[quote name='whoknows']What do you use?[/QUOTE]
AIM
[quote name='panzerfaust']me and ihadfg are infamous for writing novel-length game discussion posts in the GGT. no one else ever wants to join in.[/QUOTE]
Oh, believe me, I've noticed, but it's never anything I have a personal interest in. So it's better off if I don't contribute considering I have no idea what it's about.
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']I used to like discussing gaming in here because everywhere else it's taken so goddamn seriously. I play a lot of games, but for some reason I just don't get why whenever I try to have a discussion about them it has to be "serious business." One of the many reasons I don't like Gaf. Back in the day you used to be able to get that laid back game discussion here. You still do a little bit with you, Hank, and a couple others but mostly it's just icebeast or JSP posting stupid pictures. I did the same thing to a certain extent with the videos, but that was mainly to annoy the people who gave me shit after posting the first one.
I'm not saying I hate having a good time. One of my favorite GGT memories is when we started making each thread title about someone's mom, but it just seems like the thread has devolved into a bunch of posts about random shit that has nothing to do with gaming or anything even remotely funny. Kind of makes me sad since back in the day when the mods were trying to shut this thread down when we got into it with OTT on the grounds that this was nothing more than another OTT, but with different people, we fought to prove it wasn't and it seems to have turned into exactly that.
Just my opinion anyway. I do actually like talking to a small number of you, and if you do have IM chats and things where you discuss stuff feel free to invite me.[/QUOTE]
Well, I'm not saying that is has to be as serious as GAF takes games, because they take it to a completely differently level. It's just that there's rarely any laid back game discussion now, like you pointed out. When I say "real talk," I'm basically saying that I'm not trying to be sarcastic or act in a sarcastic manner. Yes, when we do get together and talk, we still joke around, but actually speak our opinion about something.
We've really only done IRC chats for E3, everything else takes place in skype when there's multiple people involved.