Damn those hypocrites and perverts
*goes back to reading the amputee romance sim lp*
*goes back to reading the amputee romance sim lp*
Kz3r0 is not seeing the difference between a plurality and a majority.
Here is a random demonstration with made up numbers.
Does this mean the Codex enjoys Rance more than Fallout, Torment, Arcanum? NO! Because the total thread views for those three games may still be more than twice for Rance. So Rance is still a niche subject only for a minority of the Codex.
However, also consider that that you may only ever have two or three big Rance threads on the Codex, while you may have hundreds of small threads for Fallout, Torment, and Arcanum, each for one small topic of each of the games. The reason the views for a Rance thread may be so high is that there may only ever be one Rance thread, so everyone sticks to that thread only. For a super niche game like Rance, the fans would not want to venture out of the main thread to make a smaller thread that will get fewer views and no replies.
Now that is finally possible sort threads by views and replies the darkest secrets of this site are revealed.
The threads with the highest number of views in all the gaming sections involve mainstream games
even in GD boobs and football are the most viewed threads.
I know that the whole Hivemind and monocle thingie weren't meant to be taken seriously, but after seeing that even in the Playground the most viewed LPs are an Hentai game, Rance, I know, many say that has more C&C than any RPG ou there, but still.
Andy' s FF VII LP, yes, an ironic one, but people will really follow an ironic LP of a game they despise for so long?
And, worst of all, a FO 3 LP, one of the most hated games here, supposedly.
Not true, the most viewed LPs are about 'hated' games or have been made especially for the Codex, meaning Root's, The Barbarian's and Grotsnick's, seems pretty obvious to me that those are the LPs in which Codexers have the most interest.I dunno, often the threads about the shittiest games are the most entertaining to read?
My point is that is not true, is just posturing.So, as Angthoron described, many people come to the Codex to express their hate toward contemporary mainstream titles labeled as RPGs.
You can discuss everything about high brow subjects without being confrontational, people simply is not interested.Different people have different high brow and low brow interests, and some of those interests (art in general) are difficult (and in my particular opinion pointless) to discuss in detail without resorting to walls of text that fail to capture the portion of value of those interests, but every heterosexual man likes tits. A man who claims otherwise is a eunuch, a hypocrite, or a homosexual.
But people here scream japshit at every occasion even when they are good games, then you discover that they have played all the FFs, and the SMT LPs are among the ones with the lowest number of views, are you telling me that everyone here played them?I can only speak for myself here: I follow those LPs that I consider funny, regardless of the quality of the game played, with a few exceptions (I don't follow hentai LPs as I find the existence of such games disturbing and I sometimes follow an LP to see if the game is worth trying or to see additional content I've missed). I don't despise JRPGs, they are a separate genre from western RPGs and are not really connected to decline of western RPGs.
Someone should have serious issues for following tens of pages of a game he dislike just to see how bad it is, I don't really buy this argument, for example the Arcania LP has an abysmally low number of views.Following a LP of a horrible game like Fallout 3 reveals all features of the game in question without the need to resort to secondary sources (which implies trust) and effectively crushes the fanboy "argument" "You can't judge the game if you haven't played it".
My point is that is not true, is just posturing.
Until now others wanted me gone and explicitly asked for my ban, I never did that.Why are you so worried about how the population of a forum you go to reflects on you? If you don't like how things are going, post stuff that you like, get out, or join the administration. It's obvious that making a whine post does jack shit except for stir up drama so that you can be praised for putting down the people you don't like (but at the same time want them gone because they reflect badly upon you). Self-aggrandizement.
Why are you so worried about how the population of a forum you go to reflects on you? If you don't like how things are going, post stuff that you like, get out, or join the administration. It's obvious that making a whine post does jack shit except for stir up drama so that you can be praised for putting down the people you don't like (but at the same time want them gone because they reflect badly upon you). Self-aggrandizement.Until now others wanted me gone and explicitly asked for my ban, I never did that.
Butthurt much?
Double posting is akin to spam, and only shows that this subject is quite touchy for you.Why are you so worried about how the population of a forum you go to reflects on you? If you don't like how things are going, post stuff that you like, get out, or join the administration. It's obvious that making a whine post does jack shit except for stir up drama so that you can be praised for putting down the people you don't like (but at the same time want them gone because they reflect badly upon you). Self-aggrandizement.
I like the image, even if I doubt that it resembles reality.The Codex is like this bitter old man that suddenly realizes he's old and gets angry at the world.
But instead of simply being angry towards everything and everyone newer than itself, the Codex constantly attempts to "blend in", trying some of this new shit for itself simply to have something to complain about later. The Codex has an insatiable thirst for being bitter that only shit can, momentarily, satisfy.
But the Codex keeps on lying to itself, saying that what it really seeks is the taste of the long gone past.
What subject? Why would your behavior be touchy for me? Why would I care?Double posting is akin to spam, and only shows that this subject is quite touchy for you.
Do you realize that yours is the first rabid post in this thread?What subject? Why would your behavior be touchy for me? Why would I care?
Why do your project, onto me, your own over-investment of ego into this forum?
My point is that is not true, is just posturing.
There is a plethora of high brow subjects and different subjects interest different people, and different people have different levels of knowledge about different subjects. For a productive high level discussion there has to be a number of people with common interest and similar levels of knowledge in the topic of interest. Besides, writing about a high brow subject in a way that constitutes appropriate treatment of the subject (as opposed to a short comment of like/dislike nature) takes time, which is a luxury for many people, and effort.You can discuss everything about high brow subjects without being confrontational, people simply is not interested.
That's called user friendliness. Besides, a well shaped female body is aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately, there ARE some genuinely disgusting things to be found in GD, however this is a result of the no ban policy and is very unlikely to change.And if you like boobs you don't need to browse the Codex to find them.
I always liked that you can discuss Latin and porn here, but now it resemble your average gaming site for teenagers on high hormones.
But people here scream japshit at every occasion even when they are good games, then you discover that they have played all the FFs, and the SMT LPs are among the ones with the lowest number of views, are you telling me that everyone here played them?
Someone should have serious issues for following tens of pages of a game he dislike just to see how bad it is, I don't really buy this argument, for example the Arcania LP has an abysmally low number of views.
I rather believe they do it because they are way more casual than they like to admit.