Hockaday Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 On that note, kotaku's a really bad site as well. Honestly, all of Gawker's sites are pretty garbage. I may stop going to any of them at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayelinna Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Probably because if these people wrote on here they will be attacked by the elite defenders or banned from the forums for criticizing the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nempo Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Because many people need to shore up their sense of being justified in playing whatever MMO they are currently in the love half of a love/hate relationship with by enumerating all those mmos which fall mostly into the latter half of that relationship dynamic. Or, in layman's terms, people are galactically insecure about what they do with their spare time. Not speculating here. If you want proof, try standing completely immobile, doing nothing productive in the middle of a very busy place for ten minutes (in fact, don't even think about anything productive if you can manage it). Then tell me how that experience made you feel. Most people- even the least motivated individuals in society- will report feeling awkward. Often guilty. That's it in a nutshell. If you're wasting time, you must at least delude yourself into believing it is somehow justified. "Well yeah, sure I'm playing a silly game, but at least I'm not playing that silly game like those poor saps!" /monocle Anyone that knows how to meditate will be able to sit/stand there for an hour+ without feeling the slightest bit awkward. Of course, it is hard to feel awkward when you feel at peace with the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glumish Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Gamespot boards are unusually biased against any MMO that isn't WoW I've found. Should see the WoW forums though, so deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) In an recent Gamasutra article on player behaviour (which I cannot link to, because that would get me banned here), someone was quoted - quoted again from my memory - as if people would give up their self when in forums and become a second personality. Which is - to me - a good explanation why people are acting so much full of hatred when being in forums in general. Edited September 5, 2013 by AlrikFassbauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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