Thread titles that are no-nos (and other ...

I'I'm not a very frequent poster, I also don't read near as much as some other user's do, but I have been with Gamespot for over 6 years (I believe), so I have read plenty of threads in the system-wars sub-forum. The main reason I cannot be bothered to post is because for every thread that has blossomed into a interesting discussion here, there are another 7 threads which consist of ''u phail, owned, I like cheese'' posts.A large mayority of the ''system wars population'' judge a thread by it's title, instead of it's content. If I create a a thread with the title ''THE XBOX360 KICKS THE PS3'S ASS LOL LOOK HERE'', I am going to go nowhere very soon. After a title like that, it really no longer matter's what the content of your post is, your thread is doomed to fail.I hate to patronize, but I have composed a list of big thread title no-no's just for the sake of humanity:1. Cold hard ''facts'' as thread titlesThis instantly turns your thread into a flame-war starting at post number 2. ''Gears of War 2 makes the Xbox the best console of all time'' means nothing, is nothing, and will go nowhere.I'm tired of again and again seeing thread titles talking about how X game ensures victory in 2009 for X console, or how X game will kill Y game. All you have to do is look at the first page of threads right now to see what I am talking aboutThe reality is that system wars debating is like debating politics. It's pretty absurd and silly, but if you can see why saying ''Obama is literally mentally retarded, here is proof'' is just going to be a flame war, then you should be able to see why the GoW2 title above won't go anywhere as well.If you want to stem interesting discusssions on System Wars, this is the golden rule. Express your point of view as a point of view, not as reality itself. If you want to debate about GoW2's graphics in comparison to Killzone's, making a ''Gears of War brown color scheme vs Killzone's gray color scheme'' is a much more intellegent thread than ''Gears of War beats the crap out of Killzone, pics to prove this'' thread.
In both threads you end up using images to compare the two games, but one of the threads actually has a discussion going on, while the other is just a large collection of youtube oneliners. Of course, unless you consider 10 pages of ''I like red'', ''no! blue is better!'' posts an interesting discussion, debating color schemes is a pretty stupid idea as well, but that's a seperate issue :). 2. My exclusive is better than yoursNEVER EVER do this. Just dont, its especially bad if the two games mentioned in the title are games that haven't even come out yet. Comparing LittleBigPlanet to Killzone won't get you anywhere. -- 3. Express your ''fanboyism''Always make sure you express what ''side'' you are on beyond whatever is on your avatar. Let's face it, everyone, up to a degree, is a fanboy. Some more than others of course, but even then, there is no such thing as full ''unbiasedness''. Just as I said above, a lot of the arguments made on System Wars are based on a point of view, but are treated as facts. If express in your post what type of fanboy you are, and why. Ironically you gain credibility and people start taking you more seriously.I am a hermit, I am a die-hard fan of everything Crytek and Relic. I adore pretty lights and glowing ''thingies'', I am a total graphics whore and I can blindly spend 3,000 dollars on an expensive machine and honestly think that my PC is better value-wise than a console. Crysis is the greatest FPS ever made, period. Just because you strongly express a certain point of view, does not mean you are automatically a stupid fanboy. You might have good things to say :)-- 4. Never use statistics you made as the primary argument in your threadYour statistic showing that cows (when not munching on grass) stare more at Wii's than at PS3's will not prove that the Wii is a better console. When you post a thread using a statistic you made as the primary argument. After the initial ''you fail'' posts fade away, someone will just come up with an equally idiotic statistic showing that Sheep stare more at PS3's than at Wii's. Don't use your own crap statistics to ''prove'' your point of view, you will just lose credibility big time.I'm not trying to say that ''homemade statistics'' are completely useless either, just don't use them as the primary argument in favor of whatever silly point you are trying to prove. -- I could go on, adding more and more items to the list. I will leave it at that for now, I have a feeling that everything I wrote above is completely unintellagable and is written in very poor english. if you read the whole thing and understood it, kudos to you :). All that really matters is that when you are writing a thread, you keep in mind tha you are a biased person and a fanboy. Keep all your thread titles mild, and keep ''the real stuff' for the content of your post, don't ever make ''factual'' statments about whatever nonsense forms your point of view. And most importantly, keep in mind that nothing you say will change what people think, at all. Cheers.Thread titles that are no-nos (and other ...
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Thanks for posting this helpfull informationFanboys will never change though. And the ''good'' posters allready know how to make a thread(title). common sense really.also in some cases, people make thread titles like ''my console pwnz urz'' to start a discussion and get as many viewers/posters as possible. this is System Wars after all