Threads you wish would never show up on gaming forums anymore...

[Sylocat]

WRPGs vs. JRPGs.
Console wars and/or PC snobbery.
In fact, just about anything with "vs." in the title.


(except, of course, for the ones I make, which are always well-reasoned and thought-out and as such should be exempted from all the rules)

 

[Saskwach]

I've come to hate the Guitar Hero vs Real Guitar thread popping up every few days. It's annoying because by we've covered all bases of the issue by the 4th goddamn page and the only thing that keeps bumping it is some a-hole who read the first post then posted his thoughts, not realising his thoughts had been made and rebutted on page 3.
I hate Half Life threads. They keep coming back and they're on such silly details of the game -Do you love Gordon Freeman? How cool is the crowbar? etc etc- because the game is so old everyone has already said anything interesting that can be said about the game. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. You're making a crappy uneven hexagon that won't roll properly. Find a new game to hump.
Best _____ Evar. I used to be ok with "evar", but now it's just annoying. Stop being stupid people.

Threads that ask stupid questions about what people dislike, especially ones that should technically be in the off topic discussion as they are less about gaming and more about threads in general..... Get what I'm saying?

Can't say I do.

 

[Melty Blood]

Most [...] games

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

'Hey everyone, listen to my boring story about something that happened to me related to gaming, and then go ahead and wonder what you're supposed to contribute to the thread.'

Honestly, those are the only ones that get on my nerves.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

I liked MGG, I'm not a escapist vet. so seeing his 'reviews' were pretty hilarious - a nice break from 'discussion'.

Also, anything about "What is the most over-rated [anything]" - it can be games, books, movies...whatever. They are old and overdone.

 

[josh797]

gonna go with, "lets reminisque (however its spelled) about old games we used to love." stop it, i dont care and a lot of us havent played random game x that you loved. throw up a thread asking if weve played it and what we thought, and leave it at that. its enough with the quotes or games or consoles from the 80s. seriously, stop it

 

[Copter400]

I swear--it's like the Secret Word on Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

For that quote, I award you one whole internets.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Threads like this.

-- Steve

 

[VRaptorX]

oooohhhh....metroid VS Halo. they aren't even the same freaking genre people. One's a shooter, the other is an adventure/puzzle/exploration game where you happen to shoot stuff.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

Anything that winds up being populated by trolls and generic misfits, though I do appreciate when this allows me to go trollslaying.

 

[Easykill]

In fact, just about anything with "vs." in the title.

But what about my good vs. evil thread....

 

[windfish]

Zero Punctuation comments should be locked after 250 comments - by that time, every new point and counterpoint about the actual game or review has been made. By that time, at least 5 new people who joined Escapist Forums just to comment on ZPs has been booted because they think that Escapist Forums is a place for bad spelling, multiple exclamation points, and Caps Lock.

Also, there shall be no more threads on the following items. Everything has been said already:

1) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2) Halo 3
3) Guitar Hero
4) World of Warcraft
5) The Orange Box

 

[JakubK666]

Zero Punctuation comments should be locked after 250 comments - by that time, every new point and counterpoint about the actual game or review has been made. By that time, at least 5 new people who joined Escapist Forums just to comment on ZPs has been booted because they think that Escapist Forums is a place for bad spelling, multiple exclamation points, and Caps Locks

That ain't gonna happen.

Flame-wars = Traffic
Traffic = Adverts
Adverts = Money
Money = More of ZP and Escapist

Just don't read the comments.

 

[s0denone]

Only one kind of threads winding me up, and they get fucking spammed all over.

"s0denone had sex with my daughter"

 

[m_jim]

I know that it's absolutely inexplicable, but Coke vs. Pepsi. I've seen a couple of those here. Holy hell... has anyone, after reading that, said, "Wow, I've been getting my sugar the wrong way!"

 

[I wish Les Ellis was alive]

I think these fucking threads are the worst ones.