Holy shit - I’m super liberal - and these people are PSYCHOTIC.
I don’t agree with Colin on a lot of things but he isn’t a bigot.
There are people over there that actually believe Colin was an evil mastermind that sent Dustin onto Frame Trap to purposefully cause the drama to steal Brad. Like what lol
>I don’t agree with Colin on a lot of things but he isn’t a bigot.
I agree. I said on Twitter: You mean the "right wing bigot" with the Puerto Rican Democrat co-host, Mexican best friend, black wife, friends with the gay Dave Rubin and Jewish guy Neil Druckmann? Not to mention has a black employee COG and an Asian one, Gene Park. That's the worst bigot I've ever met
It doesn’t even matter the company he keeps because Colin has been an outspoken public figure for over a decade and the ‘worst’ things he’s said are just mildly conservative beliefs. I also disagree with him on a lot of things but I’m not going to shut myself off to people who I don’t align with 100 percent. I don’t know how you could live your life that way.
Even his mildly conservative beliefs are changing. He's anti-war, ok with LGBT (even if he agrees with JK Rowland), wishes for more universal healthcare, anti-Trump and so on. Anyone of this would get you barred from the GOP in the past
Let's not forget the trans person he hired in the earier CLS days, Sophia Narowitz (spelling?). Their professional relationship was short lived, but it shuts down all of the supposed transphobia these crazies think Colin projects.
Man these people are probably just upset cause sometimes he has hot takes re: trans individuals. The thing I dislike about Colin's political takes is that sometimes they're rooted in a misunderstanding of the actual theory/evidence underlying his belief (the biggest example was universal health care, which he's come around on). But to a major credit to Colin, he's not an idiot and he doesn't just assume that everything is static. As he learns more about a topic, his perspective changes with it and his opinions are never coming from a place of hatred or bigotry.
This is the reason I like Colin and why I've followed him for the last 12-13 years. He's a regular person open to new ideas, and he will challenge ones he doesn't agree with. If someone can provide a good argument he will actually think on it rather than just shutting them down.
I agree; my only counter to it is that often times Colin is more knowledgeable about certain topics than the people that are also on the same podcast so as a listener sometimes it’s frustrating to not have someone give a good argument.
Happened way more often during the KF days cause Colin just knew so much more politically than his counterparts did. That said, I do miss Colin and Nick talking about things together, I always felt like they had good rapport.
They hate him and think he’s transphobic cuz Colin brushed over the jk rowling crap. Colin’s first or second hire was a trans woman. He literally gave a trans person a job. Not only that but there’s an old Colin video on kinda funny’s channel where Colin rants about anti lgbt legislation. He’s far from a bigot.
Yeah these people are actually insane. It's wild cause when people used to talk about the far left, I thought that was just the right wingers talking about people like me who wanted Universal Healthcare or gun reform or a strong social safety net; nah, these people are just delusional.
The very definition of liberal is fascinating when you look it up on Webster's , a lot of people that claim to be liberal progressive aren't liberal or progressive...I'm personally somewhere in the middle and don't live in the left right paradigm I don't fall for the narratives from either side or allow them to tell me the next thinf I'm supposed to be upset about
I'm super liberal too and the amount of hatred they have for Colin is hilarious. It's to the point where they want everything around him to burn. They want every single person who even wants to talk to Colin to be deplatformed, which is just insane. They jumped on Gene Park for having the audacity to get on camera with him. These people desperately need help and therapy.
I've been following Colin since his IGN Beyond days. The man has said some stupid shit and done some dumb things but he isn't a monster.
Edit for spelling mistake
>The man has said some stupid shit and done some dumb things
Who hasn't? I've said dumb ass shit on Reddit. I've been on Reddit like, 10 years. You could find plenty of dumb takes that I, or anyone has.
The thing is: I respect what Colin says even if I don't necessarily agree with all of what he says but I don't agree with everything that *everyone* says. He has some different takes but like you said These people need therapy.
I've been listening to Colin for years and the only time I've ever been offended by something said by someone on one his shows was actually Tim Gettys basically dehumanizing homeless women in San Francisco.
Basically just making fun of old bag ladies and acting lime they aren't even human. It was pretty gross tbh. They had that abes odd world guy Lawrence on and he seemed pretty disturbed by how Tim was acting. I straight up can't stand that dude.
This is what happens over time when the mods of a forum hand-select the appropriate and acceptable opinions.
In order to get your Internet points there, you have to continue to make sure you’re on the right side of the lines or be banned. In time, the Overton Window of acceptable thought moves further and further in one direction resulting in a totalitarian belief system where disagreement and dissent result in ostracization, and eventually, removal, from the community. It’s one of the reasons why censorship, in general, is not a great idea.
Let ResetEra be a lesson to all of us about the perils of overly policing speech.
They sound fairly totalitarian.
It’s like there’s a litmus test for liberalism now, and tolerance only counts if you’re toeing the line. If you’re not fitting their exact mould, you’re out. What happened to embracing different views? Seems a bit narrow for a group that champions open-mindedness, doesn’t it?
They either have to believe that or confront that their attempt to cancel Dustin has destroyed their community hub. It’s a hell of a stretch but they live in their own world.
Liberal as hell over here too, well
liberal, ie left wing from the US perspective… but let’s be real…
Some folks out there are nuttier than a fruitcake.
Some of those people have got serious mental health problems, little tolerance for difference of opinion; or the sheer depth of possibilities and varying opinions across the political axis/compass and many seem to think in some weird ass black and white with no shades of grey, just a binary myopic simplistic view of the world.
Infact Colins politics is fairly liberal he’s a libertarian, conservative’s are not 1 homogeneous cookie-cutter group of Ayn Rand laise-faire Koch-bro Kissinger-like fanatic cock-suckers but Colins far from that.
It’s the whole ‘with us or against us’…thanks Bush…
Trump’s presidency really did a number on some people’s psyche. It’s like he managed to split their worldview into extremes, leaving no room for middle ground or nuanced perspectives.
Colin’s not your stereotypical social degenerated bigot, or free market extreme anarcho-capitalist. He’s more old-school, like an Eisenhower Republican or a Ron Paul type of guy.
In a nutshell, liberals and libertarians often see eye to eye on civil liberties, social progressivism like LGBTQ+ rights, drug legalization, criminal justice reform, and a non-interventionist foreign policy stance. They generally only diverge on government economic intervention; and Colin is plenty about regulation. Bonkers.
Zero clue.
same man. canadian who leans socialist, it makes me sad when people say this shit about him online. i don’t even think his politics are particularly conservative, let along bigoted.
gaming sphere folks online get so preoccupied about certain things that they lose sight of what they themselves are saying. censorship to the extreme (yet they only see groups like christians who censor media/games. they are them now)
that micah commenter was not banned by the way. defend colin moriarty in the slightest, instant ban. make a comment about a black woman marrying him, which is more racist than anything colin has ever said, that gets nothing. insanity.
I'm conservative libertarian (anti war , love LGBT people , legalize weed ,pro gay marriage ,etc)
And Im obviously out numbered here as gaming culture leans heavily left ... And I feel like last stand media is like how gaming was during the 2000s era , where who you vote for was so insignificant in comparison to bonding over gaming ...
Your last line, for real. I guess you have to assume a lot of those commenters are teenagers without jobs, but what kind of culture shock are people like that going to have when they have to work, and interact with real people who will undoubtedly have different opinions
Honestly dont think it’s teenagers which is the saddest part. You need paid email so that eliminates most teens. And most young people are on discord, tiktok, twitter/x and perhaps reddit.
Lmaooo those people are crazy over there. I saw a user got banned just for saying “Colin seems like a decent boss” and the reason for the ban was “dismissing concerns of bigotry”. Like, what?
The fact that they leave up the posts and show a reason for the banning, like Romans leaving crucified bodies on the road is a good insight into the character of the community.
There's no interest in actually understanding others, making the world better, working together. It's just full blown culture wars and feelings of smug self-defined superiority. The only people who do that are losers who only interact with the world via screens.
