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To add to what @Shagger said, we have had people sign up and post the same thought on every thread they replied to, and even start their own topics to push that thought. No matter what was said, they would only post that one thought, or would incorporate it into all of their posts somehow. They would make multiple threads pushing it, and never reply to that thread again. Doing such actions not only gets on the nerves of the staff, but pisses off the rest of the forum as well. If you have a thought, feel free to post it. If you have a controversial thought, feel free to post it as well. But ask yourself "Am I ready for any backlash this post may get?" If the answer is "no" or "I don't know" then I would recommend waiting to post it until you feel ready for it. As said, we understand that English is not the first language of many members. We truly do. But it's that first language of the majority of the members. So as said, take your time making posts so that the whole forum can understand what your point is. It's not a race to get it done. Before I post I always take the time to read through what I have written to check for typos and make sure what I'm wanting to say comes through clearly. Sure I miss several, but there's always the edit feature. The staff can edit at any time, but the members have a 10 minute window. If that has lapsed, you can always ask us if it's something big. But if it's just a small typo, we're not going to bother with that. For example if you meant to type colour instead of color we're not going to take the time to edit the post, as we have bigger fish to fry. Either way, the staff has a job to try to keep things running smoothly. It's not always easy, and it's not always pleasant. But sometimes certain actions have to be taken, and occasionally, it's a "last resort" situation. But be assured, we don't do things of any kind of serious nature without lengthy discussion about it first. So use your head, post your opinions, and offer facts when you can. Remember, quality is infinitely more important than quantity.

Guys I do have to disagree with one of your proposals here, you shouldnt be deleting other people's comments even if the comment itself is consider spam or "low quality" , I strongly agree that the quality of the comments needs to be improved but if you start to arbitrary delete comments just because the mods dont consider a comment of being "quality" its going to make most people here not wanting to post anything for being afraid that their comment might get deleted. I know that for most people here english is not their first language (myself included) and sometimes it can be difficult to translate an idea, but that is not going to change overnight and surely being told that your comment is going to be deleted if its not up to a standard is going to make us think twice before making any comment at all or just to continue visiting the forum. Also there shouldnt be a problem with visiting or reviving old threads, as far as I know that is not against the forum policies. I do agree some threads are getting out of control and I do agree that sometimes the thread needs to be locked all toguether, or some comments do need to be deleted depending on the situation. But if a comment or reply or thread or whatever is going to be deleted there should be a more detailed process, like a report, a review talk between the mod and the offender, a chance to edit the comment if necessary or if possible or just simply a warning. I dont want to find out that my comment was deleted without me knowing about it before first (if that ever happens) and I think everybody else here thinks the same. I do encourage some members to try to put a little more effort into your comments , since honestly the quality of the replies is very dissapointing, But we should try and change the habits on the forum.

