Apparently, this list of "players' rights" is supposed to be funny. But it's not a good sign when I'm laughing at the author instead of his lame jokes.

Quote from: Opaopajr;942137That troll thread is now tangentially trolling us, and agglutinating additional troll topics, like its own special snowflake snowball rolling downhill.

Apparently it was a better troll than I thought.

Quote from: Crüesader;942056I'm not drinking beer for it to be tasty.  I'm drinking beer to get buzzed.

Heretic.

Quote from: Crüesader;942056I vote we drown it in beer.

That is not how beer works.

#CrimesAgainstBrewmanity

Quote from: remial;942266so, I just want to be clear.  many of the forums I frequent have rules against making a personal attack against someone (whether they are posters on the forum or not) and I don't imagine this place is too different.

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BWHAHAHAHAH! Oh, wow.

Thanks, that was the first funny thing said in this entire thread.

Quote from: Spinachcat;942279Is anyone anywhere taking the OP seriously?

Have you seen the internet lately? Even I can't tell anymore.

Quote from: Spinachcat;942279Grab the rum, skip the beer. Rum slushies are fabulous. I spend a week in Mexico drinking Miami Vices in an infinity pool and I'm pretty sure I ascended to a higher plane of Girly Drink Nirvana.

http://www.liquor.com/recipes/miami-vice/

Why, that recipe is crazy! They forgot to give a defined volume for the rum? Ha ha!

... oooooh! :eek: Genius. :cool: I think I have a clean Super Big Gulp cup lying about.

Regarding the original post--this is clearly a troll thread, or at least the guy posted it to push buttons, if that's slightly more encompassing than trolling.

Regarding their (the DF poster, not balckstone) point--everyone wants there to be a 'bad guy,' especially if these bad guys get to be hypothetical. Whether it's whiney, snowflakey players or authoritarian, jerkass DMs, all to many people seem to love to post about how they themselves are the true victim amongst these (mostly made up) enemies.

To him being a storygamer--meh. The fact that they are a storygamer is not relevant to them wanting to troll.

Gamergate: like any movement where you get to just define yourself a member, the crazies rushed in and made the whole thing look ridiculous, which was the PR disaster. Interesting to hear that it is still a thing. If there are any people in there with genuine concerns about honesty in gaming journalism, etc., they'd be better served to start over with a new, unsullied movement.

Us: Yes, we are falling hook, line, and sinker for this troll from another board. He has our attention, and that's what he wanted in the first place.

Quote from: Spinachcat;942279I am surprised this isn't a bigger topic of discussion among GG.

There was some concern about the way the newest Deus Ex did some sort of 'give us more money and we'll add more things to the game' swindle... that I'm not sure even counts as a swindle, but it did strike me as kind of shitty.  Of course, not buying AAA games or consoles at all spares me from the stupidity more often than not.  The game, Wrath of Asura I think it was- you couldn't even see the ending unless you paid extra for it.  Mass Effect games, I'm convinced they cut chunks of the game out to sell on release date.

More so than anything, I'm completely baffled as to why people weren't more pissed about the Pay-2-Win epidemic that ran rampant through MMORPG's and still plagues mobile multiplayer games.  

Say what you want nowadays about Cracked being an SJW soapbox, but years ago they predicted a bleak future for gaming and I think they may have nailed it.

Quote from: Spinachcat;942279It's always weird to me how groups miss their common ground.

Ironically, the same people that were mocking these kids' cries of 'ethics in journalism' are howling 'fake news!' and 'alternative facts!' at the top of their lungs nowadays.  I was proud to see young people that cared about ethical journalism, I just wish more of them had branched out to something bigger.  In the grand scheme of things, some shill masquerading as a journalist isn't influencing my decision to buy a game (and they haven't since Nintendo 64's heydey, at least).  I can go find some screecher or neckbeard on Youtube that can give me a better review, without worrying about whose shoving money in his pocket or wrapping their mouth around his penis.  I am far more concerned about someone lying about a major world event or political action, because they're biased or in someone's pocket.  That has more destructive consequences.