| rootoronpunty |
01-04-2012 03:28 AM |
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From what some of the older users have told me, things haven't really changed that much. Sounds like some of you may be a tad delusional.
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The subforums I frequent have certainly changed. Part of that is cyclical, part of that is because of big changes in the gaming industry. For instance, people hardly ask if stuff will run on their PC, people aren't bothered with their 3DMarks anymore, as hardware has become advanced and cheap enough that almost any gamer can put something together that'll run his favorite games. And the popularity differences of PC gaming and console gaming have gone with the flow of the generation: as the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fall further and further behind, the console gaming forum grows quiet while the PC Gaming forum has picked up... Steam. Ha.
As far as the people go, I think what's changed most is the intelligence of the trolls. Many people have come and gone, both good and bad, but a couple of years ago trolling was much simpler. Someone would spout his ridiculous opinions as fact, would make fun of other members, would get into a swearing match and end up banned. The trolls have learned not to just call names, not to state their personal opinions as loudly, they've become much more subtle. They're still forum assholes, they still use foul language and they're grumpy as heck, throwing their arms up in the air or throwing a fit over the next big port, but at least they use whole sentences now. This has made the resident trolls much more acceptable as part of the community - a negative voice to tome down what used to be the extreme hyperbole of hype machines we used to have (Unreal 2, anyone?).
In time, the forum trolls have become more mellow, have begun adding reasonable thoughts to their rage posts, and start forming an acceptable opinion rather than an extreme one. They might just turn out fine. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif |
