I've noticed a pattern

[unfnknblvbl]

Oh, I fully understand.

[pilonv1]

As much as I can't stand the guy, I actually don't want him banned. I just wish he was capable of being concise and/or relevant on the odd occasion.

Agreed, I don't remember when exactly he went off the rails but he used to post normal stuff occasionally.

[BOOMY]

Hey cunts, I'm still here. Been a lazy fuck with crazy house moving and job changes getting in the way. I haven't "left". Just lazy. I'll pop in more.

Also all I play is SF and FIFA these days anyway. No pubg (also mostly due to lazyness). Oh and the new RE2 remake is something worth drawing me away from my usuals.


As for Crackhed, I am genuinely curious wtf is up with him. And that being said, I dont think "giving him too much rope" has led to anyone leaving or anything. We are more of an old netscape war vets club than a forum. Naturally that doesn't lead to much growth.

[unfnknblvbl]

Welcome back!

I, for one, have felt extremely reluctant to post after GameHED does. Even having him on ignore doesn't help.

[Madmya]

I reckon it's a bit of both. The dwindling amount of posts made GameHED's rants less tolerable.

[t0mby]

Is it my imagination or do the forums feel a bit more livelier since GH is on a break?

[unfnknblvbl]

I was thinking that too, although it's probably everybody's posts are a lot more visible without his constant spamming.

Having said that, I certainly feel a lot more comfortable posting now.

[Peppermint Lounge]

I was browsing the forum on my phone yesterday while not logged in ie: with gamehed visible. What a mess.

[lestat]

Cleaned up some of that mess pep, the forum was so cluttered with nonsense I think it was causing people to miss meaningful posts and just outright scare people away. Things are definitely a lot better.

[Peppermint Lounge]

Nice one. It was the movie thread I was in yesterday. Thanks for your efforts.

[unfnknblvbl]

will he be back?

[t0mby]

Hope not.

[Ambrose Burnside]

Hope not.

[unfnknblvbl]

Well, as much as I don't miss him or want him banned, I must admit I was about to lose my shit at him. Literally the only thing keeping me from doing so was the concern that he has a mental illness and might go top himself as a result of somebody explicitly blaming him for all the site's woes

[t0mby]

I wonder where he's posting now? Or is he focusing more going on runs and selfies.

[lestat]

No one knows, because to my knowledge, no one has ever played with him online or has had any other contact with him outside this forum.

Funny for someone to be so attached this community, he did everything in his power to avoid connecting with community members.

[ObSoLeTe]

im also back, but the reason why i didnt visit was i could never log in, id just log in and then was taken back to the log in screen again and that was about the last 4 years maybe more, but i decided to give it another go just the other week and low and behold i managed to stay logged in

[flipswitch]

Has anyone been automatically subscribed to threads? I have been getting email notifications on some threads saying there’s a new post. It’s weird. I unsubscribe then it happens again on another thread.

For the record I never subscribe to threads.



Edit: I think this is a Tapatalk issue.

[Peppermint Lounge]

I’ve inadvertently hit the subscribe button in threads resulting in emails. Haven’t noticed it malfunctioning for me.

[lestat]

The tapatalk plugin is a bit out of date, I'm wasn't aware people still use it, I'll try and upgrade it as soon as I can.

[flipswitch]

I use the app though, but it’s fine now.

[GameHED]

Well, as much as I don't miss him or want him banned, I must admit I was about to lose my shit at him. Literally the only thing keeping me from doing so was the concern that he has a mental illness and might go top himself as a result of somebody explicitly blaming him for all the site's woes

Come on man don't be a bitch and cry. The reason I don't play online has nothing to do with me being antisocial. I just prefer single player gaming. I don't like GAAS (games as a service) and Lestat and the mods have a big problem with me not interacting with others online.

Dudes, your forum, your rules (even though the FAQ doesn't list being unavailable to play online as a reason to be banned) but please don't get butthurt just because I'm not playing games online.

We are living in a time where SJW will dox people for having the wrong opinions and even harass video game directors if they do not fall in line with the social order.

eg

As truth seeker we feel more comfortable to challenge the ideas of the SJW and feminists and not fight them on the physical level but to make the public think and reason for themselves to fight the SJW logically and not attack them as people.
The key to beating communists is to not be central group of people.
You see the communists (who do not believe in freedom of individual thought due to being collectivists) are smart enough to kno that any offensive idea that will result in a resistance, will necessitate the need to hijack that resistance ahead of time by forming the resistance themselves. That way anyone that is in direct opposition to the collectivists will be herded into the resistance (which they control from the top) and led to the slaughter and ambushed like the dudes in the Predator movies where they are tricked into traps the Predator baited them into.

So try not to understand me. Just accept that there are many people who go to boards who read content but have no interest in knowing the actual identities of the people behind the ideas and just enjoy information.
Others feel that it's a safe space. (they will play games to escape and relax but do not want to commit to it as a regular social event. If they get invited to be somewhere at a certain time and place and can't make it, they don't want to disapoint so they would rather not commit to it)

I always wondered why games like Fallout 76 failed despite people wanting multiplayer in their bethesda games and it dawned on me that people see videogames as a sport to play like pool or bowling. Nope. To me it's like an interactive comic book or movie so I have little interest in the esport portion of a game. One reason I was disapointed when Call of Duty games got rid of the campaign.

