Seriously though, the controller looks good to me. Apparently it has cameras in it and all.

Beeds'll learn ya, Beeds'll learn ya real good.

It's not being chauvinist per say, but I think most of us would be more excited if it were a hero. I love heroines and have played their games, but a game like Shenmue is one that a male wants to bond with to a certain degree and you won't be able to fully do that with this game unless you're gay.

BTW I got my Dingoo today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't be needing any games for........ ever! :D

Yeah, but by the same token you could argue that female gamers would be able to relate better to a game like that with a female protagonist. Personally, I don't really understand how any mature person can be actively put off by the idea of having to control a female protagonist to be honest, whether the game is open world or not, the gender of the character makes almost no difference to me. It's a shame that the vast majority of game developers feel like they have to pander to the majority demographic (or at least perceived majority) of gamers: white male teengers, and so we overwhelmingly end up with white male protagonists. More diversity would be welcome.

As for Dreamfall, is it PC only?

Yeah they were good chaps. :(

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-22-kojima-says-mgs-ground-zeroes-may-be-too-risky-to-be-publish-sell

Kojima getting "mature" and "taboo" on our arses with the new MGS! What could this mean? Personally I still rate MGS 1 as being the pound for pound most mature MGS game, not that the other games didn't have poignant moments, it's just that they were usually a tad more jarring and harder to take seriously in the context of all the other extreme ridiculousness or overblown indulgence (things that I did like too, to be honest) that they were caught up in.

I like the way Koj is talking though, even if it doesn't turn out as "taboo" as he's hyping it (I find it unlikely that it will be), it sounds like he's got his creative juices flowing.

:rotflmao:

Shenmue 3 has pretty much caught up with Timesplitters 4.

We take our meaningless polls seriously as Shenmue fans - don't fuck with us! (Where is that All Stars DLC??)

^This. I'm actually incredibly proud of how seriously us Shenmue fans take these potentially insignificant polls. It's our consistency that impresses. And it's consistency that we're going to need if we ever want to see Shenmue 3 greenlit one day, so I fully endorse this (somewhat questionable) poll.

:roll: Here we go again. Despite the fact that the author of this article clearly believes himself to be a contrarian, he's not, in fact this view seems to be the mainstream one in many corners of the internet. I've personally had the experience of being bashed over the head with "but it will never live up to expectations/Sega will never provide a big enough budget/ those days of gaming are OVER/ get over it and move on" replies on certain forums while trying to drum up support for the tweethon.

I'm afraid I have little patience for cowardice on the level of "let's not try and get what we want in case it's not as good as we hoped." Seriously, screw that.

^this. And people always forget that for every dud franchise reboot (well, every truckload admittedly..), there's always a surprise gem that beats the odds, a game that shouldn't have been as good as it is, but is. Something like XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Who thought that was going to work out well prior to it's release?

Also the author does give the impression he's the type who'll be checking this forum later, probably hoping to see a bunch of angry fans "spunk creamy-hot vitriolic hate all over my face". Well, his face.

I'm quite confident a Shenmue 3 kickstarter would receive the largest pledge we've yet seen.

As many times as you feel like. The tweetathon is every month though, so it would be great if you try and remember to participate on the 3rd of each month. It's up to you how many times you feel like tweeting on the day.

lol at how the discontentment this thread has generated has spawned the usual rehash of bullshit financial graphs and debates about Shenmue's failure.

We're like a pack of hungry dogs who were getting excited from the aroma of a juicy stake in our nostrils, only to get thrown a meatless bone and start fighting amongst ourselves.

I swear, I'm actually gonna punch someone, anyone (probably myself), in the face next time I say that fecking graph posted again. It's like the staple weapon of choice for the frustrated Shenmue fan or lazy disgruntled gamer who's looking to piss off Shenmue fans.

Also can we please stop ragging on poor ol Yu for having a Ferrari. Wasn't it already proven to be a really shit Ferrari anyway :lol:

Rakim one question.

Why not 1st of da month

I love 1st of the Month, it's legit probably one of my all time fav hip hop songs. But it's one big ode to financial welfare checks, and I'm not sure that would gel quite as well with America's love of uber-capitalism as much as the Pied Piper R kells's ode to partying and getting jiggy,

Actually now that I think of it one of the other relief tracks was that world's greatest one by Mr. Kelly. I guess I should put him on my "Good bloke" list.

