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RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Or they're dead. Or it's night.
You'd think so, but what's stopping the moderators from descending along with it??
Anyway, I'm going to assume that there was [a lot of] discussion about bringing yppy games back, given this forum's history with them. If the forum staff feel that they can be responsibly run, then I will have faith in them. I guess casual games aren't all that bad.name that team gen six edition coming soon
There is a line between mature, thought-provoking games like mafia and brain cancer like all yppy games. Perhaps finding out what line is and finding forum games that fit on that line is the key to a good compromise.
Ice Espeon said:
Or they're dead. Or it's night.
Ice Espeon said:
You'd think so, but what's stopping the moderators from descending along with it??
Anyway, I'm going to assume that there was [a lot of] discussion about bringing yppy games back, given this forum's history with them. If the forum staff feel that they can be responsibly run, then I will have faith in them. I guess casual games aren't all that bad.
There is a line between mature, thought-provoking games like mafia and brain cancer like all yppy games. Perhaps finding out what line is and finding forum games that fit on that line is the key to a good compromise.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
I imagine it would, just like the CAC contest. But just like the CAC contest, it is a game.
So I guess it would be up to you mods to decide where it might go.
Drohn said:
I imagine it would, just like the CAC contest. But just like the CAC contest, it is a game.
So I guess it would be up to you mods to decide where it might go.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Can you stop it then? q.q They've finished the game no need for another round~~
YPPY is just bad and nothing good can come of it. It doesn't help the community and it simply bolsters the number of people who don't participate in other games, splitting the community.
Drohn said:
Can you stop it then? q.q They've finished the game no need for another round~~
YPPY is just bad and nothing good can come of it. It doesn't help the community and it simply bolsters the number of people who don't participate in other games, splitting the community.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Nice find man. IIRC, the reason the threads are scattered to the four winds is because the idea behind CAP was to unite different corners of the forum. I think we toyed around with the idea of making a TCG fake using Simishock too, but as you can tell the project ran out of steam before we reached that stage. IMO it was too ambitious to work because it borrowed a framework from Smogon that was designed for much bigger crowds, but it was still neat and I enjoyed the discussions that came out of it.
I also ran a fakemon competition a while back, which had a nice turnout. Xous kind of crushed all in his path but OH WELL.
As far as YPPY goes I don't buy this whole distraction argument, but like a turd in a punchbowl YPPY threads always float to the top of the forum and hog prime real estate that should be going to decent games. So uh, "banned for being a cancer" I guess.
Luispipe8 said:You mean like the CAP Project [smod]PG24[/smod] and King Arceus held ages ago?
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-pokebeach-create-a-pokemon-project
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-create-a-pokemon-art-submissions
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-cap-1-naming-and-pokedex
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-cap-theorymon
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-cap-1-has-finished
Phew, it took me like an hour to find it again, the Forums were a mess beck then. Some part was in the Artist's Studio, other in the PokéBeach Central and one in Competitive VG... xD
Edit: If this were to happen(which I really do hope so), I think it would be appropriate for it to go in the Fan Fakes Forums, to tie in with the CaC.
Nice find man. IIRC, the reason the threads are scattered to the four winds is because the idea behind CAP was to unite different corners of the forum. I think we toyed around with the idea of making a TCG fake using Simishock too, but as you can tell the project ran out of steam before we reached that stage. IMO it was too ambitious to work because it borrowed a framework from Smogon that was designed for much bigger crowds, but it was still neat and I enjoyed the discussions that came out of it.
I also ran a fakemon competition a while back, which had a nice turnout. Xous kind of crushed all in his path but OH WELL.
As far as YPPY goes I don't buy this whole distraction argument, but like a turd in a punchbowl YPPY threads always float to the top of the forum and hog prime real estate that should be going to decent games. So uh, "banned for being a cancer" I guess.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Contributing to the discussion again,
The other two main reasons the Game Corner was ruined by YPPY games were that 1. It took a lot of moderating. Posting games get a lot of posts very quickly and when people were warned for breaking YPPY back then it was a lot of work for KA and the other mods. Mods shouldn't have to worry about reading hundreds of mindless posts each day. 2. There was a huge flame war in the ban game. Those who were there will remember Joeypals!!
