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2041
« on: July 11, 2016, 04:25:51 PM »
I'm actually a mother of 4
That would explain a lot. :^)
:^(
Just got, got!
2042
« on: July 11, 2016, 02:51:33 PM »
2043
« on: July 11, 2016, 02:50:38 PM »
I'm actually a mother of 4
That would explain a lot. :^)
2044
« on: July 10, 2016, 08:57:28 PM »
so something i learned from my time in Sniggwaffe when i use to play EVE
the strong corps in EVE don't stick around and stay strong because they're good at EVE and they're all super interested in the game, they stick around because they've built a strong community not just by playing EVE, but by also making sure to interact with each other a lot through other avenues whether it be through their forum, other video games, shooting the shit on their mumble, or just holding stupid karaoke contests
a group that plays together stays together
Not to sound butthurt but when it's really just the weebs that play together and game nights never really attract people that can't happen.
We're a pretty tight knit community but we're not all close. I used play Ghost Recon with these 2 dudes at first and we eventually became a group of 17 people because we all talked to each other and got along. There was nobody that was "part of the group" but not part of a chat or another game being played. It was really tight knit.
Here, there's a group within the main group that chat together, play together, and spend time together. And nobody else is really welcome. You can't do that and then not expect the community to die off (albeit slowly).
Back with that group of people I used to play with it was different. We all had different views and ideals but we all respected each other and just threw the bullshit to the side. There I knew I could organize an event and everybody would be down to play (if they could make it). Here, I kind of feel like a stranger and that little to no one would actually care to join any event I organized. And it's not just me, it's several members who I've seen try to host gaming sessions with maybe a few people joining or even no replies to the thread. So they give up. It kinda has this high school vibe with only the "popular kids" mattering. Maybe that's what a lot of new members see too so they just bounce.
This is pretty spot on actually.
I don't know if anyone remembers, but back in 2014 when people first started using skype groups on here, everyone got along a lot better and anyone that was from Sep7agon just got thrown into one group and we all did calls together. We even had gamenights and shit. Over time it got bigger and smaller groups began to splinter off and eventually people became so separated after drama and shit that the only real groups that felt like "community" were small circlejerk groups that eventually died as well.
You can't really do anything with people here without being in some sort of group or clique but even that feels like it's dying.
Let's bring it back!
TBH part of the reason I stopped participating in Skype stuff is because one of the mobile updates basically broke the app for me and I could only communicate when I was at home. We should have more game nights, though. Maybe make a recurring schedule so that everyone knows when they're going to be going on. Like once a month on the 7th or something?
We should probably maybe think about advertising again too. Spread the word and all that. Like I said before, I am all for reeling in the rules so that the forum would be more welcoming to newbs and then leaving Anarchy for the crazy stupid fun zone.
I mean this is something that should be done by the mod team or some people... I'm not trying to be a dick of anything but it seems like a necessary thing that needs to be done if this site is going to grow at all.
I hadn't even thought about the Skype groups but yeah they did have a ton of impact on the community.
[redacted because it did work]
Unless you meant reigning in the rules a little bit in which case that'd probably be fine, we might need to give that a fair bit of thought considering that people these days seem to know exactly where the line is and we hardly have to intervene to break things up anymore.
I meant more the general attitude of the folks in charge y'know? I feel like there should be some kind of drive to have progress.
2045
« on: July 10, 2016, 05:57:14 PM »
so something i learned from my time in Sniggwaffe when i use to play EVE
the strong corps in EVE don't stick around and stay strong because they're good at EVE and they're all super interested in the game, they stick around because they've built a strong community not just by playing EVE, but by also making sure to interact with each other a lot through other avenues whether it be through their forum, other video games, shooting the shit on their mumble, or just holding stupid karaoke contests
a group that plays together stays together
Not to sound butthurt but when it's really just the weebs that play together and game nights never really attract people that can't happen.
