And they lost Unforgotten Realms, I hit it with my axe, and several other pieces of content before. Complete with doom saying every time.CaitSeith said:
i miss the escapist
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I totally just read that as "friendlier and bustier."Zhukov said:
Now I know where my brain is today! Sadly, putting me on staff wouldn't help in the busty department, but I'd exponentially increase the answer to [(tall) * (stick figure)] + Zoë = ???.On topic, the growing piles of ugliness drove me away from the forum for a bit, but I'm sneaking back in now that there are two new awesome mods.
So no "R.I.P." from me. I'm subscribed to the YouTube channels of previous site contributors, and the forums seem to be a bit more chill. In fact, I even renewed my Pub Club membership during my hiatus. I'm mostly here for the forums rather than a one-stop news source. I get my news from many sites so that my knowledge is as balanced as possible.
Can you blame them, though? Look what happened to TopazFusion. ;___;Charcharo said:
OT: It's not the same, no. I do miss it, yes. Heck, I even miss the pre-Gamergate days.
But there's still some fun to be salvaged.
I think a good load of the decline started after the Extra Credits thing and the Zynga March Madness.BloatedGuppy said:
His willingness to shoot shit with users got him targeted by a lot of the "The Mods Are Colluding" crowd until eventually he stepped down. Discouraged, he vanished from the site, distanced himself from the name "TopazFusion" and doesn't want to come back. Shockingly.BloatedGuppy said:
Note: He never actually colluded with anyone. Darn.
8archive.moe/gamergatehq/last/50/43505/ - if this isn't main thread you can probably find a link there.lacktheknack said:
Point being, the thread purports to contain evidence contrary to lacktheknack's statements, said evidence stating that Topaz may or may not have been peering into private user groups and sharing that information with a clique of confidantes.
But go ahead and read it and decide for yourself.
I was IN that clique of confidantes - he didn't share shit.Mazinger-Z said:
That link also says nothing about what you mentioned when I ctrl-f'd "topaz".
But the horror that I might have a sympathetic thing to say with the oh-so-evil ex-mods, and you respond by accidentally confirming what I said about him being targeted. THIS is why I don't sympathize with you people one little bit.
The funny part about that btw is that nobody in the GG crowd suspected Topaz specifically. He did not shoot shit with users.
He specifically did wrong, got de-modded and left. Because well, what do you do if everyone can see what you have done.
edit: yeah, the archived 8chan thread somehow doesn't have the screenshots/archive of Topaz sharing posts from the gg group, which I saw myself.
He specifically did wrong, got de-modded and left. Because well, what do you do if everyone can see what you have done.
edit: yeah, the archived 8chan thread somehow doesn't have the screenshots/archive of Topaz sharing posts from the gg group, which I saw myself.
This thread may be relevant to your interests: http://8archive.moe/gamergatehq/thread/54342/#q54496Mazinger-Z said:
That's the one.R.K. Meades said:
Additionally, I can understand if lacktheknack didn't notice it, amongst all the music videos and spam that got posted once the user group was opened up due to, according to the group owner, his users shitting up his group.
I think the thread even goes so far as take note of an attempt to burn off the evidence (since they couldn't delete it outright) by forcing the system to retire old posts... The group only had archives back to March at the time due to a buffer cap.
A few years back the Escapist was a bustling hive of content. Zero Punctuation was always the main draw for me, but there was something to come for every day. Miracle of Sound, Extra Credits, Escape to the Movies, The Big Picture, Rhymedown Spectacular, Critical Miss, The Jimquisition, Critical Intel, Love FAQ, and Ask Dr Mark (occasionally) all had content on the site at the time, and were posting regularly. Some had columns to accompany their regular shows, like Yahtzee and Gav.
Not at the same time of course, some shows came and went, and new ones replaced them. But the costs to do so must have been enormous, to pay each content creator for a regular weeks work when there were so many to pay must have been very difficult for The Escapist to keep up. But it all combined to make an excellent site, and having so many regular content creators that drew in massive audiences was a great boon too, because they could occasionally combine on things. For a time there was a combined discussion with Yahtzee, James Portnow, and Movie Bob (and occasionally Jim Sterling) on some topic about video games, and that was great too.
I miss those days, and I'll be honest I find less and less reasons to come back to The Escapist. If it wasn't for a forum RP I joined and have been part of for three years I don't even know if I'd still be around here at all. I still drop in for Yahtzee, and for Critical Miss, but not much else. Plus I barely use the forums anymore, this time notwithstanding.