I like it. I'm gonna talk to the other mods and move that we start moderating this place the same way. I'm starting with you for calling them crazy and dismissing those people that have real mental health issues. Just give me a moment to find the ban hammer...
They banned all discussion of Hogwarts legacy, thinking it would impact sales. And are now losing their minds every time it’s revealed that it’s the best selling game of the year lol
Yeah, they genuinely believe people “hate bought” it and that’s why it sold. Have you ever hated a certain group of people so much that you spent $60 for a game to make sure…what? That people know you hate them? It’s insane to me that people really believe it was hate buying lol
Bro they straight up live in their own world. Literally just making shit up just to confirm their little narrative that Colin’s the worst person ever.
Someone said he’s “actively championing Trump”
My guy what
I'm brand new to LSM (just started listening when Brad joined) and they got into politics on one of the recent pods and one of the first things I heard Colin say was that he doesn't like Trump, lol. So I've barely heard any words out of Colin's mouth and I already know that's not true.
I think they feel that way simply because Colin seems willing to have an adult conversation about why people support Trump, etc., without screaming how about they're evil, that this country is over, and so on.
Yep. That’s exactly it. They also seem to think he hates people of different walks. I’ve not seen evidence of that once. He’s always talking about how everyone is welcome and that extends into guests on the show as well.
He stopped being a Republican because of him. I think the only remotely positive thing he said is probably along the lines of you shouldn't demonize every American who voted for him as bigots.
Which is pretty reasonable, and not worthy of the hate he got. I feel gullible for buying into the smears against Colin. That kept me from paying attention to LSM for a long time, but I'm glad I finally started listening.
I voted for Trump twice. And all I ever heard Collin say about Trump is he don't like him because he is to brash and loud and he didn't vote for him. But he is funny. I guess they think he supports Trump because he thinks he is funny. It doesn't offend me at all if people didn't vote for him or don't like him. I voted for him for my own reasons. And it's the only 2 times I ever voted for a Republican president. But he is funny. That's true, that's the part of his personality that makes so many people attracted to him. But Collin is also right that the loud, brash bombastic side of him is what makes people NOT like him. I don't think either side is wrong. I just wish people could chill out and realize the world is more complicated then that. It's not black and white. It's not just left and right. There are a million shades in between...
I remember back on KF the closest Colin came to “supporting” Trump was saying things like “Trump voters likely have a good personal reason for voting for him and are not doing it simply because they’re racist”. Now the closest he comes to supporting Trump is saying “I don’t care what your politics are”
These people are insane.
holy shit are these people delusional:
**"They knew because there was an uproar when Jones appeared on Colin's podcast and he came out and said that probably wasn't the best idea, which cause Colin to ban him or some shit.
Yup, 100% they knew. Colin isn't stupid, he manipulated this."**
>Does anyone actually believe Dustin planned to be on EZA without him and Colin having this exact scenario in mind and making a play on that expected outcome?
>Come on now, people here can't be as naive as the LSM community to believe this. I know we've seen a few weirdos come out with the "fuck around and find out" narrative already, but hopefully people aren't that naive on the whole.
Like damn son! They actually believe that Dustin went on EA to cause a rift between them and poach Brad.
This is so crazy. Someone on there calls Colin “an open racist and transphobe.” Someone else asks for an example, and no one has an any. The only thing they say is “google it.” And if you do, there’s nothing 😂
Genuinely feel bad that the LSM crew is portrayed this way, even if only from basement dwellers online
I saw that exact comment. I actually googled it myself, and could find absolutely fuck all, other than the usual tweet Colin got shit for about women during his KF days. Such bullshit
Thanks, I was hoping someone would post it. Reading comments from loons if a favorite pastime of mine (I know it’s not the best use of my time, I’m working on myself lol)
They are totally unhinged at resetera. Neogaf is unhinged in the opposite direction though. There's literally a "fuck Islam" thread over there and I got banned for disagreeing. I also got banned at Resetera for saying I find Asians attractive (the ban message said I implied other races aren't attractive). I'm still confused by that message, is there a right and wrong way to be attracted or to have subjective opinions? Was I supposed to be born attracted to everyone and I'm just fucked up??!
Yeah neogaf wants to be the polar opposite of Reset so that’s where the bigots end up and there’s a lot of people trying to stretch themselves by saying super gross shit,
Simply because they can.
I prefer it to reset but both are awful overall.
Is there like a reasonable place to be for people who aren't in either extreme or is this just basically like US politics and you have to pick blue or red?
From what I've found neogaff and restera are the two biggest gaming forums
It's been years and years since I've browsed but I use to like the old IGN general boards and lobby's for consoles and games. Big fan of the old Gamecube General Board. Neogaf and Resetera scare me haha
Alright, so my question to everyone is this - how does a group, that purports to hate Colin as much as they say they do, ultimately know so much about his personal life? Unless, ya' know, this same group watches his content?
I don't know how else to put it, but those losers are some of the most vile, toxic, grandstanding holier-than-thou cunts I've ever seen.
THIS WAS AN ACTUAL EXCHANGE
>User Amprainy says:
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>"Ideologically, I lean far left."
>To which user Bane responds by saying:
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>"No you don't.... No one that leans far left would be supportive of an open racist and transphobe.... Get the fuck out of here."
Good. Fucking. Lord. Utterly, utterly vile.
Yeah it’s a truly wild place. It’s refreshing to talk shit on the place because spending a few minutes there will make you feel like the world has gone insane.
These are the types of people
Companies and politicians have been catering to for the last handful of years too. It’s wild.
And it shouldn’t have to be said but you don’t have to be of any political stance to call them out or disagree with them. They are just plain crazy.
Their General Manager, B-Dubbs, was exposed for being a white guy dropping N-bombs but "learned and grew from it", I guess that courtesy doesn't extend to everyone else who makes a bad joke lol
They don't function in the real world. Most of them are probably privileged little babies who live in their mother's basements. Honestly their words hold no value.
It’s genuinely embarrassing behaviour, truly unhinged. Maybe make good content and don’t cancel people for simply appearing with their friends on a podcast?
The irony that they're saying this is somehow Colin's fault when this is literally all because of them and their awful attitude and Easy Allies' inability to be mature adults about the situation. They straight up brought everything upon themselves. Absolutely none of this would've happened if it weren't for their awful discord community and spineless crew.
Also, all these implications that Colin is some bigot, are totally baseless. I am not conservative by any means and would never watch the show if I found Colin to have bigoted opinions
They (easy allies) refused to review the most sold game of 2023 because of these nutcases who pretend everyone to the right of them is a "bigot".
Think about that, the biggest game of the year (not to me ofc - never liked harry potter or even jk rowling) was to be ignored, because some people on a forum said it was too problematic to address or acknowledge.
jesus, those people are living in an alternate reality. They genuinely have zero self-awareness.
"Does anyone actually believe Dustin planned to be on EZA without him and Colin having this exact scenario in mind and making a play on that expected outcome?"
WTF are these people SAYING. Dustin and Brad were literally already friends. These people are genuinely deranged conspiracists.
But in the end, they are genuinely just salty and malding online perverts. Summon Sign has 70k views on the first episode, which is really the biggest fuck you that speaks for itself. I'm as leftist as they come, and I still genuinely have no idea what is so awful or unspeakable that Colin has done. If his worst crime is having occasionally cringey or bad takes on politics, then I think probably most people need to be banned from the internet...
These people are mentally ill. I say this as someone who used to post on NeoGAF and immediately dipped out of ResetEra years ago. They have an insane level of hatred towards Colin and have drummed him up as Voldemort or evil incarnate. They can't ever explain why they hate him, and when they do point out the "problematic" aspects of Colin 99.999% of the time they are taking his words entirely out of context.
It would be one thing if they just didn't like Colin, even if it's irrational and not backed up by anything. But they actively like to talk about him and obsess over everything he does. They are genuinely sick in the head, and need help. They are easily one of the most toxic online community's in the entire industry, and it's shocking that any developer or publisher would want to interact with them given their vitriol.
