RF Generation Message Board

I browsed the forum the first day I got here and didn't really see any political or religious topics. usually forums have an entire section devoted to that but I didn't see it here.

I understand why it'd be discouraged on a gaming forum and I won't say I would agree with the reason but I enjoy talking about current events, or things that may negatively or positively affect my life outside of what is on my TV screen.

there's no rule against it that i'm aware of (i just skimmed over the site policies and didn't see anything). typically we're all pretty laid back here though, and don't often get into very serious topics, i think most of the people here are just looking to have fun. unless one of the staff says otherwise i don't see why you can't start current event topics if you'd like to, just try to keep them civil and avoid flame wars.

I'm too scared to. I think my opinions are too outside the norm :)

Haha! Oh, I assure you, it's tough for a fellow to have more opinions outside the norm than myself. As long as topics are discussed with civility and respect, I'd say that's what the idle chatter/off topic forums are here for.

I have always thought it a bit absurd that the two most important things folks could discuss, religion and politics, are considered taboo and when conversation does happen, it's often with a lack of manners not seen since pre-school.

I think everyone on here, has a sort of unspoken rule, about the level of "controversy" we bring to forum. We all maintain civility and friendliness towards each other, under one common ground: gaming. There is absolutely minimal Trolling on here if any and I like that. I always make a conscious effort, to watch what I say, and not offend anyone and I feel like I am respected in that regard, in return. I, like you, have the feeling that many of my opinions are outside the norm. It has taken me many years to learn one simple thing: Know your audience.

I wouldn't think there is any problems with discussions outside of gaming as long as it is in the correct forum, and handled in a civil and respectful manner. I'm sure I have plenty of opinions that aren't particularly main stream, but I'm open to discussing views with others. Perhaps someone with a ban hammer can chime in...

Topics aren't banned, but when it comes to politics and religion, most conversations devolve very quickly into attempts to change the thoughts and behaviors of other people, rather than the actual discussion itself.

The site is for 18+ due to the sales forum, but we tend to keep topics at PG-level language. I have no problem creating a more restrictive forum if that type of language or topics causes problems for the general populace, but in the most part just keep things civil and respective, and don't attack your fellow members.

Even if a controversial thread was started, everyone is too friendly to each other on here for it to devolve into ad hominem or shit-posting. This site is kind of like an oasis of respect on the internet- very refreshing.

"I am at least 13 years old. "
Fix that checkbox that exists when signing up or i will drop the banhammer.

Is it 13? Thought there was an agreement somewhere with a higher age.

I know that you have to put that age restriction on there for legal reasons but I can remember using game sites as early as 12. I think that most young people are mature enough for the material on these sites, and I also think there are people well over 18 who are not mature enough for business transactions.

What we really need is an IQ test to determine who gets to use the site. If your IQ is below 90, you should be required a waiver to register.

-indeed

13 is the only age limit I'm aware of. Other than that special board where we all posted naked pictures of ourselves of course. We had to raise the age limit to 100 on that one, even 18 wasn't enough after a while.

IQ isn't really a valid test - my roommate's sister has autistic children that would score under 90, but they're well-adjusted enough to know how money and transactions work just fine, even if they have trouble communicating it. That's a separate topic on its own, though.

Can you lift my ban on that board yet? I promise I'll be good this time. I need access to the Tynstar pics!!!!

Very true Shadow, I am a teacher and can tell you no matter how intelligent the kid is, they still say ridiculous things or very insightful things. I avoid the word stupid because the kids are not stupid they just make mistakes most of the time cause they don't know yet. The question is how mature, civil, and respectful can a person be when discussing opinions.

I think people on here are careful about what they say, and honestly if someone has an issue with the topic they can share it with the community or avoid the topic.

There are plenty other things to talk about on here that are not controversial that people can still discuss with others.

Can't find the controversial topics?  Trust me, they are here, though buried deep, and shining examples of how not to have civilized conversation in a forum.

But mostly it's things like, "Do box variations count if it's only a sticker?" and discussions about downloadable-only games.

You think I'm joking....

this made me laugh, especially because it's so true.

The non-physical discussions are my least favorite.  We have extreme proponents of both, and each is at a loss as to why the other even exists.

Generally I do what my Mom always told me, and abstain from discussions I can add nothing to.  I mean, can't we all just get a C64 and get along?

Actually, many of the controversial topics are from older years, and quite a few were also lost in the outage. As much as you think silly database discussions are controversial, we've dealt with topics and members that have resulted in criminal investigations.

No worries - the community has always dealt with these things.

You know what discussion I'm surprised never got started?  Whose regional food is better?  I was in the middle of one of those in a Giant Bomb forum and it deteriorated quickly.  I think it started when I posted pics of a delicious cheese-steak I made at home in Michigan and was blasted because I didn't make it in Philadelphia.

Man, talking about food.  Who's up for a catfish po boy?  I'd drive the 1k miles to Jan's Cajun in Lafitte to get me another one of those bad boys.

Pizza in south Florida is better than any pizza I've had elsewhere in the country. that is all.

^False.^
*starts breaking seals on banhammer*

A physical C64, or a virtually emulated C64?  Sounds like fightin' words...


I do wish folks had more civility and open-mindedness when it comes to discussions of beliefs and worldviews, and I know what you mean about desiring to protect the few safe havens that exists on the 'net.  I just tend to offer to PM back and forth if anyone wants to discuss things, and hope they will.

