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Really, what we need to do is just drill into everyone's skulls . It would solve most of the problems people keep bringing up.
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FadedReality posted:The example I'd point to was the ill fated gamesjournalism.txt thread. It went on for a while as most .txt threads do, poking fun at examples of awful or self important game journalism blowhards and people discussing what makes for good writing about games and what doesn't. Then one showed up to defend the e-honor of his colleagues which led quickly from slapfight to crazy poo poo and all the way down to enormous walls of text about how good/bad Anita Sarkeesian was. Which rightfully got the thread locked. Which IIRC was the only moderation in the only thread that was devoted solely to discussing and dressing down the amateur rear end games journalism field. I just need to point out that this thread was ruined by SA superstar Bob "bobservo" Mackey whose claim to fame is fellating Jeremy Parish for about a decade. testtubebaby fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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zenintrude posted:I just need to point out that this thread was ruined by SA superstar Bob "bobservo" Mackey who's claim to fame is fellating Jeremy Parish for about a decade. Noted. Very interesting. I'll file that under "who gives a poo poo" along with every other piece of trivia about a Games poster. Like you guys talking about how people posting in those social justice threads or w/e "don't have qualifications" and poo poo are loving crazy weirdos, how can you possibly have the time and the space in your brain to care about the personal identities and histories of individual posters? And those same social justice people keep trying to doxx the FYAD people and trolls in the Gamers.txt in weird and embarrassing ways and like. Gross.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 03:33 |
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OG Necromancer posted:Really, what we need to do is just drill into everyone's skulls . It would solve most of the problems people keep bringing up. It's gonna take some time given how people were scared shitless about posting a thread with less than a novel's worth of content in the OP or making a reply that might have gone against one of the billions of unwritten Posting Rules
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 03:35 |
Zombies' Downfall posted:Noted. Very interesting. I'll file that under "who gives a poo poo" along with every other piece of trivia about a Games poster. Some people sperg about video games. Others sperg about early 20th century dishwashers. And some sperg about the SomethingAwful internet comedy forums, because sometimes you just don't get to pick the weird poo poo your brain thinks is cool and interesting.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 03:56 |
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Kewpuh posted:I mean I'm fine with just leaving that up to whoever posted the original thread unless they completely disappeared in which case it's fine for someone else to make a new one. I don't want to be too overbearing and jump into a thread at a certain page number regardless of what conversation might be happening and go "SORRY PAGE 175 MOVE ON FUCKERS" *pounds close thread button and laughs while people scramble to make a new thread* Yeah going with this I am generally fine with megathreads and the direction Games is going in general, but some OLD megathreads that haven't seen a update in years probably need a restart. Final Fantasy megathread for example hasn't seen the OP edit it in two years and there been several titles and re-releases since that are not even in mentioned. Which in the same case, wonder if some older threads with a ton of posts need a restart like the "I Killed Lord British" thread which is from 2007.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:09 |
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BinaryDoubts posted:id advocate for bringing back bans for not using the shift key since half the posts in the godawful Dota thread are people shitposting like this. also just posting 'lol' and a quote. that said i dont think the Dota thread can be saved but man I wish shitposting was more harshly moderated. LOL
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:13 |
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For real, anyone getting their rear end in a top hat in a knot about the dota thread kinda sucks. It's bad but it could be a whole hell of a lot worse, just check out neogaf.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:16 |
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mobas and the dorks who play them are awful so who gives a poo poo
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:36 |
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virtualboyCOLOR posted:mobas and the dorks who play them are awful so who gives a poo poo You got that right
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:37 |
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Rirse posted:Yeah going with this I am generally fine with megathreads and the direction Games is going in general, but some OLD megathreads that haven't seen a update in years probably need a restart. Final Fantasy megathread for example hasn't seen the OP edit it in two years and there been several titles and re-releases since that are not even in mentioned. The griefing and awful mod threads are better for their longevity. Both threads should be seen as collections of short, self-contained stories wherein the OP acts as a jumping off point. Restarting the threads would do nothing but erase hundreds of pages of goofy poo poo unless the original threads get goldmined for some reason and that probably won't happen.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:39 |
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Propaganda Hour posted:The griefing and awful mod threads are better for their longevity. Both threads should be seen as collections of short, self-contained stories wherein the OP acts as a jumping off point. Restarting the threads would do nothing but erase hundreds of pages of goofy poo poo unless the original threads get goldmined for some reason and that probably won't happen. Yeah the old thread should probably get gold mine if it does get restarted. While it not a thread that you need to read all the posts, I was trying to do that a while back and it sucked so many pictures that were lost since they used Waffleimage or some other picture host. But yeah I can see what you mean that it not as necessary to restart it to say the Final Fantasy megathread.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 04:42 |
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Crummelhorn posted:You got that right Idk I think Moba's are pretty alright, but I only play league so I don't have a good amount of experience.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 05:07 |
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tayloryeow posted:Idk I think Moba's are pretty alright, but I only play league so I don't have a good amount of experience. Its not so much that the games themselves are bad but the fact that they transform people into living goatse.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 05:20 |
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I've heard about dota and I've been thinking of picking it up. I've been following the pro's streams and it seems way more complicated, but more fun than lol
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 05:24 |
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OG Necromancer posted:Really, what we need to do is just drill into everyone's skulls . It would solve most of the problems people keep bringing up. Pretty much. This thread is getting ridiculous. Kewpuhsays everything is going pretty well and now everyone wants Games to get another drastic change so we can discuss fuckin video game journalism. You kiddin me?