Yeah, I have a lot of time for his music, the man is ever so slightly insane though. For evidence of this, watch his "Trapped In the Closet" commentary videos.

Ooh, has 13 Assassins been mentioned yet? ( the Miike one) I love that film.

I'm the curious as to how effective people expect this to be. It seems ill aimed.

I'd say the best outlet for something like this would be a major gaming news medium. That would draw more views from Sega execs than a few fan pages.

Sure, getting our cause promoted on a big gaming site is also a boon, but the problem is, it's there one day and then it's forgotten about, and the Sega execs can go back to their usual policy of sweeping Shenmue under the carpet. There have been countless amounts of sporadic infrequent articles about Shenmue on gaming sites that disappear quickly, not to mention fan campaigns aimed directly at Sega execs (such as the famously lovable capsule toy campaign, amongst others) but they have been very easy for Sega to brush aside and ignore, leaving us disheartened every time.

This campaign differentiates itself in a number of key ways thanks to wonders of current social media: 1. it's incredibly easy to get on board with, almost anyone can spare a minute to send a tweet 2. It allows us to be persistent, and not just have one flash in the pan burst of activity before fizzling out, but instead continue to grow and be an ever louder voice in Sega's ears. The campaign is into it's second year now, and it continues to grow larger and gain traction 3. In a way, it allows us to circumnavigate Sega's execs, thanks to the very public medium that twitter is. If we can continue to make enough noise like that in a public space with thousands upon thousands of viewers, it won't be viable for Sega to keep up it's act of silence, something will have to give, we know that and they know that, we just have to keep going from strength to strength as we currently are doing.

And there other ideas and plans being kicked around too, the tweetathon as it currently is, is by no means the full scope of our ambitions. But it does serve as the core that is keeping the fanbase active and united once more, and from there we can continue to evolve.

Hello there! Lovely introduction thread. I've been telling folks around these parts that having an introduction thread or subforum would be nice, for ages!

I know completely how you feel about Shenmue, it's a strange game, and an inherently nostalgic one. A wistful longing for the past (as well as an appreciation for the journey towards the future) is pre built into the game's DNA. Obviously there's the fact that the game was set a couple decades into the past on it's release, but there's also the fact that Ryo loses his father at the beginning of the game, and while this doesn't quite immediately strip him of all his small town stability and comfort -he initially still his has curfews, pocket money and childhood friends amongst other things- it does set him on a speeding course towards adulthood, and eventually forces him to say goodbye to ALL of those things, leaving them to be nothing but warm cuddly memories while we're on the streets of Kowloon.

But at the same time, the game always left us all with an intense desire to drive into Ryo's ultimate destiny, leaving every creature comfort and friend in our dust as we moved towards an almost familiar yet unfamiliar looking fate. The game's intense relationship between nostalgia and a desire to move forwards towards one's destiny, is no doubt only strengthened by the fact that the games are quite old now (reminding many of us of our childhoods or younger years), yet nearly all of us here still feel a prolonged and unsatisfied desire to move forward in Ryo's abruptly curtailed journey.

Oh dear..it's 6am and I'm getting bloody poetic about Shenmue again...sorry, this tends to happen every 6 months or so.

Yeah it's nuff dead on here, come to SUcK, that's where the real life of the Shenmue party is at. And the party don't stop man, it's just don't stop.

Looks like the sweet life baby. Also good to know that some Japanese are just as slovenly as the worst of us barbarian westerners, I mean, even Mittz was appalled, and that speaks volumes. Still, the sweet life baby. Though, I don't think the guys in those pics are playing games, the games are quite clearly playing them

How did you come across this gorgeous abode, SC?

I can't seem to revert after they changed mine today too. How come they let you go back but they forced this BS on me and Sonikku? I find the blue garish. I no longer seem to have garish ads for dating sites in my side bar any more though :s. I miss those..I was always waiting for the day I broke and thought "fuck it, OK Hotmail fine you win, lets DO THIS! I'm finally gonna ask that ridiculously hot woman (who looks suspiciously like a famous glamour model) who you tell me is "desperate for a man like you" out on a date! sign me up to this shoddy looking site". Alas I fear that day will never come now :( Damn you Outlook!!!

