Poll: Tolerance of other's opinions

[Coppernerves]

Why isn't there a "start asking what's wrong with your favourite game" option?
It sounds like a great opportunity to learn about your friends' tastes.

 

[Full]

Ah, opinions, the internet's oil. What it was born, raised, and currently thrives on as much as it fights about.

I either kind of get a half-joke argument going, like going "WHAT? YOU FOOL!", or something, but it's all fun, or try to ask them about it, and get a non-offensive discussion going. It's never that serious, though.

At the end of the day, I enjoyed a game, they didn't. For me it's been as simple as that.

 

[Scrustle]

It depends on the situation. I'm okay that some people might not like, or even hate the games I love most, but there are some instances where I'm just completely stumped.

Generally even if I really like a game, I can see some flaws in it and understand that to some people those flaws may be a big deal, even if they're not to me. But sometimes I come across people who hate a game I really like for reasons that I just find baffling. Even when they explain them they just seem an indefensible position to be holding. I'd be lying if I said that not even a tiny part of me was thinking that this person was at least a little crazy and stupid, but I can't just go around calling people that because they don't like the stuff I like. It's just opinions about videogames. I ignore it and move on, even if it does irritate me a bit initially.

But if it's the case that the person is just spouting crap then it doesn't phase me in the slightest. Someone who clearly has no good reason for hating the game and doesn't have any idea what they're talking about. They're "opinion" is worthless and if you confronted them on it, you wouldn't get anything back that you would even be able to discuss. It wouldn't even be an angry spite-filled argument. It would just be an idiot slinging insults in to thin air.

 

[Vykrel]

i wouldnt care... although, if they had really stupid reasons for hating it, i would consider them to be kind of a moron.

 

[King Aragorn]

I do tolerate different opinions, as not all of us think the same, hate the same things, and like the same thing. But, I would ask for reasons as to why. Say something about why X is so bad to you, instead of just flat out saying ''it sucks''.

 

[Church185]

My view of this situation is a little different. People enjoy different things, and my friends understand that. Just because someone doesn't enjoy something doesn't mean it's inherently bad. For instance, we play a lot of fighting games amongst ourselves, and I really didn't like the most recent Tekken title (I loved the series until now). Everyone else I know loves it. The game isn't bad, there are just a few things about the game I don't find appealing, so when it is brought out I just watch. When they want to get me involved they'll pop in Soul Calibur, Mortal Combat, or Street Fighter. It all boils down to a difference of opinion, and one that isn't worth fighting over (unless you are playing fighting games I guess).

What does bother me is when people think their taste in games is law. My friends and I frequent places where a high concentration of gamers hang out. Something I notice about the less social people who are there is that if they didn't like a game, that game must be shit. At least in the local comic shops, a lot of the people who hang out there only like games that come out of japan, and everything else must be garbage. They get so heated to point that they write you off because you dared like something that they don't like. This drives me insane.

 

[Darkasassin96]

There should be an option for discuss the game with them, argue just seems so...forceful.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

That is a complete straw man statement, and I would like to counter its debilitating effect by bringing up my very own straw man statement: Aunt Sally.

OT: I had some issues with people I otherwise love/respect/like over games like, yes, X-COM. A lot of folks plain didn't get it. A lot of folks haven't played the brilliant PC/Amiga original that, if I remember correctly, fit on four 3.5" floppy disks... imagine that! The new version was... simplified. All made up like the pretty whore it is. I still like it. I don't love it. A lot of males I know went straight for the Iron Man mode even though they had no clue what it was about, so they absolutely ruined it for themselves... and I do have some issues taking them seriously ever since, as it's part of the small penis condition that pops up eventually in the most random situations. I'm working on my tolerance, as I cannot possibly be much of a part of a solution there.

I had issues back in the days with people that didn't like, say, Dungeon Master.

For a couple of years and counting, I find it terribly hard to tolerate people that think little of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. It's not that I actively wish anything bad upon those folks, but I find it easier to ignore and forget all about them. That does, of course, not include people that have absolutely no relationship to or clue about games. Reviewers and YouTube yokels that go about these games in splendid ignorance... yeah, I don't like those.