If you guys think you can handle the moderating of the post heavy games that's alright. I'd just like to present the reasons they were gotten rid of.
Contributing to the discussion again,
The other two main reasons the Game Corner was ruined by YPPY games were that 1. It took a lot of moderating. Posting games get a lot of posts very quickly and when people were warned for breaking YPPY back then it was a lot of work for KA and the other mods. Mods shouldn't have to worry about reading hundreds of mindless posts each day. 2. There was a huge flame war in the ban game. Those who were there will remember Joeypals!!
If you guys think you can handle the moderating of the post heavy games that's alright. I'd just like to present the reasons they were gotten rid of.
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With that logic we shouldn't allow both TCG and VG discussions on the site. Obviously they are two very different things and have a different fanbase with some overlap, but that doesn't mean we can't have both. That they're both in the same forum doesn't hurt; you play the games you enjoy.
I understand that concern. I don't believe that the current moderators will be unable to keep up with the activity; especially with all the limitations that we didn't have in the past.
Scorched Feathers said:
With that logic we shouldn't allow both TCG and VG discussions on the site. Obviously they are two very different things and have a different fanbase with some overlap, but that doesn't mean we can't have both. That they're both in the same forum doesn't hurt; you play the games you enjoy.
TheGuy said:
I understand that concern. I don't believe that the current moderators will be unable to keep up with the activity; especially with all the limitations that we didn't have in the past.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Inb4 YPPY vs Serious becomes a Werewolf flavour...
Inb4 YPPY vs Serious becomes a Werewolf flavour...
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Drohn, the best thing you can do at this point is get another subforum labeled "YPPY" and have it completely different from this one. There is little difference between the communities, and besides them both being games played on a forum, there is nothing even similar about the two styles of game. It is like having TCG and VGC in the same subforum, honestly.
Drohn, the best thing you can do at this point is get another subforum labeled "YPPY" and have it completely different from this one. There is little difference between the communities, and besides them both being games played on a forum, there is nothing even similar about the two styles of game. It is like having TCG and VGC in the same subforum, honestly.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
I'm confused how werewolf helps the community
It is not Pokemon related
It does not go towards your post count
It is almost always in the new posts (spam)
And it is not very easy for new players to pick up
It, like YPPY, is a game. And is fun ONLY to the members watching or playing the game. To everyone else it is spam. Each game has a goal and a deadline. So far, count to 50 ran smoother than most games of WW.
Scorched Feathers said:
I'm confused how werewolf helps the community
It is not Pokemon related
It does not go towards your post count
It is almost always in the new posts (spam)
And it is not very easy for new players to pick up
It, like YPPY, is a game. And is fun ONLY to the members watching or playing the game. To everyone else it is spam. Each game has a goal and a deadline. So far, count to 50 ran smoother than most games of WW.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
We'll just see how it goes. Give it two weeks. We can always change things back, it's not like we're not going to do what's best for everyone.
No more discussion on the changes for now, plz. We'll revisit this once we see how it works out.
For now, everyone try to have fun.
We'll just see how it goes. Give it two weeks. We can always change things back, it's not like we're not going to do what's best for everyone.
No more discussion on the changes for now, plz. We'll revisit this once we see how it works out.
For now, everyone try to have fun.
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Yes please. Fairy type should make this more interesting. I mean the Dragon immunity is a dead give away, but the weird weaknesses and resistances of the Fairy type should mess people up. The Poison weakness was a critical way of identifying Grass mons when I last played, which is now nerfed as a deductive tool.
PMJ said:
Yes please. Fairy type should make this more interesting. I mean the Dragon immunity is a dead give away, but the weird weaknesses and resistances of the Fairy type should mess people up. The Poison weakness was a critical way of identifying Grass mons when I last played, which is now nerfed as a deductive tool.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
I have a YPPY idea...someone names a Pokémon. The next person has to name a Pokémon that shares a type with the first Pokémon or starts with the same letter. The goal is to try to get to the same Pokémon after 100 posts.
