The energy was amazing.

And TheDonald is having a field day.

Trump and the crew enter. Trump brought the whole team out, pretty much; Elon, RFK, Tulsi, Vivek, Kid Rock, Don Jr., and more.

Trump handed the belt after the fight (winner not shown in pic, spoiler free.)

Trump and RFK on the plane pre-fight.

Packed elevator. That's the Rumble CEO.

Two great ring-side pics: One, and two.

Winner did the YMCA dance. And someone else called for justice for P'Nut the squirrel.

MAHA...tomorrow.

CNN surprisingly almost getting it. I expected much more extreme TDS, honestly.

Also, Reddit and other lefty circles absolutely cannot deal. But what else is new?

I know UFC is more conservative by definition, on average but, still, the energy feels significant, and I think we are seeing (some) cultural shift.

Oh, and the fights themselves were interesting, too, I suppose. Heh.

But seriously, last round of both title fights were pretty extreme.

Last round of Oliveira v Chandler was nuts. And in the Jones v Miocic fight it's pretty wild watching heavyweights take and dish out hits. Those dudes are just built different.

Anyway, who else watched? What did you think of the Trump-related phenomenon? What did you think of the fights themselves?

And anyone who hasn't seen and plans to, be careful of spoilers in comments here and on TD, of course. Cheers.

Yes, yes, meta posts are gay, I know.

I do think it's important to hold mods accountable, though, remain aware of what is going on, and also to remind people that mod logs are, in fact, public.

Fuckery #1, #2, and #3:

Dom banned u/btbw for 256 days for "conniving merchants and cultists that manipulate all sides behind the scenes" in the context of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Without comment or explanation directly to the person he was banning. He banned him because someone else responded with "Cool it with antisemitic remarks" (which I've seen reported repeatedly, someone really doesn't like that meme), and said the parent comment did break the rules.

Now, that parent could have also been reported, but it is funny that Dom has said he can't hunt down parent comments before, here:

When I click on your comment from my feed, I only see your comment, not it's parent.

Now, here's where it gets really fucky. He unbanned btbw, admitting his mistake...then immediately bans him again for...no reason.

You know what, fair enough. I'll restore the comment...approved a comment by btbw...unbanned btbw...banned btbw - 128 days with reason: Previous ban rescinded. Ban reduced to 128 days.

Excuse me, but what the fuck? He was previously not banned, obviously, since he could comment. His only offending comment was found to not be rule-breaking. His ban was rescinded. Then he was banned again (also with no direct communication), with the reason apparently being that he was unbanned? What's this "ban reduced" nonsense?

This is like being arrested for resisting arrest.

Fuckeries #4-8:

Dom claims to always leave comments when he removes comments, with why it broke the rules. He removed the following four comments with no explanation:

https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199hNv1Ent/x/c/4ZGS2oYQNoe/

https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199OdDkqgy/x/c/4ZFCcbXztx3/

https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199Ohxq6ar/x/c/4ZGRjlEQg2S/

https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199OdKaan6/x/c/4ZGRjpqZAQy/

I don't even think any of that is explicitly rule-breaking, and it was removed without comment. Looks like Dom got up on the wrong side of the bed again.

Chat is disabled for this live stream.

KEK.

I don't know if there are any meltdowns, but here's the unlisted video.

I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. Haven't run the numbers, but I know it's up there. Most of my clients are very progressive. So tomorrow I'll be interacting with people who have Harris signs in their yard. I can't wait. I'll keep my cool, and just nod and look neutral and act professional, but I expect at least some level of seething.

I survived four years of Biden/Harris, I deserve this.

Last week I did a music thread.

This time I thought it was time for a gaming thread. What's everyone playing?

I've been playing Dungeon Deathball, a fun little indie roguelike sports/puzzle/tactics game. That in turn makes me want to get back into Blood Bowl 2. Also played a little bit of Slay the Spire, recently.