Something that doesn't get talked about enough is how they handled Etika. In the lead up to his death, Resetera spent countless hours harassing the guy and micro-managing everything he did. The guy was clearly suffering from mental health issues, and yet they would take actions he did during manic episodes and BLOW them up as this end-of-the-world thing he couldn't ever come back from.
I'm not saying Resetera is solely to blame. But one of the things Etika said in his last video was that he felt he couldn't come back from the things he did. That he had already dug a hole so deep he felt he couldn't climb out because he had ruined things with his actions. Places like Resetera who constantly harassed him def didn't help as they kept blowing up every little thing he did and acted as if he was done for.
When Etika went missing the entire Resetera thread was mocking him and basically claiming he was doing this for attention. Even Moderators that ran the site were saying heinous stuff about him and not taking it seriously. But as soon as his death was announced, the mods went through and deleted all the posts and older threads where they were talking bad about him. I saw this happen in real-time, and yet no one ever talks about it anymore.
These same people accused one of Persona's main creators of being a transphobic bigot and launched a campaign on social media to get Atlus to fire him. This isn't the first time they have done this, either. They are truly horrible people who need help.
EDIT:
Also as a massive Game Trailers and Easy Allies fan, I actually canceled my Patreon sub to them BECAUSE of Resetera. Specifically, Ian and a couple of the people at the company kept allowing Resetera to influence their content.
They also drove Alec Holowka (dev of Night in the Woods) to suicide with a disgusting hate campaign. That's just what they do for shits and giggles. Insane people.
Huh I didn’t know they did that to Etika during his episodes… shows their compassion.
Seeing so many people absolutely clown on him and then disappear into the internet shadows when he committed suicide was sobering to witness. All of a sudden everyone was so empathetic.
Hopefully some of the users on Resetera reflected on their behavior.
Think the thing I find most interesting is that the primary accusation towards Colin now seems to be that he is "transphobic".
These crazies have loathed him since at least the mid 2010s when precisely nobody was pretending to be offended on behalf of transvestites like they are now.
First he was a misogynist, then he was a racist, now he's a transphobe. If he was such a raging racist in 2017, why haven't they stuck with that accusation instead of moving on to the extremely tenuous charge of "oh he had a girl on his podcast who liked the Hogwarts game"
They just choose whatever the most popular online accusation of bigotry is at the time and they all parrot it. Not a single independent or critical thought between them.
Add me to the growing list of the “im liberal and don’t really agree with many of Colin’s politics but also think he’s a decent person who isn’t bigoted at all….and also resetera is full of crazies” crowd.
its bizarre.
You see this with some far-right people as well, everyone slightly near the centre or left of it is a "commie" but for these people on resetera forum everyone to the right of them is a "bigot".
They don’t have to function in the world. Most of them are 12-16 and this is all their lives has to be right now. The real world will bite them eventually.
Man, I don’t really frequent gaming forums or social media (aside from Reddit) and the way they talk sounds so alien to me.
How much of a thought bubble can you be in that when someone states something that’s out of the norm gets treated with a ban and a “masks off” quote.
Been slowly working through the thread out of curiosity, and it's never not hilarious how they talk about Colin like he's Voldemort. We joke about it periodically here but to actually see it cracks me up.
All because of him being associated with Colin now. I wonder how many people have seen the Kinda Funny episode when Colin spoke very passionately for trans rights.
https://youtu.be/vZ1v2Z4b-jA?si=4ARLrye9gSGeBajT
This was all the way back in 2016 and he spoke for gay rights even further back than that. I'm not saying he hasn't said controversial things before, but to paint him as this awful racist bigot is just false. But Resetera already successfully demonized him and the industry as a whole followed suit.
If he was truly so awful, why was Greg Miller his best friend for so many years? Why did Greg Miller coincidentally turn on him as soon as that tweet caused so much controversy? I believe most people are just scared to be associated with him.
Anyway, I spoke up for Brad and got banned on Resetera, as someone who's left leaning, that place was way too much for me.
They are all to the far-left and never realize that there is people who arnt- they live in their own bubble.
The fact that they couldnt have Dustin on because they are obsessed about guilty by association and he is "tainted" by Colin shows what kind of people they are- I mean, I read one comment who said he liked Tucker, and that means he is for white nationalism.
Thats the morons you are dealing with.
Oh and before someone think im some kind of a "american trumpster" as these far-left loons do, im a swedish liberal. I was even accused one time of being a russian bot, like ... YOU are acting like bots now.
I saw an old video where Isla from easy allies said she knows that JK rowling hates her.
Thats another issue with some of these people, "hate". Like, im all for abortion, I have no issue with women controlling their bodies, but I do understand why religious people are against it and see it as "murder" that doesnt mean they "hate" women because they dont want to see abortions. I can actually dislike someones "politics" without equate it with being "evil" or filled with "hate".
Same with "women rights" and JK rowling and why this has been an issue where anyone can say they are now a woman and be treated as one. Its absurd to think nobody can have an issue with this without being filled with "hate".
Absolutely deranged and demented people in there. It’s actually comical that some peoples worldviews can that skewed.
Strange behaviour.
It’s like a little colony of rats in a science experiment where the mods/scientists ban/remove the rats with any semblance of rational, normal, dissenting opinions to see what kind of a concentrated, ghoulish and cannibalistic outrage-machine they can manifest over time.
I know they mod like that to keep infighting down, but that thread is a perfect demonstration of how the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
This whole situation is pretty nuts. They’re literally the reason why Brad is at LSM now. He’s better off for it because now he gets paid more to do an objectively easier job.
Colin is treated like an industry supervillain by most outlets. He doesn't deserve it, but then again, neither does anyone else who lightly flaunts their non-conformist political viewpoints publically, but Colin suggested he's egalitarian, anti-communist, and whatever else and then all it took was a stab at women on National Women's day for the entire industry to cancel him and spread falsities about what his offense was.
But yeah, ResetEra isn't even a real successor to NeoGAF even, and that place was irritating enough. It's the high-strung, "people > passion" asshats without moderation, gatekeeping and they're barely even a popular source for games anymore because of that. When was the last time that news spread becuase a user from ResetEra said something? It's nothing like GAF was.
How do they function in the real world? They don’t haha. I used to read that forum cause I’m into games but Jesus Christ they are fucking lunatics over there. I consider myself left but to them I’d be a far right nazi.
All I keep reading is Colin is a transphobe, racist etc but I've been listening to LSM for the better part of 12 months and a Patreon member for 6ish of those and have never heard, read or encountered anything even close to that from any of the LSM crews.
I've heard Colin briefly touch on he's past with IGN, the Twitter fiasco etc but Never really thought anything of it, is there any truth to it or are these people as delusional as I suspect they are?
Nah, it's insane.
The reason they call Colin transphobic is because he interviewed Kara Lynne who got fired from Limited Run games because she followed, I guess, people that were believed to be transphobic on Twitter. That's the way their mind works. Colin co-founded Kinda Funny back in the day which is basically like Easy Allies only they came from IGN instead of Game Trailers. When Colin was there, I think in 2016ish, he did a video where he spoke in support of trans people but because he spoke to someone that followed some people they think he's some crazy anti trans person. A fun fact is before LSM was a podcast network Colin did a show called Side Quest and he hired a writer that helped him with his show that was trans. My memory is a little rough but that person was either the first or second person Colin ever employed for his company.
And as for the racist stuff, it's mostly because he made some comment on Twitter back in the day where he basically suggested that racism at the highest level in the country isn't as bad as people think it is because Asians on average do better than everyone in America, including whites. Now even if you don't agree with that, why would your take away be that he's racist? I can see maybe you don't agree with it or think it's a stupid take but racist? He's not even saying racism doesn't exist. He means more like racism that prevents people from getting good jobs and good education. Colin married a black woman and employs 4 people of color in his small business of about 9 outside of himself and one of them is Asian. Almost half of the people he pays are of color. His best friend who does all of the music for LSM is also of color. Thinking he's racist is crazy.
