It baffles me that the entire site is this way.
You sure do a lot of complaining about a site nobody is forcing you to enter.
ok shill
>>731751992then leave, tourist
>>731751992Its pretty obvious when its a shilling campaign though. Especially now, thanks to ai bots that can make a premade thread chain pretty easy.
I will NEVER play:DispatchKnight's PathDisney's SpeedstormHighguardand of course: Pokémon Legends Z-A.
>>731752109Not Yet
Sadly yes. Feels like a legacy of the tortanic crap. Lots of idiots addicted to their misery that want to spread it around.
I will NEVER play:DispatchKnight's PathDisney's SpeedstormHighguardClair Obscur Expedition 33and of course: Pokémon Legends Z-A.
Fable thread?
>>731752152This but I include E33 to the list because only shills vouch for that piece of shit “game.”
Only the boards infested with election tourists, third worlders and europeans are like that.
>>731751992I simply ask for the potential shill to articulate what it is that they like/hate about the game so much. The ones that can actually tell you something that isn't just "because it's fun/shit" or nothing but buzzwords are the ones that aren't shills.
>>731751992you got the shills riled up with this one. but wait->shiIl.pngTHAT DOESN'T SAY SHILL IT SAYS S-H-I-I-L.
I don't get it. Why don't you just use filters?
>>731751992/v/ is full of low IQ, emotional retards and therefore isn't capable of real discussion. Every thread is dragged down to the level of the dumbest and least insightful poster.In the past I've made positive comments about a few different games that were received negatively just to be bombarded by replys from people who obviously never played the game, weren't the target audience, or otherwise just got all there opinions from a talking head on YouTube.
It's understandable to feel that way but I do admit people can be a little retarded about it sometimes. There was a Horizon Zero Dawn thread recently (a month or so back) and I posted some screenshots and recommended people to play because I genuinely found it fun and engaging but all anons who responded just treated me as a marketer or something who was trying to promote the game.I do think there may be real instances of this kind of thing happening as people suspect but a little bit of discernment would be good.
>>731751992it's just safer to assume everyone is shilling all the time
>>731752389Yep, couldn't have described it better myselfIf you want to talk about videogames use the other videogame boards, this is /v/ - Random
>>731752514I mean most of the time it is.
>>731752270Dude when i booted the game up and was greeted with insanely heavy hair artifacts, insane blur and the usual UE5 issues i knew it was shilled to hell dogshit. The intro with the assetflip npc niggers that railroads u into hallways like FF13 really didnt help its case. The game felt like FF13 but lower budget with no coherent design. Pirated it and it was such a waste of time.
>>731751992We are at a moment in history where conspiracy theories have been somewhat vindicated, but due to this overall trust in society especially on the internet is extremely low so the worst is assumed in everyone at all times. This paves way for blind distrust to simply be the default mentality for everyone who’s not an AI Facebook mom.Basically I don’t blame people, but it’s also a mentality that incentivizes negativity at all times and therefore makes it more difficult for community and OC to build.
>>731752718>difficult for community and OC to build.You are more than a decade late to the party my dudeThe day 4am threads became a bannable offense is the day /v/ culture died
>>731752923I’m well aware we’re deep into a zombie /v/ era. This place still produces things sometimes, or manages to organize and play vidya together though. I think your best bet is to just browse the catalog by date and only go to threads for stuff you actually care about, not whatever new game is being shitposted about
>>731752782The internet is too compromised for things to go back to the way they were. And theres various forces and factions who actively suppress OC or discussion that doesn’t fit the narrative. When 99% of the site wants all threads to be some variant of idpol, social media, AI or porn discussion and most of these people are either the staff or from discord you know things are dire.
>>731752782Not really a theory if it’s been vindicated. Especially considering that shilling is in no way uncommon here. I mean fucking VtMB2 had some faggot spamming threads everyday for four months and then when the game flopped they just stopped. Same thing happened for trannyguard and so many other games. Shills are here, the mods and jannies let them act with impunity, and everyone else just has to deal with it. And they do they make those faggots work for their sub-minimum wage. I mean the term “anti-shill” being used at all should be an indicator.
>>731753098Your best bet is to go to the videogame boards like /vst/, /vm/, /vmg/, /vr/, and /vrpg//v/ is not about videogames
>>731752389This is just the new internet in general
Remember the old days?
>>731751992We can all see through your pearl clutching, shill
>>731753168>/v/ is not about videogamesSadly this. Cynicism being the modern replacement for a personality and politics have left a stain that will remain until this board is deleted and you’re lucky to get a comfy off topic thread once every few months.
