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Why do you post on a video game forum?
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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Came to gaf and then here for games. Since I was already here for that, OT became a logical one stop shop replacement for other sites since news travels so quickly these days.
Between here and twitter, I generally don't have to go other places for entertainment related news.
Between here and twitter, I generally don't have to go other places for entertainment related news.
World news comes in faster than across reg media outlets. And I was looking for my peeps. Found em and sticking with em.
I try to minimize my social media/streamer/forum exposure. Cutting it out entirely is best, but limiting it to just Era is still workable (as long as I don't post in more political threads).
Gaming used to be my main hobby and GAF was very active. Over the years, I've become less interested in games. I still play occasionally, so it's nice to see all the up to date news, however, a majority of my time in now spent with non gaming related topics.
I like having a low stakes social outlet where I can discuss my impressions of things. I feel like the quality of the conversation has declined since the glory days of the other site though.
I've seen right through your tricks for years. I've been stymieing your efforts by ironically buying all of your games and ironically enjoying them a lot.
i play video games, wanted a discussion forum based around that, tried IGN first, it was a dumpster fire, then GAF which was great until my car accident, once i left the hospital in December 2017 it was literally like
then i googled resetera after seeing it talked about there and found this place.
then i googled resetera after seeing it talked about there and found this place.
There are some video games that I like, and I hope to continue to see the culture of criticism in the industry get stronger
Resetera is great for game news & discussion on one side & talk about general media as well as world topics on the other while giving a great sense of large community in an easily digestible wrapper. The community tends to be highly critical of just about anything & the sometimes diverse range of opinions give a good view of the broadness of a topic a lot of other places lack despite the often decisive tone conversations can take. There is a general civility here that most places have always lacked. Decorum and etiquette tend to be important just as the breadth of knowledge on a subject matter. It doesn't always exist, but it's not the Trainwreck other places are. So, check & double check.
I like the forum format though, I always have. Reddit is like a weird dinosaur stuck in minimalism between ezboard & newsgroups. I sometimes miss the accessibility of EZboards before the Yuzu/Tapatalk days just because it was easily customizable to have a semblance of aesthetically pleasing design while being so available during a period when the net was undergoing such early growth. Groups on Facebook are aproaching the concept & I'm involved with several old communities I was from then. It's the only reason I haven't left facebook.
I lurk more than anything right now just because the sheer glut of posts usually hit the beats of whatever I would have said before I even get into the discussion. Don't mind that at all. I chime in when I feel invested. I do think that there is something else that will supercede the current social media platforms in the future with a much better provided service. It will have to subsume forums though, not try to isolate them off into the ether. I think several services you can get through apps now are doing well. Discord is doing a great job with a lot of quick chat & Amino for art with the anchor of particular franchises and subject matters. The pieces are out there, just not the whole.
I like the forum format though, I always have. Reddit is like a weird dinosaur stuck in minimalism between ezboard & newsgroups. I sometimes miss the accessibility of EZboards before the Yuzu/Tapatalk days just because it was easily customizable to have a semblance of aesthetically pleasing design while being so available during a period when the net was undergoing such early growth. Groups on Facebook are aproaching the concept & I'm involved with several old communities I was from then. It's the only reason I haven't left facebook.
I lurk more than anything right now just because the sheer glut of posts usually hit the beats of whatever I would have said before I even get into the discussion. Don't mind that at all. I chime in when I feel invested. I do think that there is something else that will supercede the current social media platforms in the future with a much better provided service. It will have to subsume forums though, not try to isolate them off into the ether. I think several services you can get through apps now are doing well. Discord is doing a great job with a lot of quick chat & Amino for art with the anchor of particular franchises and subject matters. The pieces are out there, just not the whole.
That's why I first came here and stayed for all the random stuff.
i love reading my breaking news and discussing alongside all you other nerds
Mostly news aggregation. Era as a collective have a lot of bad opinions, though. Hard to sift through that at times.
I like forums, and reading discussions.
I never even visit the gaming side, and before era I used GAF a lot and used it for like 4 years before I even knew what GAF meant, or that the forum had anything to do with gaming. Just thought it had a gaming subforum.
I never even visit the gaming side, and before era I used GAF a lot and used it for like 4 years before I even knew what GAF meant, or that the forum had anything to do with gaming. Just thought it had a gaming subforum.
Sometimes, I wonder the same question myself. This forum has mostly nice people so I stick around. Other forums have trolls or assholes and resetera does a decent job kicking them out.
I also write with the intention that no one will read my posts but if they do, it's a nice welcome.
I also write with the intention that no one will read my posts but if they do, it's a nice welcome.
I like games but I really like the community, it's not a cesspool, you are interesting, funny, friendly and insightful and when the hammer falls, it's fair and you learn the error of your ways to understand topics better and be better. I honestly learn a lot and love the discussion across the news, random topics. It's great. Can't thank people enough for resetera.
I like games, and I like forums. I've drifted between forums since 99 and watched them mostly die out, except for Reddit and here, I guess. Gamefaqs is trash now (actually it always was, but I was too young to care back then). Same for 4chan. The other places I spent my time at are ghost towns.
I guess people use discord, but I'm so out of touch I barely understand what that is. I do like chatting in select twitch channels, not all streamers have shitty or super young communities.
I guess people use discord, but I'm so out of touch I barely understand what that is. I do like chatting in select twitch channels, not all streamers have shitty or super young communities.
Because I love video games. Also, I have no friends who really like to discuss them that much and figured this would be a good place to chat with like-minded individuals. Despite that, I mostly lurk on here because I feel I have nothing to contribute. It is a vicious circle.
Also this.
Also this.
I also posted on forums growing up. The old site had the news and some leaks. Now... I don't know why I do it now. No friends i guess.
Initially it was due to not being able to access any gaming content when I started my job out of college. A co-worker introduced me to GAF back in 2014, which wasn't blocked, so I made an account and started there. Over time I've come to enjoy off-topic, and as the first comment mentioned with it being a "lightning fast news aggregator" for both gaming and off-topic. Then there was that whole shitshow in 2017 and here I be.