I guess it's possible you might have genuinely been happier in the east, but I sometimes wonder whether people who say that kind of thing are actually being realistic about what the "east" is like. One will encounter much of the same difficulties anywhere in world as far as I can see. There are differences of course, but sometimes I think people can be a bit romantic about the notion of living in places like Japan or China or whatever. Especially as they just as hyper materialistic (maybe even more so now) as the west is. You could argue that their cultures are perhaps less individualistic than ours, but even then there are negatives that go along with that, like the extra pressure to conform and fit in. They are still great places, but I think sometimes people aren't realistic. It's swings and roundabouts, there are plenty of things you could despise about the culture of those eastern countries too.

Feelers Reebo (did I spell his name right) is cool new guy though. As are you Stocke, but I swear your an older member aren't you? Giorge (did I spell his name right) is cool too, he was so incredibly considerate, that he PM'd me to apologise for taking part in a discussion about Shenmue' s troubled past in the MAG's thread after I made some flippant remark. Don't be intimidated new people, you are the future, the dojo is NOTHING without you!

Check this out for a soul crushing introduction to the forum : http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=40325

I think something LawXiu said in that thread aptly summarises how I felt : I'm only a short term user and I started loosing hope a long time ago.

New people, don't let the dojo break you! And David Hazuki, holla at me dawg, your a ray of sunshine!

No mystery. I banned him for ragging on my health and typical overreaction from me back then. :???: Tho was not a few months. Gboy was banned in spring 2011. SC joined a full year later.

More regrets

ah, no no, I know all that. I mean Gboy used to still occasionally post on SUcK, but then soon after I investigating the mysterious parallels between G and SC, he disappeared. This is deeper than Hotel Dusk!

But seriously. "Women's Day"? meh. I'm often the most outspoken in regards of advancing women's rights, but I find this all unnecessary. Secure women don't require a day "just for them" to feel better about themselves. They might better make everyday "equality day" and cease the need of highlighting the fact that we're all different. It's the same with "black history month". Do African Americas really feel better that we've consolidated the achievements of an entire race into one month a year? Well... maybe they do. I don't know. I can't speak for them. But if I were one of them I myself would see no need. Maybe I'm just crazy though.

This is truth.

Drugs may be a political issue, but we're not talking about politics or celebs here, we're talking real drug addicts or homeless people in desperate circumstances. And no, they don't generally get given much attention. They get ignored, and are generally invisible to the average person who doesn't give a shit about them and is too self concerned to see.

I don't know what discovery your banging on about as I haven't read your post yet, but nothing much gets ignored more than these most marginalised people.

Yes. It's like he didn't even try.

Watched The Year of Living Dangerously starring a young Mel Gibson, the other day. It was actually pretty decent, better than I was expecting. It also reminds one of Mel's 80's heyday, he really was the quintessential ruggedly handsome American hero. Genuinely a shame he started to lose the plot a bit (Not that it was your fault, Mel, you were driven to madness by the women and the jews, I know). I'm pleased to hear he's making another comeback though.

Really sorry to hear that, Ryudo. It's the hardest thing to hear that a loved one has cancer. But just try and stay strong and remember that cancer is always certainly beatable.

I stumbled across this post on another certain gaming forum today. It made me laugh, but I'd be lying if a said that I also didn't agree with most of it. I don't think even hardcore Nintendo fans can really deny that the poster is making some pretty fair points.

The trouble with Nintendo

Here's some thoughts I've had about what's wrong with Nintendo.

1) Cheapskates.
Spend some money. Open more studios. Hire some new talent. Maybe set up a few studios in the West.

I don't know why this isn't happening. Nintendo have a great selection of IP. Titles like Zelda, Metroid and Mario, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, New Super Mario Bros, Starfox and of course Pokemon seem to do pretty well for them. These titles offer lots of different playing opportunities and conceivably mean Nintendo could offer something for everyone.

A lot of these games are so well established everyone knows what's going to happen before they play the game. Zelda? Hookshot now is it, oh no, my mistake, I'm getting the Boomerang now. I liked learning the spin attack again. No wait, it's a completely different game because in this one you ride about on a rhino instead of a horse.
Nintendo need not expend it's “magic” on these titles. Get them farmed out (like the GBC Capcom Zeldas or Namco's GC F-Zero) or hire more developers to make these games. They're guaranteed moneyspinners, and the formula is so well defined that it doesn't make sense to waste valuable talent on developing them. Instead, they should use their development superstar(s) to come up with new ideas and have them realised in exciting new pieces of software.

