anime attracts the worst shitposter, there's nothing you can do about it

Well if you tell me what show you want to discuss, i'd be happy to try to discuss it with you.

they quit watching anime and have jobs, social lives, and possibly even a wife/children

>>63001113
naruto

>>63001113

Kabuto Borg?

>>63001048
>>>/gaia/
>>>/reddit/
>>>/v/

>>63001145

This is something I considered, but there must be the lonely few who stayed, I need to be around those people. Or else I'll end up shitposting on /a/ about the good old days pissing off the new generation at every turn.

>>63001048
They're all dead

They killed themselves

Go to join them OP

>>63001189

>>>/v/ does appear to be a better place for discussing anime than /a/.

>>63001167
Haven't seen it but looks interesting. I would download it if BakaBT had it
>>63001147
Best show ever.

>>63001088

omg this.

>>63001275
/v/ has a lot of off-topic threads and /a/ can't help but shitpost all the time so I'm not surprised

Anime fans just watch anime. People on /a/ want to complain about anime.

>>63001189
This is a lesson for everyone, if you want anime recommendations go to /v/, or anywhere else.

Off you go.

>this board is shitty because no quality anime discussion
>how could I improve it?
>let's make a pointless metathread, not about anime!

/a/ logic at its finest

>>63001048
K-On is shit.
Madoka was good, but didn't change anything at all.
2000+ probably had more good anime than the 80s + 90s combined.
Cowboy Bebop was good, but it isn't even a 10/10 to me.

>>63001398
>google anime recommendations
>/a/ wiki is the 4th result

If you can't do this, you're a faggot.

>>63001454
Who are you quoting? Why are you bumping the thread?

>>63001208
I was born in the 70s and got into anime with Macross in the 80s, but I love K-ON! so I'm not sure I can help you.

>>63001048
>Can someone direct me to the internet-location of 2003-2006 /a/ users?
Check 7chan's /a/, you might like it.

>2000+ probably had more good anime than the 80s + 90s combined.

Unless someone actually catlogs every anime made for every decade ever. This claim will remain, now and forever as bullshit. We simply have no way of knowing.

the current userbase of /a/ is just too 'tense', or rather, wannabe elitist. We have a lot of absolute horrible crap threads that are considered "board culture" when they are just as bad as /v/ shit and actual anime Threads turn into shitposting quite fast on a regular basis.

But its nothing too dramatic, give it a year or so and these faggots will eventually get bored.

>>63001454

I don't want to improve this place, I just want to be redirected.

>>63001439

I love 'moeshit' and cute girls.

>>63001488

Wasn't 7chan one of those boards that sprang up in around 2006ish to cater for the Encyclopedia Dramatica type /b/tards?

>>63001582

I'd agree, but it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. I hope you're right.

>>63001582
Holy shit, this. Those fucking newfag elitists are the real cancer.

>>63001559
Yeah, maybe no one catalogs it, but you can't deny that chances of creating a good series after Evangelion changed anime forever are objectively higher than before?

I'm gonna sage and complain about "newfags" because I'm obviously an oldfag and my opinion>yours.

I hate moeshit.

>>63001048
blame the mods and the janitors they just leave shitty moe threads, must of good posters were banned...
I noticed this happen when /vg/ appears and mod cat leave...

>Will HSotD get a 2nd season
>Did anyone watch Galaxy Express 999
>Is Last Exile worth watching
>How do I learn runes?
7chan is shit, as always.

>actual anime Threads turn into shitposting quite fast on a regular basis.

Saint Seiya Omega threads, case n point.

>>63001599
Indeed, it used to be one of "those" chans, but now it's a refuge for /a/nons who actually want to discuss anime.

>>63001439

Only if you didn't lurk more

>>63001048
>NO ANIME IS GOOD COWBOY BEBOP IS THE BEST EVERYTHING POST 2000 IS SHIT.

Most anime fans who say this never seen an anime made before the 90s apart from Dragon Ball and Akira. I feel that they shouldn't be label Nostalgiafags but as Adult Swimfags.

>>63001668

Yep, and they don't even realise it.

I hate Keion and Madoka was awesome.

2003-2006 /a/ users hated off topic Meta threads too you know.

>Evangelion changed anime forever are objectively higher than before?

This is something I have to say. The usual cut off point between classic and modern anime seems to be when this anime [eva] came out. I think Eva is exempler of how the industry is nowadays.

>>63001765

Yeah, the general consensus for real oldfags is anything pre eva circa 1995.

Le Reddit would be a good place to go.

>>63001907

Apparently Reddit is a bit of a 'cool person' place to be now. I remember when it was mainly used by programmers to talk about Linux distros.

The whole Le Fuuuu ragetoons culture seems far, far from what I'm looking for.

>>63001724
Actualy what OP described was caused by a mod. Since MD Geist decided to "save /a/" it just caused a rift in the community.

You can probably write off his initial appearance as "a joke" but when he created a K-On sticky only to "heroicly" ban it was just 100% attention faggotry.

Love Cowboy Bebop, hate Evangelon.

Like Steins;Gate, Hate Madoka and K-ON.

Although, honestly, I tend to like anime from the 2004-2006 better.

/a/ isnt quite like it used to be. I was a real casual the first time I came here in 2007 (and I only found this place because I got into loli as a result of browsing 7chan; I only got into anime because I liked the cute little girls). I didn't actually start posting here until 2010 when madoka was airing. The quality of /a/ has changed a lot and I think it is because we we got too strict about the wrong things. Not allowing naruto threads is fine. Not allowing MAL/other anime site threads is fine. However, we don't influence the rest of 4chan like we used to; not that we don't anymore, because we definitely do.

Another thing to note is the following: look at the average age of people on the site. I've seen it listed time and time again in various threads over the years and I wish I took screencaps. Every time it was average age: 18-23. I think a lot of our posters simply grew out of anime or something. We don't have the old charm that /a/ used to have because we don't have the same posters anymore.

Then again, maybe I'm wearing nostalgia goggles too.

I stopped being a regular when several tripfags started to regularly shitpost here. Then there was that massive spamfest with accelspammer.

Just go to >>>/co/

In my 10 years online, I've never heard of a good anime community. Seems like wishful thinking op.

>>63002242

You take the good with the bad. This place is just ridiculous now.

>>63002056

I joined in 2004 and went to /b/ - Anime/Random where it was like a less-serious anime discussion. /b/ is a complete shithole now and has been since that legion stuff started but I didn't think /a/ would go the same way.

nexGear was good for hunter x hunter, haven't seen many other forums that wasn't shit. But maybe that's because it has so many hiatuses that impatient people left. I also was in a few good irc channels back in the day but each of them has either turned to shit or died

>>63002369

Whats the average age range for /a/?

>>63002491

Forums themselves are practically dead now. Ever since facebook came along everyone seemed to shift their lives to facebook and people stopped caring about forums.

I'm just an internet person who didn't get a life, and now I'm surrounded by a different generation I don't relate to.

>>63001886
I feel that their aren't really any "true oldfags" on /a/ who only watch older series and what not. Most people watch older shows also watch the news shows airing this or other shows from this pass decade.
You have be extremely closed mined not to watch anything modern and the people who sprout broad statements like OP mention have low powerlevels.

>>63002543
21 was our average I believe. Of course, volunteer bias exists.

>>63002556
Most of the newfags don't even seem to understand the concept of a 'backlog' anymore. I think you need balance between new and old, but the newfags seem to disregard anything old as being 'nostalgia goggles oldfag shit'.

I've been using IRC since 98, started downloading from fserves back in 02-03, not sure when I started going to 4chan but I would guess early 05.

I still come here every day but I pretty much only join weekly threads. And I always sit with photoshop open to clean some manga next to my browser, so even if it's shit I'm getting something done while waiting for replies

>>63002708

What do you think about the state of 4chan and how it has progressed?

moot obviously hit the big time when /b/ got worldwide infamy. I pray for a day when it'll all blow over and we'll go back underground, hopefully this will tie in with the same time that people get bored of sites like facebook and the internet becomes what it used to be; just a place for information and chat for those who wanted to learn more.

Maybe it's just idealistic thinking.

>>63002556

I tend to agree, even if I dislike the shows that have been coming out towards the end of the decade. To swear off everything from one time period is extremely narrow-minded.

>>63002556

I'm OP and I'm 27 and I've been watching anime for most of that time. I feel like around 2009 it lost a lot of 'oomph' but there's always stuff; new and old to keep watching and enjoying. The only problem is that saying I 'don't like recent anime' makes people write me off as a nostalgia goggles oldfag who only watches Space Operas from the early 90s when in fact I've always loved bishoujo game adaptions and 'moeshit' comedies.

>>63002835
I think the times I've had the most fun were the seasons I watched several interesting airing shows, and could speculate or discuss the series in question.

But overall quality has certainly decreased
>everyone bumps shitty threads
>constant image dumps of the same 500 images over and over
>very few photoshoppers who can make good OC

and then it's the jewcircle threads which only seem to have the same people discussing the same things over and over, sure we could hide it, but when there are 20 of those at the same time it becomes a bit too much, and everyone joins one or another.

-2009

Roughly around the time I started to lose interest and I feel you on that oldfag stuff. I generally watched everything, not anti-moe [big fan of key].

>>63003077

Don't forget people Rping pretending to be little girls.

Two of my favorite shows are Mushishi and Ika Musume. I've only been watching anime (seriously) for five months though.

>>63002697
>newfags seem to disregard anything old as being 'nostalgia goggles oldfag shit'.

