Multipolar gaming forums

[Nutmeg]

Inspired by this very bad thread, I head a (hopefully) good idea.

Keeping with the spirit of the times the Codex should divide it's gaming section according to civilizational poles, ofc. attenuated somewhat by the particular history of video games.

I propose a division like so:

• Japanese gaming (Resident Evil, Dark Souls, Mario etc.)
• Asian gaming (Genshin Impact, Ho Tu Lo Shu, Girls Frontline etc.)
• American gaming (Doom, Starcraft, Thief, Jagged Alliance, Heroes of Might and Magic etc.)
• British gaming (e.g. Wipeout, Tomb Raider, Perfect Dark, Chaos Engine etc.)
• Western European gaming (e.g. Crusader Kings, Divinity Original Sin etc.)
• Eastern European gaming (e.g. Witcher, Space Rangers, Pathologic etc.)

Then each of those can be broken down into the common genres for those cultures (e.g. there's no need to have an RTS or FPS subforum for Japan, but DRPG and SRPG? that would make sense).

 

[Lemming42]

This is a great idea. I'd go further and use a random number generator to assign a colour to every game ever released, with no rhyme or reason behind it. Then I'd organise the site around those colours. Click on the "Yellow" subforum and find yourself greeted with threads about Doom and threads about Sudden Strike, side by side, nobody having any clue what the fuck's going on. It should also be impossible to sort by date, and you should just get a random selection of any threads dating back to 2002 on each board.

 

[Kathlyn Kitty Kat]

Bad ideia organization wise, would make even harder to look for certain game topics from what we already have in place.

 

[Konjad]

Inspired by this very bad thread, I head a (hopefully) good idea.

Keeping with the spirit of the times the Codex should divide it's gaming section according to civilizational poles, ofc. attenuated somewhat by the particular history of video games.

I propose a division like so:

• Japanese gaming (Resident Evil, Dark Souls, Mario etc.)
• Asian gaming (Genshin Impact, Ho Tu Lo Shu, Girls Frontline etc.)
• American gaming (Doom, Starcraft, Thief, Jagged Alliance, Heroes of Might and Magic etc.)
• British gaming (e.g. Wipeout, Perfect Dark, Chaos Engine etc.)
• Western European gaming (e.g. Crusader Kings, Divinity Original Sin etc.)
• Eastern European gaming (e.g. Witcher, Space Rangers, Pathologic etc.)

Then each of those can be broken down into the common genres for those cultures (e.g. there's no need to have an RTS or FPS subforum for Japan, but DRPG and SRPG? that would make sense).

No, it makes no sense to divide games according to geography.

If it was to be divided it'd better be according to gameplay (i.e. "turn-based", "RTWP", "Isometric", "FPP/TPP" etc.). This way at least there would be a point to avoid or visit specific subforums. I can't imagine why would geographical division help in finding games you'd be interested in.

 

[Dadd]

I want an Earth Gaming Forum

 

[Nutmeg]

I can't imagine why would geographical division help in finding games you'd be interested in.

Because Zelda (ARPG) is more similar to Fire Emblem (SRPG) than it is to Diablo (ARPG). Doom (FPS) is more similar to Starcraft (RTS) than it is to Geograph Seal (1994 Japanese FPS)

Culture trumps genre. The codex forum organization already rightly makes this distinction (tho inconsistently) between Asian and non-Asian gaming, but fails to make distinctions between what are arguably just as wide and deep cultural chasms within those two broad groups.

it makes no sense to divide games according to geography.

Not geography, but rather civilization and culture.

 

[Nutmeg]

I want an Earth Gaming Forum

I do too but humanity isn't there yet.

 

[Beans00]

How I feel when I read a licorice post.

 

[Konjad]

Not geography, but rather civilization and culture.

Arcanum - American
Prelude to Darkness - American
Fallout - American

So I guess we have an idea about typical American RPG and why would anybody visit that forum, perfect place for all Bethesda games mixed with Darklands and The Outer Worlds too.

