1,000+ Pages of NeoGAF: The Story of Wasted Lives and Hardcore Salt

[king of the internet]

I'm still surprised nobody stereotypes black dudes with loving the shit out of Capcom. Cause every black nerd I know is really into them.

Maybe fighting games are a safe way for them to channel their natural aggression?

[StealthFan]

Maybe they just appreciate old school RE's and motherfucking Dragons Dogma, like all beings of taste and substance.

[toku]

Dragon's Dogma was last generation's God Hand

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grossly overrated

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[king of the internet]

DD was dope as fuck. Basically the perfect alternative to the Souls series. Made Skyrim look flabby and dull in comparison, fuck that boring slop.

[thisismyusername]

I'm still surprised nobody stereotypes black dudes with loving the shit out of Capcom. Cause every black nerd I know is really into them.

Because you'd be crucified for it, instantly. Marvel's fanbase is predominately black.

In unrelated topics: Wrath-alert: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/legendary-actor-christopher-lee-releases-new-heavy-metal-single-darkest-carols-faithful-sing/

[sarslip]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/spinoff-was-ogd-urkel-the-worst-sitcom-character-of-all-time.272965/

family matters was trash in hindsight

Missy Elliot

Performing at the Scissor Club

[Himu]

I'm still surprised nobody stereotypes black dudes with loving the shit out of Capcom. Cause every black nerd I know is really into them.

Correction. Former. Capcom is pretty much dead aside from SF.

[Himu]

every black nerd is a filthy weeaboo, thats why

too true. you ever met a black WRPG neckbeard?

Besides PhoenixDark?

I've never met a black wrpg neck beard but I know a few who like D&D! My dad and cousin fucking love LOTR. Blacks are just as nerdy as everyone else. Probably more so. We just hide that shit.

[Himu]

That's the Stoney mason generation but LOTR made a comeback! But yeah, ain't nothing touching that weeaboo sauce. DBZ and Final Fantasy indoctrinated a million negroes

Younger black kids these days seem to be less weeaboos though. definitely seems generational.

[Steve Youngblood]

Yes, fighting games have always been pretty big with racial minorities I've seen, particularly asian and black folk

Yeah, that's always been interesting to me. Even last night, I clicked a link to some weekly Smash 4 tournament series that was streaming live, and it seemed like 75% of the people there were black. I used to wonder about why that was, but I guess it makes sense thinking about the arcade background. Polygon had a piece a while back called WHY THE FIGHTING GAME COMMUNITY IS COLOR BLIND. One part focuses on cost:

There are a lot of factors that led to the arcade scene's diversity. Foremost among them: Fighting games were cheap when they first arrived in arcades, and in most places, they remained cheap for as long as the arcades existed. The barrier to entry was a mere 25 cents. In practice, this lower barrier of entry has opened the community up to people a lot farther down the socioeconomic ladder than the average StarCraft or League of Legends player, and that means a lot more members of marginalized minorities can get their foot in the door.

As fighting game player and game writer Pat Miller puts it, "You have this huge mix of people, this huge range of people, and I think that's because, you know, you didn't need to own a two or three thousand dollar computer to play games. You didn't even have to have a TV and a console. You could just play with a quarter when you were walking around town. ... When you have that space where anyone can go ahead and drop by, play a game, shoot the shit, whatever — and you actually have an incentive to go out to different places and start playing new people who you're not used to playing against — that really kind of did attract a diverse audience."

There's more than just that in the piece. But yeah, again, I've always found the diversity in that particular space fascinating.

[nudemacusers]

it's always some suburban cac writing about how poor us inner city minorities are 

[Himu]

I thought you identified as cac

Now I'm confused

[Stoney Mason]

There were relatively few black nerds of my generation which was kinda sad and unfortunate. Due to certain socio-economic changes, the rise of the internet and computers, and just the triumph of nerd culture in general, you see so many more black nerds than ever before.

[nudemacusers]

I thought you identified as cac

Now I'm confused

I turned in the late 90s

[Mr. Nobody]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/spinoff-was-ogd-urkel-the-worst-sitcom-character-of-all-time.272965/

family matters was trash in hindsight

Missy Elliot (Image removed from quote.)

Performing at the Scissor Club (Image removed from quote.)

 

[kick51]

I'm still surprised nobody stereotypes black dudes with loving the shit out of Capcom. Cause every black nerd I know is really into them.

Because you'd be crucified for it, instantly. Marvel's fanbase is predominately black.

In unrelated topics: Wrath-alert: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/legendary-actor-christopher-lee-releases-new-heavy-metal-single-darkest-carols-faithful-sing/

I think the fanbase is white, but the top players are black.

white people have neither the discipline and intelligence of the asians or the rhythm and aggression of the blacks, so they are doomed to spectate 

A Suikoden II OT? What. Nothing wrong with it but I'm surprised for some reason to see an OT for such an old game. You'd think most people who were interested in playing would have pirated it by now.

or if not pirated it, just paid the $120.  It's the price of two current gen games and you get more play time out of it than 5 current gens combined. but people act like the game is impossible to find anywhere on earth and that $120 is going to break the bank. 

always weird how people overstate the rarity and value of somewhat-in-demand games.