Thing is, it's possible the Escapist will never get back to the glory days of 2011/12ish because the site was built on its excellent content and sourcing great content creators that can consistently put out good stuff and work on a regular weekly schedule is probably very hard to do.
*wistful sigh*
Not at the same time of course, some shows came and went, and new ones replaced them. But the costs to do so must have been enormous, to pay each content creator for a regular weeks work when there were so many to pay must have been very difficult for The Escapist to keep up. But it all combined to make an excellent site, and having so many regular content creators that drew in massive audiences was a great boon too, because they could occasionally combine on things. For a time there was a combined discussion with Yahtzee, James Portnow, and Movie Bob (and occasionally Jim Sterling) on some topic about video games, and that was great too.
I miss those days, and I'll be honest I find less and less reasons to come back to The Escapist. If it wasn't for a forum RP I joined and have been part of for three years I don't even know if I'd still be around here at all. I still drop in for Yahtzee, and for Critical Miss, but not much else. Plus I barely use the forums anymore, this time notwithstanding.
Thing is, it's possible the Escapist will never get back to the glory days of 2011/12ish because the site was built on its excellent content and sourcing great content creators that can consistently put out good stuff and work on a regular weekly schedule is probably very hard to do.
*wistful sigh*
He was caught posting snips from the GG usergroup (which is private) to the Brovengers for people to laugh at. At that point he either stepped down under the weight of accusations or was asked to step down depending on who you ask.Caramel Frappe said:
Ugh, now people are dragging out the corpse of the Brovengers to poke it with sticks some more. Please, take this discussion to PM's or something. It's frankly quite obnoxious to see it continue to get pissed on well after its remains were exhumed and dissected.
Jesus Christ that thread. I need to wash my fucking eyes.
I cannot even BEGIN to detail the hypocrisy of people in that thread calling out other people for "circle jerks" and "hug boxes", but I guess this isn't the thread for that. So WHATEVER MAN. WHATEVER. I'll just be pointlessly irritated for my own sake.
I just don't do usergroups. I dunno. I forget they're there.
PS - Weren't you supposed to play DOTA with me, you loser?
I cannot even BEGIN to detail the hypocrisy of people in that thread calling out other people for "circle jerks" and "hug boxes", but I guess this isn't the thread for that. So WHATEVER MAN. WHATEVER. I'll just be pointlessly irritated for my own sake.
You know I didn't even realize it was gone? Some member I was. I think I posted in it once.Fappy said:
I just don't do usergroups. I dunno. I forget they're there.
PS - Weren't you supposed to play DOTA with me, you loser?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-New-BrovengersCaramel Frappe said:
Rule #1: those who talk shit get hit. It doesn't get much heavier than that, sport.
So:In the GG group there were some people who brought up these "conspiracy theories" of the Brovengers group constantly shitting on GG users, and "colluding" with mods.Caramel Frappe said:
Some believed it, some not.
Then, one day, suddenly the Brovengers group was made open for all, because Daystar hated that all talk was about GG in the group (which was not the point of the group, and we were assured it was not talking about GG, which quite a few people from the GG group themselves believed).
But obviously everyone got interested what was going on in there, and we not only found out, that, in fact, the group basically only talked about GG (we even had a user claiming they were talking about boobs in the group, while they were talking about GG and not about boobs (I think someone even did a time comparison)).
And: Topaz did in fact share screenshots out of the GG group, mostly about the users suspecting "collusion".
The whole situation was, quite frankly, completely absurd. And funny, because talking about the "GG conspiracy" in the Brovengers group basically proved the "conspiracy theorists" right (and mind you, there were quite a few people in the GG group calling out the people to stop suspecting collusion behind everything).
Me personally only bothered two things: Topaz sharing posts from a private group in another group (which is in my mind not right, regardless of what is discussed) and people lying (well, that just means I stopped taking some people serious, but aside from that, whatever, people lie on the internet).
So that's this story. I recommend staying away from it now. Some people were/are way too invested in the story.
I've talked about making a new group before, but most former members are hesitant to try out of fear we'd just get hounded and harassed again. Maybe once the crazies get tired and move on, but I'm not holding my breath. And people wonder why I am so bitter about this place these days. Its been made abundantly clear that there are (or were?) many people on the site that wanted us gone. That thread posted above is only one of many I saw during the shit storm.Caramel Frappe said:
Daystar imploded it out of spite. I don't particularly blame him either.BloatedGuppy said:
It's worth remembering that the group was basically split in half with half the posters talking about GG while the other half didn't want to hear about drama in their UG. Those users went on to make http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Rec-Roomthe silence said: