/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2870374
Nothing is ever unmissable because tastes vary so much. Just download rom dumps and then you'll have nearly a life time of games to discover and enjoy.

Trust me, the fun of clicking on some random title you've never heard of and discovering a really fun game is a better feeling than you will ever get out of recommendation threads.

Bye.

>>2870386
That's actually pretty cool advice

>>2870374
Star Control 2 (best played as The Ur-Quan Masters, which is a port of the superior 3DO version).

Watching this thread because I'd like to do the same.

>>2870392
Glad I could help. I know a lot of people here get intimidated by huge ROM lists, but I think the thrill of discovering something neat on your own just can't be beat.

>>2870374
>Leaving 4chan forever

Man, that's some huge resolution you got there; respect.

May ask you why you want to leave 4chan?

Let's all commit a massive 4chan suicide [figuratively speaking] by boycotting this site as of the 1st...

>>2870374

>My new years resolution is to leave 4chan

Yes. Shit posters unite! The exit is that-a-way....

Bonk series. Especially Bonk's Revenge, which is one of the best platformers ever made

All fun games though. Super bonk 2 is unknown

>>2870965
sjitposting

>>2870965
By may 2016 it will mark the seventh year I've been here. Im also turning 30 in June. It's time for me to leave.

>>2871050
I have seen older people than you still posting here
Being old is not an excuse to leave

Now, tell me the real reason, besides you think you're 'old enough' for this website.

>>2871065
Because this site has been shit since it's peak in '07

>>2871050
I know how that is. I have been here for almost a decade. Arrived in late 06 after graduating and just sort of hung around. I'll be 28 in 2016. Life goes by far too quickly.

>>2870374
>unmissable games
There are nones, it's just a hobby. Also you won't leave.

>>2871074
Fair enough

>>2871083
>There are nones, it's just a hobby.
Life is a hobby.

>>2870374
I support your decision. 4chan is the worst place to talk about anything.

Nobody leaves

I've been here since 2006. My life is undoubtedly worse because of this website, but I just can't leave.

>>2871413
Why not senpai?

>>2870374
Why is it that you want to leave, OP?
I've been here for 11 years, I'm turning 32 in a month.

Where will you find people to talk about your hobby? Honestly?
Just leave the parts of 4chan that piss you off instead. I like /vr/ despite the occasional shitty thread.

I am 29 and have been using 4chan since 05 and I don't think I could stop at this point. It just brings the most honest answers on things and you find the really interesting people. It also gives the most honest opinion for my horrible writing and lets me improve.

>>2871421
Nice, but lilac is not her color imho.

>>2871421
Yeah. I've spent way more time on reddit, but 4chan is my favorite website. There's nothing else in the world like it.

>>2871460
Reddit is fine for small communities of friends but once you get into the defaults you realize how shitty it is. And almost no good retro game talk.

I was thinking about leaving as well but I'd still like a place to talk about old games. Does anyone know of ANY decent place to talk about games? I'd fucking love a place that can get into serious discussion about this hobby without being stuck up its own ass. Or, you know, capable of light conversation without being stuck up its own ass and full of bait.

Would it be worth it to try to start a steam group or something for /vr/ exiles?

>>2871475
I think setting up an old style forum and an IRC chat would be your best bet. Steam chat is not great.

>>2871475
IRC would be the best choice

>>2871475
Honestly if there was a better place to talk about retro games I'd be out of here.

As shitty as /vr/ has been the last year or so, it's still sadly the best place for retro game to my knowledge.

>>2871524
I honestly can't figure out what happened to this place. I remember it being a lot different. Still an ok place but it feels like it just changed out of nowhere.

>>2871525
>what happened to this place
My best guess is, the non-shitposters left long ago for greener pastures and the trolls stayed.

>>2870968
lol no way, even in it's current state, 4chan is one of the only places left that feels a little like the old internet. I'm never leaving until the place disappears or they require registration. 4chan 4 life.

>>2871467
Oh yeah, I never go to the defaults ever, just niche communities for certain interests. My friends talk about things they see on /r/funny and /r/pics and it's like they're using an entirely different website.

>>2871528
My guess is that it's people like you who call everyone you don't like "shitposters" so they end up trolling you in retaliation and then whatever the thread was about gets derailed.

>>2871525
Boards are always better when they're newer because the posters all make an effort to be positive. Chan negativity however is inevitable and eventually all boards and chans succumb to it.

>>2871553
Thank god for my degenerate friends who use IRC and Discord. It turns out most of them came from 4chan as well. Who knew.

>>2870386
This.

Good luck dude. Contrary to what some say, it actually gets much easier to stay away, the longer you stay away.

>Threads are literally being made on /tv/ to encourage posters to move to /vr/
>>64003769

I've stuck with /vr/ from the beginning and the post quality as of late is astonishingly bad. I haven't been on 4chan as long as other Anons ITT but I feel it's time for me to migrate somewhere else for better retro vidya discussion as well. Problem is, I haven't participated in any forums/image boards besides 4chan (and GameFaqs when I was in high school) so I don't really know where to go from here.

As mentioned in >>2871475, I think making a small forum and/or IRC channel with more dedicated moderation would be the best alternative... But, from my experience, trying to coordinate people like this on 4chan is kind of impossible, so I guess I'll stick around...

>>2871751
Meant to type >>>/tv/64003769

>>2871751
We're all glad you're going. Your endless bitching that "/vr/ just isn't as good anymore guys!!" is currently by far the worst thing on this board.

>>2871762
Not that guy, but /vr/ was incredible when it first started. I remember feeling like there was nowhere to talk about games that wasn't infested with plebs and children and then /vr/ coming along and feeling like it was a Godsend.

Now it's shitposting and e-celebs.

Is Assembler Games any good?

>>2871751
>that feeling when no friends

Just find a small community forum somewhere and be a good poster until they accept you. I hang out on a small board like that of people I met in the Secrets of the Sega Sages days. There's only a few dozen of us left, but I like it.

I also love 4chan though and have been here for years. They're completely different experiences though.

>>2871764
That movie was incredible. Totally not what I expected. Up till the last few minutes it just seems like it's trying hard to be quirky.

>>2871764
The worst are the people who honestly think /vr/ is fundamentally different from /v/. Those people don't belong on 4chan at all.

>>2871762
You seriously think people trying to find alternatives and discussing the influx of shitposting is worse than constant shitflinging (CRT vs LCD, emulating vs actual hardware, etc), blatantly off-topic/non retro threads that are never dealt with, and constant bait threads that almost always last longer than legitimate discussion? I never said I was leaving, either: the point of my post was that I'd leave if I could find an alternative, which I can't. Sorry to dissapoint.

>>2871764
I guess I never felt that way because I never looked to 4chan for serious discussion. It's always been a very loose and silly site no matter what board you're on.

I started coming here in '05 and even then it had a reputation. I don't understand at all how anyone comes to 4chan with the expectation that it's going be a a well regulated forum for serious discussions.

If you really want to talk to a lot of fellow older people talking seriously about games I can say from personal experience the Gamers With Jobs forums are pretty great and very friendly.

Which isn't to say don't come to 4chan if you like it. But coming to 4chan and expecting it not to be 4chan will only bring disappointment.