Example:
Any mods like the idea?
I have a YPPY idea...someone names a Pokémon. The next person has to name a Pokémon that shares a type with the first Pokémon or starts with the same letter. The goal is to try to get to the same Pokémon after 100 posts.
Example:
1 said:
2 said:
3 said:
4 said:
5 said:
Any mods like the idea?
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Why not make it you have to make the next pokemon start with the last letter
Darkrai
Igglybuff
Fearow
Wynaut
And you can't repeat pokemon.
Why not make it you have to make the next pokemon start with the last letter
Darkrai
Igglybuff
Fearow
Wynaut
And you can't repeat pokemon.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
I have no vetoing powers whatsoever, but I nevertheless veto the return of the chain game. It is an abomination and whoever originally started it should be hanged, drawn, quartered, mushed into a pulp and killed for good measure. It was pointless, it was stupid and worst of all it wasn't even fun. At least the current 2 YPPY games either have some form of competition or require at least a little creativity (not that I'm a fan of either).AlexanderTheAwesome said:
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Yeah... this doesn't sound good at all, no offense. I have no issues with YPPY games, but that seems like posting just for the sake of posting.
Yeah... this doesn't sound good at all, no offense. I have no issues with YPPY games, but that seems like posting just for the sake of posting.
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
By your logic, you don't like the count to X game because it's practically impossible or the ban game because it's just naming excuses. Just saying that in my opinion, if you hate one YPPY you hate em all because they are so similar. The only exception was hurt/heal, which was a fun game that messed up by some people (me included, I screwed up more than once and didn't really know what I was doing)
Heavenly Spoon said:
By your logic, you don't like the count to X game because it's practically impossible or the ban game because it's just naming excuses. Just saying that in my opinion, if you hate one YPPY you hate em all because they are so similar. The only exception was hurt/heal, which was a fun game that messed up by some people (me included, I screwed up more than once and didn't really know what I was doing)
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
I do hate the other YPPY games. However, at least some creative effort goes into coming up with a reason to ban someone (well, sometimes, presumably). And the Count to X game has some kind of competition thing, which I guess some people might find exciting. The chain game is a demonic entity which consumes the very souls of all who partake in its morbid rituals. It feeds on lifeless, meaningless, pointless, purposeless words. Futility is its life blood, boredom its life mission. It has but one goal, and that goal is featureless complacency. A world with nothing but Pokémon name upon Pokémon name, meaninglessly linked in an endless chain of languor and monotony. Unending, unbroken and utterly uninteresting. It brings no delight, it inflicts no pains. It is, as it will always be. Unchanging and undying, A thread with nothing interesting to bring to its many, many visitors. And yet it remains forever active, kept alive by the pitiful posts of members who have long ago forgotten why they are doing what they are doing. They have lost all emotion long ago. Like the Borg they are a collective of single-minded drones, collectively building a chain which connects nothing to nothing, a chain with billions upon billions of links, each duller than the last. If there is evil in this world it is complacency, the feeling that all is well, that nothing has to change. The chain game is that feeling embodied, given a form most foul and most treacherous. It drains our collective wills, it destroys our hopes and expectations. It reduces us to mere nothingness, empty shells of once proud forum members. Link upon link we forge our own demise, until soon it shackles us all and never lets go. Death will be our only escape, but it will not feel thusly, for all will to live, to be, to exist will have left us long ago. The chain is the noose we will build to hang ourselves, and we will do so willingly, eagerly, all the while thinking... "it is just a game."Reggie McGigas said:
RE: Forum Games General Discussion
Let me translate that:
Chain games suck.
I can see why you say that, honestly. It seems too simple to be a serious game. However, there are apps like that (I'm looking at you, flappy bird) that are time wasters that bring their creators millions of dollars.
Heavenly Spoon said:
Let me translate that:
Chain games suck.
I can see why you say that, honestly. It seems too simple to be a serious game. However, there are apps like that (I'm looking at you, flappy bird) that are time wasters that bring their creators millions of dollars.
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