My question to VGChartz semi-lurkers.....

[Darth Tigris]

Mirson said:

Darth Tigris said:

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 ...

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.

Those are both PS games.  You can do that with those there.  If it's on a Nintendo or Xbox console though they just will have none of that.  Same happens with official threads here unfortunately, except for the Nation threads.  Those are the closest this community has to an oasis ...

Neogaf's off topic can be a lot of fun though, much more so than here.  I have a pretty wide set of interest, so talking movies, tv shows, comics, tech (though that can get really fanboyee too), food and general silly stuff can be good.  I just saw a thread over there I kinda wanted to participate in about how much winter sucks.  That stuff is cool, but the gaming side is beyond saving.

And, as I said, the way some here are determined to be makes me feel like they want to bring the worst tendencies of that community to this one.  So I lurk yeah/Just keep it on the down low/Said nobody is supposed to know/So I lurk yeah/'Cause they don't know what I do/And no attention goes to show/Oh so I lurk