Actually that is a very good idea. I always thought that KMC needs a vs forum where we can debate games vs books characters. Because ALL comics vs comics and games vs games fights were posted and reposted dozen times.
Well, why on earth we should go with such strict restrictions? Either "anything goes" or "ban vs forums from existence forever". Both variants are stupid to me...
I've already said that characters from video game\movie based universes should be acceptable on comics vs forums, but with several restrictions.
1. The mentioned univerce should have comics books on it.
2. Since it's comics books vs forum, then please talk about COMICS book appearances\feats of the characters only (they might be non-canon to the main "product", but that's the same thing as with comics books\movies based on comics books. Nobody would discuss movie feats of character in a versus involving comics version).
That might be difficult, since most characters are known by their "major" appearances, but that restriction might keep the socks off spamming on those forums. If you think that getting rid of versus forums=getting rid of socks, then it's VERY primitive thinking. Those who want to spam and piss people off would still find a way to do that.
Of course, some of the fights won't be done just because of the risk of becoming masochistic... For example, I might want to make a "K' vs Wolverine" thread, because it would be like "me and some other people versus an ARMY of pissed off Wolverine's fanboys". Or in case of "Batman vs Kazuya"...people like to spam on those threads for some reason. But that's just a common sense. Common sense (or sometimes lack of it) is the major issue, not the versus forums being "universal evil".
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that is a rather ridiculous generalization. actually, i suppose it's 3 ridiculous generalizations. the amusing part is that you somehow appear to want to equate 'intelligence' to 'which forum is visited'. instead of intelligence, you should be looking at age. the avg age of the vs forums is probably quite low -- mid-teens maybe? with a lot of visitors younger than that and a few older. the older contributors are quite bright, and good debaters, several of whom frequent the 'more enlightened forums.' what's funny is i personally find the vs forums to more cordial, less elitist, and flat-out more enjoyable than the GDF.
i presume you feel you belong to the former as opposed to the latter group? if so, perhaps you can consider teaching the 'other group' something as opposed to setting yourself apart as superior to them. to expect everyone (kids in particular) to act appropriately within a medium that dictates anonymity (and hence a lessening of any type of social inhibitions) is ridiculous. you take the good with the bad when you visit a virtual community. instead of segregating it and hence giving it its time in the spotlight, i choose to ignore the inapproriateness that i know is unavoidable in this setting.
can't deny that some of that is very true, but once you realize many of the vs members are just kids, it's not too hard to ignore. and there are a lot of very interesting discussions and debates that take place in the vs forum that cut across a wide swathe of material from science to religion to philosophy. you just gotta know who to engage when you visit.
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oh, as regards a vs anything forum? what do i care? if enough people want one, i'm not presumptuous enough to say there shouldn't be one. will i visit it? no, probably not, but i won't say it shouldn't be created because it would be inherently 'anti-intellectual' either.
The current vs forums seriously sucks because the restrictions make them so repetitive, and I can't even match a video game version of DBZ's trunk against Ken and Ryu where there's a good chance Ken and Ryu would win.
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It doesn't really matter as much anymore ebcause when I want to make a vs. anything match I just usually make the thread wait for it to get closed, getting at least a page of replies in the process