ToukaOone posted...Anyway, the reason MPFC failed most likely has to do with a sort of Gresham's law of argument quality. If I had to say a point where it started happening, The Mask's run in the Movie Contest would qualify, although I don't know enough about that contest nor about the general rate of argument degeneration to say for sure.
A "good" MPFC will never happen again with the current group of users.
looking back, the movie contest was hilarious because of that!
i don't know how anyone can still seriously take these kinds of contests anyway
Define taking them seriously. Do you mean enjoying them? If so it's quite easy to understand why. If you mean thinking they're educated intellectual debates, the truth is that nobody does that and you're either thinking too highly of yourself for being better than all those plebes or too lowly of your fellow B8ers. It's just fun to talk about who'd beat who in a fight.
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Twostuck, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62168402