>>2871775
>discussing the influx of shitposting is worse than constant shitflinging

This is the same thing. It's not "discussing" anything, it's just shitposting harder thinking it will help and it never does. Complain all you want, but you are not helping this place in any way.

What kind of retard can't use google to go find a forum they like? You really think you need to make threads about finding alternatives? Grow up.

>>2871785
I can't argue with your reasoning to be honest. I didn't make this thread, but I'll quit complaining about post quality and keep contributing to threads that are on topic instead. I know this post may seem forced or sarcastic, but I'm being serious.

If someone wants to set up a decent irc room I would love to join that or if anyone knows of any active chats. I used to love hanging out with friends in the late 90s in IRC.

>>>/tv/64003769

>>2871813
>Someone complaining that 4chan is turning to shit
>the rest of the thread all telling him he's retarded

It really is like /vr/!

>>2871764
This, I don't like to complain about modern /vr/ but it's a far cry from the original /vr/

>>2871828
This is literally what everybody says about every single board ever

>>2871834
And it's what they've been saying for well over a decade now. People literally have 4chan nostalgia goggles now.

>>2871835
There is truth to it though. I was on vr since the beginning and it certainly was better at the start but that's just because everybodys happy and excited to be at a new board with an interest they all have in common. people make an effort at the start to not just devolve into another v or whatever. In the end though the shitposting inevitably starts to set in as the novelty wears off. I've seen this happen to do many new boards and chans in my time as I said here >>2871646.

You can take the shitposter out of 4chan, but you can't take 4chan out of the shitposter.

>>2871849
So was I and I think you're fooling yourself.

>>2871852
I think you're a faggot

>>2871525
>I honestly can't figure out what happened to this place.
Moderation disappeared. Janitors replaced with 12 year olds who have no idea what they're doing.

>>2871858
That doesn't surprise me one bit coming from someone like you. You keep fighting the good fight, calling everyone faggots and then bitching that everything sucks. That's got to improve things!

> retro forums
Anyone else hang out (or used to hang out) at talking-time.net? It is/was a pretty nice gaming forum. Not exclusively retro, but I've always considered the retro side to be the main appeal of the forum community there. Up until a couple years ago maybe I'd visit it as my main forum.

Unfortunately, the activity there has been slowing down. Probably because new users have to email a moderator in the admin forum after they register, as a spam prevention measure.

>>2871918
See going through all those steps just to post kinda turns me off.

>>2871074

so, you are leaving internet all together? everything is shittier as time goes on

>>2871923
Yeah, you aren't alone. I think that new rule is what set the forum into decline.

>>2871923
This, I can't do forums anymore. Despite how shitty things are here I like how you can just go in and post, and I think that anonymity is what really helps to promote meaningful discussion when it counts.

That said, I wish there was a private imageboard that was invite-only, and while everyone showed up as anonymous they could still be tracked and banned by site staff if all they ever did was shitpost or something. And by that I don't mean 'say things that people disagree with' I mean 'hurr durr u wa fag'

Out of curiosity OP, what do you plan to do when you leave this place? I've spent so long here now that I don't even know what I would do without it. I'm addicted to talking about games and/or being a faggot online sometimes.

>>2871775
The problem is people been doing this crap like a month after the board was created over the tiniest of shitposts. I understand wanting to prevent shitposting but a lot of people here take it to such an extreme that it ends up being just as destructive as normal shitposting.

>>2870374
What kind of games do you like? Play some arcade games on mame. Also for new years I really just want to not fap as much and get more shit done. I cant blame 4chan for my fuck ups. I would rather be here than neogaf, reddit or some other shit tier site.

>been here since 06
>been visiting /v/ less and less ever since /vr/ was created
>barely even look at /v/ anymore because I can't stand how awful it is now
>tfw /vr/ is slowly getting worse
>can't even have a fucking castlevania thread anymore

Why is this happening? I just wanna talk about video games.

>>2872469
>can't even have a fucking castlevania thread anymore

Only because of Castlevania 4 fans shitting up discussion about any game that isn't their game.

>>2870386
This is how I built my A2600 library. Though the total amount of A2600 games is pretty small so that made it easier on me.

>>2872763
>small
It has over 500 games. What are you going on about?

>>2872491
Same thing with Kattfag ruining every Breath of Fire thread.

>>2872791
Who is that?

>>2872763
>>2872763
Why put the A in front? Everyone knows what 2600 means.

>>2871876
Good lol. Dumb autist.

>>2871868
Please I shitpost the doom baby general all the time and my shit gets deleted same as it always did.

>>2871990
I have the same addictions which is why I think it's time to stop already. I've wasted too much of my life here. Also chans are generally negative places which are plain toxic for the mind, body and soul. It's like when sweeney asks Derek in American history x: "has anything you've done made your life better?" I can say without doubt 4chan has made my outlook on life far worse and the few shiny pebbles I've come across while wading in a sea of shit just aren't worth it. It's really too bad you can't find humour like this anywhere else but it's still ultimately a ridiculous waste of time. You could be doing much better things instead.

Of course there are people that can manage their time better and can stop in and out of 4chan for brief intervals during the day. Im not one of those people. Im so much more productive and irl sociable when I don't have access to this place. For me 4chan is a complete and utter life-suck and I should really move on already.

>>2873015
Not him but I guess I understand how you feel, I've been here since 2006 and I agree with the general feeling that the "golden age" of 4chan is already gone, I'd give a kidney if that meant to return to the 2006>2008 days, but that isn't possible, 4chan is no different from Facebook or the average forum drivel on average nowadays, only with worse or non-existent moderation.

That said, I've had some good experiences and met some great people here, I'm even currently working with a few guys from /m/ on a small project we'd like to release and they're all really swell guys with a lot of passion and a good general outlook when it comes to work and life.

I can see your problem because I too had the same one and occasionally fall back into it, but that's the problem of all addictions. I can't blame you for not wanting to see the cesspool of shitposting and general human debris that this place has turned into, it pains me too, even during the worst days back when 4chan was still young and relatively unknown we wouldn't get such low quality and aggressive shitposting.

In any case, if you're up for making a small IRC groups for oldfags who want to discuss things like normal human beings I'd be up for it, I too only go on a few stable threads on /m/ and /vr/ nowadays, the rest of the 4chan is unbrowsable garbage, as much as it pains me to say so.

Why do you want to use garbage old shit like IRC?

>>2873004
Same as in the chink AVGN general.
The bans aren't as frequent as they were but shit still gets deleted fast.

>>2871479
>>2871519
>>2871524
>>2871751
IRC is more chatroomy, I was thinking more along the lines of a forum with stored posts that people can browse through whenever. I don't think there'd really be enough traffic for any kind of chat thing to be worth doing.

A standard forum requires registration and all that garbage so it's probably off the table as well. Right? Serious question here, if I started up a forum for people here to escape the shitposting how many of you would come?

Would it be better to just make a board on eight-chan? I never visit that toxic site, but I know it's easy to make your own image board there and control moderation yourself. Everything that normally goes on in that site could just be a bannable offense, so it doesn't seep over. That way there's no registration, everyone can stay anonymous, and the interface is the same as this place. So, this board but with less traffic and shitposting gets you banned.

>>2873049
>old shit

>>2873053
I mean what is considered a bannable offense in your eyes?