The Legends are always coming. Get the games made and on the shelves!
Nintendo have got so much IP that if they wanted to, they could release a fan favourite title every month for years. WiiU would have been THE console to have. Who could resist a launch with Mario, Metroid, Zelda and Mario Kart? Why don't they do it? Because they haven't got enough staff to make the games? They don't want to crowd out 3rd parties? Enjoy your big franchise title in 2 years time - the title that you bought a console on the strength of. The Legends Are Coming! What are Nintendo doing? Where are the games? Why do they take so long to release them? People would buy two Metroids, two Zeldas two whatever else's over the course of a console's life. As is, you get neither, loyal purchaser. Not for years. The legends ARE coming. Get third parties making your games and you're not choking them out either. As an aside, when did Nintendo stop development of games for Wii? It's not like they worked on Wii software until the WiiU was released was it? What are they doing? What have they been doing? Making top notch experiences like MiiVerse?
2) Cheapskates.
Why don't Nintendo make hardware that represents an advancement of the form? With the 3DS it's not so bad, but with the WiiU they've shot themselves in the foot in a big way. Got an Exclusive WiiU title coming, Ubisoft? Seen those Sales figures? They're terrible, aren't they? Fortunately for you, Nintendo created a console that's about as powerful as the ones that came out 7 years ago so you'll be able to port it across to the other consoles without too much bother. Nintendo have got the resistive screened beauty into people's hands, and they've done it a year before the next round of hardware releases occur. A full year to build up a massive userbase. No games. No Games. Why? Because they're being held back to simultaneously release on PS360, 3 months before those consoles have successors on the shelves. What about first party games though? No games. No Games. Why? Too slow to make them, not enough developers. Well, with this old tech the system must be nice and cheap, right? NO! They've packaged every single one with a controller that costs more than any other, not communicated why the controller is amazing and now nobody wants to pay extra for something that looks the same as the much better supported systems elsewhere in your favourite retailer's shop.

3) Cheapskates
Let's invest in new IP. They'd have to hire more developers, OBVS (not allowed - $$$) but assume that they have new people onboard. Here's a Nintendo press conference: Miyamoto strolls out and says “I am pleased to announce these brilliant new minds that I have been working with. They have brilliant games for you, I have been overseeing their ideas and I love them.” They get the Miyamoto Seal Of Approval and their games will be out before the PS4 is on shelves. PANDEMONIUM. Miyamoto says these games are amazing?!!? Who knows games better than he?! I cannot wait. What does Miyamoto do now? Is he fully onboard with many games? How long until he retires? Nintendo need to get their eggs out of that basket and start promoting for the future.


Imagine a release schedule like this:
January: Metroid
February: New Miyamoto approved IP
March: Mario
April: Zelda
May: StarFox
June: Smash Bros
July: New Miyamoto IP
August: Mario Tennis
September: Rayman Legends (An authentic third party title, just for fun!)
October: Pikmin
November: F-zero
December: Pokemon Hue of Choice

Bit Better than
January: Relax, post Christmas
February:
Rayman (Delayed)
March: Cancelled.
April: Port of last year's PS360 hit with controller gimmick tacked on.
And so on, Isn't it?

Not possible? Why? Get the games made and out on shelves. Hey, Capcom, fancy making some money? Knock us up a Starfox will you? People want to buy it.

4) Cheapskates
Why is everything always cheap with them? Tiny battery when there's room for a big one. I've got to charge it up every ten minutes now. Oh, I can't be bothered. Why's the web browser on 3DS so bad? Like worse than a £100 smartphone bad. Why's the screen always so bad on Nintendo stuff? Like worse than on a £100 smartphone bad. Why does their hardware match last gen's specs? Why do purchases/downloads take forever in the E-shop? How much money did you save on that battery, the slow processor and the crappy screen? Was it worth making a product that irritates? Why bother putting a web browser in 3DS if it's that bad? Just don't do it.

5) Tight arses
How old's this game now? 25 years. How many times have people bought it now? About 5 times each. Hmm. How much shall we sell it on the E-Shop for? £12? Hmm. Let's go for £13.99. Nintendo sell everything from their back catalogue at “it'd be rude to” prices. Who wants this stuff enough to pay real money for them? As in, in significant numbers? Do I want to buy their system when I know I'm going to be paying top price for everything all the time? I'm not so keen. Will I get to keep those purchases? No, the account doesn't transfer and they want to charge me again later.