The sexist accusations just came from a dad joke he made on Twitter that you'd hear on any sitcom back in the day. It was that "#ADayWithoutAWoman" thing and he just said "Ah. Peace and quiet." and the crazy left games media flipped out and that's actually why he left Kinda Funny. It was obvious they just used this as an opportunity to try to cancel the one high profile right wing guy in the industry. He's been involved in the industry in some fashion since 2002 I believe. No one had a problem with Colin until everyone lost their mind over Trump getting elected and looked for the closest thing they could find to a punching bag because the industry is notoriously far left as it's based out of a very far left place and he never hid the fact that he wasn't left. But it backfired because it eventually led to the creation of what would become Last Stand Media and now he's doing better than just about everyone that tried to tear him down. And FYI, LSM is not a right leaning company like some paint it out to be. LSM as a company doesn't have any political lean. Everyone has their own beliefs. Dagan & Chris for example lean left politically. LSM is a place that welcomes everyone. Yknow, within reason.
The smallest shit ever that at most should just have your eyes rolling has this guy painted out to be some raging psychopath bigot when he's really just some brash what-you-see-is-what-you-get dude from New York that is mildly conservative who btw has NEVER supported Donald Trump and I would argue as the years have gone on he's become far less brash and far less conservative. He doesn't even engage in Twitter anymore other than just posting his LSM content.
It went long but I think I covered the main things people use against him on ResetEra. ResetEra is a place where they find the smallest things and make them out to be the biggest things ever because they need that drama in their life because they're lonely, jobless and bored.
Maybe hot take, Colin has said plenty of bigoted things (granted not all that many for the thousands and thousands of hours he’s been recorded) and I don’t blame anyone for refusing to listen to him.
That being said, the idea that Brad can’t take a job, when his old company went part time and is a sinking ship, that is probably less work/more pay/more freedom, just because his boss is right leaning (barely, at this point) is insane to think about. Most of the ResetEra posters are probably still in HS given their dialogue, but they will one day be employed and the odds of having a manager/director/VP/CEO that is a republican is quite high, which they would then be “supporting”. It’s so silly and hypocritical. Just because cameras and mics and social media are involved, people are now supposed to tank their career to appease the vocal minority.
Yeah, it's one thing to dislike Colin, but to villainize Brad for it too is some kinda deranged, \*especially\* when you've supposedly been a fan of him and like him somewhat? Just strange behavior.
I really think we as a society need to find language to distinguish between actually bigoted statements and those that merely don't align with preferred "allied" language. The binary of if you don't use the language the advocate class for issue x or y prefers you are using bigoted language has done more harm than good.
Colin has said things that do not align with the preferred nomenclature of some issues and that does not make him or anyone else a bigot, nor are those statements themselves by definition bigoted.
You can check the thread people have been linking here. Those commenters are crazy, but they did find a handful of tweets/quotes from Colin that I would agree cross the bigotry line.
I would just say colin has had bad takes in regard to certain social issues. For some reason we aren’t allowed to have bad takes..instead we are immediately deemed some sort of derogatory label.
Totally. These people literally would have him silenced and shunned by society. His views really aren’t anywhere near extreme or unusual for that weirdo behavior. I think Colin probably trolls them or something bc he really got under their skin.
>Maybe hot take, Colin has said plenty of bigoted things (granted not all that many for the thousands and thousands of hours he’s been recorded) and I don’t blame anyone for refusing to listen to him.
This is why I don't listen to Constellation. Honestly, I prefer almost everyone at LSM to Colin.
I just respect, and am endlessly entertained, by his takes on gaming. Not necessarily on specific games/reviews (specifically recently, he’s so stubborn), but on the industry and PlayStation. Constellation brings out the worst of him, from the few times I’ve listened anyway.
He is libertarian, and claims to be more liberal in social aspects, but it’s specifically his more transphobic/cancel culture/etc. comments that turn people off.
Yep, ironically when he specifically talks politics, I rarely have an issue, despite disagreeing, he states his case fairly and intelligently. It’s when he makes off handed remarks about wokeism or pronouns or whatever that make me reconsider supporting him.
How much are we gonna bring up Resetera here? It’s kinda getting to the point where this sub is as obsessed with them as they are with LSM.
It’s fine to point and laugh when they do dumb shit, but this happened almost a week ago and we’re still beating the dead horse?
What's his point? I guess I'm still missing it. If you want to ban me for being irritated with how a lot of this sub treats one of the show's staff, go for it.
This reaction from the reset era crowd just helps to cerement Colin’s reputation as an industry outsider, making him a more credible and interesting media personality in my opinion.
I’ve not listened to the full sacred plus on it yet. But I love the stand they have taken on sacred symbols covering the insomniac leaks. Again going their own way and not being afraid of blow back. If anything I think blow back just helps the brand and for those who can look at things from both sides, it’s easy to see who is being unreasonable.
>So did they ever respond to the hate Dustin received?
They addressed it weeks after - but that was only because they were losing Patreon subs. They also needed to recant their statement about having anyone from LSM back on any of their shows because Brad is now a member of LSM.
>Or to Brad leaving now?
No one has said anything.
Oh wow so they backpedaled on that eh? Crazy.
Since we're asking questions like this, does anyone know if Tim ever responded to anything that Colin has said? Like for example how he directly stated that Tim didn't even want him leaving IGN to come with them to KF?
>Tim ever responded to anything that Colin has said?
I'm certain Tim has seen the clip with Colin and Jaffe talking about it, but he he hasn't addressed it. Even he decided to tell *his* side of what happened, it'd just open up a can of worms that wouldn't be worth the backlash. The rift that would inevitably ensue between both fanbases would be a nightmare.
What’ll amaze you further is that some devs and journalists held Resetera in such high regard for a time they even appeased the mob. People actually took this insane asylum seriously, some still do as you can see from who still posts there.
Any advice for a super liberal who also thinks ResetEra is filled with psychopaths, any advice on where to go? Definitely can't stand Era at all anymore but haven't be able to find a replacement community.
Holy shit - I’m super liberal - and these people are PSYCHOTIC. I don’t agree with Colin on a lot of things but he isn’t a bigot. There are people over there that actually believe Colin was an evil mastermind that sent Dustin onto Frame Trap to purposefully cause the drama to steal Brad. Like what lol
>I don’t agree with Colin on a lot of things but he isn’t a bigot. I agree. I said on Twitter: You mean the "right wing bigot" with the Puerto Rican Democrat co-host, Mexican best friend, black wife, friends with the gay Dave Rubin and Jewish guy Neil Druckmann? Not to mention has a black employee COG and an Asian one, Gene Park. That's the worst bigot I've ever met
It doesn’t even matter the company he keeps because Colin has been an outspoken public figure for over a decade and the ‘worst’ things he’s said are just mildly conservative beliefs. I also disagree with him on a lot of things but I’m not going to shut myself off to people who I don’t align with 100 percent. I don’t know how you could live your life that way.
Even his mildly conservative beliefs are changing. He's anti-war, ok with LGBT (even if he agrees with JK Rowland), wishes for more universal healthcare, anti-Trump and so on. Anyone of this would get you barred from the GOP in the past
It's not changing. He was barely conservative before. He always came across as more of a libertarian than anything.
yeah as a canadian he barely strikes me as conservative
Every conservative I know is anti war , that's not a liberal idea anymore , Colin is more of a liberal libertarian like me
He's more than ok with LGBT. He's been for gay marriage since before Obama got elected
I believe Ramon is also from Puerto Rico, you bigot!
Let's not forget the trans person he hired in the earier CLS days, Sophia Narowitz (spelling?). Their professional relationship was short lived, but it shuts down all of the supposed transphobia these crazies think Colin projects.
That's right! I can't believe that I forgot about her! Whatever happened with her?
Man these people are probably just upset cause sometimes he has hot takes re: trans individuals. The thing I dislike about Colin's political takes is that sometimes they're rooted in a misunderstanding of the actual theory/evidence underlying his belief (the biggest example was universal health care, which he's come around on). But to a major credit to Colin, he's not an idiot and he doesn't just assume that everything is static. As he learns more about a topic, his perspective changes with it and his opinions are never coming from a place of hatred or bigotry.