That's how I feel. They are think the people who scream out that Dragon Ball Z and Cowboy Bebop were the greatest series on /a/ are the people who older anime.
There is alot of shit that aired in the past and their is alot of shit that airs today. And alot of old shows that /a/ mentions aren't that good in the sense that they aren't masterpieces. Like say with dirty pair, it's no means good with it's story or originality but I thought it was quite fun to watch. Or with Maison Ikkoku, there is a ton filler, extremely annoying misunderstandings and it can get repetitious. So when someone is new to these kind of shows, they expect some sort of masterpiece are let down and then start write of as people like this stuff as oldfags. I am not sure if I am making much sense but I think the problem that alot of old shows can't live up to the expectations put on them.


Right now the most of the series I am watching at moment are older series but thats' because I only started old series fairly recently so I have alot to catch up on. But I am going to try a bunch of shows next season.

>>63003077

I haven't seen anyone use the term OC since I was at /b/ because there was such a desperate lack of it.

"Meme culture" died ever since Advice Dog started...I remember thinking 'Insanity Wolf' and 'Courage Wolf' would eventually die down. I didn't realise it would be the 'framework' for memes in the future. It's just shocking to think of the transition it made.

>>63003237

I feel like a lot of stuff died for me in 2009. I don't expect anyone to agree with this but I used to follow a lot of different music scenes and around 2009 they all got ridiculously watered down, the economy began to plummet and my return to /a/ in 2011 was based on the 'well at least I can go back to anime' principle but it seems like everything is dead. Forums, music, internet culture, anime...even the blogosphere seemed to die around this time too.

It's like everyone just got an overwhelming sense of apathy that year and we're still feeling the effects now.

>Ika Musume

brofist.jpg

Speaking of OC, what happened to all the photoshoppers and photoshop tennis from Geass Sunday days?

I still appreciate anime

And I regularly talk with people who do

You just wake up to the wrong timezones

Fuck off to some anime forum if you're gonna bitch about potato tomato.

>>63003446

The problem is alot of people think that what they're watching is a master piece. The hype for certain shows can be so ridiculous at time that it's hard to take any recommendation seriously. The more popular the anime, the worst this gets.

>>63001559
more "inconclusive" than "bullshit"

most of the time when you talk about past anime you only talk about the designs

>>63002835
I really don't think that Internet will ever be the same again. The number of people online is increasing and in the next 5 years we might even get shut down with the way Internet is progressing.

When you can get arrested for posting unpopular opinions on websites like twitter, facebook etc, you know that there's no way back.

Moot should add some "do not bump to front page" option, that way the generals and everything could still be around without bothering us, and we could search ghost to find it. Plenty of them are literally around 24/7, like buyfag threads where they just create a new one before 404

hipsters

/thread

>>63003707

Yeah, it's kind of funny/sad/annoying to have newfags vehemently believing that X anime is the BEST THING EVER because critics said so and there is an art gallery or some shit being made in commemoration of X anime.

What they don't realise is that this happens every few years; lots of ranting about how the sales have smashed the records and the anime is at the top of every popularity chart ever and "we'll never forget this classic" and then in about a year's time most people don't care about it and everyone's attention is elsewhere.

But nope, these newfags will absolutely not believe this, the anime of their generation is REVOLUTIONARY and you're a fool to compare to to anything else in the past - after all, the SALES were lower. And we all know sales = the most important thing ever.

>>63003797

Well, the shows certainly look better that's a given. But does that really make them better? I honestly don't know.

>>63003822

I've thought this too. My only hope lies within the fact that the government are getting too pushy and what with the collapsing worldwide economy, something will happen and the face of government will change somewhat.

I think a lot of politicians only joined politics for money and now that money is becoming scarce, they are starting to pick up sticks and find profit in something else.

But who knows really...I can only hope.

>>63003902
but when that happens to anime in the past you decide to allow them to say "it's the best X ever"

I don't think people create threads as much as they used to, they rather join a bad thread, or troll something instead of creating something that might be fun to discuss.

>>63003902
The fact is it's impossible to predict what's going to be remembered even as little as 5 years from now.

>REVOLUTIONARY
Now that was a memorable show.

>>63003947

I don't even think they look better. Everything about anime seems 'softer' right now. Softer colors, softer expressions...less super-deformed and a lot more equal proportioned stuff. I've never been a fan of this kind of artstyle. I want neon transformation sequences and huge eyes with rainbow hair, not just an animated asian girl.

It's a conspiracy to get otaku into 3D so Japan's birthrate doesn't decline further

>>63003984
>>63003797

it's funny because past anime were called masterpieces simply because they were ok an anime

same goes with manga today

it's not whether they were done before, it's whether they do what they do well or not

>>63001048
>LOL K-ON IS SO GOOD BRO MADOKA CHANGED THE WORLD

This is /a/

>NO ANIME IS GOOD COWBOY BEBOP IS THE BEST EVERYTHING POST 2000 IS SHIT.

This is /v/

Maybe a meta thread will help, huh?

>>63004203

Read past the first post, there's been a lot of interesting discussion here

>>63004203
making an appropriate anime thread would just get shitposted by the people OP is talking about

>>63004141

I dunno what older anime get called masterpieces, because they're under represented on /a/. Of the ones I've seen on /a/ are: Eva, Bebop and LOGH. Outside of the last one, I think those claims are wrong.

I'm right here OP.

I just chose to lurk instead of participating. Because I can't leave this shitpl/a/ce. Otherwise I'd left after the homocloseted lelouch /a/. Code GeAss changed /a/ for the worst, for ever.

I like anime.

>>63004469
though such faggotry settled down from 2011

nowadays the most talked about series, Daily Lives of High School Boys, is not talked about as much as, let say, Madoka

The problem is, children.
Like when I was a kid, I pretty used the internet for porn and nothing else, most of the time I was playing games or going out and hanging out with friends.
Then comes college life and all the shit I used to do died and next thing I know I'm on the internet downloading anime and trying to figure out programming at the same time.
Kids these days are just on the internet, they don't go spend time with their friends they don't go outside and play, they just sit here on the internet with us.
And children as we all know are very immature.
I blame parents not paying attention to what their children are doing.

>MADOKA CHANGED THE WORLD

it's usually the haters that say that

/r/anime

But really, it's shit. Please come help it be less shitty.

>>63004600
That's bullshit and you know it.
Some of it is trolls, but you faggots have shitheads within your fanbase that really believe that shit.

>>63004629
>Madoka filled the industry with Mahou Shoujo shit

if I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I'd buy 4chan

>>63004625

It's not shit per say, just boring.

>>63004685
That's you putting words in my mouth you faggot fuck.

>>63004629
>"your" fanbase
Stop this garbage. There is no "fanbase", there is only /a/. People do not "belong" to some isolated fanbase that does not post in threads about shows you like or whatever.

>>63004706
you may not say it but every one of your autistic allies say it

and you defend them because they have the same retarded opinions as you

it sickens me

>MADOHKA

Most pretentious fanbase since evangelion.

>>63004625
r/anime is a shitty place to discuss anime. They don't really discuss anime, they just circle jerk with popular series. They post a random screencap of a popular show and say, "HEY GUYS, I JUST FINISHED THIS. [insert reaction here]". OP gets internet points and the circle jerk goes on.

They also have shit taste (okay, it's not terrible, but still).

The thing about /a/ that I like is that it's anonymous so you can say whatever the fuck you want without consequences. On r/anime, you have to conform so that you can get imaginary internet points. It's a shit hole.

>>63004736
All the same people take part in the Madoka threads, that's a fucking fanbase.
Everybody likes other anime, but not everybody is taking part in the Madoka circle jerk that occurs daily on this board.
>>63004766
I like a lot of magical girl anime, I just don't think Madoka is Christ's gift to the world.

>>63004736

So, everyone comes to /a/ to discuss the exact same shows?

>>63004781
the haters are also the ones that made the comparison between Madoka and Eva

and then they have the balls to complain "how are they similar?"

YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE THE STATEMENT YOU TELL ME

>>63004841
so there are people that come to /a/ to talk about one show only?

>>63004870

They both comprise of a fanbase that thinks they're intellectuals because they're show is EDGY and DARK.

>>63004870
>the haters are also the ones that made the comparison between Madoka and Eva
I don't believe this.
I believe there are really shitheads with your fanbase that think it's better than Evangelion, which is understandable since Evangelion likely went over their head.
>Hurr Evangelions so deep
There, I got your greentext response out of the way for you.

I watch any genre of anime and I couldn't really care less. If people want to be idiots there's nothing you can do about it, unfortunately.

>>63001048
>Newfaggotry or Nostalgia goggles, virtually every poster on /a/ seems to fall into one of these, sometimes subverted into newfags who like 'classy quality' and Nostalgiafags who bitch about anime as if they know it when in fact they only watched a handful of series to begin with.
With all the caps-lock faggotry and the shitty reaction image aside, I don't really think you know much about present-day /a/.
Those 'Anime then vs anime now' threads are in the minority. Sure, they do get reposted from time to time but they are minuscule compared to all the other discussion threads that are on here. /a/ likes to discuss currently airing shows, it's been like that before and it hasn't changed much. If you don't like those discussions, just hide them. There are plenty of good threads around if you look hard enough.

I don't even understand why you'd complain about anime discussions (even if they are rife with trolling), since civil, logical anime discussions are a rarity in /a/. If you want to complain about what /a/ is right now, go complain about tripfags, rec threads and GETs. /a/ isn't good but it's still better than most of the other forums out there.

>>63004806
>Evangelion.gif

>>63004870
Look at you two making assesments about imaginative groups of people. Everybody could have said anything, some people truly believe what they post, others are just out there to get you. It shouldn't bother you either way.

