In an industry filled with anti-consumer practices, GOG in an oasis of joy.

Nothing.
I like the occasional old game and DRM-free release, but I don't love anything.

T.TinyE! <3 TinyE is taken and is my bae.

tinyE

Games

Apart from friends made, definitely those occasional 'Help me remember this game' threads. And the 'Draw and guess the game!' thread of course. I'd love to see the latter summarized one day, such that you can easily browse through each drawing and accompanying discussion.

I want to thank everyone who reply with their input to this really much! :)

The smell. The store always smells like fresh-baked bread. It's awesome!
The forums, on the other hand, always smell like the gymnasium of a high school that was built in the 1930s, and which never had air conditioning. Xp

The average IQ of the forum members are much higher than found in your typical Steam forum or on YouTube. (does that sounds condescending?)

Although there are more than several controversial threads I avoid completely. I wish the forum supported Tapatalk.

the community and the games

The art on the games pages. And the general impression that the shop is not entirely exclusively driven by 100% pure cynicism.

Honestly, it's the community. Yeah, we have our occasional issues and our fair share of crazies, but really, this is the one social media I've ever joined and probably ever will join.
I've learned a lot of valuable lessons from this place. Plenty of laughs for sure, but also some things just by knowing about peoples' lives and viewpoints. I mean, where else can I start a thread only to have it taken over by Germans, or derail a post into a drawn-out discussion of cereal? There's all sorts of people from a bunch of different countries and all walks of life here, each with their own story to tell. It's probably even more special for me than most since it reminds me of days when I was younger and I used to hear the wildest tales from family members that I simply don't have anymore (long story on that one). In so many ways, this is kinda the last refuge of the internet where I can have that experience. Not to mention whip some of 'em at a couple multiplayer games.
And then there's the generosity. Never have I encountered anyplace where everybody's willing to just buy stuff for you just because they think you're an alright guy or whatever. Then I encountered this site, where it's practically some sorta fever that gets into you. Now I find myself doing the same thing for people not even on this forum, just sending them something because eh, what the heck? Might as well improve their day a bit. I'm not sure I was really like that before I came here.
Even if this place were to close down, there's still loads of people here I'd probably keep in contact with. Heck, that actually happened with a couple threads that I know of, people made some good friends on this place. That really goes to show how magical it really can be.
So yeah, maybe we're not the best. We get in arguments, we pick on each other, we have a few weirdos, a handful of escapees from the local insane asylum, some criminals, and that one shady-looking punk over in the corner who keeps offering people a box of Tic-Tacs and a glass of stale water and swears he had the meaning of life written down in his other coat next to his grandpa's pancake recipe, but hey, isn't every family like that?


TL;DR: So, who here likes pollywogs?

I thought you were only, like, 45. I've gotta say, at your age, I'm surprised you can remember a term from back when you were 5 years old.

When I see that term, I think of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony