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[fizzel]

TB had undeniable talent in a gaming press that is almost completely bereft of it.

He was also relentlessly on the side of the consumer, as opposed to    his supine peers who purely use their platforms as a ladder to getting in to games development.

He also continued pumping out content when one can only imagine how badly he was deteriorating. I hope his missus is left with a nice nest egg.

A good guy, a shame he's gone.

[tummyfat]

A shame guy, good he's gone

[VomKriege]

ERA seems to have a problem with anything involving funerals of people named John [ * ]ain.

[zomgee]

That contagious laughter stuff is pretty good. 

[marrec]

Who the fuck is totalbiscuit and why does anyone give a shit

He liked video games and made videos saying why he liked them

Also he apparently ruined the lives of countless women by tweeting? I dunno about the veracity of that last claim but given his obviously massive influence and reach I wouldn't be surprised.

That was sarcasm

He was easily on par with noted moderate darling Boogie2988.

Please, Boogie is the Hitler of Moderates.

[Uncle]

ERA seems to have a problem with anything involving funerals of people named John

• ain.

[Eila]

Jesus, those tweets posted in TB's thread. What's even worse is that Austin Walker liked those and others. Imagine being so classless that you can't at a least keep quiet when someone in your field passes.
And of course, there is no article on Waypoint about his death. It's for the better, because it would read like one of those both sides RE posts.

[TwEE-N-Toast]

This could be an interesting thread.  Looks like Reeee cracked the case. Trump has emboldened the white north to take action.

http://www.resetera.com/threads/15-people-injured-after-suspicious-explosion-at-an-indian-restaurant-in-mississauga-canada.44776/

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

I don't understand this ban in the TB thread.

User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment
RIP. Always admired his work, WTF is series was excellent. The man was stubborn for sure, it saddens me that he couldn't use that to defeat the disease but atleast he put up on a hell of a fight. I wish his friends and family strenght in these hard times. They aren't alone, John had a wide reach and was loved by many.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

And while I really don't want to start further discussion about it here, because of few posts I've seen I feel I need to atleast mention this. At the latest CoxCon which John was an ogranizer of, there was a very transphobic "question asked" and that person was thrown out of the convention and it was clearly stated that such behaviour will not be tolerated and such people aren't welcomed. And he has scolded his own followers few years earlier too for their comments when he had a transgender person as a guest on his podcast. He recorded fairly long rant about it which clearly concluded that intolerance and bigotry in their viewerbase will not stand. I do believe these words, I think he was being honest and he was being a good person here. https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/we-need-to-have-words This isn't ment to be a point of discussion, it's just a part of what I remember him for and why I remember him warmly besides the informative and intelligent gaming talks.

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https://www.resetera.com/posts/8329724/

If the only opinion people are allowed to express about someone's death is neutrality, why bother keeping the thread open.

[marrec]

I don't understand this ban in the TB thread.

User Banned (1 Week): Thread derailment
RIP. Always admired his work, WTF is series was excellent. The man was stubborn for sure, it saddens me that he couldn't use that to defeat the disease but atleast he put up on a hell of a fight. I wish his friends and family strenght in these hard times. They aren't alone, John had a wide reach and was loved by many.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

And while I really don't want to start further discussion about it here, because of few posts I've seen I feel I need to atleast mention this. At the latest CoxCon which John was an ogranizer of, there was a very transphobic "question asked" and that person was thrown out of the convention and it was clearly stated that such behaviour will not be tolerated and such people aren't welcomed. And he has scolded his own followers few years earlier too for their comments when he had a transgender person as a guest on his podcast. He recorded fairly long rant about it which clearly concluded that intolerance and bigotry in their viewerbase will not stand. I do believe these words, I think he was being honest and he was being a good person here. https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/we-need-to-have-words This isn't ment to be a point of discussion, it's just a part of what I remember him for and why I remember him warmly besides the informative and intelligent gaming talks.

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https://www.resetera.com/posts/8329724/

If the only opinion people are allowed to express about someone's death is neutrality, why bother keeping the thread open.

