Points are too easy to get. Youve been here 7 Months and you have almost as many points as Barozi. He's been here for over 4 Years.

vg$ would be a clean slate for everyone. A slate that cant be boosted by spamming the forums or walls.

An you get a backlash, as Ryan said.

Many people like or aren't swayed either which way about gamrPoints. Taking that away could cause a possible amount of people to leave and a large amount of grumpy VGChartians.

You think there would be a backlash?

A large portion of this thread has people talking about bringing back useful stuff that was taken away.

Points arent useful. Theyre worthless. There is literally no point to the points system. There would be minimal backlash compared to what this sites seen before.

Go find me 10 people who would leave this site if points were removed. Please.

Carl2291 said: You think there would be a backlash? A large portion of this thread has people talking about bringing back useful stuff that was taken away. Points arent useful. Theyre worthless. There is literally no point to the points system. There would be minimal backlash compared to what this sites seen before. Go find me 10 people who would leave this site if points were removed. Please.

No need to get sassy.

What's the difference with VG$? Aren't they the same thing just with the betting factor?

Ill make it 5 people, just to make it easy for you.

Its going to be a pointless gauge of activity when the database is removed from VGChartz. Its not needed, it can easily be replaced by something that encourages lengthy discussion and adds to a returning feature.

Post count / Time here is more than enough to judge someones activity.

I ilke most of what Barizu said here. 

-One of my favorite things to do was Prediction league, it gave you a reason to pay closer attention to sales, trends, and other sales related news.  It tied directly into the core goal of the site. Although I was never too good at it.

-Walls are pretty awesome, and really give the site a more social network kind of feel too it (Although mines pretty barren).

- No need for IM though.  I remember back when they had vgchartz IM and it was pretty much a desert in there.  The only time I ever used it was to vrs people in the Conduit from vgcharts online .

Again, Carl?

Anyway, would you please explain to me what the big difference is? Because right now the only thing I've picked up is that you can bet with them.

EDIT: Other than you thinking that it could possibly curb "spamming."

A) Not very happy about the site split. I, along with many others, put a lot of time into the game database here. The reason I put all those hours in was because it was here, at VGChartz. I thought it was important to have good and accurate game information to go along with the sales data attached to a game. I really am saddened by the idea that most of that work will be going to another site that I may not mesh with too well.

B) Agreed that forums have got to be cut down.
Announcements/Web Site Issues/Etc
Sales
Gaming(general gaming, multi-plat)
Nintendo
Microsoft
Sony
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I fully intend to give gamewise a fair shot. Not only does the idea seem like it might be good, but I feel that as a team member of VGC(even if a lowly one) I should give some honest support to the new endeavor. It's just that I'm a VGC guy, and don't really see myself as anything but that. I hope everything works out for the best, but more than anything I hope VGC doesn't die.

I think I did most of the base entries for the 2600 and TG-16, as well as filling holes for other systems(mostly older ones), and now it's not even going to be a part of this site anymore? I really don't see splitting the site up helping too much. I fear it will just spread out an already thin community. Hopefully I'm wrong though. And maybe I'll just have to see everything for myself and it will make a lot more sense to me then.

The only problem with having just one forum for all of gaming is it will be hard to find topics, especially during big times like E3.

Just one E3 thread should have been sufficient (it would be one huge thread), and MS forums are usually super quiet just like the PC forums.