Lilura's Blog: An Ongoing Codexian Obsession

[Lilura]

I mean the addict is not of Fallout stock. Or Troika, Baldur's Gate or Jagged Alliance 2. The upheaval that came with Oblivion/Oblivion With Guns. When all the shit-taste came, and all the grubs.

 

[Alpan]

Given that backlinks are the most indicative metric of popularity and certainly discoverability, I don't think it's honest to argue that Lilura1 is almost as popular as CRPGAddict.

 

[Latro]

Given that backlinks are the most indicative metric of popularity and certainly discoverability, I don't think it's honest to argue that Lilura1 is almost as popular as CRPGAddict.

despite having 75,000,000 more backlinks, he only has under 200 more "organic followers"; lilura has quite the strong core of actual readers despite having nobody shilling for her. i'm also basically repeating her own post from earlier, so read the thread.

 

[Alpan]

despite having 75,000,000 more backlinks, he only has under 200 more "organic followers"; lilura has quite the strong core of actual readers despite having nobody shilling for her. i'm also basically repeating her own post from earlier, so read the thread.

I don't disagree that she has a core of actual readers. In the absence of an actual traffic breakdown and comparison, -- which she does not provide -- backlinks are the metric to look for, and there she trails badly. You'll notice that's what I said.

I did read the thread: Don't make such a moronic claim again. It's moronic because I'm responding to the post you're asking me to read.

 

[Latro]

despite having 75,000,000 more backlinks, he only has under 200 more "organic followers"; lilura has quite the strong core of actual readers despite having nobody shilling for her. i'm also basically repeating her own post from earlier, so read the thread.

I did read the thread: Don't make such a moronic claim again. It's moronic because I'm responding to the post you're asking me to read.

yes, that's the insult

 

[Alpan]

yes, that's the insult

Try to come up with a better one next time, imbecile.

 

[Lilura]

despite having nobody shilling for her.

I overtook him about a year ago for a while, when GoG and a few other big boys linked to me. That's all it takes. One or two big boys. crpgaddict, Matt Chat and crpgbook are spammed everywhere by shill-bots; lilura1, nowhere.

Which means my traffic is based on keyword searches: people are typing in the question and I'm giving them the answer. They're not just absent-mindedly clicking on a spam-link on some other site, and ending up there.

 

[Alpan]

Which means my traffic is based on keyword searches: people are typing in the question and I'm giving them the answer. They're not just absent-mindedly clicking on a spam-link on some other site, and ending up there.

Yes, but this does not mean you're almost as popular as him.

 

[Lilura]

Yes, but this does not mean you're almost as popular as him.

The citation was given and I qualified it by saying it was indicative but not the final word. You have given no citation.

 

[Alpan]

Yes, but this does not mean you're almost as popular as him.

The citation was given and I qualified it by saying it was indicative but not the final word. You have given no citation.

No, we're both citing the same resource. It's just that you're looking at Organic Monthly Traffic and I'm looking at Backlinks.

 

[Lilura]

Here is the crpgbook by the way:

Note the backlinks: it's from an army of spammers.

 

[Alpan]

Alright, that's fair. Backlinks aren't as indicative as I thought they were, then. Claim almost-popularity as you wish.

 

[Roguey]

Correcting unnecessarily outright incorrect information about AD&D's rules = "snarky and unfair in their criticism"

 

[barghwata]

Correcting unnecessarily outright incorrect information about AD&D's rules = "snarky and unfair in their criticism"

Haha, did it really take you this much time to see how much of an insecure narcissist Lilura is? she doesn't exactly do well with criticism, fair or not.

 

[Roguey]

Haha, did it really take you this much time to see how much of an insecure narcissist Lilura is? she doesn't exactly do well with criticism, fair or not.

We never had any problems before.

 

[Gregz]

Lilura

Roguey is genuinely hurt that you have her/him/it on ignore. She/he/it is actually a big fan of yours. Would you consider unignoring Roguey, even if just for a trial period?

