Reigniting old flames: The controversy reminiscing thread

[ecoho]

for me it was the starcraft 2 hate threads that popped up right after the game came out and dealing with zeel the almighty pain in the ass, you know I think his blog is still being updated.........that scares me actually.

other then that the ME3 ending being blown way out of proportion (not that people didn't have a right to be upset) I mean seriously 15 mins of bad story doesn't discredit hours of gameplay nor is it comparable to killing your dog for the amount of outrage it caused.

you know what I think you guys who posted earlier were right that all seems really stupid now.

 

[Sassafrass]

...
Alright, you've got a deal.

You may not be the nicest user, but you do have the nicest use of hands...mmmm ;P

Years of practice, my friend.
This isn't my first rodeo. ;p

Oh, don't get me started on your hogties! So nice and tight...

...this isn't what was meant by igniting old flames, is it?

I don't think so.
But our love for each other did cause controversy, so it works in that regard.

 

[000Ronald]

I've been on The Escapist for over 6 years now, and no doubt anyone who's been here that long on at least some kind of basis has seen their fair share of flamewars, controversies and other forum blowouts over what are ultimately silly and trivial things.

Hey, do you by chance remember the 'Is Glass A Solid Or A Liquid' thread? It was a long, long time ago, but it was funny as all hell.

EDIT: Never mind; I looked it up, and It was so long ago that when you quoted someone, it wasn't linked. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.60289-Things-you-did-not-know?page=1].

...I miss Anarchemitis. He was fun...

 

[DementedSheep]

Not a controversy, but i still fondly remember when not too long ago everyone was spilling their masturbation habits. I got more than a few dick jokes from that thread

Oh yeah, the masturbation thing seems to pop up every couple of months. We also had a ton of threads about stuff like peeing in the shower and how often you take a dump. Ah The Escapist, home of such riveting and sophisticated discussions.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

I wish I remembered the names of all the infamous posters mentioned in this thread like Zeel and EternalNothingness (well I do remember Sung-Hwan but only because that was so recently). It'd be fun to go back to those times when anytime they posted a new thread you'd be more flabbergasted each time.

 

[ecoho]

I wish I remembered the names of all the infamous posters mentioned in this thread like Zeel and EternalNothingness (well I do remember Sung-Hwan but only because that was so recently). It'd be fun to go back to those times when anytime they posted a new thread you'd be more flabbergasted each time.

trust me you don't want to remember zeel he was a bit unbalanced and kind of an ass. Funnily enough though the public blog he did got me an A in psychology when I showed it to my collage class and deconstructed it with my teacher.

 

[ecoho]

for me it was the starcraft 2 hate threads that popped up right after the game came out and dealing with zeel the almighty pain in the ass, you know I think his blog is still being updated.........that scares me actually.

other then that the ME3 ending being blown way out of proportion (not that people didn't have a right to be upset) I mean seriously 15 mins of bad story doesn't discredit hours of gameplay nor is it comparable to killing your dog for the amount of outrage it caused.

you know what I think you guys who posted earlier were right that all seems really stupid now.

Oh god, please say you have a link to that blog. Zeel popped up at the tail end of a brief period where I was too busy to post. So when I came back he was still flooding the forums with threads about how Bioware were worse than Hitler and Nestle combined and everyone else was already familiar with him while to me he was still new and magical.

just look up zeels empire and youll find it but be warned that rabbit hole is quite deep.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

There was the first great rule change outcry. The change to the rules and the introduction of the healthbar didn't go quietly. Then there was the good old Extra Credits debacle, ME3 of course and the days when Bronies flooded the forums.

Out of all the controversies of the past though, I'd have all of them happen again all at once right now if it meant GamerGate could have never happened.\

Edit: Oh and Game Dogs. Can't forget about Game Dogs.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Edit: Oh and Game Dogs. Can't forget about Game Dogs.

Oh god I remember that now. That was a shitstorm I don't think I want to live through again.

Anyways, I see some people posting old users, so I also nominate (and am hopefully not the only one to remember) the controversy and moderation that seemed to eternally follow around MaxTheReaper.

 

[FirstNameLastName]

Australia has banned GTA 5! Australia has banned GTA 5! Them SJWs are banning our games!

I know, I know, rather recent, but it still earned its status as a storm in a teacup.

 

[Galletea]

Well, lemme see...
Back when I was new there was no religion and politics forum so there would always be a long running christian bashing thread around. Eggo was antagonising everyone who couldn't afford the super best of pc gaming hardware and RichardGroovyPants was antagonising everyone he could (still does on GG sites now I think)
Then there was the cullings of the new site layout where a lot of the old community wrote long ranting posts about the site and its new focus and got themselves banned.
Then there was a lot of 'ask a christian/jew/guy/girl/gay/straight/dog/cat' threads where people got attention for whatever reason they needed it.
Of course every couple of months there would be a sexism thread, a sex thread and a few trolls and bots that people would feed and poke for no good reason...
Oh and of couse Australia banning everything every so often, and American politicians blaming games for everything.