Darth Tigris said:
Mirson said:
I took about a year break (maybe more) from VGChartz, and joined other forums like Neogaf and GameSpot. At Neogaf, you can actually have a good discussion about anything, as well as GameSpot (before the redesign). The GameSpot redesign is mainly the reason why I'm back here. This site has definitely lost its charm, and it gets repetitive & boring very fast - not to mention the amount of fanboy/doom threads filling up the front page. I avoid them altogether, but it doesn't send a good message to potential newcomers. Also even when a decent discussion is going on, it ultimately gets derailed.
One of the big things I disliked about VGChartz was the removal of the database; improving the game's pages gave me something to do while browsing the forum. Without it, I got bored of the forums incredibly fast. Separating gamrreview and removing gamrfeed are also a few things I disliked as they would also keep me occupied while I waited for more forum posts. The site feels very stripped back now since there's less content. Also those redundant nation threads take away some of the forum activity since most of the video game news get posted there. Why have a PlayStation only thread when we have a Sony forum? Same with Nintendo & MS. They're cramming one entire subforum into a single thread.
Anyways with that said, I would post a little bit more if there was a mobile version; posting via a smartphone sucks, so I have to wait until I get home and turn on my computer.
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Neogaf? Really? I completely lurk there if I visit at all. I went through a lot to be a part of that community and I was treated far worse there than I ever was here. A mod or admin altered my tagline to something insulting to me and I had never seen that before. When I brought it up to get it changed, basically I was told to justify why it should be. I hadn't posted since and that was probably over six months ago. It's one of the best examples of a mob bullying mentality that can be found on the internet lately and it's beyond fixing now.
In some ways I feel like there are some that wish this was more like Neogaf, and that's a big part of the problem ...
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In terms of actual game discussion, Neogaf is great especially when discussion niche games. I was able to talk about the Yakuza & SMT games there unlike anywhere else. I haven't seen much specific game discussion here; the official threads die pretty fast.
But I agree with the mod bullying. Posting there was kind of intimidating at first, but I just stuck to a few game threads and kept a low profile.
