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I never said I don't want to play Yo Kai Watch because of you. I said you're giving me a bad impression of the game's fanbase and again, I was a little bit too vague because I'm tired and I honestly don't care about this argument anymore, but I meant that when you insult players of one game, it isn't increasing desire to play the game because of how you talk about them, which would be true for literally any two games other than Pokémon and Yo Kai Watch. I don't argue much on the internet, so I had a hard time getting my **** together, but I think you should realize that gatekeeping and being arrogant about a game is dumb as hell.

Venus of the Desert Bloom Of course the kid is out of line for obsessing over video games in a completely inappropriate setting like an English classroom.

I'm posting about video games on a video game forum website where you would expect people to post about video games of their choice. What video game they choose to focus on to post is irrelevant at that point.

That said, I fail to see what that example has to do with anything. Not like I'm posting about Mega Man game design on a forum discussing shower curtain prices even if I DID care about Mega Man.

Pokelego999 Pokemon is my favorite franchise too. Not really my fault Pokemon has so many negatives that are so easy to rip on. That's Game Freak and TPC's fault. If you don't like content you see, then just block it out and move on. That's what I do.

alexxxela
Nah. Gatekeeping keeps people you'd rather not put up with out and it feels great to be good at a game you love especially when it's hard. Having passion and skill is great.

I'll compare games I like in a genre as I please and you really can't do anything to stop me, so I suggest you get over it.

Again, that's completely unfair. Not all Smash fans are child predators.

If you don't want to argue then, don't argue. Nobody's making you reply to other people online. That's your choice.

Because the kid wouldn’t shut up about Pokemon constantly, the class got annoyed by it and started calling him out on it. I’m pretty sure what you post about does annoy people. Especially when it’s worried in such strong and decisive language “CAN”, “absolute best”, etc. The amount of negativity that you put forth on things you don’t approve on probably does get on people’s nerves. Sure, you can tell people do deal with it but, as I have experienced, you can’t keep telling people to “deal with it” within the workplace or social setting. It’s important to work with people than against them and empathizing with others while showing an interest in what is important them rather than your own will help you out in the long run. I don’t see that from your posts honestly. Just a lot of “it’s my way or the Highway and you are a doofus if you disagree with me.”

I do wanna say that I totally understand being negative about things you love; like how yku said with Pokémon. Something you cherish not meeting to the standards you feel should be met can be extremely frustrating. So showing negativity as actually showing appreciation on how it could possibly improve. I view Japan as my home rather than the States and love the country and it’s people tremendously. That being said, I have tons and I mean TONS of gripes about the country, it’s traditions, it’s culture, government, and everything else. Someone looking at it might think I really hate it hut the fact is I love it. I suppose this is perhaps a similar situation with you and Pokemon or perhaps with Yokai Watch 4.

Which is fair because, again, context. Of course you shouldn't be obsessing over talking about Pokemon or any video game in English class where you should be doing English schoolwork as opposed to talking about video games on a video game forums website.

The feelings of other people getting their petty feelings upset over a video game forum post are not my responsibility, so I really don't care. Should I become a psychiatrist, then you can pay me to.

No idea why you're trying to act like what I say on a game forum website is some kind of resume. I have a life outside of Smashboards where I'm going to college and passing my classes, getting invited to parties by my friends regularly late on Friday nights to play Smash and a wide variety of other games and am busy making bank at my current job thanks to the skills I've refined of working so well with others.

I post on Smashboards if and when I feel like it cuz I have important things to do and like to share my thoughts once in a while and as long as I'm not breaking any rules, you really can't do anything about it.

If you seriously think pointing out low quality game design means a person has no empathy or social skills and is some kind of personal attack, that really says more about you than it does me, if I'm being frank.

Being unable to understand why someone would like a game that has low quality game design rather than a more superior game and uses that to belittle their intelligence/their choice of enjoyment does show a lack of empathy and social skills. I wouldn’t consider that a 100% definition of you though.

That’s great you have a life that involves social interaction. Many people are not as fortunate so they depend on the forums for social interaction with is perfectly acceptable. That’s why some of these people may not be as accepting or perhaps more overly sensitive of these sort of issues.

Anyways, like you said, I technically can’t keep you from posting Yokai Watch stuff but I do hope you do consider at least some of these points that were brought up instead of flushing them down and moving on. Criticism isn’t always a negative thing - I depend on criticism and people criticizing my work so I can better it in the future as well as become a better person for it.

And another thing, if all you can do about a person is assume things about them, that's also your own problem.

Granted I'm no English instructor nor am I in a relationship where I have kids but I would assume somewhere along that road you would have learned communication is key.

That if you wanted to get to know a person, you would actively talk to them. Converse with them. Ask them questions. Get to know their favorite flavor of Jolly Rancher or if they prefer socks and tennis shoes over sandles.

I don't know you, dude. If I was interested, I would actively seek you out and talk to you personally via PMs or something. I don't because I'm not.

I'm sure you've also learned communication goes both ways so it's not like you know me either.

All you've done is get upset over a few video game forum posts and assume I'm someone with no social life.

