A Quick Rant. Kindly Excuse Me.
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:17 pm
Something just struck me about the RadioSEGA forums. Now, this is going to sound controversial and I'm not intending to be spiteful or mean or bitter or anything along those lines, so I apologise in advance; I just want to vent some frustrations that have been building up for a while now so please just bear with me for a moment. I'm going to come right out and say it:
There is too much Sonic The Hedgehog on this site.
I know many of you are going to immediately reply with "Well duh, he's SEGA's biggest franchise of course there's going to be Sonic stuff." Well you're right. I accept and except there to be Sonic but well, there comes a point where it gets a little tiresome. It feels like I'm drowning in blue blur related nonsense: Sonic game discussions, Sonic & Friends in most avatars, Sonic wallpapers in the wallpaper thread, Sonic merch in the purchases thread, Sonic and friends in the ranking/mod titles, non-Sonic threads turning into Sonic discussions, Sonic in signatures, Sonic or Sonic references in usernames, Sonic events, Sonic news Sonic, Sonic, Sonic...It's too much!
I know it's probably just me over-reacting a bit and it's probably more SEGA's fault for trying to push him down our throats more than there other franchises, but can we please have a bit more diversity around here? It's a SEGA site, not just a Sonic site. SEGA have given us some delightful franchises over the years: Streets of Rage, Puyo Puyo, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Phantasy Star, Outrun, After Burner, NiGHTS, Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter, Virtual-On, Sakura Wars, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Space Channel 5, House of the Dead, Samba de Amigo, Rez, Shenmue, Super Monkey Ball, Yakuza, Total War, Valkyria Chronicles and all that good stuff Platinum have throw our way of late. Let's see some of them represented a bit more! Besides, quite a few of them are a lot better than Sonic has been recently.
And yes, before you point it out, I'm aware of the irony that by complaining about Sonic means I'm adding to the list of Sonic related content on the forums. Don't feel the need to point it out.
/rant
There is too much Sonic The Hedgehog on this site.
I know many of you are going to immediately reply with "Well duh, he's SEGA's biggest franchise of course there's going to be Sonic stuff." Well you're right. I accept and except there to be Sonic but well, there comes a point where it gets a little tiresome. It feels like I'm drowning in blue blur related nonsense: Sonic game discussions, Sonic & Friends in most avatars, Sonic wallpapers in the wallpaper thread, Sonic merch in the purchases thread, Sonic and friends in the ranking/mod titles, non-Sonic threads turning into Sonic discussions, Sonic in signatures, Sonic or Sonic references in usernames, Sonic events, Sonic news Sonic, Sonic, Sonic...It's too much!
I know it's probably just me over-reacting a bit and it's probably more SEGA's fault for trying to push him down our throats more than there other franchises, but can we please have a bit more diversity around here? It's a SEGA site, not just a Sonic site. SEGA have given us some delightful franchises over the years: Streets of Rage, Puyo Puyo, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Phantasy Star, Outrun, After Burner, NiGHTS, Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter, Virtual-On, Sakura Wars, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Space Channel 5, House of the Dead, Samba de Amigo, Rez, Shenmue, Super Monkey Ball, Yakuza, Total War, Valkyria Chronicles and all that good stuff Platinum have throw our way of late. Let's see some of them represented a bit more! Besides, quite a few of them are a lot better than Sonic has been recently.
And yes, before you point it out, I'm aware of the irony that by complaining about Sonic means I'm adding to the list of Sonic related content on the forums. Don't feel the need to point it out.
/rant