>>63004841
there's a limited amount of shows because there is a limited amount of anime that get produced per season (some of them don't even get subbed)

I think it's the "watch recent anime" thing that is poisoning /a/

>>63004915

My point was that everyone that does come here will not necessarily watch all of the same shows. Cause it seemed like you were saying that they do, that would be pretty silly.

>>63004968
which such lack of explaination I can just say "Madoka is way over your head" and end it

try harder and stop embarrassing yourself

>>63005073
but the guy you responded to said the same thing

there is no "one fanbase"
there is general "anime fan" that watch several anime of different demographics, genres, styles, and decades

>>63005096
At least I can form a readable fucking sentence with proper punctuation and capitalization.
Just because you don't like what I have to say does not make me wrong.
Evangelion has way more symbolism, far better character development and a story that makes Madoka look like a fucking children's book.
So go fuck yourself you fuck faced faggot, your anime never will be at the level of Evangleion no matter how much you want it to be.

>>63004968
Madoka is indeed better than Evangelion. Your objection doesn't change anything.

>>63005004

Did you read this thread before posting? Because, It wasn't about old vs new. It's about how most of /a/ skews towards either only old shows or only new shows and bad behavior in discussions. We're talking about the discussions themselves NOT the shows. At least we were, now it's about eva or some shit.

You know what? I thought about it for a little bit. I know we are really harsh on newfags, but I think that might actually be the problem here. Not that we shouldn't be harsh on newfags, but we should at least help them out just enough so that they don't shit up the board by bumping stupid threads, starting stupid threads, etc. We need a sticky. Like an actual sticky. Not some sticky that stays up for a day and then goes away, I'm talking about an ACTUAL, permanent sticky (like what /h/ has) worth being stuck up there so that every newfag who decides to show up here at least knows what is expected of them.

A sticky that says (something like) the following:

1) Don't ask for requests; You will not get any good ones. If you want requests there is /r/, or you can just look around at the other threads on /a/. If you want to know what we at /a/ think, the shows we talk about tend to be shows we at /a/ think are worth looking at. don't like em? Look at some more, maybe something else suits you. Still don't like em? Anime may not be for you, then. Please leave us alone.
2) Don't bump bad threads, please ignore them so that we can maintain quality control around here.
3) etc. (I'm sure we could make a list, but there is no point in actually making one unless a mod can sticky it so we can at least have a consensus on what we ought to enforce)

>>63001048
>>Moe shit show and manga filled with "LOL US OTAKU ARE SO CRAZY RIGHT GUYS, RIGHT GUYS?!"
>>complaining about "real anime fans"

You're about as bad as the Invader Zim faggots and the Tim Buckley fags

>>63004600
Someone actually said this though, not a poster on /a/ but some Japanese critic or someone in the industry said Madoka has the power to change lives or some shit.

>>63005211
You put yourself at a smarter position than I, yet you still cannot argue properly.

I'll give you a challenge then.
Find and state an example of Eva symbolism and compare it with an example of Madoka's symbolism and explain why it is better.

You have 15 minutes

>>63005320
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-24/nuclear-job-applicant/i-saw-madoka-magica-end-so
-im-not-worried

>>63005211
>WHAT? PEOPLE DON'T LIKE MY FAVORITE ANIME AND LIKE AN ANIME I DON'T MORE THAN IT. SHIT TASTE. SHIT TASTEEEEEEE.

You are just as bad as the people you dislike. It doesn't matter if your anime is actually objectively better or not, you're still being a complete autistic crybaby over it.

>>63005320
I though it was Anno that said it

>>63005247
It's a bad idea, but if it ever were to happen(still won't get rid of underageb& and /v/-level posters), keeping it short and concise like the /tg/ sticky would be best.

>>63005396
It was.
>>63005358
No, fuck you.

>No sticky

It's pretty fucking stupid tbh, like why is there no sticky for recommendation threads FFS? Then again, mods really don't care.

>>63005358
not that guy but.
>you have 15 minutes
seriously? Giving a time limit for something like a well thought out argument is just crazy talk. I come on /a/ to procrastinate for my in class essays I'm gonna write tomorrow. Not to write a different one.

Can we come to a conclusion, yet?
I think we all could agree on Madoka = Evangelion with slight advantage for Madoka.

>>63005443
if it was so damn easy, than 15 minutes is enough

>>63005358
Go to the archive and look up Evangelion, make the comparisons yourself.
There's a reason why Evangelion is still being discussed 15 years after it aired.

>>63005242
>Did you read this thread before posting?
I did. Most of this 'bad behaviour' in discussions do originate from those 'anime then vs anime now' threads, though, and OP is generalizing those once-in-a-while threads onto the scale of this entire board.

Care to define 'bad behaviour'? If you are talking about 'defending one's own taste in anime' or 'bad language', then I'd say /a/ has been like this since the beginning and I don't know why the fuck you are being so uptight about it.

>>63005426
yeah, I agree. I just came up with some example rules. I don't necessarily agree with them to be honest, but something like that would at least be better than what we have now. If anything it would remind janitors to do their job every time they refresh page 0

>>63005239
>Madoshit
>better than Evangelion

Eva is better and your opinion doesn't mean shit

>>63005511
Not him, but because the symbolism is so bad that nobody is able to understand it? I'm not saying it is, but I'm asking what your implication was.

>>63001048
stop with this lololdiesrule shit. I agree that there are repulsive people around here, but that should lead to your generalizing. Community change =/= everyone sharing fixed opinions
There are shitton of people here who can disagree that madoka is great. This is the place where we discuss anime, not your fucking blog to post about how the "new" /a/ isn't appealing to you. Notice how your post isn't even about anime itself?

>>63005511
is if Madoka survives 15 years than it's on par with Eva

I'll be counting

>>63005556
Too bad that every person whose opinion is somewhat important agrees with me.

>>63005488
Fuck off.

--

Anyway, I don't think /a/ can be changed at this point, shitty memes like >mfw, that feel, greentext stories, rage threads seem way too common now for them to just be some fad.

>>63005672
0/10
>>>/gaia/
>>63005556
>Moeshit
>>>/gaia/
The two of you, anywhere but here.

>>63005675
>mfw you are so mad, you are even saging.

This board may be bad, but a freaking metathread isn't going to improve it at all. Stop complaining about shit when all you do is shitpost yourself.

>>63005724
don't make me go /jp/ on your ass you little cunt

>>63005675
4chan is beyond saving

but at least /a/ should be more accepting of anime series

>>63005646
madoka can never be on par with eva. For every year that Madoka is discussed, Eva is being discussed another year, until finally people stop talking about either one. If people stop talking about Madoka, then perhaps we can know that Eva was truly better if people are still talking about it, but if people continue to talk about Madoka for 15 years after people stopped caring about Eva, we can know for sure that Madoka is the better series. To truly know the answer to this question based on that kind of quanification, both Eva and Madoka will have had to have lost all interest by the fans and by then nobody will give a shit which one was better.

So I think its safe to conclude that Eva will always be better than madoka until further notice.

>>63005724
Who are you quoting?

>>63005779
>Evafags

>Care to define 'bad behaviour'? If you are talking about 'defending one's own taste in anime' or 'bad language', then I'd say /a/ has been like this since the beginning and I don't know why the fuck you are being so uptight about it.

Here's the thing "defending ones taste in anime" is often used to be a fucking idiot, though. When people say things like "Anyone who doesn't like my show hasn't seen it" because a troll says their show is shit or when threads devolve to image dump about how awesome this or that is. That's shit posting

>Most of this 'bad behaviour' in discussions do originate from those 'anime then vs anime now' threads, though.

No, just no.

Both are correct. The former, in that Madoka was one of the best shows of the year, and the latter in that anime has been in a serious decline in quality.

>>63005779
Madoka will be discussed during the times of the movies and maybe a year or 2 after they are all done.
After that people will forget.

>>63001048
>complain about moe faggotry
>post lucky star reaction image

All your autism aside, you should know better than to take /a/'s musings seriously. If you wanna talk to normalfags who ramble on endlessly about old shows that have already been talked about to death, go to reddit or something, we'll all be better off without your bitchass whining anyways.

>>63005863
No.

>>63005779
Eva is shit, get on my level plebeians.

>>63005905
Yes, and I'm sure it makes you rage.
Screen cap my post if you believe otherwise.

>>63005863
Probably, unless the movies bring something new to the table.

>>63005907
>Eva is shit

At least post Eva a shit you fucking imbecile piece of trash, fuck off.

>>63005724
I still laugh at how 4chan doesn't understand what sage means.

If only I knew moon so I wouldn't have to spend time on a board that imports foreign concepts and then DOES IT WRONG all the time.

Using sage as a way to "insult" someone's post or thread is just completely wrong and a retarded misuse of a good feature that is so popular in sites like 2ch and Futaba. Fuck, iichan and 4-ch do it right. It's just 4chan and 4chan's lame knockoffs that fail at using sage.

The true meaning of sage means that YOUR POST isn't worthy enough to bump the thread. It's ironic, because you think that you're insulting others while you're just, in fact, insulting yourself. Yes, sage can be used when posting a derogatory comment in a thread that you don't want to bump, but posting with just the word "sage" accomplishes nothing but contribute to spamming the board. The trend of replying with the name of a tripfag and sage is even worse, as it accomplishes nothing and only serves to increase the e-penis of whoever you're "attacking".