I've just had to give a member a wrap on the kucles for going on what I call "a rampage" of single sentence replies on threads mostly about the same subject matter. I think maybe it's time to better explain why burst of low quality posts done at a pace sometimes faster that one post every two minutes is harmful to the forum Somebody posting that much on so many topics so similarly themed in such a short space of time, it a split of your interest and it's impossible to believe that your caring that much about each one. That's the perspective, and like it or not, that matters despite the intention because that will affect how people engage and reply. Think about it, you see somebody had posted 30+ single sentence replies on a single sub-forum, like general gaming, a subject that holds a great deal of interest to you and want to discuss it on the forum, where do you start? It's frustrating and painstaking to go through all those topic one by one just to gauge the feelings, opinions and questions asked of a single person, especially when that individual just post a single, rushed sentence as the reply. It does not look like that individual actually cares much about what they post. It looks like somebody posting for numbers. Not to mention that these posts often look rushed with poor grammar and typos. The vast majority of people would be daunted and put off by this. That's why these bursts of post low quality posts harm the forum. It makes it daunting for other people to reply to anything, especially amongst those of us who like to put together longer, more detailed replies and topic with links, YouTube videos, references, paragraphs and so on. Why put that effort in when somebody is inevitably gonna go on a rampage of single sentence replies to as many other threads as they can as if it's a race and bump that post down where nobody will see it? That's the kind the kind of complaints we're getting about this behaviour. This habit of posting is careless and it is selfish, and no amount of good intentions behind it is gonna change that. I don't know how to make this any clearer. This is NOT a text a chain, it is NOT reddit, it is NOT discord and it is NOT social media. It is a forum. We are not expecting post to be legal documents nor a professors lecture, but there is an expected standard that is higher that the previously mentioned outlets. Please, all we ask is that you post to this forum like it's a forum. Let me make it clear that what you are about to read it my own, personal guide and it comes only from me, not the authority of VGR. They are not hard-line rules Use common sense when choosing to reply to a thread. When did the thread last get a reply? Is the thread dead? is the conversation still relevant? What of value can I really add to it? Would it be more appropriate to reply to this individual in a private message or a post to his/her profile? Use common sense when crafting your reply to a thread. I understand that English is not the first language for many of you, but do try to make your post legible. If English is not your first language, that's all the more reason to take your time. In your reply, make your point and/or address some else's point to give us a perspective of yourself. State why you feel that way. Do you agree or not agree with what others are saying? State why you feel that way. Give details. Use common sense when creating a new topic. Again, I understand that English is not the first language for many of you, but do try to make your opening post legible. If English is not your first language, that's all the more reason to take your time. Ask yourself, "Is this thread necessary?". I know that posting threads about already existing subjects is something of a grey area, but if the alternative is to reply to long, inactive thread with few in terms of replies and out of date information, assume it's ok to start a new one. Again, common sense. Craft your title with care. Make sure it's clear on showing what the topic is about. Remember, on VGR, the thread title forms the URL, so think about a title that will make the post visible on search engines. For example, if you are posting about a fix for a game breaking bug, you want the thread to be picked up by people searching for a solution to that same bug so they come to our forum for the answer. In the post, make it clear what subject is. Add external references or even graphics if you are up to it to validate the topic and make it stand out. State how you feel overall and why you feel that way. Tell us how you feel the situation you describe in the thread can be improve. Encourage others to state how the feel about it and why. If it's a news or political topic, link any articles or YouTube videos you found on the subject. And above all, make it worth it. If the opening thread will end up as one or two sentences with no external references, odds are it won't be. You may have noticed a common theme there, common sense, and I believe in VGR's members, you can rely on your common sense. However, if these "rampages" continue, the staff will have little choice to consider other options. Time limits and other restrictions on posts, setting a more specific standard of quality that will be enforced or indeed trying some of the things suggested in this thread. Either way, I don't want that. I want people to start simply posting to this forum like its a forum, that's not asking for much.

That's the best way to end it dude, I know I wouldn't watch longer, because I will sleep off before it gets to the climax.

What are some games that seem to have a light tone on the surface, but underneath are quite dark? The Outer Worlds, for instance, is humorous and fun, but it is also incredibly bleak. And the longer you explore the world, the more horrifying you realize the situation is.

I've made it no secret that I get super fucking irritated by these posting habits that are under discussion. There are users here that seem to just pick a subforum that they want to screw up, click and make a shitty Twitter style post that is barely on topic without reading or otherwise giving a crap what anyone else is saying then move to the next thread to do it over and over again. I like to think I'm one of those guys that actually care about what they are putting out there. If I don't feel like I can create a post that has some meaningful contribution to make then I don't make the post at all. My track record ain't perfect and I have made some stinkers, but the one thing I NEVER done is "post for points". Speaking of points. That sadly, I think is one source of the issue. @The Blackangel stated earlier "quality is infinitely more important than quantity" and I believe that is what we all want. But the truth is the way rewards system is set up here gears towards completely the opposite. The more posts you make the more points you get regardless of quality. The system doesn't know the difference a lovingly crafted and thought out review or character analysis and a some ass' 100th shitpost about FIFA 22. It would obviously be to taxing for administration to have to go through the forum deciding which posts are making a good contribution and which aren't. Not to mention that posts in themselves are subjective and any judgement would unavoidably opinionated. @Shagger also seemed to be expressing some frustration at these people, like they don't consider and/or care that what their doing is even an issue. If that is the case then I doubt that telling them to "please not to" is going to be very effective. So I'm my opinion limiting the amount of posts each user can make is the only real solution. I think a limit of 32 posts per day. I've come up with this based on 2 post per waking hour assuming your asleep for 8. I think if your not being a total spam whore that's more than enough. We could also introduce timers when users are making lot's of posts over a short span of time, and repeat offenders could have their posts subject to review by admin before going up. I don't want to be that jerk who pisses and moans about other people's posting, but I'm tired of going on the forums activity page to check the latest posts and have go through literally pages and pages of posts from the same users over and over and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's of little benefit to them either, because while I'm skipping through it I'm obviously not reading on even paying attention to what their saying. If you are one of those people (and it should be obvious to you by now if you are), please read @Shagger's earlier post and his advice seriously so we can avoid having to put any restrictions in place. Prove me wrong and show their not needed.