Only newfags and zoomers call people shills.Real /v/irgins call them viral marketers.
>>731753168more like modern video games aint about being videogames anymore faggot>>731753473>reddit spacing
>>731753106Old internet was truly the final frontier. Now the grifters have had ample time to master it and I can't think of any possible social avenue beyond what we have now, thus we're left to figure out how to deal with this new level of oppression and manipulation. Can't really do better than talking to someone on the other side of the planet in real time.
>>731752219throw cyberpunk in there
>>731752389>the target audienceWhat a meaningless phrase
>>731751992If you make the fifth thread of the day on the same recently released AAA Micro soft jeet slop game you are a shillYes that is correct.
>>731751992You're at least eight years too late on this take
>>731752718>such a waste of time>plays for all of 10 minutes That’s my /v/
I like playing video games
>>731751992>there's no way any major company would use a completely anonymous, extremely high traffic message board to advertise
>>731757546The Rise of Skywalker was still way more offensive than The Last Jedi
>everything on /v/ is a shill but anything i read on /pol/ is god’s own writing zoomerfaggots are brainless turds
You get used to it. I started browsing 4chan in 2007 and I remember being accused of being a shill as far back as 2008 ("Bacterial marketing", it was called, then "viral marketing", then "shilling". Actually, "Bacterial marketing" used to be filtered back in those days. The jannies were annoyed as fuck by the shilling accusations until eventually they realized they couldn't control them. I guess I'm testing it now to see if it still is filtered)I must have been accused of being a shill for hundreds of different games and shows by now. It's just about the most worthless low content kind of post there is, along with culture war garbage by /pol/-tier children. I have come to adapt a mentality where even if a shill exists (which it doesn't in 99% of cases), I'd still rather post with him than muh shill tards.
>>731751992lots of social media has shit communities, but /v/ is unique where certain anons don't think it's enough for them to not like a game, they have to trick themselves into believing there are conspiracies at play faking a game's successi think the anonymous nature of 4chan makes it way easier for schizos to gather and go off, rather than people specifically ignoring via known usernames. side-effect and somethign just have to work with.
>>731757827No one doing any kind of /pol/ shilling would risk being caught dead on /pol/. So yes, there are no shills on /pol/
Everyone is retarded
>post video game thread>fags says buy an adand you wonder why /v/ is anything but video games
>>731751992>if you play [GAME] you are a shill>if you talk about [GAME] you are a shill>if you disagree with me you are a shillthese are just ridiculous.>if you express any form of positive emotion about {GAME} you are a shillthis is the only argument that could have any amount of credence, and it's not so much the expression of positive sentiment, but moreso a combination of various elements that indicate to anyone with two braincells to rub together that they're being propagandized. I know faggots like to say>you're not immune to propagandaand that might be true but it is also true that we've have it beamed into our brains from the moment we're alive so we can recognize it when it's happening.
>>731752152Based
>>731758032>video game related thread>opinions inside are some of the most dogshit takes I've ever seenDiscussing anything vidya related with you fags is genuinely worthless 95% of the time, so you may as well have offtopic shit
>>731757937>there are conspiracies at play faking a game's successAnon, when corporations spend more on advertising than they do on actually making the game fun, then yes, you can believe they're paying streamers to shill it as well as paying for shills/bots on vidya discussion sites.
>>731758032hello, onirism dev
>>731758032>post video game thread 300 days in a row>very obviously bump it off page 10 every 30 minutes>make 20 of the same style threads very obviously all at the same timePeople like this are really wondering why /v/ is mad at them. It's mind boggling, they must be completely selfish animals with zero empathy for others whatsoever. These types of people need to be separated from society. You can tell certain types of anons would be criminals if they weren't afraid to interact with others.
>>731752389>got all there opinionstrolling is a art
>>731751992Some time ago I shat on a game and got called a shill. I don't think people know what that word means.
If you wanna see obvious shilling its the 10+ threads on a fucking Amazon show that most people hate or outright ignore.
>>731759076I've gotten repeated warnings from moderation for reporting those threads. Like there is such a high density of those threads that sifting through the reports is annoying, but somehow the threads themselves are okay.
>>731759076/v/ related: I wish that godawful Resident Evil show had gotten another season just to see how bad it could get.Not /v/ related: I wish that godawful Cowboy Bebop show had gotten another season just to see how bad it could get.