Act like mental price barriers aren't a thing, brehs 

i realize it's a thing, but it's a funny illogical psychological thing. 

[TVC15]

I can't find my fucking vita

[Supermanisdead]

Dragon's Dogma was last generation's God Hand

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grossly overrated

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shut the fuck up!

[benjipwns]

Did you see this hilarious Key and Peele video? Shit is Family Matters distilled. Fresh Prince all the way baby. Wayans Brothers, Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Living Single, In Living Colour, even My Brother and Me....damn we ate back then. But Family Matters? Where's my Camby?

I'VE DONE MORE COCAINE THAN YOU WEIGH

[king of the internet]

I can't find my fucking vita

Did you check the garbage?

[Tasty]

The only Capcom series worth a damn since Mega Man was beheaded and RE went down the shitter is Monster Hunter.

Thankfully it doesn't seem that franchise will be going away anytime soon, even if Capcom are dickishly silent about localization for every new one.

[Steve Youngblood]

I'm still surprised nobody stereotypes black dudes with loving the shit out of Capcom. Cause every black nerd I know is really into them.

Correction. Former. Capcom is pretty much dead aside from SF.

I love Capcom too, they just had a bad run lately and money problems.  I'm definitely buying a PS4 for SFV, cause aside from Bloodborne and maybe Uncharted 4 and Tearaway, Sony has a very weak first party line up.

What!? I guess you haven't heard that DriveClub got a weather patch.

[Tasty]

Monster Hunter is garbage

I don't futz with no-taste-having plebes.

[bork]

Monster Hunter is garbage

I don't futz with no-taste-having plebes.

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You just said "The only Capcom series worth a damn since Mega Man was beheaded and RE went down the shitter is Monster Hunter."  Does not compute.

[Tasty]

Monster Hunter is garbage

I don't futz with no-taste-having plebes.

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You just said "The only Capcom series worth a damn since Mega Man was beheaded and RE went down the shitter is Monster Hunter."  Does not compute.

Next you'll tell me The Evil Within isn't awesome!

[king of the internet]

Capcom just needs to make a Resident Evil game that doesn't suck.

I own 6, but still haven't played it. I heard it's worse than 5, which was already one of the most disappointing games of all time.

I did a replay of RE4 again recently, and goddamn that game still owns. Top 5 all time.

6 is worth playing for mercenaries alone. It's a good game for mercenaries alone. The campaign is loaded with a lot of junk, but the combat mechanics are a great evolution of what RE4 started and mercenaries is that with the shitty story/level design/pacing/everything else stripped out. I legit consider it to be one of the most fun shoot/stab games in the past few years if we're just talking about combat mechanics.

[Himu]

Monster hunter owns. Bet you monster hunter haters can't play it because it there's not enough tutorials

[Tasty]

Real talk: did any of you like The Evil Within?

It's problems are pretty obvious, but it's still great fun in spite of them.

Story doesn't make a lick of sense, though. Gameplay is great for the most part, with an RE4-level of attention to detail for enemy scenarios. Game is pretty long too, with little repeated content.

[Tasty]

Monster hunter owns. Bet you monster hunter haters can't play it because it there's not enough tutorials

PREACH

[StealthFan]

Evil Within

[Tasty]

What are the main flaws?

My main complaints are technical issues, an extremely poor opening chapter, and some trial-and-error gameplay.

[thisismyusername]

The only Capcom series worth a damn since Mega Man was beheaded and RE went down the shitter is Monster Hunter.

No, hun, it isn't.

Street Fighter is also a moderate but not a financial success for them.

[Steve Contra]

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=142565575&postcount=159

Confuse system memory with a CPU fans brehs

YEAH WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT AMIRITE

[Tasty]

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=142565575&postcount=159

Confuse system memory with a CPU fans brehs

Chrome haters are idiots, this shouldn't come as a surprise.

[StealthFan]

chrome is crap. learn2cope

[Tasty]

Chrome haters are idiots, this shouldn't come as a surprise.

chrome is crap. learn2cope

Q.E.D.

[nudemacusers]

safari

[sarslip]

safari

[Himu]

Using safari on my iPhone

Suck it. Chrome ios sucks

[sarslip]

last time i used that was on my launch Wii

[Mr. Nobody]

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=142565575&postcount=159

Confuse system memory with a CPU fans brehs

YEAH WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT AMIRITE

 

[Tasty]

Chrome iOS is actually Safari, just using a slower JS interpreter because Apple is super shitty.

[Himu]

No, it also has less support. It doesn't have swipe to go back for instance.

[D3RANG3D]

Chrome sucks.

[Atramental]

After I updated to Yosemite Chrome started crashing periodically... 

Ugh... Guess I'll go back to FireFox for now.

Edit: oh, I'm just repeating what ppl are saying in that thread. Fuck it, I'm tired as fuck...