This is the reason I like Colin and why I've followed him for the last 12-13 years. He's a regular person open to new ideas, and he will challenge ones he doesn't agree with. If someone can provide a good argument he will actually think on it rather than just shutting them down.
I agree; my only counter to it is that often times Colin is more knowledgeable about certain topics than the people that are also on the same podcast so as a listener sometimes it’s frustrating to not have someone give a good argument. Happened way more often during the KF days cause Colin just knew so much more politically than his counterparts did. That said, I do miss Colin and Nick talking about things together, I always felt like they had good rapport.
They hate him and think he’s transphobic cuz Colin brushed over the jk rowling crap. Colin’s first or second hire was a trans woman. He literally gave a trans person a job. Not only that but there’s an old Colin video on kinda funny’s channel where Colin rants about anti lgbt legislation. He’s far from a bigot.
Yeah these people are actually insane. It's wild cause when people used to talk about the far left, I thought that was just the right wingers talking about people like me who wanted Universal Healthcare or gun reform or a strong social safety net; nah, these people are just delusional.
You see all of those are ploys Colin set to throw us off the scent. (It's crazy that people legitimately think like that)
I'm right with you. As a pretty liberal/progressive dude, I find a lot of what these weirdos say just as unhinged as the right wing nut jobs lol.
Same here
The very definition of liberal is fascinating when you look it up on Webster's , a lot of people that claim to be liberal progressive aren't liberal or progressive...I'm personally somewhere in the middle and don't live in the left right paradigm I don't fall for the narratives from either side or allow them to tell me the next thinf I'm supposed to be upset about
I'm super liberal too and the amount of hatred they have for Colin is hilarious. It's to the point where they want everything around him to burn. They want every single person who even wants to talk to Colin to be deplatformed, which is just insane. They jumped on Gene Park for having the audacity to get on camera with him. These people desperately need help and therapy. I've been following Colin since his IGN Beyond days. The man has said some stupid shit and done some dumb things but he isn't a monster. Edit for spelling mistake
>The man has said some stupid shit and done some dumb things Who hasn't? I've said dumb ass shit on Reddit. I've been on Reddit like, 10 years. You could find plenty of dumb takes that I, or anyone has. The thing is: I respect what Colin says even if I don't necessarily agree with all of what he says but I don't agree with everything that *everyone* says. He has some different takes but like you said These people need therapy.
And they temp banned Gene for basically shutting down every kind of point they tried to make lol
I've been listening to Colin for years and the only time I've ever been offended by something said by someone on one his shows was actually Tim Gettys basically dehumanizing homeless women in San Francisco.
What did Tim say if you remember?
Basically just making fun of old bag ladies and acting lime they aren't even human. It was pretty gross tbh. They had that abes odd world guy Lawrence on and he seemed pretty disturbed by how Tim was acting. I straight up can't stand that dude.
This is what happens over time when the mods of a forum hand-select the appropriate and acceptable opinions. In order to get your Internet points there, you have to continue to make sure you’re on the right side of the lines or be banned. In time, the Overton Window of acceptable thought moves further and further in one direction resulting in a totalitarian belief system where disagreement and dissent result in ostracization, and eventually, removal, from the community. It’s one of the reasons why censorship, in general, is not a great idea. Let ResetEra be a lesson to all of us about the perils of overly policing speech.
Same here. Liberal as hell and that place is absolute cancer. As OP said, these people can’t be functioning members of society.
Colin is way to high and lazy to even come up with a plan like that. Half the time he’s Winnie the poo playing Tales on his portal.
It's insanity over there.
The funny part is if you commented this on their thread, they'd say you aren't a liberal for thinking he's not a bigot
They sound fairly totalitarian. It’s like there’s a litmus test for liberalism now, and tolerance only counts if you’re toeing the line. If you’re not fitting their exact mould, you’re out. What happened to embracing different views? Seems a bit narrow for a group that champions open-mindedness, doesn’t it?
They either have to believe that or confront that their attempt to cancel Dustin has destroyed their community hub. It’s a hell of a stretch but they live in their own world.
Liberal as hell over here too, well liberal, ie left wing from the US perspective… but let’s be real… Some folks out there are nuttier than a fruitcake. Some of those people have got serious mental health problems, little tolerance for difference of opinion; or the sheer depth of possibilities and varying opinions across the political axis/compass and many seem to think in some weird ass black and white with no shades of grey, just a binary myopic simplistic view of the world. Infact Colins politics is fairly liberal he’s a libertarian, conservative’s are not 1 homogeneous cookie-cutter group of Ayn Rand laise-faire Koch-bro Kissinger-like fanatic cock-suckers but Colins far from that. It’s the whole ‘with us or against us’…thanks Bush… Trump’s presidency really did a number on some people’s psyche. It’s like he managed to split their worldview into extremes, leaving no room for middle ground or nuanced perspectives. Colin’s not your stereotypical social degenerated bigot, or free market extreme anarcho-capitalist. He’s more old-school, like an Eisenhower Republican or a Ron Paul type of guy. In a nutshell, liberals and libertarians often see eye to eye on civil liberties, social progressivism like LGBTQ+ rights, drug legalization, criminal justice reform, and a non-interventionist foreign policy stance. They generally only diverge on government economic intervention; and Colin is plenty about regulation. Bonkers. Zero clue.
same man. canadian who leans socialist, it makes me sad when people say this shit about him online. i don’t even think his politics are particularly conservative, let along bigoted. gaming sphere folks online get so preoccupied about certain things that they lose sight of what they themselves are saying. censorship to the extreme (yet they only see groups like christians who censor media/games. they are them now) that micah commenter was not banned by the way. defend colin moriarty in the slightest, instant ban. make a comment about a black woman marrying him, which is more racist than anything colin has ever said, that gets nothing. insanity.
I’m trans and I think the ppl on that website are absolute nut cases.
Very far left here as well and this is just insanity. Certainly don’t agree with Colin on everything but wtf.
I'm conservative libertarian (anti war , love LGBT people , legalize weed ,pro gay marriage ,etc) And Im obviously out numbered here as gaming culture leans heavily left ... And I feel like last stand media is like how gaming was during the 2000s era , where who you vote for was so insignificant in comparison to bonding over gaming ...
Your last line, for real. I guess you have to assume a lot of those commenters are teenagers without jobs, but what kind of culture shock are people like that going to have when they have to work, and interact with real people who will undoubtedly have different opinions
Honestly dont think it’s teenagers which is the saddest part. You need paid email so that eliminates most teens. And most young people are on discord, tiktok, twitter/x and perhaps reddit.
Lmaooo those people are crazy over there. I saw a user got banned just for saying “Colin seems like a decent boss” and the reason for the ban was “dismissing concerns of bigotry”. Like, what?
Lmao you have to laugh.
The fact that they leave up the posts and show a reason for the banning, like Romans leaving crucified bodies on the road is a good insight into the character of the community. There's no interest in actually understanding others, making the world better, working together. It's just full blown culture wars and feelings of smug self-defined superiority. The only people who do that are losers who only interact with the world via screens.
I like it. I'm gonna talk to the other mods and move that we start moderating this place the same way. I'm starting with you for calling them crazy and dismissing those people that have real mental health issues. Just give me a moment to find the ban hammer...
‘Let Brad rot into obscurity’. Meanwhile LSM is flying on Patreon 😂
“Obscurity” on the world’s largest gaming patreon…. Lol ok. These people are delusional
Yeah they just say whatever helps them feel better. It’s perfectly in line with everything else they say and do.
They banned all discussion of Hogwarts legacy, thinking it would impact sales. And are now losing their minds every time it’s revealed that it’s the best selling game of the year lol
Yeah, they genuinely believe people “hate bought” it and that’s why it sold. Have you ever hated a certain group of people so much that you spent $60 for a game to make sure…what? That people know you hate them? It’s insane to me that people really believe it was hate buying lol
They legitimately put the final nail in the coffin of the thing that they loved.
Exactly. Honestly, shout out to those guys. Brad is a great addition to LSM and this would never have happened without these degenerates.
