@greektrojan said:
I hope something new and better can rise from NeoGAFs downfall. It was too problematic a culture to be the defacto voice of the industry like it has been. The mods were always biased (though the biased shifted over time) where if you didn't agree with the "consensus" opinion, you were banned, almost regardless of what was said. There were the SonyGAF years where anything buy effusive praise for Sony platforms was considered trolling (though other platforms were trolled incessantly) and the poor job they did with the politicalization of the forum (they should have limited to a specific sub forum or banned it all together but like SonyGAF, anything more nuanced that 100% unconditional support of "SJW" issues was ban worthy, which caused a lot more drama than was necessary). Heck even at times I felt that the GB crew view of the industry was shaped by the hive-mind that NeoGAF cultivated. Reddit is great but their gaming forums aren't really for good conversation and the format isn't great for it. GB isn't heavily trafficed but has a good culture so its why I'm here. GameFAQs is ok but more lax in moderation so trolls are more rampant.
How many times will people repeat these falsehoods?
I've been on GAF for ten years and argued against the "consensus" opinion plenty of times and never once was I banned for it. For example, I explained to US GAF how a German soccer team painting their faces black in solidarity with a black player who got harrassed was not a racist act and so on. Sure, there were heated discussions sometimes but never was I anywhere close to getting banned for stating my viewpoints. GAF is not a hivemind that doesn't accept any other viewpoints. GAF just didn't tolerate shitty behavior.
More than likely, if you got banned on GAF you just don't know how to argue in a civil manner and devolved into trolling instead.
The console-fanboy accusation is even more ridiculous. When the 360 was out, GAF was called "MS fanboys", when the PS4 was out, GAF was called "Sony fanboys". How about most people just gravitated to the more popular (and arguably better) console at any given time? And even apart from that, there always have been fans of all platforms on GAF.
Lastly, using the phrase "SJW" to disparage a certain group of people already exposes foul spirits from the get-go, in my opinion.
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