Giant Bomb - Our Community

How do I know this place is different? Because of the staff. Jeff, vinny and all of the others really know gaming inside and out. This website is almost a one of a kind in the sense of wiki content and user driven submissions.

Don't worry about spam (it's in beta - day 1 still)

The staff is NOT worried about spam/new features as much as they are worried about bugs/glitches/bandwidth.  This site is brand new, and there are certain steps that need to be taken. Crap posting will slow down - just remember though, this is OUR community - we drive it. If we water it and give it care it will grow into a towering tree. If we ignore it and hide it in the dark, it will die.

We can and should expect:

- Trolls (attention whores)

- Post Whores (its a brand new website, people want to be noticed first)

- Fanboys (because it's still the internet)


But if we can accept these issues, like every forum, and work on becoming a friendly community and separating ourselves from the stigma of Gamespot, then this becomes ours, not theirs, but ours.


Be friends, be mature, be rational. =)

I'm glad we have other rational and mature members on the community.  Hopefully in time we will have a a way to weed out the trollers, flamers, post whores in the future.

Jax u r a fag. Lololol.

Just kidding. In all honesty, I'm really brushing the whole forum off for the first week or so. The overall excitement of the newness is the primary cause of the infection. Once the kiddies calm down, everything should be running smoothly. That and we need some mods, but that will also come with time.

You're still a fag though.

Agreed.

I think that in these early days it's more of an issue of perseverance than anything else. The good posters will continue as those who came over just because they got banned everywhere else will slowly get weeded out. It is still important to note that we shouldn't go around spamming just because we can though, every role in the world has a set of responsibilities and this is no different. Be respectful and just maybe others will respect you.

Your rational thought in this realm of chaos contradicts your avatar.

Ya people have to remember that everything is still running beta. Soon enough things will be cleaned out there is enough mature intelligent people to make this a good community. Things are going to go through alot of changes here I would assume just a little wait and things will happen.

I've been with Giantbomb since about day 2 when this website actually started way back months ago.  I've listened to every podcast, and watched every video. 

This is a really small, but awsome community, and I like it.

I also like it because its like this website is ours too, becuase we have partial control over it.

Hehe, I hope you guys don't think I'm a post whore, I'm just excited to finally use the site!

Anyway, well said Jax, this is growing to be a wonderful community

by the way everyone rushed to this thread because of the IRC chat which you can be a part of.

the server is: irc.gamesurge.net and the channel is #GiantBomb

okay enough publicizing that for now...

it is good.. the sites doing good, i dont understand where is the panic coming from.

"Your rational thought in this realm of chaos contradicts your avatar.
"

I honestly can't wait for the traffic to die down a bit. It's really moving too fast for any sort of community to form, unless posters have a pre-existing relationship on GS. It's not that a fast-moving site is necessarily going to stop a community from forming, but I'd rather see a representation of the normal posting speed of this forum.

In the meantime, I suppose we can sort of kick back, shoot the breeze a bit, and laugh at the sheer weirdness of it all.

I agree and i want to say... THIS IS GIANT BOMB... no more mindless mods, good people and great games!

Ya I followed GB from the start, when it wasn't in beta but I never posted (didn't like the set-up at the time). It's definitely a great community, and the website has a unique design that caters not only to the staff but to users alike. Everyone will find their niche, and websites will burst with user-edited content that will far surpass the likes of similar websites in terms of game reviews. Once the community solidifies I expect everyone will have a basic knowledge of the other users.

Great topic. Uh.. I don't think there's really anything more I can add to what you said. :o

Jax, you're almost like an unofficial community manager. I keep seeing you making these pro-community posts.

Not that I'm complaining, I like it. It's good to keep things civil, and for like-minded folk to speak up and join the crusade.

Hahah Lou.

I'm just trying to bring people down to my simple level of thinking. There's always a solution to an issue, if you care to look for it. I like a lot of people on this forum. We all talk in IRC and we've come to some agreements on the fact that GB is a special website. And since its content is driven by the user, why not the direction the community goes as well?

yeh i followed since all the cool people left GS

"Hahah Lou.

I'm just trying to bring people down to my simple level of thinking. There's always a solution to an issue, if you care to look for it. I like a lot of people on this forum. We all talk in IRC and we've come to some agreements on the fact that GB is a special website. And since its content is driven by the user, why not the direction the community goes as well?
"

I've always stayed away from frequenting forums. Two main reasons being elitist "vets" who enjoy talking down or completely ignoring people with a smaller post-count, and trolls who offer nothing but hostility and insults to an otherwise civil conversation. Hopefully this site will be different, which is why I'm giving it a chance.

"Jax said:

"Hahah Lou.

I'm just trying to bring people down to my simple level of thinking. There's always a solution to an issue, if you care to look for it. I like a lot of people on this forum. We all talk in IRC and we've come to some agreements on the fact that GB is a special website. And since its content is driven by the user, why not the direction the community goes as well?
"

There's an IRC? Man, I feel like the guy on the outside now. I wanna play with the other kids too...
"

"Jax said:

"Hahah Lou.

