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angrypoolman said:
the-pi-guy said:

A lot of forums have political boards, or even just general boards where political discussions happen. I just looked at a handful, and PC Gamer is the only one I saw that didn't have an obvious place for politics to go - and frankly that forum looks very dead.  

I'm not sure that VGC has gotten more political, I think that there's just a lot less game conversation to match it.  

Era is like 30x worse than we are when it comes to politics.

i do not remember vgc being anywhere near this political back in, say, 2009. but you very well may be correct that it could just be there was way more gaming focused discussion that drowned out those topics. even still, its hard for me to believe there was this much political discourse going on back then.

A couple reasons.

First of all, for various reasons this site has had a significant decline in users and activity compared to 2009 so the political discussions stand out more.

Second, the US has become more divided since 2009 and Trump is an incredibly polarizing figure who creates a ton of controversy and controversy creates discussion.



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Chrkeller said:

I already spend more time at Reset. It is nice being to go to a videogame forum without the top threads being anti American nonsense.

Surely not Reset as in Resetera? That is far, far more left wing and politically toxic than VGChartz, and strongly anti-American.



curl-6 said:

Surely not Reset as in Resetera? That is far, far more left wing and politically toxic than VGChartz, and strongly anti-American.

I think he meant VGChartz is nice without the top threads being anti-american and that he's seen more than enough just at ERA lol.



BasilZero said:
curl-6 said:

Surely not Reset as in Resetera? That is far, far more left wing and politically toxic than VGChartz, and strongly anti-American.

I think he meant VGChartz is nice without the top threads being anti-american and that he's seen more than enough just at ERA lol.

Oh, then I read it completely wrong haha.



angrypoolman said:
Chrkeller said:

I already spend more time at Reset. It is nice being to go to a videogame forum without the top threads being anti American nonsense.

vgc has definitely become a lot more political than in years past. personally, id like to see less of that featured on the front page, but it seems to be what gets people going around here (more than any other topic).

I think it's less about VGC becoming more political and more about how the world has been rapidly spinning the drain due to the resurgence of regressive, conservative policies that threaten to peel back layers of rights we've fought for over the past few decades, all matched with the nonsense wars and economical issues with international partners. 

The world is just more exposed to politics now. 

It doesn't help that the US has a goddamn clown in office. 



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Runa216 said:
angrypoolman said:

vgc has definitely become a lot more political than in years past. personally, id like to see less of that featured on the front page, but it seems to be what gets people going around here (more than any other topic).

I think it's less about VGC becoming more political and more about how the world has been rapidly spinning the drain due to the resurgence of regressive, conservative policies that threaten to peel back layers of rights we've fought for over the past few decades, all matched with the nonsense wars and economical issues with international partners. 

The world is just more exposed to politics now. 

It doesn't help that the US has a goddamn clown in office. 

Just give it a year and dt may have to leave by then. If the press is already starting to show articles worried about his mental ability then it won't take forever for trump to decide to vacate. 



curl-6 said:
BasilZero said:

I think he meant VGChartz is nice without the top threads being anti-american and that he's seen more than enough just at ERA lol.

Oh, then I read it completely wrong haha.

No, you read it right.  Politics and games are separated when I go to reset.  Where is the top two threads here include anti America daily hits.  



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Chrkeller said:
curl-6 said:

Oh, then I read it completely wrong haha.

No, you read it right.  Politics and games are separated when I go to reset.  Where is the top two threads here include anti America daily hits.  

Reset as in Resetera? The same Resetera where you're not even allowed mention Hogwarts Legacy or Cyberpunk 2077 cos the creators have said things that don't conform to far left ideology? Where they're celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder?

Or is there some other place called Reset?



Chrkeller said:
curl-6 said:

Oh, then I read it completely wrong haha.

No, you read it right.  Politics and games are separated when I go to reset.  Where is the top two threads here include anti America daily hits.  

Then hide it if you don't like it, Lol. Then your VGChartz front-page would be exactly the same as you entering ResetEra.

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curl-6 said:
Chrkeller said:

No, you read it right.  Politics and games are separated when I go to reset.  Where is the top two threads here include anti America daily hits.  

Reset as in Resetera? The same Resetera where you're not even allowed mention Hogwarts Legacy or Cyberpunk 2077 cos the creators have said things that don't conform to far left ideology? Where they're celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder?

Or is there some other place called Reset?

Same was true here for hogwarts.  



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