The sage feature was never meant to serve as an implied insult or general disagreement! Why people started using it that way is beyond me. There are plenty of reasons why one would choose not to bump a thread with his reply. For example, bumping threads with stupid one liner replies should be discouraged and those people should be coerced into using sage instead.

I want to use sage, yet I almost never do it on 4chan because people will jump on me thinking I'm insulting their post or something.

Can we at least agree that every anime is good?

>>63005358
15 minutes are up, you have failed and declared me the victor.

with such time you could have easily made 2 walls of text

The problem is, most of the old series have been discussed to death on /a/.
That's why we generally discuss what's currently airing. It's not really a bad thing.
What I personally think is stupid are the people who can't watch any genre of anime. The people who can only watch deep shows and the people who can only watch moe shows. I just can't understand why there can't be a middle ground, apparently.

>>63005922
My keyboard doesn't have a print key.

>>63005959
I'm not doing this in this thread.
I'm not writing about Evangelion and Madoka.
Go fuck yourself.

>>63005724
>2012
>still thinks saging is an insult
>who am I quoting

The Madoka vs. Evangelion argument in this thread reminds me of arguments between grandpas and grandsons about which era was better. All I'm saying is, different generation, different mindset, different appeal. Also, influence=/= quality. Naruto is pretty influential, y'know.

>>63005247

I'm thinking that this might work.
Not a lot of people bother to lurk anymore.

>>63001048
Hey, OP. Have you actually tried looking in threads discussing currently airing shows? It looks like the answer is "no".

>>63005948
except Naruto
and Elfin Lied
and Bleach
and Candidate of the Goddess
and Inuyasha
and most harems

but we can say that Madoka and K-on is good

>>63005937
It's not important what sage really means, the only thing that matters is that there are people who think it's an insult and people who use it as an insult. And the number of these people is steadily increasing. In some years nobody will use sage as intended.

>>63006018
I agree with that.

>>63006018
What about Love Hina?

>>63005948

Can we agree that no anime is good but it's okay to like one anyway? It would put an end to all circlejerks.

>>63005933
Someone's butthurt.

/jp/. They're pretty good at hiding though, hope you like sucking a few cocks first.

>>63006042
Except /jp/

Sadly, that board looks like the last bastion.

>>63006042
Well, to be fair, out of the big boards, /a/, /vg/ and /tg/ are the only ones where sage is used correctly still, so there's always hope.

>>63006075
No.

>>63006075
No. I really like circlejerks.

>>63006042
My sage is stuck.

>>63006068
I said "most"

>>63005937
How many people on 4chan can tell you what sage and age are short for?

Anime is a gateway of the worst kind... or so I've heard.

>>63005247
I just think when someone ask for source, we give a link to 4chanX or plugin like this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cjnalefakhffmjkhijpgdhkfeadhaljd

>>63005211
Alot of the symbolism in EVA is quite empty and meaningless. What you pay attention is the characterization. It's not about about angels, its about expectations. I am no Madoka fan but you just sound like jaded asshole.
>>63005096
And you should at least type properly when you are trying to prove someone wrong.

>>63006116
I forgot to write sometimes, but whatever.

>>63006086
>>63006094
/jp/ is pretty much just old /b/ with 2hu at the moment

Man, this board is so dead now. As previous posters said, most of the internet is. The good, old posters of all communities just vanished. What are we even wasting our time on? Defending ourselves from newfags posting Naruto? Hating on moe? Why? Nothing will bring back the good discussions, the not-so-shitty metaposting, the general attitude the rest of the boards had towards /a/.

It's just so pointless, dull and apathetic. The threads we used to have only appear as circlejerks, because there's that few people who remember them. I guess /jp/ remains as shitty as ever.

>>63006075
no I want to talk good about my favorite anime

especially the anime that makes me orgasm just watching it (like TTGL)

>>63005971
>What I personally think is stupid are the people who can't watch any genre of anime. The people who can only watch deep shows and the people who can only watch moe shows. I just can't understand why there can't be a middle ground, apparently.
How would you know they only watch one genre of anime? Through those shitty 3x3 threads?
I don't mind watching every genre but I only post about the genre I like. Sure it might appear that I only watch SoL or romance, but it doesn't mean that I'm narrow-minded.

>>63005845
>Here's the thing "defending ones taste in anime" is often used to be a fucking idiot, though. When people say things like "Anyone who doesn't like my show hasn't seen it" because a troll says their show is shit or when threads devolve to image dump about how awesome this or that is. That's shit posting.
I agree about the 'devolve into imagedump' part, but honestly, this is /a/ we are talking about. People are elitist, people are intolerant and it's been like this since the beginning. If you want polite discussions with no shitposting whatsoever (no depth whatsoever, as well), go browse MAL or ANN.
>No, just no.
Then what does constitute as a proper anime discussion on /a/? Stop thinking that there was some sort of 'golden age' of anime discussions on /a/, because there wasn't and there never will be until this board stops being anonymous.

>>63006150
But Love Hina has Motoko. Motoko, you goddamn motherfucker.

>>63005211
The symbolism in Evangelion was literally just thrown in because Anno thought it was cool. That's it. There was no deep meaning or purpose behind them so bringing up the symbolism as a criticism against Madoka is moot point. It's not some deep, philosophical and high-brow entertainment that so many people make it out as being and neither is Madoka. They're equally entertaining shows that were successful during their time.

>>63006151
Isn't that just a word that is short and memorable?

>>63006208
>character love girl waifu
>Anime

I love this wordcloud

>>63006151
sageru and ageru. It should be common knowledge on /jp/ and /a/.

>>63006237
you are too late Azusafag, I already beaten him

>>63006267
Even if it is a pasta, it was pasted with the intent to express the viewpoints and feelings within the pasta itself, so it can be replied to.

>>63006094
>Sadly, that board looks like the last bastion.
Do you even browse /jp/?
-Saten threads
-NEET blogging
-Roleplaying
-Enormous amounts of shitposting
-Cock threads
-/r9k/ threads that /jp/ finds 'acceptable' to post in because they talk about NEETs.
/a/ can stay the way it is.

>>63006268
fucking weeabo, sage

I know what sage is for, and I STILL don't use sage completely the same as it is supposed to. When I'm not using it for shit threads, I'm using it if I ever start bickering with another person. I don't use it if I post "silly one-liners". And a lot of you don't either.

>>63006237
I agree with this, I still am sticking to my guns that Madoka fans are shit posting fuckbags who think Madoka is the deepest greatest polished turd ever.

>>63006342
>NEET blogging

This is nothing to cry about. That's otaku culture, right there. I remember long ago when they had those threads, especially reading the Japanese blogs.

one thing we seriously need to get rid of is waifu thread

we should make it a rule to keep ones waifu to oneself

>>63006377
It's not deep, but is in the top 10 of the best anime of all time. Deal with it.

>>63006254
sage is an abbreviation of sageru, "lower".

>>63001977
> I remember when it was mainly used by programmers to talk about Linux distros.

oh god.

no. It was always filled with morons.

>>63006254
http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Age_and_Sage

>>63006395
You know, there was a reason why they started the whole /jp/-blogs thing.
It was to keep the /r9k/ shit off that board.

I miss creative shitposting.

>>63006371
>I'm using it if I ever start bickering with another person

That's using it correctly, don't bumping the thread when you are not discussing the topic.

>>63006426
When this place died down in 2006, reddit wasn't that bad.

>>63006403
No. It is necessary that the waifu fags can declare their love in public and in peace. They are a part of /a/ as every single one of us. Except you, you belong to /v/ as your proposition proves.

Shitlord. Remember Legends of the Hidden Temple, assfuck? Remember the viral video of John Kerry and George Bush singing a song, together? You're a piece of work. You're a living hell. Remember the kid who went in a weird balloon and died, but didn't, and passed wind, on TV? Sod off, grandpa. Eat it, shitstain. Take a hike. Remember when Lil Wayne was an artist instead of a sell-out? Remember what punk music was really like? Suck my hog, airhead. Get a grip. Remember when Disney made masterpieces instead of this 3D b.s.? Remember when America was united as one? Sharia Law threatens our way of life, fudgepacker.

>>63006424
>>63006449
thank you.

>>63006403
No fuck you.
Waifu threads are here to stay.

>How would you know they only watch one genre of anime?

Look at the Saint Seiya Omega thread. We have two separate fandoms from two separate genres talking about one show and it's been a shit storm after shit storm. Couple that with the constant moeshit vs shonenshit. There is clearly fighting within different fandoms on /a/ and periodically at that.

>Then what does constitute as a proper anime discussion on /a/? Stop thinking that there was some sort of 'golden age' of anime discussions on /a/, because there wasn't and there never will be until this board stops being anonymous.

I never said there was, but I find it strange that people on /a/ universally agree that other boards like /v/ and /b/ are shit now and were not shit at one point. But, when it comes to their own board, that's not applicable. Why?

If you really want to sage properly nowadays, you use nokosage. Especially on other boards.

>>63006525
And then have 12 people accuse you of bumping a thread, its a great plan that will piss off many.

>>63006525
This. But I still don't get why you sage at all. It's not as if there will come nobody else after you who bumps the thread.

>>63006465
Yes it was. It's just that the only board that was aware of reddit was /prog/, and that was only because r/programming was filled with unbelievably stupid morons that hated us, yet they were quick to link or repost the "what if programming languages were..." threads.

>>63006423

I hate that kind of ranking.
It tends to ignore the negative sides of a series.

And wait, an official list of the top 10 anime of all time? I have never heard of this.

>>63006559
Just put nokosage or something in your name. If they complain then that's their fault.

>>63006403

It's a part of /a/, even if corroded by rulefaggots and shitty posters.