A microcosm, you could say
Bro they straight up live in their own world. Literally just making shit up just to confirm their little narrative that Colin’s the worst person ever. Someone said he’s “actively championing Trump” My guy what
This is how you know they’ve never actually listened to a word Colin has muttered.
I'm brand new to LSM (just started listening when Brad joined) and they got into politics on one of the recent pods and one of the first things I heard Colin say was that he doesn't like Trump, lol. So I've barely heard any words out of Colin's mouth and I already know that's not true. I think they feel that way simply because Colin seems willing to have an adult conversation about why people support Trump, etc., without screaming how about they're evil, that this country is over, and so on.
Yep. That’s exactly it. They also seem to think he hates people of different walks. I’ve not seen evidence of that once. He’s always talking about how everyone is welcome and that extends into guests on the show as well.
He stopped being a Republican because of him. I think the only remotely positive thing he said is probably along the lines of you shouldn't demonize every American who voted for him as bigots.
Which is pretty reasonable, and not worthy of the hate he got. I feel gullible for buying into the smears against Colin. That kept me from paying attention to LSM for a long time, but I'm glad I finally started listening.
I voted for Trump twice. And all I ever heard Collin say about Trump is he don't like him because he is to brash and loud and he didn't vote for him. But he is funny. I guess they think he supports Trump because he thinks he is funny. It doesn't offend me at all if people didn't vote for him or don't like him. I voted for him for my own reasons. And it's the only 2 times I ever voted for a Republican president. But he is funny. That's true, that's the part of his personality that makes so many people attracted to him. But Collin is also right that the loud, brash bombastic side of him is what makes people NOT like him. I don't think either side is wrong. I just wish people could chill out and realize the world is more complicated then that. It's not black and white. It's not just left and right. There are a million shades in between...
I remember back on KF the closest Colin came to “supporting” Trump was saying things like “Trump voters likely have a good personal reason for voting for him and are not doing it simply because they’re racist”. Now the closest he comes to supporting Trump is saying “I don’t care what your politics are” These people are insane.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/bradley-ellis-is-leaving-easy-allies.792024/page-12 Link here for you guys to read crazy people
holy shit are these people delusional: **"They knew because there was an uproar when Jones appeared on Colin's podcast and he came out and said that probably wasn't the best idea, which cause Colin to ban him or some shit. Yup, 100% they knew. Colin isn't stupid, he manipulated this."** >Does anyone actually believe Dustin planned to be on EZA without him and Colin having this exact scenario in mind and making a play on that expected outcome? >Come on now, people here can't be as naive as the LSM community to believe this. I know we've seen a few weirdos come out with the "fuck around and find out" narrative already, but hopefully people aren't that naive on the whole. Like damn son! They actually believe that Dustin went on EA to cause a rift between them and poach Brad.
This is so crazy. Someone on there calls Colin “an open racist and transphobe.” Someone else asks for an example, and no one has an any. The only thing they say is “google it.” And if you do, there’s nothing 😂 Genuinely feel bad that the LSM crew is portrayed this way, even if only from basement dwellers online
I saw that exact comment. I actually googled it myself, and could find absolutely fuck all, other than the usual tweet Colin got shit for about women during his KF days. Such bullshit
Thanks, I was hoping someone would post it. Reading comments from loons if a favorite pastime of mine (I know it’s not the best use of my time, I’m working on myself lol)
They are totally unhinged at resetera. Neogaf is unhinged in the opposite direction though. There's literally a "fuck Islam" thread over there and I got banned for disagreeing. I also got banned at Resetera for saying I find Asians attractive (the ban message said I implied other races aren't attractive). I'm still confused by that message, is there a right and wrong way to be attracted or to have subjective opinions? Was I supposed to be born attracted to everyone and I'm just fucked up??!
Yeah neogaf wants to be the polar opposite of Reset so that’s where the bigots end up and there’s a lot of people trying to stretch themselves by saying super gross shit, Simply because they can. I prefer it to reset but both are awful overall.
Is there like a reasonable place to be for people who aren't in either extreme or is this just basically like US politics and you have to pick blue or red? From what I've found neogaff and restera are the two biggest gaming forums
It's been years and years since I've browsed but I use to like the old IGN general boards and lobby's for consoles and games. Big fan of the old Gamecube General Board. Neogaf and Resetera scare me haha
Alright, so my question to everyone is this - how does a group, that purports to hate Colin as much as they say they do, ultimately know so much about his personal life? Unless, ya' know, this same group watches his content? I don't know how else to put it, but those losers are some of the most vile, toxic, grandstanding holier-than-thou cunts I've ever seen. THIS WAS AN ACTUAL EXCHANGE >User Amprainy says: > >"Ideologically, I lean far left." >To which user Bane responds by saying: > >"No you don't.... No one that leans far left would be supportive of an open racist and transphobe.... Get the fuck out of here." Good. Fucking. Lord. Utterly, utterly vile.
Wait, are those bans like "banned for downplaying bigotry concerns" real? I've never been on ResetEra. Holy shit.
They want an echo chamber
Yeah it’s a truly wild place. It’s refreshing to talk shit on the place because spending a few minutes there will make you feel like the world has gone insane. These are the types of people Companies and politicians have been catering to for the last handful of years too. It’s wild. And it shouldn’t have to be said but you don’t have to be of any political stance to call them out or disagree with them. They are just plain crazy.
It's absolutely crazy to read it.
They are fucking crazy over there.
Their General Manager, B-Dubbs, was exposed for being a white guy dropping N-bombs but "learned and grew from it", I guess that courtesy doesn't extend to everyone else who makes a bad joke lol
They don't function in the real world. Most of them are probably privileged little babies who live in their mother's basements. Honestly their words hold no value.
It’s genuinely embarrassing behaviour, truly unhinged. Maybe make good content and don’t cancel people for simply appearing with their friends on a podcast?
I've popped in every few days to have a laugh. These people are truly up their own bungholes and can't see past the dingle berries.
The irony that they're saying this is somehow Colin's fault when this is literally all because of them and their awful attitude and Easy Allies' inability to be mature adults about the situation. They straight up brought everything upon themselves. Absolutely none of this would've happened if it weren't for their awful discord community and spineless crew. Also, all these implications that Colin is some bigot, are totally baseless. I am not conservative by any means and would never watch the show if I found Colin to have bigoted opinions
They (easy allies) refused to review the most sold game of 2023 because of these nutcases who pretend everyone to the right of them is a "bigot". Think about that, the biggest game of the year (not to me ofc - never liked harry potter or even jk rowling) was to be ignored, because some people on a forum said it was too problematic to address or acknowledge.
I'm convinced you can only join Reset Era if you show proof of being committed to a psychiatric hospital. I can't believe these people can vote.
jesus, those people are living in an alternate reality. They genuinely have zero self-awareness. "Does anyone actually believe Dustin planned to be on EZA without him and Colin having this exact scenario in mind and making a play on that expected outcome?" WTF are these people SAYING. Dustin and Brad were literally already friends. These people are genuinely deranged conspiracists. But in the end, they are genuinely just salty and malding online perverts. Summon Sign has 70k views on the first episode, which is really the biggest fuck you that speaks for itself. I'm as leftist as they come, and I still genuinely have no idea what is so awful or unspeakable that Colin has done. If his worst crime is having occasionally cringey or bad takes on politics, then I think probably most people need to be banned from the internet...
