A post from Twitter in which I address the "Play VF" posting after the T8 and SF6 patches. Here, I'm reacting to a clip of PhiDX briefly going off on his chat about playing VF. I state: "The reaction is hilarious, but it's also one of the problems with VF players begging other players to play their game and forgetting that this "form" of VF has existed for 16+ years. I'm all for wanting to bring people in, but badgering people about it only turns people off. "Oh your game got a bad patch? Play VF!" It kind of ignores the passion that they had for their specific game (and disappointment) when you pounce on somebody to play VF. It just comes off like you want another body on the game to "point-score" rather than being helpful. I don't think the VF scene realizes how desperate it seems when you badger someone to play your 16+ year old game after another game has a bad patch. Comes off as a bad recruiting drive than anything organic because the minute they say "No", you don't care anymore. Vultures. lol"
Made a brief thread on the other site about why #PlayVF bugs me, especially in how players use it to badger other people (notably content creators) when their games have a bad patch, and then abandon them if they say "No". Let people express interest at their pace.