Since I know you didn't think so little of me, @DC and @The Blackangel, I'll ignore the implication that any of us would abuse our power like that and try to address the underlying concern. Of course, there would have to be established parameters and rules that everyone would be made aware off. But like I said, this kind of action would be the last resort and quite frankly wouldn't actually solve the problem. It would be more akin to "cleaning up the mess". You are 100% correct that people should alter thier attitude on how the post on the forum. Ultimately, that is the only thing that will actually work. We can try and guide people to better posting habits, but they don't want to listen, what's next? Restrictions so people can post a certain amount in a set space of time? This is not an easy problem to solve unless these people just listen understand how this sort of thing hurts the forum. Well, that's a judgment call and it's up to the moderators. But alas, we are human. Sometime you'll agree with our actions, and sometimes you won't. I would only merge two or more threads together if; They are about the same thing. If the older thread has been recently active and/or if it has a lot replies. Otherwise, I'm inclined to just let the new thread be. Like I said, somebody posting a thread about an already existing topic isn't exactly a major violation on VGR. It usually happens when people are new to the forum. If somebody does it repeatedly, we point out the search feature that's about as far as it goes. On the flipside, if someone bumped up a old thread instead of starting a new one, it all depends on the thread they bumped up. If that was a dead thread with few replies to it and especially if the thread was really old, I'd say that is taking the stance of not filling the forum with repeating topics too far. I have seen very recently (and this person knows who they are) somebody scrolling down a sub-form replying to every topic about the same subject matter one by one with no care about how the threads got or what worth they were even to begin with. And because he started to most recent to oldest in that order, what we ended up was threads with one or two replies that hadn't been posted for well over a year bumped to the top of the sub-forum. Literally dozens of them. And of course, all the more current topics were bumped at least one page back. Even you @kingpotato have to agree that that is ridiculous. He/she could have instead created one new thread to compile all his thoughts and passions about the subject into one new thread and that would have been a lot better. Like I said time and again, common sense. So you see, it comes down to judgment. As I said, deleting post would to used to "clean up the mess", not to solve the problem because it wouldn't solve the problem. This problem can really be solve by the people that cause it. And all it takes is posting to the forum like it's forum. To actually care about what you post. I really don't think that is asking for much.

And what is the process or how do you determine what post needs to be deleted ? thats my concern, how can I as member be assured that my comment wont be deleted just because the modders didnt like it ? Im not trying to defend the posting habits of other members, Im also fed up with all those "spam" replies that dont add anything to the conversation. But I dont like the idea that my post might get deleted without a due process or warning before hand. What if for me its common sense to continue an old thread rather than creating another one ? I always do a search on the forum to make sure the thread Im creating hasnt already been made. Making a duplicate thread just sounds like spam, I dont see a problem with threads being merge, but I much rather continue an old thread than unnecessarily creating a new one, for me thats just spam posting. I know who the usual suspects are, I agree we need to push them to change their posting habits, this cannot continue , it is very frustrating, some times I just avoid making a comment on a thread just so the "spam reply chain" can stop, we do need to do something about this and Im sure if we all pitch in this can be resolved but I dont think deleting comments is to way to go, or to be more specific threat of a comment being deleted without a proper procedure.

