Every time I log on to this place, it's a new headline of something negative, something clickbait, or a "call-out" thread. A large sum of post amount to nothing more than name calling and dog-piling. At times, this is due to serious, important subjects that need to be discussed and can be personal to users. Often, it's an overreaction or exaggeration of events. An example, since ND and Neil Druckman are hot tickets right now, what appears to be a simple mistake of forgetting to credit one of the many artist who worked on the game, a thread was made pretty much vilifying the entire company saying they steal everything and are apparently no good thieves and an awful group. Then the other side vilified the artist (on twitter actual verbal attacks) calling her names like attention seeking, clout chasing, and the like. Hours? A day later the indy artist was properly credited and her album began trending on Spotify. Honestly, I don't know (and really don't care about a cover of a cover inspiration credit) what the full story is, but it did seem like an awful lot of negative energy for a topic that was not a big deal. I'm certainly not suggesting we don't put companies, public figures etc., on notice when they are legit bad actors, but where is the spirit of "we'll be better" when we left the old place?
This is pretty much reddit/gamefaq level of vitriol now. Everything someone doesn't like is "trash". "Gross" "disgusting" "get fucked" I think are the most common adjectives on gaming side. With all the "industry needs to do better" posts I keep seeing popping up regarding the breaking news, I do hope some of that mindset is directed here. And no this is not just a vent thread, I've not reached some breaking point and am personally doing fine. I just kinda care about this place and it's lame seeing it fall from its lofty goals. I did say this isn't just a vent thread though, here's some basic suggestions
- discourage sensationalist thread titles
- enforce values of respectful discourse.
- discourage being the "first to post a story" and encourage research before making a thread
- discourage inflammatory discussions
- encourage the golden rule
I don't get what is gained from calling some EA execs "pieces of trash" for 29 pages. Even if it's true, what does that do for discussion? What does that do to change anything if we're still going to buy the next battlefield?
Sure, every thread and discourse can't be full or rainbows and ponies, we live in the real world, and it's ugly and nasty and real issues need to be discussed. Frankly, there's a lot of intelligent posters here, and I know a higher level of maturity can be reached in discussing these topics. Still, there's a bad spirit here man, and it wasn't like that in the beginning. I dunno, we're all gamers and have some common ground. We like games enough to follow the industry, that's fairly unique, and we should celebrate and cherish our friendships here. Lately it's starting to feel like "all lives matter" vs "black lives matter" though. Fox News vs CNN. That's whack fam.
This is pretty much reddit/gamefaq level of vitriol now. Everything someone doesn't like is "trash". "Gross" "disgusting" "get fucked" I think are the most common adjectives on gaming side. With all the "industry needs to do better" posts I keep seeing popping up regarding the breaking news, I do hope some of that mindset is directed here. And no this is not just a vent thread, I've not reached some breaking point and am personally doing fine. I just kinda care about this place and it's lame seeing it fall from its lofty goals. I did say this isn't just a vent thread though, here's some basic suggestions
- discourage sensationalist thread titles
- enforce values of respectful discourse.
- discourage being the "first to post a story" and encourage research before making a thread
- discourage inflammatory discussions
- encourage the golden rule
I don't get what is gained from calling some EA execs "pieces of trash" for 29 pages. Even if it's true, what does that do for discussion? What does that do to change anything if we're still going to buy the next battlefield?
Sure, every thread and discourse can't be full or rainbows and ponies, we live in the real world, and it's ugly and nasty and real issues need to be discussed. Frankly, there's a lot of intelligent posters here, and I know a higher level of maturity can be reached in discussing these topics. Still, there's a bad spirit here man, and it wasn't like that in the beginning. I dunno, we're all gamers and have some common ground. We like games enough to follow the industry, that's fairly unique, and we should celebrate and cherish our friendships here. Lately it's starting to feel like "all lives matter" vs "black lives matter" though. Fox News vs CNN. That's whack fam.
