Have some of the usual members left Racketboy forums ?

[BogusMeatFactory]

I have never once gone into posting on the site thinking that it will garner attention. I just want to express my opinion and if people read it and enjoy it, then yay mission accomplished. If not, no big deal.

Well, it isn't so much that someone might not read any given post.

What is annoying for me, is when you post something (be it an answer, informative fact, or general idea)... then shortly thereafter someone comes right after you and posts the exact same thing (even if worded slightly differently). Then people start to respond to that person's response as if it was the first response having said what you literally just said in a post or two before it. That situation makes you feel like either your own posts are being ignored, or there is simply favoritism going on. And that situation is a pet peeve of mine. However! I recognize that it mostly happens out of happenstance much more so than discrimination. And it happens on every forum not just this one.

The other thing that can be a pooper is when you put a bunch of effort into creating an informative thread with pics and links and it's just pretty much ignored. There can be a lot of reasons for that, and they are justified (not everybody is interested in old From Software games or a big Brandish review for example). But all the same it kinda rashes up your tush and makes you say "eh why bother" going forward.

I care about your From Software game reviews and articles! Reading your stuff encouraged me to actively seek out King's Field games (with little success so far)! And I agree with you on the posting an answer and not being recognized for it. It isn't anyone's fault really, because your answer could be a few pages behind the person who got recognized, but it still grinds my proverbial gears! It is like when I post something that happens to be on the last page of a thread and immediately someone posts and moves the thread onto a new page. Everything I said is now lost in time hahaha!

[BoneSnapDeez]

(not everybody is interested in old From Software games or a big Brandish review for example)

What is that stuff? I come here to talk about Metal Gear Solid V DLC.

Forum posts are ephemeral by design, and are quickly buried. Sometimes the target audience just doesn't get a chance to see what was written. That said, I've always appreciated the general "flow" of traffic on this site - not too fast or slow. (I post on a Falcom forum that gets about two posts per day. It's brutal.)

I get the struggle though - the type of stuff I post in "Games Written" I'm now also posting on a blog as it has a more "permanent" home that way.

[Ack]

(not everybody is interested in old From Software games or a big Brandish review for example)

Perhaps not, but you know I am, even if I haven't played much of them. Hell, I anticipated playing through Brandish this year but ended up on a GOG kick that still continues. But the conversation transitioned as a result, and now you and I have gotten to share our mutual thoughts on Anachronox along with Popo. That right there...that is success to me, even if the game wasn't perfect.

Also...hey, if nothing else, you have definitely shown a spotlight on the King's Field games and have attracted folks' attention. There is a respect you have for them that has definitely been infectious to the community. Bravo, Exhum. Bravo indeed.

[samsonlonghair]

I tend to drop in and out of Racketboy. Sometimes I am gone for a few months, but I always come back. I'm sure that holds true for a lot of our regulars.

[Exhuminator]

Hell, I anticipated playing through Brandish this year but ended up on a GOG kick that still continues.

GOG is a magical crack dealer.

But man, Brandish: The Dark Revenant for PSP... helluva game. Probably gonna be my GOTY to be honest. I cannot encourage you or anyone else enough to play that masterpiece. I wish XSEED would get with Falcom and do a PC GOG release of it. The game deserves to be more ubiquitous!

There is a respect you have for them that has definitely been infectious to the community. Bravo, Exhum. Bravo indeed.

If my excitable ramblings served to make even one other gamer give the KF series a shot, I am a ever cantankerous happy poster indeed.

But anyway...

Everybody hug it out and stop leaving already.

[Michi]

P.S. I just watched Pixels. It isn't the end of the world bad, but... it's not good.

(The trick is to watch it right after watching Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 to know things could be worse )

Well of course it's easier to appreciate dreck after watching the stuff that even the lowest of dreck cringes at.

I just want to make clear that not one single member of this site has yet earned my respect....

That's okay. We know your chosen profession, so we don't have any for you either.

[CFFJR]

Also...hey, if nothing else, you have definitely shown a spotlight on the King's Field games and have attracted folks' attention. There is a respect you have for them that has definitely been infectious to the community. Bravo, Exhum. Bravo indeed.

If my excitable ramblings served to make even one other gamer give the KF series a shot, I am a ever cantankerous happy poster indeed.

This is the reason The Ancient City sits on my shelf. Not sure when I'll get around to playing it (some of you have seen how lazy I've been about playing certain games this year ) but I will eventually.

I might not have ever thought to pick it up otherwise.

[Ack]

P.S. I just watched Pixels. It isn't the end of the world bad, but... it's not good.

(The trick is to watch it right after watching Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 to know things could be worse )

Well of course it's easier to appreciate dreck after watching the stuff that even the lowest of dreck cringes at.

I watched the first Paul Blart, and that was more than enough for me. You want to get that bad taste out of your mouth? Go watch Observe & Report, which looks like a dark masterpiece compared to Paul Blart.

[Exhuminator]

Not sure when I'll get around to playing it (some of you have seen how lazy I've been about playing certain games this year ) but I will eventually.

When you do play it, please start a thread for that, and just post continuously about your experiences with the game daily. I'm not kidding. I would immensely enjoy reliving it vicariously through the play of another gamer, one going through The Ancient City for the very first time. (I always get a kick out of reading about other people's experiences with King's Field games.)

The first time I played The Ancient City I thought it was garbage. The second time I played it (years later), I got sucked in, and when it was over, I was in utter amazement of all that I had been through and seen within it. I couldn't believe how wrong I had first been about it. No other game series in over thirty years of gaming has ever done that for me.

I'll stop gushing there because I don't want to derail this thread.

[CFFJR]

Not sure when I'll get around to playing it (some of you have seen how lazy I've been about playing certain games this year ) but I will eventually.

When you do play it, please start a thread for that, and just post continuously about your experiences with the game daily. I'm not kidding. I would immensely enjoy reliving it vicariously through the play of another gamer, one going through The Ancient City for the very first time. (I always get a kick out of reading about other people's experiences with King's Field games.)

The first time I played The Ancient City I thought it was garbage. The second time I played it (years later), I got sucked in, and when it was over, I was in utter amazement of all that I had been through and seen within it. I couldn't believe how wrong I had first been about it. No other game series in over thirty years of gaming has ever done that for me.

I'll stop gushing there because I don't want to derail this thread.

Yeah, I think I can do that!

I've had a dislike turned love relationship with some games before, but I think your experience here is stronger.

Love your enthusiasm dude.