Too much hate
Complaining is fine. When it gets repetitive is when it gets annoying. People who consistently diss a game we all love so much, not a single praise about one of the hundreds of awesome aspects about i...
Forum Discussion
paulzuk wrote:
If you think about, forums are like little separate kingdoms on the internet. Each kingdom has a population of people, with a ruling elite in the form of admin or a mod. Some kingdoms are friendly, some are mean, it always varies. Generally speaking, the local population (regulars) form tight knit groups. Quite often these cliques don't take too kindly to a stranger arriving in town wanting to change the scenery. Why should they? In their minds, they are defending the kingdom they love and their fellow countrymen.
Years ago, people would duel at 20 paces to defend their honour or their opinions. Nowadays, people do similar with a flame war. Interesting really, for the first time the pen can actually be mightier than the sword because of the internet. After all, all we have here is our words. We vicariously exist on the internet because of our words, something people should consider more often I believe. It's sometimes difficult to stay impartial when you read a person's thoughts. However, this is the key to dealing with the internet I believe. The pen is only mightier than the sword if you allow the sword to cut you. After all, it's not a sword, it's just words. The only thing that gives a troll his power is ones reaction, the words are meaningless otherwise.
Peace.
EDIT: fixed typo
:thumbup: In a nutshell.
