Am I the Asshole?

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Obviously *I* don't think so, but I've been wrong before; so here we are..

I started an account on Retro Achievements a few weeks ago, and 3 days ago I decided to finally post in the 'Introductions' section of the forum. And holy shit, the amount of backlash I received was quite extreme..

Spoiler: The post in question..

Hello.. I love that this exists. I only wish that something like this was around when I was a kid in the 90s..
However, I also have a concern.. I have an old, potato computer so I play on a 1st generation phat PS3. Because of which, all of my points are automatically labeled as "softcore," even after hitting the "hardcore mode" switch in the Retroarch settings. This actually offends me a little bit, since I'm personally against the use of save states. I think that anyone who regularly uses save states (beyond practice runs for extreme challenges, speedruns, etc.) are lame. Therefore I think the distinction is great, but it doesn't apply to me..

Edit: It would also be nice to get RA to work on my physical PSP, and/or for the PS1 & PS2 games on my PS3 as well..

Link to the actual thread, for full transparency..

Clearly, the hate I received was over "I think that anyone who regularly uses save states (beyond practice runs for extreme challenges, speedruns, etc.) are lame." Now on one hand, one could argue that I could've left that single sentence out. But on the other hand, I was also making point while introducing myself. I expected some kind of pushback as well, but not 2~3 pages of hate, followed by a 2+ page flamewar between two users that were ultimately "muted," and the thread itself was locked. All in less than 24 hours!!

Now to be fair, it wasn't ALL hate, there was a handful of constructive responses as well. Mainly the one early-on by "CrispyCassette" (fun name, btw) explaining why the PS3 Retroarch-CE can't do "hardcore mode" anymore. But I'm probably never going to bother posting in the Retro Achievements forum ever again..

 

[Tonberry]

Not The Asshole.
Sure, you could've left it out like you said, but it's still really nothing to get up in arms about. I guess some users saw it as a personal attack due to the wording, but that's on them, really.
(Not sure I understand the need to make a vent post about another forum as a full thread instead of like a status post or whatever, but still, I vote Not The Asshole in this case)

 

[Mopeybloke]

Two pages in and I don't think the response you've got was too bad.
They probably should've stopped responding after the first page or so though. Not much to say on such topics.
The whole discussion is kind of silly when you consider how lame everyone that uses achievements is.

Spoiler: JK

I'll have to make my own AITA post.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Not sure I understand the need to make a vent post about another forum as a full thread instead of like a status post or whatever, but still, I vote Not The Asshole in this case

I was just really taken aback by the backlash..

I'm not followed by a bunch of people, so I didn't anyone would see it, and I am legitimately curious..

I also left out the question of if anyone else ever experienced something similar from RA?

 

[Heinzu]

Well, you shouldn't take all the comments too seriously; some are just know-it-alls who want to make themselves look important.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

No, not really...

 

[Mopeybloke]

SuperCirno may have a point there. Is your PC actually less good for emulation than a PS3?

 

[Tonberry]

I was just really taken aback by the backlash..

I'm not followed by a bunch of people, so I didn't anyone would see it, and I am legitimately curious..

I also left out the question of if anyone else ever experienced something similar from RA?

I haven't used the site apart from just registering and linking PCSX2 to it, so I don't have any direct experiences with the community, sorry.
Though I can imagine a community of achievement hunters might get pretty antsy and defensive if someone would imply the way they get their achievements aren't cool or whatever, since they probably take it super seriously.

 

[Poppet]

This is the stupidest discussion I read today. I truly don't understand the superiority complex some people get from playing videogames- But I also don't care about achievements lol.

Anyway. I concede with Mopey, is your PC really that bad for emulation? Probably with the correct combination of retroarch cores or standalone emulators you get even better performance than in your PS3.

Edit: Plus the fact that Phat PS3 models are more prone to failure than other models, Might be worth looking into using your PC instead or maybe selling the PS3 and put the money towards something better.

 

[χKai]

Sometimes post just get shit responses.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

You came in peace, they brought out the pitchforks.

How are you the asshole?

That said... You really could have left that out.

 

[Clippy]

I'm gonna say 'not really'.

It would've gone over better if you simply said you don't like to use savestates and left it at that instead of calling people out but at the same time some of them got waaaaay more butthurt than that comment warranted.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

I dont think so, you expressed your opinion and that totally fine. They may not like it or share it, but it is your regardless.

Anyways, I dont think it was that bad, last pages where funny. I never speak to him but Im already missing Wimpyfox... an state of the art trol.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

You are not the asshole, they are.

 

[maelbrazil]

I'd say Absolutely not if you had criticized the do and not the doers like "I think regularly using save states is lame" instead of "I think that anyone who regularly uses save states is lame".