Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

WTF?! So now you guys are posting user-made videos as "news stories". Give me a break. Oh yeah this is in response to that Bungie ODST "article" someone posted.

Wasn't me.

I think it was a joke though.

And as someone with 0 updates you can't really complain

Yeah it was a joke and a very lame one at that. It doesn't matter what my news posts are I'm here checking out news articles not upping some loser's youtube view count.

Youtube is awesome.

Don't make me link you to Voltron clips!

gamingeek said:

Did anyone ever watch MASK? Was it any good? What was it about?

MASK the cartoon?  I loved it, but looking back on it, it made NO sense.  There's good guys and bad guys, but I'm not really sure why they were ever fighting.  Everyone wears a mask that gives them some kind of super power (levitiation, laser beams, intangibility, etc.) and they all drive some kind of vehicle that transforms into ... a vehicle with weapons.  

Like I said, I loved it when I was around 8 and had a bunch of toys for it, but yeah now that I think about it, it was pretty ridiculous.  Moreso than most action cartoons.

Archangel3371 said:

It was simply some dude typing ODST on a label maker and sticking it on a Halo box, that's it. I was expecting to read an interview with people from Bungie and instead I get 20 seconds of lameness.

Well, yeah. It does sound shitty, and hardly funny. What's worse about posting joke news is that people tend to lose trust and will think twice again before clicking on a link.

SteelAttack said:

Archangel3371 said:

It was simply some dude typing ODST on a label maker and sticking it on a Halo box, that's it. I was expecting to read an interview with people from Bungie and instead I get 20 seconds of lameness.

Well, yeah. It does sound shitty, and hardly funny. What's worse about posting joke news is that people tend to lose trust and will think twice again before clicking on a link.

Iga_Bobovic said:

SteelAttack said:

Archangel3371 said:

It was simply some dude typing ODST on a label maker and sticking it on a Halo box, that's it. I was expecting to read an interview with people from Bungie and instead I get 20 seconds of lameness.

Well, yeah. It does sound shitty, and hardly funny. What's worse about posting joke news is that people tend to lose trust and will think twice again before clicking on a link.

 We need to get a policy started at posting joke news. Until we have, I am not deleting thing.

SteelAttack said:

What was the video about? And, to be honest, I don't support the notion (even if it's meant to be a joke) that only users with high news post counts can have a say on the quality of the news posted.

The whole point of the updates is that anyone can do it. Hence if you have a problembo with a story, edit it, delete it, do whatever you want. IMHO a big deal is being made over something pretty trivial.

Stupid stuff gets posted all the time. Usually though you just write a sarcastic punchline or post LOL next to it. And yes I think that people who post more news stories have a bigger say on what gets posted. Because they have to do the majority of the work.

Seriously though, if something is inaccurate, just edit it. I've done that and others have done that to my stuff.

gamingeek said:

SteelAttack said:

What was the video about? And, to be honest, I don't support the notion (even if it's meant to be a joke) that only users with high news post counts can have a say on the quality of the news posted.

The whole point of the updates is that anyone can do it. Hence if you have a problembo with a story, edit it, delete it, do whatever you want. IMHO a big deal is being made over something pretty trivial.

Stupid stuff gets posted all the time. Usually though you just write a sarcastic punchline or post LOL next to it. And yes I think that people who post more news stories have a bigger say on what gets posted. Because they have to do the majority of the work.

Seriously though, if something is inaccurate, just edit it. I've done that and others have done that to my stuff.

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:

And yes I think that people who post more news stories have a bigger say on what gets posted. Because they have to do the majority of the work.

I'll have to refrain from commenting on the quality of the material from now on. Thank you for letting me know where we stand.

gamingeek said:

The whole point of the updates is that anyone can do it. Hence if you have a problembo with a story, edit it, delete it, do whatever you want. IMHO a big deal is being made over something pretty trivial.

I find it rude to delete or edit something that I didn't post, unless they are duplicate news or shit like that.  

If its inaccurate or simply crap then edit/delete it. Dont feel bad.

As for worrying about commenting on the so called material, just chill. I don't know or care who posted that silly video, but I do know that if it was me and I was posting 30-40 updates a day, every day and if I felt like blowing off some steam and posting something stupid for fun - like that FFXIII racism joke I did - and then someone went ape shit over it, I would be pretty mad.

For Iga and me for instance, we're not getting paid to do this and it takes a lot of effort to consistently post updates. So I'd be thinking, but not saying - fuck it, do your own updates.

Thankfully, it wasn't me

Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

SteelAttack said:

What was the video about? And, to be honest, I don't support the notion (even if it's meant to be a joke) that only users with high news post counts can have a say on the quality of the news posted.

The whole point of the updates is that anyone can do it. Hence if you have a problembo with a story, edit it, delete it, do whatever you want. IMHO a big deal is being made over something pretty trivial.

Stupid stuff gets posted all the time. Usually though you just write a sarcastic punchline or post LOL next to it. And yes I think that people who post more news stories have a bigger say on what gets posted. Because they have to do the majority of the work.

Seriously though, if something is inaccurate, just edit it. I've done that and others have done that to my stuff.

Yeah until there's a dozen or more links to various youtube video's with everyone trying to be funny. It's supposed to be news which is fine if it's funny news that is actually real. Meh just because I don't post news articles doesn't make my voice any less valid or those with high post counts any more valid.

Well we're not at 12 stupid youtube videos a day thankfully. Maybe that's in our future but who knows?

Try and understand this. Depending on who it is, you can be doing 30 updates a day on average adding up to around over 200 updates a week. That's 200 stories you have to process, label, work into bad puns, be clever about and move on.

So someone has done one stupid link? Ignore it or delete it. Honestly at this point I feel worse for the guy who posted it at this point. All this, over a stupid link. That same person probably brought us the other news worth reading here today and might be put off doing the same again. So cut the updaters some slack.

everyone.

I only posted the NGSigma 2 review and the FFIV trailer today BTW I'm in a lazy mood.

News war!

So Famitsu is reporting that the new RE5 scenario will be just 2 hours long and I will have to buy a whole new game to play it. For 2 hours... go fuck yourself. (I will still buy it)