We're a pretty tight knit community but we're not all close. I used play Ghost Recon with these 2 dudes at first and we eventually became a group of 17 people because we all talked to each other and got along. There was nobody that was "part of the group" but not part of a chat or another game being played. It was really tight knit.
Here, there's a group within the main group that chat together, play together, and spend time together. And nobody else is really welcome. You can't do that and then not expect the community to die off (albeit slowly).
Back with that group of people I used to play with it was different. We all had different views and ideals but we all respected each other and just threw the bullshit to the side. There I knew I could organize an event and everybody would be down to play (if they could make it). Here, I kind of feel like a stranger and that little to no one would actually care to join any event I organized. And it's not just me, it's several members who I've seen try to host gaming sessions with maybe a few people joining or even no replies to the thread. So they give up. It kinda has this high school vibe with only the "popular kids" mattering. Maybe that's what a lot of new members see too so they just bounce.
This is pretty spot on actually.
I don't know if anyone remembers, but back in 2014 when people first started using skype groups on here, everyone got along a lot better and anyone that was from Sep7agon just got thrown into one group and we all did calls together. We even had gamenights and shit. Over time it got bigger and smaller groups began to splinter off and eventually people became so separated after drama and shit that the only real groups that felt like "community" were small circlejerk groups that eventually died as well.
You can't really do anything with people here without being in some sort of group or clique but even that feels like it's dying.
Let's bring it back!
TBH part of the reason I stopped participating in Skype stuff is because one of the mobile updates basically broke the app for me and I could only communicate when I was at home. We should have more game nights, though. Maybe make a recurring schedule so that everyone knows when they're going to be going on. Like once a month on the 7th or something?
We should probably maybe think about advertising again too. Spread the word and all that. Like I said before, I am all for reeling in the rules so that the forum would be more welcoming to newbs and then leaving Anarchy for the crazy stupid fun zone.
I mean this is something that should be done by the mod team or some people... I'm not trying to be a dick of anything but it seems like a necessary thing that needs to be done if this site is going to grow at all. I hadn't even thought about the Skype groups but yeah they did have a ton of impact on the community.
2046
« on: July 10, 2016, 12:28:32 PM »
You would have remembered to if not for your botched lobotomy.
Dude, what is your problem with me? I try to be nice to everybody and it's always "Wow look out for the nigger jew!" or "Wow Cheat you better get back to filming that Alien movie!". All I am is a joke to you guys...
Don't know why I bother.
You're treated like any other member here really. Just a well known one.
Jesus Christ guys, I was doing my Deci impression.
....maybe a little too well.
... I didn't even notice. >.>
2047
« on: July 10, 2016, 09:15:25 AM »
Yessss
2048
« on: July 10, 2016, 09:12:17 AM »
You would have remembered to if not for your botched lobotomy.
Dude, what is your problem with me? I try to be nice to everybody and it's always "Wow look out for the nigger jew!" or "Wow Cheat you better get back to filming that Alien movie!". All I am is a joke to you guys...
Don't know why I bother.
You're treated like any other member here really. Just a well known one.
2049
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:42:13 AM »
cheat has a job, he really cant do much at the moment in his free time due to more personal stuff he might have to do. we, ourselves, need to be the ones trying to be involved with the site to help it out in the meantime cause chances are, this site will stay like this until we get another isara
She really was a blessing for a time. Having a second person to do stuff really expedited the process of coding and all of that boring jazz.
2050
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:40:22 AM »
Cheats the only one actively working on it, and even then, he has a job.
We just need people to get stuff going as a group, gamenights, clan stuff etc in games. Hell, maybe even makes videos because Brute went full normie.
I feel like it wont go anywhere because we don't really live on anything in particular, for a lack of a better word. Going for a gaming Off-site that brings out content under the Sep7 name is probably our best option.