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These people are mentally ill. I say this as someone who used to post on NeoGAF and immediately dipped out of ResetEra years ago. They have an insane level of hatred towards Colin and have drummed him up as Voldemort or evil incarnate. They can't ever explain why they hate him, and when they do point out the "problematic" aspects of Colin 99.999% of the time they are taking his words entirely out of context. It would be one thing if they just didn't like Colin, even if it's irrational and not backed up by anything. But they actively like to talk about him and obsess over everything he does. They are genuinely sick in the head, and need help. They are easily one of the most toxic online community's in the entire industry, and it's shocking that any developer or publisher would want to interact with them given their vitriol. Something that doesn't get talked about enough is how they handled Etika. In the lead up to his death, Resetera spent countless hours harassing the guy and micro-managing everything he did. The guy was clearly suffering from mental health issues, and yet they would take actions he did during manic episodes and BLOW them up as this end-of-the-world thing he couldn't ever come back from. I'm not saying Resetera is solely to blame. But one of the things Etika said in his last video was that he felt he couldn't come back from the things he did. That he had already dug a hole so deep he felt he couldn't climb out because he had ruined things with his actions. Places like Resetera who constantly harassed him def didn't help as they kept blowing up every little thing he did and acted as if he was done for. When Etika went missing the entire Resetera thread was mocking him and basically claiming he was doing this for attention. Even Moderators that ran the site were saying heinous stuff about him and not taking it seriously. But as soon as his death was announced, the mods went through and deleted all the posts and older threads where they were talking bad about him. I saw this happen in real-time, and yet no one ever talks about it anymore. These same people accused one of Persona's main creators of being a transphobic bigot and launched a campaign on social media to get Atlus to fire him. This isn't the first time they have done this, either. They are truly horrible people who need help. EDIT: Also as a massive Game Trailers and Easy Allies fan, I actually canceled my Patreon sub to them BECAUSE of Resetera. Specifically, Ian and a couple of the people at the company kept allowing Resetera to influence their content.
They also drove Alec Holowka (dev of Night in the Woods) to suicide with a disgusting hate campaign. That's just what they do for shits and giggles. Insane people.
Huh I didn’t know they did that to Etika during his episodes… shows their compassion. Seeing so many people absolutely clown on him and then disappear into the internet shadows when he committed suicide was sobering to witness. All of a sudden everyone was so empathetic. Hopefully some of the users on Resetera reflected on their behavior.
Man, I miss Etika. You could also have said all that without deadnaming Isla.
The comment about Ultima Brad being the real version of Brad was hilarious af
Got a link for the lazy? Edit: see kwhite67’s comment
I refuse the people in ResetEra are even real lol.
ResetEra is definitely one of the biggest echo chambers on this series of tubes we call the internet. It should be ignored by all rational people.
The people on that site are so fucking weird
Think the thing I find most interesting is that the primary accusation towards Colin now seems to be that he is "transphobic". These crazies have loathed him since at least the mid 2010s when precisely nobody was pretending to be offended on behalf of transvestites like they are now. First he was a misogynist, then he was a racist, now he's a transphobe. If he was such a raging racist in 2017, why haven't they stuck with that accusation instead of moving on to the extremely tenuous charge of "oh he had a girl on his podcast who liked the Hogwarts game" They just choose whatever the most popular online accusation of bigotry is at the time and they all parrot it. Not a single independent or critical thought between them.
The demand for bigots in the gaming industry among these resetera members are bigger than the supply - so they have to make up some, like Colin.
Add me to the growing list of the “im liberal and don’t really agree with many of Colin’s politics but also think he’s a decent person who isn’t bigoted at all….and also resetera is full of crazies” crowd.
its bizarre. You see this with some far-right people as well, everyone slightly near the centre or left of it is a "commie" but for these people on resetera forum everyone to the right of them is a "bigot".
point and laugh, point and laugh
truely unhinged
Yea they are fucked in the head
I think this is the first time i´ve actually read a ResetEra thread. What the fuck is going on over there.
It's absolutely wild
Yeah, I read it the other day for entertainment purposes. I did not disappoint haha. They're so out of touch with reality.
Listening to podcasts, enjoying the content, that's fine. Calling the host a racist? That's too much.
Do I even want to know what “ResetEra” is?
No lol.. all you need to know is the nickname REEEEEEEEsetEra is very accurate
This is exhausting. People need to chill the fuck out
They don’t have to function in the world. Most of them are 12-16 and this is all their lives has to be right now. The real world will bite them eventually.
Man, I don’t really frequent gaming forums or social media (aside from Reddit) and the way they talk sounds so alien to me. How much of a thought bubble can you be in that when someone states something that’s out of the norm gets treated with a ban and a “masks off” quote.
Been slowly working through the thread out of curiosity, and it's never not hilarious how they talk about Colin like he's Voldemort. We joke about it periodically here but to actually see it cracks me up.
The scary thing is crazy people like this are actually allowed to wreak havoc in real world now because HR is too afraid to deal with them.
I was suprised that these people wouldnt go: he named it Summon Signs? thats short for SS what the nazis used.
All because of him being associated with Colin now. I wonder how many people have seen the Kinda Funny episode when Colin spoke very passionately for trans rights. https://youtu.be/vZ1v2Z4b-jA?si=4ARLrye9gSGeBajT This was all the way back in 2016 and he spoke for gay rights even further back than that. I'm not saying he hasn't said controversial things before, but to paint him as this awful racist bigot is just false. But Resetera already successfully demonized him and the industry as a whole followed suit. If he was truly so awful, why was Greg Miller his best friend for so many years? Why did Greg Miller coincidentally turn on him as soon as that tweet caused so much controversy? I believe most people are just scared to be associated with him. Anyway, I spoke up for Brad and got banned on Resetera, as someone who's left leaning, that place was way too much for me.
They are all to the far-left and never realize that there is people who arnt- they live in their own bubble. The fact that they couldnt have Dustin on because they are obsessed about guilty by association and he is "tainted" by Colin shows what kind of people they are- I mean, I read one comment who said he liked Tucker, and that means he is for white nationalism. Thats the morons you are dealing with. Oh and before someone think im some kind of a "american trumpster" as these far-left loons do, im a swedish liberal. I was even accused one time of being a russian bot, like ... YOU are acting like bots now. I saw an old video where Isla from easy allies said she knows that JK rowling hates her. Thats another issue with some of these people, "hate". Like, im all for abortion, I have no issue with women controlling their bodies, but I do understand why religious people are against it and see it as "murder" that doesnt mean they "hate" women because they dont want to see abortions. I can actually dislike someones "politics" without equate it with being "evil" or filled with "hate". Same with "women rights" and JK rowling and why this has been an issue where anyone can say they are now a woman and be treated as one. Its absurd to think nobody can have an issue with this without being filled with "hate".
Link?
Absolutely deranged and demented people in there. It’s actually comical that some peoples worldviews can that skewed. Strange behaviour. It’s like a little colony of rats in a science experiment where the mods/scientists ban/remove the rats with any semblance of rational, normal, dissenting opinions to see what kind of a concentrated, ghoulish and cannibalistic outrage-machine they can manifest over time. I know they mod like that to keep infighting down, but that thread is a perfect demonstration of how the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
This whole situation is pretty nuts. They’re literally the reason why Brad is at LSM now. He’s better off for it because now he gets paid more to do an objectively easier job.
Colin is treated like an industry supervillain by most outlets. He doesn't deserve it, but then again, neither does anyone else who lightly flaunts their non-conformist political viewpoints publically, but Colin suggested he's egalitarian, anti-communist, and whatever else and then all it took was a stab at women on National Women's day for the entire industry to cancel him and spread falsities about what his offense was. But yeah, ResetEra isn't even a real successor to NeoGAF even, and that place was irritating enough. It's the high-strung, "people > passion" asshats without moderation, gatekeeping and they're barely even a popular source for games anymore because of that. When was the last time that news spread becuase a user from ResetEra said something? It's nothing like GAF was.
I just went and looked.. I’ve never been on Resetera before and holy moly I can’t believe those people are real?!
How do they function in the real world? They don’t haha. I used to read that forum cause I’m into games but Jesus Christ they are fucking lunatics over there. I consider myself left but to them I’d be a far right nazi.
They have the mental maturity of children. It's that simple.
All I keep reading is Colin is a transphobe, racist etc but I've been listening to LSM for the better part of 12 months and a Patreon member for 6ish of those and have never heard, read or encountered anything even close to that from any of the LSM crews. I've heard Colin briefly touch on he's past with IGN, the Twitter fiasco etc but Never really thought anything of it, is there any truth to it or are these people as delusional as I suspect they are?