 

[Lord_Potato]

The number of sycophants and bootlickers in this thread is troubling. Or should I say, sickening.

 

[Makabb]

The number of sycophants and bootlickers in this thread is troubling. Or should I say, sickening.

And all was well on the Codex

 

[Lilura]

Lilura

Roguey is genuinely hurt that you have her/him/it on ignore. She/he/it is actually a big fan of yours. Would you consider unignoring Roguey, even if just for a trial period?

Roguey is only on soft ignore. Fairfax is on medium because she bitches about me in Shitbox. Hard ignore is facilitated by way of uBlock.

 

[aweigh]

I mean the addict is not of Fallout stock. Or Troika, Baldur's Gate or Jagged Alliance 2. The upheaval that came with Oblivion/Oblivion With Guns. When all the shit-taste came, and all the grubs.

He has said many times he considers Skyrim to be the perfect RPG, and that he only plays other games as a novelty and for archival purposes.

TLDR he is a retard. Anyone who puts stock into what the crpgaddict thinks about RPGs is also another retard. His articles can be useful when they stick exclusively to objective information and other kinds of contextual facts about the games he covers, but that's about the extent of it.

 

[Lilura]

I mean the addict is not of Fallout stock. Or Troika, Baldur's Gate or Jagged Alliance 2. The upheaval that came with Oblivion/Oblivion With Guns. When all the shit-taste came, and all the grubs.

He has said many times he considers Skyrim to be the perfect RPG, and that he only plays other games as a novelty and for archival purposes.

TLDR he is a retard. Anyone who puts stock into what the crpgaddict thinks about RPGs is also another retard. His articles can be useful when they stick exclusively to objective information and other kinds of contextual facts about the games he covers, but that's about the extent of it.

The impression I get is that he didn't live the games; he wasn't around in the heyday. He has no horse in the race; he's an outsider. He certainly isn't of aristocratic Fallout stock. Nor is Matt Chat.

Someone of Fallout stock is FeelTheRads. And Vault Dweller.

To my mind, if you weren't around in the heyday then you're not worth reading or listening to. You can tell who was around and who wasn't by the content and form of their posts. It's as plain as day for anyone with eyes that can read.

 

[Latro]

To my mind, if you weren't around in the heyday then you're not worth reading or listening to.

I'd actually disagree with that; quality is still quality regardless whether or not you were around for it. Obviously I have a dog in the fight because I didn't play FO1/CRPGs until early 00's, but the qualities of FO1 (and others) stands the test of time and culture. To make a more pertinent point, authority is granted with knowledge - which is granted to anyone willing to knuckle down and really understand it.

 

[Makabb]

To my mind, if you weren't around in the heyday then you're not worth reading or listening to.

I'd actually disagree with that; quality is still quality regardless whether or not you were around for it. Obviously I have a dog in the fight because I didn't play FO1/CRPGs until early 00's, but the qualities of FO1 (and others) stands the test of time and culture. To make a more pertinent point, authority is granted with knowledge - which is granted to anyone willing to knuckle down and really understand it.

Yea, it's like watching good movies from 40's and 30's, they are still good today and we can appreciate them for what they are.

 

[Lilura]

I'd actually disagree with that; quality is still quality regardless whether or not you were around for it. Obviously I have a dog in the fight because I didn't play FO1/CRPGs until early 00's, but the qualities of FO1 (and others) stands the test of time and culture. To make a more pertinent point, authority is granted with knowledge - which is granted to anyone willing to knuckle down and really understand it.

I'm talking about me personally. I don't give a flying fuck what someone says about, say, Jagged Alliance 2, if they played it for the first time in 2020. I'm not interested in a viewpoint that has been tainted by current gen fads, trends and "sensibilities" (not to mention politics). Also, I tend to dislike the form of writing current gen commentators employ (style and vocab use).

So it's just a rule of thumb I have.

 

[Melcar]

Lilura is being nasty again. So hot .