LeetFade wrote:
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If you dislike the contents of the topic the hit the back button on your browser, and certainly do not give the thread further life by replying to it.
This is one of those "take your own advice" moments.
While I didn't clarify, I was referring to instead of replying with an attempt to end the topic, just disregard. I was replying on topic, but I will not go the "it's different cause I so" route.
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I agree that everyone should be able to "vent". It does wonders. However, there is a very big difference between venting and forewarning, and berating and whining.
Too often recently people have opted for the flame wars which breeds nothing but animosity. They look for people to jump on the bandwagon so they can build their little angry mob of people with pitchforks and torches to march down the streets of Jeuno on a witch hunt. It gets old VERY quickly.
Don't get me wrong, I think everyone should be able to vent and say what's on their minds, but like Ama said, it's the posts that just go on and on and on about gil sellers, and RMT, and "I'll pwn j00 cuz I r 1337" that just get on my last nerve.
It's very rare that I'll comment on them unless they seem to be quickly getting out of hand. I try to offer another side or help people see eye to eye. If that doesn't work, well, it just depends on the severity of the situation.
All we look for is a more constructive posting environment. I don't see why people get so defensive/offended over that.
Too often recently people have opted for the flame wars which breeds nothing but animosity. They look for people to jump on the bandwagon so they can build their little angry mob of people with pitchforks and torches to march down the streets of Jeuno on a witch hunt. It gets old VERY quickly.
Don't get me wrong, I think everyone should be able to vent and say what's on their minds, but like Ama said, it's the posts that just go on and on and on about gil sellers, and RMT, and "I'll pwn j00 cuz I r 1337" that just get on my last nerve.
It's very rare that I'll comment on them unless they seem to be quickly getting out of hand. I try to offer another side or help people see eye to eye. If that doesn't work, well, it just depends on the severity of the situation.
All we look for is a more constructive posting environment. I don't see why people get so defensive/offended over that.
I think there's a fair amount of exaggeration on both sides here. I know I exagerated, intentionaly, in my post just as you have too. I think the problem is when the dead horse icon comes out too fast. While it is appropriate to say, "Ok guys this getting absurd, give it a rest" (i.e. the Cetrenne fiasco) I am a firm believer in letting people air their differences and get it over with.
If people are argueing, complaining or whatever on anytopic, no matter how redundant you may feel it is, they have a right to. This is where I feel the waffles, cookies, dead horses or whatever come into play when they don't belong. Let people be, instead of having a "flame war" or whatever with eachother and stay out of it. Half the time when someone tries to play peacemaker they either get themselves involved or the people fighting/complaining now have issue with the intervener, which is counter productive the what I've gathered your cause to be.
