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RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 8h

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

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Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 8h

You should really try the 3d remakes for iii and I've, they're really good especially iv

Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 1d

yeah idk i should've known better

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 1d

ofc you'd be the meta knight player

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Brandino for Nintendo 3DS @brandino59.bsky.social · 1d

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HakethKOTB @hakethkotb.bsky.social · 3d

Okay so RetroAchievements:

Removed the Romhack
Removed the staff member pushing for it from Admin
Banned a bunch of the chuds trying to pile on
Removed some other stuff that shouldn't have been there
Reinstated and unblocked accounts that shouldn't have been

I think they're handling this right tbh

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 1d

What's the point of sending a support email with the text "think carefully and avoid acting in the heat of the moment"

like come on that is literally just a personal "you shouldn't of been so reactionary against us!" and so unnecessary. Just include the necessary info don't be like "haha dummy".

Daddy Fuzzbottom @daddyfuzzbottom.bsky.social · 2d

The same thing happened to me. I hit the cancel deletion request after they took down the nazi romhack, and a few hours later, the account was gone anyway.

When I emailed them about it, they said it wipes your password and that they didn't want to discuss it and aren't going to for a week.

Email from RetroAchievements saying
"When you request account deletion, your password is wiped, so think carefully and avoid acting in the heat of the moment.
Now is not the right time to engage in discussions, so this request is temporarily suspended.
Contact us in a week and we can proceed with the restoration"

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

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Mii Creator - Web-based Mii editor

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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SirToastyToes @sirtoastytoes.bsky.social · 2d

girls can just do this

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

I get you wanna do everything you can to defend them, but basically just this is what I have to say in response: bsky.app/profile/koba...

The situation as is doesn't really matter to most people. What matters is what happened/initial response. You're all gonna have to live with that.

Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Even if some users are still being too harsh in your eyes, RA still has only themselves to blame. A lot of people won't bother to look deeper into it because they're done with it, and that's something the site and the community has to bear as a result of their actions. No use throwing a fit about it

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Even if some users are still being too harsh in your eyes, RA still has only themselves to blame. A lot of people won't bother to look deeper into it because they're done with it, and that's something the site and the community has to bear as a result of their actions. No use throwing a fit about it

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

It's really hard for most people who aren't intimately involved with things to even see that changes ARE being made, they're not very front facing about it. Also saying you'll validate their choice to do so is so fake given the post I initially quoted. All of this reads as bs given ur thread so.

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Not only did it take multiple days, it was very difficult for anyone not intimately involved to even find out anything was happening.

Threads simply got locked, offending posts only said muted, not banned etc. Seems like the site didn't support proper ways of banning so we couldn't even tell.

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Saying everything was resolved after that one announcement is a gross misunderstanding of the situation and what continued to happen afterwards for a day or so. Also, people are allowed to decide they don't wanna use RA even after the resolution, as they lost their faith in the site and the mods.

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

reads like this frfr

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Streetpasses your scrimblo

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

I love this scrimblo (me)

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

run here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwQ...

World Record - Find Mii II Both Quests Speedrun 10:59 (First sub 11 minutes!)

YouTube video by Kobazco

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Just got Find Mii II Both Quests first ever sub 11 minute speedrun!

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

At least it looks better than three houses does, that game is such a victim of early Switch 1 game. Trying to play it on Switch 2 it scales up so poorly and looks even worse ):

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

omg same, tho I have done some shiny hunting recently :3

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 3d

Teriyaki Blues...

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 3d

Final list of AGDQ submissions. Didn't get time to record commentary for Kena but otherwise barely managed to get everything done.

Also yes that is 4 incentives for StreetPass Mii Plaza. Yes some poor soul will have to watch like 5 different StreetPass runs because of me.

Here's hoping!

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 3d

Switching to StreetPass, same link!

www.twitch.tv/kobazco

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