Anyway now that I'm back I can finally post stuff about flat earth suppression conspiracy and how the game industry is doomed thanks to affirmative action and diversity hires by the feminists who are slowly policing males spaces.
IT's the reason all the star wars movies suck but you guy never want to admit we prophets of doom were correct. IE when big publishers are taken over by the bad guys the entertainment value falls causing collapse of the industry. (Anthem is shit and full of repetition but Candy Arse pimped this game hard in the nintendo thread thinking we would care that its an EA exclusive while ignoring that Warframe which is a better game, is on the switch! What an asshole. It shows that senior members of the forum are full of themselves because they desire an echo chamber of people who just regurgitate their opinions back to them rather than be challenged lol Don't hate me just because I tell the truth. Use truth to learn from your mistakes and improve.

We need to tell the big publishers we won't take shit games like Anthem and just automatically hype it just because it's big budget title. Punishment of bad games is healing them and correcting them of bad behavior so that they can raise their level to a CDPR in terms of street cred with hardcore game community. When I say something is shit it's usually for a good reason: IE maybe it looks cool in theme but it lacks content or doesn't capture the essence of what makes the experience fun.

Hiding truth does not mean you win. Would you rather a GaaS game like Anthem or full blown Borderlands sequel on Switch with cartoon graphics but rich in content like games of the past and lots of great story to go with the loot-shooter action? Be honest. You are rape victms that think the game industry is going to be ok if you censor everything that isn't sucking up to the big publishers. Loot shooter genre was better in the past man.
When you look at porn do you guys play with others or yourself? Exactly my fucking point. The reason is because you can immerse yourself into the lore. That is why I prefer these games. A lot of people think if you play older games that there is something wrong with this but they don't get it: not every new game raises the bar but sometimes it lowers it instead so that is why we are getting conditioned to accept crappy games that are dumbed-down over time.

When people point out the flaws it offends them (eg when I talked about how witcher 3 had laggy movement) as if the criticism is aimed at the entire package and not just the flaws. It can make the post seem like the poster hates the flawed game but in reality its just observations. No need to get emotional and butthurt about it. One of the weaknesses of the board is sometime people will hype up a game so much that the developers get lazy and see no reason to impress anymore because you are hyped up and so they do a lousy job because you preordered the game months ago so there is no incentive to push themselves beyond their limits. Then upon release you got 60 gig patches, bugs, only half of the content is completed etc. So more money is spent buying reviewers and paying for influence more than using the money on the game itself to pay the workers or making the content thicker, more polished, upping quality. You can measure quality of a game objectively by how long you spend on it. I figure because I offend the GaaS fanboys, I am a target. If given a choice between playing Federation Force game that is a destiny clone and a Metroid Prime style game I will always go for the immersive shit. You can't force people to like your esports and Pay to win shit even if that is what helps keep these developers paid. You got to nut up and be brutal with honesty because it will make them all tougher and leaner and faster. Not fat, lazy and unmotivated. (admit it the only game to really look forward to is CyberPunk not the next sequel to an already-established franchise which will be full of hidden lootbox nonsense to raise the price of gaming while ruining the game design. Single player titles give you more of what you liked in the past, at least the quality ones with traditional game design principles where hard work = better reward to force you to get good, and where shortcuts punish you with crap reward that encourages you to respect high skill)

One other reason to avoid online is lone wolf game types focus on internal validation where efficiency is important. In a group the members who don't play seriously bring the experience down. This is a topic I have been studying from a psychology in gaming podcast recently that covers the issue. (where frustration related to other people screwing up can cause aggression)
I want to relax (relying on things I can control: like myself) not stress when playing a game. You can learn more about this here
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pog/2015/0 ... e-quitting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One of the reasons for pay to win to have to exist is the profit it gains the greedy publishing giants, but also to appease the less skilled people. So if a game is online only and is designed around having to be liked by everyone of every skill level then it feels watered down due to the need to make it appealing to all so they (players who are lazy and don't want to improve) don't get angry. But anger can be a good thing and helps to motivate people so that is why I like hard games (anger that is in your control by you not sucking at it) just not anger due to other players not putting effort into something and dragging the fun down which is out of your control. Online games allow people to ruin your experience. Run into a dungeon not be cautious and getting killed due to careless people pushing you to hurry the fuck up is not as fun as walking into a dungeon slowly observing the area and having control over what is happening because it is just you and the game. IF the other player = a factor in your enjoyment of an experience it increases chances of not having fun. It's like the difference between one on one sports like Tennis (its all about your performance) vs team sports (where many other factors are involved ie you might have shit coach or players are not trying hard so you lose and have to accept shit overall result because of things out of your own control)
IF you like online gaming more power to you. But the problem is stories often suck in these and so people feel they are getting ripped off when they play a game like Anthem vs say Borderlands. Both looter-shooters but one is properly designed to entertain. (the art of giving a shit about how players feel is lost to these newer generation of game devs who replaced the original visionaries who started the series) Some games are just good at wasting your time with repetition so if yours is like this then I would rather spend it not doing the same thing over and over again unless it is genuinely fun at the core to make me happy enough. (eg all the dynasty warriors games are repetitious but they are addictive)

[unfnknblvbl]

How has it been a month already?

[flipswitch]

Feb had 28 days

[Ambrose Burnside]

Fuck