In wake of the "rap sucks" thread, I thought it would be fun for people to share music they like, of any genre.

What's good, people?

It brings me no pleasure to have to make yet another thread on this well known issue of Dom being a massive faggot, but it's worth drawing attention to that the "bad takes machine" thread was deleted for "bullying."

Reminder: Mods logs are public. Warning: Also extremely gay, due to high concentration of mod activity.

Reminder #2: Unscored is a thing. Here's an archive of the thread in question.

There was some mockery but A) He's not a user, B) I'm not sure I'd say it was bullying and, most importantly, C) There is no rule against "making posts about other users," which is what that thread was banned for. Retarded faggotry. Low level, by Dom's standards, but retarded faggotry nonetheless.

THREE: Do not threaten, harass, or bully users; and do not encourage others to do so on or off-line; nor make per se defamatory states at users.

NOT A USER, HE NOPED OUT. NOT BULLYING. AND NO RULE AGAINST MAKING POSTS ANYWAY.

Super gay.

Not too much to report; No major news since last time, but wanted to talk a bit about the social media accounts of some of the big players. As well as a few other things like the status of the "war" and where I think it's headed.

The dangerhaired Community Manager, Nat privated she/they's account.

The #wokot Project Manager, Remi privated his account, after defending the vile Discord mod, Xananax (ironically, as always, they're more focused on that he said "nigger," than that he called complainers subhuman scum who should basically kill themselves and have no place in Our Society); Remi seems to be buddies with both Xananax and Nat.

Disappointingly, the project creator, Juan, privated his account as well. This came after an initial take that approached sanity, but was then marred by woke nonsense and justification of bans. He also spouted off on an alternate platform, blaming Trump supporters and weebs among others, which I'll get to in a bit. Just like Nat, and the Godot Engine account, he's mocking people after blocking or privating. Cowards, all of them.

So, yeah. A lot of people weren't paying attention, and thought it stopped at a rogue Community Manager. That was never the case. She always had the full backing (and friendship) of a bunch of the people actually coding the engine, and owning and/or running things.

To recap, since the blow up, the project creator, the project manager, and the community manager have all privated their accounts, each after roundly mocking anyone who dared call them out. I wish it wasn't, as I do like the engine, but this is rotten all the way down.

Now, here's what the creator, Juan, had to say on Mastadon (because of course), also, emphasis mine:

Will chill from Twitter/X until after the US elections. Almost all the hate Godot got over the weekend was pretty much people who had not a clue what a game engine is, what Godot is, or what a FOSS / community made project is. Most of the ones who did were the usual haters.
Checking profile of haters, majority pro-trump people with weird religious symbology, or people with avatars/obsession for anime little girls.
Sometimes I feel I am too innocent for this world.

Blames the hate on Trump supporters, and say that the "haters" they don't like games or engines, essentially. All but calls others pedophiles. I assume "weird religious symbology" is probably the Christian cross. Also, calling Platinum level backers (100 pounds a month) people who don't know what an engine is, is pretty crass.

I'm so tired of these assholes. At least this guy actually made something, to his credit, but there's so many others who haven't, who want to say anyone complaining isn't a "real gamer," or isn't into game development, or isn't a member of the "actual community." They're scum, for all their cries of "inclusivity." No one on the "Godot fucked up" side of things is calling for gays and trannies to be banned from interacting with the platform. Ironically, we've got no problem with that, and think Godot actually is for everyone. The "Godot is for everyone" crowd, meanwhile, will openly say they want us all banned, and worse.

It's all, to use the term they love, gaslighting. They're our enemies, they'll say as much openly, but then also say that us noticing that they're our enemies is fragility and insanity, and that we're not really interested in the communities or hobbies they actively infiltrate and subvert.

