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Hey everyone!

So glad to be here, after the lunacy of the other site. Back to the roots, and SO looking forward to some quality time with you folks 😉


Xposting from the other thread:
Hi everyone! 👋

Just got my account validated and I thought about poppin in to say hello to you folks.
I was a Gaf lurker in 2012~'17, before creating an account on RE after the big exodus. Era has then been my post-work chill place to discuss and get news about one of my favorite hobbies, like I'm sure most of us do.
Well, I haven't been very active for the past year - during multiple lockdowns, of all times - as the climate has become more and more.. bizarre. Never knowing what the boundaries are, one assumes "well, let's just be polite and respectful as usual" thinking that would suffice, but it's so hard to coexist in a place with such strong influences, clear biases and dogmatic rules - explicit or less so. This even without taking into account their extremely weird moderation trends, where one can get banned just for expressing concerns that go against the grain: doesn't matter how respectfully, logically or according to the TOS one acts, their logic bends with the hivemind. Neutral points of view get you banned, it's a mind bending proposition.

I'm an European leftist, always been, and I was incredibly happy to see the stance taken by the Trans community over there in front of dubious actions from CDPR over CP77's development but even that got sour.
As valid as their concerns are, a community should never be in a position to dictate what a neutral individual should think, or say. I voiced my support for their cause in their thread multiple times but their continuous lashes towards neutral posters in the hype thread kept coming across as extremely wrong, especially after they started considering everyone that was just there to merely talk about the game as transphobe.

Then fast forward today with the whole thing blowing up and honestly, enough of that.
"Freedom of thought" is just not there.

So yeah, I'm looking forward to get into this community with you dirty bunch without worrying about the Gestapo 😉
 
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Hi all, I like to talk about video games I'm excited about and that doesn't seem to be allowed at that other site anymore. It is great to see people here seem so welcoming toward us returners.

PS. Would be really cool if someone could help me recover my old account since it was linked to a school email I longer have access to.
 
Sarek2 said:
Hi all, I like to talk about video games I'm excited about and that doesn't seem to be allowed at that other site anymore. It is great to see people here seem so welcoming toward us returners.

PS. Would be really cool if someone could help me recover my old account since it was linked to a school email I longer have access to.
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What is your old account. I'm sure EviLore EviLore will help you out for a small fee.
 
Hey all thanks for accepting me onto the forum. Mainly an evil lurker with an insatiable appetite for gaming going back to the days of ZX81.
Really enjoyed the posts of late so thought I'd show support and sign up.
I really should get involved more 🙂
 
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Hello, everyone. I've had this account for this two years, but never used it - always been a lurker. I was also a lurker on Resetera, but never bothered with registering because that forum always seemed to be a deeply unpleasant, unwelcoming place. The current meltdown they are having over CP2077 made me decide to start using this account, because I am now fully convinced supporting places with apparently pleasant, reasonable communities is a good thing to do.
 
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Warms my heart to see so many people joining. It really does.

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Hello everybody! new over here, been reading this forum and Era for a long time, not really happy with the way some people express their views here but it's a thousand times better than what Era has become.
 
I used to be a regular on GAF/NeoGAF but dropped off when life stuff happened around 2012 and I mostly stopped gaming. Eight years later, I picked up a PS5 and Astro's Playroom gave me the feels so I decided to see what the good people of NeoGAF were saying. Something about the forum felt different. I did a bit of digging and learned about all the drama (so much drama). I went to check out that other forum—right before things imploded in the Cyberpunk 2077 threads. Holy moly. No thanks. Anyway, it's good to be back.
 
Hi to all the newbies!

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Howdy, I am glad I have found a place where I can chill and discuss gaming. That other place is a case study in unfettered social movement activism.
 
Hello. I occasionally like talking about video games and Neogaf seems like a good place to do so. Especially the soon to be released Cyberpunk 2077.

Primarily a PC gamer that also dabbles with consoles for exclusives.
 
Hello Gaf!

I'm pretty sure I registered an account here a decade ago but never got approved. I've finally made it!

