Hey community!
As some of you might have noticed, our community has been a bit wild this month...
The Game Awards loomed on the horizon, and many were hoping that Bethesda would show TES VI or at least share new information about the game.
The thrilling anticipation led to a massive increase in activity. We had (many) more visitors, more posts, more comments - more everything. Fortunately, the increased activity never got to a point where our (small) moderation team felt like we could not handle it.
It quickly became clear that many of you enjoyed the thrill and excitement surrounding the Game Awards show. As such we decided to be a bit more lenient with the post we allowed in the days up to the show.
Still, not everyone enjoyed how chaotic the subreddit had become. I made a comment yesterday promising that we would rein in the chaos a bit after the show.
To that end there are a few points I want to cover. But first and foremost:
Sadly, the Game Awards 2025 show did not include any TES VI news.
I'm sorry, 2025 Release Believers.
At the start of December a mysterious statue showed up to tease an unknown game. Several theories were presented - one of them being that it was teasing TES VI, meaning that something was coming during the Game Awards show.
As it turned out, the statue (now named “Hellstone”) was teasing Divinity, a new game made by Larian.
It is totally unrelated to the Elder Scrolls franchise. As such we ask that the statue spam stops now. Future posts with images of the statue, etc. will be removed as unrelated content (rule 3).
We recently introduced a meme/shitpost flair to make sure that every goofy meme post about TES VI and the Game Awards was not reported for misinformation, etc. We will continue to embrace memes, but we also want to make it clear that all posts must still be related to TES VI.
Yesterday I removed a meme where someone had photoshopped Todd Howard’s face onto the body of a rather busty woman. I know that such images might make the wait a little more bearable, but they are hardly relevant to TES VI.
For TES/Bethesda memes unrelated to TES VI, head over to r/TrueSTL. And remember: This is first and foremost a subreddit for discussing theories, speculation, etc. This is not a shitposting sub.
We will also do a better job at removing other posts that have nothing to do with TES VI. There are other subreddits where you can discuss the new Divinity game or the Game Awards overall.
Many are understandably bummed about the lack of news and that is perfectly okay. You are allowed to share your frustrations and disappointment, but please keep our “no doomposting” rule in mind. The community should continue to be a place where people can talk about their hopes and dreams for the game, not a sea of endless negativity that make people want to leave the sub.
Additionally, posts and comments that wish harm on Bethesda or their employees will not be allowed. A few such posts have already been removed. Adding the meme flair to a post where you say that you want to bomb Bethesda HQ does not make it okay. This is something that could get our subreddit in serious trouble with Reddit.
I know the wait is long but let us stay positive for the sake of keeping our community healthy.
Thanks for reading this rather lengthy post. If there is anything else, feel free to reach out through Modmail.
