Livingtarget Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I never realized that this form was still running! I remember when Dean proposed it on Kotaku, and in my mind it became sort of the Kotaku alums site. I figured I'd join so here I am. A lot of you probably don't remember me, so I guess I'll re-introduce myself. I'm Living_Target, and it's nice to be here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosyoshimage Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hi there, I'm chaosyoshimage on Kotaku. I make bad jokes and complain about stuff. I also vehemently defend the poor decisions of companies I like. Oh and I like animation and comics. Howdy! I don't actually say howdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pojodin Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hello new members! It's cool to see familiar names like Cobaltios and Paradox Me here. Hopefully you will enjoy this place as much as most of the regulars on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) So many new (and familiar) faces! Someone link me to whatever ye read that brought you all here, I feel like being inspired to want to leave Kotaku all over again! Edited June 29, 2012 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 @:LivingTarget: Wait h ow old are you(on kotaku, not age). I "proposed" idea of the forum years n years back (about 3 to be exact. Yup Steam says three.). This place is the final form now. Gone from "TAY forum" on Freeforums.org to X-talk/PXOD on Invision. All they way from a fan forum to a place with a somewhat popular (though less so as people stop reading) "Fucking Kotaku" thread. How things change over the years. So for those following from home we've gone from: talkamongstyourselves.freeforums.org To a minor stint as tay.gappoi.org And then over a year or so ago to save cash (single domain n hosting and the sites were similar) combined my also 3 year old Pressxordie.com gaming blog a few of us kotakuites ran with the forum. Leading to the current X-Talk. Which given everything is now owned and, beyond recurring costs, paid for it shall likely remain as PXOD/x-talk combo. Opens up some extra opportunities too and unlike the freeforums we have complete control over the posts(As you'll see if you hop over to where the freeforums site used to be, they've since wiped it all). You'll still see the odd few "TAY" titled post around actually, like so, so there's bits of it around. But for the most part it is now n for rest of time X-talk. New site, new community, but for 90% or so of users gota common background in kotaku over the years. So yeah, mini forum history for those that cared for it and were maybe confused on where that red n orange place from years back went to n what this place is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livingtarget Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I've been commenting on Kotaku for 5 years now. I knew the set of commenters before you guys too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livingtarget Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 So many new (and familiar) faces! Someone link me to whatever ye read that brought you all here, I feel like being inspired to want to leave Kotaku all over again! I'm guessing it's the new commenting system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blobbeh Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Well, I'm Blobbeh. Like most people, I decided to join here after the horrible changes to Kotaku. Other than the people who recently joined, there aren't many familiar faces around here, but I hope to get to know you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Blobbeh, I think you will find most people around here enjoy having all of the new people showing up, for no real reason except a love of gaming. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livingtarget Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ah, it's my fellow KOTOR 2 brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Posting under two of my favorite Kotaku commenters ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunFlame Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 A lot of folks moving around all over the place. Recent changes made me realize how few decent options there really are for discussing games. Sure, there are some hardcore fans of specific genres and IPs that have places to go to. But for other gamers, ones that love the craft and want to discuss in detail, there really are few places that offer this. Some forums tend to circle the same discussions (like the Piracy argument, that's a dead horse), so it's important to have new content, new topics to discuss. There's a sound bunch of rational gamers here, so that's a nice safe spot for basically talking games, but I still think something's are missing. Hopefully you pleasant folk who put together the content can work something out, so that more of the discussions can actually center around the articles that get posted here. Anyway... I kinda digress, making this a little off topic...sorry bout dat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) So for those following from home we've gone from: talkamongstyourselves.freeforums.org To a minor stint as tay.gappoi.org And then over a year or so ago to save cash (single domain n hosting and the sites were similar) combined my also 3 year old Pressxordie.com gaming blog a few of us kotakuites ran with the forum. Leading to the current X-Talk. I actually joined the forums at freeforums. Twice. Under entirely different names. But I've never been active. I was looking for some community to post to so I went there once and it's empty and it says we moved here so I signed up again. I stopped reading Kotaku (regularly) a long time before joining here. Glad the old forum was still up with a link here. Edited June 29, 2012 by elev3n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) I think the history of all accounts went away, or is archived. I can only see one post I did on Gawker a couple of weeks ago. My legacy is gone! Whaaaaat?! Motherf- ...didn't they know I had a star? A STAR! Edited June 29, 2012 by Hot Heart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havok Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 So yeah, hi. I'm an exile from Kotaku as I hear many of you guys are as well. The last straw was yesterday with the new comment system and not begin able to login with either my old handle (the one I have here), or the two new handles I had to create when they removed the old system. All three of these also seem to have no profile anymore. Fun. Anyway, looking forward to having a bunch of awesome discussions with you guys. PS. Fuck Kotaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I think the history of all accounts went away, or is archived. I can only see one post I did on Gawker a couple of weeks ago. My legacy is gone! Whaaaaat?! Motherf- ...didn't they know I had a star? A STAR! I haven't gone to Kotaku for ages, but I still liked knowing my little star was there... I'm gonna miss that guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earle117 Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hey guys, what's up, former Kotakuite here. Checking the site out, looks pretty cool. Glad to see some familiar faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I've never seen an influx of new users like this! In the interest of not flooding this thread with greeting spam, welcome, all of you! If even half of you become active users, this is gonna change things up! Cool. I haven't gone to Kotaku for ages, but I still liked knowing my little star was there... I'm gonna miss that guy... I made sure to use mine up before I left... It was worth it, to call Joel out for calling the Razer Blade laptop "[not just] the future of PC gaming - it may be the future of PCs." I mean, he fawned all over that thing (which seems to have failed utterly to make any impression on the market) like he wanted to have its babies, and I've never seen such a negative response in the comments, but he seemed genuinely shocked to think someone would suspect him of paid editorial... or he was just mad he was caught so easily. Sadly since Gawker depends on unique visitor impressions, that was probably one of the most successful articles ever... and that's when I knew there was no place at the site for me. Though I got my first star back when it was network-wide, and lost it when it was site-wide, so I still had one everywhere else after that... but then in a while they required third party logins to comment, so I never went back to a Gawker site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hey guys, what's up, former Kotakuite here. Checking the site out, looks pretty cool. Glad to see some familiar faces. What's up, earle? Good to see you again after we just met a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ah, it's my fellow KOTOR 2 brother. Word! Arok Lazarus won't sign up here, and he's the one person on Kotaku who I talk about KoTOR and KoTOR2 all day with, over and over again. I have tried, but he won't do it. So, for our gaming news, we are going to Giantbomb. I just need to get over there and give up Kotaku permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livingtarget Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ah, it's my fellow KOTOR 2 brother. Word! Arok Lazarus won't sign up here, and he's the one person on Kotaku who I talk about KoTOR and KoTOR2 all day with, over and over again. I have tried, but he won't do it. So, for our gaming news, we are going to Giantbomb. I just need to get over there and give up Kotaku permanently. I made the jump to Polygon. That place seems pretty cool, and Crecente and Mcwhertor seem better off for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocSeuss Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Wow, I wasn't sure if my plan to flood OT/TAY/Speakup was going to get anyone or not. I'm glad it worked. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pojodin Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Well done DocSeuss! Way to bust down the doors at Kotaku and go Fulton Gustav on their membership! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Another wandering soul, exile, defactor, etc etc from Kotaku. The new commenting system finally threw me over the edge. Look forward to getting into many discussions over here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Welcome Vecha. I remember seeing you every now and then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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