And for the record, the best pizza is my Beloved's homemade deep dish.  Feel free to disagree while I enjoy edible deliciousness.

A real one, naturally, although I am considering an Ultimate 1541 to go along with it (Hillsfar and a few others are to the point where they only run half the time).  I feel the real fightin' with the C64 is between controllers: joystick or Genesis/Megadrive gamepad?


Mmm.  Pizza.  I feel the best judge of the quality of a city is in their pizza.  Fortunately I consider myself region-less in this regard (I once bought a pizza out of a place that was basically two welded together double-wides that happen to have a brick oven inside located literally out in the middle of the woods).

a local place called Keating Pizza has the best in my town out of what i've tried. their slices are thick, lots of cheese, nice and greasy.

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Y'know, spending a significant part of my youth growing up alongside the Mississippi, I had many a fresh catfish, some of which I caught myself.

I... do not enjoy the taste of them at all.  Even a little bit.  I would try one every few years, as I do any food I don't like, just to see if I could refine a taste for it, and nope.  Those ugly bottomfeeding critters still taste rather yucky for me. 

Probably the most fun freshwater fish to catch though.


For me, a sign of a good pizza is to have quality cheese that doesn't break down into oils upon heating, as well as a crust that is soft and crisp with a mild crunch, so 'greasy pizza' and 'good pizza' are contrary terms.  Then again, typical Americana foods are amongst my least favorite in the cultural foods spectrum.

And as for controllers, Bomba; I was born and raised on a classic Atari joystick, and spent my youngest gaming years on one from the Atari through the C64.  So naturally I choose... the D-pad.  Hands down.  I remember how foreign that original NES controller felt the first time I held it at a friend's house, but after many hours of training on SMB, Tiger Heli and Zelda II, I just couldn't go back.  I still plug a Genesis or Master System controller into our Atari Systems when I play.  Blasphemous to some, but I challenge those puritans to beat Necromancer without destroying as many joysticks as I did.

Last year, I started to get back into the site more actively. I have been a member for 10 years, but actively on the forums...maybe less than a year total. But I have always loved these individuals exactly for the reasons mentioned above. It reminded me of a post I had back in June after wandering onto another site's forum topic about a large video game collection being sold:

"I am thankful for all of you after seeing what people were saying over there. I am perfectly happy without negativity and drama. Reading that forum felt like watching something on TLC...too much time and effort going into something completely negative, and I have said before and will always say that this site has always been the one place I have found on the internet not full of trolls and half-wits with giant online egos to stroke."

"I admit, in life there needs to be a difference of opinion for any relationship to develop, or any progress to be made as a civilization, but the line is drawn with respect. We talk on here all the time about our opinions and we give each other tons of guff about what we believe, but it never turns into an attack on somebody for what they say. Respect is never lost from what I have seen here and I know I have learned a lot from those differences in opinions. Again...thank you guys for being above this type of mindless and useless drama, there is enough of it in life away from the internet as it is."

It really is true. And even if a troll were to wander onto our site, nobody would feed it. Well...I guess you can technically force-feed a troll a Banhammer. ;)

We do feed trolls.
They just tend to die quickly ;)

The last troll talked to the Salem police department. The gaming community does not take well to threats.

was that the World of Nintendo guy who kept coming back? haven't seen him around in a while...

That stuff must've occurred before I came around. What did World of Nintendo guy do? Everyone I've seen on here has been incredibly positive and supportive of the retrogaming community as a whole.

He got roasted on Nintendo Age, hard. Kept making new accounts to apologize and each one was getting insta-banned. Pretty funny stuff.


Mr. LucasBarton89 and other similar names would regularly go around posting on some of the big retro forums, this one included. He'd start off fairly polite and then inevitably start a collection thread showing off his World of Nintendo stuff. It really is an epic collection. Later he would start a sales thread. Somebody would offer a bit of practical advice like pricing strategies or expected interest from the site. This would cause him to instantly explode into an inconsolable rage that ended with Izret's mighty Banhammer of Thor.

Now I have got to do a quick search for that name to see if I can pull it up. Sounds quite hilarious.

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=12681.0

What about the "Things that would spark a flame war" thread

sweet. mother. of. pearl. How on earth did that fellow acquire such delightfully tasty items?...and how did he become such a tremendous tool?

Those two might be connected somehow

True, though ironically not a flame war in sight (despite Zag's best efforts).

i was suprised too, i remember at least 2 or 3 threads from him that always ended badly. maybe the offending posts were removed by the powers that be?

When I first read and began posting in that thread I took the name of it to be figurative.  Basically, a place for nonsense and overly dramatized statements that were silly and meant to be funny, ironic, and also absurd.  I think my posts reflect that, anyway.  It's funny for me to think about now, but the very title of the thread is a literal statement about its contents.  One could easily go into it, pick out a statement, and start a "flame war" in a more volatile environment than RF Gen quite easily. 

#1. The best tasting catfish I've ever tasted was the ones I caught, and the best pizza was what I bought while on the road and almost starving for anything.

#2. Post what you wish, but don't be surprised by the community response - positive or negative.

and #3. The situation with the jerkoff mentioned above was HILARIOUS!  Maybe we'll get another one soon to ridicule.