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Do any of you guys even post on the gaming section? I only see a few of you over there. We need you guys.

Do you guys post in the gaming section?

  • Yes

    Votes: 521 67.8%

  • No

    Votes: 247 32.2%
  • Total voters
    768
AnansiThePersona

AnansiThePersona

Started a revolution but the mic was unplugged
Member
Oct 27, 2017
15,682
Why do people act like the Gaming Section posters aren't the exact same people who post in Off Topic? Y'all are the same and wanna pretend you aren't. It's not like there's some kind of great wall separating the two boards. People just like pretending they're better than another group for no real reason. Then site anecdotal evidence to condemn an entire group of people.

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lt519

lt519

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,064
Just like Etcetera the good discourse and communities are in the Hangouts section.
 
Drowner

Drowner

Banned
May 20, 2019
608
I read gaming more but I don't post much b/c other people are more knowledgeable than me so I just chime in when I've some opinions on a game I've played or some excitement about an announcement
 
Temp_User

Temp_User

Member
Oct 30, 2017
4,691
Yes. For the most part i just lurk. Although the more i game in real life like in today's shelter in place environment, the less compelled i am to post on gaming topics.
 
Drowner

Drowner

Banned
May 20, 2019
608
AnansiThePersona said:
Why do people act like the Gaming Section posters aren't the exact same people who post in Off Topic? Y'all are the same and wanna pretend you aren't. It's not like there's some kind of great wall separating the two boards. People just like pretending they're better than another group for no real reason. Then site anecdotal evidence to condemn an entire group of people.

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you're welcome; it was insightful when's part 2
 
carlsojo

carlsojo

Member
Oct 28, 2017
33,751
San Francisco
Some of y'all calling Gaming side a shit show is pretty rich lol

I post mostly on EtcEra for TV and movie stuff but sometimes I can't help but dip into poli threads.
 
Aranjah

Aranjah

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,185
I post about the same amount on both sides of the board, but I'm not one of the particularly prolific posters that anybody recognizes or pays attention to.
 
Davidion

Davidion

Charitable King
Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,058
It's a great source of information, and I very much appreciate the fact that it's there as gaming news and reference when I want to buy things. But honestly once you realize how worthless the console wars are, you also realize that there's no value in 95%+ of the personal arguments.

People arguing about pixels and IP wars and assholes who stream; lots of drama that hasn't been consequential to actually playing games in years.
 
sgtnosboss

sgtnosboss

Member
Nov 9, 2017
4,786
I came here for gaming and still game frequently, but as I've gotten older my hobbies and free time have changed. When I used to game a few hours, I now need to do yard work, cook, cut trees, whatever else. I am lucky if we do a few hours a week of gaming. A lot of times I just want to veg out to tv after work because it's easier lol. I do post there sometimes though.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
7,072
Mirage said:
I have more posts on the gaming side but I think it's mostly for game OTs.
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Game OTs are where it's at, and the majority of my posting as well. The dedicated communities I engage with are incredible, and the reason I migrated from GAF. Souls community, Metroid community, Survival horror and indies, mods mods mods mods mods and emulation, I can't get that anywhere else.
 
Lobster Roll

Lobster Roll

signature-less, now and forever
Member
Sep 24, 2019
34,297
I mostly post on the gaming side, but shit gets extremely real over here, to the point where there's not an ounce of good news sometimes. And that's not a bad thing, because there's a lot of turmoil and bullshit in our world right now and it all deserves discussion ... but that's why I prefer to pop in from time to time rather than spending too much time on this side.

And then Weekend Era happens and it's bananas ... lol
 
Chaos-Theory

Chaos-Theory

Member
Dec 6, 2018
2,397
AnansiThePersona said:
Why do people act like the Gaming Section posters aren't the exact same people who post in Off Topic? Y'all are the same and wanna pretend you aren't. It's not like there's some kind of great wall separating the two boards. People just like pretending they're better than another group for no real reason. Then site anecdotal evidence to condemn an entire group of people.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
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Because the people are different in my experience. You have to remember that Era was created because of the fallout of OT at GAF.

OT and Gaming Section on GAF were politically different - with OT leaning liberal, and Gaming Section leaning conservative.

I would bet it's the same here.
 
