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sockeatsock
28-12-2011, 10:56 AM
RPS doesn't update for 4 whole days. I mean really, what am I supposed to do?
westyfield
28-12-2011, 11:21 AM
I actually quite enjoy it. I'm slightly compulsive by nature, and combined with the quality of the writing at RPS, I often find myself reading everything that gets posted to the site. I end up spending more time reading about games than playing them, so right now I'm catching up on my backlog. LOL j/k, I bought Saints Row 3 in a sale so I'm playing that.
Wooly Wugga Wugga
28-12-2011, 03:31 PM
Since RPS started becoming a blog about regurgitating news instead of writing original content I've started reading one or two blog posts a day at most.

I use the RSS feed to get the general gist of the news and read the one or two original articles a week that get posted.

The break doesn't phase me.
DigitalSignalX
28-12-2011, 03:36 PM
Since RPS started becoming a blog about regurgitating news instead of writing original content I've started reading one or two blog posts a day at most.

Erm.. Hasn't RPS always been PC gaming news with occasional original content?

I think they deserve a break, more then once I've missed a whole page of posts before because so many appear in the same day. Having the forum down for 12 hours or so the other day was HORRIBLE though - missed my fix of furiously stabbing the "what's new?" button.
deano2099
28-12-2011, 03:46 PM
Erm.. Hasn't RPS always been PC gaming news with occasional original content?

Not always, but it has been for a good few years now.
Wooly Wugga Wugga
28-12-2011, 03:59 PM
Erm.. Hasn't RPS always been PC gaming news with occasional original content?

Nope, the first year or so was just mind bogglingly funny, brilliant original content which is what attracted me to the site.


I think they deserve a break, more then once I've missed a whole page of posts before because so many appear in the same day. Having the forum down for 12 hours or so the other day was HORRIBLE though - missed my fix of furiously stabbing the "what's new?" button.

I know I'm coming across a bit harshly but I don't mean to. If you are interested in every new trailer and every new press release then this is a great place to read them because the RPS writers are really good. Also, the new items are easy to write and help pay the bills and I'm not going to begrudge anybody some cash to survive. I just really miss the glory days. Some of the best and most interesting games writing I've ever read happened consistently back in the day.
DeathPig
28-12-2011, 04:05 PM
Well, steering this thread back on topic.


Worst thing about Christmas, is the hangover-y feeling you get when it's over. And all the stuff you have to clean. Alone.
Nalano
28-12-2011, 09:08 PM
Credit card bills.
BobsLawnService
29-12-2011, 06:20 AM
New family feuds.
kingkio
29-12-2011, 11:13 AM
The Worst part of Christmas is waiting for deliveries, when will it arrive? nobody knows!
Nova
29-12-2011, 02:47 PM
@Wooly Wugga Wugga

I agree. Particulary since Eurogamer took over the ad sale they turned more into a comprehensive PC site that has to post every PC-related bit than a blog that posts primarily what the writers like.
They got pretty big doing the latter so I'm not sure if that switch was necessary.
deano2099
29-12-2011, 03:28 PM
The site still has the same amount of original feature content that it used to though. There's just more 'noise'. And if that means the site keeps going then it's hardly a hardship.
DigitalSignalX
29-12-2011, 10:46 PM
The site still has the same amount of original feature content that it used to though. There's just more 'noise'. And if that means the site keeps going then it's hardly a hardship.

This is my impression as well. Still the writing is superior even on the "lets post about an announcement about a thing coming up" sort bit that's 3 times removed from actual news.
Nalano
29-12-2011, 11:05 PM
This is my impression as well. Still the writing is superior even on the "lets post about an announcement about a thing coming up" sort bit that's 3 times removed from actual news.

"It's not a rumor, it's a report! ...about a rumor."
Oak
14-01-2012, 05:30 AM
Say what you will about these spambots, but they're full of sound advice.
Rakysh
14-01-2012, 07:13 AM
You think "Buy Cheap Generic Viagra" is sound advice?
kirrus
14-01-2012, 04:50 PM
It was a pretty insightful comment, ignoring the spamlink in the signature. Bet they're humans.
Oak
14-01-2012, 08:39 PM
I guess I should have quoted it, huh. Good going, brain!
Rakysh
14-01-2012, 08:55 PM
I like it better now. Some day e-archaeologists will discover this and assume that Nalano was a spambot who managed to take over this forum, completely fucking up their timescale for the development of advanced AI.
DigitalSignalX
15-01-2012, 10:56 PM
I like it better now. Some day e-archaeologists will discover this and assume that Nalano was a spambot who managed to take over this forum, completely fucking up their timescale for the development of advanced AI.

What's truly amazing (scary) is he's equally prolific on several other forums.
Nalano
16-01-2012, 12:08 AM
I like it better now. Some day e-archaeologists will discover this and assume that Nalano was a spambot who managed to take over this forum, completely fucking up their timescale for the development of advanced AI.

The idea of future scientists developing an AI based on the Nalano protocol is both terrifying and totally awesome.


What's truly amazing (scary) is he's equally prolific on several other forums.

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