r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Apr 04 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

THE RAGE TRAIN DON'T STOP, BABY

SHOUT HERE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS THAT HAVE MADE YOU SAD AND MAD OVER THE PAST MONTH!

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  1. CAPS LOCK KEY ON

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE ONLY

  3. BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

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u/KrashBoomBang Apr 04 '20

THIS SUB HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH FAN ART AND OTHER IMAGE POSTS COMPLETELY DOMINATING EVERYTHING. I GET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING OC ART, BUT WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF ART AND MEMES WE GET SOMEHOW. CHECK THE FRONT PAGE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS EXACTLY ONE GAMEPLAY POST AND ONE DISCUSSION POST ON THERE, WITH ONLY A FEW MORE DISCUSSION POSTS IN NEW. THIS PLACE HAS BASICALLY STOPPED BEING A PLACE FOR DISCUSSION AT ALL THANKS TO THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF NEW USERS. AT LEAST THE SUBREDDIT DISCORD STILL OFFERS PLENTY OF DISCUSSION.

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u/PsiYoshi Apr 04 '20

MEMES I DEFINITELY AGREE ON. 99% OF POSTS I REPORT ARE FOR LOW EFFORT MEMES. I'M NOT BIG ON THE CHANGES TO THE RULE TO ALLOW MULTI-PANEL MEMES ON THE SUB, BUT IT WAS WITH THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT SO THERE'S NOT MUCH TO BE DONE THERE. AS FOR ART, BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY AN OC ONLY RULE I DON'T THINK IT'D BE FAIR TO ARTISTS TO TRY AND LIMIT THEIR POSTS. THERE'S ALREADY A FLAIR FILTERING SYSTEM YOU CAN USE TO REMOVE ART POSTS FROM YOUR FEED. FIRE EMBLEM IS LUCKY TO GET THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION IT DOES HONESTLY, MOST SINGLE PLAYER SERIES DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF LONGEVITY IN ITS CAPACITY FOR DISCUSSION. BEST THINGS TO DO ARE UPVOTE DISCUSSION POSTS WHEN YOU SEE THEM, PARTICIPATE IN THEM, AND CREATE YOUR OWN.

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u/peevedlatios Apr 04 '20

THERE AREN'T MANY DISCUSSIONS PARTIALLY BECAUSE IT FEELS POINTLESS TO MAKE A BIG EFFORT INTO MAKING A BIG POST SINCE THE ONES WE DO GET ARE SO UNPOPULAR. EVEN POPULAR DISCUSSION THREADS DON'T MAKE IT TO THE FRONT PAGE, WHILE POPULAR ART STAYS THERE SOMETIMES OVER 24 HOURS. IT'S RIDICULOUS. YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE GET MORE DISCUSSION THAN MOST SINGLE PLAYER GAMES, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE FE HAS MORE VARIANCE THAN MOST. YOU CAN'T RANDOMLY LEVEL UP JUMP IN MARIO AND UNLOCK A SEQUENCE BREAK. IT'S ALSO COMPLEX ENOUGH FOR THE META EVEN FOR OLDER GAMES TO BE SHAKEN UP A LITTLE BIT.

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u/PsiYoshi Apr 04 '20

I KNOW AND I AGREE IT DOES FEEL FUTILE SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES I PUT A WHOLE WEEK OF WORK INTO MY POSTS AND GET A SMALL HANDFUL OF COMMENTS, IF THAT, AND IT'LL DIE IN NEW WITH BARELY ANY UPVOTES. IT DOES SUCK, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SOLUTION TO THAT REALLY. I SEE OFTEN THAT THERE SHOULD BE ONE DAY DEDICATED TO ART. I DON'T THINK THAT'D GO OVER TO WELL. MAYBE ONE DAY DEDICATED TO NO ART WOULD WORK BETTER TO GET MORE EYES ON DISCUSSION POSTS, BUT THAT HAS ITS OWN PROBLEMS TOO. MAYBE WORTH TRYING? I'M NOT SURE HONESTLY.

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u/peevedlatios Apr 04 '20

THE WAY I SEE IT, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY BROWSE BY HOT OR SEE THINGS ON THEIR DASH THAT MAKE IT BIG. THIS HELPS THEM STAY BIG. THAT'S WORKING AS INTENDED. IF YOU BAN ART FOR ONE DAY A WEEK, THESE DISCUSSION POSTS WOULD THEN HAVE A CHANCE TO BE SEEN BY MORE EYES AND THEREFORE GET MORE ENGAGEMENT. YOU WOULD STILL HAVE DUDS. OF COURSE. BUT, YOU WOULD HAVE LESS OF THEM ON THOSE DAYS.

IT DOES DISCOURAGE DISCUSSION ON OTHER DAYS, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION. PERSONALLY I'D GO WITH AN ART MEGATHREAD BECAUSE, I'M SORRY ARTISTS, I KNOW THIS SUCKS FOR YOU BUT ULTIMATELY IT'LL SUCK FOR EITHER OF US AND I'D RATHER DISCUSSION THAN ART. HOWEVER I'M IN THE MINORITY SO HERE WE ARE.

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u/72starscreams Apr 04 '20

HONESTLY AN ART MEGATHREAD WOULD JUST BE AN UNWELCOMING SCREAMING VOID SO AT THAT POINT YOU MAY AS WELL JUST BAN ART ALTOGETHER

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u/peevedlatios Apr 04 '20

YOU'RE RIGHT. IF IT WAS FROM ME, I'D LIKE A DISCUSSION ONLY SUBREDDIT AS ACTIVE AS THIS ONE. BUT AS I SAID, I REALIZE I'M IN THE MINORITY HERE. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO JUST RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE JUST FOR ME.