These kind of "here's exactly how we're expecting you to post" threads are beyond pointless.

[tummyfat]

Discussion* forum

*no discussion allowed

Look at this transphobic ban

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-bain-aka-totalbiscuit-has-passed-away-read-op.44722/page-31#post-8330223

[Uncle]

This could be an interesting thread.  Looks like Reeee cracked the case. Trump has emboldened the white north to take action.

http://www.resetera.com/threads/15-people-injured-after-suspicious-explosion-at-an-indian-restaurant-in-mississauga-canada.44776/

post 3

Living this close to this stuff is weird, hope no deaths

post 6

I loved that restaurant

post 7

Wtf wtf wtf. Been going there for years, hope the people there are okay...

etc.

[marrec]

Discussion* forum

*no discussion allowed

Look at this transphobic ban

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-bain-aka-totalbiscuit-has-passed-away-read-op.44722/page-31#post-8330223

Not that it's going to actually do anything, but I PM'd the moderator responsible for the OP edits in the Totalbiscuit thread to tell them how much of a stupid idea it is.

I don't even care a tiny bit about John Bain or his legacy, but these kind of threads are becoming way too normal on ERA and it's a staggeringly stupid way to run a forum.

[nachobro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dan-vavra-designing-historical-open-world-rpg-kingdom-come-digital-dragons-2018.44845/ should be fun

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dan-vavra-designing-historical-open-world-rpg-kingdom-come-digital-dragons-2018.44845/

[nudemacusers]

Waiting for 8 mod edits and red paragraphs

[nudemacusers]

Good talk, Vavra's a great dev.

[paprikastaude]

Waiting for 8 mod edits and red paragraphs

Taking my bet on 10 bans and a [READ OP] when I check back in in 3 hours.

[REDPILLALPH ABIGCOCK]

These kind of "here's exactly how we're expecting you to post" threads are beyond pointless.

Resetera threads, as I'm sure ill be aptly proven by the above threads

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Discussion* forum

*no discussion allowed

Look at this transphobic ban

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-bain-aka-totalbiscuit-has-passed-away-read-op.44722/page-31#post-8330223

Not that it's going to actually do anything, but I PM'd the moderator responsible for the OP edits in the Totalbiscuit thread to tell them how much of a stupid idea it is.

I don't even care a tiny bit about John Bain or his legacy, but these kind of threads are becoming way too normal on ERA and it's a staggeringly stupid way to run a forum.

At least you were smart enough to PM them, as opposed to this guy:

User banned (one week): thread derailment

Cancer sucks. Im not really sure what else to say unfortunately.

Uhh... why were these posters banned?

The Mod post specifies that we shouldnt put him on blast and that we should respect the dead in this thread.

These 2 posts detail good things he has done and show appreciation.

Neither is a derailment nor do they show ignorance to wrt the mod post.

Are we not allowed to talk about his legacy, period?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and dont give me that "take it to a mod/admin DM" nonsense. Era needs to be way more transparent (and consistant, but thats a critisism for another day) about how and why they moderate the way they do and critiques on moderation should not be smothered or hidden away.

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https://www.resetera.com/posts/8332230/

[marrec]

Discussion* forum

*no discussion allowed

Look at this transphobic ban

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-bain-aka-totalbiscuit-has-passed-away-read-op.44722/page-31#post-8330223

Not that it's going to actually do anything, but I PM'd the moderator responsible for the OP edits in the Totalbiscuit thread to tell them how much of a stupid idea it is.

I don't even care a tiny bit about John Bain or his legacy, but these kind of threads are becoming way too normal on ERA and it's a staggeringly stupid way to run a forum.

At least you were smart enough to PM them, as opposed to this guy:

User banned (one week): thread derailment

Cancer sucks. Im not really sure what else to say unfortunately.

Uhh... why were these posters banned?

The Mod post specifies that we shouldnt put him on blast and that we should respect the dead in this thread.

These 2 posts detail good things he has done and show appreciation.

Neither is a derailment nor do they show ignorance to wrt the mod post.

Are we not allowed to talk about his legacy, period?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and dont give me that "take it to a mod/admin DM" nonsense. Era needs to be way more transparent (and consistant, but thats a critisism for another day) about how and why they moderate the way they do and critiques on moderation should not be smothered or hidden away.

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https://www.resetera.com/posts/8332230/

why am I getting so heated about this?

[Momo]

because you care about something you're now realizing you shouldn't

[Switters]

God I want to unleash the gamer gates of hell in that total biscuit thread, but then I'll be permed and can't use the dark theme...

 

[HaughtyFrank]

Swidge is becoming a new favorite. Not quite as juicy as Hansel but with some spicy ban protection

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

God I want to unleash the gamer gates of hell in that total biscuit thread, but then I'll be permed and can't use the dark theme...

 

This isn't GAF. You can use dark theme when not signed in.

[tummyfat]

When the moderation derails the thread more than any sidetalk could ever dream

[Switters]

Shit. Now I gotta come up with some fiery rhetoric that really takes the shitty moderation of a shitty niche community to task.

:Thanos: I hope they remember you.

[stufte]

Moderation in that thread be like “If people can’t be mean to TB, we won’t allow anyone to say anything nice about him either to be fair”

Fucking garbage “game enthusiast” forum 

[paprikastaude]

God I want to unleash the gamer gates of hell in that total biscuit thread, but then I'll be permed and can't use the dark theme...

 

This isn't GAF. You can use dark theme when not signed in.

Not since the grand redesign, no?

[daemon]

Moderation in that thread be like “If people can’t be mean to TB, we won’t allow anyone to say anything nice about him either to be fair”

Fucking garbage “game enthusiast” forum 

Makes sense.

They took a...

BOTH.

SIDES.

APPROACH.

[Uncle]

Moderation in that thread be like “If people can’t be mean to TB, we won’t allow anyone to say anything nice about him either to be fair”

Fucking garbage “game enthusiast” forum 

More like "mean things should be said about him, we all know it as good progressives, but now is not the time and makes us look really bad to the public at large.  But saying good things about him means you secretly support GG, we see you, we know what you're doing"

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

God I want to unleash the gamer gates of hell in that total biscuit thread, but then I'll be permed and can't use the dark theme...

 

This isn't GAF. You can use dark theme when not signed in.

Not since the grand redesign, no?

Nah, scroll down to the bottom and on the left side is a 'style chooser'.

[who is ted danson?]

Discussion* forum

*no discussion allowed

Look at this transphobic ban

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-bain-aka-totalbiscuit-has-passed-away-read-op.44722/page-31#post-8330223

Not that it's going to actually do anything, but I PM'd the moderator responsible for the OP edits in the Totalbiscuit thread to tell them how much of a stupid idea it is.

I don't even care a tiny bit about John Bain or his legacy, but these kind of threads are becoming way too normal on ERA and it's a staggeringly stupid way to run a forum.

they aren't trying to run a forum. it's all an ego game for nicole et al, whilst cerium gets to make his/her Hillary 2016 campaign donations back.

[james]

Moderation in that thread be like “If people can’t be mean to TB, we won’t allow anyone to say anything nice about him either to be fair”

Fucking garbage “game enthusiast” forum 

Only moderate opinions allowed

[Boredfrom]

Mad respect for this brave man. Good for the industry and good for the company.

I'm actually very happy with EA after the Star Wars fiasco.

It's time to step up and make games inclusive.

Corporate pandering is so brave. GO DISNEY AND DICE!

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8335537/

[HaughtyFrank]

Mad respect for this brave man. Good for the industry and good for the company.

I'm actually very happy with EA after the Star Wars fiasco.

It's time to step up and make games inclusive.

Corporate pandering is so brave. GO DISNEY AND DICE!

https://www.resetera.com/posts/8335537/

What's funny is that RE cant make up their mind whether it's supposed to be accurate or not.

