Hogwarts Legacy was announced in 2020, and ever since has been dogged online by its association with J.K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books and creator of the Wizarding World setting, whose views on trans issues have been so controversial and widely reported-upon that Warner Bros. is desperate to make clear she has nothing to do with the game's creation. Now, a few weeks before its February 10 release, the de facto gaming forum Restera has completely banned discussion of the game.
"The mod team has decided to expand our prior ban on promotion for the Hogwarts game to include the game itself. There will be no OT and no discussion of this game". This may be unprecedented, but it's not wholly unexpected. ResetEra's stance has been deeply sceptical about the game since day one, and the forum's general atmosphere can be fairly described as left-leaning. 2021's ban on promotion was prompted by ResetEra members discovering that a producer on Hogwarts Legacy had a history of making anti-social justice videos.
Did it work for them?
been gaming since the 80's and on the internet since the 90's never heard of them.
Resetera plz ban all discussion of Activision games as well including the new Star Wars. Saudi Arabia is investing 400 million into the company and they have a terrible record on trans rights. Why don’t you care about them too?
B-DUBS, the manager of ResetEra, has a long history of transphobic, racist, misogynist posts.
They pulled the same shit with Cyberpunk for alleged 'transphobia' when the game has one of the best trans character of the videogame medium. That forum is pathetic.
Silencing people and removal of free speech,. How very dystopian
People are softer than melted ice cream these days.
Who cares!
Just goes to show how nutty koo koo society has become.
🤡🌎
Freedom of speech is only valid if the speech alignment is perfect with the narrative popularized on mass media.
What’s reset era
Imagine if the game was an enjoyable experience with minimal flaws. I sense game of the year?
Imagine claiming that the cesspool of societies most mentally ill rejects is popular. I'd rather hang out on the toxic GameSpot forums circa about 2006 when the console wars was in full swing because there was less retardation than REEEEEEEEEsetEra
Ffs the worlds turned into a joke. Its actually embarassing living in this current society
JK Rowling said nothing wrong. Anyone who thinks she did is just jumping on some weird women-hating mob rage and we all know it. Also I hope everyone who buys the game has a lot of fun!
A forum that not a single gamer I know has ever even heard of
I feel like preordering it more than once now.
I love that the comments are turned off on the article itself lol. The people that are 'boycotting' the game are the kind of people that more than likely don't game in the first place.
I honestly keep forgetting that this game exists until somebody reminds me by acting stupid about it like Restera or gamingcirclejerk. Still unlikely to buy it but there is a saying about no bad press that applies here I think
Pre ordered on steam 2 months ago. Who cares what people say. No one tells me what i can or cannot buy
I've never heard of that forum and guinuinly don't care. This game is going to be great. The sales will speak for itself. Get woke = go broke.
If you equate support of this game to transphobia, than you must equate the use of a modern smart phone to supporting the slave labor used to acquire the cobalt in the batteries. Otherwise you're a hypocrite.
A virtue was signalled.
Why are comments disabled on the article...
This some damn good marketing. I preordered both a copy for PC and consoles. I’m hyped AF.
This is the first time I hear of ResetEra
No wonder this is some neverheard site :D who the fuck cares what they do
No one cares about ResetEra other than the handful of internet activists that use it.
You'll find the URL in your dictionary under the entry 'most losers filled forum on the web'
why though?
ResetEra has always been a smelly den of attention starved clout addicts. 🤣 And sometimes devs hang out on there. 😬 Not a good look.
What a joke
Why did you cowards turn off comments on the article and delete the ones that were there?
Good.
You mean REEEEEEEEsetEra?
I've only ever heard of the site in passing due to how unhinged and obsessed with controlling personal opinions it happens to be. Would be interesting to learn how exactly these sites remain funded despite such counterproductive policies.
Censorship is good for you 🤡
Why hurt the development team who spent years making this game though? I’ve pre ordered 2 copies for myself and my daughter 🤷♂️
Fuck it, im getting the most expensive version. Keep the bullshit bitching and moaning out of video games
The woke society runs thats forum 😭 snowflakes
What’s a resetera?
Someone once said “there is no such thing as bad publicity” and this is gonna be a shining example. My bet: this game will rake in twice the money it would’ve done if people hadn’t made such a big deal trying to dictate it shouldn’t be brought. Ironic.