I think Nintendo need to invest in their future. Refusing to do so has screwed over the WiiU, the people who've bought it and the developers who've started work on games for the platform.

If they want to ignore the rest of the world I don't know why they don't do it properly, they could go completely self sustaining and only have Nintendo games on their platforms.

And that's some of what I think about Nintendo.

But yeah, we all know what the only thing that can save the Wii U is: The Shnemue License ;-)

Poor squirrel that should be in the "Things that made you sad today" thread. Wait, do we even have that thread?

This is exactly why a score at the end of a review will always be justifiable. Yeah, yeah, I know people like to bash people who just skip straight to the score and don't bother with the writing, but sometimes one does not wish to read the writing, and Bioshock infinite in exactly one such time.

I didn't know you were on the Dojo committee, spud. Give it a rest.

why was qwerty banned again?

Can't remember exactly, but I think it basically boiled down to him constantly being a contrarian in regards to following certain rules, which is to say he basically had a real problem posting respectfully, and hated it when he was told he was wrong. He was also constantly dogging Ryudo at practically every turn, and derailing threads with their arguing. I think he ultimately sent some abusive PM to Peter (who in all honesty was pretty fair handed and even lenient to the guy) or something. Personally I don't really get why anyone would be sad about his banning, he nearly never posted anything that wasn't on the level of crude school playground humour, and was usually looking to provoke someone or another. And yeah, Hai was surely qwerty.

It's actually pretty depressing that for whatever reason my mind has retained this completely pointless information. Eh.

^^really, that's why he was banned? Hilarious.

I'd be totally cool to see him given another chance if he can keep his shit together.

I'm not trying to get on the guys back, as he is already banned and that, but have you read Hai's (qwerty's) posts? They are totally pathetic, even by his standards

@ Joka

Your a forum og man, I genuinely wish you would start posting more again. I still remember when your cat ran away :sad:

EDIT: Wrong thread, sorry.

I'm the other way around, I feel kojima is at his best when he's going full on crazy. I'm not going to lie, I felt MGS4 probably didn't go far enough , in the ape shit bonkers department. Though I know that opinion runs contrary to the usual view that MGS4 needed to tone itself down. I actually think MGS2 is the most batshit MGS game, and I kind of love it for that.

Well? Are you? Are you one of those guys that commands a room's attention or do you shirk about in the background, mumbling to the person next to you because you don't have the confidence to deliver your opinions whether they be on point or not? I'm not saying that I'm right all of the time, nobody is perfect, but 99.99% of the time I own dat shit and it's nice to be able to have belief in yourself. Being alpha fucking rocks.

But Qwerty, your not an Alpha. A true Alpha would never even be on an internet forum, let alone a Shenmue internet forum that he's been a member of since he was a teenager. Word up.

I won't go as far to say I enjoy anything you post though because every post reeks of banality

Genuine lol

Read Teepo's follow up post. Aside from his defence of insensitive puns as "Britsh" humour, he made some reasonable points I guess, and I think it was only right he was allowed to reply like that. Personally I feel he should be unbanned, and fairly warned that if doesn't stop the racist/blatantly offensive jokes he will be banned again. I don't really see the harm in giving him a fair shot and a fair warning, as it's true that plenty of folks around here have gotten off far lighter than he. All the "he's a vile scorpion waiting for his opportunity to sting and leave the dojo in ruins..ruins...RUINS" talk is nothing but hyperbole. He's at worst just a troll that can do little to no real damage to this place at this point, and if he is he can be easily banned.

Don't worry Teepo, old mue's name carries a lot of weight around these here parts, I'll spring ya in no time ;)

Congrats Segata. The game looks really good.

Yeah, we are consuming at a rate that is far greater than what can ever hoped to be considered sustainable. Maybe every resource is sustainable, but definitely not at the rate that we are going. Mankind really needs to learn to consume less, especially power. It's not going to happen though, because we have all become so utterly pathetically accustomed to living this lifestyle and won't change, not until the shit really hits the fan. All this talk about it all being a "hoax" and that we can continue consuming at this rate with no consequence, that's what you call denial.

Yeah he did, haha, when I read your post I was thinking "damn, Sweaty don't pull his punches for anyone does he" Thankfully Segata isn't the type to take offence easily and likes honest feedback anyway.

No, not really. I've never seen any other Macross stuff, but I love Macross Plus. It's brilliant.

