1st August 2003, 11:02 PM
Quote:I try to stand up for you and this is what I get... Yeah, thanks a lot. I guess I learned not to do that again.
Nothing wrong with that post... he WAS being pretty annoying...
Sure, he was kind of right, but that doesn't mean it wasn't annoying. :)
Quote:Yeesh, you two seem so convinced you are the sole reasons this board is alive. Oh yeah, you really bring the board together with your 30million threads with JUST you two arguing, and whenever someone tries to get you two to calm down you have to attack them and say some idiotic drivel about how conflict keeps things interesting like some cliche super villian.
It doesn't happen that way. What happens is someone (usually one of us) tries to make a 'gaming' thread. Very few people post in it, and then somehow we start to argue. Now the rest of you really don't care... you wouldn't be posting there anyway, since usually not many people post much in 'gaming' threads.
Well, except to once in a while come in and tell us to stop arguing even though we both like it and its not bothering anyone else -- you don't have to go to that thread, you know...
Quote:There are plenty of other things about this board that make it great. Yeesh, before this idiotic fight occured, I was having a GREAT time just agreeing with ABF and reminiscing about past stuff we both loved, and rather than start an argument over some games, we both saw eye to eye on each of our opinions and came to an understanding! It was FUN, it's what I love to DO here, it's the reason I come here,
Then prove it by "posting" more in GAMING threads, and not stupid worthless ones like most of you usually do!
Quote:A perfectly good thread, usually started by someone else, is running smoothly. We are doing things like coming to an understanding about differing opinions as opposed to arguing which is better, and sharing various unique ideas on cool features in games, or maybe just enjoying some bit of randomness,
Read: five on-topic posts then a moronic discussion on bacon or shoes
Quote:but then one of you says something seemingly harmless that the other has to argue about, and yes, the thread does get like 300 posts after that, ALMOST ALL FROM YOU, the rest from people trying to get you two to see where your two arguments come together so you two can calm down. GR does it, Weltall OCCASIONALLY tries it, and a few other people even go in there, and sometimes, I will attempt to calm things down. However, just like in real life, those who attempt to bring a civil understanding to a situation or point out how both are being illogical, they both suddenly side with each other to take on the new person who's saying they are being idiots.
You act like we are the only two people who ever argue. Now in some threads that is the case, but not always.
If its a politics thread, its usually me and Weltall, and several others. Almost never OB1.
And in plenty of other threads other people contribute, unless its a really dumb arguement that neither of us will give up... like our current one in the Mario Golf thread. :)
Oh, I definitely have an issue with you saying we never resolve anything. That is false. Sure, usually we get nowhere... but not always.
For example, in the Mario Golf thread, I think we are pretty much agreed on the fact that Wing Commander is the meeting point between action games and space sims... it took a while to get that far, but we did. And the result? I conceed that Wing Commander does have something in common with Gradius (but not as much as OB1 thinks). :)
Sure, we're still arguing about a half dozen other things in that thread (Rush, Mario Kart, Battlezone, Beetle Adventure Racing...), but its about G A M E S.
Talking about 'GAMES' in TC is rare. Very rare.
How do I know this? BECAUSE SO OFTEN, THE ONLY ACTIVE THREAD IN TENDO CITY IS THE ONES WITH ME AND OB1 POSTING IN THEM!
But as I've said many times.
WHO CARES IF THERE IS A RESOLUTION?
Why exactly does it matter, especially on matters of opinion? If its an opinion neither of us will convince anyone of anything! We know it! Its just FUN to argue about it!
Quote:Yes, this is just some game site, and it's unimportant, but why can't we have NICE unimportant discussions? Debates are all well and good, but you two seem more interested in insulting each other's characters than their actual points. I stopped debating with you two for one reason, you two can't debate properly to save your life. I debate all the time on other message boards for instance, and in the real world, with people who can be civil about it. I love it, because we do use logic, and we respect the other person's opinion.
I think I debate okay. I could be better (like, spending the time to look up all the facts before arguing about something... but most of the time I'm just too lazy... :) ), but okay. After all, I was on the debate team for two years in high school... :)
As for you, we have no clue how well you debate. You very strongly refuse to debate whenever you see one coming on, and immediately leave the thread. In most cases.
Quote:In any case, I request you two to pardon me for venting like this. However, I've become VERY tired of this bickering. If you have paid any attention at all, though I doubt you did little more than blow me off completely, I request that you please allow people to have their say, most importantly each other mind you, and not say "that's just plain wrong" so often. Perhaps a single response stating you disagree would be enough. If the other person says "well I still think that", DO NOT RESPOND AGAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP CONVINCING THEM.
What we want is more people to have their say! We want more people talking about games, so we don't have to argue all the time just to have enough here worth talking about to not be bored stiff!
We aren't getting that, so here we are.
Oh, I do agree about one other thing... this probably should be in another thread, so as not to mess up this perfectly good one.