Giant wall of text incoming. It's early, I'm tired so forgive me if half of this makes no sense. This does need to be said though, I wouldn't want our precious c-blogs to become the rants and raves section from a Craigslist site because buttsore gamers feel they have to let you know that they have "chosen a side". This may come off as hypocritical to some, but I will still try to make some valid points. So read on if you can!
Good Morning Destructoid. It's 8 o' clock in the morning, and what's the first thing every Destructoid fanboy does when he's online at such an ungodly hour? Well after you get past the front page with reviews, rumormills and top notch journalism, you can visit the community blogs.
These things have become a tool for gamers like us, and sometimes we tend to abuse them more often than not. Of course it's for fun most of the time, usually it's harmless behavior for the most part. Then sometimes in the morning you can catch people that use the community blogs as a soapbox who want everyone to know what they think of this and why we should do that. While spreading ones thoughts and pushing your opinions aren't exactly a bad thing unless you're just being a complete jerk, which has been happening alot more lately, but it's in the wake of nerd rage that the community blogs stop being sensible and start becoming your nerdy weapons of fanboy vengeance.
These kinds of bitch fits are painful to read, and I hounestly cannot keep quiet while gamers continue to tear themselves apart. By now I'm sure you're going to assume I'm talking about the recent explosion over the Xbox Live downtime over the weekend. While I was angry at Microsoft and the only reason being is because I pay for my usual flawless online experince, it isn't enough for me to actually get online and rally people together for a massive bitch fit. I realize it's nearly impossible to kick the dog while it's down, but this goes back to my second paragraph. Technically I'm just another jerk on his soapbox. So instead of whinning and sniviling like little e-tards, why can't we STFUAJPGs? You know what I did while XBL was down? I played Dreamcast. If I had a Playstation 3, I most likely would've been using that too.
I know that paying 4 bucks a month for your online can be crazy, and I know that when the servers are down there will be people that will complain, that will fight, and will use this to further exploit their fanboy vengeance. Why people would want to fight over a console or faceless company is beyond me, and I can remember a time when Destructoid really didn't have this problem. At first every site has their birth pains, but at one time the community really didn't have a problem with other peoples preferences.
Making these "STFUAJPGs" c-blogs just wont cut it, because people just won't get it. Meaning, this whole rant I made seems in vain. Now I don't mean for everyone to just ignore the flaws or online malfunctions, I don't want people to forget you need games to have a good system, and of course I want people to know that even if it's a kids console, you can still have fun. But what I do ask, is that when you feel the need to set gamers back by having this eternal bitch fit since the NES and SEGA days, to just take a deep breath, step away from the keyboard, and just remember it's the internet. It's for fun! We can all have our games and play them too.
Yeah, this is kind of a rant, and yes it is kind of hypocritical. I too can be judging, even when I think I'm not. So hopefully this long rant from a tired gamer will not only be a reminder to myself, but also something that will help us understand that we can ignore the feeling in our gut to let the internet know how wrong they are. To continue with life even if your nerd rage is brimming with tripe ready to flow out of your mouth like a faucet for bullshit. If you can do this, then you will eventually be respected for your opinions and maybe even become wiser in your travels through the internet.
More of your time will be about having fun and being up above it rather than bringing other people down in it.
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(# 0) on 04/07/2008 09:12
(# 1) on 04/07/2008 09:14
Also, blehman has scarred me from clicking most if not all links on the internet.
(# 2) on 04/07/2008 09:15
I however agree all this complaining is annoying. XBL is a online service, and sometimes services fuckup. I've had more problem with Cablevision than I have had with XBL. Six hours is nothing compared to whole days without cable.
(# 3) on 04/07/2008 09:16
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(# 6) on 04/07/2008 09:22
I just wanna play games and then come on here and talk about them.
Also, LOL @ the link to Neonie! Hounestly!
(# 7) on 04/07/2008 09:24
(# 8) on 04/07/2008 09:24
Not that I've EVER had a problem with Live. Always works perfectly, and I've got shit ass Comcast internet.
(# 9) on 04/07/2008 09:26
You missed an epic amount of fail. You also missed out on using your buddy longcat since Hamza was busy in Cancun.
(# 10) on 04/07/2008 09:33
Especially the people that take this for cereal. They too need to remember how much fun we're supposed to be having, instead of points we should be making.
(# 11) on 04/07/2008 09:41
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(# 14) on 04/07/2008 11:28
Yeah unfortunately telling people that wont work sometimes; people are fucking idiots
(# 15) on 04/07/2008 12:04
100% agree Snail. I'll spend a half hour on the job thinking how to respond to a troll or completely ignorant post... when I should just close my browser and get back to work (or write a constructive post, draw, whatever).
See this is why I can't stand the Angry Video Game nerd, even if it's a joke. It hurtses us, as a group and personally.
(# 16) on 04/07/2008 12:26
I bitch and I moan because I know the service can be better, and I feel it should be better. I also feel I have the freedom (and maybe the right) to complain. The fact my money is being taken away for something makes the principal of the situation even more important.
When gamers complain it's fine, if they are not being a) a dick b) a moron and c) unreasonable.
You don't have to read them all you know :P
(# 17) on 04/07/2008 12:38
I agree with your a-c explaination. It's no reason to tear your fellow gamer apart, and that sh*t's not welcome on Destructoid.
(# 18) on 04/07/2008 12:49
I never really get why people feel the need to argue about faceless companies.
(# 19) on 04/07/2008 13:31
Let's say out of all of them, 30,000 people wanted the maps, AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, you 30,000 pinging the server for the same request, there is simply no technology on earth that can handle that many requests.
For expected content, its best to wait a few hours and then get them so the initial fever has died down.
(# 20) on 04/07/2008 14:24
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(# 22) on 04/07/2008 15:01
All I wanted was to play some Boston...
(# 23) on 04/07/2008 15:02
But seriously, don't get me wrong, this is spot-on, for the most part. I just have to wonder what the point is in people making these posts over and over. It's the internet -- these aren't going to make a difference. And people like me, who already know this stuff, don't need to hear it.
We'll always have fanboys and twits. Personally, I think the best that we can do is try to live by example. I doubt we can convince anyone by yelling at them.
(# 24) on 04/07/2008 15:13
Elitechief Im doing that today. Wanna stab fools in the face with me? Hit us up in a couple.
"Snailed" is something that happens when you're around loose women. - BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
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(# 28) on 04/08/2008 04:21
Good blarg blarg, need more like this.
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