WHATS GOEN ON WITH ALL MEMES

hounestly.

What's poppin', Itemforty?

When talking about constructive flaming, does "jeez your fucking suck ass blog about sucking ass and penis you should put more content you sucky sucker suck suck face" really flow better than maybe specifying what is specifically wrong with the "blog" in question and pointing it out? And if the recipient of said flaming comes back as a douche, does that warrant more flaming?

And seriously, can't ONE person comment ONCE about how bad an attempt it is so that failblogs don't get girl intro sized comment threads?

And why you so racist Necros?

Do you care that Kyosuke Nawhatsisface got banned? Because I sure as hell didn't.

Ron, though, I'm pretty bummed about.

I've actually been anticipating this podcast for a while - Podtoid won't touch the subject.

I can understand some of the older community members wanting people to be less crappy and more awsome, but sitting around and bitching about it like a school girl on her period doesn't make anything better. It just discourages new blood, and makes old blood less interesting in sticking around.

Also, did any one catch of the epic HANDEGG games on tv this weekend?

I request word filters for soccer = football, and football = HANDEGG.

Would MovieKick heal all wounds?

i am not here to bitch about a community i love so much, but really recently the c-blogs have been really not worth reading.

i don't know why but there seems to be a wave of new person on the blogs, and the problem is that these people appears to come here and expect the blogs to be as meaningless as the IGN's, Gamespot's (Gamestop?) and Screwattack's ones.

Another problem appeared after the wave of Bans , people are affraid to flame the above-mentionned persons because they also fear to be banned. This leads the commenters to not flame the horribles bloggers, who then thinks that the way they blog is acceptable in this community.

I really don't think that my toughts turned out ot be understandable since i have a lot of problem turning my toughts into readable sentences.

I have to say Destructoid as a whole is unfortunately worse, the front page isn't as entertaining anymore and lacks the real personality posts used to have. This is a video game blog, not CNN.

Workman's banning was unwarranted and I'm really disappointed that such a thing happened but it's out of our control and we don't know the full story so I have no input. But if my impression of things is correct it was in very poor taste.

Reaprar and Heretic took things a bit too far, Heretic especially. Reaprar hadn't posted in awhile so I think a warning should have been sent to him at the least before the hammer was swung. Heretic was a an alright guy but flaunting in someone's face that they won't be banned is pretty lame.

There's more on my mind but then I'd be writing an editorial. I KNOW these things happen because of Ad support and such but I was asked if the community got worse and I honestly say yes it has. It actually pains me to say it but some things need to get out there


THE FAILCAST ARE GO

One last thing, I just read your comment Bullet Train, and you really shouldn't have called people new and old blood after a period metaphor XD

i would hug Niero.

Yeah, that guy should be banned for loving dolphins too much, i bet that if he had a chance to hug one he would hug it to DEATH

also @Chad - have you used your present to see the dolphins?

I for one would like to hear someone bitch about Tyra Banks.

@Itemforty - We should fear Tyra Banks. Her giant forehead of death is destined to destroy the world!

@scary womanizing pig mask:

Ugh. I didn't even realize I wrote it that way. I fail at life :( hahah

I'm curious as to why all of the sudden everybody thinks they're going to get banned just because a few well known and self-appointed trolls were. The best I can come up with from reading the various responses on the matter is that people are afraid they'll suddenly wake up one morning and be banned from Destructoid without any prior notice. Do you guys honestly believe that? That CTZ or Niero or any of the other editors are going to straight out ban you without any warning? I would hope everybody, especially the old timers, know the editors better than that. If you are acting too dickish or way out of line I'm sure you'd get a few warning from the editors (and probably other community members as well) telling you to cool down first before even a temp ban is issued. I agree that banning Reaprar, Heratic, and the other "trolls" without giving them a chance to make amends seems a little backwards and harsh from my perspective. I seriously doubt anybody else aside from that small group is in any danger of a permanent ban. To clear up any misunderstandings, I'm not referring to Ron as being a part of group. That's an issue I don't feel is my place to discuss since I've never met Niero or Ron personally.

what was the comment that got heretic banned?

@MEE,
Not yet. I am waiting (very impatiently) for it to get warmer. I AM SO EXCITED! :D

I don't really want to get in anyone's face about such a sensitive topic, but I do feel like Ron was the heart of Destructoid. Before his banishment, when he left Dtoid, things went downhill. He was the glue that kept us all together and really was the go-to guy if you had any questions or problems. He still is that to a lot of us, despite leaving officially.

