Jiggy
06-10-2009, 08:03 PM
Originally I was planning on a kind of gaming forum counter-culture, with every usual expectation subverted: no console wars, no flaming, no meme-spamming, no throngs of males framing everything into random sexual contexts.
You know, a nice place for discussion.
I thought it should be possible, at least theoretically, for one all-purpose gaming forum somewhere to portray gamer culture in a moderately mature and sensible light. (Maybe I'm just not cynical enough about humanity? I like to think I am, though. :P) Prax's cute Octokitty logo symbolizes my ideals.
And maybe we'll still go my way--but only if people say we should.
So what would you like here on GF Park? We have a blank slate to build from the ground up here, so let's talk. My only rule: we're not going to be exactly the kind of game forum that anybody can find anywhere. We won't be GameFAQs, we won't be IGN, we won't be NeoGAF, and so on--no point to it when they're already out there and will continue being out there. We're also not having signatures, and we're not allowing certain profanity or open sex talk.
Anything else is up for discussion, and so we have this forum to talk it over. I won't be making such serious decisions purely by force and number of votes (though they do help), so please give your reasoning on any topics you find especially important. :)
And if any topics you want to discuss don't have threads yet, feel free to start them. Memes, off-topic discussions, gamer civilians in console wars, smilies, or any other related subjects: what would you like?
You know, a nice place for discussion.
I thought it should be possible, at least theoretically, for one all-purpose gaming forum somewhere to portray gamer culture in a moderately mature and sensible light. (Maybe I'm just not cynical enough about humanity? I like to think I am, though. :P) Prax's cute Octokitty logo symbolizes my ideals.
And maybe we'll still go my way--but only if people say we should.
So what would you like here on GF Park? We have a blank slate to build from the ground up here, so let's talk. My only rule: we're not going to be exactly the kind of game forum that anybody can find anywhere. We won't be GameFAQs, we won't be IGN, we won't be NeoGAF, and so on--no point to it when they're already out there and will continue being out there. We're also not having signatures, and we're not allowing certain profanity or open sex talk.
Anything else is up for discussion, and so we have this forum to talk it over. I won't be making such serious decisions purely by force and number of votes (though they do help), so please give your reasoning on any topics you find especially important. :)
And if any topics you want to discuss don't have threads yet, feel free to start them. Memes, off-topic discussions, gamer civilians in console wars, smilies, or any other related subjects: what would you like?