@Kierun: This thread was created by a mod or staff, to clean the actual game thread of - how to put that? - less than desirable content. The title could have been selected a bit better, though. Just to clarify that while the goat and others might post some crap, they are not responsible for this thread's title. Unfortunately there were quite a few incidents recently, where things got really out of hand (look for the Galaxy on Fire trash thread for the most prominent and extreme example). So apparently early intervention is the order of the day. Note: I am not a mod or TA staff.
As Nullzone said above these post were moved to another thread to protect the actual game thread from reading like a hate letter to our friends in the gay community and to keep it on topic. TA could have simply deleted these posts but they aren't trying to censor anyone they just want the place to be friendly to new comers and developers. The game threads are for game discussion not for making fun of the game or its subject matter. Please don't be offended, it's actually for your benefit. The title refers to the hateful posts not the game. Also I'm not a mod or staff member, just a reader who likes to read about games and not hate talk.
Hey Kierun Studios, I'm Editor in Chief of TouchArcade and ringmaster of this whole circus. I'd like to personally apologize here, as what you're seeing in this thread is an attempt to clean up our community to (at minimum) keep the "main" thread in the games forum clean of all this garbage. We're in the unfortunate situation right now of trying to salvage our community which has been taken hostage by people who honestly I'm not even sure enjoy playing mobile games anymore. When threads get out of control with off-topic rants or other comments which have little/nothing to do with the game we used to just go through and delete things. Sadly, the result of that seems to be threads get even worse as people then shift gears to yelling about censorship and how their first amendment rights are being violated, often with even greater vigor than whatever the original off-topic arguments were. The "compromise" we came up with to deal with this is move bad posts into garbage bin threads like these, so people who want to continue arguing can do so somewhere else that's outside of the main threads that will get linked from the front page, in the app, and other places. I've got no idea if this is the right move or not, but trust me, dealing with these sort of things is just as tiring for us as it is for you. For what it's worth, I think most of the people commenting here haven't even played your game and aren't forming any kind of opinion based on experience and rather just want to take pot shots because that's the cool thing to do on the internet these days. I'm sorry your game has been the subject of such terrible posts, we're actively working on fixing this about the TouchArcade community without needing to resort to banning people.
@Nullzone, @sobriquet, @Eli - Thank you for clarifying. I'm all in support of moving irrelevant messages and keeping thread focus on the core gameplay. Its just if anyone searches for Shower Buddy game, they start seeing "Shower Buddy Garbage Bin" in search results which looks pretty bad. If you can please rename the title to something less harsh e.g. "Shower Buddy Non-Gameplay discussion" or something that'll be awesome. Just a thought. Im getting good download referrals from TA so again thank you for the giving new studios like mine a platform to post our game launches.
Wow, what a week for all the 'alternative lifestyle' fans out there! What with all these new games like Shower Buddy, Father and Son, One Snake, Match My Balls, and Dark Side of DHole, there's a lot to take in (LOL)!! #
To the devs, i am sorry. I was trying to be funny but ended up to be not funny and offensive. I havent tried your game and i will not try your game, because its just not my kind of game. But anyway, keep making games yeah? you are much better than me because i dont know how to make games and i dont know how difficult it is to make games even it is a simple game, i am sure making a game is hard. I am just a gamer who love to thrash talk sometimes, thats all. Btw, i too was surprise what happen to this thread, but the mod explained it all above. Sorry, and sorry for my bad english.
