Alientank Posted December 5, 2002 Don't know what it is. I visit other forums but and they're all the same, but there's something unique about Doomworld that I can't put my finger on. Can anyone help me? I don't know what it is, but it's a good thing heh :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted December 5, 2002 ***coughcoughSystemshock2coughcough*** I come here because it's one of the few fourms where people still discuss single player games. oh yeah, doom pretty good to. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted December 5, 2002 This forum is pretty much the discussion hub of the Doom community. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted December 5, 2002 999cop said:Because Doom is the best game ever? Yeah. 0 Share this post Link to post
TheHighestTree Posted December 5, 2002 Actually, it's because of the 500 post offer. What's that you ask? well, if you want to know, it goes something like this: 1. You post 500 times 2. Ling sends you a free bean burrito 3. Everyone posts at Doomworld! 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 Here's my list of reasons I hang at DW: 1. There are no idiots, and I get along with people better here. 2. It's Doom. Derr. 3. The forums are actually easier to read. Simple, yet brialliant. You go to another forum, and a. it's too shiney to read anything, b. color scheme sucks ass, and c. font is too small you can't read it. 4. See above answers. Heh. 0 Share this post Link to post
Alientank Posted December 5, 2002 ravage said:Here's my list of reasons I hang at DW: 1. There are no idiots, and I get along with people better here. 2. It's Doom. Derr. 3. The forums are actually easier to read. Simple, yet brialliant. You go to another forum, and a. it's too shiney to read anything, b. color scheme sucks ass, and c. font is too small you can't read it. 4. See above answers. Heh. I think it is simplicity and the members. There's no really big trolls here. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 Alientank said:There's no really big trolls here. Yes there are, but at least we post something intelligent once-in-a-while. 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted December 5, 2002 Ling has perfected the forbidden html code for digital crack. Or maybe we're just a bunch of obsessive personalities? 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 IMJack said:Or maybe we're just a bunch of obsessive personalities? It's all in your mind... 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted December 5, 2002 I've disabled all the annoying crap that some forums let you do (make your text bigger? colored text? FLASH? MOVIES?!?) and I discourage/ban behavior that I dislike. I dislike stupidity. The forums could be a LOT better. If you had ever read the RGCD newsgroups back in their heyday, you'd know what I mean. 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted December 5, 2002 I do like the fact that images have been disabled in signatures. Ever been to a forum where people have huge images in the sigs? it fucking annoying, especially with a dial up connection. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 Ct_red_pants said:I do like the fact that images have been disabled in signatures. Ever been to a forum where people have huge images in the sigs? it fucking annoying, especially with a dial up connection. I got news for you. It's annoying for EVERYONE. Newdoom still uses it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 Darkstalker said:I like the colors :P You won't when it gets overused like that pic thAT I CAN'T GET A LINK FROM!! Sorry, where was I? :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Arioch Posted December 5, 2002 ravage said:It's annoying for EVERYONE. Newdoom still uses it. Coincidence? I think not. 0 Share this post Link to post
SpammerMike Posted December 5, 2002 It's the vast number of unique people rallying for one avidity: Doom. Also, the handles below our names rok. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lizardcommando Posted December 5, 2002 Ct_red_pants said:I do like the fact that images have been disabled in signatures. Ever been to a forum where people have huge images in the sigs? it fucking annoying, especially with a dial up connection. True. I also hate REALLY big avatars like in the DoomCenter Forums. What I find unique about Doomworld is the wide variety of different age groups which was discussed in a seperate thread. This, other than playing Doom, is my way of getting away from the harsh realities of the world. A place where I can talk to Doomers about Doom stuff. Aah, sanctuary... :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted December 5, 2002 I was just thinking of making a thread simular to this... I think it's because Doom is Doom. Quite simply one of the best games made. I've also noticed that people here at Doomworld seem to be much more friendly. I went over to neo-geo.com yesterday to post a question about converting NeoGeo joysticks to the PC...I nearly got flamed with my first post! People accuse me of raping SNK! Here, it doesn't seem like people do that. We all seem to get along better. And we don't seem to dis newbies as bad as I've seen in others. Over at trancecontrol.com I registered in the forums. But those seem to get quite boring at times. Here, there's always something interesting going on. 0 Share this post Link to post
999cop Posted December 5, 2002 Linguica said:The forums could be a LOT better. If you had ever read the RGCD newsgroups back in their heyday, you'd know what I mean. link? 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted December 5, 2002 999cop said:link? Oh I dunno, this or something... 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted December 5, 2002 You could easily sort out 95% of the posts in these forums without losing anything valuable. 0 Share this post Link to post
scorpion Posted December 5, 2002 I dunno, it looks good and most of the subjects/users are cool too. Besides one post on news:alt.doom.something in like a year, this is the only place I post for and about DooM. Heh, did I ever say 'thank you' to you guys...? 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMer 4ever Posted December 5, 2002 The number one reason for me being here is Doom And there are quite intelligent people here. And finally: Linguica said:I've disabled all the annoying crap that some forums let you do (make your text bigger? colored text? FLASH? MOVIES?!?) and I discourage/ban behavior that I dislike. I dislike stupidity. 0 Share this post Link to post
Little Faith Posted December 5, 2002 These are the things I think makes these forums good: People don't come here to show off (except their newest levels or demo's). None of that 1337455 culture here. The old-timers exodus was actually a good thing in the way that these forums aren't plagued by those threads that are incomprehensible save for a few good friends. We have a relaxed set of rules that allows people to speak naturally, while they are still enforced strictly enough to catch flamers and trolls. The forums are old and has a history. People here come from many countries, are of many religions/denominations and political observances so these forums are free from a choking general concensus about everything. There is only a few things that there are a general concensus about. These are: Violent games did not turn the columbine kids into killers. The doomguy's name is NOT Flynn Taggart. I frequent another gaming forum (ironworksforum.com) that has many of Doomworld's good sides but sadly also misses out on a few. Like Doomworld people who are helpful and knowledgable seem to be the most respected. People go out of their way to help newbies in problems. Like Doomworld there is a strict no flaming, no trolling policy. Unlike Doomworld they are very strict in their language policies. You cant even say innocent things like "badass" or "weird shit". This leads to some very constructed language at times. Unlike here the Ironworks forums are riddled with smilies, coloured text, html coding and big obnoxious graphical sigs (there is a craze with scantily clad manga girls right at the moment). It makes the forums a hell to read sometimes. There is a lot of old-timers in-speak on some of the forums. Though the moderators has a policy against it and sometimes shows up with a raised finger nothing serious is done about it. There be a general concensus about many things on the general forums. Being critical/sceptical of the present Bush administration is considered bad tone for example. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kinsie Posted December 5, 2002 Ct_red_pants said:I do like the fact that images have been disabled in signatures. Ever been to a forum where people have huge images in the sigs? it fucking annoying, especially with a dial up connection. One forum I go to, which uses the same software as this, gets past this by restricitng people to a no-text pic-only, 40k 325x60 sig. If they don't comply, they get their sig stripped from their profile and get locked out of their User CP (Sig-Banning) until the admins feel like unlocking them. A similar approach could work here. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted December 5, 2002 Trasher][ said: 40k 325x60 I get the feeling that even that would be annoying. However, I'd probably find my little 227x50 DawgMode one. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
deathz0r Posted December 5, 2002 Little Faith said:Like Doomworld there is a strict no flaming, no trolling policy.there is one? 0 Share this post Link to post