First someone posts something like "women did serve in ww2, eat shit you ignorant assholes"
https://www.resetera.com/posts/8335279/

but then when someone points out that this was still incredible rare to see it gets met with "who gives a shit?"
https://www.resetera.com/posts/8336059/

[Nintex]

wwwwaaait you cannot praise Total Biscuit in the RIP-thread?

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK 

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Swidge is becoming a new favorite. Not quite as juicy as Hansel but with some spicy ban protection

Looks like she asked to be banned again.

[paprikastaude]

Imagine getting so deep into virtue signaling, you become a cheerleader for Disney and EA
Disney and EA

[Momo]

I wonder if EA will make some of the Nazis black, women, trans or gay, the reaction to that would be super hilarious 

[marrec]

If you want a setting where the soldiers can be totally without regards to gender or ethnicity, make a scifi game.  If you make a period piece, try to at least have some rational, minimal, baseline level of verisimilitude, or just make it clearly, tonally historical fiction / historical fantasy.  May as well give the soldiers superpowers or magic at this point.  Maybe some mecha.

It's Battlefield, not ARMA (or, Verdun). The soldiers pretty much already have superpowers. It's not tonally inconsistent with their previous games. People try to pretend they're mad cause of historical inaccuracy, when really they're mad at what they see as "forced inclusion".

I'm way into Battlefield and can't wait for V, not because it's got a lady on the cover, but because it's going to be the same kinda wild ass multiplayer that I loved from BF 1.

Who the fuck picks up a Battlefield game and thinks "I can't wait to play this historically accurate first person shooter"? lmao

[Boredfrom]

Just to be clear, i don’t care about historical accuracy in Battlefield V custom characters (and bitching about sounds pretty stupid to me). Just that Trailer was so bad and corporate driven that is laughable. Is like a combination of dudebro Bay esque show and a social studies tumblerina wet dream.

I don’t mind the female ww2 soldier with a prosthetic (I dunno if is historical accurate or not, the prosthetics existed but I doubt people were going Rambo with it, but who knows), just that it tries to be promoted like some sort of brave statement when it was probably a decision made by a committee that suddenly discovered tumblr.

It's Battlefield, not ARMA (or, Verdun). The soldiers pretty much already have superpowers. It's not tonally inconsistent with their previous games. People try to pretend they're mad cause of historical inaccuracy, when really they're mad at what they see as "forced inclusion"

Nah, people were okay with stuff like The Boss in MGS3

[Switters]

Uh huh.....

[marrec]

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Uh huh.....

Y'all did this and y'all should be ashamed 

[stufte]

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Uh huh.....

haha. RIIIIIGGGGGHHHHTTTT. Don't come back swidge, you toxic fuck.

[Momo]

I dunno, my hot take yesterday was Battlefield chars have always been goofy as fuck, after having talked to some of my BF friends they are complaining not because of womynz or whatever but the level of goof. Idk, I dont care except for the gameplay, but I can understand a reasonable desire for the game to not be space pirate gooby.

[tummyfat]

Swidge is going to get Nicole to outright ban anyone who frequents The Bore in addition to Resetera

Watch yourself, marrec. You’re an accomplice

[Boredfrom]

Who the fuck picks up a Battlefield game and thinks "I can't wait to play this historically accurate first person shooter"? lmao

Nobody, that’s why is cringe when they say stuff like they took inspiration  from WW2 realistic shooters and that they want to tell “the untold tales of WW2”.

[marrec]

Swidge is going to get Nicole to outright ban anyone who frequents The Bore in addition to Resetera

Watch yourself, marrec. You’re an accomplice

They can't ban me, what about my LEGACY?!

[team filler]

swidge can suck my fat hog

[HaughtyFrank]

It's Battlefield, not ARMA (or, Verdun). The soldiers pretty much already have superpowers. It's not tonally inconsistent with their previous games. People try to pretend they're mad cause of historical inaccuracy, when really they're mad at what they see as "forced inclusion"

Nah, people were okay with stuff like The Boss in MGS3

People also haven't given a shit about women being  in fortnite, pubg, halo, Destiny, world of Warcraft and so on. There are obviously some idiots who are only mad because of the women but the entirety of the backlash can't be ascribed to that.

