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Carl2291 said:
I disagree.

Its not that there are too many trolls, its that people are too thin-skinned, paranoid and get offended at the least little thing. This site has always been this way. Its been far worse than how it is now.

One thing that makes VGChartz forums far worse than many other forums is the competitive nature of the site. Its about sales. Cold, hard numbers. Naturally, this brings in the fanboys and threads get trashed either way. Be it a Halo thread, a Mario thread or a Gran Turismo thread.

I also think that we could do with another couple of active moderators.

But I haven't had a decent conversation in weeks, it's all mostly been short posts about things that are not really reasonable and come out of nowhere. I never had this kind of streak and I've been here since 2009.

I am thin-skinned personally and I'm aware of that, but there's a factual streak of spam and low-intelligence dialoguing going on. I'm thinking it might be due to the new gen, it brings in a whole new generation of trolling perhaps.



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I haven't encountered any real bad trolls or any trolls for that matter.

People you think are trolls probably just are fans of something and don't like what you like.

If someone thinks the Wii U is underpowered and says it's not much better than the PS30, they aren't trolling. They are giving their opinion. And the thing about opinions is you have to tolerate other people's right to them.

I'm a long time gamer so my history goes back beyond Sega and into the old Atari era. I still have very fond memories of Sega games leading up into the Saturn and beyond into the Dreamcast. Some people will say nasty things about the Sega Saturn. I usually set the record straight and if they still won't give respect where respect is due I leave the conversation. There's no sense arguing opinion forever since everyone is entitled to their own.



spurgeonryan said:
I nominate happydolphin, condegamer and Carl as new mode.

The old guard is hardly here anymore. Dump them and truly rejuvenate the mod team. If they are not here then why are they mode? Checking in once every month just to keep their position of power.

Can you spell properly spurgeon, I know you're smart. Why are you doing this to the forum? Why are you fucking this place up with your shitty posts, I know you're able of more...

THIS is what I'm talking about. There is little effort to make this place right. You're spitting on the convos.



What do you define as trolling? You've admitted that you find Sales2099's perspective interesting. Even though Sales 2099 has been banned multiple times for trolling and has a notorious reputation for attempting to flaming other consoles, games, and even fans.



spurgeonryan said:
I nominate happydolphin, condegamer and Carl as new mode.

The old guard is hardly here anymore. Dump them and truly rejuvenate the mod team. If they are not here then why are they mode? Checking in once every month just to keep their position of power.

Are you high?



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i think user's have become to sensitive. this holiday season went off without any real problems from what i've seen. the only trolling i see is of the Vita, and that's in small volumes.



kain_kusanagi said:
I haven't encountered any real bad trolls or any trolls for that matter.

People you think are trolls probably just are fans of something and don't like what you like.

If someone thinks the Wii U is underpowered and says it's not much better than the PS30, they aren't trolling. They are giving their opinion. And the thing about opinions is you have to tolerate other people's right to them.

I'm a long time gamer so my history goes back beyond Sega and into the old Atari era. I still have very fond memories of Sega games leading up into the Saturn and beyond into the Dreamcast. Some people will say nasty things about the Sega Saturn. I usually set the record straight and if they still won't give respect where respect is due I leave the conversation. There's no sense arguing opinion forever since everyone is entitled to their own.

But I'm talking about people who use little to no facts to push an idea they themselves aren't necessarily convinced of, but will push it just because it suits their preferences.

Also, maybe some of us are judging the other as trolling, jumping the gun perhaps (in line with what you're saying).

Like, for me, it's not the WiiU trolling per se that's bothering me, though I see that as a possible lure for trollism, in that it can then contaminate other areas. But more people who can't accept talking factually about a console because for example it puts it in a bad light. I mean if you're talking facts and not injecting hyperboles, why choke discussion? That's my beef, where people choke the discussion because it doesn't suit them, and it fucks up the forum because we're actually here to talk and share ideas. But instead we end up with half-baked threads where little thought comes out of them but quick, jump-the-gun kind of assumptions that just lead to little insight and ultimately frustration.



MARCUSDJACKSON said:
i think user's have become to sensitive. this holiday season went off without any real problems from what i've seen. the only trolling i see is of the Vita, and that's in small volumes.

See, this is a pretty silly thing to say. How could you presume that there is only trolling of vita? How??

It's a video game forum and you assume and think the vita is the only console trolled, in the midst of a U launch, while Nintendo stocks are at a year low, when the PS3 beat the 360 in sales, when Halo itself outsold the PS3 games released this year (as an example), you consider the Vita the only console trolled?

How is that logical.



happydolphin said:
I've been fighting trolling ever since I got here, but I feel like the more you fight them, the worse it gets. Does anyone else feel that way, is it like that or is it just me?





On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

spurgeonryan said:
You said trolls not spelling mistakes. So this forum is only for smart people? Hmm ...prejudise much?

Why would you purposefully dilute the thread's intelligence level with spelling mistakes, what's the charm, what's the game?

I just don't get it.