Magic Carpet 2 Playing the game through GOG and emulation on DOSbox. This a great game and really gem from my early days on PC, but it horrendously unstable. I've crashed serval times, but I'm detrained to get through it. It's the emulation that's the issue either. Even new the game barley worked. It was rushed out of the door too early and released in an unpolished, barley finished state. This will be fun, take a guess who published it? No clues, just have guess. I guarantee the first company that cane to mind is the correct answer. Anyway, I've got it running OK and I'm through the most buggy part of the game I feel, so I'll try an finish it.

Trust me, and I'm sure I speak for @The Blackangel as well, the last thing we want to do is to start deleting people's posts, but there is a line to cross between a basic, but valid, forum post and something of so little worth it could be considered a form of spam. If some people don't step up thier game realize what the difference is, we are going to get to a point where we will have no choice. I hate to repeat myself, but it's about common sense. If it's a choice between creating a new thread and post one one with little active and hasn't had a reply for months, we will now give people a row for creating a new thread. The worst that we'll do is merge threads together, and that's all. It really isn't that big of a deal and people shouldn't be afraid to this. I have been engaging with members on this issue. I won't say who, but I will say this. Some people put more effort into defending thier posting habits than they do on the forum itself, and it's frustrating. People just don't an issue with blasting out 30-40 one sentence posts in the space of an hour or so, but it is a problem. It is not possible to post with the very basic level of foresight, diligence and care at that kind of pace, it just can't be done.

I think Silent Hill (I & II) is the best horror game. By the way The Evil Within is also very good.

I played Valorant this afternoon.

Sorry i'm late to the party but Congrats glad for you man, from what i've read before you were wanting one a long ass time and coulden't get it, so enjoy it for what it's worth hope you have a hell of a good time with it. Forget about that gaming pc, you have so many great gaming experiences to catch up on, you just woulden't have time to play it😉

I've heard that one since I was a kid. It's always been creepy as hell, and one of my favorites. But here's a few true ones that happened to me personally. I've had 3 things happen to me that I can't figure out to this day. Also every year I have the same dream on the same day. I moved into a small farmhouse several years ago. The owners had a small antique refrigerator in the basement. I was down there with the landlord one day, and set my glasses down on top of the fridge. I had some of those clip on sunglasses on my glasses. You know the ones that usually break 20 minutes after buying them. This is relevant later. They were all I could afford. Well I went to do something and forgot to put them back on. I went back to the fridge for my glasses and they had vanished. The landlord hadn't taken them. Actually he said he hadn't even seen them. And I believed him because he hadn't been anywhere near that fridge the whole time we were down there. We both searched the entire basement for them and never found anything. They were just gone from existence. I was pissed because it meant I had to pay for a new pair of glasses. Fast forward about 3 years. I was in the basement doing laundry and walked by that fridge. Sitting on top of it were the clip on sunglasses. My glasses weren't there but the sunglasses were. I never went into that basement again and started going to a laundromat. I was in bed trying to sleep one night. @Rain Dew was beside me already asleep. We would always go to sleep with the TV playing because it distracts our mind and keeps it from running which keeps us awake. Well, I was laying there watching TV, and something I couldn't see started wrapping what felt like hands around my throat strangling me. I couldn't breathe, or make a sound. Nothing could come out. I started thrashing around in bed trying to fight off whatever the hell it was that had me. My thrashing woke @Rain Dew up and she went into panic mode. She didn't know what to do so she jumped up and ran for the light switch. Just before she got to the switch the thing let go of my throat and raked what felt like razor blades across my chest from just below my left collar bone to the bottom of my ribs on my right side. When we looked, there were hand marks all the way around my neck and I was bleeding from the claw marks. To this day the scars still burn, and I'm scared to go to sleep a lot of the time. You all know I'm in a wheelchair now. I have advanced muscular dystrophy if you're wondering why. I usually bring a 2 liter bottle of soda with me into my home office so I don't have to go back and forth between it and the kitchen. One day I had just come into my office and realized I had forgotten something. I set the bottle, that I hadn't even opened on my desk and went back to the kitchen. When I came back to the computer room, the bottle was sitting in the middle of the floor, completely empty. I just stared at it for a moment, not sure what to do. I left the room and grabbed an anxiety pill and gun. I went back to the office, and the bottle was now sitting on my desk, full, and unopened. I have no explanation for any of these. But I do feel a cold breath on the back of my neck pretty much nonstop when I'm in my home office. So maybe something is screwing with me.

