While many of us are on the topic of improving /v/, I want to throw a plan I've been sitting on since the /vg/-/v/ split out there. First of all, I believe /v/ needs a simple, overarching ruleset:"Threads need to be at least primarily or secondarily related to vidya to exist on the board."Primarily related to vidya: Things that are directly related to video gaming, namely, Video Games themselves. Secondarily related topics: Something you can justify as being directly related in itself to some kind of videogame.Topic examples:ISPs - Related to how well you can play vidya onlineGame controllers/consoles/etc - How you play vidyaDeep Sea generals - So long as they mention underwater themed-vidya, s'coolSpace Generals - Same as above, so long as space-themed vidya is included in the topic, it relates to those videogamesHistorical period discussions - Relates to videogames set in that periodDiscussions about the story/setting of a videogame - Self explanatory, you're discussing the story of a videogame>But Anon, these rules don't make sense, you still have all the off topic stuff.Sort of. The idea is so long as they set the PRECEDENT for discussing vidya, they are fine. That's how /v/ largely operated in 2007, that's how /tg/ largely operates in general, and that's how the best threads on /v/ occur - Starting off with a topic related to vidya, and developing from there.
/v/ is shit when it's about video games
>>4071/v/ has always been shit. Might as well at least make it vidya related shit.
>So how do you know if something is not even secondarily vidya-related?Basically, when you have to make 2 or more leaps in logic to explain how its somehow videogame related, then its probably no longer really videogame related.For example, let's say a man on /v/ makes a thread about shitting, and it gets deleted. He might say "well, I play vidya while shitting, so it counts"As you can see from the breakdown of what in the provided image, though the statement isn't technically incorrect, it is a very weak argument to make. However, making a thread about "where do you play vidya" would be fine.
>that feel when going to battletoads and spaghetti everywhere.>Thread then turns into a self-pity feel thread.see, that's where your plan fails.
yeah, because everybody will follow those rules.on /v/, we need forced ID. because retarded troll make thread and post on it. and of course, some people will start trusting what this troll said ( because they think a lot of people think the same, see "bangwagoning" ).oh, and a little thing, viral marketing is a reality on /v/. a lot of people promote their kickstarter shit, and I almost sure some people/company more important do the same think.sorry for the shitty english.
Under these rules SNSD threads are allowed
This can only work if we actually get some mods and janitors.I'd rather have forced anon and IDs.
>>4140He is right. Two of the members (I think) play video games, they do commercials for them too and shit.
>>4116I keep getting yelled at by 4chan that "non ascii content" or something isn't allowed so the rest of the shit I typed up in word was in vain. Long story short, the current rules are too contradictory on /v/: things like Deep Sea threads can exist (and I do believe they should exist), but they are offtopic, if only slightly. Even videogame topics themselves can be deleted.On /v/, its become more of an issue of when you post rather than the content of your post. Something like this would reconcile that issue.>>4140>>4168Discussing them playing videogames or their videogame commercials would be fine. Discussing the music itself, outside of videogames that use it, wouldn't be.So long as whatever topics you make involve the former at the start, according to the proposed rules, it would be A-OK.>>4137>>4151Of course Moderators are expected to carry out moderation of the rules. >>4126That would be a tertiary topic. I'll let you figure out why.
Ban everyone on /v/, close the board, reopen it a month later pretending it never existed before.
>>4187I like you.
/v/ needs mods and janitors that actually do their job and ban the samefagging shitposters who think they own /v/ and derail any thread about games they don't like.Also, saying *drones should be a bannable offense. It's become impossible to defend any game without being called one.
>>4228Fuck you we do own /v/ and there is literally nothing that can be done to stop us short of deleting the entire board,,, at which point we'd just take over /vg/ en masse.
>>4228Mods and janitors need to their jobs properly on /v/, too many decent vidya threads get axed.
>>4339xD epic le legion lelelelel
>>4339>we>Shitposters believe they're actually some organized forceHa.Get out.
>>4376fun fact: /tv/ actually has an organized shitposting cabal
>>4228>Also, saying *drones should be a bannable offense. It's become impossible to defend any game without being called one.This. It's really annoying.
What is it with /v/ and the term weeaboo?I don't think I have ever seen the term being used so wrongly anywhere other than /v/. Some people really seem to believe that everything japanese is weeaboo. I mean people have been calling Paper Mario weeaboo shit. It's fucking ridiculous.
>>4228Why would you even defend games in the first place?
>>4402It's shitposting. Hopefully it will end with summer.
>>4187My second idea would take far more effort to implement than a new set of rules, but I think it could bring an interesting change to /v/, at least initially.Basically, it acts as a wordfilter. Anytime someone makes a post with this word, their post goes through, but no one else but the poster himself sees it show up on the thread.While its similar to the idea of hellbanning, the poster himself is never actually banned, he can continue posting in other threads and so long as they do not include any of the words in the filter, they don't show up. So, the poster is never actually punished, they still get their steam out from posting, but nobody besides them feels the impact of their posts.
Reddit obsession on /v/ has to stop. This is really some kind of obsession. There are so many fucking thread related to reddit content every single fucking day, soemwhere it really has to stop. If you call out that shit you get redirected to reddit by some retards. Reddit is a shitty site, but it has pretty much nothing to do with /v/, it has to be fucking ignored. Instead /v/ brings reddit content to its board.This only results in off-topic threads, shitposting etc.It's really ridiculous.
It seems to me like there are a lot of differing viewpoints on /v/. Internet arguing is my hobby. I will take up a devils advocate spot on shitty vidya just to win and I do win. Some people just seem to like posting about video games.My biggest issue with /v/ is empty comments, let us say for instance somebody joins a controversial thread and says a game is fun. The post basically is nothing because there is nothing in the post. A lot of people like this for some reason though, and it seems like some people on /vg/ can talk for hours about absolutely NOTHING. I really don't see the appeal in just accepting discussion because it is vidya.
>>4527Vidya discussion is better than not vidya discussion in all cases, no exceptions.
>>4527>I really don't see the appeal in just accepting discussion because it is vidya.The reason is simple: categorization. That is why we have separate boards rather than having one super-board that could support thousands of threads at once.