>>63006505
>never said there was, but I find it strange that people on /a/ universally agree that other boards like /v/ and /b/ are shit now and were not shit at one point. But, when it comes to their own board, that's not applicable. Why?

But that's not true, /a/ used to be better, much like the rest of the bigger boards (/tg/ seems to be decent still).

>>63004964
I love Madoka but I don't think I'm some sort of genius for watching and enjoying it. Same thing with Evangelion.

>>63006377
Some are, but you also have to keep in mind that most of those faggots are reverse trolls that are just trying to make the fanbase look worse. Anybody that uses the word "deconstruction" in the context of Madoka for example is a troll and should have their post invalidated instantly. Most of the fans love the the series but they aren't going to say it was some revolutionary masterpiece that all anime from this date should be compared to.

>>63006403
Waifu threads are fine, the problem is that most of them are awful circlejerks and basically an IRC channel in the form of an /a/ thread. There's nothing inherently wrong with talking about love for anime characters on an anime board but it is true that most of these threads are shit.

>>63001048
The manga fans are still alive and kicking, just today there was a great thread about some lesser known oneshots.

>>63006592
Don't even bother man, he's giving time limits on proving points and declaring himself the winner.
Cum guzzling faggot.

>>63005937
Since we're talking about correct use of sage as laid down in moonland, I was wondering if /a/ had any reaction to all the sage here back when this aired.

>>63006592
I was just trolling (i.e. pretending to be retarded, lol). But seriously, Madoka has only one single weakness, that is Madoka's mom. Everything else is as perfect as it can be.

>>63006606

I dunno, wasn't really there.

I like how a decent metathread turned into Madoka vs Eva, fucking really?

>>63006681
What's that thing.

>>63006505
>Look at the Saint Seiya Omega thread. We have two separate fandoms from two separate genres talking about one show and it's been a shit storm after shit storm. Couple that with the constant moeshit vs shonenshit. There is clearly fighting within different fandoms on /a/ and periodically at that.
You are trying to group anonymous posters into 'fandoms' with your limited observation from a very limited perspective. There are trolls, there are people who samefag, there are people who don't give a fuck about shonen vs moeshit. Stop thinking that /a/ is made up of 'armies' of posters who will defend their show to death. There's a handful of people like that, but they are in the minority.
>I never said there was, but I find it strange that people on /a/ universally agree that other boards like /v/ and /b/ are shit now and were not shit at one point. But, when it comes to their own board, that's not applicable. Why?
We've had this sort of threads before, and the opinions on this are about 50/50. I've seen some people who's been here for 5 years and still proclaim that /a/ is the same.
Personally, though, I would say that /a/ has been on a very slow, though steady decline ever since its creation. The board took a big hit during the KS shitstorms. But overall, this board is still relatively decent. Sure it can be better, but improvement isn't going to come overnight.

http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/62062554/

>>63006752
Blame the Evafags, they are massively butthurt for god knows what.

>>63006570
It doesn't even matter if you sage or not at this point. It should be used when the thread has served its purpose or degenerated into mindless chatter and conversation completely unrelated to the OP.

The thing is that everyone needs to adhere to the proper formalities, but that is not going to happen; most 4chan users are now self-entitled cunts that don't give a shit about community.

>Most Madoka shit posters are reverse trolls

So, 99% of the fandom are reverse trolls?

I was browsing /tg/ on a whim the other day and came across a thread that asked what would happen if the cast of Haruhi Suzumiya went on a quest to awaken the 40k God Emperor from his slumber on the Golden Throne.

I expected rage. Unbridled rage. Clearly this was the plot of a terrible fanfiction. Clearly this would set off a flame that would burn for days on end.

But no. Instead they gave an honest answer and chatted about the trials Haruhi would face with love and affection for both franchises.

Pull that shit on /a/ and you'll have a powderkeg within minutes.

OP is right. Something terrible has happened and we must correct it.

Former mod (supposedly) opinion from another chan.

>>63006872
That's just how /tg/ is, a loveable bunch that will react kindly to everything but NSFW pictures grosstheyreallnakedandshit.jpg

>>63005937
That kopipe is so stupid. Since sage does abso-fucking-lutely nothing on quick boards like /a/ or /v/, the only thing that sage can be used for is insulting.

That and with nokosage, I just cannot comprehend why would you not want to use sage for insults.

>>63006872
I think people have come to expect adversity and automatically meet their own expectations in every thread. I think this also turned all jokes into 'trolls' .

>>63006907
Blame Kimmo.

"Hipster anime pricks." Sums up the idea of this thread quite well. If you can at least keep the prick side of it to a minimum people might actually like coming on to this site instead of using it as a source of troll-ertainment

>>63006963
>hipster

God, I hate 2011-12.
>>>/b/

>>63006928
> I just cannot comprehend why would you not want to use sage for insults.
Because you can't post 60 seconds after saging which effectively halfes the amount of insults you can gob out.

>>63006816

>most 4chan users are now self-entitled cunts that don't give a shit about community.


I was under the impression that 4chan was always like this.

Mind telling me what 4chan was like in its early days?

This isn't a challenge or anything. I'm relatively new, by the way.

>>63007053
What?

You know, it's not /a/ that has changed, it is the person that now believes it has.

Face it, you finally grew up, and are no longer a loser that loves anime anymore. Sorry to hear it, but I don't think any place is for you.

As for me, I've never stopped enjoying anime since the 90s, oldfag or newfag shit.

And fyi, Madoka WAS in fact game changing. I don't know how people don't get that.

>>63007064
Take a look at /tg/

>>63007094
cooldown without sage: 30 sec
with sage: 60 sec

Well, it all starts with you, the individual posters, doesn't it? Start posting better.

The easiest way to kill off the ignorant and retarded posts is to just ignore them. Don't even sage, just ignore it completely. It's how you take care of attention whores, it's how you take care of trolls. The only guys you can't ignore are spammers, but they mute all discussion anyways.

It's amazing how some threads get zero responses and others get hundreds.

>>63007094
using sageru doubles your post cooldown.

>>63007122
These projecting posts have to stop. Baseless conjecture that does nothing to argue why they refute the claims of the opposing party and only spew baseless bullshit.

>>63006496
>>63006470

Honestly, waifu threads are just as bad, if not worse than the Idolmaster generals and the rec threads we've been having. Starting a thread that says 'post your waifu and say why you love her' or 'post your waifu and do thirty push-ups' isn't, funnily enough, a form of discussion that belongs on /a/. Most of those waifu threads either turn into something you'd see on /r9k/, or terrible imagedumps.

95% of /a/ doesn't take waifus seriously. They think that by holding a biscuit to the screen, then take a picture of that, then putting that into a collage, that they would now 'belong to /a/'. This is nothing but a bandwagon that attracts shitposters.

I WARNED YOU ALL
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS
YOU ONLY HAD TO LISTEN OP
IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T LISTEN

>>63007122
No, it wasn't. It was mass produced garbage shoved down japs throats, and they ate it up. Madoka is probably the worst anime in years in terms of impact on the industry as a whole, as it shows you can rehash the exact same plot with viral marketing to make a successful product. The true damage to the industry will be seen in upcoming years.

Lurk more Gaiafag.

>>63007211
this
we still like anime though people are not as open to certain anime anymore and there is less consensus

but if you don't like anime, you don't belong on the anime board
it's just a fundamental fact

>>63007211
That was an unnecessary amount of words to state you opinion.

And how do I refute the claim? Cherry pick an old shitty archive thread and compare it to one now? State that I have been on /a/ for over 4 years? Take a vote?

You /a/ experence varies by person, and using simple tools like the archive, the catalog, and a filter fixes almost all of the problems. If anything, that makes today's /a/ better since we didn't used to have all that back in the day.

>>63007064
That's not true, there used to be good discussions that didn't stray into insane shitfests because of differing opinions (though that didn't last for long). Most of the nostalgia is just given a rosy tint by thick-ass goggles.

I should have worded it differently, with "most 4chan users have always been". The sage culture never got adopted anywhere but in /jp/, and even then that's only because they wanted to be so uguu nipponese like onii-chan.

>You are trying to group anonymous posters into 'fandoms' with your limited observation from a very limited perspective. There are trolls, there are people who samefag, there are people who don't give a fuck about shonen vs moeshit.

I follow the Saint Seiya Thread religiously and I'm constantly seeing once civil saint seiya threads blow up. I have a hard time believing the "Pandora box arguments and marsmon debates are all trolling samefags all the time. It seems like a fandom war. If it's trolls, though. Best damn trolls I've ever seen.


> Stop thinking that /a/ is made up of 'armies' of posters who will defend their show to death. There's a handful of people like that, but they are in the minority.

I don't think that at all, though. There's myriad of different shit posting styles with people gravitating towards one or the other. So, even if one style has a minority following like taste debates. Others can flourish, 3X3 threads for example are troll threads, because they always devolve into shit posting, guaranteed.

>>63007297
I thought there was almost a new cancer in the form of those faggots RPing as fucking genderbent versions of themselves created in that K-on poser game. Thank fuck they went to /vg/. I still don't understand why the fuck mobage is still on the board.

>>63007308
>mass produced
Welcome to economics 101.

A show does not need to be original or revolutionary to be good, it depends entirely on the execution and that is something that Madoka excelled at.

>>63007308
Sounds like anime isn't for you anymore. Apparently, you are the only with that doesn't have shit taste.

>>63007339
>though people are not as open to certain anime anymore and there is less consensus
/a/ has always been like this, and if anything, "general" threads and post limit and archive linking have made it easier to find a group that does like what you like and follow their threads.

