NeoGAF & ResetERA - The Hilarious N̶e̶v̶e̶r̶e̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ Splintering "Gaming" Forum Circus

Denmark Mafia said:
Y I K E S

https://www.resetera.com/threads/vg24-valkyria-chronicles-4’s-sexual-harassment-problem-is-unacceptable-in-2018-read-op.70827/

(This doesn't even begin to cover all the extreme :autism: I've seen in small doses in the last few weeks, but I don't want to stare into the abyss for too long)

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The videogame industry over decades has had to endure attacks from moral crusaders arguing that its products are capable of influencing people into committing real life violence and crimes. Games like Mortal Kombat, Manhunt and Grand Theft Auto III all faced calls of censorship and outright complete banning when they were first revealed to the world and ignited widespread debates over the merits of free speech and artistic integrity.

Numerous studies were made over the years and not a single one ever conclusively proved that the medium could compel people into having violent urges and acts. As a result, the game industry was able to withstand all the critics and eventually just like in other industries such as film and music the debates died down and developers were able to make and release the products they wanted (within reason). The industry thrived and has since become large enough to rival many of its other competitors.

Years since the debates died down VG 24/7 has wrote and published an article using the victims of the rich elites as a weapon to attack a bad anime trope. Well in extremely poor taste that would just make it a terrible article however the author goes a step farther:

"Furthermore, video games can influence a person’s views."
"When you have a game like Valkyria Chronicles 4 that contains a distinct lack of condemnation or consequence for such actions, you are setting a dangerous precedent."

With these two sentences what the author has done is pushed forward the long-dead narrative that videogames can negatively influence people's real-life behavior and has implied that Valkyria Chronicles 4 possesses the ability to make people commit real-life sexual assaults. Regardless of how you spin it however sexual violence is still violence and as the countless years of debates and studies has proven, videogames do not possess the ability to cause real life violence.

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To summarize the events, VG 24/7 - a videogame website - published an article claiming that videogames can cause violence and ResetERA - a videogame website - has wholeheartedly endorsed it.

VG 24/7, Alicia Ha(r)ddick and ResetERA (and anyone else unironically sharing it) have completely destroyed whatever microscopic credibility they may have still had and at this point all 3 should be considered actually harmful to the industry by pushing a proven false narrative.


Fannyscum said:
I have a launch PS4 and a PS4 Pro and the guy has a point - the Pro is embarrassingly loud.
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Mine overheated and was super loud when I first bought it but clearing out everything I had stacked on and around it stopped that problem for me and it's worked perfectly fine since. Attempting to fix the problem is usually more efficient than saying fuck it and just flat-out replacing it each and every time.
 
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Munchingonfish said:
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Future suicide or school shooter?
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Bitch, people don't even know you. Fuck, there's a saying for this but I'm gonna half ass it: People judge you from your own perceptions.

Honestly, I feel like she'd get better if she quit the ResetERA shit. It's unironically toxic and only poisons your mindset, much like its counterpart which she likely focuses on and would agree regarding. Just turn that mirror around.
 
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ResetERA just keeps going overboard with the banning. If you say the wrong thing, even though it's not your fault, you get either warned, banned for a while, or permabanned.

Who the fuck wants to keep putting up with that kind of abuse? If not for the hangouts sections of both the gaming side & the off-topic section (called EtcetEra), it would be nothing. I wish other gaming messageboards would copy those sections to make them obsolete.

I give it a year before the site completely implodes & that most banned users switch to somewhere else like NeoGAF (which is actually more saner now, except for the political board).
 
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Lurkyseas1 said:
ResetERA just keeps going overboard with the banning. If you say the wrong thing, even though it's not your fault, you get either warned, banned for a while, or permabanned.

Who the fuck wants to keep putting up with that kind of abuse? If not for the hangouts sections of both the gaming side & the off-topic section (called EtcetEra), it would be nothing. I wish other gaming messageboards would copy those sections to make them obsolete.

I give it a year before the site completely implodes & that most banned users switch to somewhere else like NeoGAF (which is actually more saner now, except for the political board).
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Stay out of the political board and life is so much better
 
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Andrew_Noah_Patton said:
There isn't one gaming message board that I've visited that hasn't laughed their asses off at ResetEra. They're an absiabso joke, and I find it kind of sad that they're oblivious to it.

Oh well, fuck em.
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Yes they are a punchline at this point, or a negative point of reference. IGN, Twitch, even that dead Penny Arcade forum. ResetEra mods dug themselves a hole then laid in it and gleefully accepted the shit poured upon them.
 
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Munchingonfish said:
That thread's got some gold.
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"I want to shoot people who disagree with me"
s'cool
"I don't think the guy did the thing there is no evidence of"
DING DONG BANNU
sasuga

edit: coulda swore I posted the full message

King Kobra said:
Alot of them play games on easy to bum rush them and "having good feelings" ( https://www.resetera.com/threads/i’m-like-80-done-with-spider-man-ps4-i’ve-been-playing-it-on-easy.70906/ )
And then you have gems of autism like this
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Casuals should be rounded up and made to watch actual movies instead of supporting moviegames.
 
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