| Aquamarine said: I poured my heart and soul into NeoGAF for three years of my life....just to get dumped unceremoniously like a piece of worthless trash. And even when I got my friend and contact from The NPD Group to help them out because for whatever reason I'm no longer welcome at NeoGAF (I set up an account for him)....they just call him "an alt" and ban him after three months like he's a complete nobody.
It's not that there's anything wrong with this community....it's just a matter of me getting depressed and reticent about communities and forums after how I've been treated over there. |
The moderation system at GAF is frankly disgusting and very shady. Great community over there but the mod team seems determined to try it's damnedest to tear the community apart, is petty and immature when it comes to handling moderation, and if the moderation team doesn't like you then at the next smallest slip-up you're out.
However, the community is great and appreciate your work, both here and on GAF, but it seems at GAF that the line of communication hasn't been open, and most of them simply don't know what happened. Many of them only know of VGC from their inaccurate sales approximations and not from the sales forums here that have many great and insightful members (many of them from GAF as well). Many don't know about the situation regarding your ban, and get their information regurgitated from mods or posters on GAF, and many are afraid to speak out with the truth due to the draconian moderation system.
What happened with the mods at GAF was shitty and disgusting (as well as what they did with ZhugeEx) but the community hasn't changed and we still really appreciate your numbers as well as your personal musings. These discussions really would be stunted significantly without your input here, and you pull no punches either; no broad approximations or vague riddles, you just tell the info you can straight up.
I know it's a lot of work, but we do really appreciate it, and I hope you and your NPD contact continue to share with us. :)
