Booya_base
Member
The one poll that I do want is:
"Do you think Too Human is going to be a great game"
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"Do you think Too Human is going to be a great game"
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- Against
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why can't we have serious gaming polls in this forum?
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Yappadappadu
Member
Sure, sometimes having serious polls without joke answer would be interesting to me.
Darkstorne
Member
"Serious" polls don't convey much of anything. May as well ask commenters to condense their "serious" discussions down into single word answers.
All a poll can do for a discussion is help people justify an opinion if a majority agree with them. I'm not sure that's a great idea. I've seen enough of that regarding Brexit on my Facebook feed...
All a poll can do for a discussion is help people justify an opinion if a majority agree with them. I'm not sure that's a great idea. I've seen enough of that regarding Brexit on my Facebook feed...
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
I say we need a poll for having polls
Lights and Waves
Member
I agree OP. That Thor meme is so fucking tired at this point.
Stone Ocean
Member
I think polls can help in certain threads because instead of a bunch of one line posts like 'x was better than y', people express that opinion through the poll and the the posts are reserved for discussion.
I'm also always interested in the GAF consensus so polls are interesting to me. Shitty meme polls and Thor 2 jokes need to be retired, though.
I'm also always interested in the GAF consensus so polls are interesting to me. Shitty meme polls and Thor 2 jokes need to be retired, though.
Peroroncino
Member
I like polls when they're done properly, they usually offer a clear picture of a majority opinion.
NinjaTehFish
Banned
Can we at least agree that Thor 2 is better than Drive and Interstellar?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I still don't get why Thor 2: The Dark World is specifically chosen to be a recurring joke option in the polls here. It's not a great movie, but it's not completely unwatchable, it's just completely mediocre and unmemorable.
The same ammount as Kratos can beat Zeus.
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
The Batman v Superman Rotten Tomatoes thread. It's...something special.
afternoon delight
Member
I'm not going to speak for the moderation staff, but anything other than a scientific poll is trash. Self-selecting samples aren't reflective of anything, but people will still attach misplaced value on them, and use them as points in arguments. Killing them or making them into jokes is as much value as you're going to get out of them.
And for those not reading comicbook movie threads in Off-Topic, what was happening was that someone in those threads would invariably bring up the quality, or lack thereof, of Thor: The Dark World. It turned into an in-joke, and it's spread.
And for those not reading comicbook movie threads in Off-Topic, what was happening was that someone in those threads would invariably bring up the quality, or lack thereof, of Thor: The Dark World. It turned into an in-joke, and it's spread.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Can anyone explain the Thor meme to me please?
old manatee
Banned
Thor 2 was a horrible movie.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Ah just that simple eh? Thanks
...and there it is. Just took a bit longer than I expected.
Its just a dumb forced meme
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
A recurring joke from the off-topic section. Its origins can be traced to the DC releases this year and the shellacking they were getting from critics. As an attempt to try and rubbish these critics, there was a lot of Marvel whataboutism, with Thor: The Dark World being a common one brought up. I agree that the horse is so thoroughly beaten by now that it's compost though.
But that being said, Thor 2 isn't necessarily dreadful. I personally can't remember anything from that film and I may as well have been in a brief coma. I'm still wondering whether it's better to come out of a film I despise because it at least stirred some kind of emotional reaction and point of discussion, or to come out of a film that I snoozed through.
ViciousAnchovy
Member
I think there are plenty of Gaffers who would like to have some numerical representation of the opinions of this community. Sure, the polls wouldn't be useful for saying how the gamin population as a whole feels about certain trends, but a lot of the discussion here goes beyond what the typical gaming population probably discusses anyway. Plus, we already have threads the set out specific criteria for choosing definitive games in particular genres. I don't see why polls couldn't be used to facilitate the discussion of broader concepts in gaming.
...could this thread title be the one time where Thor: The Dark World would be the correct answer in a poll?
lol... that's actually kinda amazing.
Riposte
Member
Democracy doesn't work, this should be clear now.
ThatStupidLion
Member
because polls are never accurate. people fuck them up purposely every time, even when it's trying to be serious.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah the polls on these threads would be useless so they're better as jokes I think
Weltall Zero
Member
Ah, I see. I agree Thor 2 is the worst MCU movie, but that still makes it "average" at worst; BvS is so excruciatingly bad you have to reach out for the likes of Ben Affleck's Daredevil or Halle Berry's Catwoman to find something on its league.
Much like both Thor movies, really.
"Dead Norse" would've been funnier
mrmickfran
Member
lol for real
Santerestil
Banned
I see that three mods had already voted for No.
...so mighty is the power of the Norse gods.
...so mighty is the power of the Norse gods.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I'm actually surprised that this thread had an actual poll added that did not include any reference to Thor 2.
I'm not surprised however that too many people don't want to be serious on this forum.
I'm not surprised however that too many people don't want to be serious on this forum.
Also I liked Thor 2 more than Thor 1. Fight me.
cr_blah_blah
Member
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Hot Coldman
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MCU movies power ranking threads, i think.
Much like Thanos it became a meme for threads in gaf.
StrategyFan
Member
polls are neat because it only counts each opinion one time
the hard part about quickly scanning the general impression of something through text is when there are dozens of posts by the same person
the hard part about quickly scanning the general impression of something through text is when there are dozens of posts by the same person
I admit some of them do make me chuckle, like this one for example.
However that aside I have two ways of looking at it, and both don't really speak for the concept of them.
One being that people who care about the subject matter will vote a serious option, and if you ignore the gag option you can always look at that.
The other however is that in any case where a thread topic demands deciding between a couple of options, it's better to just do it via posts so people can actually write why they like X more than Y, and if they do it usually contributes to the discussion far more than a number to an option, especially looking at how much more the thread will be usually shitposts reacting to the poll results rather than actual discussion when the latter is the case. Poll results require people to only read the thread title and the results rather than actually reading the thread in order to contribute more than the usual "GAF be crazy" crap.
I mean don't get me wrong here, even when there are shitposts still about a thread's general opinion regardless of if there is a poll or not, at least more people are encouraged to provide some food for discussion by elaborating on their choice.
However that aside I have two ways of looking at it, and both don't really speak for the concept of them.
One being that people who care about the subject matter will vote a serious option, and if you ignore the gag option you can always look at that.
The other however is that in any case where a thread topic demands deciding between a couple of options, it's better to just do it via posts so people can actually write why they like X more than Y, and if they do it usually contributes to the discussion far more than a number to an option, especially looking at how much more the thread will be usually shitposts reacting to the poll results rather than actual discussion when the latter is the case. Poll results require people to only read the thread title and the results rather than actually reading the thread in order to contribute more than the usual "GAF be crazy" crap.
I mean don't get me wrong here, even when there are shitposts still about a thread's general opinion regardless of if there is a poll or not, at least more people are encouraged to provide some food for discussion by elaborating on their choice.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
I think it's because polls hinder open discourse with binary responses.
When you can just punch in your preference it's even easier to issue drive by opinions with no elaboration.
When you can just punch in your preference it's even easier to issue drive by opinions with no elaboration.
