Re: we really need a versus anything forum
Originally posted by fanboy 1988
I recently posted a thread like this on the star wars vs forum and it got closed for some unknown reason.. it pissed me off a little so I thought I'd make another one herewe need a versus anything thread for video game, movie, comic, or star wars related characters.....
your not allowed to post star wars stuff in the comic book versus forum, you can't have comic characters vs video game characters in the video game vs forum, and you can't have anything but star wars shit in the star wars vs forum...
It'd be cool to have a forum were we can compare all these characters to each other, and for the people that say it's impossible to compare someone form lets say Star Wars to someone from LOTR cause there from different universe's. Take a look at the comic book versus forum, people compare characters from different universe's there all the time, Superman vs Thor, Lobo vs Gladiator, Batman vs Captain America.. It's done all the time in a way that makes sense to.
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".
Originally posted by Captain REX
Oh, let's just start rolling our eyes at the guy who knows this all better than you. Okay, go for it.Nobody intellectual likes the Vs. forums. Not just the Comic Book Vs., but all of them. They're more trouble than they're worth.
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 can't just hand out warnings left and right for people saying something silly, because that would be ridiculous. I'd quickly become the most hated person on KMC, because the smart people are outnumbered by the not-so-smart.
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.
The OTF is made for it, so comparing a Vs. forum to the OTF is hardly a good example. Versus forums are meant for debating, but that rarely happens. It always resorts to bashing and is all together quite boring for me to go in, tell people to knock it off, and go.
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. 🙂