I want to join Something Awful now

MillerCross

Chagen, dude, let's be honest...

You're being annoying. If you don't like it, it's understandable, but...seriously

Oh, everpoo, you're my hero. ^_^

Counterclock

So, SA, they're a pretty cool bunch ehhh?

Vorpy

I hate it when people dismiss an entire site as neckbeards, weeaboos, pedophiles and autistic chasers, only to vehemently lash out at the very mentioning of the site they said wasn't worth a fuck to them...this applies to both TVT and SA. They are both good sites.

Forzare

OT: I am in the same situation.  I would join SA, but I don't have a card or anything yet, so I can't, really.

DarkDecapodian

I'm not paying for use of any forum anytime soon, but I've browsed the threads available to non-paying guests, and I can see the appeal.

Everyone on TVT is slowly but surely leaving ;_;

Activity on the site seems to be as frequent as it ever was, but we're missing a large chunk of the old guard. Shame, really.

Elbeem

I've actually considered it myself, mainly because I've found that their Punchsport Pagoda threads are some of the best ways to keep up with the current goings-on in Pro Wrestling.

I'll most likely refrain from dropping $10.00 for it until I actually feel like I have something worthwhile to say, though. I'm satisfied just lurking for now.

GLORIOUSLeader

Same here. 

Crimson

I've considered it for a long time. The only thing stopping me was a lack of funds. But now that I do have some spare cash...

All Nines

"I always did like Everest."

O hai Shlapintogan! I don't recall us ever actually introducing ourselves, but glad to meet you.

Crimson

I thought INUH declared that we can't do that cross site communication thing?

GLORIOUSLeader

We can as long as we keep it civil.

Crimson

That last thread was perfectly civil until Chagen showed up...Okay yeah I get your point.

All Nines

^^^ I would've said as long as it doesn't devolve into users here flinging shit at SA, it's fine, but what GLORIOUS said works too.

Granted, I don't approve of some of the goons in that thread keeping it up with the Chagen-bashing, but we can't really stop them from viewing this site, and I wouldn't want to do that anyway. Besides, they have their rules, we have ours; it's the same reason we didn't permaban Chagen for that FSTDT incident way back when.

The rules forbid importing drama, not communication period. I'd like to hope we don't warp the definition of "importing drama".

ClockworkUniverse

Yeah, my problem was that an argument between the two sites looked to be starting. That's bad. If we conversed in a nonconfrontational manner cross-site, that'd be pretty cool.

Myrmidon

Incidentally, on the SA forums

"I think what never ceases to amaze me about TVTropes is that as a whole they have this incredibly narrow definition of "enjoyment" that it pretty much dooms them to only loving anime and young adult novels. Like, okay, we all have books or movies or music we don't like (the Diary of Anne Frank can go die in a fire), but just because I didn't enjoy reading something doesn't mean it has no literary merit. 

The way TVTropes digests media is based entirely on "did I like reading it? Yes or no answer, please." There's no "Well it was kind of hard to read and the ending wasn't the most satisfying thing but overall I really liked what it did" or "The writing was kind of dry but I liked the characters." It's all cut and dry, cold reading, did you like that book? No? Then I guess it sucks.

They hide behind "we're just doing this for fun" as a way to never actually analyze a work beyond the pure enjoyment they got from it, as if it can't be fun debating the "finer" points of a book, or even really explaining why you didn't like a book beyond "my high school teacher made me read it and it cut into my anime time"

That's very weird, because I've never felt that TvTropes was anti-literature at all. Granted, books that aren't Harry Potter or Discworld are underrepresented on the wiki, but you won't find that many people who hate literature on principle. I myself am a voracious reader, and I know several people on the forum who are the same.

Granted, back on the old IJBM there were some agressively stupid people who thought that all books sucked, but one of them has been banned since then, and the other stopped posting.

Then again, we are in the weird position where you are more likely to read the wiki a lot than I am, but I still think your views are a little odd.

inkblot

^^ You mean like when C(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

The
way TVTropes digests media is based entirely on "did I like reading it?
Yes or no answer, please." There's no "Well it was kind of hard to read
and the ending wasn't the most satisfying thing but overall I really
liked what it did" or "The writing was kind of dry but I liked the
characters." It's all cut and dry, cold reading, did you like that book?
No? Then I guess it sucks.

Wait, what? Don't most tropers put a huge emphasis on "subjectivity"?

Crimson

^^Indeed, I don't think anyone is saying that if they don't like a book it's utterly worthless. Except maybe a certain someone that WILL not be named.

GLORIOUSLeader

I also feel that there needs to be broader musical tastes in the Music subsection. But maybe that's just me. 

Myrmidon

Mind you, there's always some stupid kid bitching about how he had to read Animal Farm and how it's the worst book ever, but if you want a site with a lot of that, just read some Amazon reviews.

Forzare

I liked Animal Farm! 

Elbeem

Can I get a link to where this cross-posting is happening?

Malkavian

I think the idea is basically that if you pay to post there, you'll check yourself before you wreck yourself so you don't waste you money.

GLORIOUSLeader

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3411591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=134

inkblot

SA: you missed a certain thread about                that was deleted after 10 replies and 5 minutes.

Counterclock

@Malk: Are you gonna make a check your body can't cash?!?!

snowbull

Oh man, cross forum communication with Something Awful. I wonder at what point we'll have collectively leached off $10 worth of use of their forum.

Interesting idea, anyway. If I had any money of my own I'd register an account just to lurk, as they seem to have a lot of good stuff on there.

inkblot

Maple Leaf/Obligatory Toast: Thanks for the heads-up.

Crimson

Well you can lurk for free. You just can access old threads and search for stuff. Though you do get locked out every once in a while for whatever reasons.

Vorpy

I should buy an account.

All Nines

^^ You also see certain curse words through a word filter, but it's easy enough to figure out what was actually said.