I love DS2, it’s my favourite one out of the series. But do we have to have these baity DS2-related posts here that happen so often on the reddit Dark Souls subs? Every time it’s like I’m looking at basically the same comment section on them as the last one. It’s so boring and predictable
There are many, many more things that can be discussed around DS2 than how and why most Souls fans either think it’s the least good one at best or outright hate it and refuse to play it (even if they’ve never actually tried playing it once and seeing for themselves) at worst
That’s valuable input, appreciate it. I’ll be honest, I’m not creative enough to come up with memes to post here, so the bulk I do post is off r/shittydarksouls. In classic reddit fashion, they beat a dead horse to pulp before coming up with a different joke to populate their posts with. I do like myself a shit post from time to time, so I do like to join in on the silliness and cross-post. But if the content gets too repetitive for people and if there are more people feeling like you, I’ll ease off and try to come up with more original content.
It’s just difficult to strike a balance between posting “cookie-cutter” stuff and not posting at all because I lack the time to keep people entertained on here with my own creativity. You know what I mean?
Edit: Re the last part of your comment: Would you like to come up with a post about the aspects the game is usually not talked about? It’d be hugely appreciated because my ideal is other people than me posting here, but no pressure or stress either way. Just a thought I had :)
And I appreciate you responding in a constructive way. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not expecting a load of new content that’s very different to the reddit subs. The series ended nearly 10 years ago now, it’s hard for anyone to think of anything creative to post at this point. And yeah I get you for sure, I wouldn’t expect someone to devote themselves to this stuff!
Love a shitpost myself and was a fan of r/shittydarksouls too, there’s some gold on there. It’s not on there I see this stuff I talked about, I feel it’s more on the main subs. The sheer amount of times I’ve seen some slightly differently worded variation of asking why people hate DS2 so much. And while some of it will be genuine of course, I can’t help but think that people just make those posts cos they see how much engagement it gets, even though it happens all the time. Also some of it could be bots too I guess
I dunno, I’m over here ranting about a certain type of post on a specific game’s subreddit being boring and overdone and not wanting it here too, maybe that says more about me than them
But anyways yeah I will engage more and try and get some more varied discussion of DS2, you’re right to point out I can do that after me saying this. It’s the most unique one after all, I think you could say? Whether the uniqueness is good or bad or wherever in between is a big part of the debate
Nah, it’s absolutely valid you bring this up. Part of the appeal of Lemmy was/is that we’re doing things different to reddit. So finding that a community is copying content off reddit can be disappointing or confusing - I absolutely get that.
That’s part of the reason this community is for soulslikes of all kinds and not tied a specific franchise. That way, it’s easier to have stuff to talk about with new releases encouraging new topics and discussions. Of course, most people are into the FS titles first and foremost so it makes sense to serve that audience to an extent. But there are limits, of course.
That’s awesome to hear - glad to have you here. But again I have to stress that you’re not obligated to post anything. A comment here and there is sufficient and even that is not required. You checking out the posts is enough already :)
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I love DS2, it’s my favourite one out of the series. But do we have to have these baity DS2-related posts here that happen so often on the reddit Dark Souls subs? Every time it’s like I’m looking at basically the same comment section on them as the last one. It’s so boring and predictable
There are many, many more things that can be discussed around DS2 than how and why most Souls fans either think it’s the least good one at best or outright hate it and refuse to play it (even if they’ve never actually tried playing it once and seeing for themselves) at worst
That’s valuable input, appreciate it. I’ll be honest, I’m not creative enough to come up with memes to post here, so the bulk I do post is off r/shittydarksouls. In classic reddit fashion, they beat a dead horse to pulp before coming up with a different joke to populate their posts with. I do like myself a shit post from time to time, so I do like to join in on the silliness and cross-post. But if the content gets too repetitive for people and if there are more people feeling like you, I’ll ease off and try to come up with more original content.
It’s just difficult to strike a balance between posting “cookie-cutter” stuff and not posting at all because I lack the time to keep people entertained on here with my own creativity. You know what I mean?
Edit: Re the last part of your comment: Would you like to come up with a post about the aspects the game is usually not talked about? It’d be hugely appreciated because my ideal is other people than me posting here, but no pressure or stress either way. Just a thought I had :)
And I appreciate you responding in a constructive way. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not expecting a load of new content that’s very different to the reddit subs. The series ended nearly 10 years ago now, it’s hard for anyone to think of anything creative to post at this point. And yeah I get you for sure, I wouldn’t expect someone to devote themselves to this stuff!
Love a shitpost myself and was a fan of r/shittydarksouls too, there’s some gold on there. It’s not on there I see this stuff I talked about, I feel it’s more on the main subs. The sheer amount of times I’ve seen some slightly differently worded variation of asking why people hate DS2 so much. And while some of it will be genuine of course, I can’t help but think that people just make those posts cos they see how much engagement it gets, even though it happens all the time. Also some of it could be bots too I guess
I dunno, I’m over here ranting about a certain type of post on a specific game’s subreddit being boring and overdone and not wanting it here too, maybe that says more about me than them
But anyways yeah I will engage more and try and get some more varied discussion of DS2, you’re right to point out I can do that after me saying this. It’s the most unique one after all, I think you could say? Whether the uniqueness is good or bad or wherever in between is a big part of the debate
Nah, it’s absolutely valid you bring this up. Part of the appeal of Lemmy was/is that we’re doing things different to reddit. So finding that a community is copying content off reddit can be disappointing or confusing - I absolutely get that.
That’s part of the reason this community is for soulslikes of all kinds and not tied a specific franchise. That way, it’s easier to have stuff to talk about with new releases encouraging new topics and discussions. Of course, most people are into the FS titles first and foremost so it makes sense to serve that audience to an extent. But there are limits, of course.
That’s awesome to hear - glad to have you here. But again I have to stress that you’re not obligated to post anything. A comment here and there is sufficient and even that is not required. You checking out the posts is enough already :)