>>731758529That's not what the post is talking about.We're talking about a game by the numbers being successful, and schizos on /v/ talking about secret conspiracies with /v/ jannies and Valve themselves and the Chinese government to "fake steam numbers" and shit. Things like that, unhinged shit.Everyone knows companies pay streamers, streaming =/= success.
look at this screenshot, this is some asshat on the RDR1 steam forums. this person is making the argument that because a collector's item like MvC2 for dreamcast is worth significantly more that rockstar's digital games that said games are prices fairly, specifically RDR1, a 16 year old game that was ported to PC with virtually no changes compared to the 7th gen original and without multiplayer. don't tell me that shills don't exist. they're everywhere and you'd be a fool to deny it. also some people are just useful idiots who don't realize they're shilling, you know.
>>731751992maybe you should stop shilling, eh?
>>731759356Useful idiot is not synonymous with shill. By definition shills are paid.
>>731751992
>>731759335>streaming =/= success.Yes but shit games still get shilled daily, even with "the game was a success guys" sleight of hand. I'm probably one of the schizos you're speaking of.
>>731759451they're not synonymous but they achieve similar ends, a paid shill and a useful idiot would be in agreement if they're spinning the same narrative.
>>731759530You wouldn't be. I'm talking about the ones with crazy conspiracy theories.A streamer being paid to stream is not a conspiracy.
>>731758641Fuck meTheir*>>731756338>Target audience is a meaningless phraseDumbass
>>731751992This is a place where 99% of people get upset about seeing video games on the video game board and keep making other boards to make sure we don't have to discuss video games on the video games board. You all think this makes sense.
I have anti-shill fatigue
>>731759335I think you need to learn more about multi-media penetration in guerilla marketing. It is possible to end the false accusations, but until the ridicule comes from an honest and informed position, nothing can change.
>>731759650>You wouldn't beI would, actually
>>731759778You seem to have misunderstood the post you responded to. Not what's being discussed.
>>731759925How so?
>>731751992>REEEEEEEEE LEAVE THE MULTIBILLION COMPANY ALONE
>>731760015Because baldurs gape 3 is still shilled here constantly as a great successful game while proof of its success is dubious.
>>731760294That doesn't explain much anon.
>>731760383It explains that I'm one of those conspiracy theorist schizos, I wasn't trying to prove anything more than that.Larian games get some of the worst shills here and any discussion gets swarmed out with "see it's successful!" conflating their mass reddit appeal with good writing or gameplay. Because they are paid to shill here, or script kiddy is getting paid to run those antagonist bots.
>>731751992>shilling doesn't exist broBG3, Dispatch, Arc riders, gacha shit, Helldivers 2, every Ubishit game etc, now KYS OP
>>731752514Can someone explain what this means? I am rarted and tech. inept I know
>>731760615That doesn't explain anything anon, other than saying "I am".You have to actually have a crazy conspiracy theory. Or else you're just finding random nonsense to be insulted by for no reason.So if you don't, you're not what I'm talking about anon.
>>731760728read the damn image.
>>731751992shill thread
>>731760294>proof of its success is dubious >20M+ copies soldwhy lie?
>>731760746I had assumed you've been around this board long enough to witness this "conspiracy theory", but I guess that's my mistake. Spend time in any bg3/larian thread and you'll find one of us schizos there.
>>731751992Ugh so obsessedCan't you just let people have fun calling everyone a shillHow does this affect you personally
>>731760981Well if you're outright admitting that you have a crazy conspiracy theory, then you might possibly be one of the nutty /v/ schizos. But can't confirm, since you don't know what you believe. None of us have usernames, anon. 4chan's literally anonymous, don't know what you've said.So you might be, you might not. Can't tell.
>>731751992Back then, everyone was calling each other retarded for liking a game instead of shill. It wasn't exactly nuanced discussions barring some forums, You're just more aware of it now.
>>731760934>proofjust show us the numbers, and there will be an end to the horror
>>731760746>>731761093here's your spoonfeeding. I think he's talking about how, because tencent owns a minority stake in larian, it is purported that chinese bugmen motherfuckers were paid to come here in droves to sing bg3's praises alongside a cacophony of the typical journalists/streamers and their communities, and this board is compromised by a constant influx of posters from china who push a variety of games here, everything from their shitty gachas to their soulslike clones, and that would have to include larian games and by extension anything they support, like AIslop + whatever other political narrative.not a crazy theory, mind you.
>>731761191That doesn't explain the crazy high steam numbers over a long period of time, though.So still doesn't tell us much, and he hasn't said what he believes. So no way to know.