[kingv]

I wonder if EA will make some of the Nazis black, women, trans or gay, the reaction to that would be super hilarious 

Well... presumably in multiplayer one side will often be playing as Nazis, right?

[marrec]

Who the fuck picks up a Battlefield game and thinks "I can't wait to play this historically accurate first person shooter"? lmao

Nobody, that’s why is cringe when they say stuff like they took inspiration  from WW2 realistic shooters and that they want to tell “the untold tales of WW2”.

Oh ya they tried to position BF 1 the same way and look how that turned out lol

I mean, the "campaign" was trying really hard to tell some stories, but the multiplayer was the same goofy shit it's always been.

[HardcoreRetro]

Why the hell would they want to put nazis in their game. It only serves to normalize them.

[Tasty]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/apple-rejects-steam-link-ios-app.44723/page-2

Apple isn’t stupid, if anything they are proving they are smart by blocking [the Steam Link iOS app] at this stage.

Wether they are being consumer friendly is an entirely different story.

It’s Cupertino's way or the highway if you're using thier hardware, remember that.

Apple, not the city. Can you really not tell difference between a company and city? This isn't the first time you called Cupertino as Apple, lol.

Redhead On Moped is an obsessed Apple fanboy, and the blogs targeting them - such as Daring Fireball - often refer to Apple as "Cupertino" for some reason.

I am no fanboy, I call their BS whenever I see it (#istandwitlinus #fixtheimacpro). But in many cases as with this one, Apple is entirely, technically, in the right. It really is as simple as that.

 

[Momo]

I wonder if EA will make some of the Nazis black, women, trans or gay, the reaction to that would be super hilarious 

Well... presumably in multiplayer one side will often be playing as Nazis, right?

Multiplayer will be like 100% black bisexual trans women with a huge swastikas running around, you cant give trolls tools   

[HardcoreRetro]

I kind of liked the Battlefield trailer reveal. Spend an hour talking about how serious your game is.

Then have your trailer be the equivalent of a clown farting on a holodomor kid.

[Boredfrom]

It's Battlefield, not ARMA (or, Verdun). The soldiers pretty much already have superpowers. It's not tonally inconsistent with their previous games. People try to pretend they're mad cause of historical inaccuracy, when really they're mad at what they see as "forced inclusion"

Nah, people were okay with stuff like The Boss in MGS3

People also haven't given a shit about women being  in fortnite, pubg, halo, Destiny, world of Warcraft and so on. There are obviously some idiots who are only mad because of the women but the entirety of the backlash can't be ascribed to that.

Yep. There is a ton of idiots that genuinely have a problem with having a female character just cause she is female. For better or worse they also drown the people that have legit issues with the trailer.

Battlefield was always dumb, I agree, but that trailer was another level of dumb that I have not see in a while for a AAA title.

[Jansen]

Swidge is becoming a new favorite. Not quite as juicy as Hansel but with some spicy ban protection

Looks like she asked to be banned again.

"asked"

swidge: please i know you have to ban me sweetie but please help me save face

[marrec]

It's Battlefield, not ARMA (or, Verdun). The soldiers pretty much already have superpowers. It's not tonally inconsistent with their previous games. People try to pretend they're mad cause of historical inaccuracy, when really they're mad at what they see as "forced inclusion"

Nah, people were okay with stuff like The Boss in MGS3

People also haven't given a shit about women being  in fortnite, pubg, halo, Destiny, world of Warcraft and so on. There are obviously some idiots who are only mad because of the women but the entirety of the backlash can't be ascribed to that.

Yep. There is a ton of idiots that genuinely have a problem with having a female character just cause she is female. For better or worse they also drown the people that have legit issues with the trailer.

Battlefield was always dumb, I agree, but that trailer was another level of dumb that I have not see in a while for a AAA title.

I... just don't see it. It looks fun as hell and not far removed from the BF 1 gameplay.

A lot of the criticism is just so vague and confusing to me, as if it suddenly looks like Fortnite or something.