nintendo so much because they barely have had any presence at all where they live, to the point that they have said that a lot of people had PSP's but no one had Nintendo DS's, which is something I can't relate since here in latam both consoles were popular, plus I noticed that in most countries of those regions the Mario movie had only okay results but nothing too crazy.

Any of you who are from those places or had solid data knows if Nintendo is particulary popular there? If they at least have a decent precense in those regions or are just a nothing factor.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-nintendo-not-popular-or-even-known-in-developing-countries-aside-from-latin-america.809478/

[Potato]

If I recall correctly, xbox fans were hyping up the acquisition and Sony ponies were against the acquisition. And now it's being re-written that these Sony fanboys were the concerned gamers sounding the alarm against layoffs and the actual true heroes holding the barbarians at the gate back.

Never underestimate the latent Sony fanboyism of the neogaf/Resetera population, most of whom were born in the late 80s, early 90s and whose first interaction with video games was PlayStation. It comes out regularly, but because a huge majority of them have the same (conscious or unconscious) sympathies, it gets handwaved and excused while others get routinely accused of console warring.

[Potato]

Constructive thread

In general this forum over the past few months has not felt like a welcome place where your opinion can be voiced, from the Insomniac leaks going against forum guidelines, to the acquisition thread, to the MS layoff thread. I even opened a ticket to ask questions about the things I saw when the Insomniac leak happened and instead of getting an actual response the ticket was denied. There is a lot of silencing of discussion which basically makes threads echo chambers with no meaningful contribution.

I think the moderation team could do a better job of explaining during these events and having some clear guidelines on things, it just feels like an absolute mess right now. I have been here since the beginning and I have seen a steady decline in communication that is honestly depressing to see.

More open dialog between moderation and members would help, and having a clear understanding of those guidelines amongst moderations staff would be good as it feels like a lot of times same things are dealt with differently by each mod.

NO SHIT SHERLOCK

Look at this clown asking for a moderate level of professionalism from the moderation "staff". Doesn't he know that Nepenthe is constantly in danger because AI and white babies are stealing her work?

[clockwork5]

People freaking out about palworld stealing some generic stuffed animal designs for their game but continue to ignore that Rockstar stole a man’s identity and threw his beautiful mugshot  straight into their game trailer. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/s/0KpXfYXs22

Pay the man!!

[benji]

Asking the important questions:

Recently I have been wondering if Nintendo is popular at all in developong countries outside of Latin America, and I say that specifically because I live in Latin America and Nintendo has a decent amount of popularity here, not massive and it varies depending on the country since their product are very expensive and not everyone can afford them, but a lot of people still do and others who don't have the money to buy them still rely on, let's say other mediums to play their games, and I think the great results the Mario Movie had here are a proof of that. However I have noticed that in many comment sections of Youtube videos I have seen people from middle east, eastern Europe, south Asia or south east Asia saying that they don't understand why Americans love Nintendo so much because they barely have had any presence at all where they live, to the point that they have said that a lot of people had PSP's but no one had Nintendo DS's, which is something I can't relate since here in latam both consoles were popular, plus I noticed that in most countries of those regions the Mario movie had only okay results but nothing too crazy.

Any of you who are from those places or had solid data knows if Nintendo is particulary popular there? If they at least have a decent precense in those regions or are just a nothing factor.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-nintendo-not-popular-or-even-known-in-developing-countries-aside-from-latin-america.809478/

This is a pretty simple question to answer. Sony would be more popular because those areas weren't large enough markets until Sony rose to the dominant position in the industry and the PS1 was significantly cheaper. Add in how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about other markets and how many of these markets weren't (and aren't) really free to imports. (Sony's a big enough player in enough areas to gain access to markets by themselves, as is Microsoft, Nintendo's not and traditionally wouldn't bother.)

[Potato]

If only ActivisionBlizzard, well known for being investigated by the State of California due to suicides and sexual harassment like happens at every game company, had been protected from the technobro leeches at Microsoft nobody would have lost their jobs, but rather than protect the workers like normal Bobby Kotick sold out and betrayed the artistic process. Now we face the real possibility that the intrinsic meaning that the individual designers put into Lucio will be lost to the forces of capitalism.

