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11 years ago
jayesbee wrote:
I appreciate that you took the time and effort to address something you obviously feel is important. I'm not trying to be confrontational; I usually try to avoid responding to posts like this, but I have some thoughts about your post.
It's interesting how every online message board and forum has its own character. Somethings are present in EVERY forum: Trolls, for one. This forum (and maybe this is a recent development, as I'm fairly new here) seems overrun with people who have a VERY strong idea of how people should play the game and how people should post on the forum and are very overbearing in telling other people that their methods of play and posting are WRONG. This seems very unique to this forum. I suspect that the general forum population may be slightly less sophisticated than average. This is a game that attracts people from all ages and all walks of life. That's a good thing, but perhaps that's why you see so many "complaints" and so many multiple threads.
If you think your post is part of the solution, you're wrong. It's part of the problem. You try to soften your comments by claiming: "This is more of my opinion then a complaint." But your post is a complaint. It's a screed. So, you complain about people who complain, but YOUR complaint is DIFFERENT: It's just opinion. And BTW, you're no better than the so-called "complainers" your inveigh against. You end your post complaining (and whining, in my opinion) about the lack of new land! Oh, but your complaining is different. It's opinion. Right.
I agree with your advice regarding trolls: It's best to ignore them and move on to the parts of the forum that are valuable to you. I humbly suggest you take your own very good advice. Why do people get so upset about the so-called "complainers?" It's a DISCUSSION FORUM, you know, for DISCUSSING the game. People have opinions. Sometimes people have different opinions than yours. Fine, discuss these opinions, but why argue and fight about the very fact that you don't like someone's opinion? Try to change their mind, try to see their side, or better yet, ignore the people and posts you find annoying. It's really that easy. I am 99% successful at this, but obviously, I can't help myself either, sometimes.
If I could join in in the forum past time of trying to impose my ideals and values on the rest of the group, I would wish for this: Everyone would stop commenting on HOW people post (unless, of course, it is clearly a personal attack, foul language, etc.) and spend more time commenting on WHAT people post. Let's not be so afraid of opposite opinions. If something seems repetitious, or annoying, or dumb, either try to educate in a constructive way or just move on. Quit all the bickering. Let's just talk.
Anyway, just some food for thought.
Interesting pov.
Honestly I wouldn't have made this if I wasn't sick today and obviously bored.
I never told anyone how to play their game. All I nearly said was be smart about it and even if you don't want to be smart about it I was just pointing out how it's possible to get everything free from the wheel and EA took a chance to milk it is all.
I don't know how you saw the ending of my post as complaining? I was just merely suggesting and asking. Cause either way I have to deal with it so no point of getting upset or complain about it.
Some people do actually express their opinion everyone has a right but a straight up negative complaint is unnecessary. Especially if its been discussed numerous time in the FIRST page of the forum and you start a thread complaining when you could have just say what you wanted to say in the thread and people would have ignored it or replied.
Also some people here get offended too fast. So that's just another thing all in itself. LOL
My thread was not to be a solution, just merely some food for thought. ;)
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