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Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006

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Well it was early 2005 and Gamespot forums were so peaceful, nice comments and serious discussions were made. You could smell the roses and hear the giggles in the background. Adults and kids coexisting in harmony, teenagers playing with eachother, touching themselves... oh crap my bad .

Anyway, everything was fine, but then the so called Next-gen systems started to step in. After that, different conflicting sides appeared and a common denominator was shared by them: Stupidity.

And that started to be a big pain in the ass to the GameSpot moderators. They were used to deal with flaming posts or disruptive posts or the most common off-topic ones. But now they faced a new challenge, a challenge beyond control, a challenge that even though no one will be able to master, ironically every troll gets better at it by the second. The lack of  intelligence. No man can deal with that .

GameSpot guys realized that stupidity had no limits.That it was ruling in their forums, and they couldnt do anything about it. But then, just like that, this guy came and gave an idea. He said he had the solution to the forum stupidity problem, that the night before he had a vision:

In it, all trolls were very organized and kept in one place, away from society. It was a heartening dream.

They just needed, however, to come up with a name for it. Certainly they couldn't name it the Stupidity Shelf, or the Troll Shelf, for obvious reasons; so they decided to go with the newest fad... the console war. It was the perfect scapegoat.

And so it began, GameSpot opened a new forum, a home for all stupid moronic people, called: System Wars.

Now you'd ask what the hell does this retarded story have to do with the title? well then be freaking patient and let me explain.

It is clear that trolling = stupidity . (Now if you didnt get that from what I wrote above, then you are not far from it either.)  No one who has a developed brain will ever spend more than 5 minutes in that holocaustic place. Personally, I'd never post there. Doing so would lower my level to point that I wouldnt respect myself anymore. And I know most people here think the same way. (Check the TROLL HUNTER squad and join it -by putting it on your sig-)

But what amuses me the most, is that there are people who ONLY post there. You check their post history and 90% of their posting is at SW. And sadly, then they come to the regular forums and  pretend it's the same.

And this is what links me to the title, we shouldnt have to deal with those people, trolls. Which 90% of them come from SW. So I suggest that:

People who have more than 5 posts at SW shouldn't be allowed to post in regular forums.

That would certainly help moderators to keep trolling posts away, and  make the forums a much better place for the community. Im sure it will also make it a much friendlier enviroment and with more serious discussions. Mature people (regardless of age) simply do not post at SW.

I sincerily hope this rule gets the green light, it's not hard to code, nor expensive, and it will definitely help us all.  Not to mention it will make me very happy cuz it was my idea j/k ... or am I?

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Mmm sounds good, System wars really suck, i used to post there because the PS2 forums are dead and the PS3 forums weren't exciting before the E3 but honestly, i'll try to never post again there, i go there sometimes just for reading some pathetic, pointless (and sometimes funny) fanboy opinions, there are some people that makes good and interesting arguments but only around 1 of each 20 are good, the rest are stupid comments about "the 360 owns the PS3 graphically" ¬_¬', the new forza is better than GTurismo series (and i can't see that i'm an idiot cuz i'm comparing a next gen game with a PS2 game) ¬_¬ x 5, PS3 will FLOP cuz it isn't innovative (and my fanboyism doesn't let me notice that my 360 isn't innovative too), Wii sucks cuz has poor graphics..... It's a sick forum, but there is a lot of casual people and manticores that post there without bashing just showing news and opinions of all the systems generally, the idea of denny the access to post in specific console forums could be some "injusto" (i don't know how do you say that in english) for some people, but compared to the BIG and INSANE quantity of Trolls, it's a sacrifice that we should take, the mods will have less work and the other forums will be better for the community, but this could increase the "extra accounts" (even the IP blocker) and noobs coming to troll without reading the rules and stickies,do you understand what i'm saying right? there are pros and cons.
Posted Jul 12, 2006 6:39 pm PT
I know it wont stop all trolling. But certainly it will make it harder for them. Most trolls are too lazy to create another account. Although some do make ones, but theres no way to stop those really.

