What do you like about video game forum ResetEra dot com?

[p3n]

Made me think. Where this site came from and what it has become recently.

Era fell off as a source of gaming news in the last few years. There are no longer any stories breaking on here. Even the news aggregation has become too selective to the point it is no longer front and center. If this site is your only source of gaming news you currently miss out on a lot of what is happening in this ever growing industry.

Thread quality has hit rock bottom. So many threads consist of OPs with a twitter link (that can't be loaded without tracking) and nothing else. Zero effort. Just be "first". No quality. No insight. Fling shit at a wall and see if it sticks and get the most amount of angry replies.

Gone are the days of SunhiLegend GIFs, CBOAT nonsense, in-depth screenshot comparisons, low poly gynecologists, green arrows depicting sound waves, ZhugeCharts, and experts on japanese culture. The main thing left for me on this site these days is laughing about YouTube-comment-section-quality takes on copy-pasted Twitter rumors dressed as news stories.

 

[Geido]

I like discovering new games because of hidden gems/lttp threads, Thor 2: The Dark World and that Ariana Grande is a Final Fantasy character.

 

[Marmoka]

The community: I love how diverse it is, people who enjoy lots of videogame genres, different consoles or PC, there are users for all platforms, lots of different tastes, and it's possible to talk about everything. Apart of that it's a fun community, with memes, hype fun, and many other stuff. And there is no room for misogynism, fascism, racism, lgbtiphobia,... It's hard to find very open minded forums out there, and Era is one of the few.

Changing the logo depending on the momentum, like videogame characters when E3 is approaching, supporting flags for different sexualities and genre identities, supporting flags for repressed communities

These would not have been possible in other forums unfortunately.

The purple scheme look is awesome.

apart of that, the presence of developers and people working in the industry, along with some popular youtubers and insiders gives it lots of charm, the forum is not serious, and it is at the same time

 

[ultramooz]

I get most, if not all of my video games news from Era. With the death of most of the websites / blogs I liked, and the advent of social media, it's the best way for me to have all the info and discussion in one place.

A majority of Internet websites have become impossible to read with all the ads and horrible formatting - and are cesspools of hateful bigots and morons.

This place is nicer than the rest.

 

[Deleted member 1849]

I don't, it's just not as shit as other places I could be on the internet.

 

[Sei]

I found some people on here that really love video games, all types of them, and I've found some of my favorite games of all time through them.

 

[Zool]

It's extreme left oriented, which we like.

 

[RivalGT]

I'm here for the wild takes, but mostly for the news.

 

[dusan]

it's the best news aggregator there is, and the discussion of video games in here, despite the occasional negativity and shitposting, is much better than anywhere else I've seen.

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100% same🥂

 

[KeRaSh]

I basically use it to read about the latest gaming news and rumors.
Also I like my tag.

 

[IrishNinja]

good community for the most part, zero tolerance for gg/bigotry in general Lewis me around. lot of older classic gaming forums are a wealth of archived info, but the waning membership can often be a vile cesspool of transphobia/anti blackness etc

lotttttta places looked the other way during gg, and here we are. grateful for a corner that doesn't (its also a trip watching some of the worst folks on twitter/etc moan about this)

 

[froginhotwater]

I just think it's neat

 

[dedge]

Sometimes theres news or interesting look backs on games but otherwise it's an incredibly toxic place.

 

[Astrates]

Oh, it's also the only gaming forum that my work filter doesn't block, so there's that too!

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That works as a good analogy for me too.

Used to use another well known forum but it just slowly got worse and worse there to the point I didn't really want to click into any threads.

It was like clicking into comments section of a news story post on Facebook.

I may not agree with everyone here (I couldn't vote in round 4 or 5 of the game of the decade as I hadn't played any of them) but at least I feel there's enough respect between members and wider out into the world to want to post

 

[Deleted member 18025]

This is a pretty far left forum. Can be good or bad at times

 

[dodmaster]

It's got news before the news and is quite diverse and somewhat inclusive, despite its exclusive threads (which are themselves great sources of news, speculation and drama) and isn't too biased. It will never be GAF though, and that's probably a good thing.

 

[Aurongel]

(Mostly) Zero tolerance for racists, sexists and bigots. I've always found my gaming hobby to be particularly inundated with incel types and far right shitheads. The online community for photography on the other hand doesn't have this same problem to nearly the same extent.

 

[klee123]

Pretty much only a few gaming topics and that's it. Considering the us centic demographics of this forum, I'll avoid other topics like the plague.

 

[Joni]

Discussion on Arrowverse shows.

 

[GhostBanana]

The Monthly PC gaming thread!

 

[Deleted member 91227]

Good site to use as a gaming news aggregator.

Nice, active OTs for most games that are mostly positive/neutral places to chat about games I'm playing, occasionally ask a question and usually get a quick response etc.

Aside from those, it's just like most places on the internet and overly negative, hostile at times and better for one's mental health to not engage too deeply IMO. I've been a lot happier and healthier since I took a long break from online posting and social media and then came back and spend a lot less time and post WAY less, avoid any arguments etc.

 

[Deleted member 93841]

Honestly, it's just refreshing to find a community where alt-right and gamergate chuds aren't tolerated.

