Per Evilore, I won't claim I know the facts and I've always been a huge proponent of innocent until proven guilty so it would be hypocritical of me to condemn him for claims that may be baseless. If they do turn out to be true, then I will blacklist this site as long as he is a part of it and have nothing but disdain for him because on top of everything that he has done, he would of then lied to his community as well. However as of now, there is no proof and I'll hold to visiting and posting here because its still one of the best gaming communities despite the minority of asshats that have given it a bad name...
I think the fact that so many journalists and gaming personalities, along with their audience, took the opportunity to celebrate the possible demise of NEOGAF speaks to something. Its a hard pill to swallow but there was some serious hive-mind mentality that would take over at times. You have your intolerant right and then you have your extreme intolerant left and the latter was in full force here, shutting down anyone that dare thought outside that hive-mind and labeling that person as a nazi, racist, whatever.
That being said, the gaming discussions on here are second to none and I think 90% of the NEOGAF community are good people with good intentions that just want to discuss games and have civil discussions about everything from movies to politics. Maybe some self-reflecting is due here though because if you have ever been someone that is part of the group that the rest of the gaming community seems to loathe, think about the effects of your words and if its simply to make you feel better to shout someone down for not seeing things the same way you do, then is it really worth saying? Its only going to harden people's resolve with the opposite stance as you.
I don't know if Neogaf will live on but if it does then we should take this as a lesson learned