If I was as assumptive as you are, I'd probably call you the kind of person that acts like they're omniscient all just because they know your Smashboards posts, which would be funny if it wasn't pathetic and I'm sure you can empathize why I wouldn't be interested in getting to know a person like that.

He just said you were someone with a social life, and is trying to argue in the most respective way I've seen. He clearly doesn't hate you over various minor arguments, you're just currently going for a low blow on this one.

Not once did I belittle people for liking inferior games. In fact, I've expressedly empathized with that as I have in the past said plainly I enjoy Sonic 06 regardless of it being a turd in terms of game quality.

That being said, you would be 100% wrong in that regard and once again proving all you do is assume things.

Again, their sensitivity is really not my responsibility. I'm not their therapist. I'm just a guy expressing his own thoughts on a game on a game forum site.

Dude, this whole post started partially because Yo-Kai Watch 3 is a POSITIVELY fantastic game as far as its own series goes. Of course criticism isn't always negative cuz YKW3Vis as good as it is cuz it listened to criticisms from 1 and 2 to be as good as it is.

I'm already 10 steps ahead of your advice, if anything, dude.

Pokelego999 Dude, I wrote that comment as another response to his previous one. Of course I'm not going to see he just said that when I was typing out a more detailed response tho I guess that's my bad.

Ah alright, my bad on that one then. Still though, you do tend to insult Pokemon fans and the people who enjoy the game. It's why we got unhappy in the first place.

When did I insult anyone?

I ain't the one paying through the nose for an ugly 3DS game on the Switch with bad animation that cut monsters for no good reason, locked following monsters behind DLC and made them fade in and out of existence igf their walking animation is too slow in a game with a jokeworthy competitive format where random crits and misses negate alot of need to be skilled.

I bought my copy of Shield use and I barely touch it cuz I have better games to play.

I'm the guy that paid 40 bucks for a monster collector on 3DS with 752 monsters on one game, has all its DLC that introduced hundreds of new monsters completely free, has 5 customizable victory animations for every befriendable monster, the monsters following you is a free feature and the competitive format is so fast, balanced and varied that high level Japanese players even to this day continue to find new team setups that are consistent.

I have no reason to feel bad about bragging for supporting a game like that.

You don't like that and see it as a personal attack? Well, that's your problem.

Ah crap. My phone died. Second time to write this up. Anyways, I wasn't upset at all. Perhaps I overstepped my boundaries and made it a bit too personal. I wanted to bring up issues concerning your past and current content and perhaps provide ways to make it more accessible to others. I honestly don’t have any huge issues with it but I know those who do. I do apologize for making an assumption of a lack of social skills and, while that wasn’t my intention, I can see how it can be viewed that way. For that I’m sorry and was unfair of me to bring that up. My intention was to help provide insight on your behavior and rhetoric and show perhaps why people might take up issue with it in the future to avoid conflict such as this. Like, I really enjoyed your thoughts on the newest Monster Hunter Stories game and, with your knowledge of monster hunting games, it’s refreshing to hear your take on that instead of gripes against Pokemon or gripes against people not liking Yokai Watch. Again, I’m sorry for taking it to a personal level.

Dude, you don't know anything about my past other than the few times I choose to use Smashboards on a whim.

It is not my concern if others take issue with it. It's my personal feed and will post as I please as long as it falls within the rules. If they don't like it, they have a block or mute button they can use.

In case you haven't read from me, I really don't care about "accessibility". Weeding out the weak is fine by me.

If you're that interested in what someone has to say, then talk to them. Ask them questions and such like I said. Nothing's stoppin' ya.

All that said, I forgive you.

Thanks for calling us weak

That's really a you problem if you think that it's your job to weed out "weak" people from playing a game. It's not your job to make sure that only people you see fit play a children's monster collecting game. I cannot believe I'm actually reading with my own two eyes someone who actually thinks like this.

Yeah. If you let other people decide what you choose to enjoy instead of choosing for yourself, then you've lost.

I will play as I enjoy and prove stronger than others by playing what I want and having fun with what games I want and no one can do a darn thing to stop me.

Someone posts a ton of things about a game I don't play. Cool. Let them. Whether I play it or not or show interest or not falls on no one but me.

Life is way too short to be so petty and weak to not explore other games just cuz some stranger they're never gonna meet on the internet said things about a game.

alexxxela I never claimed it was my job. All I said was I don't care about accessibility. In fact, if anything, I said it's the complete opposite as it is not my responsibility to care about the feelings of others getting upset over a video game forums post.

So I certainly have no idea where you read that but you might need to get those eyes checked.

Why are you still here? I thought you didn't want to argue?

People who are turned off from playing Yo-Kai-Watch (Me)

Are you actually being serious rn. I honestly can't believe you think it's petty and weak that people don't want to play Yo Kai Watch because you constantly ****-talk Pokémon and that's all they ever hear about Yo Kai Watch or its fans. I've had no interest in Yo Kai Watch or much knowledge about it all my life and now that my only impression of it is a fan of it insulting a game I like, it's not making me care too much for it.

Accessibility is such an important thing in gaming. You're acting privileged and arrogant over a simple game. You barely have any empathy or social skills because all you do is insult people while glorifying one game. I need to go to bed I am really so tired of this.

Goodnight!