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Daniel Hudson | huds601 @huds601.co.uk · 2h

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 3h

Better. Much better.

RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 14h

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.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

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...

retroachievements.org

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RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 14h

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.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

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...

retroachievements.org

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 18h

As someone who lived through that era (and only *just* graduated before the increased fees went into effect, phew!) you're all good lol.

Thankfully I haven't really heard much of him since that statement lmao

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GameMistresss @gamemistress.bsky.social · 1d

DLC? Back then we had this

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 1d

Funny personal story about this. For much of my child life I lived in Beijing, China. I played the Sonic Genesis games back then, but they were bootleg cartridges, including Sonic & Knuckles, which was like any standard cart. When I moved to the UK, and was shown the real S&K cart, my mind was BLOWN

GameMistresss @gamemistress.bsky.social · 1d

DLC? Back then we had this

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 2d

For the 2nd time ever, I have done a Resident Evil Hexology! These are the three originals of 1-3, and their respective remakes, back to back! With the Game Changes removed, I have a new PB of 05:52:20! Some caveats with this though which makes it more "unofficial" (1/2)

Screenshot of livesplit showing a run of Resident Evil Hexology, with a time of 6.07:11.9

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 2d

I died on final Lisa in RE1R, but loaded a safety save near the boss.
In RE2R, I used the infinite knife for a small part of Birkin 3, but no other time.
In RE3R, I picked up the extra hip pouches at the start.

Overall though, very happy with this! :D

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 2d

For the 2nd time ever, I have done a Resident Evil Hexology! These are the three originals of 1-3, and their respective remakes, back to back! With the Game Changes removed, I have a new PB of 05:52:20! Some caveats with this though which makes it more "unofficial" (1/2)

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Team Fastest Furs @fastestfurs.com · 2d

It is officially the week of Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025! Things kick off Thursday at 10 AM Eastern US time as we raise money for @translifeline.org for the 6th year in a row!

Event Schedule: fastestfurs.com/schedule

Watch Here: twitch.tv/fastestfurs

Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025 Schedule – Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025

Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025 Schedule of Fastest Furs Fall Fest 2025

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It Jaye @ohheyitjaye.bsky.social · 3d

/1 So, now that I have taken the time to overview what I and others have been observing, taking into account the past couple of days, and gathering info, I can give a short story on what happened with @retroachievements.org:

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 3d

100%

I've always made it clear that while I do have guidelines, mainly so it's clear what unacceptable as a whole, but if anyone even *dares* to boundary test me, I will see it, and they will go in the bin.

It might prove unpopular, but the community I have so far has been wonderful due to this.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 3d

A particularly insidious but common pitfall of community moderation is an understandable but wrong insistence on running things via strict adherence to a set of guidelines. This never actually works in practice because you end up with a bunch of bad faith actors constantly testing boundaries.

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 3d

It's the @fastestfurs.com Community Weekend! I'm taking part and attempting a Resident Evil Hexology, the 3 OGs and the 3 Remakes back to back!

Come join the fun, and if you like, donate to TransLifeline!

https://www.twitch.tv/yoshichief

https://www.youtube.com/YoshiChief

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 4d

I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 4d

Your art is really nice and the words of encouragement you post on occasion has honestly helped whenever I have a down period. Continue being your awesome self :)

YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 4d

Well this is certainly somewhat blowing up in terms of likes! I have no soundcloud, I do have a Twitch though :) Same name as here. Speedrunning, randomizers, shufflers and weird challenges galore!

YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 5d

Here's something to pass on to the admin team.

Good start, but this momentum shouldn't let up. Start by unbanning all the folks who spoke up against the game existing on the site. Also consider the "all sides" rhetoric, you really don't want to be centrist here.

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 4d

Good stuff, can you confirm if this is the case @go1den.com?

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 5d

Hmmmmmmmm I see what you're doing there with "more clarity" RA....

First image is the original, 2nd is the bottom part of the edited post. Note how the "all sides" part was removed...

Screenshot of the original version of the Retroachievements apology post.

Updated version of the apology post that was edited for "more clarity".

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 5d

RetroAchievements users caused a collective uproar that got site admins to remove a bigoted rom hack in the time since Jay posted this. It hasn't even been 10 hours.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 5d

Here's something to pass on to the admin team.

Good start, but this momentum shouldn't let up. Start by unbanning all the folks who spoke up against the game existing on the site. Also consider the "all sides" rhetoric, you really don't want to be centrist here.

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Brossentia/Digby @ BLFC @brossentia.bsky.social · 5d

Good. This is the right move, @retroachievements.org. Now unban everyone you banned who spoke up against you, and find some way to show that you truly are against white supremacy - donating to a charity would show where your heart is.

Taylor Lyndis @mirby.bsky.social · 5d

speaking of

yeah they aren't supporting clover anymore.
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

An Apology to Our Community

Dear RetroAchievements community, Today, we have made an announcement regarding a policy clarification on our User Code of Conduct. This was met with serious concerns, and we fully acknowledge that we...

retroachievements.org

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Golden @go1den.com · 5d

Got banned from RetroAchievements for saying that supporting Nazi content is bad, in case you're curious about that site's stance on things

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 5d

And if anyone even remotely thinks about responding to this with "you're too sensitive" or "censorship" or any crap that amounts to "this was a bad decision", don't bother. Leave. Go away. We don't want you here. Go make a 4chan version of RA if you really want to. :)

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YoshiChief @yoshichief.bsky.social · 5d

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Fairly quick turnaround, an apology, and removal of the game in question. Good start, keep it up.

An Apology to Our Community

Dear RetroAchievements community, Today, we have made an announcement regarding a policy clarification on our User Code of Conduct. This was met with serious concerns, and we fully acknowledge that we...

retroachievements.org

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