>>63007308
proves >>63004685

I win again

>>63007308
hahaha, no troll could post something like this. You are genuinely mad, aren't you. That makes me happy.

>>63007297
>Honestly, waifu threads are just as bad
No, they aren't.

>>63007308
Seriously, go back to /v/.

Also, /a/ has always had a "daily dose" type of thread. Sure, now its waifu threads, but thats no diffenet from the "post/rate my harem" threads we have in 06-09.

>>63007405
The ending was good, it made me cry. But the anime as a whole left me completely unsatisfied, and I finished it realizing it was nothing special.

For someone's first anime though, it might be a big deal.

I haven't watched anime since I used to hang here 'round 07.

Should I try Madoka?

>>63007489
Might as well give people their daily dose when you mentioned it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy_xbXIJ898

>>63001088
it doesn't attract shitposters.

it's just the culture of /a/ is such that people who are unfamiliar with anime and try to learn or contribute are treated like sub-humans who don't deserve the time of day.

When you first came to /a/ it was awesome, no matter what year it was.

Now is shit because you're better than most of the newfags. The nostalgiafags are on /v/, but I wouldn't call them nostalgiafags, just people who don't like anime.

>>63007526
You will probably like it. I didn't.

Why is this fucking thread still alive?

>>63007493
let the two stupid tripfag argue

not like anyone is going to believe them

>>63007526
Yes.

>>63007489
So is this the hot new tripfag shit? Pretending to be a true "oldfag" who's been here since 06? I refuse to believe anyone who spent that much time on /a/ would resort to tripfaggotry, and so recently too.

>>63007560
fuck you, ive raped people for far less than this. you think you can fucking come on /a/ and just act like a fucking hardass and order people around? Bad news for you, fuckface, but tonights the night your luck runs out. You fucking tell ANYBODY on these boards what to do again, and you're going to find out the hard way what a fucking baseball bat to the side of the skull feels like. Think I'm fucking kidding? I have your IP, I know who you are, and Im more than willing to settle this argument face to fucking face. You call yourself "Hooligan"? We'll see who's the hooligan when one of us is lying face down in a pile of their own blood, shit, and piss. Try and order someone else on here around, and see what fucking happens to you. I'm normally a calm guy but when I need to, I'm willing to break some fucking face to get my point across, just fucking test me you worthless sack of excrement.

>>63007526
Yes. Its not the absolute Holy Grail of Anime like some trolls/deluded fans may say, but its very enjoyable.

>>63007543
>it's just the culture of /a/ is such that people who are unfamiliar with anime and try to learn or contribute are treated like sub-humans who don't deserve the time of day.

If it wasn't for that, we might as well all leave and go to all the other places out their to discuss anime. This is the only thing keeping /a/ alive.

>>63007560
Because discussing anime is no longer fun, the new thing is to discuss why this board is dying.
Why our moderation team, isn't trying to get more people on board to help /a/.

>>63005515

You obviously didn't, idiot. I wasn't talking about '/a/ is shit' I was pointing out that there are a split group of posters and I belong to neither of them.

Maybe you should stop trying to be psychic and read OP's mind because you're way off the mark.

>>63007560
read the fucking thread, you'll find out

>>63007567
It's not necessary that someone believes them because people can form their own opinions. Which will inevitably lead to the same result.

>>63007493
I think you kind of disproved yourself in your own post.

If a show had an impact on you strong enough that it actually made you cry, then yes, it definitely is something special unless you're the kind of person that cries to everything that airs. The rest of this just comes down to >opinions

>>63007412

So, /a/ always had 3x3, waifu, img dump discussions and faggots rping as little girls?

>>63007637
they can
but will they?

>>63007612
God fucking damnit, I want to kill myself. I'm actually agreeing with a shitty tripfag.

Madoka is pretty good if you have seen 10 or less shows in total.

>>63005893

Where did I complain about moe-faggotry, if you read the thread you'll also see I said 'moeshit comedy' is the kind of anime I like.

Please learn to read before using the internet.

>>63007405
Yes, but the argument here is whether or not it was a game-changer/revolutionary. In which case you appear to agree that it was not.

Madoka haters are way worse than the fanbase, I haven't seen a single post on /a/ claiming that Madoka is the best anime ever, but at least 10 post complaining about it every fucking day.

It's just like Justin Bieber haters, they're way more annoying than his fans.

>>63007362
>I follow the Saint Seiya Thread religiously and I'm constantly seeing once civil saint seiya threads blow up. I have a hard time believing the "Pandora box arguments and marsmon debates are all trolling samefags all the time. It seems like a fandom war. If it's trolls, though. Best damn trolls I've ever seen.
What does constitute as a proper Saint Seiya thread? I am genuinely curious. You are saying that fandom wars are different from constructive (and hopefully, civil) discussions, whereas the anime fandom takes part in both forms of discussions since the very beginning. Shows like Evangelion can get both civil discussions about Instrumentality, or shitstorms like the Asuka vs. Rei faggotry.
tl;dr, shipping/fandom wars/country wars/color wars belong to /a/ just as much as those constructive discussion threads you are talking about. Stop getting them confused.
>So, even if one style has a minority following like taste debates. Others can flourish, 3X3 threads for example are troll threads, because they always devolve into shit posting, guaranteed.
The question here is: why are you assuming that anonymous posters should/can only speak the truth? Being able to shitpost without being punished is one of the fundamental weaknesses of anonymity, especially when we are dealing with posters who don't care much about /a/ has a community.
3x3 threads are bad, though I have had proper discussions in those threads before. A rarity, but it's there.

>>63007608
It's anime of the year 2011. So say
- /a/
- popularity
- critics
- awards
- sales
- trolls
- reverse trolls
- fans
- anno
- oshii

The only guy who hates it is that Gundam faggot.

>>63007612
>If it wasn't for that, we might as well all leave and go to all the other places out their to discuss anime. This is the only thing keeping /a/ alive.
Yes.

>>63007678
stop saying that
people will actually believe you

>>63007595
Had the trip for 2 years from my /jp/ days (there is a board that you can obvious tell has gone to shit, you can't even compare that to /a/).

Also, tripfags are no better/worse than they were back then. I'm sure I don't need to bring up a list of notorious tripfags from the "old" days.

>>63007653
Yes, and in some cases more, some cases less.

>>63007668
I'm not that shitty...

>>63007618
>Because discussing anime is no longer fun, the new thing is to discuss why this board is dying.
I have to agree. Another has been pretty good, and I'm watching ZnTF because I want closure on the series, but I wouldn't rate either of them worthy of meaningful discussion.

With Another, at least we can discuss ways in which the curse works. But even that's been shot down with assholes spouting shit like "just watch the series" and "it's useless to come up with theories" and shit.

ZnT is generic opinionated shit about which girl is best, so it isn't really discussion-oriented. Most of the mechanics is "it's magic."

2006-2007 was the best.

Anyone who argues has a different opinion than I[/strike]

>>63007725
But it is. It's fairly well done, but it's the same repetitive bullshit anyone with taste has seen 50 times before. Originality is far more important that DEEP visuals.

>>63007764
you made a post that you didn't like anime

you are shitty

>>63007764
Yes, you are
KOMEIJI on your trip? Really? Come on.

>>63007716
Who gives a fuck about general opinion? Stop projecting your fucking opinions onto others. I fucking hate Madoka but I don't go around spamming "Madoka a shit" every time I see a thread.

/a/ used to have a balance before the /jp/a/ split.

We had the OBEY THE FUCKING RULES nazi proto-/jp/ers around to make the gaia-new-kiddies scurry away or lurk for a few weeks.

Now we just have the newbies and "meh, whatever" submissive old userbase that aren't autistic enough to enforce "proper" behavior.

>>63007807
by what series?
it's not the most original
but it's not generic either

You grew up. You changed while /a/ received a constant influx of 12 year olds. End of story.

>>63007807
I highly concur, but you must respect other's right to have different values.

>>63007701
I've seen it before. You'd have seen it before too when it was still airing. Now that it's not it's dying down.

>>63007848
>OBEY THE FUCKING RULES nazi proto-/jp/ers

Kamen Rider Ryuki >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Madooka

>>63007807
> Originality is far more important that DEEP visuals.

While I agree that Madoka wasn't groundbreaking or whatever, you're wrong.
Some originality can be good, of course. But the execution, the character interactions, the visuals, the developing plot are WAY more important than originality.

>>63007764
Tripfagging was nowhere near as rampant as it is now. You had the odd retard who would adopt a trip, but they were vilified and hated by any sane member of the site. Now there are so many fucking tripfags it doesn't matter if you constantly lambast them, they'll just cry into each others arms and think that they're just trolling so it's alright to shit up a board.

>>63007807
I'm just stating facts. Every point I mentioned can be verified by independent people if they are not incompetent.

>>63007848
that was the autistic bullshit that caused the "If an anime is popular go attack it" attitude

>>63007848
>We had the OBEY THE FUCKING RULES nazi proto-/jp/ers around to make the gaia-new-kiddies scurry away or lurk for a few weeks.
You OBVIOUSLY weren't there back then, stop talking shit.

>What does constitute as a proper Saint Seiya thread?

It's a small dedicated fanbase that seemingly enjoys their rarely discussed show. I just never seen in-fighting like this. So, I'm assuming something is wrong.

>why are you assuming that anonymous posters should/can only speak the truth?

Guess I'm just being overzealous.

>>63007903
Lovely, here comes the tripfag debate, so glad you're starting it.

>>63007875
I was here when it was airing, I remember people liking it a lot and too much fucking threads.