I, for one, will be saddened at the loss of the true artistic talent that produces yearly Call of Duty. Such art will never be seen again and I will have to turn to alternative artistic pieces like Assassin's Creed 28, God of War: We've run out of Gods to kill, and the The Last of Us 1 Remastered Remake Director's Cut Gold Edition.

[Potato]

The amount of money wasted at xbox in the last 10 years is insane, and they have precisely fuck all to show for it. Despite this, people willingly clapped on obvious duds like Starfield and Redfall and Halo Infinite etc etc

I have to admit, I kind of kept waiting for them to turn it around. You know, building a studio takes time, surely next e3 they got something big. But now, even Hellblade 2 ends up just being a smaller game after like 4-5 years of dev time? Come on, this was your chance to swing big. I don't think it'll be a bad game but it will probably be quickly forgotten.

Looking to be exactly what people have wanted from Xbox. Third person, great graphics, janky as fuck controls, generic storyline that's hailed as some masterpiece, you play it and move on. And on track for high reviews. Formula that has garnered Sony all these highly reviewed games and awards.

FTFY

[Boredfrom]

Mexico is still second class to Nintendo, but at least we have price parity and the Eshop using local currency. PlayStation still insists in dollars (with import taxes) for the PSN.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/90s-black-women-were-rocking-e-girl-hairstyles-before-a-lot-of-yall-even-knew-what-that-was.809511/

Will anyone dare to tell Royalan that pretty much none of those are e-girl hairstyles? I mean when you just Google e-girl the most important part seems to be that it's a multicolored hairstyle

[Potato]

And Trump is just there to serve Putin's interests. Still think the U.S. government should try to assassinate Putin for this reason: he's somewhat successfully attempting to undermine America from within using "Manchurian Candidates".

So much for the tolerant left 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-pressures-senate-republicans-to-kill-ukraine-border-deal-to-deny-biden-a-win.809067/post-118111665

The U.S. should commit an illegal act of war against a nuclear power because otherwise people might vote for Trump!

Why are you so opposed to this suggestion from people who definitely opposed the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan?

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/90s-black-women-were-rocking-e-girl-hairstyles-before-a-lot-of-yall-even-knew-what-that-was.809511/

Will anyone dare to tell Royalan that pretty much none of those are e-girl hairstyles? I mean when you just Google e-girl the most important part seems to be that it's a multicolored hairstyle

But all of modern pop culture is built upon the work of Black America, the 80s and 90s especially. K-Pop is just repackaged late 80s R&B and no one can tell me otherwise.

It goes even further back, rock n roll was invented by black musicians in the 40s and 50s and white musicians lifted their music wholesale and popularized it.

But also, isn't it kind of a known thing that a lot of black culture in particular gets "discovered" and subsequently stolen by other cultures?

I realize that the point is that they're from the 90s, where the best my culture could contribute was Jennifer Aniston's shag/bob haircut.

These people are so pathetic.

[benji]

These people are so pathetic.

What do you mean these people? 

[kaleidoscopium]

It’s okay to platform Andrew Tate now, because B Dumbs decided to. 😂

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andrew-tate-goes-full-nazi.809529/

Why are we giving this clown any sort of attention

Normally I'd say the same, but the truth is he's huge with the kids regardless of everything he's done and it shows just how far Twitter has fallen. A few years ago this sort of thing would be unthinkable and yet here we are.

The fact is this: we're probably in for dark times ahead. Regardless of anything else, some really horrid shit is getting normalized and nobody is doing anything about it.

[books]

B dubs is probably yoked as fuck. #arnold

[Boredfrom]

This is where we are now. Normally I'd just see this and move on, not even bother sharing it, but shit like this makes me feel like we're heading to a really dark place.

There is no reason to share that outside "lets all feel sorry for ourselves humanity".

A few years ago this sort of thing would be unthinkable and yet here we are.

An awful retard having a shit take at social media?

[Pwnz]

Dubs locked his own thread

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-dad-an-i-are-estranged-and-it-kills-me.809514/?post=118163364#post-118163364

I'm more or less estranged with my parents since after coming out as trans. while they did allow me to return to their place when i got evicted from my apartment and that's where i currently have no choice but to live there we basically almost never talk, not that we'd have much to talk about anyway. they uderstand so little about me and had the wrong impression of me throughout most of my life that they somehow never saw me being trans coming.

