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The Difference Between /r/Gaming and the Other Gaming Subreddits. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]emjaiz 5 points6 points ago

So what you're saying, it's basically a 3 tier system in karma whoring?

[–]wadad17 6 points7 points ago

Its the nostalgia along with the combination of hypocrisy that gets me. That and birthdays. Reddit in general has horrible obsession with birthdays, but when you show off your N64 themed birthday cake... cringe

[–]boobinator 19 points20 points ago

/r/gaming has become a true circlejerk, bash EA and CoD, praise Nintendo, Valve Bethesda and Blizzard.

Notice how not a single post that actually linked to the CoD BlOps 2 trailer was upvoted enough, yet posts mocking the trailer made the front page, just does not make sense, i came here yesterday to check out /r/gaming's opinion on the trailer and was surprised that not a single post about the trailer had enough upvotes or comments.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

The circle jerk actually turned a full circle and it's at the point where it bashes people that bash EA.

[–]lateness 9 points10 points ago

The EA marketing department is learning.

[–]prboi 1 point2 points ago

It seems like lurkers & posters are the EA bashers while commenters are the circle jerk bashers

[–]philphan25 1 point2 points ago

Going to /r/games is so refreshing.

[–]RaffaAu 0 points1 point ago

Then there are the people who complain about /r/gaming who know people will agree with them(you), then there are people like me complaining about your post which is complaining about people who are complaining. All I know is you should stop posting this shit.

[–]lord_dude 0 points1 point ago

this OR the fact that r/gaming has 1,4 million subscribers

[–]smthngclvr 0 points1 point ago

/r/gamernews: 39,039 readers /r/games: 83,100 readers /r/gaming: 1,435,318 readers

That's the real difference.

[–]gjallerhorn 0 points1 point ago

and now the cat's out of the bag...

[–]ofNoImportance 0 points1 point ago

Except on r/gamernews the top post is still:

Rock Band iOS shutting down. Game will "no longer be playable" after May 31.

While on r/gaming we have the resolution:

Looks like someone listened! Thanks EA

News travels really slow on r/gamernews sometimes.

[–]prboi 1 point2 points ago

That's not the point. The point is that other gaming subreddits have the courtesy to not show bias or prejudice to a certain publisher or developer that is notorious for being unfair or bad.

on any other gaming subreddit, they simply tell it like it is. On /r/gaming, any post regarding EA, Call Of Duty, or Bioware/Mass Effect 3 include a joke or someone cursing them out & constantly provoking others to simply say "STOP BUYING FROM THEM"

In other words, other gaming subreddits hold themselves with professionalism while /r/gaming consistently shows how juvenile & out right insane they can be by constantly letting themselves get so upset about something even though they constantly buy from them.

[–]ofNoImportance 0 points1 point ago

I beg to differ.

[–]stefanopolis -4 points-3 points ago

More bitching?

[–]Z0mb1cide -3 points-2 points ago

The hate must flow.

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