Jeshibu on 12/1/2016 at 21:43
I've mostly stuck to GenGaming because this place seemed scary. I've somehow made a few good friends here, even though I hardly post. I dunno, I might give commchat a swing. Not that I have a good thread idea in mind, just "dear diary..." stuff.
Thirith on 12/1/2016 at 21:44
@BrokenArts:
Yeah, no. I think there's a lot of space to speak your mind without antagonising people from the minute they open their mouths. If that's the sort of place people want TTLG to be, then perhaps there's a good reason CommChat is a ghost town. There's been plenty of pretty toxic behaviour here, and there's a difference between toxic and "hey, we're just speaking our minds!"
Thor on 12/1/2016 at 21:47
Quote Posted by van HellSing
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.
+1 here pretty much. I don't feel like much of a part of this community, but I like to read this place, as well as the general gaming and thief forums. It's a homely place. The creativity I see in the "What are you working on RIGHT NOW" thread sometimes inspires me in a way that no other place does.
SD on 12/1/2016 at 21:52
I never fled CommChat myself, although I don't post as much because no other bugger does.
I struggle to think of a single reason why anyone would elect for the limited facilities and ephemeral discussions of Facebook over what we have here. I just don't get it.
Dia on 12/1/2016 at 22:08
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.
Sorry Brethren, but it's just as hard to have a decent conversation with old friends when some new members post bullshit designed to deliberately annoy or just for the sake of outright trolling and it seemed to be happening more and more. That's one of the reasons I stopped posting around here; it felt like some of the newer members just wanted to constantly start arguments just for the sake of being annoying (or just trolling). And it's still continuing. Well, that and the fact that so many older members were just outright quitting and posting their farewell threads that I was becoming depressed almost every time I visited here. I was overjoyed when I discovered that so many of my old TTLG friends had gravitated to Facebook. I think it's great that we can keep up with each other on a daily basis and have instant chat sessions (yeah, the little girl in me still gets a kick out of the fact that hey, I'm chatting 'right now' with a TTLG friend in New Zealand or Germany, isn't that cool!!). Also, I feel as though I've gotten to know my TTLG friends a lot more in depth on Facebook than I did in all the years I was actively posting here at TTLG. And I like that feeling.
So many old TTLGers have moved on that, like I said, it's somewhat depressing to visit here sometimes, though I do stop by every morning just to see what's up. But the biggest detriment to my becoming actively involved in TTLG anymore is that some of the newer element that seem to be out to deliberately troll and annoy. Just recently a thread that was (to me) intended to be a respectful farewell type of thread was mucked up (again, for me) by some little troll who obviously just wanted to be contrary; I just closed out of TTLG entirely at that point because I've already had it with the senseless trolling and stupid '
HEY LOOK AT ME! I'MSOEDGY!' bullshit. Not worth the aggravation. At least on FB I don't have to be friends with jerks like that and suffer their inane crap. (Thirith had a good point, too.) (And yeah, I'd forgotten all about TTLG's 'ignore' button til just now.)
Yeah, I miss the good ole days of TTLG, but all things must change. Our Facebook friendships will eventually change too as people move on, but for now, I'd rather chat with you on FB. Like I said, much, much less aggravating! And it's easier to post pictures of puppies and kittens.
Nuthin' but love for ya! ;)
Renault on 12/1/2016 at 22:14
I know what you mean Dia, about some of the new blood. But I was referring to people who ask genuine questions and weren't causing any trouble, and they get blasted by one of the veterans trying to be funny. Funny to us, but probably not so much to the TTLG virgin who doesn't know how this place works yet. To say they just need thicker skin is bullshit. No one who isn't used to the mood and vibe around here would take something like that very well.
This forum in particular prides itself on a lack of moderation, but maybe that's what needs to come back.
Dia on 12/1/2016 at 22:18
Understood, Brethren.
Ruffian on 12/1/2016 at 22:21
Why do I have to fill in this random question BS to reply? :sly: I guess that shows how long it has been since I pulled up a stool at the Crippled Burrick. ....catches BA trying to steal my purse..... It was all that snow falling from your chandelier that gave you away.
I miss the heartfelt conversations but all the attacks on posters turned me off so I sort of just lurked then sort of drifted off. I guess there is hope and may lurk again. Maybe even post. Heck I was surprised I could find my login name and password.
Ruffian is littlek. Had to re-register
doctorfrog on 12/1/2016 at 22:29
I always was a lurker at heart, and there were just fewer and fewer good threads anymore. :(
That, and it seemed like just a few new bitches moved in and I kinda soured on limping through their edgy trash posts and derails. But maybe that was in GenGaming and not here? I forget. Gettin' old.
Got a kid these days. She's awesome as hell and the internet has been rapidly fading in importance.
van HellSing on 12/1/2016 at 22:29
I feel as if I'm in a peculiar place - I joined quite a while after the demise of LGS and only few months before Deadly Shadows, but I had played both TDP and TMA by then, which is why I was anticipating TDS in the first place.
At first, I felt TTLG was one of the most civilised forums on the internet. Left a lasting good impression on me.
Throughout the years, things changed obviously, shifted as they always do. I have to admit I'm a bit bummed about the disparaging attitude some members seemed to develop for ThiefGen. But still, I do feel TTLG has a unique identity.
