william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Sustain wrote:A lot of things come down to the fact that some just can't agree to disagree. I have to think about my post and if it will get attacked or not if I actually have an opinion. This leaves me reading a lot and posting little. Unlike what seems to be the most of America, and their 'bullying' issue, I don't get offended if you don't like my idea. Calling it names, saying it's stupid, or worse... because you don't agree makes me unwilling to toss things out. Why not give good reason? Make a stand for what's wrong with the idea instead of just dismissing it as stupid? Maybe it's just me feeling lack of intelligent conversation?
I will admit it has been a while and things do change, I guess we'll see where it goes.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Sustain wrote:A lot of things come down to the fact that some just can't agree to disagree. I have to think about my post and if it will get attacked or not if I actually have an opinion. This leaves me reading a lot and posting little. Unlike what seems to be the most of America, and their 'bullying' issue, I don't get offended if you don't like my idea. Calling it names, saying it's stupid, or worse... because you don't agree makes me unwilling to toss things out. Why not give good reason? Make a stand for what's wrong with the idea instead of just dismissing it as stupid? Maybe it's just me feeling lack of intelligent conversation?
I will admit it has been a while and things do change, I guess we'll see where it goes.
Blast Cannon wrote:Sustain wrote:A lot of things come down to the fact that some just can't agree to disagree. I have to think about my post and if it will get attacked or not if I actually have an opinion. This leaves me reading a lot and posting little. Unlike what seems to be the most of America, and their 'bullying' issue, I don't get offended if you don't like my idea. Calling it names, saying it's stupid, or worse... because you don't agree makes me unwilling to toss things out. Why not give good reason? Make a stand for what's wrong with the idea instead of just dismissing it as stupid? Maybe it's just me feeling lack of intelligent conversation?
I will admit it has been a while and things do change, I guess we'll see where it goes.
So which is it? That you don't like your opinions being challenged or that challenges to your opinion aren't intellectual enough for you? Either way that's a bit of a piss poor attitude to have. The whole point of being a member of a community like this is to engage with others in the fandom surely?
I don't think he was saying either. He was saying that if someone dismisses his view or opinions, he'd like a valid reason. That I agree with, I'm the same way. If I say something about something, and someone else says "oh, you're wrong" or "you're an idiot for saying that" I would like it to be validated. Who knows, I may be wrong, but I won't know until someone proves it.Blast Cannon wrote:So which is it? That you don't like your opinions being challenged or that challenges to your opinion aren't intellectual enough for you?
Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't think he was saying either. He was saying that if someone dismisses his view or opinions, he'd like a valid reason. That I agree with, I'm the same way. If I say something about something, and someone else says "oh, you're wrong" or "you're an idiot for saying that" I would like it to be validated. Who knows, I may be wrong, but I won't know until someone proves it.Blast Cannon wrote:So which is it? That you don't like your opinions being challenged or that challenges to your opinion aren't intellectual enough for you?
Rodimus Prime wrote:And Hellscream9999, the thing about places like this, in my opinion, is the members make it whatever they want to. Yes, there are a certain set of rules, and those are up to the one footing the bill for the place, but otherwise, you can have whatever discussion you want on here, that's the beauty of having so many different forums. Some people gravitate to conversations about the toys only, some are for the movies, etc. I also like participating in all kinds of conversations, and unfortunately I have to agree, this place is not bustling like it used to. But it's up to us to make it that way. Don't be afraid to put up new topics or participate even in discussions you may only have a peripheral interest in. And if you're worried about some members being unfriendly or outright hostile? That's what your friendly neighborhood mod staff is here for.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:we must thus nurture a healthy relationship with new members instead of pushing them away with (exclusive) our G1-ism's (I'm not trying to blame anyone, but that is just how views tend to slant around here, and it can push people away)
Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:we must thus nurture a healthy relationship with new members instead of pushing them away with (exclusive) our G1-ism's (I'm not trying to blame anyone, but that is just how views tend to slant around here, and it can push people away)
Care to offer up some examples of this happening? (PM me if you want to)
When you stop and think about it, aside from the majority of the collector base being those who grew up with G1 (we have more disposable income than the BW era fans), take a look at what Hasbro and Takara Tomy are doing. They're clearly targeting the fanbase with G1 and Combiner Wars.
So I can see why some of the fans of the more recent generations may not bother to hang around when Hasbro/TT aren't really doing anything for them.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Burn wrote:So I can see why some of the fans of the more recent generations may not bother to hang around when Hasbro/TT aren't really doing anything for them.
Hellscream9999 wrote:I've been thinking about making a Dynasty Warriors (8) forum - since I'm amazing at it - to help other players, or to find people to play with online, but figured there wasn't enough interest in it to be worth it. Also thinking of posting some stuff in the transtopia forum soon.
Hellscream9999 wrote:I would like to know where the 'new members thread' went from my control panel, I liked greeting all the new members there
Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:I would like to know where the 'new members thread' went from my control panel, I liked greeting all the new members there
Should be there for you now.
It was down the page in General Discussion, flicked it over to a Global Announcement so it will hopefully be there.
Oh and thanks for showing me that the smiley was broken. I thought I fixed them all a while back. dammit.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Yay! Now I can get back to greeting everyone I can
Sustain wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't think he was saying either. He was saying that if someone dismisses his view or opinions, he'd like a valid reason. That I agree with, I'm the same way. If I say something about something, and someone else says "oh, you're wrong" or "you're an idiot for saying that" I would like it to be validated. Who knows, I may be wrong, but I won't know until someone proves it.Blast Cannon wrote:So which is it? That you don't like your opinions being challenged or that challenges to your opinion aren't intellectual enough for you?
Yes. And She.
Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Yay! Now I can get back to greeting everyone I can
Hopefully having it as a Global will attract more people to it. Thanks for letting me know about it.
If you (or anyone for that matter) have any suggestions on how we can get more people involved, and that can include featured articles (e.g. the Transtopia round-up, photo contest), donations to my Paypal account to have people banned*, or whatever ... just let us know!
*that's a joke btw
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Yay! Now I can get back to greeting everyone I can
Hopefully having it as a Global will attract more people to it. Thanks for letting me know about it.
If you (or anyone for that matter) have any suggestions on how we can get more people involved, and that can include featured articles (e.g. the Transtopia round-up, photo contest), donations to my Paypal account to have people banned*, or whatever ... just let us know!
*that's a joke btw
Would it be possible to alter the final sign-up page to include a sentence like: 'Now you should go here (<= link to new member forum) and introduce yourself'. Then people might be more likely to go there, and current members would go there and start conversations, if it were promoted a little?
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me.Sustain wrote:Yes. And She.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me.Sustain wrote:Yes. And She.
Yes. It's all your fault.Sustain wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me.Sustain wrote:Yes. And She.
No worries. I suppose you're right, if I was around more that wouldn't have happened.
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