ARCAN'S PROFILE

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No, I didn't like DBZ and never really watched it :/

Same with me. Too much filler. And being that I was like 11 years old and was still able to pick up on that, was really sad.

All my friends loved it though.

Stop being me.
I loved the original Dragonball when I was a kid, though. It had its fair share of filler too, but it definitely kept me coming back every week.

I think most people knew that it was mostly filler, just that nobody cared. Frankly I wouldn't watch an anime if it was 100% fight scenes.

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First of all, you overestimate just how emotionally invested WIP is. There were very serious discussions about the possibility of removing the impertinent forums for a long time. You're giving yourself too much credit.

All the better if he wasn't but to me he came off as a bit of an asshole. Maybe thats the way you talk but to me you didn't sound like you seriously wanted to discuss anything. I don't believe that real discussions need any put downs as they don't add anything to the discussion. I try not to be dick even when I get frustrated with people and I expect others to do the same. Also, when I said he was too emotionally invested I was talking about the advertisement argument, not the the argument whether we should keep those forums or not.

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I kinda get what arcan is saying. Without sigs and forum topics for games, people who bypass the main site are never exposed to any advertising for people's projects (except for, like, the screenshot topic). And, yes, this is partially due to laziness and disinterest, but people who like to play games (but aren't actively seeking them out) have a much smaller chance of stumbling upon something they might like.

I don't know how big of a difference it makes, but it is an accurate observation.

This is the main point I keep trying to promote but none of you seem to get it. Some people don't usually like playing games so you sometimes have to point it out to them that there are good ones out there otherwise they might not do so on their own. Also, stop saying that I am lazy, because by "some people" I am not referring to myself, I am referring to anyone that might not have read this thread. They don't realize that this is a bad mentality to have but I did before I even posted that first time.

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The goal of the site is to make games, make better games, and also play them. Everything else is a sideline feature.

This makes sense, its your site you should do what you want. But my point is that some members don't usually play or make games and if you remove the extra forums you might lose some people. I do agree to some extent that those extra forums are bad. Too many of those and we might end up like GW, which is less focused on games and more about stupid discussions. But I feel like the the amount of these forums we have right now is at a good level.

Nah I think your full of it. I was trying to have a decent discussion but you were getting too emotionally invested in it. Besides, Halibalica seems to have a good understanding of what I was saying but I guess he's nobody.

Edit: I don't think he actually wanted to remove the forums. He was probably just pissed of due to my radical ideas and wanted to say something that would annoy me.

Woaw there azn, nobody said anything about fucking. I believe that goes into the "What are you thinking about right now?" thread.

But like I said, this probably doesn't only apply to me. I said that I have an interest in playing games but how do you know what other people are thinking? Keep in mind that all my arguments are hypothetical and don't all necessary apply to me.

You want to remove off-topic forums? I'm sure you realize how bad that will affect the community. The people that stay will probably be more focused on their work but activity will drop significantly. So in the end its really about what the goal is here, to have more fun or to be more productive?