Brofist Harvesting is a Serious Crime. Don't do it.

[DraQ]

I think the obvious solution would be to give users finite amount of "ammo" and only restock it once for certain interval of time.

I also think we could really use something opposite to brofist. Preferably using the same "ammo" counter.

 

[King Crispy]

Do NOT brofist this post. DO NOT.

How is this brofist harvesting? Was I not clear enough?

 

[Jaesun]

I think the obvious solution would be to give users finite amount of "ammo" and only restock it once for certain interval of time.

I also think we could really use something opposite to brofist. Preferably using the same "ammo" counter.

The finite amount is a good idea.

Having an opposite brofist is prone to abuse though.

 

[DraQ]

I think the obvious solution would be to give users finite amount of "ammo" and only restock it once for certain interval of time.

I also think we could really use something opposite to brofist. Preferably using the same "ammo" counter.

The finite amount is a good idea.

Having an opposite brofist is prone to abuse though.

Hence the finite amount.

An opposite brofist would be much more beneficial to the 'Dex, because we're a bitter bunch much likely produce countless pointless (insubstantial) posts calling someone a faggot than agreeing with him.

 

[Wyrmlord]

we're

What do you mean "we"?

 

[MetalCraze]

Brofists are serious business.

 

[Cassidy]

DraQ, not only your suggestions are equivalent to proposing how to make a Gears of War with sticky cover have a better sticky cover system as if such wasn't an inevitably broken an declined feature, but they also require more coding effort to be implemented. I am yet to see any really solid argument against removing brofists altogether in RPGCodex, and I don't think removing them would be too complicated unless they are some shitty forced feature. They didn't contribute in improving the content in any form or shape. Ignore counts are a somewhat more accurate means of separating the bad from the good and the "brofists" obviously added more crap for the staff to bother wasting time moderating as this thread shows.

As for the posting of a thread titled "derp" in the News, I forgot to mention this important detail: even if such was not the OP's intention, it was a precise dissection of the essence of 9 out of every 10 news threads started there. I think that a more worthwhile effort would be to have thread starting quotas in it. Then work on a black list rather than white list and set them to zero for anyone who makes a thread literally rather than metaphorically derp, while limiting the amount of news users can do, with one thread only allowed in News for everyone and then extended for those few who prove capable of writing something good and interested in it. Anything that obliges news threads to be less numberful will lead those posting them to give more value to what they're going to write. Quality > Quantity.

Better one decently written piece every week(like Darth Roxor's Risen review or some of VD's best newposts in the past) than seven copypastas of rpgwatch or retarded gaming sites.

 

[Sceptic]

I think the obvious solution would be to give users finite amount of "ammo" and only restock it once for certain interval of time.

Regenerating ammo in ma Codex? Welcome to the Georgian Police: The CRPG

(kidding, it's not a bad idea)

 

[DraQ]

DraQ, not only your suggestions are equivalent to proposing how to make a Gears of War with sticky cover have a better sticky cover system as if such wasn't an inevitably broken an declined feature, but they also require more coding effort to be implemented. I am yet to see any really solid argument against removing brofists altogether in RPGCodex, and I don't think removing them would be too complicated unless they are some shitty forced feature. They didn't contribute in improving the content in any form or shape. Ignore counts are a somewhat more accurate means of separating the bad from the good and the "brofists" obviously added more crap for the staff to bother wasting time moderating as this thread shows.

Well, I'm not saying that you're wrong, but see the sser's posts in CDPR open letter thread. There is little point reposting the debunking of his regurgitated arguments *again* while just posting that he's a retarded faggot who should die in a fire kind of misses the point of cultured discussion among monocled gentlemen.

It also clutters up the database with shitty and pointless posts and I wouldn't consider adding a column of ints to the users table, checking then decrementing it when user brofist/antibrofists someone, and resetting it once a week or month "coding effort".

Better one decently written piece every week(like Darth Roxor's Risen review or some of VD's best newposts in the past) than seven copypastas of rpgwatch or retarded gaming sites.

We could split our news section into prestigious "Codex articles" and derpy "news".

