Ahh ... I used this argument somewhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master of 7s
Ahh ... I used this argument somewhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master of 7s
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Originally Posted by Stibbons
A subtle and nice round-about dig at Kev.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master of 7s
for realQuote:
Originally Posted by Finch
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What ever happened to quinn fox, I enjoyed his remixes and pso sounding music.
Not really. I gave TNL the brain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowdisease
Nobody gave a crap then, you just don't have the impact of Gohron. It must suck to mentally break down over message board and still get no attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
I've never left TNL. I came here a little after the GameGO exodus, but I honestly like TNL more than GG or any other board I've posted on. The people here are a little older, more intelligent, and more knoweldgable than elsewhere, but they have enough of a sense of humor to keep it interesting, too.
I've never felt the need to find a surrogate TNL. There really isn't one. For as involved as I am with GotNext's content end, the board has always been shit, and I can count the posts I've made there on my fingers. I never went to Neomega or any of the other stupid offshoots Lucas Barton would try to show me either.
With some obvious exceptions, the idiot ratio around here is really very low, and it's easy to get good discussions going. I can't bitch, honestly. It's been my homepage for 5 years now, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
I found TNL in 2002 from a normal web search for video game forums (I didn't know what GameGo was). What was great about this site was the dicussions and opinions on games - honest opinions from users that actually played the games (unlike many review sites). While many had very strong opinions, the level of trolling and fanboy-ism didn't seem that overwhelming. Any game that was due out shortly or recently released had a very active thread. I don't see as many of those now. I'm not sure if it's because certain posters are no longer as active or just fewer games warrant discussion.
I don't remember the board being that hard on new posters back then (at least it didn't seem like it to me). If you came in "with a chip on your shoulder" then you got it good (and probably deserved it).
The online community here was also excellent. As stated by someone esle above, many of the people on my XBox Live friends list were from here. When PGR first came out, a group from here would get online and we would race for hours. The World of Warcraft guild here was also quite active and a lot of fun. I created a couple of characters and joined the guild for a short time (someone here also loaned me a small amount of gold to help get move my character along - which they did not have to do and most appreciated).
During the winter months I spend far more time here because I game more (in Syracuse you need something to do inside during the winter months). Once summer comes, most nights are occupied by golf, softball or coaching my kids sports teams. During those months, I find I may stop in to check the posts for new game recommendations and that's about it. I frequent many forums - mostly metal, gaming, golf and sports-related ones - and I wouldn't call any of them a "central one" for me.
I will say this site does feel a bit different today than it did some time ago. I can't put a finger on why, but I'm sure the subtraction of some users has added to that. I still feel this is the best gaming related discussion board I have visited.
Before I am banned. Check "Your Attention please" and the FC thread's as to why the boards are slow now. The pics that Josh, DNG , and G0zen posted were not bad at all, but they are banned now. Myself, Gohron, and Doc probably will as well for the pics we displayed in the DNL <3's AFX thread.