Or let's say German games, like Gothic, Drakensang and The Dark Eye would be perfect being together but separate from non-German games

 

[Nutmeg]

Western European gaming could certainly be further broken down into

• German
• Scandinavian
• Latin (mainly French)

IMO Scandinavian games especially have this larpy breezy shovelware quality that I really think should be segregated from the rest of gaming. I would never visit the Scandinavian games forum.

There would also need to be a catch all like "Developing market gaming forum" for the rest of the world.

 

[Fedora Master]

Infinitron already has enough subforums to memoryhole games he doesn't like/doesn't get kickbacks from.

 

[Maxie]

Tha Witcher is Central European

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

 

[Theodora]

You're a treasure sometimes licorice.

 

[NecroLord]

African American RPGs.

 

[mediocrepoet]

A better idea is to lump all games together, but to segregate the forum users in a Codexian apartheid split by geographical location, ethnicity, religion, and political leanings. This will possibly increase the number of subforums, but will significantly reduce the amount of retardation, shitposting, and drama in gaming threads.

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

A better idea is to lump all games together, but to segregate the forum users in a Codexian apartheid split by geographical location, ethnicity, religion, and political leanings. This will possibly increase the number of subforums, but will significantly reduce the amount of retardation, shitposting, and drama in gaming threads.

 

[None]

I propose a division like so:

• Japanese gaming (Resident Evil, Dark Souls, Mario etc.)
• Asian gaming (Genshin Impact, Ho Tu Lo Shu, Girls Frontline etc.)
• American gaming (Doom, Starcraft, Thief, Jagged Alliance, Heroes of Might and Magic etc.)
• British gaming (e.g. Wipeout, Tomb Raider, Perfect Dark, Chaos Engine etc.)
• Western European gaming (e.g. Crusader Kings, Divinity Original Sin etc.)
• Eastern European gaming (e.g. Witcher, Space Rangers, Pathologic etc.)

Not geography, but rather civilization and culture.

I see you've finally given up on that whole Eurasian civilization nonsense. You're teetering dangerously on the precipice of sanity.

 

[Vic]

where the Jewish gamers at?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Dumbest fucking thing I've ever read and it would make the site a nightmare to use, so I'm all for it

 

[Lord of Riva]

I can't imagine why would geographical division help in finding games you'd be interested in.

Because Zelda (ARPG) is more similar to Fire Emblem (SRPG) than it is to Diablo (ARPG). Doom (FPS) is more similar to Starcraft (RTS) than it is to Geograph Seal (1994 Japanese FPS)

????????

No? How do you logic?

 

[430am]

Let's go, where are my slavic faction comrades? At least on an internet forum we can live in peace... right?

 

[Maxie]

Let's go, where are my slavic faction comrades? At least on an internet forum we can live in peace... right?

'slavic' means some dumbass who likes to impersonate srussians
normal slavs dont use that word apart from discussions about lingusitics

 

[430am]

Let's go, where are my slavic faction comrades? At least on an internet forum we can live in peace... right?

'slavic' means some dumbass who likes to impersonate srussians
normal slavs dont use that word apart from discussions about lingusitics

Evidently I just did, so hryookni, peremogator.

 

[Maxie]

Let's go, where are my slavic faction comrades? At least on an internet forum we can live in peace... right?

'slavic' means some dumbass who likes to impersonate srussians
normal slavs dont use that word apart from discussions about lingusitics

Evidently I just did, so hryookni, peremogator.

way to impersonate srussians there kid

 

[430am]

Let's go, where are my slavic faction comrades? At least on an internet forum we can live in peace... right?

'slavic' means some dumbass who likes to impersonate srussians
normal slavs dont use that word apart from discussions about lingusitics

Evidently I just did, so hryookni, peremogator.

way to impersonate srussians there kid

Oh no, are they in the room with us right now?

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Look in the mirror