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[VenomousCoffee]

Waypoint is doing their GotY... uhm, not sure what it is

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/letter-from-the-dean-welcome-to-waypoint-high-school

That might be the worst conceit I've seen in some time.

 

[Data West]

Waypoint makes Polygon look like GiantBomb.

 

[Red UFO]

waypoint is a nightmare

 

[Lunar FC]

Two sites I was super intetested in launched this year (The Ringer, Waypoint), and both of them are fucking embarrassing.

 

[Ketch]

Yea, waypoint continues to be too much on the hipster-side of gaming things. Nope.

"The highschool of video games" isn't even hipster though. It's just baaaaaad. Like this could be a cartoon on mtv bad.


I want to know who over there thought that a highschool themed anything was a good idea.

 

[derFeef]

"The highschool of video games" isn't even hipster though. It's just baaaaaad. Like this could be a cartoon on mtv bad.

Yup. Problem is they want to be serious and "better" and try too hard to make that shine through all of their articles and headlines. I seriously despise that and I am usually not that harsh about that, but it's just bad and embarrasing.

edit: When's the site fixed! I want to listedn to GOTY NOW!
edit2: It's fixed!

 

[Hjod]

So I just signed up for Premium for the first time, you guys got any recommendation where I should start? There is a ton of content to go through, I'm kind of lost to where I should start haha.

 

[Mr. F]

I thought waypoint's GOTY was going to be served through discord screenshots

fake edit; I get the desire to stick out when there's so many top 10 lists, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get out of their chosen format.

 

[Ketch]

So I just signed up for Premium for the first time, you guys got any recommendation where I should start? There is a ton of content to go through, I'm kind of lost to where I should start haha.

Was Mario party party live premium? If so, start there.

 

[Xater]

Yea, waypoint continues to be too much on the hipster-side of gaming things. Nope.

Their GOTY thing is the first time I am with you on this. What a bad idea.

PS: Get rekt Stardew Valley.

 

[Twin Tails]

So I just signed up for Premium for the first time, you guys got any recommendation where I should start? There is a ton of content to go through, I'm kind of lost to where I should start haha.

Game Tapes

Demo Derby series. Metal Gear Scanlon Series.

 

[derFeef]

Their GOTY thing is the first time I am with you on this. What a bad idea.

PS: Get rekt Stardew Valley.

Hey we agree all the time, lol.

 

[alr1ght]

Are you really surprised at a site being run by Vice with Patrick and Austin is what it is?

 

[Ketch]

Are you really surprised at a site being run by Vice with Patrick and Austin is what it is?

Yes.






The highschool of video games?

I am genuinely surprised anyone thought that was a good idea

 

[Data West]

Their GOTY thing is the first time I am with you on this. What a bad idea.

PS: Get rekt Stardew Valley.

Drew has awful taste. This isn't some revelation.

 

[Xater]

Hey we agree all the time, lol.

I meant specifically Waypoint trying too hard.Otherwise, yeah we probably agree on a lot of things.

 

[Hjod]

Was Mario party party live premium? If so, start there.

Game Tapes

Demo Derby series. Metal Gear Scanlon Series.

Thanks, I'll start with Mario Party and later move on to Metal Gear Scanlon I guess.

 

[Meguro]

I still love Austins writing but everything else about Waypoint is very off-putting, including the quality of some of the other writers on the site.

 

[Lunar FC]

Start with MGScanlon, and just watch the first Mario Party Party as it is the same thing 10 times over.

 

[jaina]

So I just signed up for Premium for the first time, you guys got any recommendation where I should start? There is a ton of content to go through, I'm kind of lost to where I should start haha.

No bad picks in Myggen's list
My first recommendation is the Lego Island UPF

 

[Hjod]

No bad picks in Myggen's list
My first recommendation is the Lego Island UPF

Thank you, holy shit I have so much content to go through, and now with the GOTY 2016, when will I have the time haha.

 

[derFeef]

The amount of MacBooks on the table is worrisome.