 

[Pickleslips]

I like that it's not GAF

 

[Uncle at Nintendo]

The wonderful sense of humor, the welcoming community, wide range of topics discussed

 

[Messofanego]

I'm just here for the gifs

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At least we pronounce it properly and not like the peanut butter brand. Right? Right?!

 

[Unaha-Closp]

I like all the people in the community who know so much about video games than I ever would and that they share it for free. I like purple too, I cannot lie. Orange is better but I like the Purp. I like the strive for inclusiveness and respect and hearing all other voices that aren't white and male - being I am one. Learned more about injustice and hatred and bigotry here than the other places I lurk, which is my fault for not looking them out, but learning is here and you can learn by being part of the community if you are open to it, of course.

 

[RedshirtRig]

I like it because it keeps me informed on games and the going-ons of the industry. Also because it is interesting to see different takes on games.

 

[Inki]

I typically come here for my gaming news. Plus I love the community discussions about games I'm interested in (and industry peoples coming into help shed light and/or adding to the conversations).

 

[CannonFodder52]

I don't want to discuss stuff in a focused fandom Discord, Reddit or whatever else. I feel that discussing a game series or console in a place that's solely filled with fans of that product is just kinda awful and uninteresting.

I appreciate that this forum has a broad focus. You get to hop into threads on a whole variety of topics and even discover new games or media through people's recommendation threads.
As well, I appreciate that bigotry is banned.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

I have come to appreciate the fact that console warrior types don't quite have the free reign to conduct their nonsense here as they do other prominent (or formerly prominent) gaming discussion communities.

 

[Pragmatist]

I appreciate and use the website as a news and current events aggregate, both for gaming and RL.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Helped me get a PS5

 

[carlsojo]

I like Angie's cool avatars.

 

[Angie]

I like Angie's cool avatars.

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Wow thank you.
I'm sure you are joking about it, but honestly made my day.

 

[Sanatana]

The lack of upvote or like buttons so people here can just present an opinion on the matter rather than post just farm for those sweet, sweet reactions.

 

[Spiderman]

I'm here for the wild takes, but mostly for the news.

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Basically this. I don't engage that much in discussions (bad English) but I love reading them.

 

[TheThirstyPrisoner]

strict moderation, news aggregation

i've probably gotten less than 100 replies over 5.1K posts, so it isn't engagement

love some of y'all anyways

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Yeah, what's the deal with this? At Neogaf I had a response to damn near every post, but here it is like I'm talking to myself. Maybe I'm just a jerk.

 

[mogster7777]

It's good for news. It's the ONLY reason I visit. but other than that i find it's incredibly toxic, lots of dogpiling (one person keeps quoting another one until that person has been witch hunted to death) and the mods are on a power trip all the time I find.
For me it doesn't do a whole lot else other than getting info on games and what is coming out.
For normal discussion about games or whatever it's almost nigh on impossible to even speak or say anything before being warned or banned.
if I could find an alternative with news etc that has it breaking as fast or leaks etc like here, I would jump ship straight away.

 

[Deleted member 13101]

Given that Morrigan isn't even a mod at this point and no one's going to litigate over a thread that happened at least a year+ ago, it doesn't even really matter. Other than now just being attacked and I guess probably banned. I posted about my family, she absolutely said something to me to make me feel like she was calling me a liar and there wasn't anything more I could do about it at the time other than feel completely unwelcome here and it's persisted ever since. I've done my best to not interact with her instead.

Although "making accustations" after being publicly prompted by a mod for information in a bullish matter is some weird entrapment stuff too. I didn't have to say anything more and I chose to because I'm an open person.

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It would be easy enough to quote the post(s). Unfortunately I do remember the thread and things being handled not well by staff in it, but not this - it would have been easy enough to just show.

This isn't entrapment either, if anything another member's name was brought up unnecessarily, not yours. Not sure why this thread is being used to call individuals out negatively.

 

[Kyuuji]

People using a thread asking what users like about the forum to go on a rant about how toxic the place is do appreciate the irony I hope.

 

[Tradesman]

The hype trains for events and releases are really funny and fun to follow.

 

[kamineko]

Maybe I'm just a jerk.

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haha, somehow I'm more interesting IRL, which is really saying something

 

[Griffith]

Honestly one of my favorite things on era are the titles for OTs, they are an underappreciated piece of art.

 

[riotous]

I have some old friends who read this site who I really don't want to disappoint by leaving as I know they need the entertainment sometimes.

You are all in my thoughts 💋

 

[Sanatana]

People using a thread asking what users like about the forum to go on a rant about how toxic the place is do appreciate the irony I hope.

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Beat me to it. Started out positive and on topic and by page 4 is swinging to vitriol. Never change, Era.

 

[Perzeval]

I like purple even though it's my 4th favourite color

 

[AAION]

i don't interact much

but i like the polls, polls are fun

 

[Dash Kappei]

The transparency and its not-for-profit identity

Spoiler

most of its members or liked ones from the recent past before the banhammering

 

[cfer50]

I come here for reported gaming news with the opinion taken out. The community has a zero tolerance for hate or bigotry which i like too.

Hope our new owners already know this, or at least find this thread helpful lol

 

[ChippyTurtle]

The logo changing.

In seriousness, where else are you gonna get a progressive forum the size of resetera? Also maybe my standards are low but the community is pretty good.