Yeah but any room is a panic room if you've lost your phone in it.

Rats are not toys, nor are they games. They save lives.

@killamch89 posts his ass off. He is one of the most active members we have. He's here almost every day, and always chips in. I for one have gotten to enjoy reading his posts, as he always has something of real quality to contribute.

it's Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmares DLC here!

Call of Cthulu

I have worked as a content writer on hubpages, bubblews too. I also own and operate adsense properties. As for spam you are pretty much aware of "just saying stats in play store for game" does qualify for spam. Let's be honest, both you and I have enough experience to gauge that. I am not holding lack of "being a gamer" against you. Just pointed out what was going on in bumped threads. Chill. Back to the topic.

That particular edition of FF, can't be erased easily on my memory, one of the best I love from the series so far.

I don't really have any problems with doing both as long as they both work for me, I'm very okay doing it.

Which shows how time consuming the game developers are, but let's just see how it will go in the future.

You have your dictionary, you can search for the word, you want me to get it for you? lol..

There are some games that they make it impossible for you to win unless you pay to twin. I believe that's why he's trying to stress out on.

I noticed it @killamch89, you're welcome, your presence is felt here, same too with your absence. I love to interact with everyone, i just want us to be around long time at VGR.

I don't even take my socks off that much....

Sony have already built fame, and have made lots of quality consoles hd video games too, which drove sales and in the present, it is still driving sales. Microsoft is trying on theirs, let's see what the future holds for them.

You aren't the only one paying to get internet subscription services I do get it as well. That's why I'm managing it, because it is limited ajd not unlimited. I acknowledge the kind of mobile games I go to download on order not waste money unnecessarily.

Here is a short creepy one: My daughter woke me around 11:50 last night. My wife and I had picked her up from her friend Sally's birthday party, brought her home, and put her to bed. My wife went into the bedroom to read while I fell asleep watching a baseball game."Daddy," she whispered, tugging my shirt sleeve. "Guess how old I'm going to be next month.""I don't know, beauty," I said as I slipped on my glasses. "How old?"She smiled and held up four fingers.It is 7:30 now. My wife and I have been up with her for almost 8 hours. She still refuses to tell us where she got them...

With the innocent look on their faces like they didn't know what happened or that they were behind it 😂.

I saw it, as I watched closely to the trailer displayed at the top. The game isn't much of appealing, but it can be a great game though when you aren't having anything to play for on mobile phone.

in Mafia 2 (and since the game is still uncompleted taking on consideration that 5 complete chapters were deleted before the final release) has a mystery ending with nobody knowing the fate of Joe Barbaro, unless you play Mafia 3

This can be both a negative and a positive. Some games simply don't tie loose ends as sequel bait, others do it deliberately, while still others just fail to present a coherent epilogue. For Example Alien Isolation has no closure, and arguably you end up in a worse situation than you started from, which seems to set up a sequel that sadly never came. Beyond Two Souls, is a weird game, with lots of spirituality and the ending is completely nuts, but in a good way. From all the Quantic Dream games, this is my favorite. Mass Effect 3's ending raises more questions because it is poorly written, based on contrivances and plot points that basically mean the end of known civilization if you take it at face value.

I would name Stalker and Fallout 3 as game's that's bleak enough to the point where it gets totally horrific when you progress into the game.

While he was a brilliant player and a passionate fan, the footballing world will cope just fine. We all miss Maradona and his antics but life must go on.

You living under a rock lol I prefer Rolandinho to both of them to be honest.

If I start talking about it, I'll have a panic attack. Besides, I've already said.

There is a remake of Crash Team Racing , its called CTR Nitro Fueled