Yeah. A community needs to be forged to some degree. More than it has. Just more things need to happen. I don't know... Might be a "good old days" sort of feeling. It just feels like more was going on... like stuff was occurring on the site that was out of the ordinary. Hell, I just spent a time reminiscing about plug.dj back when it was a new thing here, it was nearly 2 years ago.
2051
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:20:41 AM »
2052
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:12:40 AM »
whatever happened to private groups anyway?
plus, deci's forum has a chess plugin, what do we have?
They went away... maybe? idk Broken dreams and broken memes.
2053
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:05:44 AM »
Nope, just another retarded Anarchy
Seems like the perfect metaphor. A cool idea at first but since then nothing has been done to replace the novelty and now it's just meh. Even annoying at time because it draws what little life is left in the main boards away.
2054
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:01:13 AM »
It seems that the site on the whole is no longer going in any direction. There is no improvement, no updates, or new features...
I understand Cheat has commitments but one would think there would be something, anything that shows things are still happening. In fact this is the main thing that strikes me as a stagnation of the site. It's not the discussion or the amount of it, just the lack of new things.
2055
« on: July 09, 2016, 10:23:06 PM »
More posts containing the word "flamingo"
2056
« on: July 09, 2016, 10:08:07 PM »
Speaking of amazing things in sports, I still think this is one of the most crazy things in sporting history.
https://youtu.be/2ccHdSd4Xq8?t=322
Final seconds, have to score to win the title for the first time in over 40 years, and quite literally steal it from their arch rivals who have their shirts off, thinking they won it.
That was legitimately one of the most impressive things I've seen... Just caught them sleeping... They were so sure they had won... Wow.
2057
« on: July 09, 2016, 09:48:46 PM »
Maybe it's because I've been exposed to more competitive fighting games than competitive football, but finding any semblance of self-expression in a team sport would be so extraordinarily difficult for me. Everything seems so planned out rather than spontaneous, so it all seems less human to me. All the players are just little cogs in the machine that makes up their team--there's no sense of individuality or personality, and it's just so hard to be invested in something like that.
Even if there was a documentary about each player's life story, I couldn't be expected to watch all that shit. In the world of fighting games, you get to know each player through osmosis. I never read up about any of my favorite players' lives--but I could tell you their stories, because it's just something you catch onto.
I guess what I'm saying is that the FGC is more accessible, but at the same time, it's not. I dunno.
It's a hard subject to discuss.
A sport like Tennis would be easier to find individual personality but even with Hockey or Baseball being a team sport if someone named all of the players on the roster I could likely give a brief explanation of their personality or a bit of their backstory. It's not as much as a tennis player or a smash player but it's still there. It just sucks because pundits actively try and crush player personality. It sucks and I hate it. This homerun essentially won the series for the Blue Jays and is regarded as one of the greatest moments in Toronto Sports history. It came after the game itself was one of the strangest anyone has ever witnessed. Not to mention this came after 23 years of not being in the playoffs. I can easily say this is the most excited I've been... possibly ever. But people still debated whether the player was right or not in throwing (flipping) his bat after hitting it. A celebration of doing something truly incredible and people wanted to reprimand him for it. I'd reckon that if there were more moments like this, or even players with personality and charisma you'd be a little more interested in sports.
2058
« on: July 09, 2016, 07:10:18 PM »
Luciana basically said everything I was going to but better...
2059
« on: July 09, 2016, 06:47:31 PM »
I swear you guys have had this exact argument before like 9 times.
I've never had this conversation with Verb before.
You've definitely had sports game related arguments in the past.
Yeah probably... I feel it was someone else though. You're probably right tbh.
2060
« on: July 09, 2016, 06:41:15 PM »
I swear you guys have had this exact argument before like 9 times.
I've never had this conversation with Verb before.
2061
« on: July 09, 2016, 06:40:44 PM »
So substance is a relatively broad term. I'm going to assume you mean strategy or something behind straight up playing the game.
I would say a game like MLB The Show challenges you through learning the types of pitches needed to strike different batters out. It's not a one size fits all deal.
