Duck Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 A currently playing thread is a terrible idea. Please don't make one dude. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 4 hours ago, DANGERMAN said: The reason I/we/whatever don't like currently playing threads is it's a dumping ground. Impressions get lost, they might as well not have been posted. An impressions thread can be searched for and replied to months or years later as more people play the game 27 minutes ago, Duck said: A currently playing thread is a terrible idea. Please don't make one dude. This. Please for the love of Luigi do not ever allow one of those godforsaken threads on here. It was absolutely shithouse on GTM. It made people lazier than they’d already become on there, no one could ever be bothered to make threads because of it and that thread was a total unmitigated clusterfuck of the highest order. Quite frankly a ‘currently playing’ thread is a thread for lazy bastards who can’t be bothered to use a forums search function and seem allergic to start new threads for some reason. It was used as a crutch for those folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 While I agree that a currently playing thread is a bad idea I dont understand why the tenor of this conversation needs to be so toxic and turned up to 11 right now Its enough to point out 'hey, we shouldn't/dont need this around here so stop asking'. Calling people lazy just cause they use a forum a certain way is ridiculous imo. No need to call people out about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Yeah, I know this is going to sound a bit hollow coming from me, but there's no need to keep this going. I think we have a retro thread already and we definitely have a small pc game thread, maybe we'll revisit this in the future with a change of heart but but for now this thread and impressions threads are enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 To pose a question though, why doesn't the Currently Listening To or the Books Thread receive the same staunch vitriol? Even though it is the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 It's not like you will have a lot of people reading the same book to spark a conversation that can carry a thread We could have a book club thread and force it maybe, but you need to have a large enough community for that to work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Duck Posted November 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2019 @OCH It's a videogame forum.. not a music or book forum. Given the size of the forum it makes sense having less talked about subjects in one place. But having the most discussed thing on the forum basicaslly in one thread is a nightmare. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 58 minutes ago, OCH said: To pose a question though, why doesn't the Currently Listening To or the Books Thread receive the same staunch vitriol? Even though it is the same thing? 51 minutes ago, Duck said: @OCH It's a videogame forum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 There are several dedicated films threads, yet this isn't a Movie Forum.? So the actual answer is "when it suits". The point of any Currently Doing thread, is an overview. Like when someone asks you how your day was? There are typically two answers: It was alright - A generality Wow, this thing happened. - When you have something specific to say. A dedicated thread is for when you have insight to discuss. The overview is just what you're playing at the time. I've mentioned before, as I'm rarely an early adopter of any game, I won't look at older threads. Never looked at the BOTW thread, for example. (A) Because spoilers and (B) Everyone had already been there, done that. So there was nothing new or worthwhile I could add. It is a weird subject to get such an aggressively negative reaction though. I've been on plenty of Forums, other than GTM, that manage just fine with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 The issue is that nobody cares about what you're currently playing if you're the only person playing it a lot of the time. Like if I post a dmc or ffxiv post in their relevant threads, I know its likely a lot of people will just not bother clicking cause those games are out of their minds or whatever which is fine. But I might still want to share something I think is interesting. Maybe someone will pick up one of those games years from now and there might be an iota of value to it then. But if there was a general catch all thread where I'm like 'look at this sick dmc combo guys', or Och is like 'Binding of Issac update XXV.' or something like this, it is just noise that causes congestion to topics that people might actually want to share their thoughts on and diverts people from posting on current threads The answer is yes, when it suits, wrt nerdy films about superheroes and stuff but honestly who fuckjng cares 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 There wasn’t several movie threads and then one made for you to shout into mid watch. There was one and then a clear need for ones just for marvel and dc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hendo Posted November 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2019 I honestly don’t understand what the problem is. The Games folder is for impressions and on-going adventures in whatever game you’re playing. If you have a bit about a game or several games but don’t feel it necessary to go into those threads, then post it here. It’s the same purpose as the Shout Thread in Off-Topic. Same goes for films that generally people use the film thread, but if it’s worth making a thread out of it, then do, or a mod will split the topic if there’s enough activity in it to do so. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Fwiw @OCHI don't think the general threads are great in general. As others have said, it's a gaming forum so everything else naturally gets talked about less, and music, comics, board games, they just don't have enough people talking about them to have specific threads, although I think there are some for Tool, NiN and maybe Deftones because there was enough talk. Same reason there is a Star Wars thread and the Marvel stuff did get split off, there was enough talk. Hindsight is 20:20 and we could have done something for, say, Get Out where it would prompt discussion on its themes. That's my issue with the general threads (the film thread specifically for this). You see people posting about the same film a page apart, but no one looks in there for replies, or at least don't engage if they do In terms of coming to games late, best advice I can give is to start on page one, not the most recent post. It's why I had a word in the Death Stranding thread the other day. But then we also rely on you lot for some of that, we can't all play everything at launch, we need you lot to consider before you post, you will know more than the mods on some games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Search function doesn't appear to be working. I'd like to impart my thoughts on AC blackflag. But it doesn't seem 'current' enough for you high felutin modernists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, bellow said: Search function doesn't appear to be working. I'd like to impart my thoughts on AC blackflag. But it doesn't seem 'current' enough for you high felutin modernists. Yeah it's fucked for everybody at the moment I think. I searched back manually and found it for you though, it's here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Hey, nice one @Blakey. This doesn't mean I condone Unisoft, or their preposterous open world format. I just like sailors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, bellow said: Hey, nice one @Blakey. This doesn't mean I condone Unisoft, or their preposterous open world format. I just like sailors. Have you heard of a game called Shenmue? Be right up your alley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Too old, that. And I don't even know if I have anything to play it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Ds4 controllers are so shit, I have another left thumb stick on the way out (it barely registers tilting to the left). Bought this a few months back to replace one which had the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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