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The RGT discord is honestly pretty good, seems like how it is here. I lurk it here and there. Idk what it is but Discord intimidates me. Probably because of all the nonces. I usually get into ones that are based on a certain game. I still regret SaveMGO though. That community scares me. The clan I joined up with were about the only sane ones playing that game.
 
I don't like Discord at all so it'll be forums only for me.
 
The RGT discord is honestly pretty good, seems like how it is here. I lurk it here and there. Idk what it is but Discord intimidates me. Probably because of all the nonces. I usually get into ones that are based on a certain game. I still regret SaveMGO though. That community scares me. The clan I joined up with were about the only sane ones playing that game.
After seeing a ton of discussion on the matter, I half rescind my statement. I haven't had any problem but I also don't really directly communicate on there and usually use it for the specific channels that have links to freeware or such. I like this set up more than modern social media so that's why I've felt more comfortable talking on here.
 
I hate the company and their AI Bs, but I am often there to hang out with my friends that life a few distances away from me. I hate the random friend requests and weird DMs.
 
I hate the random friend requests and weird DMs.

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You can actually turn these off. Same thing for getting random messages in DMs.

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Wait, there is a discord ? I only see insta, youtube etc... in "connect with us", am I missing something ?

I only use discord for games (when I used to play fighting games etc...), and not often, but I would enjoy to join the RTG discord, even though I'll probably be lurking.
 
Wait, there is a discord ? I only see insta, youtube etc... in "connect with us", am I missing something ?

I only use discord for games (when I used to play fighting games etc...), and not often, but I would enjoy to join the RTG discord, even though I'll probably be lurking.

They just took it down, and you cannot invite anyone to the server anymore.
 
Might be for the best.

Apart of me believes that Spike saw this thread, and didn't want to asociate the Forums to the Discord server of the same name, and decided to disconnect it after the severe backlash it gotten from the users here. Honestly, as much as I want to stay in here with the 30k members, I don't recognize a single indivutial in there that are on there. No Waffles = No RetroGameTalk
 
I was just being a little silly; I was mostly referring to the staff here being different from the staff on the Discord, but I think that the staff here might just be one of my favorite kinds of staff on a site with rules that I've seen.
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I was just being a little silly; I was mostly referring to the staff here being different from the staff on the Discord, but I think that the staff here might just be one of my favorite kinds of staff on a site with rules that I've seen.
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WAIT THE DISCORD SERVER GOTTEN REMOVED!!!!!!!
For a moment I thought i did something wrong
 
For a moment I thought i did something wrong
Nope you didn't LOL. But yeah, the server gotten removed as I was speaking to someone on Discord
 
Wait, for real? What happened?

I don't even know, I just saw everyone vibing like normal, and I saw the server gotten removed. The backlash of having a RetroGameTalk Discord did really put things to perspective, and now it's all gone thanks to the Forums. I don't mind it much, as I just joined.
 
Just went to check it and noticed it was missing from my server list.

To be honest, if the whole thing got shut down, I wouldn't blame the mods after all the heat it's drawn the past couple days and reactions from people. For me, forums are the essential place for archiving and discussion but I think it was a nice outreach attempt to have a Discord and go through the trouble of moderating it and all that comes along with it. If it's going to cause headaches and draw additional responsibilities and also be met with such negative feedback, I couldn't blame anybody. We'll see if that's what happened.
 
Ah dangit, I wanted to join the discord server. I'm mostly active over there, but I am making an effort to be more active here because, you know, forums. Just wanted to have a secondary lifeline to here in case of another server outage like the one we had a couple days ago. Would be nice to have a place to see live updates if anything went wrong.
 
Huh I just noticed the server was suddenly missing. Is everything ok?
 
Discord brings drama to every community it touches, clique posting, tmi shit, off-topic shit becoming a bigger part of discussion
Unfortunately dramas and shit have always been a thing since the early days of forums. That or you couldn't have any conversations because of authoritarian, overzealous admins/mods that were walking stereotypes of "internet is serious business". And forums today are even worse because of the influence they got from social media culture. Even if some decent forums exist, they're dead as hell. The only forums I miss are the ones for video games isos/roms/soundtracks/artbook that focused only at sharing stuff like that and forums dedicated to certain fandoms where people were much more civilized comparing to the more mainstream forums.
 

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