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kn on 03 April 2008
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hufter said:
blaydcor said:
kn said:
Yep, It was me who started the "get off-topic off the front page"... I'm quite happy to see it gone as there are now numerous threads that are gaming-related that I AM interested in when I log on. For those that love off-topic: Go there. Enjoy. Be Off Topic. Feel Off Topic. No one is stopping you from fulfilling your off-topic destiny.
Nobody was stopping you from doing the same thing with gaming news when off-topic was on the front page.

 


couldn't agree more =)


Apparently you and others completely and utterly fail to understand the concept of a content-specific website or better yet, a business' mission statement.  (VGC is a business, after all...)  The idea that I or anyone else should have to hunt down gaming-related threads because of a deluge of off-topic spam filling the front page is asinine.  For the less-than-completely-clueless, this IS a VG specific website and it should be the other way around.

First, read here:

http://www.vgchartz.com/welcome.php

It describes what VGC is/does.   Next, go here and pay note to point number 1:

http://vgchartz.com/forum/rules.php

In the end, it is Ioi's call.  But... I believe that a website about gaming sales, statistics, etc., should stick to that format rather rigidly.  If you want to talk about virginity, anal sex, your bi-curiosity and so on, fine.  Just do it somewhere other than a gaming forum (or at least in an off-topic forum I'm not forced to view every time I log in).   The point you and so many seem to miss is that hot topics (on VGC) should be VG-related if this is a VG-related website.  So telling me that if I want to see gaming-related threads that I should go to those respective forums when the hot-topics page is bloated with off-topic spam is just moronic.  Again, it's Ioi's call as it is his website but IMO, VGC is far better off leaving off-topic exactly where it belongs -- OFF the main page of the site.

If you guys are adamant about getting off-topic back on the main page, go for it.  Post it up and see where it goes as no-one is stopping you...



I hate trolls.

Systems I currently own:  360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong.  Yes, Pong.