>>2873059
Any opinion that differs from mine

>>2873060
Hurr

>>2873059
I don't know, there'd have to be a rules thread up to discuss what everyone thinks the rules should be. Mainly just the most blatant kind of trolling intended to stir shit up. Like, "I didn't like Sonic CD because [reasons]" is fine, but "Sonic CD sucks and you faggots only like it because of nostalgia" gets a ban.

Like I said thered need to be a rules thread up to talk about stuff, and it'd probably be good for posts someone got banned for to stay up with the red text under them instead of just getting deleted, so people can call out a mod for acting too much like Hitler if that becomes an issue.

Next time there are Janitor applications, maybe one of us should apply? The application process is pretty fucked though, you need to give up your real name and address and sign some kind of NDA.

But fuck, it's so sad to see /vr/ in this state. It was the one good place to talk about video games.

>>2870374
>My new years resolution is to leave 4chan.
Like all new years resolutions, you're probably not following through with it.

>>2873083
I applied twice, and in my soon to be 9 years here, I've been banned only once. They just don't want me, man.

>>2873046
Id be up for an irc Skype group or even forum. Thing is from my experience these things for fast unless you have a very large group to start with, and even then they die after a couple of years unless u have at least s steady influx of new members

/vr/ is dead long live /vr/

>>2874509
Americucks won't understand that lol
They so stoopid

>>2874558
Get out

>>2874592
:^)

Hey guys, now stick with me, but why don't we start a subreddit for Retro Gaming discussion. We'll probably have to do something to make it unique from whatever one they have...

Reddit has a decent system for preventing shitposting - downvote. The problem is upvotes also promote circlejerkery... So what if we make maybe the sub invite only (from here), entirely remove upvotes, and ban anyone who gets say 50 downvotes immediately?

>>2874712
Hello reddit

>>2874712
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/

It's been done and it is kinda sucky.

>>2874712
Doom baby detected.

>>2874717
I said we'd have to make a new one. God bro, if you can't read you're not welcome!

Nah kidding, just don't shitpost and you'd be set.

What would we call it though... Retro Appreciation?
NotCurrentGenGaming? I like that because they we wouldn't some retarded specific year cut-off date.

>>2874738
Gah I read your thing wrong. Feel free to figure things out. I've been modding shit since the late 90s so if you need help give me a PM at Edriss562

>>2874738
Howsabout
>AtLeastThreeGensAgo
I'm all for the gradual introduction of newer gen, but to say
>NotCurrentGen
Would just get the thing flooded with Call of Duty and Halo. Keep in mind that we're in the eighth gen right now and the sixth gen officially only ended /two-and-a-half years ago/ while the fifth gen (PSX, N64 etc) officially ended a decade ago. Special exemptions for GBA and DC, perhaps. I don't like them, but DC had too short a life and GBA is full of lots of shovelware and what games it does have fit more in the spirit of retro if not retro proper.
See, a generation lasts an average of about twelve years with the next gen popping up about half way through the last one. For example, the fifth gen debuted in 1993 and ended in 2006 with the sixth gen debuting in 1999. The eighth gen debuted in 2012 and can be expected to continue until around 2024. With the debut of the ninth gen, presumably sometime around 2018, the sixth gen would be ripe for discussion.
Thoughts?

wtf, reddit? If you are going to do this please do ANY OTHER option.

Reddit is simply not a forum. Period. It is an upvoting machine, originally designed to bring interesting links to the top. The major problems are:

1) You can't find new replies in a thread automatically (unless they are direct replies to something you wrote)

2) Submitted threads are basically programmed to sink like a stone after 24 hours.

>>2870976
This is true, I was here since 04

>>2874856
Izzat how it works, then? I've never been to reddit so I had no idea. That sounds awful, assuming you're not just having a wee on my leg as you tell me it's raining.

>>2871372

No it isn't. YouTube comment threads are usually worse. Prissy, pissy, groupthinky places like Reddit and MetaFilter are sometimes worse. Yahoo! Answers is certainly worse.

The only good, popular forum is StackExchange, as far as I know. Every other one is fatally flawed, though still useful in some ways. Other than that, for a forum to be really good, it has to be small enough to have a good internal culture. Or else it has to rely on some future technology/technique/social system that hasn't been developed yet.

>>2871553

The niche communities on Reddit tend to be bad too, except maybe if they're REALLY small. There's always some idiot wave of lurkers ready to downvote a post into hiddenness because it's abrasive and correct and relevant instead of being pleasant. (But pleasant posts are accepted regardless of correctness, relevance, or aesthetic value.)

>>2875016
Implying 4chan doesn't have Groupthink.

This place has an obvious hivemind.

>>2875016
Implying 4chan doesn't have groupthink. This place has an obvious hivemind. How do you think memes are born?

>>2872469
Have you tried making a castlevania thread?

>>2874856
My idea was to remove upvoting. Good comprehension bro... What we really need is basically 4chan but people could downvoted shitposts. Would be the best of both worlds...

>>2875835
No that would still promote hivemind mentality. If you don't like it here fuck off.

>>2875835
You can never disable upvotes or downvotes on Reddit. Just turn off the CSS and there you go. I know this because I mod a circlejerk subreddit with them disabled and people get around it all the time.

>>2871918
Holy shit, was debating mentioning that place. It has a sister site called brontoforum.us which is a little looser in style. Downside to them is that they're very old communities, several iterations along and are sustained by a core of posters who've been there for a very long time. Makes it somewhat hard to find a home there. They both have their own sleepy IRC channels as well.

I am up for a fun IRC chat to supplement /vr/ posting.

>>2876281

I remember some anon made an IRC channel some time ago, but the mods kept deleting his threads

>>2872469
>>can't even have a fucking castlevania thread anymore

We have CV threads all the time. The problem is everyone in them is like this >>2872491 they just want to talk about the one game they like best and how everyone else is a faggot.

>>2870374
>announcement of leaving 4chan

See you later, faggotron. Also, you make resolution when you need to instead of waiting for a magical time of the year,

>>2871421
>It also gives the most honest opinion for my horrible writing and lets me improve.

That was true up to a few years ago, I don't see many people correcting bad grammar anymore on /v/and that's the only board I've ever browsed through my entire 4chan life, excluding /vg/

>>2876419
>only using /v/

Your cancer killed you 4 years ago and you don't even know you are dead.

>>2876424
To be fair, I stopped about two years ago and now I only occasionally browse /vr/.

"You're here forever" is true as long as you don't mind predictable quality decline over time.

Well, I'm out.

I've decided it's dumb to completely leave though considering you can most definitely get useful stuff out of this place; like if I'm looking for a new game in a genre to download or whatever. Basically when I have a question to ask for something that anon might be able to help with I'll pop round briefly, and these occasions will be far and few in between because I hardly ever ask about things anyway. Usually I'm simply being a shitposter or arguing about petty squabbles that really make absolutely no difference to my life. No need for any of this anymore, along with the rest of 4chan negativity. Had enough of vegetating my life away in front of this board and really don't need it anymore.

Eh so tc /vr/. All the best and happy new years. You were definitely my favorite board towards the end of my 4chan days if that means anything. Glhf

>>2876784
>Usually I'm being a shitposter
>No need for this 4chan negatively

I know he's probably gone but what a faggot. Basically admits he was the problem and he only made it worse. Good fucking riddance.