 

[kingocfs]

The amount of MacBooks on the table is worrisome.

I know, there should be more.

 

[Meneses]

Superhot is shit.

 

[Lunar FC]

The amount of MacBooks on the table is worrisome.

Where is Rorie to save us.

Spoiler

Whatever laptop he has looks like garbage doe.

 

[Twin Tails]

Superhot is the shit.

 

[SirClinksAlot]

Of course Alex has a Minions sweater. Love it!

 

[Kathian]

Holy shit the advertising on Waypoint is a bit much!

 

[strafer]

So is vinny and drew not in that gamespot showdown video?

 

[jaina]

So is vinny and drew not in that gamespot showdown video?

isn't Vinny in the back? I think it's intentionally old Gamespot staff

 

[Infinite Justice]

Man Beast is coming in hard this year

 

[Data West]

Man Beast is coming in hard this year

overwatch goty

 

[giant_frying_pan]

If 'Giant Bomb 26 |

Spoiler

(too spicy)

' isn't the next thread title, then I'm gonna post even more/less* in that thread than in this one.


*delete whatever is the worse, as applicable

 

[Real Hero]

the way point stuff is almost weird enough to be good but not quite? I'd respect it more if the fanfic stuff was purely hardcore fucking

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Waypoint to me feels like they're trying to be self-aware with their stuff, but are somehow managing to do it in a super not self-aware way. Maybe that doesn't make any sense.

 

[Real Hero]

Waypoint to me feels like they're trying to be self-aware with their stuff, but are somehow managing to do it in a super not self-aware way. Maybe that doesn't make any sense.

It totally does

 

[daveo42]

Glad someone is still shitting on

Spoiler

Palmer Luckey

for Hottest Mess.

 

[Space Wanderer]

You guys are way too harsh on Waypoint they are doing inter-

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/waypoint-high-school-fanfic-the-coven?utm_source=wptwitterus

Oh...

 

[bigkrev]

Yes.






The highschool of video games?

I am genuinely surprised anyone thought that was a good idea

The ONLY good thing about this is they have multiple pieces up involving Mystic Messenger.

This was a terrible idea otherwise

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Waypoint is now an erotic fanfic site?


Trying too many things to see what sticks is a bad business plan.

 

[bigkrev]

Waypoint is now an erotic fanfic site?


Trying too many things to see what sticks is a bad business plan.

Vice's target audience is young, open-minded (to the point of cultural voyerism), weed smoking people.

You are probably way older than their target demo

 

[mnz]

I mean, let them be weird, that's cool. But I don't even like role-playing, so this is just exhausting.

Vice's target audience is young, open-minded (to the point of cultural voyerism), weed smoking people.

You are probably way older than their target demo

Have you seen their articles and videos? It's really not aiming for young people.

 

[bigkrev]

I mean, let them be weird, that's cool. But I don't even like role-playing, so this is just exhausting.


Have you seen their articles and videos? It's really not aiming for young people.

It seems aged at 18-24 year olds

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

It can be both targeted at a younger audience and still be bad.

 

[Zaph]

You guys are way too harsh on Waypoint they are doing inter-

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/waypoint-high-school-fanfic-the-coven?utm_source=wptwitterus

Oh...

ugh

 

[Lunar FC]

It can be both targeted at a younger audience and still be bad.

Blaming and stereotyping millennials is so in styyyle though.

 

[Incandenza]

I'm a 21 year old bleeding-heart liberal, I loved Austin at GB, and I browse tumblr more than any other social media site. I should be smack dab in Waypoint's wheelhouse. But like I said, they're so aggressively hip that it feels calculated and cynical rather than fun and inclusive.

 

[mnz]

I might have to ask you old man questions in the future, Incandenza. Finally I've found one of those tumblr kids.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Quick, somebody tag Incandenza with some Tumblr-based nickname!

 

[funkystudent]

Waypoint high school seems like the first idea they wrote in a Google doc and everyone was too polite to annoy whoever came up with it so it happened.