Yeah I could see the stories behind it. So your thinking is that the game has to mean something beyond the game itself. The fighting games example is the stories of people playing as their characters. I get that. I see it and it's cool that this guy embodies the character. The issue I have is you can do the same in sports games. The reason a lot of people play is to feel like the "characters" or players that you're using. Getting a taste of the pro experience most will never enjoy. The whole idea of poetry can be expanded into the individual stories of not only the sport itself, but it's video game representation. I know I've experienced intense emotion (on both sides of the scale) playing sports games. Especially playing on a team with my friends.
2062
« on: July 09, 2016, 05:56:37 PM »
o-kay?
It's not triggering if I just wanted to know why... because i'm not someone who plays video games just for fun--i play them to have an experience that will sit me down, teach me something, give me a new perspective on life, make me think about certain things in other ways, and challenge me in ways that will stick with me long after my play session is over--an artful expression of themes and values constructed from the heart and soul of the developer (zelda, klonoa, etc), or a sophisticated platform on which i can express my self in a number of beautiful ways (street fighter, littlebigplanet, etc) while still having substance in and of itself
sports games do not offer this--they're just supposed to be "fun," and they don't even succeed at that
So substance is a relatively broad term. I'm going to assume you mean strategy or something behind straight up playing the game. I would say a game like MLB The Show challenges you through learning the types of pitches needed to strike different batters out. It's not a one size fits all deal. But a game like Smash Bros or Street Fighter doesn't seem like a game you could "express yourself" in any way. Most people play those games because "they're fun." Fun is subjective.
2063
« on: July 09, 2016, 05:27:47 PM »
Way to avoid replying. 👍
thanks because it's not a conversation i was actually having
it's so easy to trigger sports fans
o-kay? It's not triggering if I just wanted to know why... I think the amount of people who have an irrational view on sports games is extremely high, so it's good to hear people's actual reasoning behind their thinking. Of course people who just don't prefer it is whatever.
2064
« on: July 09, 2016, 05:13:07 PM »
And, of course, sports. Complete joke of a genre. Shouldn't exist. You're dumb if you play them.
I shouldn't ask... but why?
Because they're dumb and bad and stupid and represent the antithesis of what video games are meant to be.
Elaborate. Not everyone plays video games fr the same reason / there isn't a singular reason they're made.
if you don't play video games for the same reason i do, then you're wrong
It would help if I knew what that reason was.
I'm not sure even he knows
yeah i do, i'm just being a shithead though
Way to avoid replying. 👍
2065
« on: July 09, 2016, 03:54:51 PM »
Same.
2066
« on: July 09, 2016, 03:49:53 PM »
And, of course, sports. Complete joke of a genre. Shouldn't exist. You're dumb if you play them.
I shouldn't ask... but why?
Because they're dumb and bad and stupid and represent the antithesis of what video games are meant to be.
Elaborate. Not everyone plays video games fr the same reason / there isn't a singular reason they're made.
if you don't play video games for the same reason i do, then you're wrong
It would help if I knew what that reason was.
2067
« on: July 09, 2016, 03:45:02 PM »
And, of course, sports. Complete joke of a genre. Shouldn't exist. You're dumb if you play them.
I shouldn't ask... but why?
Because they're dumb and bad and stupid and represent the antithesis of what video games are meant to be.
Elaborate. Not everyone plays video games fr the same reason / there isn't a singular reason they're made.
2068
« on: July 09, 2016, 03:40:13 PM »
And, of course, sports. Complete joke of a genre. Shouldn't exist. You're dumb if you play them.
I shouldn't ask... but why?
2069
« on: July 09, 2016, 10:36:23 AM »
Did you guys read?
No, i'm not going to pirate games.
C'mon man! Don't you wanna be cool?!
2070
« on: July 09, 2016, 10:35:40 AM »
Gonna be using Challonge fam?
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