What GFF is to you.

So, I'm rapidly drawing towards my 4 year anniversary at this asylum, and I figured given the recent events, it would be a good idea to get this down.

I considered a few approaches to this. A list of my friends and how my opinions of them have changed over the years. But I realised I do that for birthdays, and just did a version of that for Christmas in my journal. I also thought that maybe it was more important to focus on what this place as a gathering point has done for me, rather than the individuals that make it up.

I also considered a wrap-up of my own changes while I've been here, but I thought that was too self-involved.

So I've settled on this.

What GFF is to Me: A Rope of Sand.


This place has become a sort of touchstone to me. There's a level of intelligence and involvement here that I rarely see anywhere else on the internet. The word elitist gets tossed around a lot, and I think at our very best, we are, in fact, elitist, while not necessarily exclusionary. And there's nothing wrong with that. This place refuses to play to the lowest common denominator. Because of that, I can actually have a certain amount of hope that the world at large isn't made up of 4chan or GameFAQs idiocy. There can be intelligent debate about everything from Ron Paul to Nomura. Yes, a lot of times it descends into fanboyism, but often long after it would have anywhere else. There are individuals here that make that happen, to be sure, but there's also a certain spirit to this place that encourages it to take place. I know this because I've been here long enough (albeit not nearly as long a some people) to see a transition of faces and names and yet the same basic precepts continue to dictate actions in this place.

It's also a bit of a launching point. I get a lot of political perspectives here that I don't get elsewhere (what up Gold Standard, Brady?) as well as news on video games I wouldn't normally follow. Music my little 90's speedpunk addled brain would never come across, and even, from time to time, a movie I might not have given a shot had not one of the people I respect pushed it at me. Now, I'm not going to lie, I research almost every point brought up here, as I'm not going to take GFF as, you know, the ultimate force of knowledge, but it's an absolutely wonderful place to learn the foundations of a myriad of different things. There's just such a wide variety of people here, and so much bleeding goes on between the different sub-forums that you get exposed to such a wide variety of different things.

I mean, I think the large majority of us use this as e-home, that much is obvious, so I'm curious to know what this place represents to other people.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Winter Storm

My opinion of GFF has never been a positive one and will never be one. All the friends I made in the past have long long gone. What keeps me here is the time I already invested.

Well please, don't let us keep you from getting the fuck out. I mean, as much as your presence is a boon. I'm sure we'll all weep for the loss.

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