so what's the line between critique and genwarring, anyways?
Shitting on 3D games is criticism, shitting on 2D games is genwars. If you don’t like gens 1-5 you’re genwarring. If you don’t like gens 6-9 you’re okay. Thread ends here BTW
>>56545828if you say something bad about Gen V, that's Genwarring and ban worthy. if you say something bad about any other Gen, that's critique.
>>56545835>>56545883>yawnie still having a meltdown
>>56545835I wish it was this simple, if we could agree on the classics being 1-5
>>56545930It is that simple anon. Sprites = good. Models = bad. Gamefreak is incapable of making a good 3D game. That’s not to say the 2D games were amazing, but they were better, and for the purposes of browbeating nugenner secondaries that’s all that matters.
>>56545930most people do innately accept this, it's just a handful of very loud posters who suggest otherwise
>>56545828Just don't compare it to another gen and try to see why GF implemented the feature from a gameplay POV
>>56545828There is no line. All posts that aren't softcore pornography are genwars. Even if you didn't intend to make the thread or post to be about genwars, shitposters will find a way to twist your context into a genwar context.For example, the fact you used a Regirock reaction image can be used to paint you as a Hoennigger, even though you made zero mention of Hoenn or any specific game that could imply you're a "seething Hoennigger mad that [insert gen here] is better than your Pokemania killing trash".
>>56545835>>56545883this but unironically
>>56545828Being able to both appreciate the good qualities of a game you didn't enjoy and still respect and acknowledge that there are still bad qualities of a game that you did enjoy.:)
Honestly, the line's too blurry right now.The issue is that people don't know what /inflammatory/ means. Genwars are inherently inflammatory and devolve into shitflinging... but the issue is that criticism almost always brings genwars.We just need to take a bit to mature, I think...
>>56545828genwarring is a term invented to deflect well-deserved critique, it is used much in the same way media uses "trolling" to dismiss away negative opinions.In other words the distinction is completely subjective. If someone is ripping into a game you dislike, it's critique, if it's something you like, they're gennwarring.
>>56546152So what you're saying is gen I grew up with good
>>56546231exactly
>>56546104yeah pretty much this. people forgot how to have civil discussions about things. a game can't just have flaws, it's the WORST GAME EVER and anybody who likes it is a DUMB DOODOO PANTS. and conversely, nobody can TAKE criticism either, if you attack a game somebody likes you may as well have murdered their child in front of them. people here have no lives and play no other games, so they've built an identity around Pokemon. and when that isn't enough anymore, they build an identity around a specific Generation or two. and everything in their life starts to revolve around proving that Generation is good, and the others are bad. tribalism in full display.everybody needs to take a step back and chill the fuck out.
>>56545828I think when it crosses from being just criticism of a game, to criticism of fans of a game. It's not enough for people to just critically discuss the games and leave it at that, it devolves into implying that anybody who likes the game in question is literally satan and personally responsible for everything wrong with it.
>>56545828Saying bad things about gens I don’t like = criticismSaying bad things about gens I like = genwarring
>>56545941>but they were better,No they weren’t.
>>56546545This.
>>56546557Yes they were. Three bullets btw.
>>56546607Nope. Otherwise you wouldn’t be having a perpetual meltdown over XY.
if you hate gen 2 and your argument is from that eceleb rump raper's yourube channel it's gen war
Talking about game design vs pitting fans against each other. Like calling someone a Sinnohfetus.
>>56546654I talk about Gen 5’s bad design in isolation and sagefag still screeches about it being genwars, so evidently not.
>>56546662well that's the other side of it, besides people who aim their criticism at fans of a game instead of the game itself, there's also people who take any criticisms of a game they like as a personal attack. both sides are guilty of perpetuating genwars.
It's critique if it's against bad titles like GSC, Ruby/Sapphire, BW/BW2, SM/USUM, Sword/Shield, PLA, BDSP, and Scarlet/Violet
>>56545828critique you want something to be better and say what you want to change while genwarring you just say it's shit without giving any explanations why.>>56547807Shut up regirock!
>>56545828>critiqueThe problem with the water in Hoenn isn't just that there's too much of it, but it goes deeper (pun intended); it also caused the dex to become unbalanced as more water types had to be included for the sake of variety, you think, yet the encounter tables end up leaving you seeing the same mons over and over because too many of them were underutilized after all. Additionally, the issue with the map design is that a player can end up with their entire screen just blue tiles, could easily end up disoriented - there should be some point of reference, and a map should never be just the same repeated tile - it looks bad and it plays bad. While there are dive spots, trainers, and small islands to explore, there not much rewarding enough optional content to find, and the placing and order of it doesn't lend to a good feeling of progress throughout the route - you just bumble your way until you see what you're looking for. >genwarRSE was the lowest point of the franchise, it introduced Blaziken and Gardevoir fursuit coomer bait all started with Hoenn, it's linear unlike Gigachad Based KANTOOOOOOO, it's the original dexit so it's actually even worse than Galar in fact. The best thing about it ORAS, and only cause it's Gen 6. I'm going to call everyone that replies a nigger and a tranny.
>>56547856Well said.
>>56545828critique>>56546039genwarring>saying a generation is bad out of nowhere>deflecting>parroting>posting the entire generation in bad designs thread>criticizing fans in addition to the game>>56547856This.
>>56548473I don't think you're in any position to claim what genwars are, sagefag.
>>56547807>regirock calling gsc and gen 5 badkek
>>56548477Meanwhile all you do is genwar 24/7, but it's perfectly fine when you do it, because you're you, Kalos is perfect, and Unova needs to be nuked.
>>56545828>Critique actually talks about the negatives and positives with zero animosity>Genwarring hyperfixates on just the negatives and uses them in opposition to any positives.>Genwarring is exceptionally prone to tasking others with "admitting one flaw with their favorite gen"
>>56545835Only Johtoddlers and Unovabortions use the term "genwarring".Kantochads Hoennchads and Sinnohchads don't give a shit. Complaining about criticism is for dweebs like the 2 exceptions.
>>56545930Gen V is the beginning of nu-Pokemon. It is not a classic gen.
>>56546152this
>>56547856gonna save this
gen 5 sucks ass
>>56548845what was this poster talking about?
>>56545835>5kys subhuman bort
>>56545828If I dislike other people's favourite gen, it's critiqueIf other people dislike my favourite gen, it's genwars