>>731753285I'd rather forget. Never knew what 08 was like, but as far as I'm concerned as a late-2011-to-early-2012 newfag /v/'s always been shit and full of unfunny, meme spouting faggots, but the only saving grace was OC from time to time and occasional ebin screencap collages. Once the ironic bait meta kicked in, it was all downhill from there. Even if GG or The Fappening didn't happen, this board would've still be just as shitposty and argumentative for irony's sake.
>>731752389>/v/ isstopped reading there
>>731759329get the fuck out >>>/tv/
>>731761359found one of the aforementioned low IQ, emotional retards
>>731761537Unfortunate truth: That godawful DMC show will get at least one more season so we'll see how bad it can get.
>>731752330Moreover, we know what it looks like when some nerd with high power level wants you to tell you about mudkips. Shills can't fake that. Many of them can't run the games they're shilling for.
>>731751992The only people who complain about being called a shill are fucking shills. Eat a fucking bullet.
>>731751992When I see daily to weekly threads pushing for OLED tvs as soon as they became affordable, to then seeing OLED MONITORS being marketed on here a couple years later, I have every fucking right to call out shilling on here. OLED niggers are never ever honest about their self-harm screens and will NEVER mention image retention, the second worst thing next to burn-in. These faggots always resort to calling anyone "poorfag" for daring to warn people about these thing's flaws and that they're not meant for your average media consumption. >B-But muh true blacks! Bitch just pour bleach onto your eyes for the true experience. It risks aren't worth it.
>>731753285>86/143 posts have imagesI recently saw a thread on /k/ where I realized that people don't seem to post images as much as they used to. I wonder if it's related to phones being the primary method that people use to access the internet now. I certainly attribute the lack of OC to that, phonefags can't/won't just take a screenshot of a show/movie/game/comic/etc. the way that people using a tower or laptop will.
>>731751992I'd like to Shill Abiotic FactorIt's a great game. When I thought I was depressed and just didn't enjoy games anymore, it made me realize almost 99% of all games released in the last twenty years is just trash.Thanks for your consideration.
>>731752148>Its pretty obvious when its a shilling campaign thoughBut you say everything is. According to /v/ the only organic posts are the ones hating on every game.
>>731752389>replys
>>731762312No, the only organic post is one made by someone who genuinely enjoys a game and seeks simple conversation about it. Not someone who spams threads about it being a "life-changing once in a lifetime game of the decade masterpiece" and keeps crapping out random forced memes then suffers a complete meltdown and starts screaming about "contrarians" or some random "schizo" when met with people scoffing at the game or feeling indifferent about it.
>>731753859>we we weholy king of the faggots
Shill me a game you're currently enjoying, anons.
>>731752109Why? We're going to make this site better and more inclusive. Your time is over, incel. Cope with it.
>>731763813Counter Strike 2 is a hidden gem. It is a competitive FPS that I am having fun with.
>>731751992Indiaaaaa <3
>>731751992this hellish website is just full of jagged retards and actual bots powered by israelGPT. its why most boards are legit unusable.If you want legitimate conversations you have to fuck off to twitter or discord. its just THAT bad, not even /vg/ generals are safe due of the jannies and schizos being complicit hands in hands with eachothers
>>731764418>jagged retards>eachothers
>>731761359>stopped readstopped reading right there
Stop trying to push dogshit games and people won't accuse you of shilling. It's actually a rather generous thing to call you a shill, when you probably unironically like whatever garbage you were trying to rally around.
>>731752389This. Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of dumb they are really are.
>>731767273Actually people just rightfully shit on you for trying to defend a bad game made by bad people for bad reasons.
>>731751992We’ve known the answer for years, though.Nogames shitposters turn up with absolutely no desire to ever play or discuss video games, project this onto everyone else and thus assume anyone who actually does talk about games must be shilling.After all, they would never talk about a game so anyone who does must have an ulterior motive.
>>731752718>like ff13you are merely proving once again that ff13 is incredibly appealing
>>731751992Very specific games are allowed multiple threads, even if they're flops.
>>731752389/v/ is the nu/pol/ which is the nu/b/ which has completely fallen to chaos as all of this site inevitably will. The early stages of the internet was a blast but it has continued to consistently get worse as a whole and shows no sign of stopping, this place is just a barometer for that. All we can do is watch.
>>731751992That's like not even the worst of it. You'll have retards claiming you're [x] schizo, an injun, or any other group or individual they dislike because your post doesn't line up with their rigid worldview over video games. Most threads are not worth posting in, and I mostly just stick around to hoard images.
Let's be honest here, OP is upset his "totally not a general" circlejerk of a thread got reported and deletedwhich one is you? nikke? blue archive? uma?
