Well, in response to the edit, here's the answer; because they can be. Because this is where a lot of folks like to come to who game. And shockingly, these folks do things other than game. Me, I come here, first thing I do is I check the gaming news. Then I check any gaming-related series I watch. I poke around gaming forum topics. And then I poke at non-gaming forum topics. So, for me, this site is still about gaming. It's just not ONLY about gaming. And if you're going to take Wikipedia's word on what this site and its forums are over... well, reality, then methinks we're at an impasse.nukethewhales said:
Remeber when this was a gameing forum?
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Someone cleared it up for me:Lullabye said:
If someone posted an abortion issue topic on say, yahoo, they would want a mixed opinion of all sorts of people, from eighty year old racists to 11 year old emos.
But if they post it here they are looking for the opinion of Gamers and only gamers. Although we may have differences in opinion, we are all gamers.
I guess im just a re-re.
Someone cleared it up for me:Sober Thal said:
If someone posted an abortion issue topic on say, yahoo, they would want a mixed opinion of all sorts of people, from eighty year old racists to 11 year old emos.
But if they post it here they are looking for the opinion of Gamers and only gamers. Although we may have differences in opinion, we are all gamers.
I guess im just a re-re.
And for someone claiming to be mature, you should lay off the insults and sarcasm.
Well, if you really want an all-gaming forum to voice your opinions on, go to the Steam forums. Those punks will eat you alive then gnaw on your bones. (Speaking from experience.) Granted they all aren't like that, but you'd be surprised at how vicious those forums can get. As for the OT, The Escapist is what it is portrayed as, "an escape" from the real world. The foundation of this website is probably based around games, but at the end of the day, gamers are people too. They need food, water, shelter, relaxation, and a decent toilet. If these forums were strictly games-based, they'd be a branch of IGN or Gamespot.
BUT THEY AREN'T!
And I for one am glad that the Escapist branches out to all forms of CULTURE. It's how well-rounded relationships with other people start. Having only one interest makes the person seem a bit 2-Dimensional don't you think?
PS: I know plenty of people have beat me to this but...
YOU POSTED IN THE WRONG FORUM! And Sir or Madam, you did not list anything worth discussing, you just simply complained about how the forums are run. Instead of making a thread, you should have brought up your concern to the mods. Granted they probably would have told you to get over it, but that's just what I think.
BUT THEY AREN'T!
And I for one am glad that the Escapist branches out to all forms of CULTURE. It's how well-rounded relationships with other people start. Having only one interest makes the person seem a bit 2-Dimensional don't you think?
PS: I know plenty of people have beat me to this but...
YOU POSTED IN THE WRONG FORUM! And Sir or Madam, you did not list anything worth discussing, you just simply complained about how the forums are run. Instead of making a thread, you should have brought up your concern to the mods. Granted they probably would have told you to get over it, but that's just what I think.
aren't you a little "new" to be talking about what the escapist used to be like? As for the OT its the way that the escapist covers all forms of topics is what makes it great...its like the gumbo pot of the internet.
Then go play some games and not hang around here all day moaning about how you want to talk about games but other people don't because gaming is not our WHOLE lives.
Who else is it for? (calm down dude, its cool)Sober Thal said:You are wrong if you think this website is only for gamers.nukethewhales said:Someone cleared it up for me:Sober Thal said:
If someone posted an abortion issue topic on say, yahoo, they would want a mixed opinion of all sorts of people, from eighty year old racists to 11 year old emos.
But if they post it here they are looking for the opinion of Gamers and only gamers. Although we may have differences in opinion, we are all gamers.
I guess im just a re-re.
And for someone claiming to be mature, you should lay off the insults and sarcasm.
If we talked about games and gaming all the time, we'd be very boring people. Instead, we talk about all sorts of random shit because we're a community of (more or less) likeminded people who like to engage in discourse. Gaming is our commonality and our passion, but it's not all that there is to any of us. Hell, if I ran through the full list of things which I wouldn't mind getting into a good conversation on, you'd get bored and leave LONG before I ran out of material.
So yeah, this is a gaming forum--but all that that means is that we're all gamers here. Sure, some of the topics that show up here don't make much sense to me, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be here. At the end of the day, though, the Escapist wouldn't exist without gaming, so it's not like we're in danger of losing that part of the community unless something really, REALLY weird happens.
So yeah, this is a gaming forum--but all that that means is that we're all gamers here. Sure, some of the topics that show up here don't make much sense to me, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be here. At the end of the day, though, the Escapist wouldn't exist without gaming, so it's not like we're in danger of losing that part of the community unless something really, REALLY weird happens.
nukethewhales said:
This guy said what I was going to.Twilight_guy said:
This is still a gaming site with a gaming forum within it. Off-topic just happens to be another forum on the site. I myself live mostly in the Forum Games and RP section he mentioned.
There be games discussed here.
Mmhmm... Now who's stalking who!TimeLord said:
[sub]I mean, hi...[/sub]
[sub][sub]*ignores again*[/sub][/sub]