+1 (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Monday, April 07, 2025, 17:58 (8 days ago) @ Coaxkez
edited by cheapLEY, Monday, April 07, 2025, 18:25

I'm technically on Discord (mainly to keep up with various communities -- including the Marathon Discord!), but God, do I hate using it.

I am, too, through some patreons that I subscribe to. About once a year I remember that fact, open discord, look at it for approximately 45 seconds, realize it's a fucking nightmare hellscape, close it and forget about it again for another year.

It's weird, because I used to live on IRC in the Halo 2 days with the Forerunner clan. I'm not sure if it's just age and me being less inclined to just be sitting in front of a computer for no real reason (which I still do occasionally, but not like I did twenty years ago), or if discord is actually substantially different somehow. I hate it, either way, so I guess it doesn't really matter. I suppose the difference is that IRC was a supplement to an incredibly active forum at HBO (and the Forerunners made their own site and forum, too), versus discord often being the only community available for some things.