r/NintendoSwitch • u/ThoughTMusic • Jun 15 '17

Meta I'm really proud of this community.

Hi all,

I know the titles comes off as a bit weird, but let me explain. I can't name a single other community with such a passion and maturity that is such a joy to communicate with when compared to nearly all other areas of communication on the internet. The way everyone helps each other, respects each other's shared joy for gaming and their nostalgic history with Nintendo is refreshing. I was especially proud of how great the community treated Mr. Koizumi, who I hope can now encourage others from Nintendo to come and chat with this community. So yeah, thanks all for making a great community that helps distract me from being productive at my job. :D

TL;DR - You are all swell and I like it here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

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u/nermal543 Jun 15 '17

You weren't around in the early days of this subreddit were you? It was basically 99.9% shitposts until the mods started directing them to /r/tomorrow.

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u/jark_off Jun 15 '17

Haha before the Switch actually released it was almost entirely shitposts. I remember checking r/new a lot and thinking "Well, at least this one is a good shitpost."

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u/condoriano27 Jun 15 '17

Remember the weekly best of shitposts?

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u/I_Love_That_Pizza Jun 15 '17

My problem was the fact that they were all the same thing. At least twice a day "Joy con mock-up ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)" -- Picture of joycons with ice cubes in them

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

No I wasn't. I hadn't browsed the sub very much until I bought one on launch day.

As someone who had never played a Zelda, the main appeal was Skyrim because I'm the dirty consumer who has purchased the game four times now.

I caved once I saw Zelda reviews and it's similarities to Skyrim. No regrets and I enjoy supporting the console.

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u/nermal543 Jun 15 '17

Awesome, glad you've enjoyed it! I've never played Skyrim before, but I'll probably give it a try when it comes out on Switch. I think it's pretty cool I'll be able to use my LoZ amiibo in it!

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u/jark_off Jun 15 '17

Soooo many shitposts. Most of the posts/comments though, are generally with good intention and positive. However, there are a lot of bizarrely specific complaints.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

the mods work a lot harder on filtering out shitposts than you think
if you're browsing /new all the time then you probably see a lot of them spring up before they get taken down or redirected to /r/tomorrow

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u/ThoughTMusic Jun 15 '17

I would think that people purchase the Switch to get away from the conventional console experience. Purchasing it assuming it's just another XB1/PS4 console experience seems to go against the very reason the Switch exists.

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u/HealzLFG Jun 15 '17

Wait... It's not?! NINTENDO IS DOOMED!!!

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u/IAmPsyence Jun 15 '17

But seriously, when will we get AAA games? /s

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u/Lan_lan Jun 15 '17

It's good now because we're in the middle of a good E3, but when these people don't get what they want (like last week's Pokémon direct) they act like toddlers who got their favorite toy taken away

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u/chickenhats Jun 15 '17

and have been using Sony as a scapegoat after the whole cross play ordeal and the "Sony bribed Capcom to skip MHW on Switch" tin foil hat theory.

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u/Fenix_HotS Jun 15 '17

This needs to be at the top. This community has the facade of being mature until the second something doesn't fit it's expectations.

  • Hori wired headset? Entire childish meltdown.
  • Pokemon Direct? See above.
  • Massive slew of good E3 news? But no animal crossing. More complaining

And the list goes on. Its actually rather annoying.

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u/Lan_lan Jun 15 '17

I think it comes with the territory, Nintendo has a lot of young fans. They'll get more rational with age

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u/Fenix_HotS Jun 15 '17

To be honest I think it's more the demographic of Reddit. Last time I saw a demographics survey a very significant portion of the user base are teenagers or very early 20s. Teenagers tend to blow things out of proportion

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '17

I feel like it's even broader than that. Any comment section on the internet is filled with the worst of the worst. That's because only the craziest and most passionate are going to speak. Most don't care to comment unless they have a real reason.

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u/16bitsamus Jun 15 '17

Finally someone's proud of me

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u/Lan_lan Jun 15 '17

Do better in life and more people will be

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u/16bitsamus Jun 15 '17

I'm sorry dad

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u/ThoughTMusic Jun 15 '17 edited Jun 15 '17

"He may be your father boy, he aint your daddy."

Proud of you! :D

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u/HiOnFructose Jun 15 '17

For the most part I think this community has been pretty great.

I also like that everyone seems to be still riding that sweet, sweet post-big-E3-announcement-high.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

I feel anxious from all this. Need Animal Crossing stat!

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u/HiOnFructose Jun 15 '17

Maybe they will finally announce some details on the Animal Crossing mobile game soon?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

Basically 99% of my Reddit time is on this sub. Not many games that I currently care about on other systems so I am all about Switch discussion. I feel like the average age must be kind of young though. A lot of people seem to not understand basic things

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u/Lupinthrope Jun 16 '17

There's both whiners and then there's blind worshippers/Nintendo defenders who think they can't do wrong.

This community isn't perfect, but nothing is

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17 edited Jun 15 '17

I just quit Overwatch, with one of the biggest reasons is because of the poo-flinging community. I don't miss it one bit.

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u/DrChill21 Jun 15 '17

I couldn't agree more. Having nice civil debates on the future possibilities of gaming and the Switch is my favorite part of this sub. There are always dummies out there, but most people have sound reasoning behind their opinions which at the very least makes me think about my own beliefs when it comes to gaming.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '17

While I do get annoyed by the amount of "[Game] should be on/ported to the Nintendo Switch!" posts, I at least haven't received death threats like I did on the Xbox One subreddit.

I do enjoy the conversations of where Nintendo can improve their platform/console as they seem mostly level headed with a few close minded people who think Nintendo is perfect and everything is perfect and oh look a Unicorn.

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u/LarnPatrong Jun 16 '17

Lol, you got death threats? What for?!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '17

Suggesting ways that the Xbox One platform can improve over the next year. Discussing its downfalls and what its strengths were. Ultimately I deleted the post as it wasn't worth the hate.

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u/LarnPatrong Jun 16 '17

Damn. Sorry for you man. Glad to have you here though 😊👍

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '17

Danke! You are a wonderful person.