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

View attachment 717032

"Excuse me fine sir, this isn't a call out... but I'm now going to call you out with a few hundred words! But I'll be polite about it, my best friend."

It's like watching animals throw shit at each other in a zoo and then the zoo-keepers coming in and removing the animals they don't like and putting them in "solitary confinement". Or just giving them an injection and getting rid of them.

This is how scared these people are of their own moderation. They have to apologize upfront for thought-crime or something they're about to go ahead and do in the hope they don't get silenced/sent to the gulags.

:story:

View attachment 717035

Video game enthusiasts... who cannot play the most normie bitch basic "difficult" games?

"Have a good time in a moderated environment / fair and transparent / reasonable / we want you to feel safe without feeling oppressed"

....

....

....

View attachment 717036

"Shut the fuck up or you'll get banned for disagreeing with me shitting up this thread".

View attachment 717037

Almost over 7,000 people banned in less than 2 years? Yeah, Cerium, time to update that FAQ?

Have a good time in a moderated environment - Cerium, 2017
Any idea what caused the bans to start spiking around May? Was it Battlefield V, or some other exceptional shit?
 
  • Late
Reactions: FuckedUp
ngl it was kinda satisfying seeing Nicole get dragged that hard by her own forum that he had to nuke the post.

Also RIP BlueOdin (the person who made the followup topic about the MW2 boycott image), they're gonna go the way of the dodo soon.
 
My favorite part about the anti-review-bombing sentiment is the "someone who usually can't defend themselves" line. We are talking about a major video game company. It already has virtually all of the power in the relationship with its customers. The customers are using the one avenue available to them to attempt to hurt the company directly and get it to course correct.

But I guess defending big companies' ability to shit on people and not care is cool...you know, as long as they're shitting on the people I don't like. God, I can't imagine the doublethink involved if Tim Soret were to be review bombed. (ResetEra would probably initiate such a bomb.) Hell, how about review-bombing THQ games? What are the odds ResetEra hasn't already posted negative reviews on THQ titles wherever possible?
It doesn't surprise me that certain developers are doing their best to avoid any public criticism or ridicule. It reminds me of how plenty of news sites stopped offering comment sections in recent years. We don't want those pesky consumers sassing us back, now do we?

Preventing "review bombing" or even eliminating user reviews from a storefront entirely won't get rid of criticism elsewhere or stop word-of-mouth from dragging a game. It's never worked and it never will. Even the most ridiculous opinions about games and their developers still find a home online (just look at resetera; I guarantee there's plenty of developers out there who'd love to shutter that shithole).

Trump winning in 2016 was very traumatic for them. You'd think it would have taught them that you can't really stop an idea from spreading even if you try to clamp down on it really hard in the places you control. Real shame it didn't.
 
Trump winning in 2016 was very traumatic for them. You'd think it would have taught them that you can't really stop an idea from spreading even if you try to clamp down on it really hard in the places you control. Real shame it didn't.

What they really learned is if you scream and throw an infantile tantrum and beat your fists impotently against the ground while crying and squalling like a baby, and what you were crying about happens anyway, you have to cry even louder and throw an even bigger tantrum.
 
What they really learned is if you scream and throw an infantile tantrum and beat your fists impotently against the ground while crying and squalling like a baby, and what you were crying about happens anyway, you have to cry even louder and throw an even bigger tantrum.
Is it too late to spank them?

Or is that crowd into that sort of thing now?
 
ngl it was kinda satisfying seeing Nicole get dragged that hard by her own forum that he had to nuke the post.

Also RIP BlueOdin (the person who made the followup topic about the MW2 boycott image), they're gonna go the way of the dodo soon.
717412


First step, lock the topic because SweetNicole is crying in discord. I wish we still had moles in their discord channels.

All staff communication was taken off the forum and is handled in discord.
 
So our good friend BronsonLee who's been acting like quite the arrogant asshole and "internet celeb" as of late, both thinks very highly of himself and really wants to be held accountable by the internet ?

717444



717447


717448



So, Bronson, seeing as you like to be held accountable and you are trying hard to work on your arrogance, maybe we can see how gifted you are at taking some advice from the internet, even if it is not your friend?

Stay tuned

:optimistic:
 
So our good friend BronsonLee who's been acting like quite the arrogant asshole and "internet celeb" as of late, both thinks very highly of himself and really wants to be held accountable by the internet ?

View attachment 717444


View attachment 717447

View attachment 717448


So, Bronson, seeing as you like to be held accountable and you are trying hard to work on your arrogance, maybe we can see how gifted you are at taking some advice from the internet, even if it is not your friend?

Stay tuned

:optimistic:

Oh, so he used to be pretty arrogant. He still is, but he used to be too.
 

But I'm the sexiest man around

717480



Bronson is keeping to his word about wanting to be completely findable on the internet. This isn't even doxxing, the man himself is that confident in his intelligence and desire for standing for what he says in public his own blog pretty much links to everything


Though his Bronson.lee website isn't forwarding to his wordpress like it used to


Trying to hide those blog posts from above Bronson? ?

Nah, I'm sure you still want to be held accountable on the internet. As someone who is "very smart" and "gifted", I'm sure you just want to share your talents with the world.

Like being unable to play Sekiro without an easy mode

:story:
 
So as a brief interlude from the king of the internet, Mr Intelligence, the one and only BronsonLee, I'll present RedMercuy wanting Chris Evans to be cancelled

717512


Look how far up the moderator's asses my head is! I'm the teacher's pet!

717510


Everyone on our side isn't far-left enough, apart from us. Get in line!

717505


Oh no, what a terrible thing to give some sort of equal time and footing to two main parties a country has to choose from. It's almost as if you want to live in a dictatorship? ?

717508


Remember everyone, all Republicans bad, all Republicans probably subscribe to PewDiePie.


You can only laugh at these celebrities who spend all their time browbeating everyone and calling ordinary people scum, before having their own side turn on them for a split second of individual thought they might express.

I'm also going to see if I can get Tyler Malka to confirm when the RedMercury account on Resetera was renamed to boredJonathan and what the reason give was.

717574


?
 
Last edited:
Update on the RedMercury case

717624



We've established boredJonathan definitely went by the name RedMercury. It looks like boredJonathan could be innocent though, just a man on Resetera wanting to talk about games. An unfortunate bystander in this war against exceptionalism.

This case could have more twists and turns than the Jussie Smollett one.

717629



RedMercury is signup number 36,769, so a late sign-up on Dec 25 2017. That is an interesting date to randomly signup to Resetera.

717642


First post on Resetera. No mentioning of NeoGAF and no saying hello/introduction of any sorts. Almost as if this is an alt-account ?

Apparently has cats now, even although later he is talking about his dogs getting lots of death threats.

717631


717636


Claims to be in his mid 30s. Which is embarrassing given the shit he posts.

717635


Pays for Era Clear which could explain why he gets mod protection to sperg out and banbait.

717638


Consistently mentions having kids, so even although his age, marriage and dogs (that get death threats!) line up with boredJonathan's instagram pictures, having kids does not.

At this point, I think RedMercury is a previous Resetera poster who has gone into witness protection or been banned and has carried on using an alt. So far I cannot find RedMercury posting any PSN, XBL, Steam IDs or anything to identify him with. Doesn't seem to mention NeoGAF or having posted on it.

The account is too squeaky clean, with an interesting signup date, a first post acting like he's always been there and more red flags. Who signs up to pay a forum money via subscription if you're a nobody who wasn't on NeoGAF either?

My investigation will continue.
 
Last edited:
Back