Posted Jul 12, 2006 6:50 pm PT
To be honest, I've posted a bit on the System Wars forum. But my posts are different. They are not blinded like the trolls over there. Mine are great in comparison with those of the trolls. You haven't seen me go to the 360 forum for example and say 360 suxxorz or say PS3 pwnz 360 or w/e other topics of that nature, and you won't be seeing me do it. Mostly I go there to enjoy their stupid comments. Also I believe that Sony fanboys are the most mature, no, better said, less immature of all fanboys. The few times I've been on the 360 forum, I haven't seen any trolling topics, yet we all know how many are in the PlayStation 3 forum. But, like you said, there's no stopping the trolls

BTW, to MaxCal, injusto=unfair
Posted Jul 12, 2006 8:53 pm PT
Unfair... thanks. he aprendido algo nuevo hoy.
Posted Jul 12, 2006 10:04 pm PT
Dont worry, I sometimes forget easy words
Posted Jul 12, 2006 11:47 pm PT
I've never stepped foot in System Wars and I hope I never will be tempted to.
Posted Jul 13, 2006 12:51 am PT
haha I knew this blog post was going to make some people come out of the closet... hahaha ... oh wait that sounded worse than it is LOL.

Its cool guys, I know not everyone there is bad, but hell like I said I know people who spend more time at SW than at regular forums. Thats just sad.

To my spanish friends, yeah, totally missed that, injusto can be used as injustice, but unfair is much more common so yeah. Hell my english is far from well too lol.

To axel, im proud of you boy. Great minds think alike.
Posted Jul 13, 2006 1:16 am PT
I agree, people who spend more time at SW than at regular forums are sad and they spread there mess over to other forums (mainly PS3 boards)
My thing is that the Fanboys really turn me off to the systems and that what makes me dislike the X-box 360 and the Wii, they act as like they played the PS3 and G4TV just like to Be fanboys about the whole Next-gen that the people in SW love to hear and starting BS & Rumors upon the PS3 all the time (I hate the woman on the Feel). pointless fanboy statements like: PS3 core is broken, LOL evEn XbOX OwN Ps3 iN eVeryWay, the price is to high...Oh here's a good one

the_bi99man wrote:
There were Xbox 1 tech demos that look better than MGS4.

I mean Come on if this ain't the most Fanboyish Statement I ever see in my life...and the Mods do nothing at night (even day at some times) for the PS3 fourms, all the Fanboys come out at night to talk bad about the PS3 I guess they Fear what they do not understand and Do the Fear it.

Posted Jul 13, 2006 1:45 am PT
I never posted on SW but i have to confess that i went there before just to laugh my @ss off when i was feeling down. I've never saw such a big pile of BS in my life!
I agree with your solution to prevent trolling on the PS3 forums but i think it will never be adopted.
Posted Jul 13, 2006 5:04 am PT
Interesting and we should definitely take it to the GS staff. In behalf of -L-U-I-S- we should probably add that people with posts in SW as recent as 2 months shouldn't be allowed to post in regular forums
Posted Jul 13, 2006 12:21 pm PT
I love the whole system wars thing. But 5 posts? I think u wer closer with the % thing. Maybe if moe than 50% of your posts are there. But 5 posts? I can crack that out in 5 minutes telling the trolls to stay down
Posted Jul 13, 2006 3:02 pm PT
ok maybe 5 posts is too much.

5% of your posts then . Considering thats around 50 posts for every thousand you have, Its a lot.
Posted Jul 13, 2006 3:12 pm PT
You mention how the forums use to be peaceful and everything and how the next gen consoles set everything off, well I remember late last year, the mods had to make a new rule in the PS3 forum, mentioning that bringing up the 360 in a trolling way, would bring an automatic 5 day suspension, now whether or not, that is enforced or not, when it is being violated, I am not sure

I made a new blog about fanboys factions and what they have in common with the war in Iraq, go to my profile and read it
Posted Jul 13, 2006 7:48 pm PT
System Wars is like that dark section of the city where no one wants to be, and things feel nasty and you see all these crazy looking people staring at you from the distance as you try to walk by trying to make seem as you dont notice. Those strange creepy people...TROLLS! Duh Du Dunnnnnnnn
Posted Jul 15, 2006 11:50 pm PT
More than 90% of my total posts (well probably not that much) are at SW and I am not a troll, a fanboy, or any other word you can think of that is synonymous with "idiot". I happen to go there because I like to argue and debate, not because I have some fanboyish urge to bash other consoles (which is something else you'd never see me do). I think you're just over generalizing in a very bad way. SW is filled with trolls, but you act as if everyone who posts there is as bad as they are. That is simply not true. Not true at all, and shame on you if you actually believe that. It just makes you sound like an elitist snob when you say "No one who has a developed brain will ever spend more than 5 minutes in that holocaustic place". Percieve my post however you will, but I don't really care what you think of me. As I said before, I go to SW because I like to argue and debate. But that doesn't automatically mean I'm a troll.
Posted Feb 12, 2007 7:23 pm PT
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