Nice Video, Adam. Though much like your last vid the only thing baffles me is when you said "the worst case scenario wouldn't be if they didn't make Shenmue 3, it would be if they released a Shenmue 3 without the ability to continue a save from Shenmue 2". :s It's probably one of the most incidental features in the series, nothing much of any consequence will come from it. Shenmue 1 and 2 are fairly linear games with no signicant branching paths or moral choices to be carried into Shenmue 3. Sacrificing your completionist inventory would surely be a most small consion to make?

Phantom Crash for the Xbox. This was a really strange game to be honest. I never quite knew exactly what I was supposed to be doing in this game to advance, well I knew I had to smash up other robots, and I guess that was enough. I actually liked the bizarre style of the game, with it's talking animal computer chips and crazy characters, and it's obtuse nature only intrigued me further. The main bulk of the gameplay was centred around customising your mech out in an insane amount of ways, until it's an ultimate weapon of destruction, and then enter arena fights with other supped up mechs. I remember really enjoying the arena fights, they were fast paced and frantic. Mechs could often jump super high, turn invisible, or fire all kinds of missiles depending how they were customised. And all the while this carnage is taking place you get snipits of convo from the various kinds of animal AI chips each mech has on board.

So yeah, strange game, but it was really enjoyable, and if your partial to a bit of mech action I would recommend this without reservation.

I only discovered quite recently that this game did actually get a sequel. Though it's not surprising I never heard of it, as it came out years later, on the PS2, and under a completely different title. It even had a different publisher, so there was really no way of knowing the two were connected. It's a shame, as I wuold have loved to have tried it out. Has anyone here played it? I'd be interested to know what it was like.

Another game that I never hear anybody ever talk about is Ring of Red on the PS2. I'm actually currently playing this and it reminds me a bit of Front Mission, for obvious reasons. The difference here is that there is an actual real time/action side to the combat. It was the first game that Yukio Futatsugi worked on after the Panzer Dragoon series (he's the creator of that series) and it's such a change of pace, like he couldn't have a made a more different game. It takes place in alternate timeline where Japan is divided into two regions, North and South, with civil war erupting alongside the Second World War. It's very different from most Strategy games that I have played. Again, another game that nobody cares about.

I third Ring Of Red, it's a really interesting game and very under appreciated. I'm proud to say I was one of the probably only 3 people in UK to buy this on the day it came out :lol: . Hilariously enough, the last time I remember hearing this game get mentioned, was when the incredible(ly hilarious) rapper lil B was showing off his retro game collection on Youtube :lol:. He also had Shenmue, but I get the feeling he just raided out some old game shop that was probably shutting down, and has never played any of those games :lol:

Another game I'd like to mention is Ronin Blade (known as Soul of the Samurai in the US). I actually was only reminded of this game when OL posted about it a while back, it's an almost completely forgotten Konami gem. In truth there's not an awful lot I can remember about the game. I remember it being challenging and almost like a Samurai Resident Evil, kind of like Onimusha's forbearer in a way. However, despite my overall lack of memory, some small details of this game really stick in my mind and harks me back to my childhood when I played it, more so than a lot of games, for some reason. This one get's me feeling very nostalgic.

Another game worth mentioning could be Otogi. I absolutely adored it when it originally came out. A very, very atmospheric game. Though I think most people here have probably heard a couple of us mention the game a few times. I never gave much time to it's sequel, unfortunately, and I'm not sure way. It's shame really as I'd quite like to play it now, but don't know if I can be bothered to go through the hastle of buying an old Xbox just for it (digital re-release please, From!)

^ Does a never ending constant state of melancholy not count as depression? Hmm, not sure, buy surely everyone needs some respite from the worlds saddest vegetable.

I think we only need the random thoughts and laugh/pissed ones.

The what did you buy and so on could simply be posted in RT.

I don't have a problem with the "what did you buy" thread, seems an innocent enough thread to be honest.

I'm still not convinced this will greatly improve forum activity in any real way, but I honestly don't mind seeing the back of all the "what made you-insert emotion here- today" threads. Mainly because there are so many of them now that they have reached the point of parody (see my "What made you melancholy" thread :lol: ).

I think the only thread being closed that would make a tangible difference would be the "random thoughts/general discussion" thread. And the result of not having that thread around would probably just be a whole load of lifeless threads with little to no discussion in them, to be honest.