>>2871524
>>2871525

I know what you mean

>>2871475
G+ has an awesome community scene.

You fags who whine about this board going to shit wanna know a neat trick to slightly improving it? Stop making stupid ass meta threads all the time.

>>2873053
i would go to that forum

>>2877952
A more accurate representation is having the Vtard be the first post and the rest of the thread screaming that /vr/ is dead instead of just ignoring them and continuing on with the actual discussion.

Cool, I get to post this

>>2877952
>Had to sell retro for rent

I honestly don't get collect-fags. I feel like games should be played, not collected, and if you don't intend on playing it, why buy it? I meant to each his own, maybe I'm just projecting because I know a guy who has buckets of games and I'm certain he hasn't played half of them for more than 5 minutes, and it feels like a waste of money.

But to each their own.

>>2877968
Also this. Whenever there's a Sega-thread, Sega-shitpost anon comes along and it's instant thread derailment. Can't we just ignore the fucker for christ's sake?

>>2878006
>Females join in
>"She's not here to play, go away slut."
>"Why am I so alone?"

Andddd that's why you're all virgins.

>>2878015
>missing the point

Good thing I got laid already, I prefer men anyway. If they're actually here to play, you would never know their gender in the first place.

'Sup bro?

>>2878019
There is no point whoever made that image is a mad misogynist.

>>2878036
>buzzword sidestepping

You.

>>2878038
>sidestepping

The image literally pinpoints everything that goes wrong with their hobby the moment a female joins in. There is no sidestepping in my statement only truth and if you really can't see that then you need to fuck off to /v/, /m/, or /pol/ because you clearly don't belong here.

>>2878039
Last time I checked, the "tipping point" was centred around people not caring about what they're posting; kind of like what you're doing, actually.

>muh-sojiny
I don't think you understand why having "a female" is, in your vernacular, problematic. As soon as there's someone posting about their gender, they're not posting about games. Or, at least, adding incentive to talk to them specifically. They're attention whoring.

Nobody cares about the feelings of an attention whore, nobody except whiteknight dudebros.

>you, backseat moderating
And people wonder why this place is >gradually< declining in quality.

>>2878048
Next time you decide to write a bunch of nonsense as some sort of "reply" to me please don't bother. You're clearly delusional about what's in that image and I personally feel uncomfortable about your presence in this thread.

>>2878050
I'm sorry, did my logic trigger you? Consider re-reading the image and posting *after* you internalize the core message instead of asking me to explain it to you.

>>2878051
That's it I'm posting a link to your post on my tumblr. Hope you're ready kid cause you're in for a rude awakening once my followers start dealing with you.

>>2878053
I'm not going to tell you to stop shitposting and take this place a little more seriously, but I will ask you as nicely as I can.

This place used to be civil. It helps if you are as well.

>>2878058
The only person who is shitposting is you. I just want equal treatment of woman not stupid goofygoober nonsense on my board. Now delete your posts and issue and apology.

>>2878060
No. If they want equal treatment, they should embrace anonymity and act as an asexual entity, just like everyone else does.

The only reason why we're assumed to be men is because retro is a male-centric hobby. What happens when a bunch of men hear that a female likes their hobby? Attention. Lots of it.

That is not equality.

>>2878067
Stop assuming nonsense about women you read from angry friend zoned virgins and actually go meet one of us before you post more garbage. Or better yet just fuck off.

>>>/v/

>>2878068
You're still backseat moderating, and more importantly, shitflinging over civil discussion.

I've not assumed a thing, everything in that image has happened in every popular board on here. I'd argue it encompasses the entirety of 4chan, in fact.

Stop letting your emotions cloud your logic. It's very unbecoming of your credibility.

>meet one of us
>one of us

Smooth, >>2878019 is even more accurate now; replace "Bro" with "sugartits". You really are terrible at internalizing.

>>2878074
No I'm telling you and your sexist nonsense to fuck off before I get mad and email Hiro about your crap.

>>2878076
Naw. I find it funny how you actually think snapping at me with your emotionally ridden dreck would make me ever reconsider wanting that kind of behaviour on here. You really fail to grasp why gender is a joke on an anonymous imageboard, and you are the punchline. "Give me attention! Even if you're criticising me!"

Give it a rest. Consider posting productively if you want even a hint of respect around here.

>>2878081
Seriously stop replying to me. This is borderline harassment now. I have repeatedly told you to stop and you refuse to quit which I'm quite sure is illegal in the US and I will be discussing this with my lawyer if you continue your actions.

>>2878082
>harassment
on an anonymous image board??

>>2878082
What, do you think you're trolling me or something? You genuinely believe reply = trold? I don't think you realise this, but it's your time that you're wasting, not mine.

>>2878084
Kek

>>2878085
You may think you're acting cute right now but you're just further digging your grave with this nonsense. I urge you to stop right now before I take legal action.

>>2878086
Wow, that's way more threatening than someone claiming they're going to kill me. Thank you for considering my emotions before posting.

Sike.

Could everybody posting in the last 20 or so posts just shut up?

>>2878102
The thread's over, the OP got their answer, and I'm done here anyhow; don't feel like you can't post on-topic and ignore the shitflinging that just happened. Barking orders certainly won't help.

I recommend Tempo for 32x. It's pretty generic, but the aesthetic is fun. The music isn't bad either.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw8zjuxaa_4

>>2878019
>If they're actually here to play, you would never know their gender in the first place.

On this note: I've female friends who enjoy MMOs quite a lot and have since the 90s. Now, with the ability to speak to one another using your own voice, these friends are forced to remain silent specifically because of fuckwits like >>2878019. They don't have to mention that they're women because if they so much as speak, they're outed as vagina-having non-males and derail the game with a third the userbase going "ASL? ASL? ASL?" another third hurling insults at them for being attention-seeking women and the final third white-knighting.
So it's not the women who ruin gaming communities, it's the misogynists like >>2878019 who do.

So long as a person keeps mostly on the community topic, I couldn't give less of a fuck, assuming I've any at all to give in the first place, if they happen to mention in passing that s/he
• is female
• is a pilot
• is married
• is an engineering student
• is gay
• doesn't believe in god
• has been homeless
• is in a throuple
• is Korean
• has a nut allergy
• attends church regularly
• has a disability
• owns a hamster
• is a hamster
or any other number of details someone could happen to mention.

People who actually have or had things going on in their lives generally mention or allude to those things in conversations, regardless of topic. Only complete shut-ins have nothing to add beyond "i liking of gaem!!!"

>>2878198
>• owns a hamster
>• is a hamster
HAHAHAHAHAHA TIME FOR BOOPOSTING

>>2878198
>there are 3 problem groups
>the one that doesn't seek to please the gamur girl is the only one that "ruins gaming communities"


Fuck off with your oversensitivity you worthless cuck faggot, go cry about your victimization on leddit or tumblr.

>>2878198
I'm not going to deny that using voice chat ingame has the ability to distract everyone, and that's for the exact reason I brought up. Any mention of a female enjoying a male-centric hobby is going to be met with lots of attention. You'd know that had you bothered reading what I was posting instead of jumping to conclusions and painting me in a bad light. Case in point:

>It's not women who ruin game communities

When did I ever say that? You're the bigot casting shade here, not me.

