Ronnie Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 We're all members of this site. I'd say we take a moment to appreciate this site. So why do you keep coming back here? What do you like about this site? I like having discussions with other gamers about random games. The users here are pretty humorous so I get a good laugh sometimes too. The community here is pretty tame and not obnoxious or cynical like other forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritisa Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 good question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 51 minutes ago, Maritisa said: Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caster Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Night Forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 48 minutes ago, Sophie said: I dunno This to be honest, I guess it's oddly welcoming and fairly active and I'm comfortable here? I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Karnage Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 this wonderful community HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SullyMcGully Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I am secretly a psychologist studying human behaviour both on and offline. I know where each of you live and in one of my other accounts here, I am actually a certain mod who con occasionally force users to reveal personal information about themselves. I like Serenes because it's one of the few places I can act like myself without worrying about what others will think of me. I spend time here as opposed to spending time on FaceBook, where your every move affects your real-life worth and marriage prospects. It's a hard world for homeschoolers out there... but that doesn't matter here, because around here, everybody is weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexmender Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Sophie said: I dunno This honestly. I find it more welcoming here than the Fire Emblem Reddit (the official one, the Heroes one is pretty funny when they're not a mine of salt). Here I can fanboy about Eirika without worrying about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingle Jangle Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 It's not a hivemind most of the time unlike Reddit, plus I can find answers to my Fire Emblem needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaofRenais Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The people for the most part are nice and it gives me a place to talk about my favorite games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyplayer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 How everyone is super civil and no one EVER gets into arguments and.... wait, why DO I like this place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Because I can do my own thing, write and talk to people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirokan Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I get good feelings for simply helping people out. Despite it's recent rising popularity, a lot of Fire Emblem news/interviews/media does not come overseas in English, so it brings me great joy to assist there whenever possible. This is one of the few dedicated places to the series so it's the only forum I frequent. I've heard bad things about other places (reddit, etc) hence why I mostly gravitate around here. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Druid Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 It's very informative and active. Main site has a steady stream of news being translated and covered by different editors. And the forum side is well moderated, albeit, we have a VINCEspiracy goin on! and I enjoy the discourse here. Because we don't have an upvote system, people aren't trying to be polarizing or karma whore as bad as other sites. And we generally experience less severe flare ups and due to having different categories, shitposts are put with other shitposts while debates and questions are pertained to their appropriate sections. than other sites. Although I do think quite a few of us are members on those other sites, like the Reddit. It's just calmer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badatfireemblem Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Generally it's a really nice place to hang out and chat about things, I've made a number of friends on here and lot of the time I can be myself and not worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Friendship. Sappy and cheesy, yes, but this site is where my best and only friends are, and so I enjoy talking and interacting (and sometimes just observing) with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultBeep Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Fire Emblem is something I'm super passionate about, but nobody I know in person really cares about it. Here, I can nerd out about it as much as I want, and other people get to do the same, which is a blast. Plus, I've met a bunch of cool and fun people here, and it's great to come here and hang out with all of them, even when timezones limit that time somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) The site is big enough to be active, but somehow mostly stays civil, and is not dominated by trolls and toxicity like many other communities, while still allowing a diversity of options and viewpoints. many if not most online communities are either hugboxes/echo chambers where everyone has the same viewpoint, or are so toxic that all reasonable people have left. SF is neither of those things, mostly because the moderation team keeps just heavy enough of a hand to avoid excessive toxicity, without going overboard and squelching dissent. A good example is the fact that zero effort romhacks get called out, but promising hacks recieve praise and support. At pokecomunity (the forum I tried before this one) on the other hand, all hacks are praised ("dark rising", which is full of maping errors, BS difficulty, and was made entirely using tools, won awards). As a result, many of the skilled hackers had left. Edited November 25, 2017 by sirmola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertrick36 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I like that it's not GameFAQs/YouTube. Seriously. Those communities fucking suck. Any community can take great solace in the fact that they aren't those communities. I mean... I don't see people turning video games into needless socio-political battlegrounds like I do with every other post on GameFAQs I've only seen one person attempt to bait people with trollish/controversial topics and flammatory remarks, and he was dealt with very swiftly by mods; heck, I don't even know if that person even is around anymore Pertaining to FE specifically, I like that "waifubando talk" doesn't dominate conversations here; sure, sometimes folks talk about that, but for every "waifu" topic there is, there's at least ten more topics about something else Disagreements are usually treated civilly; I've witness a couple of times when something went wrong and people wound up spanning a few pages in a heated argument with someone else, but generally people seem to treat one another's opinions with respect Not gonna lie, this community has an amazing sense of humor; if you don't come to SF for the jokes and memes, you're really missing out The only problem I have with SF is that sometimes people can take things too literally/seriously, or else somehow miss the point of what someone is saying. I think that's just an issue with FE fans in general, and it can be worked around through clear articulation and clarification. 31 minutes ago, DefaultBeep said: Fire Emblem is something I'm super passionate about, but nobody I know in person really cares about it. Same, tbh. The funny thing is, my sister introduced me to FE, but I'm way more into it than her or a lot of her friends. It doesn't stop me from yacking to my clueless brother for an hour or so about all the stupid plot points of Revelation or how the same lady who voices a few characters in Fallout: New Vegas (a game he actually has played) also voices Lucina from Awakening and Isara Gunther from Valkyria Chronicles... It's a lot more fun to talk about the series with people who are also really into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SullyMcGully Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Ertrick36 said: The only problem I have with SF is that sometimes people can take things too literally/seriously, or else somehow miss the point of what someone is saying. I think that's just an issue with FE fans in general, and it can be worked around through clear articulation and clarification. I think it's an issue with the internet in general. It's a whole lot harder to understand what people are saying when it's in writing. Our petty emoticons don't carry the same force as actual voice tone. But funnily enough, most of the people who have the highest opinion of me have never heard me speak. So I wonder if it's a blessing rather than a curse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gebby Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) I don’t like it lmao, I hate SF, I hate FE, I hate you, I hate me, I hate life, I hate Earth, I hate the universe, and I hate yellow. I do love Genny though. Edited November 25, 2017 by Gebby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisobeyedCargo Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Unlike other forums I've been, everyone respects eachother hear, there's less toxicity. There's also a lot of people here that enjoy games like Xenoblade Chronicles, and is able to communicate with them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucarioGamer812 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 At first it was mainly due to the resources here, then I'd figured hey why not join in, and then I've stuck around due to my former FE chat not working out so well (won't go into detail but drama happened that never got resolved and I left) and tbh, seeing the interesting topics and all has kept me entertained. Plus who doesn't love swimming in all the salt that occasionally is on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Serenes Forest is my internet home. And I don't mean my home page (it's actually not, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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