Yes, it's weird but that's my opinion. I've been on and off on MC threads since GAF, usually just commenting on a performance or asking questions as I'm no industry insider. But speaking from someone outside the inner circle of regulars, there are certainly times when the thread is too comfortable with its inner jokes and takes that looks hostile to anyone not familiar with the thread, and that IMO drives away new people who are coming to ask around without much knowledge of how the Japanese gaming industry works. Ever since Nirolak left, I feel this thread never have any new knowledgeable people who are willing to explain things calmly even when those things fell outside the general consensus of the thread. The ones who stayed are either people who can put up with such hostility (with varying degrees of knowledge and how to express it) or straight up gimmicky trolls who had no interest in such discussion in the first place.
People like
Ishaan (love your Zelda history btw) has met with such hostilty a few pages back that I'm amazed he's still around. Even
cvxfreak who was only dropping to say "hey this is nth-hand info translated from Japanese we should be careful using it" was attacked and mocked, one of those by Chris of all people. At this point in time in this thread (I won't say always), the quality of discussion is mucked by poor choice of words and inside jokes that clamping down a bit harder seems to be the only solution, at least on this time.
