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We need to up console warrior shaming. Not by playing their game and taking a side, but just calling out asinine, immature behavior for what it is.

It’s embarrassing to behave like that, and they should be made to feel completely unwelcome and inept until they knock it off.

We also need the best Gaf posters in those threads, and providing better examples of discourse.
the best Gaf posters
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Aw, shucks! Well, okay...
 
We need to up console warrior shaming. Not by playing their game and taking a side, but just calling out asinine, immature behavior for what it is.

It’s embarrassing to behave like that, and they should be made to feel completely unwelcome and inept until they knock it off.

We also need the best Gaf posters in those threads, and providing better examples of discourse.

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Mista

Banned
We need to up console warrior shaming. Not by playing their game and taking a side, but just calling out asinine, immature behavior for what it is.

It’s embarrassing to behave like that, and they should be made to feel completely unwelcome and inept until they knock it off.

We also need the best Gaf posters in those threads, and providing better examples of discourse.
For the sake of the activity though its alright I guess🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
 

Mista

Banned
No bump in activity is worth the stupid shit that gets posted during these console wars "debates". It just gives off a bad impression of the community, like how the GameFAQs
community is constantly thought of as lowbrow and a joke.
Don’t tell me that bruv🤷🏻‍♂️
 

-Arcadia-

Banned
No bump in activity is worth the stupid shit that gets posted during these console wars "debates". It just gives off a bad impression of the community, like how the GameFAQs
community is constantly thought of as lowbrow and a joke.

I don’t think any less of Gaf in general, but at this point, if I see a next generation console in the title, I just browse past those threads, because I know it’s going to be stupidity from top to bottom.

That’s the downside. Anyone who isn’t a mental midget no longer wants to participate, and said mental midgets control more and more of the discourse, with every sane person that’s left.

Even some thread creators that were constantly getting attacked by the same idiots, seemed to have called it quits, or participated less for a while.

But I reiterate that this is a community problem, and falls to us posters to fix. We’re letting this happen. Gaming side needs the kind of protectionism that Off-Topic and Politics enjoy when people try to bring in bullshit.
 

Mista

Banned
It’s not “for the sake of activity.” The mods don’t issue bans lightly and don’t ban without just cause. This can by consequence let slide a fair bit of low effort posting that doesn’t involve anything explicitly banworthy.
We aren’t asking for bans bro, we’re actually asking for a high tone to lower all of this. All I noticed is the increase of this fuckery without any limitations
 

Papa

Banned
I don’t think any less of Gaf in general, but at this point, if I see a next generation console in the title, I just browse past those threads, because I know it’s going to be stupidity from top to bottom.

That’s the downside. Anyone who isn’t a mental midget no longer wants to participate, and said mental midgets control more and more of the discourse, with every sane person that’s left.

Even some thread creators that were constantly getting attacked by the same idiots, seemed to have called it quits, or participated less for a while.

But I reiterate that this is a community problem, and falls to us posters to fix. We’re letting this happen. Gaming side needs the kind of protectionism that Off-Topic and Politics enjoy when people try to bring in bullshit.

I keep telling you cunts to learn how to utilise insults and mocking better. Don’t get upset, get trolly.
 

Mista

Banned
I keep telling you cunts to learn how to utilise insults and mocking better. Don’t get upset, get trolly.
What do you know about the gaming section? Exactly, nothing. We aren’t talking about insults and mocking, we’re talking about every fucking thread getting derailed by clowns and NOBODY can have a decent discussion

You think normal people will want to engage anymore? I don’t think so. I for one don’t engage in discussions like I used to, let alone the fresh or the returnees
 

-Arcadia-

Banned
I keep telling you cunts to learn how to utilise insults and mocking better. Don’t get upset, get trolly.

I’m doing my part when I pop into one of those threads, pretty much. I‘m just calling for back-up from other posters.

It’s not “for the sake of activity.” The mods don’t issue bans lightly and don’t ban without just cause. This can by consequence let slide a fair bit of low effort posting that doesn’t involve anything explicitly banworthy.

As someone who liked that, I didn’t mean to imply this, and feel a bit bad about it. I liked it as a, okay, at the very least, these people are driving up activity for Gaf. That’s something positive.
 
Everything seems fine outside of the next-gen thread, which has a lot of shitposting going on but moves too quickly for high brow posting.
The next-gen thread is already iconic with over 60,000 posts in one thread alone!

It's not easy navigating through that particular thread but it has some real gems if you look for it.

I agree, overall, I don't see any problems with the gaming discussion section except the odd clickbait-ish threads favouring either side.
 

-Arcadia-

Banned
What do you know about the gaming section? Exactly, nothing. We aren’t talking about insults and mocking, we’re talking about every fucking thread getting derailed by clowns and NOBODY can have a decent discussion

You think normal people will want to engage anymore? I don’t think so. I for one don’t engage in discussions like I used to, let alone the fresh or the returnees

I think he’s trying to offer the solution. Don’t let bad faith posters bait you or drive you away — call them out.
 

DunDunDunpachi

Patient MembeR
Mista Mista Brother, you need to learn to appreciate the value of a good honeypot / honeydick thread

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As a mechanism, it helps to ensure the very high-quality forum discourse that you desire. You just have to spot what sort of thread you're in and invest accordingly.
 
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