I second a lot of what Necros mentioned in his earlier post. The writing needs to go back to what it used to be: campy, humorous and witty. I miss my captain obvious and Bargain Bin Ladens of the world. Please come back!

From a personal perspective, I don't want to sound too harsh, but I just kind of got sick of waiting around for supposed "projects" in the works with Dtoid. I'm not going to mention any names, but certain people over the last year and a half have strung me along with the possibilities of cool game ideas or artistic projects that mostly don't end up being made at all. I just got sick of being promised this falsely and just happen. Some people just blow a shit load of steam at Dtoid without any follow through. Frankly, my time and talents are not worth such disrespect. After these incidents it became hard for me to respect Dtoid as much or take it very seriously. (Not that I would ever use "serious" to describe such a silly and awesome place).

From a community standpoint, Dtoid is still very cliquish I suppose, but I don't think anyone is super "elite" or feels they are better than everyone else. The pace of the writing has gotten far too quick and tabloidish, reporting on the most minuscule bits like "ooooh a new song for Lips, let's write a whole piece just on that which nobody cares about!". I liked it back in the day where there was a steady flow of news, but at least I could keep up with it all. The humour is also lacking, no more funny-as-shit features or silly memes being created (lack of Workmengs).

That's some of my feelings on the issue, I took some of what I said from my ramblings in the emailer, sorry if you read it a second time.

I think the cblog downfall is simple to explain, a bunch of the ones that used to write a lot are now writing mainly somewhere else, moved to the front page or got caught up IRL and no one has taken their place.

As for what Naia said, yes, if Aerox hadn't done the Tyra post and Dtoider35000 did it I bet it wouldn't have been accepted as well, but I see this as normal, one obviously is more willing to accept something from someone they know that from someone they just met.

Also, I think it's mostly bs all the talk about "I'm afraid of getting banned" because of last week's bans, I mean sure, they might consider the risk of getting banned now, but that wasn't the reason why they stopped posting or didn't post/comment as often as they did before last week.

Last, has anyone consider that the community has become an alive sentient being? By this I mean that if the site crashed one day and stayed offline for a week, the emailer, vent, IRC, steam and all those other places would still hold a good part of the community together.

did i miss something or is that one girl on house a lesbian?

Much like the economy, Destructoid is in a funk. It is not the end of the world, and things are rough right now. Hell, 1Up just got bought by UGO today and is being violently dismembered bit by bit as we speak.

That being said, the only bailout we're getting is to make this place better with our own hands. We must produce better blogs all around. We must make better forum posts. We must make FNF what it once was by bringing together everybody, by changing up what games we play, and by making it engaging again. We can do all of this and more if we put forth the effort. I know we have it in us, Dtoid community. And I will do everything in my power to make things happen, but I can't do this alone. I need everyone's help. We need everyone's help.

On my end, my features are coming back. All of them. I have a ton of stuff lined up, and I don't care how long it takes to get them written, but I want my features back. And if Bargain Bin Laden doesn't come back to the front page, I'll probably end up picking that up as a C-Blog feature because, frankly, I bargain bin dive a lot and find a ton of great stuff. A lot of crap, yes, but great stuff, too.

That, however, really highlights the best way to get the blogs and everything else back in order: write about what you love, community. You like shmups? OK, make a blog post on it and go from there. That's how half of my features started out. I'm sure you'll find some great ways to write up your favorite things if you try.

I see much promise in Destructoid. It's all about achieving it. And I believe in you guys.

Serious question time:
Do you think there is anyway for Dtoid to regain its former glory, and do you think site badges and groups are going to do anything? To me, it seems like the devoted community members already have their unofficial groups, and this seems like a penance of too little, too late.

Stupid question time:
How long until we see a cheesy VH1 biopic about the ridiculously fast rise and slower descent of Dtoid? Please cast the film as well.

I'm not an active contributor of this community, but for the past two years I've been loving the news articles and the relationship between the editors and readers. I think that banning people for serious offenses is important. If a community does not have rules which are enforced, it becomes chaos. 4chan is chaos. I hate 4chan. I may be alone in hating 4chan, but why does there need to be both 4chan and destructoid-pseudo-4chan? Banning members of this community helps the community to retain it's individuality and appeal.

Also, maybe some members need to stop making lots and lots of drama and like... play some games? That's what this site is about right?