 

[Kz3r0]

I am yet to see any really solid argument against removing brofists altogether in RPGCodex, and I don't think removing them would be too complicated unless they are some shitty forced feature. They didn't contribute in improving the content in any form or shape. Ignore counts are a somewhat more accurate means of separating the bad from the good and the "brofists" obviously added more crap for the staff to bother wasting time moderating as this thread shows.

I disagree, brofists worked wonders in showing who the conceited retards are than any ignore lists.
All the butthurt 'quality poster' are asking the removal of the feature only because they didn't get th recognition they thought deserved.
A dislike feature or an ignore list are easily abusable, much more than brofists, unless we consider only people ignored by at least forty other posters.
A clique of dedicated retard, and we have aplenty here, could easily target one poster and making him look bad, while brofists in general are a counterbalance to all this by showing that a supposed bad poster is appreciated by many other people.

 

[Grunker]

I AM EXTREMELY ANGRY ABOUT TRIVIAL HARMLESS FEATURES

we know bro we're here for you

Ignore counts are a somewhat more accurate means of separating the bad from the good

yes thin-skinned faggots are best at telling me who the quality posters are i agree

a bunch of sensible stuff

see i knew you weren't as bad as people said you were

 

[Cassidy]

Kz3r0: I think the people who would complain about the complete removal of the brofist feature would be a far more exact indication of who the "coinceited retards" truly are and that you may be upset by the mere possibility it could be removed.

All the butthurt 'quality poster' are asking the removal of the feature only because they didn't get th recognition they thought deserved.

Is this directed at me? Do you consider yourself a standard of fucking quality poster and thus worthy to judge the motivations of anyone else? Ironic you mentioned the "flaws" of the ignore list as a filter against stupidity considering you have been one of the Codexers that mostly used it after SCO.

Grunker: I know you have a grudge towards me as all fanboys who have their games bashed do to those who criticize them. Therefore your trying too hard to bait is irrelevant and shall be completely futile if your hope was to upset me.

Maybe it is you who are taking such feature this seriously to try to bemoan anyone who suggests its removal.

If it's that trivial why would anyone miss it to the point of trying to ad hominem those who post proposals to remove it? Besides, where did I mention I was angry? Because I am not, which does not mean I would be totally indifferent to the possibility of using an unique situation to push for getting Codex 2.0 closer to what it once was minus performance issues.

Also...

We will permanently remove your right to brofist.

Mangoose and Crooked Bee Brofist this

 

[Kz3r0]

Kz3r0: I think the people who would complain about the complete removal of the brofist feature would be a far more exact indication of who the "coinceited retards" truly are and that you may be upset by the mere possibility it could be removed.

Yeah, I am well known for how much I care about other people's opinion about me.

Is this directed at me? Do you consider yourself a standard of fucking quality poster and thus worthy to judge the motivations of anyone else? Ironic you mentioned the "flaws" of the ignore list as a filter against stupidity considering you have been one of the Codexers that mostly used it after SCO.

No, it wasn't directed at you, why the rage?
And the ignore list is something you use for your own convenience, not to measure the quality of people.
Point in case SMA, one of the few poster that has always acted in a proper way, she was ignored by more people than me, and I never shied away by insulting aomeone as much as I can, or Jaesun, our resident Ultima nerd, and others.

PS:
I always appreciated your posts and LPs, but really, this post is mindbogglingly(the spell-checker tells me that is a true word) retarded, seriously using the tag function for this shit?

 

[Kane]

Brofist harvesting is a crime. Don't do it.

talking of which, your amount of brofists looks unaturally high.

and whats the magic behind the kodex kool kredits?

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Friends! Let us not turn on one another! Let us rather direct our wrath at outsiders lest we turn on our brothers and sisters and destroy all which fair Codexia stands for: Yiffing, nazi fetishism, socialism, Prisoner of Ice, DISCUSS, Trannys, poo fetishism, blood & gore, grimdark mature, choice and consequence and BROS!

EIN VOLK! EIN CODEX!

