Verdic Mckenna, on 12 September 2014 - 04:57 AM, said:
Unfortunately i'm starting to agree with X. The original post was really healthy - but you seem to think you act on some sort of authority you in actuality do not have. We have every right to criticize, complain, give feedback about, or otherwise express our opinions. Here or otherwise. And if you don't want people coming after yours, then you should allow people to have theirs without permeating with the tone of someone who knows better than everyone else. That isn't credibility. It's feeling as though you have a higher station than those around you. And i'll gladly PM you my LinkedIn profile if that's really how you intend to judge what say people should have.
Let's try to stick to the original intention of the post. You wanted opinions - take them with a grain of salt.
You are indeed free to do so.
There are certain individuals though, whom I will likely continue to lock horns with. Sorry if that disappoints you. But I feel it important to contest misinformation, as the spread of such is a large part of what has caused much of the issues here in the first place.
You might note that while yes, there are some people who fairly or not (matter of opinion) I treat rather harshly, there are others on here who have disparate and diametrically opposed views I acknowledge, even though I don't agree with. Because the posts themselves are thought out, and not thrown as a blatant attack on the Devs or Players. The posts I am dismissive of, are ones with significantly different tone themselves, accusatory and combative, combined with a lack of actual fact.
Also, keep in mind, that the disdain between myself and Ghogiel, for instance, far predate this post, and so the likelihood of civility is slim, though even with my distaste for the individual when I do feel he makes a valid point, I do acknowledge that.
*Shrugs*
Perhaps it is wrong for me to treat them in kind. Perhaps not. Perhaps I am getting weary enough of the misinformation, the ignorant or unfounded accusations, twisted "facts" and half truths, that it is indeed causing me to be too harsh in return. Sometimes, it's hard not to feed the trolls.
If nothing else, it's food for thought. Thank you for your input and perspective.
ThomasMarik, on 12 September 2014 - 05:04 AM, said:
When Thomas Marik posts about the "end of the world" ..there is something..sinister to it...