warcrow on 18/12/2009 at 14:51
I dig some of the opinions posters in these forums have, and I need more intelligent gamers to follow. I'm pretty much a Tweeting fool (strictly gaming of course). Anyway...
In this thread we post our twitter accounts so we can geek out:
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http://www.twitter.com/heymarkd)
EvaUnit02 on 18/12/2009 at 14:59
no one cares about this web 2.0 bollocks
get off your arse and start a proper blog at least
warcrow on 18/12/2009 at 15:43
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
no one cares about this web 2.0 bollocks
get off your arse and start a proper blog at least
No one cares? I think there are several million people who would readily disagree with you. ;)
And in regards to starting a blog, you mean like this one?
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http://eat-games.blogspot.com)
EvaUnit02 on 18/12/2009 at 16:26
I'm sorry, I guess that you don't lurk often to know about our quirks and inside jokes. To the point, a lack of punctuation + all lower case = sarcasm around here.
To be serious though, I find the concept of Twitter to be redundant, lazy and banal. Ditto for all Web 2.0 social networking sites in general really.
I have profiles with Steam Community, Xfire, XBL/GfWL, PSN that track the games which I play and I find those to be more than enough. Why? A. because they're married to certain games and can't be separated from the experience (they can be ignored, but I generally chose not to.) and B. for my own interests, not really for sharing with others. Eg Xfire tells me how many total hours I've spent playing a particular game.
The Xfire app is very useful for its overlay features, which I use regularly. In-game IM meta-client, browser, a VoIP solution, capturing screens/video and facilities for seamlessly uploading them to the web.
Ditto for Steam. If I see a dude on my Steam friend's list I may chat with him/her to perhaps organise some co-op matches or whatever. Or provide a VoIP solution for games which lack them or where it doesn't work properly.
warcrow on 18/12/2009 at 16:52
It's a fair point, but for me Steam and several of those other services arnt on my iPhone. Twitter is a nice and easy (as in, user friendly) news aggregator for me. I following roughly 120 people and only two of them are friends (in real life). The rest ar journalist, commedians and musicians (with a few news sites). Its basically an RSS feed.
I could see why some people arnt interested in it though, but I can also (after using it) see why it's fairly useful.
june gloom on 18/12/2009 at 19:52
This really belongs in CommChat where it can be ignored and/or mocked like God intended.
Mr.Duck on 18/12/2009 at 20:41
I have a Twitter account, alas it's 98% in Spanish.
:(
henke on 18/12/2009 at 22:16
Aye caramba!
Koki on 19/12/2009 at 09:16
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
I find the concept of Twitter to be redundant, lazy and banal. Ditto for all Web 2.0 social networking sites in general really. (...) I have profiles with Steam Community, Xfire, XBL/GfWL, PSN
Mhm.
Mr.Duck on 19/12/2009 at 20:15
Quote Posted by henke
Aye caramba!
¡Ay caramba!
Plz...
Also, NO ONE actually says that.
ffs...
Now, ¡A la madre! is more common.
:)