I'm just trying to bring people down to my simple level of thinking. There's always a solution to an issue, if you care to look for it. I like a lot of people on this forum. We all talk in IRC and we've come to some agreements on the fact that GB is a special website. And since its content is driven by the user, why not the direction the community goes as well?
"

There's an IRC? Man, I feel like the guy on the outside now. I wanna play with the other kids too...
"

"How do I know this place is different? Because of the staff. Jeff, vinny and all of the others really know gaming inside and out. This website is almost a one of a kind in the sense of wiki content and user driven submissions.

Don't worry about spam (it's in beta - day 1 still)

The staff is NOT worried about spam/new features as much as they are worried about bugs/glitches/bandwidth.  This site is brand new, and there are certain steps that need to be taken. Crap posting will slow down - just remember though, this is OUR community - we drive it. If we water it and give it care it will grow into a towering tree. If we ignore it and hide it in the dark, it will die.

We can and should expect:

- Trolls (attention whores)

- Post Whores (its a brand new website, people want to be noticed first)

- Fanboys (because it's still the internet)


But if we can accept these issues, like every forum, and work on becoming a friendly community and separating ourselves from the stigma of Gamespot, then this becomes ours, not theirs, but ours.


Be friends, be mature, be rational. =)
"

"yeh i followed since all the cool people left GS
"

"Kevin said:

"Your rational thought in this realm of chaos contradicts your avatar.
"

Sanity is in the eye of the beholder my friend :p
"

Oh, IRC... yeah. That's... yeah.

...

How do these newfangled internet chat thingies work again? >_<

"Oh, IRC... yeah. That's... yeah.

...

How do these newfangled internet chat thingies work again? >_<
"

"Oilers99 said:

"Oh, IRC... yeah. That's... yeah.

...

How do these newfangled internet chat thingies work again? >_<
"

If you use Firefox download chatzilla then report back.
"

"Kevin said:

"Your rational thought in this realm of chaos contradicts your avatar.
"

Sanity is in the eye of the beholder my friend :p
"

"Oilers99 said:

"Oh, IRC... yeah. That's... yeah.

...

How do these newfangled internet chat thingies work again? >_<
"

If you use Firefox download chatzilla then report back.
"

Honestly, I hope this "GIANT BOMB IS THE GAME SPOT BAND USER SANCTUARY!" phase ends soon. I was never an active poster over at GS, and honestly could care less about the "stick it to the man" attitude I've seen around these forums thus far. But I have high hopes for this site, I really enjoy the Wiki style community. Its like, Wiki, Video Games, and Face book had some kinda sick 3 way love child and out popped Giant Bomb and a deer head.

"Honestly, I hope this "GIANT BOMB IS THE GAME SPOT BAND USER SANCTUARY!" phase ends soon. I was never an active poster over at GS, and honestly could care less about the "stick it to the man" attitude I've seen around these forums thus far. But I have high hopes for this site, I really enjoy the Wiki style community. Its like, Wiki, Video Games, and Face book had some kinda sick 3 way love child and out popped Giant Bomb and a deer head.
"

I'm sure this place will grow out of the GS shadow and surpass it.

Im just glad this site is up and running...in beta form atleast,also it stretches all the way to the edges of my imac :) so its a winner already!!! no borders.

In the chaos of the internet, we few with brains must stand strong together.

Great post. I'm looking forward to meeting new members of the community and having great conversations here.

Agree that its all a bit mad at the moment, but reckon that as long as the infection of kids with poor grammar and a bad attitude are ignored, it should start becoming more of a community.

I agree -- we shouldn't get worked up. There are a lot of us that know what we're doing. Let's just keep doing our thing and let the staff deal with discipline. Then we'll be able to really start forming a community.

I mostly can't wait for the day until people stop connecting this site to a website that shall not be named.  Giant Bomb needs its own identity and community.  It also is in serious need of some moderators because the spam is getting completely out of control.

All these problems are to be expected, but that doesn't make them any more pleasant.

"In the chaos of the internet, we few with brains must stand strong together.
"

Awesome topic! Now what should I say. Eh, hmm... Nothing ! :D.

-Orakk

Good stuff, Jax. Keep it up.

- Trolls (attention whores)

- Post Whores (its a brand new website, people want to be noticed first)

- Fanboys (because it's still the internet)

this is a thread that more people should read

Well said good sir.. Well said.

Giant Bomb already has an identity. Its a powerful wiki with great social networking features. And its all her from the start and shoehorned in like other sites have done. I just hope the site bulks up with good moderators so the forums remain civil and mature.

Well said. If we ignore the attention whores and keep the site flowing we can get through these beta stages and become a great site. Look at how many members we have on day 2. Think in one month where we will be. Once we have mods and the spamming calms down this can be a great site. We all just need to do our part to keep it from going downhill like GS is starting to go. 

Its nice to have a new community, i'm posting only on topics I think are worth posting on. I dont even bother posting on topics that you can tell are spam...its just helping there cause. So far i like the community here :)