I’m ordering this game right now!✌️
I don't know who needs to hear it, but Rowling already has more money than any of us would earn in a hundred lifetimes. Boycotting Hogwarts Legacy isn't going to hurt her at all. If it's a hate-filled game then reject it, but otherwise support good games and good developers.
Who?
Harry Potter is for infants. This bunfight only confirms that view
J. K. Rowling is not transphobic. She just believes in biology. There. I said it.
It’s time to consider that you JUST MIGHT BE… the baddies.
God I want this game to come out and pass by so people can finally shut the fuck up about it. Bad publicity is only drawing more attention to it.
I don't even know what ResetEra is.😂
forum that bans any form of discussion
Who? I took a week off to make videos and stream this game. I respect everyone’s position but it’s Harry Potter and I have been waiting YEARS for a game like this. As well as don’t shame me for your moral stance. I respect your stance so respect others. That simple.
I love how people are upset about this game bc of some completely unrelated tweets by JKR and yet the creator of High on Life is apparently a sex criminal and everyone is still playing that game. Also, Jeremy Soule is like a rapist and we all happily sing the Skyrim theme.
Heh... I don't know how useful it is. They could have used discussion about the game to promote trans rights and trans-related associations: THAT would have been a slap in the face to terfs.
All I want to know is, why didn’t Harry Potter just drink liquid luck and then go kill Voldemort? Those books were dumb, but the game looks dope. And J. K. Rowling on her way to being a billionaire and could give two shits what anyone thinks of her.
Not the world largest forum wtf 😂
Resetera cannot be the worlds biggest form, for one, half its users are banned, secondly, they do not even play games. All they do is get mad at games all day.
Reset Era is a fucking joke of a website and so are you for deleting comments critical of it. Censorship is unacceptable in all its forms.
skill issue
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Clowns.
Bleh. I’m very left wing but I do not think Rowling is a bigot at all. And I think this sort of reaction is ridiculous.
Imagine being a gaming website and not being able to mention games because politics.
LOL
Makes sense of you know what resetera is. It's like being shocked a group of biased censors decidedly to biasedly censor something.
ResetEra? Biggest gaming forum? Huh? Never even heard of them. That being said, im preordering 10 copies to give away just to spite the woke mob.
It's clear they're hurting everyone except Rowling. The people who like Harry Potter, the developers and artists who worked hard to make this game. All to try to make a dent on revenue that she never needed because she's already rich enough to not be affected either way
I put in vacation to play this game. Idc if JK Rowling profits off of this. Go outside and touch some grass nerds
Fucking snowflakes 🤡
Never heard of it, stop making shit up.
This game has really brought out some of the most pathetic behavior Ive seen in years.
Not gonna play the game because it looks like ass but this is a bit harsh, even bad games deserve a place to discuss
I’m a progressive, and I bought 2 copies of this game… 🤷🏼♀️ For some reason some of the crazy people have and are unwilling to understand her actual stance. Some agree with her and don’t even realize it. Lol
typical fascist behavior, if I don't like something, I delete it or bank it (like PCGamer and his comments area)🤷♂️
Lol notice they have site article comments turned off on a story about another site not allowing comments. Why do people call for boycotting anything HP related because money but will say “separate the art from the artist” about Kanye’s antisemitism while still listening to him?
Don't care, gonna play it anyway.
This is where wokes lose some of the common folk with this nonsense.
'One of the worlds largest' I've never heard of ResetEra
Didn't ask NeoGaftard
The left will ban anything or anyone who doesn't walk their line. Ironic that they call the right fascists when by all definitions, the left is more fascist.
Never heard of it
Never been to ResetEra before, never will.
Premium virgin energy from a up and coming Reddit mod.
i think 98% of all gamers have never heard of them
Might as well stop it now so that place doesn't become any more insufferable than usual
Are rabid fans trying to circumvent this by calling it 'It-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named'?
When is gaming going to banned reset era
Resetera is a cesspool of people who will 100% make sure you agree with their agendas or else. Too bad people can’t make their own decisions about a fucking video game. 😂
Yep, their crusade is working fine, totally winning this one
Censorship is good when *we* do it!
What a nice place that forum is!