What other game forums do you visit?
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I frequent these boards and reddit. Some subreddits like PCGaming, and the other more specific subreddits per game.
If there was a legit alternative, I'd at least check it out.
There really isn't, at least for me. Forums are long in the tooth dinosaurs, adjusting their spectacles while squinting up at the sky, trying to figure out what the heck that thing hurtling towards the earth is.
There really isn't, at least for me. Forums are long in the tooth dinosaurs, adjusting their spectacles while squinting up at the sky, trying to figure out what the heck that thing hurtling towards the earth is.
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Used to go to system wars but that place is way too toxic.
I use gamefaqs every now and then to ask some questions but that's it.
I use gamefaqs every now and then to ask some questions but that's it.
Reddit and Gamefaqs. Their community is much larger so game discussion of new releases don't die after a month. Discord if it counts too.
There's another site, and it's much smaller. But since it's pretty small, it's a tight knit community where everyone is pretty chill and like family. Don't really want to name it on here tho.
There's another site, and it's much smaller. But since it's pretty small, it's a tight knit community where everyone is pretty chill and like family. Don't really want to name it on here tho.
Knockout (where facepunch forum users migrated to after Gary shut down the Facepunch studios forum, mainly for the TF2 community but I do view and post in some other stuff)
MetaCouncil (where some of PC Era has migrated to after the way moderation was handled here regarding PC topics, including the Epic Games Store)
MetaCouncil (where some of PC Era has migrated to after the way moderation was handled here regarding PC topics, including the Epic Games Store)
I spent too much time on Reddit, actually. The only reason why my post count is so low on era.
I hop once in a blue moon on Gamespot System Wars to see the old gang
I hop once in a blue moon on Gamespot System Wars to see the old gang
most other gaming forums are littered with manbabies, while others are straight up nazi clubs, so I don't really go anywhere else because I do not want to spend my energy talking about how much gamers are oppressed when an anime titty is decreased by 8 pixels or for that matter, having any form of online vicinity to BigGamer_SturmFuhrer1488.
I just look at Reddit every once in a while for certain games. They are more active there than here.
I don't have an account though.
I don't have an account though.
Just a few specific game reddits for titles that don't have much of a following/discussion to be had bere. It already keeps me plenty busy.
Definitely. Much of the conversation has moved to Twitter or places like Reddit.
I used to post a bit on GameFAQs but apart from specific game board, the lack of moderation and overwhelming amount of trolls has made it too toxic. I don't post much on reddit but I use the site at least. I get my news from following various sites and people on Twitter, including accounts posting new Era threads.
Specific sub reddits mostly. I occasionally browse other forums to see reactions to certain things but don't often participate myself.
I used to frequent SomethingAwful. These days its just Reddit and ResetEra for me.
Funny thing is, I used to be a frequent poster in SA back in the day. Now I mostly lurk. I have barely scraped together 300 posts here, which is nothing!
Funny thing is, I used to be a frequent poster in SA back in the day. Now I mostly lurk. I have barely scraped together 300 posts here, which is nothing!
Not in the traditional sense, I don't think. It's more of an aggregator with comment sections.
Just here really, on the regular. Everything else is too slow or disorganized.
Can't be, I understand forums. Reddit is something...else. Even futaba is more readable.
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Compared to how it was, yes. Forums were huge 10 years ago, everyone had a forum and was part one at least one, especially with Invisionfree around back then.
Have a look at communities now, even with big communities, for example; Giantbomb has a big audience and community but it's splintered between Youtube comments, the sub Reddit and the comment section on their videos. The twitch streamer CohhCarnage ( just as an example) has a big audience with a very good community but his forums are a ghost town and jumped over to a sub Reddit. Same with Kinda Funny, splendid community but most people nowadays stick to reddit or Twitch Chat or the dedicated chat like Giant Bomb while their community forums dry out.
Just this and specific Reddits. Other than that, Discord's my main go-to with friends' servers. And sometimes we leave our houses and kinda post on Reddit, but in-person and out loud? While in the same room, sat near each other. It's hard to explain. But we try that sometimes.
Mostly a bunch of online friends at this point, mostly originating from the old IGN boards.
Nintendo-centric but we discuss everything.
Well, not everything since it's not nearly as active as other big forums, but anything goes there.
They are good people. Some of them are here on Era too.