What are your thoughts on the complaining?

The complaint threads do get me down, but what gets me down more are the number of people in them that don't understand the difference between a plum gripe and a contstructive critique. And yes, in some cases it's just how the criticisim is presented (that is, what they're complaining about may be a valid critique, but the way they're doing it comes across more as ragging on the game for the sake of it.)

There have been points (including the recent JtB blow up) when I was ready to walk away from the community and the game all together because of the negativity. I'm glad I stuck it out, but it was close for a while.