I know most of the initial user base (myself included) came from the old site. But for those that didn't how did you stumble upon this place?
I was playing the recently updated version of Sunset Overdrive when one of the characters said "Shout out to Resetera" so I googled what that meant.
This is a joke. I'm lying.
Same, basically. I did get my GAF account approved, but just in time to see everything go to shit.I technically wasn't there since I didnt had an account. But came here because I browsed it
same,nothing to add really.I lurked there, didn't have an account, saw what went down and I liked that there were people who did the right thing and left and figured it was a place I would enjoy
Because if you say it 3 times, the Nazis that infest that site will feel like they actually matter.
i always assume it is to keep down the google results.funnily enough i had a look on there a few weeks ago and unless i misunderstood they refer to this place as REEEEE or something similar.Why do people refer to GAF as the old place? Seems like a silly rule..
Had an account at GAF, migrated as most of the users did. Now GAF is pretty trash, especially the politics section.
But why do we treat the word "neogaf" like "voldemort"...
Why do people refer to GAF as the old place? Seems like a silly rule..
Isn't that an ableist slur? I'm not surprised though, GAF has really gone to shit.i always assume it is to keep down the google results.funnily enough i had a look on there a few weeks ago and unless i misunderstood they refer to this place as REEEEE or something similar.
it's not a rule at all, individuals just like to.Why do people refer to GAF as the old place? Seems like a silly rule..
Yes it is A slur.Isn't that an ableist slur? I'm not surprised though, GAF has really gone to shit.
well in the context i saw it it wasn't a compliment.Isn't that an ableist slur? I'm not surprised though, GAF has really gone to shit.
Why give them free SEO?Had an account at GAF, migrated as most of the users did. Now GAF is pretty trash, especially the politics section.
But why do we treat the word "neogaf" like "voldemort"...
Which site became more alt right? Escapist Magazine? Cause I left that place to join the old place.I'd heard of the old place often, usually painted in a very negative way as a "crazy leftist SJW commie site". Which sounded pretty rad. I'd made an account there at some point but never used it because I was still frequenting another forum at the time, which I'd been on for like a decade. I had trouble detaching for that reason, hard to just drop a site from your life that you've been using since you were a teenager. But I wanted to because it had grown increasingly toxic/alt right, and then the old place fallout happened, and it was sort of at a perfect moment for me to make that transition.
I'm still disappointed that this place isn't actually a "crazy leftist SJW commie site" but it's by far the best forum I've ever been on so I'm glad I took the plunge.
Nah, a GameFAQs spinoff forum, but judging by other forums I'm familiar with it kinda seems like.. every gaming forum has taken a turn like this. Era and Waypoint are the only forums I'm aware of that haven't, and Waypoint seems pretty dead from the brief time I spent checking it out.Which site became more alt right? Escapist Magazine? Cause I left that place to join the old place.
Ah makes sense.Nah, a GameFAQs spinoff forum, but judging by other forums I'm familiar with it kinda seems like.. every gaming forum has taken a turn like this. Era and Waypoint are the only forums I'm aware of that haven't, and Waypoint seems pretty dead from the brief time I spent checking it out.
Isn't that an ableist slur? I'm not surprised though, GAF has really gone to shit.
Some very fine people in there.i always assume it is to keep down the google results.funnily enough i had a look on there a few weeks ago and unless i misunderstood they refer to this place as REEEEE or something similar.
IIRC that was never a rule - which actually was just to not to make threads about it. It's just that some people started doing that and it became kind of a meme.Mostly to keep the drama subdued when ERA first launched, but these days it depends on the person. You can call it GAF, old place, etc.