Topic: What does this community mean to you?

@Late
Were you around during the tail end of the 2000's when NL was once VC-Reviews, or during 2010-2013? I think Waltz bounced in 2013-ish. There was another guy, who almost came across as his minion, Aka, Aviator(I think?) who tried to immitate or follow in his footsteps. I remember Waltz even hired the guy to work for his website way back when.

And ya, there seems to be a lot of silly pointless bickering over small trivial things on this site these days more so than ever even with the obvious mega reduction in forum traffic. I notice some people will shut down any form of critism, even when critism is desserved or valid because they feel like it's haulting their NintenHype train. They'll undermine what you say, sweep it under the rug, and follow it up with a response that sums up to "I don't care, it's good enough" It's pretty wild. The Afterlife(if there is one) doesn't give souveniers for toxic positivity and fanboyism. lol There's also a lot of talk about 'download file sizes' and console/game sales which I've got zero interest in. The forums on this site used to be a gold mine in the late 2000's/early 2010's. But now due to the rise and insane popularity of YT compared to what it once was in it's infant stage/beginnings, followed up with the new generations of youngsters checking in(which is to be expected) the forums here feel 10x less active and nich.

Hardly anybody on here can relate to the 8-16 bit generations, because they weren't there. Most people on here are probably in their 20's and early 30's, which again is only natural and to be expected. Which means they most likely started gaming in the late 90's or early to mid 2000's.

I thought so too lol.

@NeonPizza I made my account in 2010 but had already lurked for a year or two at that point. Aviator is a name I recognize. I don't think LordJumpMad and jump are the same person. Looking at their profiles, they live in a different country and have a different 3DS friend code.

I'm in my early 30's now. I grew up with PC but over half of the games I played were not for a PC. I was playing NES games on Windows 95 before I knew what a gaming console or emulator even was. I grew up playing NES, SNES, GB/C/A and Mega Drive games but don't have any nostalgia for the consoles themselves. I had Game Boys and eventually a GameCube every year on my Christmas list but didn't get any of them. My first console was a Wii I bought with my own money, soon followed by a DS Lite. There was a time when I acquired retro consoles and games but since I grew up playing everything on one machine with varying image quality and controls, I tend to just use NSO or get a modern port/collection whenever possible.

I don’t think LordJumpMad ever actually changed his username.

@Tasuki if I remember correctly, you got your threads about emulation shut down before they relaxed their rules on it. When was the last time they actually enforced that rule on you? (Honest question, I’m not trying to be snippy or anything)