As of right now, I'm serving a 6 day ban from commenting because I called out a "troll". That comment was then marked as inappropriate. From here I proceeded to call out the admin who was controlling the situation (rightfully or wrongfully) as they continue time and time again to allow these individuals to plague the comments of posts that they so clearly have no motive other than to stir flame.
I've been a member of N4G since 2007 where as a community, we operated on the bubble system. I missed it when it was first replaced and I miss it even more so now as it feels that the comments section are an open field for those intent on spreading negativity with little to no repercussions.
If I was to ask you who the biggest trolls are on N4G, without a doubt, we could all name at least 4 of the same names. So my question is this, why are the admins not getting ahead of this and sorting the problem? They've allowed a playground of on topic hate, but won't allow the rest of the community to call them out.
Am i being dramatic? Perhaps. I just like a clean comment section where people are actively constructive in both their negative and positive inputs. Instead, we get repeat offenders bashing their keybards without any real substance purely because they don't like a particular company or game.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Unfortunately I may not be able to respond for 6 more days.
Twisted Voxel writes: "We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far."
Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Avowed, Towerborne, and Call of Duty are still to be released this year. Marcus Fenix collection to be added to the list with the Xbox showcase, hopefully.
Sony doesn't have to bother fighting the next Microsoft acquisition. The massive layoff by themselves should be enough to get the next big buy blocked.
So if MS hadn't spent $80 billion consolidating the industry just think of all the games and jobs that would have saved.
MS is a drain on gaming and have been nothing but a negative.
The former president of Blizzard Mike Ybarra in a statement on Twitter says Microsoft Gaming CEO is hurting just as much as anyone else following the closure of three studios under Bethesda - Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Alpha Dog Studios. Roundhouse Games is also joining ZeniMax Online Studios.
Yeahhh I doubt it's hurting a millionaire as much as it's hurting fans and people who lost their jobs
This is all coming from the executive who thinks we should have the option to tip devs... apparently so publishers can pay devs minimum wage. Will someone think of the C-suite executives!!!
Yeah, the guy making $10m a year is hurting as much as those who have lost their jobs and are worrying about their future and supporting their family. /s
It takes a real lack of shame to even try put the Good Guy Phil™ spin on this. It's not going to work this time.
He's sitting around feeling sorry when he should of been doing everything in his power to get people jobs in other studios you're telling me after toys for Bob split from Activision there wasn't a opening in the call of duty mines for arkane it's just woah is me.
After the whole fiasco with Sony and Helldivers 2 Community has neded, players report that they are unable to delete their PSN accounts.
can't delete account due to security reasons o_O
That sounds about right lol
Inb4 people mention it explicitly states it somewhere in the EULA, next up everybody pull out ya wands and make the unbreakable vow for eternal corporate servitude.
So ... it was this article?
https://n4g.com/news/247968...
What happened there?
Troll comments are going to happen, and mods are likely to miss them here and there. The answer is to not give them traction.
If you are calling for someone to be silenced because you dont like what they say... that is censorship. People dont always agree but they should still be allowed to speak their mind. Just dont feed the trolls.
"They've allowed a playground of on topic hate, but won't allow the rest of the community to call them out.."
If it's on topic, and you still want to call them out, then the problem becomes an article of just people raging on that person who doesn't have a popular opinion. Exactly how does that help anything? Sounds to me like you don't want to read comments you personally don't like.
"...purely because they don't like a particular company or game"
Yes, and they have the right to. You can do two things, challenge them with a counter argument on topic, or just know that no matter what, they'll hate that company and game and you'll just have to move on.
What I find funny the most is how people single out specific people they don't like but ignore others who do the same thing, but let it go because it's against a console or game they favor.