YugaTech’s Top 10 Console Games of the 90s

+1 on Legend of Kage. Miss that game!

Fingers are tired figuratively, get it?

@Louie: It’s nothing to congratulate. You probably exercise your fingers more by using your phone than typing an article that could fit in a few Tweets. I’m not criticizing your opinions, I’m commenting on the lack of any substance to back them up.

When I get a notification on my phone to read an article on Yugatech, I actually look forward to it because – occasional grammar mistakes aside – it’s likely to be fairly informative *and* locally relevant. Understandably, this is an opinion piece so the same expectations shouldn’t apply, but I have to say that for this reader, its brevity was disappointing.

inb4 if you don’t like it don’t read it; I have to read it first to find out if I like it, right?

@Commenter: Fingers are tired figuratively, but the article is short in reality. Get it?

@d4ryl3: He posted it in public, Watson. You put anything out in public, it gets exposed to criticism. In this case, be thankful it’s not the same derisive crap that you Yugatards throw at another writer, poor @bobfreking.

Your jimmies rustled, boy, or do you just not know how opinions work? His opinion is that the 10 games in his list are the best. Mine is that his list isn’t satisfactorily supported (Note: I’m not asking for a longer list). There’s plenty of relevance there, because if he doesn’t back it up, how am I to know why he thinks they’re great?

By the way, you posted a comment down below:

““You missed x..”

Well, the title says “YUGATECH’S” Top 10 Console Games of the 90s.”

So if everybody who had something else to say just shut up, you’d only have banal, fluff comments like “Great article!” or “I completely agree!” It makes for good discussion to have differing points of view, especially since Louie specifically asked for comments and suggestions. For Louie, it gives him material. For the readers, it improves user experience. For Abe, it brings in traffic. Obviously for people like you, it just causes rageface. You obviously need to ease up on the aggression before you make yourself look even more clueless.

Fair enough. It does make sense when accompanied by that clarification, but I understood it as a generalization.

I’m not attacking anyone. If Louie (or Abe) takes offense from my asking in earnest that the blog’s writers – or at the very least, the articles they submit – be examined better, that’s an unfortunate side effect of the statement’s actual intent: to help improve the quality of writing in this blog by making a critical remark.

I am not calling Louie out for any number of completely unrelated offenses, like bad grammar/spelling, choice of topic, originality of ideas, relevance to the Filipino community, or other such non-issues that are occasionally brought up in these comments; some in much more offensive language than the one I chose to employ.

As for demonstrating a lack of propriety and respect on my part, I agree on the former in retrospect it may have been more appropriate to point this out to Louie privately. He does provide his personal SNS details after all. However on the latter, I cannot support your claim. First off, I have no reason to be gentle in my criticism of his work. We are not friends, not even acquaintances, and I suspect Louie would prefer to keep it that way. Secondly, one of two outcomes would have emerged after my posting: ether my comment would have gone completely unnoticed, or ignored, either immediately or shortly after his reading it; or it would have left a lasting impression, negative though it may be, that would hopefully serve to push him to exert more effort. I don’t doubt his intelligence, writing ability, opinionated outlook, or gaming credibility, not at all. I only wish he would have showcased those traits in this article.

I hope this clears up my motives, which are not in the last bit unselfish; after all, as a frequent reader of this blog, I want to come across quality content.

See above comment.

Additionally, observe how I’m not talking about my own writing abilities at all. I’ve never said “I can do better.” There’s nothing I’m boasting about, and I don’t know where you’re getting that from. At worst, I’m being unduly harsh.

As for your second accusation, again, where are you getting this from? What makes you think my commenting on some random guy’s blog post would serve to make me famous? If I really am just feeling pasikat, wouldn’t it be much better if I created my own blog, went on other blogs and commented in advertisement of mine? The motive doesn’t exactly fit the crime.