this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
299 points (98.4% liked)

Games

48941 readers
1255 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So the term is meaningless for you? That's fine.

Again, if something was the greatest of all time, it does not mean it still has to be. Otherwise the term is meaningless as even greater things might come in the future.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Your definition in your own words defines it as meaningless.

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

It’s only meaningless if you’re pedantic.

It obviously means the greatest of all time so far because at the time you make the statement you cannot judge what hasn’t happened yet.

It gets more complicated when you’re saying it about a company or game in the past but I still think that it has meaning. It could mean that at the time, they were the greatest of all time (up until that point in time) but it could also mean that at this point in time that past version of EA was the greatest of all time (up until now, which is beyond the time that that version of EA existed).

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If you only take it in the most literal sense, sure. A pointless exercise, don't you think? Sometimes words have a funny way of meaning more than one thing. For most this concept works and GOAT can be meaningful. No, I'm not talking about the animal. Just to be clear.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

GOAT = Greatest of All Time, right?

Why not just say "great?"

Makes "of all time" meaningless if you overuse it.

Allow me to invoke Eddie Izzard... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rYT0YvQ3hs

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I agree with you. It has been overused and I'm not a fan. Maybe the most overused acronym of all time?

I guess I was annoyed by you being pedantic resulting in me... being pedantic. Tragic, really.

Thanks for the sketch. I enjoyed it. It was awesome but more in the hot dog kind of way.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago

It's one of my favorite comedy specials. "Dress to Kill." Also, his special "Circles" was great.