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 06:05 |
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Games Journalism much like the Xbox One is dead and buried in a pit of stale doritos and discarded mountain dew cans.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 06:13 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:Games Journalism much like the Xbox One is dead and buried in a pit of stale doritos and discarded mountain dew cans. Xbox One changed Gaming the same way Polygon changed Games Journalism.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 06:17 |
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Ghostlight posted:If it's boring uninteresting news don't post it, even with an opinion. Only post the news you find interesting because you will naturally have an opinion on it, and that will naturally start a discussion. You don't need rules for that, only common sense!
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 06:56 |
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Shadow Puppet Of posted:Xbox One changed Gaming the same way Polygon changed Games Journalism.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 08:28 |
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I used to really enjoy the Xbox One Fun Making thread, but it seems more dedicated to talking about virgins now, which seems off-topic. There has been some pretty fun stuff in there, but mostly now consists of "Well you'll never have sex, haha". While accurate, it's a bit low effort.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 10:52 |
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Shadow Puppet Of posted:Every post in a thread has a date and a revision date attached to it. Why burden everyone else when there are existing tools to help you know how "fresh" a topic is? OPs are not wikis. The thing is that people don't read the OP because they automatically assume it is outdated. The GW2 thread has been remade twice or so since the subforum closed down, people ask with clockwork regularity 'I haven't played since X, what's new?' and get the same responses by six different people. When an meaningful update can spawn several hundred posts of mostly ignorable content, you're almost always better off asking goons in-game for answers and actual results. Taking a break from the game for a few months (like people do) puts them thousands of posts behind so it's not surprising they take the easiest option. To my mind, MMOs and MOBAs would benefit from being remade often since people are more likely to effort post about balance and updates tend to be game-changing. The latter where GW2 is the exception.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 11:27 |
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OG Necromancer posted:Its not so much that the games themselves are bad but the fact that they transform people into living goatse. I play dota and that is a very apt description well done.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 13:43 |
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It would be nice if every thread didn't have a dadjoke in the title. Just My Two Cents
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 17:40 |
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Dad gay? Why wait? Snap into a slim jim. E: This place is perfect now. Don't let rosie o'donald colored glasses make you think any different.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 17:49 |
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Hog Inspector posted:It would be nice if every thread didn't have a dadjoke in the title. Just My Two Cents There is nothing better than a good dad joke. Keep them in.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 17:57 |
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Dad jokes best jokes, imo.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:01 |
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Hog Inspector posted:It would be nice if every thread didn't have a dadjoke in the title. Just My Two Cents At least the game name is first so it's easy to scan through. Lets Play's titles are awful.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:03 |
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elf help book posted:At least the game name is first so it's easy to scan through. Lets Play's titles are awful. Actually that would be a good rule, make sure your title has the game name first, the LP forum can be really hard to read sometimes, which is fine, I mean, you don't use the LP forum for reference, but the general games forum should probably keep titles easily readable so people don't have trouble figuring out what does and doesn't have a thread.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:18 |
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OwlFancier posted:Actually that would be a good rule, make sure your title has the game name first, the LP forum can be really hard to read sometimes, which is fine, I mean, you don't use the LP forum for reference, but the general games forum should probably keep titles easily readable so people don't have trouble figuring out what does and doesn't have a thread. Instead of a rule, why don't you just go into a thread where someone did it wrong and call them an idiot?
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:21 |
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^^^ Also a reasonable solution. OwlFancier posted:Actually that would be a good rule, make sure your title has the game name first, the LP forum can be really hard to read sometimes, which is fine, I mean, you don't use the LP forum for reference, but the general games forum should probably keep titles easily readable so people don't have trouble figuring out what does and doesn't have a thread. Game name first is good imo, as long as the thread is about a specific game.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:27 |
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As long as we keep the dad jokes, I'm okay with anything. Kewpuh, could you convince Lowtax to spend some avatar money or something on full time dad-joke writers? TIA.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:39 |
This might might earn me a ban or probation but gently caress it. gently caress all of you, there's petty, and then there's this poo poo, you are all children, my own fault for associating with you pieces of poo poo. Since you seem to be sweet on me central, gently caress you, I have no idea what your deal is with me. As for the avatar buyer, congrats, you won, this is what you wanted right? Make me rage in the forums? Well here you go, enjoy your prize you worthless piece of poo poo, even then I don't wish horrible things on you, just pity that's you would take this far, and for what? Because I find creepy images, creepy? Because I can point flaws in the game you all love so much? Because I think your stupid jokes are old and tired? For that? Really? And you know what its not even about the avatar, I'm always trying to find a spot to fit in, I thought I found that here, silly me, its for reminding me of what I don't have anymore, about how the one person who truly made me feel like I belonged is loving dead, that's what's this all bullshit reminds me off, I wish it was as simple as a stupid avatar, you wouldn't be the first, but probably the last. I'll be 30 in a month and its like I never left highschool whenever I use the net, but mostly when I get involved with goons, exceptions of course, Kazoo, Ashley, Goshawk, all wonderful people, a few I didn't mention. So gently caress it, congrats, really congrats, you pushed me over the edge. Enjoy friends, quote and laugh, enjoy my ban. And no worries, I have 0 intention of escalating this in any capacity, this and what I said guild chat are the long and short of it. Hope you all have a swell day, I truly do.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:40 |
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Kewpuh posted:This might might earn me a ban or probation but gently caress it. That's not a dad joke, Kewpuh.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:42 |
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Av purchase? What?
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:45 |
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Kewpuh posted:This might might earn me a ban or probation but gently caress it. quote your sources idiot
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:54 |
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What on earth was that about?
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:56 |
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That's beautiful, Kewpuh.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 19:01 |
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Malek posted:Av purchase? What? OwlFancier posted:What on earth was that about? Beautiful thing happened in the mmo hmo
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 19:18 |
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Kewpuh posted:This might might earn me a ban or probation but gently caress it. That's a good day for SA, I'd say. Hooray.
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