But I don't remember anyone claiming it was the best anime ever, maybe on Youtube or Gaia, not on /a/.

>>63001088
This

The oldfags grew up and either just dropped anime and moved on to other interests or go to /jp/ because they went full NEET, and the new ones like the newer things ie K-On!, Madoka, Lucky Star, etc etc. it's their respective Haruhi, Love Hina, etc etc.

That said, you can't just say there's only those two types, you have upcoming season threads, series specific threads, current and old, manga threads, flash games thread, and the occasional /jp/ autism.

But seriously, don't expect any anime community to not have a large section of LOLSASUKE IS MAI HUSBANDO UGUU kinda people, that's just what Japan does to very bored/boring people, and there's just very good reasons why anyone just doesn't consider the majority of anime/manga worth any literary significance.

Inb4 asspain weeaboos, leaving because I do not begin to care for metathreads, it's like a bunch of elementary kids having a council meeting about the school's lunch

>>63007835
sorry, quoted the wrong person here >>63007909

>>63007903
>Tripfagging was nowhere near as rampant as it is now.

actually for /a/ it's the reverse
we actually gotten better in the tripfag control

nowadays they are just regarded as trolls, flamers, and newfags and never have much influence

>>63007893
Shame madoka didn't have any of that. All it had was quirky shaft art direction and "omg little girls dying so edgy".

>>63007779
Isn't this a dilemma in a sort of a way? Nothing that's currently airing has enough material to be worthy of discussions. Harem shows lead only to shipping (which /a/ hates) and whenever someone tries to talk about a show marred with controversy (such as Evangelion), /a/ calls those discussions shit as well.

I would love to talk about older series, but /a/ would only ever reply to threads about currently airing shows. Such is life.

>>63007992
You suck cocks.

>>63007875
I personally think some people just get too excited about things they really enjoy, and just start saying shit without sitting down and thinking about it. They're likely the same people saying the same exact thing right after finishing TTGL, the Haruhi movie, Code Geass, the Eva movie(s), etc.

Sometimes I wonder if half of the people who claim Madoka is a masterpiece has watched picrelated.

Welp, since my attempt at another thread got deleted, all that's left to attempt to get this thread on a more productive track:

It doesn't matter who is to blame or what went wrong when. All that matters is today and solutions that would work today.

Ask yourself: what would help cure or lessen /a/'s cancer? I'm not talking about the newfags or the trolls, I'm talking about YOU, /a/non, and your habits on posting.

What could YOU be doing and what should YOU start doing from now on?

>>63007819
Sad, since this trip is over a year older than when Komeiji even posted, but he's a cool guy anyway I don't plan on changing it.

>>63007863
You grew up. You changed while /a/ received a constant influx of 12 year olds. End of story.

This guys get it, why don't the rest of you?

Its not hard to pick any time in /a/ history where there was constant shit? You think RP is bad now, remember Umineko witch battles? Those consumed /a/.

>>63007987
>nowadays they are just regarded as trolls, flamers, and newfags and never have much influence

The "bad" tripfags we have now all of /a/ just treats as a "joke" or "trolling"

Back in the day, high profile tripfags could cause KoG type shitstorms.

>>63007994
we already discussed most of them to death so...

>>63007987
>komeji posts in any thread
>INSTANT DERAIL
>shin makes a thread
>lol shut up shin is a meme now guys
Tripfags are popular as fuck, and it just encourages more shitposters to adopt one for the epic trolling lmao!

>>63008017
I'm not sure if you're sure you want to go there.

>>63008017
I didn't watch it yet, but the artstyle is horrible at first sight. Dropped.

>>63007903
Not to mention that now that most users use 4chanX or some other userscript, suddenly it's okay to adopt a trip because "you can just filter out my posts" as if that somehow makes it okay to shitpost like a fucking retard. No one wants forced anonymous because "some of them are tripfriends" or "you can just enable all anonymous."

Fucking bullshit.
>>63007947
It's part of a problem affecting the whole of 4chan, not just /a/.

>>63008015
but when you're passionate about something, you tend to want to enjoy as much as possible

unlike the haters that are not enjoying shit and also have no self-control

I hate what /a/'s become. in every thread, there's at least five tripfags attentionwhoring and circlejerking. five years ago, there were actual threads on good series to watch, /a/ was a little more welcoming, etc. etc.
This place is turning into /jp/.

>>63008026
Ban anyone who complains about "the cancer" because they're the most cancerous of all.

>>63008042
>You think RP is bad now, remember Umineko witch battles?

That sounds positively horrifying, and I'm not sure I want to hear about it.

>enjoying this thread
>decide to start a scanlator thread
>205 new posts
every time

>>63008042
>Umineko witch battles

Ah, good times, good times.

>>63007919
>You OBVIOUSLY weren't there back then
Yes, differing opinions means I wasn't there, right?

We definitely did have a more rigid adherence to unwritten board rules back then. We didn't tolerate /b/-ism like rage faces. Sure, we had shitty posters back then too, but one piece, bleach, and naruto threads definitely didn't reach hundreds of replies on a regular basis until more recently. (It did on occasion, but not this often)

/a/ has slowly become part of the /b/v/ cultural sphere.

/jp/ -used- to maintain old /a/ culture (well, for a few months anyway), but then they also turned to utter shit soon after as well.

ITT:

>Not related at all to the thread but I don't want to create one.

Hey /a/, where are you reading the Big 3 nowadays?
It is One Piece actually.
I have been out of the internet for almost 2 months(had some problems to get my internet working here in my new place) and I don't know what happened to the usual sites.

>>63008060
>YotsubaC dead
>Park Ranger gone
>Taiga ignored
>tons of new tripfags, lose trip in a couple of months


at this point there is only SHiN and Sheldon

>>63007764
Have you contributed anything tangible of worth to /a/? I mean, that's why you'd have your trip on, right?

>>63008172
makes me wonder where people read it before mangastream

>>63008166

Because none of the anime on /a/ is worth discussing.

Okay, think for a second about all the fun you've had on /a/, most of those times is when got TOGETHER and watched a series, posted about it, and shit all over it.

I know we look back and think "God we were retarded" but that's the only time we truly ENJOY ourselves.

That's why I can't wait til Eureka 7 AO comes out, because we are all gonna watch that, and I know it's gonna be fun.

>>63008172
>Hey /a/, where are you reading the Big 3 nowadays?
>It is One Piece actually.
>I left all my online manga reader sites in...One Piece

>>63008187
I promise that I will keep this trip. It's already been 8 months since I picked it up.

>>63008187
Porky was here yesterday.

>>63008241
How wonderful.

>>63008109
I'm not talking about "them." Talking about "them" is what gets us off track and divided against each other.

Let's talk about you? What aren't you doing, what could you be doing?
Not what you should stop doing. That gets us no where.

/tg/ doesn't have that bad a cancer. They let their creative outshine the shit. They don't do a reverse circlejerk or ask questions that Google could answer.

Why not try to be more like that? Not the anime version of /tg/, but just do the little things that help the newfags figure out how to be productive members of the board.

>>63008026
>What could YOU be doing and what should YOU start doing from now on?
Stop using capslocks and reaction images. That ruins your argument.
In any case, there is a set of rules which some guy in /jp/ made up to cure their own board. It didn't work too well, but it went something like this:
-The quote function is only to be used as a way of quoting someone. No 'mfw', no '>that feel', etcetera.
-Sage is not an insult. If the thread doesn't deserve to be on page 0, go ahead and sage.
-No more rec threads
-Tripcodes are a way of contributing to the board. Normal discussions/image dumping doesn't count as contributions. This would technically make Daiz the only tripfag who uses the tripcode properly.
-GETs belong to /b/.
-Waifu threads belong to /c/
-General threads are bad and need to be reported.
That's about it.

>>63008241
Your post caused me much rage.

These threads always make me feel sad.
I came on this board to late to experience the early lolz that was had but I still experience a bit of it. The bitter sweet feeling, as it was getting worse I started to notice and now it just makes me feel melancholic.
I'm not sure where to go anymore

>>63008026
the issues

-Fanbase vs. hatebase, who should have the most say?

-Waifu thread, are they related?

-4chan can we revive it

-Madoka is it good?

-anime does /a/ still like it? yes they do faggot

>>63008105
>This place is turning into /jp/.
Hey, don't insult /a/ so much. As shitty as the board is right now it will never become as bad as /jp/ is. The only thing that links the two boards together is a small overlap in community and a few retards thinking that they can apply /jp/ culture over here. What mostly annoys me is how people think shitposting in a thread with sage, saying how the OP should fuck off, saying how they reported the thread, spamming, etc etc. somehow does anything but make the board even worse. Learn to fucking ignore, jesus christ.

>>63008196
Stop trying to apply your own idea of what a tripcode is for onto other people.

>>63008017
Kaiba only had one great episode, and the second half was shit. At least it was better than The Tatami Galaxy, though.

>>63008318
Same. I hate seeing the place I liked turn out like this.

>>63008312
I'm just sticking to the cause, bro.

>>63008287

Too bad moderators don't care.

>>63008324
Agreed. Its a sad day when /v/ can have a much better discussion of Touhou then /jp/ does.

>>63008113
So bad they actually got banned from /a/, and /jp/ and were forced to make their own board that actually got quite a bit of drama and posts.

>>63008136
Some of those threads we good time wasters, but you would never post in them.

>>63008140
Sad, I was a /jp/ regular during its peak, and if you wanted to see a board truly turn to shit, you just had to watch /jp/. /a/ has nothing on that.

