VGC: The "Eye for an Eye" attitude

[Akvod]

JayWood2010 said:

Akvod said:

 

XBO Nation, NintenDomination, PS Nation were made because of me as well as An Unbiased Review, countless gaming pieces as well was because of me.  You dont have to admit to it but I have contributed to this site a lot. 

So you've made threads segregating people based on consoles, and made a thread with the premise that others are biased and that you are unbiased. Well done, you've really created a positive attitude in this forum.

Those are some of the most postive threads on this site actually.  Visit them and you will see mostly discussion about platforms users like or people joking around with each other. PS Nation is especially known for having fun and joking around.

Again i ask, what have you contributed to this site?  Those three threads combine for more than you contibuted in 4 years (15,000 comments and around 300k views) thanks to Pezus, Tbone, Conegamer, (these three are Awesome members) me, and the community that supports them rather than trashing the competitors.

Funny things is if you criticize those threads you arent only criticizing me but also the people who worked on them and the people who visit them every day.

Another question are you trying to prove i am a horrible user again?  You've done this a few times now and been banned multiple times for it.  Yet you continue and then say im making a witch hunt xD

Instead of continue to prove this point that you started i believe 7 months ago after I made a XBL thread, maybe you should try contributing to this site in a positive way which is really what this thread is about in the first place :)

Well, I first don't think giant threads where people just joke around are very constructive.

1) It dilutes the conversation/Removes focus

I like to think of threads almost as serving a lasting transcript. You can read it years later and depending on how good the thread/discussion was, really get something out of it.

Tell me, years later, will someone be able to read through the entire thread and learn something from it? Given that there's not even a single topic?

2) It just becomes filled with trivial conversations.

Like you said, people just banter and joke around in that thread. Also, by the same people too. Your giant threads become a place where a small minority who sticked with the thread from start to finish to make inside jokes and have random chit chat. I believe that chatrooms are lot more useful medium than threads for that kind of thing.

3) They clog up the forum.

It's not really that a single giant thread is a problem, but that multiple giant threads that last forever are problems. They clog up the forum, either by being bumped up constantly or being stickied. Again, going back to point 1, it makes a lot more sense to have threads centered around a specific topic.

As for my contributions, it's that I try and learn from mistakes. I've made bad threads and posts in the past, and I still do. But that's why I try to excercise self restraint and be critical about myself.

I think your spelling and grammar mistakes are symptomatic of the problems I find in you. You need to slow down. I really don't mean that as an insult. It's a tough lesson I've learned years ago, and still am learning (hell, I still make lots of mistakes and re-edit my posts constantly). Take your time when writing your post and try to improve them as much as you can before posting that submit button.