Moving on, if you applied that logic to what I was actually talking about, you'd realise how none of that issue applies to being on an imageboard. Moreover, voice chat isn't in any retro game I could think of save for Alien Front Online, so you're clearly just bringing up an unrelated problem and painting me as a misogynist because of it. You don't even know me or how I act online. I could be female for all you know.

Put it this way: there are women that are gamers, and there are gamers that are women. That distinction is entirely what my argument hinges on, I don't care what chromosomes you have so long as you're contributing (and keeping your personal life out of it).

>People who actually have or had things going on in their lives generally mention or allude to those things in conversations, regardless of topic.

Yes, a "brown poster", as it were. There's no reason to bring that stuff up as it's not related to the topic at hand; if you're mentioning those kind of things unwarranted, you should consider rewording your post so you're staying on topic and not risking a derailment. Ignoring this sentiment is ignorant of the userbase and disrespectful towards the original poster, assuming their thread topic hasn't already been answered.

Your stance on how a topic doesn't need to be followed underlines your lack of understanding of why this place exists in the first place. We're not here to talk about our lives. If anything, we're here to get away from them.

>>2878006
This image always cracks me up because all it ever really shows is what an anti social retard the person posting it is. They see anyone who isn't a complete social retard as some sort of casual "dude bro".

Not video games, but we used to have a guy exactly like this in our PnP roleplaying club. One of our mutual drawing friends (a girl *gasp*) decided to try it out. Well, "Carl" as we will call him didn't like that saying she would make it "too roleplaying" focused.

Then he rolled a paladin, a literal White Knight and tried to court her in-game even to the point of pointing out that with his 18 charisma she should be more interested in him than she was role-playing.

Naturally she got creeped out, we all got pissed at him for turning off what what otherwise a cool player and he quit the group. Since he was the ride for another key member, that was the end of that campaign. Though I started a long running Star Wars one out of the ashes so all was good.

The kicker though? To this day he insists that it was her coming that ruined the group. Not him acting like a giant asshole retard over it, but the fact that she was a girl. If Carl didn't write that hilarious comic, I'm sure it was one of his brothers in spergitude.

>>2878310
>Any mention of a female enjoying a male-centric hobby is going to be met with lots of attention.

Here's another prime hilarious example. Normal people don't care or turn into giant retards every time they have to talk to a girl. I never know whether to laugh or feel bad for people like you lol

>>2878251
You know fine well he's right. Kissless virgins and white knights infest all forms of online communities and they're a major cause of making women want to quit altogether.

They are so badly behaved they don't even realize that they're sexist cunts.

>>2878323
Cool blog post. It cracks me up that you still think I believe women are the cause of the degradation of quality posting.

Your PnP roleplaying club involved knowing each other, imageboards don't. Nice job understanding my point there sherlock.

>>2878326
Normal people don't go on 4chan. Well, they didn't, at least. Point is, you're imagining situations that never happened at an attempt to appear better than others. You're a conceited prick.

>>2878332
Or, get this, the actions of few don't reflect the opinions of the majority; I just hate annoying people. Like all of you.

The ledditor behavior in this thread is off the charts, go be pussy whipped faggots somehwhere else.

Girls don't have it hard online they have it fucking EASY, if someone calls me a name online I'm supposed to just deal with but if I was a girl I'd have a million sexless beta faggots like the ones in this thread to come to my defense and give me free stuff.

ProTip: To all of you faggots whining about getting girls into games or how they're victims YOU'RE generally the people that keep them away, they don't want to have you gravitating around them. That's why most of the obvious girl gamers tend to be shallow and just want attention.

Also there are more shitty pleb gamer guys as there are shallow attention whore gamer girls, guys obviously judge women more closely and they have very bad representation from people like Anita.

>>2877952
I wonder what is the percentage of users on here today versus a year ago who played games on actual hardware when they were more relevant (as in the 90s and before) in contrast to people who discovered them thanks to the apparent fad (and YouTube).

I will never understand the "lol fuck u gramps, new way is better" attitude on a board dedicated to enjoying older things.

>>2878379
The only thing I could imagine is the convenience of emulating, but that's not really any different from using a flash cart. If anything, flash carts are better because they allow perfect playback of hard-to-find/emulate games.

The only situation where I could understand emulating over using actual hardware is wanting to take a bunch of games on the go, that's not easy to do unless you still wear JNCOs for whatever reason.

>>2876373
>>2872491

Most of the times I see people shitting on IV, not the other way around.

Australia-kun is the most famous castlevania shitposter, and he's a confessed IV hater.

Anyway the problem isn't a single entry's fanbase, it's the whole fanbase. Very few Castlevania fans are civil.

>>2878383
Apparently JNCO is trying to make a comeback. The fuck.

>>2878396
Who in the right mind would pay for a designer brand that is clearly nothing more than a fad? If I were to buy a pair it would be because I found one in a goodwill or something.

Marketing teams have way too much faith in nostalgia dollars.

>>2878351
It applies to online and irl communities the same. Point being, if you actually believe the content of that comic you're a dipshit of the highest order. How does it feel being the butt of so many jokes?

Also, there are plenty of people on 4chan "normal enough" that talking to women doesn't turn us into flaming retards. That you think we all are is hilarious. :)

>>2878379
I'm 42 and far prefer emulating to old hardware these days.

>>2878401
>guy responds to me
>better let him know for the 5th time that I'm normal, talk to girls and that everyone makes jokes about him


Jesus you look more pathetic in every reply, I'm sure all of the ladies on /vr/ are getting wet just thinking about you lmao.

>>2878401
Jesus christ you are fucking dense.

You're treating "online" communities like they're all the same, they're not. The most you've said in terms of refuting that comic is "lol no" and nothing more; your refutation is baseless and as such meaningless. Everything in that comic has happened, countless times, on multiple forums. You're just insulted by the concept of not being a "core" member, as you've probably been here for a while. Time doesn't justify your stance, valid argumentation does. You've done nothing of the sort.

Again, you're proving my point. I can talk to women, I've gotten laid, but that isn't relevant here; the notion that you think it does proves your lack of understanding of how your posting is damaging to the quality of the board itself. You slowly show posters that you can get away with posting retarded emoticons and not staying on topic, so more people do it as a "joke" when in reality you're being disrespectful to the OP's topic at hand.

In other words, you think you're right because there's so many people that emulate your behaviour. *That* is what causes a drop of informal posting.

>>2878371
>pussy whipped
I posted >>2878198 and I'll have you know that I'm a parakeet and therefore have no interest in ever being whipped by pussy, be it the animal or the part of anatomy as animal pussies wish to eat me and cloaca > than anatomical pussies.

>>2878048 All >>2878351 this >>2878310 posting >>2878081 is >>2878074 irrelevent.
It's not about games, is it? You're complaining that others are mentioning X, Y and Z in passing (and those are the key words here: "in passing"), but look who's really derailing the board.

