fett on 12/1/2016 at 20:12
Loaded question - what made you throw in the towel on Commchat? I ask because I am seriously considering delteing my Facebook account. To be honest, I only joined because this is where all the Taffer's started fleeing to when TTLG got stupid. And I know it got stupid. I was frustrated for about a year as I just slowly stopped posting.
The problem for me (and I suspect, others) is that simply being on Facebook nearly forces me to be friends with family members who I'd rather not interact with. Not to mention I have to scroll through all kinds of bullshit just to find the stuff I care about - which is you guys. Add to that the fact that Facebook does not inspire in-depth conversations, and without those, relationonships tend to wither.
And I don't want that to happen with my Nuthaus family. I know some of you will respond with instructions on how to block people, hide posts, create groups, and encouragement to simply unfriend my own mom and brothers.
But do any of you miss at all the long conversations, the in-jokes, and the community we had? I'm not talking about nostalgia. I'm talking about struggling with social, political, and religious issues in an environment where all of us could speak freely, be challenged and angered, and find solace in the company of others who see the world mostly the same way. It was a place where RBJ could be wrong again and again, and we still loved him for it.
Facebook has turned into drive-by conversation for me. I hate it. I hate not talking to you guys - really talking. I know none of us have the time to leisurely post on TTLG like we used to. We have families and responsibilities now. Thing is, I want to talk to you about those things. I want to know about your kids and your job. I want to share life together like we used to. These relationships have outlasted so many others for many of us. Hell, I used to contimplate putting a hit out on Chris Ryan, and 4 months ago I was giving my wife his contact info so she could ask him to speak at my funeral. Alex pissed me off a few times with the ban hammer, but I would take a bullet for that asshole now. I don't understand how this could have come from an online community, but it did. And it was special and unique. And few of us will ever experience it again. Am I just imagining this?
The point is, I think there was a time when I felt like this group of people had discussed all there was to discuss. Because we discussed the hell out of everything. But we all have new things now. There are new disscussions to be had and life moments to share. I don't want to lose touch with any of you (even dethtoll, goddammit). But Facebook drains my soul. I know this isn't the case for all of us. But if the majority spent even half the time we use for FB and tried to live at TTLG again, just a bit, it would be something. And it would be better than these casual encounters. I want to go deeper. I want to go harder. I want to do it over and over again. What I'm essentially saying is I want to have butsecks with all of you, but in a social, intelligent, respectful, and metaphorical kind of way.
Most of the irritating element is gone - Commchat is a wasteland. It's open and waiting for our return. Or maybe I'm just unable to move on. Share your thoughts on this. I'm also going to post it in Commchat just as soon as I can detach Duck from my leg. I love you guys. And I'm not even durnk.
rachel on 12/1/2016 at 21:00
I have been kinda planning to visit here more often again this year as I get more serious about my writing and photography. .. Even though gaming's no longer a big part of my leisure time, I still play and this place still feels like home, truth be told. There is still potential. One thing's certain, the only way I'll leave this site is feet first. Can't imagine the web without it.
BrokenArts on 12/1/2016 at 21:05
Okay, I'll bite, hello all. You dragged me out fett, for how long, who knows.
Aerothorn on 12/1/2016 at 21:07
I am happy to be a part of any resurgence of Commchat. Like most, I lost out of a combination of the irritating element dominating, and it being something of a ghost town that made me a little sad and wistful every time I visited.
Ultimately, any forum, or place, or nation, suffers when people leave faster than they join. There isn't really any discoverability for comm chat, any hope of new users, both because of its niche focus and because everyone just uses Reddit for all their forum needs, more or less (I don't, but most potential joinees do).
I love and miss TTLG. I want some of it back. I'm not convinced many will return, but I wish they would.
Renault on 12/1/2016 at 21:12
Yeah, it's hard to keep new members around when you have existing members telling them to go fuck themselves with a rake.
nickie on 12/1/2016 at 21:19
Quote Posted by fett
And I'm not even durnk.
Can you still drink? Apart from that? People nearly always want to go home again, at some point.
Mr.Duck on 12/1/2016 at 21:25
LET THE SHAGGING COMENCE!
I mean...the intelligent and in-deptj discussion.
*Cough*
They suspect nothing...
Thirith on 12/1/2016 at 21:29
I guess I'm lucky in that I find pretty much any medium I've frequented okay for conversation, whether it's newsgroups, message boards or Facebook.
I also have to say that the conversations I've had with people here have often at least started from conversations about games. I don't think I've ever hung around here primarily for the community; I like the people well enough - obviously except henke, who's the kind of guy who'd hit you in the back of the head after a bank robbery and a night of heavy drinking :p - but it mostly comes out of that common hobby for me. Perhaps that's also why I haven't actually interacted that much with the TTLG crowd on Facebook.
van HellSing on 12/1/2016 at 21:35
I got on TTLG because of my love for Thief, and I only occasionally poked my head up in CommChat, which is probably to do with my general anxiety towards all things social.
I still lurk regularily though. I feel strong nostalgia towards this place.
BrokenArts on 12/1/2016 at 21:37
Quote Posted by Brethren
Yeah, it's hard to keep new members around when you have existing members telling them to go fuck themselves with a rake.
Nothing new with that. Its happened since TTLG began. They need to grow thicker skin. Today for so many, not gonna happen. Given how things are now. TTLG is one of the few places left, I feel we can speak our minds.
