To all of the "fanboys, die hard loyalists on this site, be it blue, green, red or the PC master race ( I don't know...luminous maybe) color banner you proudly let wave...to all the gamers on this forum in general I ask for a few minutes of your time.
Let me start out by saying I'm not asking we create a fairytale Neogaf where everything is sunshine and lollipops as this is not only impossible, but honestly quite stupid and boring lol
What I'm asking for is something much more simple, stop with the hateful console warring, you can still prefer a side, you can even detest another when it comes to publisher or creators...But stop with the personal attacks, stop with the derailing, stop with the constant bashing... there is nothing wrong with good natured ribbing or debate, but that's not what most of these threads are devolving into.
This might seem like a silly issue, or ultimately not necessary but I would argue in the grand scheme of things all of Neogaf could fall into that category, many of us browse it while at work some of us just do it to kill time in the end of the day and that's fine, it's also a place we all obviously care about or we wouldn't be here at all... in these current times with Corona virus And stay-at-home orders and requested or mandatory lockins it's a great place to unwind.
I understand, many people are currently very tense 2020 has been a tough year I get it... for many years the xbox fans were looked down upon by petty console fanboys (I would remind them that for the last 3 years they have had the superior console)but still, I understand the animosity.
Similar animosity when the Playstation 4 was announced and it was going to be ahead in every metric after the troubling PS3, but I ask you to look at the larger picture at least as far as Neogaf itself is concerned.
We are losing members left and right BECAUSE we're getting so passionate about this. Good members and new members alike are being banned and while I could plead with the Mods or
@EviLore to be more lenient, I wont as it boils down to personal responsibility!
We are all passionate here, passionate about gaming, be it for a console maker or gaming as a whole...
For fucks sake people we just lost Brap, and many more will likely be lost as well if we continue this silliness... let's be smarter about this, the trolling has to stop!
A home to gamers and enthusiasts alike, a site for gamers run by gamers, an open forum where you WON'T be punished or banned for disagreeing with the majority or established narrative and while we may not always agree on everything a place where you will flourish if you don't resort to the very behavior I'm addressing in this post.
We are all passionate gamers and posters so let's enjoy the forum and post in good will and not lose anybody else unnecessarily okay...
Despite the BS being pushed from many threads this is not Sony Gaf, nor is it Microsoft Gaf or Nintendo Gaf, this is Neogaf Dammit!