demonmike04 Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 I feel more luckier than ever comparing communities the other day, but one stuck out like a sore thumb. I was on IGN forums, and I couldnt believe how narrow-minded and incredibly stupid the people are on the forums. The way they treat each other is absolutely pathetic. One step out of line, and you get insulted. And by one step out of line, its the small mistakes (an argument actualy started over a spelling mistake). What makes it worse is that they even mis-use the word noob. Any one unfamiliar with the word, heres were it came from. It was a different way of spelling newb, which is a shortened version of the word newbie which describes some one new to a certain activity. Also, its very common fanboys to argue on there, but rarely here. Some idiots decide to go start a meaningless post on a rival board just to try prove a point which is non-exsistant. So what if Halo beats Mario, in the end its all down to opinion, there is no fact. I realy hope IGN is full of kids, if its grown people doing this crap its totally whacked and wait til the generation learns from there actions and treat the real world like this. Please note i am not basing this on all of IGN's members, but just mentioning how it is no longer a community.
AshMat Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Sounds a lot like NoE forums to me. There is nothing but spam and a small group of people who all lick each others' asses (aswell as their own) aswell sa the annoying sony fanboy who sets EVERYONE off at arguing. This community however is well moderated and the people have sence.
|Laguna| Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Kinda sad that the, in my opinoin, one of the biggest and best resourced entertainment (note they now do movies and such) sites has such a pathetic community. Isn't there any moderation or rules!?
demonmike04 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 I hardly see any moderation, you have to report things yourself i think. The only trouble i've seen dealt with was a racist comment that was used when some one had lost mario kart to guy with different skin colour, that realy is pathetic.
spirited away Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 thnks for the heads up i wont bother having a look at their forums, these forums are well moderated and the people are freindly.
dabookerman Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 u do realise that a 1000 moderators would be needed for the ign community
system_error Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Yeah that is the problem - the bigger the community the more problems rise from the depth of computer hell. It is impossible to stop that because more people mean more idiots aswell :awesome:
demonmike04 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 Yeah, thats the problem with IGN, it cant possibly moderate everything. Still annoys me how it calls itself a community when the definition doesnt describe IGN one bit. But if it called itself a hate community, i'd agree.
spirited away Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 you have to pay for the forums as well dont you?
AshMat Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 you have to pay for the forums as well dont you? !what, now that is just stupid, not worth the payment by the sound of it
spirited away Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 i tried to look at a thread to see the kind of chatting people get up to and it told me to subscribe!
mario114 Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Everytime i visit a forum i find tonns of problems which need changing then i just come back on here, and see how it's meant to be done. The worst of which is the noe forums, i don't bother to waste my time on them any more.
Supergrunch Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Well I think you have to pay for membership, and the forums come with it.
spirited away Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 well not worth the money when i can go on these forums for free.
Mr_Odwin Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 There are some free forums on IGN, I think. But mostly they aren't.
Enigma Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 It reminds me of another forum I used to visit. The staffmembers there all know eachother and only stick up for themselves. Every new member that arrives there will (very) soon find themselves in trouble with the staff, and in 95 % of the cases, it´s actually a staffmember that´s wrong. A very unfriendly forum indeed. As the IGN forum reminds me of this one, I certainly won´t visit that place.
Jon Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 You only have to look at the actual IGN forums to it sucks, hardly the greatest design.
mario114 Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 It reminds me of another forum I used to visit. The staffmembers there all know eachother and only stick up for themselves. Every new member that arrives there will (very) soon find themselves in trouble with the staff, and in 95 % of the cases, it´s actually a staffmember that´s wrong.A very unfriendly forum indeed. As the IGN forum reminds me of this one, I certainly won´t visit that place. That isn't by any chance the ASCUK forums is it?
Enigma Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 That isn't by any chance the ASCUK forums is it? No it´s not. The forum I´m talking sucks big time. Don´t know the ASCUK but it can´t be worse.
demonmike04 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 Wow Enigma, that forum sounds interesting. I hate stuck up ass holes like those...
Girly hiyaz!~ Gamer Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Personally, I think those are the best types of boards.
Platty Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 It's cos i run a tight but pleasant ship. But yes we do have a really nice community here compared to a lot of forums i have seen and i think mainly it's because a lot of us have been here together for 2,3-4 years or so and click as a group. We also are very welcoming to new members and encourage them to post unlike other forums where members rip newbie's to shreads. We also now have a good balance of Admins and Moderators here that works really well and has made the forum community even better. But of course we wouldnt have such a good community without all you fantastic members sticking around. /suck up
Noodleman Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 The music boards used to be good on IGN back in the day and full of people who actualy new what they where talking about.
Gaijin von Snikbah Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Well, if we dont keep the flaming off these boards, they could turn out just as bad. I dont see why it is difficult to discuss things in a friendly manner, without bashing each other to bits. Its not very constructive behaviour. It makes for hostile grounds.
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