Noodle

Noodle

Banned
Aug 22, 2018
3,427
Off-topic covers literally everything else in the world except games. Of course there's going to be more to talk about here.
 
curiouscharles

curiouscharles

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,956
i've been clicking "ignore thread" a lot on gaming side lately.

we're a pretty mature forum, as far as forums go [and especially gaming forums] - hence why i'm here.

still lots of blind fanboy-ism though which depresses me.

i only feel safe really engaging in sections where bias is at its lowest, and that's etc side.
 
MazeHaze

MazeHaze

Member
Nov 1, 2017
8,573
At least in OT I don't have to constantly hear about how Sony is changing videogames forever with the SSD.
 
julia crawford

julia crawford

Took the red AND the blue pills
Member
Oct 27, 2017
35,131
AnansiThePersona said:
Why do people act like the Gaming Section posters aren't the exact same people who post in Off Topic? Y'all are the same and wanna pretend you aren't. It's not like there's some kind of great wall separating the two boards. People just like pretending they're better than another group for no real reason. Then site anecdotal evidence to condemn an entire group of people.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
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They have demonstrably different cultures and things that would be immediately called out in off topic take way too long to be so much as noticed in gaming.
 
PanSexual_Peacock

PanSexual_Peacock

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,694
afternoon delight said:
Funny enough, I'm in the reverse. I'm much more interested in discovering romhacks nowadays than reading people argue about politics they won't change or whatever Disney is selling, I don't read comic books, watch sports, or like Star Wars or scatological discussions. Also, talking about politics online is so futile I can only laugh at the absurdity, you people drive yourselves craaaaaazy talking about the same shit over and over and over and over and over
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We'll, I don't engage in political discussions either. I'm mostly into movie and music discussions. That's where you'll usually find me.
 
True Underdog

True Underdog

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
744
Seattle, WA
Like a lot of folks, I went to the old site for gaming and stayed for the off-topic section. After we transitioned to here, it was easy to just stick in off-topic.

I like reading the gaming side; I just don't post there often.
 
WedgeX

WedgeX

Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,167
Occasionally but only for the games I play - which while I put a fair amount of time into them (...well, pre-COVID) are few in number.
 
Courage

Courage

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,978
NYC
As much as I think gaming side gets a lot more flak than it deserves, now's the worst time to be posting there with new consoles coming out and the fanboys out in full force.
 
Michael F. Assbender

Michael F. Assbender

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
3,323
I peek in there sometimes and see some of the console warring that goes on, and it turns me right off.

I deal with enough factions that have meaningful consequences in day-to-day life. I don't need to watch people pretend that video games are important shit. It's bad enough we have Phone Warz on this side.

What's worse is I used to partake in that shit back in the PS3/360 days.🤦🏻‍♂️
 
Seirith

Seirith

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,309
I do but only about 10% of the time according to my post areas. My husband on the other hand posts in the gaming section most of the time.

For the most part I like to play games but don't really have much to post about them.
 
Epitome

Epitome

Member
Oct 27, 2017
199
I don't post a lot on either, but I definitely spend more time these days perusing this board. Promotional media/discussion/hype for games just does little to nothing for me as I get older. The only thread I really follow closely is the one regarding rumors of a new Silent Hill.
 
Vanillalite

Vanillalite

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,709
I feel like there is a 10+ age difference between the two forums.

Like take this thread for example about 3 games for a year. I'm not a 19 year old stuck in a basement with 3 games for a year. I'm the parent in this scenario.

I say this cause it's more than just the big things. It's the little differences in threads that I notice.
 
Verelios

Verelios

Member
Oct 26, 2017
14,876
I enjoy community threads more than general. I'll just peek into gaming side but won't usually post.
 
sven

sven

Member
Oct 31, 2017
2,544
I don't really go to the gaming side anymore because I'm not much of a gamer. Pretty much the only game I play is Call of Duty and I ran out of thing to say about it on a message board a decade ago.
 
Extra Sauce

Extra Sauce

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,907
gaming died when Squared applied a vaseline smear filter on the gorgeous backgrounds of PS1 Final Fantasies
 
psynergyadept

psynergyadept

Member
Oct 26, 2017
15,571
Just going by the raw numbers there's slightly more activity on the gaming side; also I recognize many users posting on both the gaming and off-topic discussions
 
ErichWK

ErichWK

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,532
Sandy Eggo
I'm 34.. most video games are super boring and dull. The only AAA game I've enjoyed playing alone has been FFVII Remake and the Resident Evil Remakes. Every other new AAA game is...just the same shit. I like small short indie games i can play on my switch on planes..but i just don't get excited about gaming news anymore. My young soul is gone. I'm a crotchety old man now.
 
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