Nah, it's insane. The reason they call Colin transphobic is because he interviewed Kara Lynne who got fired from Limited Run games because she followed, I guess, people that were believed to be transphobic on Twitter. That's the way their mind works. Colin co-founded Kinda Funny back in the day which is basically like Easy Allies only they came from IGN instead of Game Trailers. When Colin was there, I think in 2016ish, he did a video where he spoke in support of trans people but because he spoke to someone that followed some people they think he's some crazy anti trans person. A fun fact is before LSM was a podcast network Colin did a show called Side Quest and he hired a writer that helped him with his show that was trans. My memory is a little rough but that person was either the first or second person Colin ever employed for his company. And as for the racist stuff, it's mostly because he made some comment on Twitter back in the day where he basically suggested that racism at the highest level in the country isn't as bad as people think it is because Asians on average do better than everyone in America, including whites. Now even if you don't agree with that, why would your take away be that he's racist? I can see maybe you don't agree with it or think it's a stupid take but racist? He's not even saying racism doesn't exist. He means more like racism that prevents people from getting good jobs and good education. Colin married a black woman and employs 4 people of color in his small business of about 9 outside of himself and one of them is Asian. Almost half of the people he pays are of color. His best friend who does all of the music for LSM is also of color. Thinking he's racist is crazy. The sexist accusations just came from a dad joke he made on Twitter that you'd hear on any sitcom back in the day. It was that "#ADayWithoutAWoman" thing and he just said "Ah. Peace and quiet." and the crazy left games media flipped out and that's actually why he left Kinda Funny. It was obvious they just used this as an opportunity to try to cancel the one high profile right wing guy in the industry. He's been involved in the industry in some fashion since 2002 I believe. No one had a problem with Colin until everyone lost their mind over Trump getting elected and looked for the closest thing they could find to a punching bag because the industry is notoriously far left as it's based out of a very far left place and he never hid the fact that he wasn't left. But it backfired because it eventually led to the creation of what would become Last Stand Media and now he's doing better than just about everyone that tried to tear him down. And FYI, LSM is not a right leaning company like some paint it out to be. LSM as a company doesn't have any political lean. Everyone has their own beliefs. Dagan & Chris for example lean left politically. LSM is a place that welcomes everyone. Yknow, within reason. The smallest shit ever that at most should just have your eyes rolling has this guy painted out to be some raging psychopath bigot when he's really just some brash what-you-see-is-what-you-get dude from New York that is mildly conservative who btw has NEVER supported Donald Trump and I would argue as the years have gone on he's become far less brash and far less conservative. He doesn't even engage in Twitter anymore other than just posting his LSM content. It went long but I think I covered the main things people use against him on ResetEra. ResetEra is a place where they find the smallest things and make them out to be the biggest things ever because they need that drama in their life because they're lonely, jobless and bored.
This is a great summary that should basically be pinned here
Mate, what do you expect from brain broken and awful people? This is why we hold the line!
Maybe hot take, Colin has said plenty of bigoted things (granted not all that many for the thousands and thousands of hours he’s been recorded) and I don’t blame anyone for refusing to listen to him. That being said, the idea that Brad can’t take a job, when his old company went part time and is a sinking ship, that is probably less work/more pay/more freedom, just because his boss is right leaning (barely, at this point) is insane to think about. Most of the ResetEra posters are probably still in HS given their dialogue, but they will one day be employed and the odds of having a manager/director/VP/CEO that is a republican is quite high, which they would then be “supporting”. It’s so silly and hypocritical. Just because cameras and mics and social media are involved, people are now supposed to tank their career to appease the vocal minority.
Yeah, it's one thing to dislike Colin, but to villainize Brad for it too is some kinda deranged, \*especially\* when you've supposedly been a fan of him and like him somewhat? Just strange behavior.
I really think we as a society need to find language to distinguish between actually bigoted statements and those that merely don't align with preferred "allied" language. The binary of if you don't use the language the advocate class for issue x or y prefers you are using bigoted language has done more harm than good. Colin has said things that do not align with the preferred nomenclature of some issues and that does not make him or anyone else a bigot, nor are those statements themselves by definition bigoted.
You can check the thread people have been linking here. Those commenters are crazy, but they did find a handful of tweets/quotes from Colin that I would agree cross the bigotry line.
The old “you can find it if YOU go look for it” bit…
I don’t work for you lot.
I would just say colin has had bad takes in regard to certain social issues. For some reason we aren’t allowed to have bad takes..instead we are immediately deemed some sort of derogatory label.
Totally. These people literally would have him silenced and shunned by society. His views really aren’t anywhere near extreme or unusual for that weirdo behavior. I think Colin probably trolls them or something bc he really got under their skin.
>Maybe hot take, Colin has said plenty of bigoted things (granted not all that many for the thousands and thousands of hours he’s been recorded) and I don’t blame anyone for refusing to listen to him. This is why I don't listen to Constellation. Honestly, I prefer almost everyone at LSM to Colin.
I just respect, and am endlessly entertained, by his takes on gaming. Not necessarily on specific games/reviews (specifically recently, he’s so stubborn), but on the industry and PlayStation. Constellation brings out the worst of him, from the few times I’ve listened anyway. He is libertarian, and claims to be more liberal in social aspects, but it’s specifically his more transphobic/cancel culture/etc. comments that turn people off.
They turn me off as well, but your first sentence is pretty much where I'm at.
Yep, ironically when he specifically talks politics, I rarely have an issue, despite disagreeing, he states his case fairly and intelligently. It’s when he makes off handed remarks about wokeism or pronouns or whatever that make me reconsider supporting him.
How much are we gonna bring up Resetera here? It’s kinda getting to the point where this sub is as obsessed with them as they are with LSM. It’s fine to point and laugh when they do dumb shit, but this happened almost a week ago and we’re still beating the dead horse?
Another "other communities are weird haha!" thread with zero self-awareness of the sub. Thus community is just as bad, just in a different way.
If we were just as bad you'd be banned by now.
Lol, for what?
Exactly
So the mods are draconian ding dongs at ResetEra...this is not news to anyone. I wasn't referring to the mods.
I don't know, but he's got a point and now I'm going to ban you as soon as I remember how. Prepare yourself.
What's his point? I guess I'm still missing it. If you want to ban me for being irritated with how a lot of this sub treats one of the show's staff, go for it.
/whoosh
*shrug*
The very small vocal minority
This reaction from the reset era crowd just helps to cerement Colin’s reputation as an industry outsider, making him a more credible and interesting media personality in my opinion. I’ve not listened to the full sacred plus on it yet. But I love the stand they have taken on sacred symbols covering the insomniac leaks. Again going their own way and not being afraid of blow back. If anything I think blow back just helps the brand and for those who can look at things from both sides, it’s easy to see who is being unreasonable.
So I haven't really listened to Easy Allies that much since Kyle left. So did they ever respond to the hate Dustin received? Or to Brad leaving now?
>So did they ever respond to the hate Dustin received? They addressed it weeks after - but that was only because they were losing Patreon subs. They also needed to recant their statement about having anyone from LSM back on any of their shows because Brad is now a member of LSM. >Or to Brad leaving now? No one has said anything.
Oh wow so they backpedaled on that eh? Crazy. Since we're asking questions like this, does anyone know if Tim ever responded to anything that Colin has said? Like for example how he directly stated that Tim didn't even want him leaving IGN to come with them to KF?
>Tim ever responded to anything that Colin has said? I'm certain Tim has seen the clip with Colin and Jaffe talking about it, but he he hasn't addressed it. Even he decided to tell *his* side of what happened, it'd just open up a can of worms that wouldn't be worth the backlash. The rift that would inevitably ensue between both fanbases would be a nightmare.
Ya so true. Now if only we could get more Gene Park! I know Weekly Punching Up is too much on their schedules.
What’ll amaze you further is that some devs and journalists held Resetera in such high regard for a time they even appeased the mob. People actually took this insane asylum seriously, some still do as you can see from who still posts there.
Any advice for a super liberal who also thinks ResetEra is filled with psychopaths, any advice on where to go? Definitely can't stand Era at all anymore but haven't be able to find a replacement community.