I would try to make a silly comment but this is just sad.
Melody is so self centered that they don't realize their parents absolutely love them. Even if they don't like or agree with their choices they willingly let Melody back into their home. I bet if Melody came out of their room, didn't talk about trans bullshit, and just chatted with their parents it would do them some good.

It's even worse when you read the OP's reason for losing contact.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Found out his dad molested his sister as a child

Like, fuck you Melody. Your shitty life is entirely self-inflicted and you are delusional. Get fucked.

[Boredfrom]

Agreed, this shit shouldn't be here. I'm sorry, I don't understand why we linking this shit bag and discussing it. Andrew Tate is a racist, xenophobic, sexist scumbag. We don't need to link to his Twitter account to demonstrate that, we don't.

Ya want to have a thread on the ways in which social media promotes shit tier people and how it is impacting our youth, I'm all ears. I have kids saying Top G and Andrew Tate shit on the daily, I'm not hearing it.

Not the biggest fan of current twitter (or Andrew Twat) but… you sound like an old ass man that just discovered an asshole you disapprove that you kids loves (because they are stupid idiot kids, like you were).

So do I and, frankly, people are in denial about it but fair point.

Why is your forum so shitty, then?  

You have your own bigot asshole in the ranks.

[kaleidoscopium]

Never thought I would see an Andrew Tate thread on ERA in 2024.

You wouldn't if it was literally anybody else posting it.

B dumbs locked it right after 

[Potato]

Asking the important questions:

Recently I have been wondering if Nintendo is popular at all in developong countries outside of Latin America, and I say that specifically because I live in Latin America and Nintendo has a decent amount of popularity here, not massive and it varies depending on the country since their product are very expensive and not everyone can afford them, but a lot of people still do and others who don't have the money to buy them still rely on, let's say other mediums to play their games, and I think the great results the Mario Movie had here are a proof of that. However I have noticed that in many comment sections of Youtube videos I have seen people from middle east, eastern Europe, south Asia or south east Asia saying that they don't understand why Americans love Nintendo so much because they barely have had any presence at all where they live, to the point that they have said that a lot of people had PSP's but no one had Nintendo DS's, which is something I can't relate since here in latam both consoles were popular, plus I noticed that in most countries of those regions the Mario movie had only okay results but nothing too crazy.

Any of you who are from those places or had solid data knows if Nintendo is particulary popular there? If they at least have a decent precense in those regions or are just a nothing factor.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-nintendo-not-popular-or-even-known-in-developing-countries-aside-from-latin-america.809478/

This is a pretty simple question to answer. Sony would be more popular because those areas weren't large enough markets until Sony rose to the dominant position in the industry and the PS1 was significantly cheaper. Add in how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about other markets and how many of these markets weren't (and aren't) really free to imports. (Sony's a big enough player in enough areas to gain access to markets by themselves, as is Microsoft, Nintendo's not and traditionally wouldn't bother.)

Don't discount how attractive the easy piracy on the PS1 was for those markets not being served by official distributors etc.

[Boredfrom]

Asking the important questions:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-nintendo-not-popular-or-even-known-in-developing-countries-aside-from-latin-america.809478/

This is a pretty simple question to answer. Sony would be more popular because those areas weren't large enough markets until Sony rose to the dominant position in the industry and the PS1 was significantly cheaper. Add in how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about other markets and how many of these markets weren't (and aren't) really free to imports. (Sony's a big enough player in enough areas to gain access to markets by themselves, as is Microsoft, Nintendo's not and traditionally wouldn't bother.)

Don't discount how attractive the easy piracy on the PS1 was for those markets not being served by official distributors etc.

Here was also Pirate land but the big three were able to enter the market.  

For all its faults, Nintendo made an effort here.

[Averon]

Never thought I would see an Andrew Tate thread on ERA in 2024.

You wouldn't if it was literally anybody else posting it.

B dumbs locked it right after 

Right? If this was anyone else, they'd be banned. At the very least, the thread would have been immediately locked. But this is just another example of B-Dumbs thinking the rules don't apply to him like it does the plebs.