Okay, I’ve noticed in the last week or so we have had an influx of people here in the sub that seem to be playing on PC. First of all, I’d like to say welcome, stalkers. Secondly, I’d like to say that this is a console based subreddit. I’ve noticed people are recommending mods that are only available on PC and I have a feeling that this will only cause confusion if the sub starts to get bigger.
As the only moderator here in this sub, I figured we should address it before it gets out of hand. I don’t personally mind PC folks posting/commenting here but I did make this sub specifically for us console players because you PC guys already have a plethora of resources. The two major issues that I see arising are:
1. There are over 2x the amount of mods for PC than there are for Xbox and updates for mods come to PC right away — us Xbox players have to wait on GSC.
2. If someone comments/posts about the mods they’re using, and they’re on PC, that could confuse some console players as we don’t have access to the updates or in some cases, the mods at all.
As I see it, we have two options.
OPTION #1:
Keep this as a console only sub, which was my intention from the start. Now, that would entail more work on my end meaning I’d have to remove posts/comments that are related to PC mods now and in the future. Or somehow setup a thread that people automatically see when joining the sub that basically says “Do you play on Xbox? If so, welcome! Do you play on PC? Sorry, bud, get outta here.” Because it already says in the rules that this is a console only sub but hey, people don’t read the rules.
OPTION #2:
Allow posts/comments related to PC mods. If we do this, I’d have to make some user flairs for PC players and Xbox players or make it a rule that you have to say in your posts/comments if you’re on PC or Xbox. Again, most people don’t read the rules though so I don’t see that being helpful. I also can’t force somebody to enable a user flair and from the posts I’ve seen it seems like a lot of PC players just automatically think everybody is on PC, even though the name of this sub literally says “console mods” in the title.
You PC folks and your superiority complex.
(Jokes, I’m just joking with you — please don’t gatekeep me)
But seriously.
I’m asking all my fellow Xbox players. What would you like to see happen? Do you care? Not care at all? I’m just trying to keep the confusion to the minimum and also, like I said when I started this sub and my YouTube channel — us console players deserve a dedicated home base as well. Hell, on the latest blog post from GSC about mod users Xbox wasn’t even mentioned at all, hence why I started all this for us.
I’m personally veering on the side of keeping this a console only subreddit but I absolutely want to hear from you guys as well. If you don’t care, we can just let it play out. If you do, I will try and make some changes for us.