>>63008187
Trips are really only used now for the excuse to look up archived posts and for circlejerking in general/meta thread. Though I guess it works out in /vg/ alright.

>>63008196
>Tangible

Get a load of this guy.

>>63008236
>think for a second about all the fun you've had on /a/, most of those times is when got TOGETHER and watched a series, posted about it, and shit all over it.

Never been to a precure thread? Guilty Crown livestream? Still happens.

>>63008324
Doing it right

>>63008312
>>63008241
Oh god. I hate it that I had to laugh. It shows me sides of myself I didn't want to know.

Why do people blame shit on invisible groups of people or other boards? It's utterly pointless. Misusing redirects is useless and incendiary. So many threads ruined over this shit.

>>63008273
>that Google could answer.

bullshit
I see a "how do I get into 40k" thread everyday

if anything /tg/ is a lot more accepting of newfags that don't know shit

>>63008324
Shut the fuck up. You wouldn't have a tripcode if you wanted people to ignore you, it's entirely for attention.

Stop ignoring the fucking concept of the board. There are plenty of sites out there that let you have a fucking username, you can even get an avatar!

It's always been a fantasy of mine to be a sex slave for 2 bears, male and female, pleasing the male when she's tired, and vice versa. Slowly sliding my lips up and down his thick shaft, tasting his pre-cum on my tongue.

Once he's had enough of that, he rolls over onto his back, lifting me up as though I weighed nothing. Gently placing me on his cock, I guide him in, feeling him stretch me wide open. I moan with pleasure, feeling him fill me up. He growls softly, I feel it rumble deep in his chest, vibrating all the way down his body and through mine. He continues to lift me up and then pull me down. He's doing all the work for me, it feels so good, the warmth of the fur, his paws either side of my waist. He is in total control, I'm just nothing compared to his vast size and strength, but I have total trust in him, I know he won't hurt me. I feel the pace quicken, almost imperceptibly. I slowly stroke myself, feeling myself nearing the point of no return coming closer with every stroke.

>>63008287
Except General threads are actually good and help contain things, if we had /ag/ that would be awesome.

You see how /vg/ fixed /v/? Well, /v/ is till bad but at least we have /vg/.

>>63008287
Two things wrong with this are,

General threads are fine until they turn into circle-jerking or just trolls trolling trolls

And he did a terrible job talking about sage since he blatantly contradicts himself. Sage is for, your post doesn't deserve to bump a thread and be seen on page 0, not whether the thread deserves to be on page 0.

>>63008376
No, it doesn't work out on /vg/. It's what I hate the most about /vg/ and the whole of 4chan. If every board was forced anonymous, it would be awesome.

>>63008428

I can hear the growl getting louder now; he speeds up even more, forcing me further and further down onto his thick cock. If it wasn't for the fact I my body is releasing so many endorphines, I would probably be screaming in agony. Except I am panting and whining, just like a bitch, begging her mate to fill her up. His claws dig in deeper, the pain, its excsquisite. It sends me over the edge. My head goes back, I let out a short grunt, I feel my cock explode, covering his chest fur in my seed. I keep stroking, it looks as though I'm trying to rip my cock out. I let out another grunt, another torrent flows forth, then another and another. A drop lands on the beasts muzzle. He seems confused for a moment. That's what I think. He digs his paws in even harder now and slams me onto his cock, I feel his grumble turn into a roar. He's cumming, oh my god. I can feel in, filling me up. It's undescribable. He's mating with me, he's claimed me. I feel him slow, his cock still throbbing within me, it seems as though there's no more room for his cum. It's dripping out of me, onto his fur. I reach down, and then bring my hand up, tasting him. It's more than I ever expected. It's heaven.

>>63008324
I'm suprised you have the balls to post after what you did to everyone for valentine's.

>any thread devoted to character worship or sexually projecting onto female characters (why is x so x; x is such a slut; i want to x her x)
>any thread discussing otaku subculture and powerlevel circlejerking
>shipping bullshit (I see this regularly on here now, this shit would NOT be tolerated on /a/ circa 2007)
>idiotic 1-liner trolling (hurr durr hipster) and saying something sucks without elaborating

If all of this shit disappeared off of /a/, then the board might be browsable.

I won't lie to you guys, I have only been here for two tiny years, here on /a/.

When I first arrived here, honestly, I did not know a single goddamn thing about anime, hell, I didn't know what manga was.

So I asked the /a/nons and guess what they told me. "Fuck off", "Find it yourself:", "We aren't spoonfeeding you"

Today, I want to thank those /a/nons who told me to get lost because in doing so they discouraged those would not have been committed to anime. But, you know what, I owe that motherfucker who told me to keep on lurking. No less than two weeks later, I was already on the game, I knew where and how to get the shit I wanted because I followed one damn suggestion.

So, here, now and until my death, I will tell you one thing if you want that anime and manga you wanted.

KEEP ON FUCKING LURKING, YOU CHUCKLEFUCK

>>63008324

>Learn to fucking ignore, jesus christ.

That doesn't work. There are people who will respond genuinely to shit like recommendation threads. The OPs of those thread will then think that their shitty threads are welcome here. If you ignore it long enough it becomes a problem that can't be fixed, just like /v/.

>>63008287
GETs have always been a part of /a/. Everything else seems about right.

>>63008376
>Sad, I was a /jp/ regular during its peak, and if you wanted to see a board truly turn to shit, you just had to watch /jp/. /a/ has nothing on that.
I've been there since day one as well. /jp/ shined only for as split second before turning shittier and shittier as the userbase became more pessimistic and disgruntled. Then the newcomers to /jp/ mistake it as the /jp/ culture and started to embrace AUTISM XD and SHITTING ON FLOOR LOL as well as allowing /b/-meme penetration.

/jp/ truly has become shit, but early /jp/ was truly a window in to 2005-6-ish /a/.

>>63008404
I guess you never read his post when he said that /a/'s quality would improve if everyone had a tripcode.

Yup.

>>63008318
Yea, I also feel this.
People just moved on to better places. You have to find them however.

>>63008386
If all /v/ did was call Tomoko Spaghetti-tan, that would be one thing.
But as soon as they started comming into our threads, that's when the twitter shit happened FOR LULZ ALMOST AS EPIC AS POST NUMBERS XD.

It's not elitism. They're genuinely terrible. You know this, and I don't know why you're trying to deny it.

>>63008404
>Shut the fuck up. You wouldn't have a tripcode if you wanted people to ignore you, it's entirely for attention.
This is completely untrue and you know it.

>>63008483
>>shipping bullshit (I see this regularly on here now, this shit would NOT be tolerated on /a/ circa 2007)

Yeah, okay. Whatever you say boss. Shipping is not worse now then it was then. I don't get how shipping even bothers people that much.

>>63008490
Good for you anon.
I wish more people were like you.

>>63008490
I lurked for 2 fucking years back in the day to avoid shitting up the board. Good to know you think you're entitled to an opinion after watching mainstream garbage and never seeing /a/ in a decent state.

>>63008449
>until they turn into circle-jerking
what's the problem?

>>63008483
I think if meta threads and comments disappeared we'd be good.

>>63008490
I spoonfeed because it's fun.

>>63008536
no they haven't
they are a /b/ meme back when /b/ had hegemony
but the memes are not impressive anymore

>>63008398
I think asking people who play a game regularly what their personal recommendations/tips are is completely valid. Their experience is worth more than any generic website's watered down opinion.

Asking why Rei grew so big in EoE, however, is not valid. Ever. There are wikis for that.

But, to be a devil's advocate, asking what something means while a show is still airing has a loose amount of legitimacy. I mean, didn't /a/ crack Madoka's witch alphabet before Japan ever got curious about it?

Stuff like cracking codes or figuring out obscure references or generally being a creative faggot are all ways of fighting against the cancer.

Banning the cancer only solves the problem temporarily.

>>63008556
In the case of who he's replying to, it's true.
I feel very happy for you if you don't know komeiji.

>>63008386
>implying most /a/ knows Japanese

obviously was made in /v/

>>63008594
>I spoonfeed because it's fun.
I do the same. E.g. it's fun to find the source and prove, by doing this, that you are capable.

>>63008404
Of course I don't want people to ignore me since that goes against the ENTIRE POINT of posting in the first place. It applies for you right now, too, as anonymous. You don't want people to ignore your post, otherwise you would not post in the first place. It's very simple. Applying double standards and acting like tripfags are in the wrong for feeling the same way is absolutely retarded.

I don't use a tripcode for attention. I've already given my reason for using one dozens of times by now. I prefer having an identity and all the perks that it brings over being anonymous and my opinions should represent my own rather than falling into the massive horde of anonymous. If you wanted attention so much then you could do something much more productive to obtain it than posting on an imageboard.

And you know what? 4chan is a forum. There are usernames here. There's a name field for a reason and choosing to be anonymous is just an optional as using a tripcode is. It's about the same thing as forums where guest posting is enabled. What separates 4chan apart from other conventional forums is not the emphasis on anonymous culture (which is bullshit to begin with), but the emphasis on image based content, hence IMAGEboard.

>>63008585
People get mad when others are having "fun" in a thread.

No fun allowed right?


Also, there isn't really anyway "beyond" /a/. The only better thing is to join some forum with some buddies and circlejerk all day long. Nothing wrong with that, works out in /vg/, but please admit that is the only other choice.

>>63008659
I start finding sources and I start giving them out. All because I don't like the way people treat new people. That's where you get shitposters from.

>>63008536

Actual once a month gets, fine. But not that "spam Christian Bale until I get doubles" garbage. That shit belongs in /b/ for sure.