 

[Kz3r0]

Friends! Let us not turn on one another! Let us rather direct our wrath at outsiders lest we turn on our brothers and sisters and destroy all which fair Codexia stands for: Yiffing, nazi fetishism, socialism, Prisoner of Ice, DISCUSS, Trannys, poo fetishism, blood & gore, grimdark mature, choice and consequence and BROS!

EIN VOLK! EIN CODEX!

Der Kodex ist Ein Reich der Brotitude als Fight Club.

 

[MetalCraze]

Brofist harvesting is a crime. Don't do it.

talking of which, your amount of brofists looks unaturally high.

Well that's easy. DU is a corrupt official who confiscated our brofists and added them to his own instead of returning them to The People.

 

[Grunker]

Grunker: I know you have a grudge towards me as all fanboys who have their games bashed do to those who criticize them.

haha what the fuck man

Did you critize a game I like? Which one?

Seriosuly, do you consider yourself some kind of champion of some cause since you seem to think there are actually people on the Codex harboring some secret grudge against you for criticizing some random game?

If it's that trivial why would anyone miss it to the point of trying to ad hominem those who post proposals to remove it?

You use a giant strawman against me, do not actually discuss the points in my post, and THEN proceed to cry that evil people are using ad hominems in a discussion about an irrelevant topic?

ok man

Maybe it is you who are taking such feature this seriously to try to bemoan anyone who suggests its removal.

I don't care either way, it's a trinket-feature. What I find baffling is the cadre of "oldschool" users lining up to proclaim how the introduction of trivial features that do not alter the site's functionality in a remarkable way are ruining fair Codexia.

We have a restored site, it's working... quit yer bitchin'.

Therefore your trying too hard to bait is irrelevant and shall be completely futile if your hope was to upset me.

Of course I was hoping to upset you man, this is the Codex, relax. You're trying just as hard to piss people off with your rhetoric as I am and we both know it, so why play all victim all of the sudden? I'm posting in a bullshit-thread on a bullshit-topic and we're arguing relatively irrelevant things... where are we at if we can't yell at each other?

Honestly, seeing as you usually go over the board to insult people that disagree with you on the 'dex I wouldn't think you of all people would have any sort of problem with that.

 

[Mangoose]

Brofists are good in that they replace (most of) one word/emoticon/image agreement replies.

Anti-brofists, though.... I'd rather keep the typical one-word/one-liner vocal disagreement because that can stimulate debate (whereas the above only stimulates circlejerking).

 

[Mackerel]

I Have No Fist and I Must Circle-jerk

 

[DraQ]

Anti-brofists, though.... I'd rather keep the typical one-word/one-liner vocal disagreement because that can stimulate debate

One-liner doesn't really stimulate anything and if it does, one liner and several "ಠ_ಠ"s works just as well as several one liners, without making such mess in the thread and in the database.

 

[Grunker]

I support the anti-brofist if for nothing else then because it might spark some drama and train tickets. Honestly though, if it's something the staff are going to waste time implementing, I think we're better off moving on. Calling a poster a massive dickhead is just as satisfactory as anti-brofisting his thread, after all.

 

[Mangoose]

One-liner doesn't really stimulate anything and if it does, one liner and several "ಠ_ಠ"s works just as well as several one liners, without making such mess in the thread and in the database.

Yes, and you know you can do this EXACTLY without changing the system? A one-liner disagreement with people brofisting the disagreement instead of "ಠ_ಠ"s on the OP. Think outside of the fucking box, geez.

 

[DraQ]

One-liner doesn't really stimulate anything and if it does, one liner and several "ಠ_ಠ"s works just as well as several one liners, without making such mess in the thread and in the database.

Yes, and you know you can do this EXACTLY without changing the system? A one-liner disagreement with people brofisting the disagreement instead of "ಠ_ಠ"s on the OP. Think outside of the fucking box, geez.

If we already have circlejerk button, we might as well have one for depriving retarded posters of their circlejerks.

 

[Haba]

If someone does something you approve, you tip your hat and nod discreetly.

If they do something that you disapprove...