It's not the poster who says "You know, my wife/husband/daughter/son/parakeet [yadda yadda yadda minor details about personal life] but I really love Castlevania III, though I think they're all pretty good." It's not the poster who replies "Well, pretty good except the Metroidvanias. I know it's a polarising topic, but I just never got into the RPGifying of the series." or even the one who says "Daughter, eh? Pics. Now."

The first poster only mentioned unrelated things in passing. The first replier ignored that point, instead addressing the on-topic part of the post. The third replier is completely off-topic, posts no controversial opinion and is obviously joking so will therefore likely go ignored.

None of them derail the thread.

So who does?

I'll tell ya: it's the one who flips out that someone dared to mention a wife/husband/daughter/son/parakeet and continuously soapboxes at every opportunity that no one should ever so much as mention his/her wife/husband/daughter/son/parakeet on an anonymous board. Such as you're doing.

No matter what more you say now, you'd only further prove my point. No matter what reply, what opinion, what silly and trivial matter you'd want to address, you're only proving to the rest of us that you are a bloodless ghoul, here to destroy the board with your incessant tantrums and/or diatribes.

You're the problem. Not the poster who mentions something off topic in passing. You.

>>2878458
My 1 reply in this thread is me being annoyed with the stupid discussion on girl gaming that's it. You're a fucking retard, next time you're going to write up a huge reply save yourself the time and just write "I'm an idiot" you'll get the same point across.

>>2878458
Go back to oribting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRkao-gyZC0

>>2878458
>I'm a parakeet
No, you're a human, with fingers that can type. Go be a furry somewhere else.

Irrelevant things aside, did you even read what I posted? If you're bringing up off-topic things in passing, don't. If you hadn't, you wouldn't HAVE a "third poster". The conversation would stay on topic because there's no topic to derail it with.

You proved MY point. You actually think saying stuff like "I want to see pictures of your daughter" on a retro gaming board is acceptable. You *actually* said that. And better yet, that third post is entirely likely to derail the thread, and you're only claiming it didn't because you're talking about theoreticals.

You said it yourself. "the poster not posting on topic isn't the problem". Yes, it is. It is entirely the problem.

>>2878458
>>2878479
Oh, and before I forget, the OP's topic has already been answered. "Form your own opinions, anonymous people can't read your mind". People still recommended stuff regardless though, which is fine. They just didn't have to by that point. This thread could have 404'd immediately after >>2870386 and the OP would have been satisfied with that answer just fine.

Tell me, is >>2871373 on topic? Barely. Was my first post related? Barely.

I wasn't the one that brought up girl gamers; that was some uninformed person that jumped to a conclusion, and I corrected her. So on and so forth.

>>2878493
It sounds like you would be much happier on Reddit.

>>2878503
Care to explain your reasoning why?

>>2878507
Even though 4chan has become mostly shit anyway you've clearly come from somewhere like reddit relatively recently if you're being this serious about threads.

I think you would be much happier in a more strict and accountable environment like what you would see at reddit. Overly serious people are one of the many things that is currently plaguing 4chan.

>>2878493
>>2878479
>the guy who posted a barely relevant thing that went completely ignored until i replied to >>2871373 derails and ruins everything
>not my dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing
Is this what you really believe?

>>2878517
Sweet, you proved my point! I'm a "tryhard", right?

>>2878518
No, that's not what I believe. If you bothered internalizing what I meant you would know that.

>>2878523
No you're just being an overly serious fun ruining faggot completely against the spirit of what the site used to be about before faggots like you for whatever reason uprooted and decided to force yourselves on the site.

That's how I can tell you're a newfag, you know it and I know it.

>>2878523
Who ruins threads and boards more, the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing that goes completely ignored or the guy makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing?

sort of a copy and paste from the one i did from /fit/ but i added some more stuff
short term goals
>find out what school to transfer too
>start maintenance in January
>start cutting February and finish by late march-mid april
>beat a resident evil game
>start Shenmue 2
>beat dragon force
>write 2 reviews by the end of January
Long term goals
>graduate CC with Honors and Associates in May
>get nearly complete all my prereqs for Physical Therpy
>Go to a therapist to finally rid of myself of my low self esteem
>leave 4chan for good because this place is pretty toxic t b h f a m
>DL 3pl8
>learn something new idc what
>get my 7th gen consoles modded to play backups
>buy a PC engine Duo R

>>2878525
You wanna know how I can tell that you're the newfag? Because you call people newfags.

>>2878528
You're still missing the point. Better yet, you fail to understand how those chastising posts got started in the first place; with an equally relevant comic. You idiots are the ones trying to justify your shitty posting habits, not me.

>>2878537
Answer the question you've been asked: who ruins threads and boards more, the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing that goes completely ignored or the guy who makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing?

>>2878537
>You wanna know how I can tell that you're the newfag? Because you call people newfags.

No it doesn't, and I generally don't call people newfags but since you clearly are one I decided to point it out.

What the fuck happened to this thread. I wanted to find an IRC chat and it devolved into something else.

go somewhere else with this damn argument you two

>>2878548
You, for missing the point and endlessly posting meaningless dreck under the impression you're making a valid point.

>>2878550
Maybe not to you. Point is, you have no clue what you're talking about; baseless conjecture.

>>2878632
Stop dodging it and answer the question you've been asked: who ruins threads and boards more, the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing that goes completely ignored or the guy who makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing?

>>2878662
> Stop dodging it and answer the question you've been asked: who ruins threads and boards more, the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing that goes completely ignored or the guy who makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing?

If you feel that way, I'm sorry. I did not realize what I was saying until I took a step back. I'm all for dropping this pointless debate.

>>2878632
I've already left this thread dude, you are getting trolled.

>>2878674
What reason would anyone possibly have for dodging a question? Answer the question you've been asked: who ruins threads and boards more, the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing that goes completely ignored or the guy who makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing?

>>2878676
Me too

>>2878662
>>2878681
You're missing the point. I'll dodge your "question" for as long as it takes for you to realise how irrelevant it is.

Better yet, I'll make a counterpoint: Who is worse, the people engaging in post-thread discussion or the people that misunderstand said discussion and blow it way out of proportion?

Think what you want, I was only noting that posting about your personal life on here should only ever happen if you're talking about video games. This place is for discussing video games and your lax attitude is exactly what causes more people to care less about their quality of posting.

>>2878674
>did not
Beep boop, you wish

>>2878015
Goddamn it, I wish I never posted this comment and these two faggots could've fucked right off and shitposted elsewhere. Thanks for ruining the thread, both of you are the reason /vr/ sucks.

>>2873046
>/m/ and /vr/

I could be up for a discussion forum like that.

>>2878973
Can we have a modicum of intellectual honesty here?

You've dodged the same question four times now and ignored another, related question, 'why are you dodging the question?' The answer to which is 'because the answer is inconvenient to the premise I've presented and refusing to answer it is the only course of action I can take without damaging my argument or admitting I'm wrong.'

It was said that the notion that an unrelated post would go ignored is merely 'theoretical' in >>2878479, yet acknowledged that this 'theoretical' incident does indeed happen in that very same post. We need do no more than look at all the unanswered posts and comments ITT to see that it's quite common that unrelated posts do indeed go ignored and, therefore, can't do any damage to a thread or board. So now, we can see that unrelated posts and minor details shared in passing during the course of conversation more-often-than-not go unaddressed and are therefore not disruptive to the thread or board.