Just a filthy Canuck who nerds out on good movies, TV, books, and games. I'm currently watching TENET and completely confused. Slowing working through Schitt's Creek. I'm reading Shogun which so far is pretty amazing. Annnnd I'm waiting for CP77 to drop so I can play at 30 fps on my 1060.
 
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Hello GAF.
Thought it would be neat having the option the interact, after years of lurcing.

I'm a guy from Germany, who's into consolegaming and many aspects of gaming culture in general.

I started out with the commodore 64 before getting a snes after finishing elementary school. Did quite a bit of pc gaming in the 90s, before shifting back to console. Today i mostly play ps4/5 and xbox.

Some modern favourites of mine are: RDR2, Insomniacs Spider-man IP and FF7re.
Some blasts from the past are: the Lucas Arts golden age of point and click, MGS 1-4 and Shenmue.

Cheers
 
Hi all,

Not gonna lie, thought you were dead! Glad you're not though!

Love,
Jay.

PS. That other place is shite... I'm so glad a random PSN friend of a friend's friend told me you were back. :messenger_horns:
 
Hey everyone,
rumor has it people here actually talk about videogames, i am intrigued about such lightheartedness... Jokes aside, i am also here from the crazy place like many others before me and hope to talk about games :)
 
Hello Everyone,

ResetEra refugee here. Mostly an Xbox Gamer these days, but I usually keep a Playstation around for their exclusives as well. First game console was Sega Master system in 1989, and I have been collecting consoles and games since then. Joined because I'm looking for a place to talk games where they don't hate free speech......Hopefully that is here? :)

Outside of gaming I work in IT/cryptocurrency field, and also run a couple small businesses on the side. Love gaming, basketball, economics, reading.......blah, blah, blah.....

Happy to be here, and I hope to have many enjoyable conversations in the future!
 
Not a refugee as I'm still there, but its good to have options right?

Sony main with a largely unused Switch gathering dust, I've been gaming for 40+ years from playing Space Invaders on a Commodore PET, as I was UK based my early years were Sinclair & Commodore (with a dalliance with a very early incarnation of ARM via the Acorn Archimedes on which I mainly played Zarch), then a Mega Drive then Sony from 1996.

GoW 18 probably my greatest game of all time.
 
Howdy there. I lurked here several years ago, but I never contributed to the discussion because I did not have an eligible email address. I've been reminded that this place exists, and it looks like a nice place to discuss video games and other topics.

I mainly enjoy games from the role playing, fighting, racing, and character action genres. Right now, I'm mostly playing games on my Switch, PC, and Xbox One.

Alongside video games, I enjoy tabletop roleplaying games, anime, manga, and gunpla.
 
Already semi-introduced myself in the Era thread, but figured I'd say "hi" here too.

Hello everyone!
I've been a lurker here on GAF since the dawn of time, and been lurking over at Era for the past few years to keep up with the news. Not a refugee, as I never made an account, but the events as of late have made me decide to hover in the shadows elsewhere.

Got into video games in elementary school back in the 90's when my brother got his hands on a Sega Genesis and SNES, and I've been gaming ever since. My first PC game ever was Command & Conquer : Red Alert, a game that I adored despite the constant butt whooping's I took from my brother in multiplayer. My console / platform of choice has changed constantly over the years / decades depending on what I could afford / had my hands on at the time, but nowadays I'm a majority PC player. I do occasionally play the Switch and PS4. For the new gen, I'll probably go with PS5 next year when the market stabilizes.

I'm kind of all over in regards to the genres I play and like, but I'm mostly into RPGs, simulators, and visual novels. Visual novels are one of my biggest passion areas, and I've been a part of the visual novel community in various corners of the internet since the early 00's.

I'm a writer/staff member over at LewdGamer, and have been part of the crew since around the website's inception. I've unfortunately been on a semi-hiatus there for a bit now, only writing the occasional review when I get the chance due to real life responsibilities and my day job, but I do plan on writing more again when I have the time and ability. I'm a massive advocate for 18+ games, and it's been great watching that subset grow over the years.

Some of my other hobbies and interests include reading, anime, manga, computers, economics, and sci-fi / fantasy shows and movies.

My current hype game is Cyberpunk 2077. Bring on the dildo collecting!
 
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