what is /v/?

[bam13302]

the vidya
/v/ is pissed at Portal 2 for the day 1 DLC. Quite rightly.

What day 1 dlc? As far as I have found none exists.

i believe they are talking about the tf2 type store, its purpose is to sell overpriced skins from what i can tell
(on that note, portal 2 is fun as ****, but the store does not improve it)

 

[AgentBJ09]

It is the video games section of 4chan.

They hate the Escapist apparently.

4chan hates a lot of things, the collection of spoiled brats that they are. When your site's almost nothing but that, they've got some very serious issues.

Then again, they don't do IP address checks from what I understand, so even a ban means jack on that site. Could be one reason why the site is flooded with bad posters.

 

[bam13302]

/v/ is like Escapist without the Valve and Bioware fanboyism. Idiots who hate everything.

Ahhhhhh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-what?!

Hat Trading General
"Let have a Tali appreciation"/ "I'm an admitted Biodrone" threads everywhere
Occasional relentless Gordon Freeman/Alyx Vance(usually rule 34)/Chell (also usually rule 34) threads

I reiterate my previous question.

I prefer 4chan.

Escapist is surprisingly and undeservedly elitist.

Pretty much. I prefer the mods there as well.

Oh come now, I've seen them ban people for posting legitimate comments on a game or on topic and in the same thread watched, baffled, when racist remarks and posting "noodz" went without issue. The mods there are trigger-happy and immature.
that is, at least in my -limited- experience
feel free to flame me to death on this one


I've been lurking /v/ for years (otherwise there's a lot in gaming I'd have totally missed out on), it's not a haven of intellectual video games discussion, it's a pit of screaming man-children.

Really they are annoyed about skins being avalible on day one THEY ARE OPTIONAL AND NOT NEEDED THEY ARE FOR FANS WANTING TO DONATE TO VALVE its not like you need to buy the Co-Op or anything.......
and plus go back to those forums if you hate it here

Valve needs donations? I'm pretty sure day one DLC is a pure cash grab. You're right, in this case it superfluous, but by virtue of even your statement it's still an apparent cash grab. Dressing it up as a way for people to donate to Valve only comes across as you making excuses for them (not that I'm saying you are... just seems that way).

on the topic of the trigger happy mods, the rules of the internet seem to apply here quite well, namely the 2 rules stating (there are no rules for posting|there are also no rules for moderating)

 

[Racistman3d]

It is the video games section of 4chan.

They hate the Escapist apparently.

Stupidity hates intelligence, that's how it's always been.

No, /v/ just hates anyone with a superiority complex, and the escapist has this terrible idea that they are somehow the most intellectual and mature community on the entire internet.

 

[VanQ]

/v/ is The Escapist with more lenience and a lot more reaction images. I like reaction images, but I like the aesthetic appeal of The Escapist forums more overall. Not to mention, people use grammar on these forums, thus I spend 90% of my time here.
If I ever go to 4chan it's usually for /vp/ but I do surf the front page of /v/ whenever I'm there. Just in case something catches my attention, I still love battle-station threads, you don't get those here.
Honestly, both /v/ and The Escapist are dedicated to the same culture, but the communities differ a fair deal, so I find it fun to sample both sides of the wall. Humans crave variety, after all.

 

[reg42]

lets be fair guys we all know /b/ is more cp and gore and snuff than anything else

You clearly don't go on /b/.

I went on /b/ yesterday to find out what the fuss was about.
THe first thing I saw was a pulverised, decapitated dead body, and a story accompanying it (apparantly it was a car crash.)

Yeah, that random board has stuff other than that.

I'm not saying that there isn't stuff like that on there, but that makes up a small portion of what's posted.

 

[Toasty Virus]

When reading through these replies, I totally thought this was going to become an >Implying thread.

4Chan isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be, The fearmongering is espcially rampant here for some reason.

I like /v/, Theres a lot of sound discussion.

 

[DaHero]

It is the video games section of 4chan.

They hate the Escapist apparently.

Stupidity hates intelligence, that's how it's always been.

No, /v/ just hates anyone with a superiority complex, and the escapist has this terrible idea that they are somehow the most intellectual and mature community on the entire internet.

Rather a high horse than porn spams every few posts.

 

[MrStab]

lets be fair guys we all know /b/ is more cp and gore and snuff than anything else

You clearly don't go on /b/.

not anymore because that's all it used to be (going back a few years here) although i have heard that it has died and the new users are all shit, it was good when boxxy was still kicking.

 

[BlindTom]

This is why /v/ dislikes the escapist. Well, that and the pedophiles.

why? because I dont knwo about them?

Because in their eyes you are incapable of using a search engine for its basic function.