That leaves only option two. We can now see that the guy who makes dozens upon dozens of posts chastising others for mentioning minor details in passing is more disruptive to threads and boards than the guy who posts a barely relevant (or entirely irrelevant) thing. Ergo, you're the problem. Not them. Not us. Not the other guys. You. If you love /vr/ so much, the best thing you can do for it is to not post here again until you can understand how to do so without being disruptive.

>>2879252
Nah, just the guy who hates people to mention minor details in passing yet insists that he's, like, totally not a virgin and stuff, because that minor detail is so absolutely relevant to video game discussion.

8/oml/

It's okay guys, I've fixed the problem by creating a new thread.

The 2-3 people invested in the pointless, heated exchange going on can stay here and keep posting like normal.

If you want to get back to the stuff before that, we'll try moving it to the THREAD BELOW:

>>2879472

>>2878613
Is that some /cwc/? I never got into the hotwheels-chan resurrection.

>>2879252
Not my fault you misunderstood the premise. You're just as much at fault.

>>2879308
Because you're dodging my assertion with an unrelated question. It doesn't fucking matter who's more disruptive by this point.

You want an answer? It's the person that posts more. Why did I post more? Because I'm actually getting responses. It's not relevant to the discussion at hand and the fact you think that means anything underlines how out of place in our discussion you are. Do you even know what we were arguing about? What my core argument was? I'd bet money that you don't.

>unrelated posts go ignored
Like my unrelated post, right? Idiot.

I don't think you understand what I mean by "disruptive". I don't mean "derailing a thread", this thread reached the end of the line a while ago; OP got their answer, and nobody was barred from posting on topic. It's you idiots that addressed my statement, and because of that we're all responsible for derailing the thread. What I meant by "disruptive" is the behaviour your "intellectual honesty" brings, specifically, dumbasses that didn't read the thread and jumping in the middle of the conversation without fully understanding both sides of the argument. People see this "call out culture" bullshit and think it's perfectly fine to get in the middle of conversations that weren't theirs, and it's not. That is exactly why I started shitting up the thread, I was responding to three people at once. Three people that clearly had no clue what they were talking about.

Only difference is, my "unrelated statement" was actually adding to why someone would want to leave, and >>2879252 was so incredibly kind as to misunderstand the meaning of my statement, leading to the shitflinging that occurred.

You're drawing false positives. Lurk moar.

>>2879483
In case you didn't know, you can still post on-topic here. But if an unrelated argument is too straining on your eyes, well, my point exactly. No off topic posting, no topic derailment.

>>2880121
>"i hate off topic shitposting!!! only talk about video games, guys!!!"
>admits to off topic shitposting
>continues to shitpost off topic
>isn't talking about video games
lol
Please, give me another 7-page shitpost manifesto on how shitposting isn't shitposting when /you/ do it and how everyone else is the problem, not you. :-)

>>2880181
>everyone else is the problem and not you

Except I never said I wasn't. I was posting slightly off topic, just like everyone else was, because the thread was over. I got a response. And debating occurred.

Please, sidestep the assertion that you have no clue what you're arguing about again. It only further proves you're only here to shitpost instead of adding to post thread conversation.

Let me put it this way, had there been to off-topic mention in the OP (I'm leaving 4chan!!1) this conversation wouldn't have happened. It just would have been another recommendation thread, the OP would have gotten his answer just like in this thread, and it would have 404'd like it should have.

But that's not fun enough for you, is it?

>>2880190
had there been no* off-topic mention in the OP

>>2880190
>>2880191
>the "but billy started it!!!" defense
lol
You have to be over eighteen to post to 4chan, kiddo.

>>2880198
>the "not replying to core arguments" sidestep
I am over 18. I'm 19, in fact.

You're misunderstanding what I meant. I'm not trying to shift blame, quite the opposite. My assertion is that we are *all* to blame, maybe not the people who didn't spark a frivolous debate as much as myself and that SJW dolt that was either wilfully ignorant or too plain dumb to understand the statement I was trying t o make, but we're all to blame regardless.

So again. If OP hadn't made an off-handed statement about his leaving due to the declining quality of posting, I and others wouldn't have agreed. And again, that SJW lady wouldn't have misunderstood me and strawmanned my argumentation to the point of parody.

Again. We are all to blame. Not just some specific group or person, not some specific topic that caused it, us. Us and our willingness to not entirely post on topic. That is the problem with /vr/.

>>2880205
>"if billy wouldn't do things that bother me and no one else, i wouldn't have had a days-long 'tism tantrum!!!"
lol

>>2880215
>and no one else

>my new year's resolution is to leave 4chan

Unobservant as always

>>2880218
>reading comprehension failure as always
lol

>>2880249
You're sidestepping, and as such admitting you're wrong.

But since you're clearly under the impression that you're still right, allow me to outline your gaps in logic.

>Off-topic posting doesn't bother anyone! Except when it causes a thread to derail and bothers everyone! But off-topic posting is still okay because it can occasionally be funny! You have autism because you hate things to change even though the things that are changing only cause things to get worse!

Congratulations, you officially aren't arguing any more. I'll chalk this one up to you being lazy.

Lurk moar.

>>2880258
>"i hate minor details mentioned in passing!!! only talk about video games, guys!!! also, i'm 19 years old and totally not a virgin and am not talking about video games!!! here's an atlus-shrugged-length manifesto on how everyone one else mentioning minor details in passing is the problem and not my atlus-shrugged-length manifestos!!! also, if you've made your argument so well that nothing else i have to say can rebut it, you're the one who lost, not me!!!"
lol

>>2880308
Yes, I do. Minor details allows possibilities for topic derailment, which is exactly what happened here. You somehow managed to miss the point and agree with me at the same time. Probably why you're avoiding a genuine attempt at disproving me.

>"...if you've made your argument so well..."
Right, that argument you made. Care to post it again? I must have missed it. Unless you're referring to the "You did it too so it's entirely your fault" thing? Because that was you >>2878523 missing >>2878537 the >>2878632 point >>2878973 of >>2880121 the >>2880190 entire >>2880205 argument. Internalize.

Better yet, let me try to simplify. Minor details were mentioned in the OP, the thread eventually derailed because of it. Everyone is at fault, OP, myself, the SJW shitposter, and the preceding and following funposters.

You think funposting is harmless, and I don't. I've tried to explain why it isn't harmless (in this very reply, no less), but you sidestep that explanation by claiming that because I've added anecdotal statements *specifically only in this thread because I was coaxed to*, it invalidates my argument and doesn't require disproving. Hopefully you understand why that's intellectually dishonest.

How about actually trying to reply instead of attempting to and failing at summarizing what happened in the thread? Because all you're doing is misrepresenting my argument to yourself and puffing your chest out like you know what you're talking about.

>totally not a virgin
I realize I have no way to prove it, but do I detect a hint of envy? lol indeed.

>>2880381
>hates when threads derail
>derails threads with 47 page treatises on why
lol

>>2880548
>missing the point this badly
Please try harder.