Now, as to where I think the "war" is headed...basically, it's still too early. This kicked off right around the end of the month, I believe, so some donations were already dropping off. Others dropped support, but it didn't seem to be that many, although at least one was a big one. There was an influx of support over the outrage, too, and some people have claimed they gained donations...I still say let it shake out, we'll see what it's like at the end of this month. But it could be the case, that there's currently no big difference. This passed by a lot of people. It seems like a flash in the pan, although that can sometimes build to more. I do think this damaged their reputation - it certainly did in my eyes - and that can very well hurt down the line. I will say, I do wish there had been a bigger rally around this, not going to lie. Their behavior was very vile, but the outrage is admittedly pretty niche. Again, it could echo down the line though.

As to the forks...I have yet to see any proof of competence, or anything beyond outrage forking. I'm not saying that will remain the case, and I'll still be watching Redot with interest, but they seem to be moving fairly slowly so far. I do hope they get off the ground, as competition is good in general, even if Godot hadn't shit the bed. I'm rooting for a competent Godot fork, hopefully even one that is more than just a clone, and actually adds features Godot doesn't have.

Honest assessment...so far, it's neutral. Which is a win for them, since they fired the first shots. Do I think they'll get away with their behavior largely unscathed? Again, too soon to tell, but it's certainly possible. There is often a fair bit of lag time though, so we'll see. I do hope this drives competition though.

Steam's Deadlock just "officially announced" and "released"...in alpha...CLOSED alpha. You need an invite.

There are currently 55k people playing, with a peak of 64k. Heck, Deadlock had 30k before it was even announced.

Concord still (on Steam) hasn't cracked seven...hundred. Didn't even crack five hundred today, and is currently under three hundred on Steam.

Out of sick curiosity, I just did another comparison. CoD: Black Ops 3 (from 2015) still has 6k+ people playing at the moment, with a daily high of almost 10k. A game from 2015 has more than 20x the players, and 18x the daily peak.

And this is all despite ad campaigns plastering Concord banners everywhere. I don't recall ever seeing a launch quite this bad. I don't even know how they did it.

BLOCK PEDOJEET IMAGES:

brave://settings/shields/filters (or search for how it works in your browser of choice)

Then add the sites he likes to use. Use wildcards (*) to catch everything.

You'll still see his posts, so you can downvote and report, but you won't see the images or sites load. You'll still probably see the thumbnail, for whatever reason, but it's still a massive improvement; you can open up the thread without being bombarded with gore.

His most recent iteration has used the following sites so far:

*.gorecenter.*
*.findagrave.*
*.incels.*

Just add those to the filter and, as mentioned, any images or text from the link will be blocked. Report, downvote, wait a day to a week for our mod to get off his ass and quit doing whatever degenerate shit he (allegedly) is busy with.

Stupid we have to do this, but still a massive improvement.

Have a good day.

Not sure if this is good or bad yet (depends on implementation), but I noticed the pedojeet's most recent account was globally banned. Never seen that before.

Dom wasn't around, he didn't do it, but those posts, and that account, are banned sitewide. An example: "Globally suspended."

If that's consistent, and not abused, that's huge. We wouldn't need more mods after all, and we wouldn't need to rely on Dom not being am utter retard, or anything.

It took a few hours, but considering it seems to be a new process, if it's consistent and improving, this issue may solve itself. I'll take hours over weeks and, if it improves, all the better.

EDIT: WOW, FOUR FUCKING MINUTE BAN. Let's fucking go, lads. Check this shit. He tried to post in this very thread, and was immediately nuked. And it was definitely him, he was talking about watching shit 'dubbed in Tamil.' Oh man, I'm hyped. This might actually be it. He can't post here any more. That's one problem potentially down, let's go!

It seems they've been going ham, and things that were up yesterday, and critical of their bizarre satanism, are being taken down.

Here's one. The video was this.

Another. Don't remember what this one was.

Even Elon had something pulled.

Massive censorship.

So not only did they massively pervert the Olympics, but they're being extremely censorious over clips calling them out.