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[cormack12]

Ron Swanson developed the Pyramid of Greatness over the course of many years. It's a perfectly calibrated recipe for maximum personal achievement. Here is the original Swanson Pyramid of Greatness

If GAF was to create a gaming pyramid of greatness what feats, experiences and traits would make it up? We have a blank image, let's go for it. Ones with the most reactions will be added

 

[TintoConCasera]

"Rage on the internet about games I'll never play" should be a must.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Not sure about the rest of the pyramid, but I’d bet your mom is on top. (kidding)

 

[StueyDuck]

the problem is that, I myself can change my opinion day to day.

some days it's the N64 (actual good) zelda games and MGS and FF7 on top... then other days it's the witness, fez and outerwilds on top.... honestly I think the latter is literally the greatest games ever made but the prior is just got such an important place in gaming and history....

long story short I wouldn't be able to help because my own mind is barely made up. would classic games be on top, perfect games... I don't know

 

[cormack12]

Not sure about the rest of the pyramid, but I’d bet your mom is on top. (kidding)

Nah, she's too lazy. She'd be on the bottom, smoking

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Maybe doesnt fit here but getting my Xbox Live beta kit and being able to talk to players, literal game changer for me

 

[cormack12]

CRYING
Acceptable when Sarah dies and in permadeath

 

[Magic Carpet]

Refunds.

 

[Dacvak]

Top part of the pyramid is definitely complaining about wokeness.

 

[Stuart360]

Refunds.

Refunds should def be on there, and close to the top.

Although its rare for me to refund a game, its a great choice to have on Steam etc if the game has major problems, or is simply shit.

 

[phant0m]

"Rage on the internet about games I'll never play" should be a must.

Conversely, "rage on the internet about games I still play anyway" is in the Era pyramid.

(See: Mods/Admins caught playing both Hogwarts & CP2077 despite them being so heinous any discussion is banned)

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Arguing about what constitutes a remake vs a remaster.

 

[Kings Field]

Muh framerate

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

having a very strong opinion about how to define “JRPG”

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

the problem is that, I myself can change my opinion day to day.

some days it's the N64 (actual good) zelda games and MGS and FF7 on top... then other days it's the witness, fez and outerwilds on top.... honestly I think the latter is literally the greatest games ever made but the prior is just got such an important place in gaming and history....

long story short I wouldn't be able to help because my own mind is barely made up. would classic games be on top, perfect games... I don't know

This is completely normal but we’ve all been dragged into list wars because the internet thrives on strong opinions and arguments over people’s favourite things.

I’ve started looking at games (aswell as movies and tv shows) in four simple categories - poor, okay, good and great.

The likes of Mario 64, TLOU II, FFVII, Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, Mario Galaxy, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Ocarina of Time and RDR II are truly great games to me but I have no idea or interest anymore putting them into some order that I will change next week or year anyway.

 

[AJUMP23]

Sony Ponies, Nintendo Nerds, Green Rats.

Console Tribalism.

 

[Hudo]

Armchair experts on every topic ever conceived, console warriors, PC mustards, corpo dick suckers, people who take all of this far too seriously, tryhards, absolute retards, degenerates (like myself), and a handful of actually good people like Thick Thighs Save Lives or Danjin44

But of all the piles of shit on the internet, GAF is among my favorites.

 

[Humdinger]

Hey, it's supposed to be greatness, guys, not "shitty things about GAF."

How about: Freedom of Speech
Second choice: We Ain't Woke
Third: Men can be Men

I'm not sure what the funny quips would be that follow those ideas, but those are some of the things I think contribute to GAF's "greatness."