>>2880557
>"i'll make the shitposting go away by throwing shitposts at it!!!"
>mistakes no-one reading his presumably oh-so-carefully thought-out (to him) nonsense that he wasted hours writing out as 'missing the point'
>thinks that some point exists besides the one to the back of his scalp
lol, you pinhead

>>2880616
Except I wasn't originally shitposting. I was adding to post-thread topic conversation.

You're clearly not trying to follow the thread whatsoever, lurk moar.

>>2880629
>b-but i didn't start it, 'they' did!!!

>>2880660
Right, that's how conversations start on here.

Anyone who has any regrets of the time they spend here shouldn't be here in the first place. I've been here over a decade and don't regret any of the time I've spent here, ever.

I have never understood the people who just say over and over "4chan sucks so much! This place is terrible I hate it!" and then the very next day they're back saying the same thing over and over. If you don't like it here, just find somewhere you do like.

I actually enjoy /vr/'s shitposting. A perfect eclectic mix of shitposts and interesting stuff. I just simply hide the CRT and Doom General threads and I'm good to go.

>>2880710

Even those occasionally have cool shit. Really, the rest of 4Chan may be shit, but /vr/ is still kinda cool in my book. Especially since I can't stand modern gaming.

>>2880721
>Especially since I can't stand modern gaming.

I honestly don't think anyone who thinks all modern gaming sucks actually like video games in general. You have a nostalgia for one specific era, like someone who only likes 70's era rock as their music.

The same way they're not really fans of music in general, you're not a fan of games in general. Which is fine, but many of us here like all manner of games. And you have a tendency to imply you are a fan of gaming in general.

>>2880686
exactly, been here 6 years and I've always enjoyed my time here. Never felt I "wasted" it.

>>2880731
And why would that matter?

>>2880737
It matters because you talk about modern games as if you are as knowledgeable as someone who is still actively into the hobby and you tend to come off very foolish because of it. The same way that someone who only listened to 70's era rock would seem very foolish trying to speak knowledgeably about modern music.

Just something to keep in mind is all.

>>2880749
Dude, not him. My point is that either way, that wouldn't impede someone's enjoyment of this board. Not to mention you have no clue what gaming background he has, so lay off.

>>2880731

Except that in this case you're trying to say that in the "70's classic rock" section of a music forum so to speak... making your point invalid.

>>2880731

Modern gaming is all about e-peen, playable movies, and making consoles into shitty subpar locked-down PCs.

No thank you.

>>2870374
Indeed i came back to 4chan just because of /vr/.
Before i haven't been here for several years.
And i started with 4chan when /g/ was still guro and there was a loli board and generally just about 6(?) boards at all, so i sadly don't know what year it was.
Anyway /vr/ had that special something the other boards already had lost all those years.
Sadly that time seriously seems to be over. RIP 4chan.

>>2875712
Every site has group think and I'm not going to deny that it's a problem, but at least we don't have tools to actively promote it.

>>2870374
I almost quit before and only stayed because of /vr/ being added. I know all the other big sites are just as bad as 4chan, just in different ways and they're less self aware about their problems which if anything is worse. I've tried smaller forums before but I've had bad luck, and almost all of them are dead now.
It's hard for me to go because I know it means quitting all forms of online community but I guess I have to try.
Goodbye /vr/, you're the least terrible board on 4chan. I'll probably see you in a few months when I pussy out and come back.

space station silicon valley on n64

>>2880686
>just find somewhere you do like.
Yeah, see, that's the hard part.

>>2881171
Even on a classic rock section of a music forum, although they would like that music a lot most of the people who go there would probably like other kinds of music as well. Even there someone trying to claim that absolutely all modern music is garbage would be rare.

More to the point though, anything that person says about modern music would be nothing more than a shallow impression.

Lets try to produce something lasting out of this thread. Are there other retro communities worth visiting? What about the idea of starting a new one somewhere?

The thing is, even if another place doesn't fully replace /vr/, a nicer place would make me happier, and feel less like I'm wasting time inbetween interesting posts. It doesn't matter if its a new place or an existing place that we all go to...

>>2884729

There are plenty of other retro communities like NintendoAge, DigitPress, RacketBoy, HG101, Assemblergames, FamicomWorld, Neo-Geo... Some others that aren't specifically focused on retro but share a lot of overlap like the shmups (system11) forum, Talking Time, RPGCodex, other megaforums like GameFAQs that have a lot of retro discussion. They all have their problems, and the limitations of traditional forums with account systems though.

There's really not much you can do. It's hard enough to get people to move to one place, but then you run into the problem of having board politics, identities making social dynamics and discussion a lot more restrained, etc. You can try starting up something, maybe it'll take off but what happens is they usually die after a few weeks/months and everyone comes back. 4ch and 8ch work for now, even if they're not ideal.

>I'm leaving 4chan next year

See you tommorow bro

>>2870374
This: >>2870386

But otherwise:

Umihara Kawase
Fire Pro Wrestling (series)
Recca
Contra (series)
Metal Slug (series)
Shock Troopers
League Bowling
Neo Turf Masters
Saturday Night Slam Masters
WWF WrestleFest
WWF No Mercy
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2
Smash TV
Bomberman (series)
Super Pinball (series) [SNES]
Battle Pinball
Super Star Soldier
Soldier Blade
Final Soldier
Blazing Lazers
Spriggan
Taisen Puzzle dama (series)
Space Megaforce
King of Fighters (series)
Fatal Fury (series)
Samurai Shodown (series)
Last Blade (series)
Magical Drop (series)
Jikkyou Power Pro Wrestling '96 Max Voltage
Gekitou Burning Pro Wrestling
Parodius (series)
R-Type (series)
Gradius (series)
Uncharted Waters New Horizons
Gun Nac
Guardian Legend
Zanac
XEXEX
Super Mario RPG
Metal Max Returns
The Blue Marlin
Super Dodge Ball
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu
Nekketsu Street Basket Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
Famicom Tantei Club Part II (SNES)
Clock Tower (SNES)
Shin Kidou Senshi Gundam W Endless Duel
Aerobiz (series)
Wild Guns
Radiant Silvergun
Twinbee (series)
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Ganbare Goemon (series)
1942 (series)
Kirby's Pinball Land
Kirby Super Star
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium
LSD
NBA Jam
Splatterhouse (series)
Robotron 2084
X-Multiply
Dogyuun
Batsugun
Armored Police Batrider
Donpachi / DoDonPachi (series)
ESP RaDe
ESP Galuda (series)
Guwange
Dangun Feveron
Gigawing
Mars Matrix
Denjin Makai (series)
Shin Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Tachi no Banka
Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio kun
Nintendo World Cup
Tsuppari Ozumou (series)
Ozumou Tamashii
Super Ozumou
Wakataka Ozumou
Magic Darts
Hogan's Alley
Duck Hunt
Liberty or Death
Ball Bullet Gun
Super Famicom Wars
Joy Mech Fight
Chase HQ (series)
Aquajack
Double Axle

>>2884729
From what I can tell of you the Gamers With Jobs forums could be very good for you. Though there is a lot of talk about new games, a lot of the guys are still into old stuff as well and people are always looking for new stuff to get into even if it's old. Also, it's really polite and the people are all generally cool. I used to go there quite a bit, but these days I don't have time for a real forum. Just pop by here now and then.

>>2885847
lol yup. made two fucking topics about leaving. they never go

>>2886735
that was someone else