Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Caurcas]

So the past few months I've been playing Dead By Daylight while waiting for EW. I've got to say, after being involved in that community I never want to hear about the 14 community being toxic again. I've never met a more radioactive community than the DbD one. However, I do appreciate that that community had an outlet for its toxicity. Which is to say, they get to take it out on each other.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I mean, FF XIV community is like a gathering of Karens and Kevins. They'll seem pretty okay at first but as soon as you dig deeper....
Dead by Daylight attracts more obvious Heartless, though. The same Heartless that'll swallow whatever their peers think is right.

Most of gamers are desperate for power fantasy, you can see this in console wars where nobody really cares about the positives of exclusivity. It's always a limited amount of phrases: "I hate console A, so I want game to come to platform B", "I don't want to play this game to begin with but everyone talks about it, so I'll complain about exclusivity, say I won't buy it and go play Apex", "Exclusivity is cool because it makes me feel cool :cool " . Did you see the recent meltdown over God of War, a 4 year old (in 2022) game coming to PC? It has already been given out for free and put on streaming services but some act like they've been personally insulted because more people get to play it, because the game will likely be easier to preserve, etc. While others seem completely ignorant about the negative impact of this event - the more of these ports happen, the less likely people will be to support games on PS platforms, and the MORE that happens, the less unique games we'll have.
Without additional big publisher funding there is simply no need or opportunity for a unique exclusive game. Nintendo would not be Nintendo if they were just a publisher with weak hardware and games they put out on Steam and PS4/Xbox. If you pull in people who want, say, Astral Chain or No More Heroes 3, you're inviting them to an ecosystem where something like Captain Toad or, say, Fragile Dreams on Wii is a reality, and not a title everyone'll forget as soon as it's out.

Final Fantasy XIV community can be okay but it's pretty much the same "okay" as working in an office with a bunch of Karens and Kevins. Bright 32-teeth smiles until you tell them "no" and they loose their ****

Quoting before you go back and delete it. Never know when we might need some extra salt.

[Doru_Nintendan]

I mean, FF XIV community is like a gathering of Karens and Kevins. They'll seem pretty okay at first but as soon as you dig deeper....
Dead by Daylight attracts more obvious Heartless, though. The same Heartless that'll swallow whatever their peers think is right.

Most of gamers are desperate for power fantasy, you can see this in console wars where nobody really cares about the positives of exclusivity. It's always a limited amount of phrases: "I hate console A, so I want game to come to platform B", "I don't want to play this game to begin with but everyone talks about it, so I'll complain about exclusivity, say I won't buy it and go play Apex", "Exclusivity is cool because it makes me feel cool :cool " . Did you see the recent meltdown over God of War, a 4 year old (in 2022) game coming to PC? It has already been given out for free and put on streaming services but some act like they've been personally insulted because more people get to play it, because the game will likely be easier to preserve, etc. While others seem completely ignorant about the negative impact of this event - the more of these ports happen, the less likely people will be to support games on PS platforms, and the MORE that happens, the less unique games we'll have.
Without additional big publisher funding there is simply no need or opportunity for a unique exclusive game. Nintendo would not be Nintendo if they were just a publisher with weak hardware and games they put out on Steam and PS4/Xbox. If you pull in people who want, say, Astral Chain or No More Heroes 3, you're inviting them to an ecosystem where something like Captain Toad or, say, Fragile Dreams on Wii is a reality, and not a title everyone'll forget as soon as it's out.

Final Fantasy XIV community can be okay but it's pretty much the same "okay" as working in an office with a bunch of Karens and Kevins. Bright 32-teeth smiles until you tell them "no" and they loose their ****

Hey, we might be "Kevins and Karens," but at least we don't "close or delete" our threads and replies when people disagree with us. :P

[MilkieTea]

Hey, we might be "Kevins and Karens," but at least we don't "close or delete" our threads and replies when people disagree with us. :P

Honestly I feel like that may be the ultimate "Kevin & Karen" move.

"You all don't agree with me and constantly call me out! Reported! Reported! Reported! Delete Delete Delete!"

[Rinhi]

"You all don't agree with me and constantly call me out! Reported! Reported! Reported! Delete Delete Delete!"

also known as 'the crystal special'

note to people potentially being offended by this: this is a joke, I don't have anything against players from crystal, please don't report me for this clearly obvious joke done in complete jest

... just asking, is Kevin the male equivalent for the Karen meme? Because in germany, we have... a different meme for Kevins.

good ol' chantalle, justin and kevin... my class- and schoolmates got lucky that the memes about those names only really picked up when they were almost out of school :P

[Doru_Nintendan]

also known as 'the crystal special'

note to people potentially being offended by this: this is a joke, I don't have anything against players from crystal, please don't report me for this clearly obvious joke done in complete jest



good ol' chantalle, justin and kevin... my class- and schoolmates got lucky that the memes about those names only really picked up when they were almost out of school :P

As a crystal person myself, I can sadly agree with ya lol. Last few days I've seen a couple people get really defensive or just hide what they say when people disagree with them.

[RicaRuin]

also known as 'the crystal special'

note to people potentially being offended by this: this is a joke, I don't have anything against players from crystal, please don't report me for this clearly obvious joke done in complete jest



good ol' chantalle, justin and kevin... my class- and schoolmates got lucky that the memes about those names only really picked up when they were almost out of school :P

Don't forget the Jacquelines!

[Rinhi]

Don't forget the Jacquelines!

"schakkelinäää!!!!! bring mich mal die milch her ey!!!"
all these names remind me of some friends' parents (and what/how they called their kids in public) and trash tv shows like die wollnys with their hyphenated and/or weird names and the subsequent yelling of them, god...