[nudemacusers]

Chrome iOS is actually Safari, just using a slower JS interpreter because Apple is super shitty.

sounds like chromes problem tbh

[SpeedStats]

Either way, that OT is 17 pages of no actual discussion about the game. It's just pages of "I bought it!", "I'm excited to buy it!" or "damn you sony for making a pricing mistake!".

Sayin' that like it's the only outlier.  A lot of official threads on GAF are like that.  You get semi-better game discussion on SA or even GameFAQs cuz they're actually into playing the game instead of bragging about their ever-increasing backlog or discussing the politics of the game without playing the actual game to base a discussion around their arguments.

Edit: Even 22 pages in, people aren't discussing the game! 

[nudemacusers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=142625536&postcount=903

  these dudes need to get out more

let people know you've played JRPGs brehs. Disgusting.

an important part of sexual development is rgp shame.

[thisismyusername]

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=142565575&postcount=159

Confuse system memory with a CPU fans brehs

Spergfit

[StealthFan]

i need to splash semen on andy's cervix

[Pickles the Firecat]

Either way, that OT is 17 pages of no actual discussion about the game. It's just pages of "I bought it!", "I'm excited to buy it!" or "damn you sony for making a pricing mistake!".

Sayin' that like it's the only outlier.  A lot of official threads on GAF are like that.  You get semi-better game discussion on SA or even GameFAQs cuz they're actually into playing the game instead of bragging about their ever-increasing backlog or discussing the politics of the game without playing the actual game to base a discussion around their arguments.

Edit: Even 22 pages in, people aren't discussing the game! 

Even when people do get into the games themselves it cycles around the same talking points throughout the thread. The real beauty of the GAF echo chamber isn't homogeneous thought, it's homogeneous conversation. There is zero interest in discussing games (or film, or music a lot of times) beyond established talking points ("TLOU is really emotional!", "Marvel movies are so fun!", "This album is really avant-garde!"). Turns into a bunch of people reciting marketing points and media hype. People get legit mad if you challenge any conventional thought regarding a given game. Like you're personally attacking them for feeling some type of way about a game. I guess the boilerplate nature of AAA game development kind of steers conversation that way, where people really can't have wildly (or minutely) different experiences...but like, we all draw from different backgrounds. We should all have different perspectives to bring to the table. But it never shows.

Well, I guess that's just kind of the internet at large anyway. Not really a GAF specific issue.

[benjipwns]

People get legit mad if you challenge any conventional thought[/conversation] ... Like you're personally attacking them.

I've never seen what you're talking about, sounds like BS to me.

[benjipwns]

You'd be surprised what kind of nutjobs are out there on the internet.

[thisismyusername]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949744

Quoting to not image repeat but:

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I can see this possibly blowing up.

[Tasty]

i need to splash semen on andy's cervix

I doubt you can even find your penis, let alone engage in intercourse. Good luck.

[StealthFan]

i need to splash semen on andy's cervix

I doubt you can even find your penis, let alone engage in intercourse. Good luck.

[Mr. Nobody]

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so thats where Mos Def's been hiding

[Tasty]

i need to splash semen on andy's cervix

I doubt you can even find your penis, let alone engage in intercourse. Good luck.

 

[Mr. Nobody]

Either way, that OT is 17 pages of no actual discussion about the game. It's just pages of "I bought it!", "I'm excited to buy it!" or "damn you sony for making a pricing mistake!".

Sayin' that like it's the only outlier.  A lot of official threads on GAF are like that.  You get semi-better game discussion on SA or even GameFAQs cuz they're actually into playing the game instead of bragging about their ever-increasing backlog or discussing the politics of the game without playing the actual game to base a discussion around their arguments.

Edit: Even 22 pages in, people aren't discussing the game! 

Even when people do get into the games themselves it cycles around the same talking points throughout the thread. The real beauty of the GAF echo chamber isn't homogeneous thought, it's homogeneous conversation. There is zero interest in discussing games (or film, or music a lot of times) beyond established talking points ("TLOU is really emotional!", "Marvel movies are so fun!", "This album is really avant-garde!"). Turns into a bunch of people reciting marketing points and media hype. People get legit mad if you challenge any conventional thought regarding a given game. Like you're personally attacking them for feeling some type of way about a game. I guess the boilerplate nature of AAA game development kind of steers conversation that way, where people really can't have wildly (or minutely) different experiences...but like, we all draw from different backgrounds. We should all have different perspectives to bring to the table. But it never shows.

Well, I guess that's just kind of the internet at large anyway. Not really a GAF specific issue.

It really is and it's a damn shame.

[nudemacusers]

yeah i've noticed this on fashion forums (nohomo) especially, certain shit is the default opinion, everything else sucks. what sucks on one forum is cigarillo/wack on another.

that's the downside of forums; while you can connect with dudes (nohomo) who share your tastes/interests, your interests/tastes just sit in a feedback loop and harden (nohomo).

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nohomo

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