I find personal taste in games/books/movies to have more divisive power than, say, religion, politics or other differing views on our silly lives. God will sort'em out, and if he doesn't, I still don't care much. Life is short.



...if, however, you watch Twilight and manage to get all riled up emotionally over watching Mr. and Ms. Doofus do silly things, I cannot respect you. If you watch AVP and then join discussions concerning Alien or Aliens, I find it hard to not wish cancer upon your whole family. But that's just silly me. No proper hard feelings. Just my brain going feral.

AVP absolutely rapes both the Alien and the Predator 'lore', and I think it's part of the omnipresent, oppressive tumor of un-culture rather than being part of any culture whatsoever. Sequels, prequels and 'origin' stories are parasitic in nature. I don't like them.

 

[cerebreturns]

I wouldn't care, but I would be willing to argue/talk about it if they wanted to, unless they got really aggressive/assholeish about it, in which case I would drop it and/or ignore them.

I'm a socially liberal atheist in the middle of the BB in a small town.

Someone not like a game...is kind of low on the list of things people are gonna burn me at the stake for.

So your saying that your the most common type of person in your school? The only way this is shocking or out of place is if you are 50 wait no...60 wait no...70 wait not...80. Yeah, the last time being socially liberal was out of place was the 40s and 50s. As far as an atheist, maybe you should check the polling on how many people are atheist nowadays.

My point is if you are feeling ostracized it's your own fault. Socially liberal atheist in the bible belt are only slightly less the majority then in the north. If you are 30-50 then it's just common not majority, and if you are 50-70 it once again becomes the majority.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I don't care if people like something or not, as long as they have an accurate perception of it. If someone didn't like Armored Core because it didn't have enough freedom of customisation, or Dark Souls because it is full of artificial difficulty, then I would argue, because that is plain wrong. But there are plenty of people who don't like Armored Core because of the glaring issues it has with engaging anyone who wouldn't buy the game just for the robot customisation, and I can not care about that.

 

[-Samurai-]

If someone doesn't agree with my opinion, I kill them. Literally. I kill them, and hide the body.

If you don't agree with me, you agree against me.

 

[JochemHippie]

Oh, I'm quite accepting of peoples opinions on games.

There's a lot of other subjects on which I don't except any other interpretations then my own though.

 

[krazykidd]

Fuck, I could name my favorite video games (not an exclusive list here; just the games that get people going) and get that exact reaction.

Here's a list! Feel free to rage about it:

-Call of Duty Black Ops II (really any of them can go here)
-Battlefield 3
-Madden
-FIFA
-Mass Effect 3 ending
-Dragon Age 2

My reaction:

Spoiler

I suppose I would tell them why I think X is great but I really don't care all that much if they don't like the game. I forgive them; not everyone can be as awesome as I am.

When did mass effect 3 ending become it's own game?

Also : i thought you were cool man .

OT: i like jrpgs . I'm immune to hate .

 

[Jamous]

I'd argue with them but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It'd only be an argument in so far as we had differing opinions. It'd really be more similar to a simple discussion on why we like it (or don't). It'd be fun.

 

[RJ 17]

Gotta say that if you stop being friends for someone because of what games they like then you're pretty damn shallow.

I might discuss one game vs another with some friends but in the end who cares what they like? I'm not them, if they like a game that I think is crap then the great thing is that I STILL don't have to play it.

The only exception is if you catch a friend playing Dead or Alive Volleyball because that's just for dirty perverts wanting to masturbate to videogames but don't want to import the real sex games from Japan. Dirty heathen devil sodomites, I say!

(in case it needs clarification, that last paragraph was a joke)

 

[Fijiman]

It depends. If they're dissing one of my favorite games over the internet in a thread or an audio chat or something it's fairly easy to just ignore them, so I'll just think of them as being an ass and move on. However, if they're dissing one of my favorite in person it's a lot harder to ignore them. Although I'd probably still be able to have a civil conversation with somebody who is doing so because I tend to nitpick at my favorite games anyway.

 

[rob_simple]

I wouldn't have a problem, hell some of my best friends are CoD players...

Getting upset over opinions on subjective matters is both stupid and a huge waste of time.

What bothers me is when people try to use 'it's just my opinion!' to get away with saying some really stupid shit, for example, 'in my opinion, everyone who likes Call of Duty is an idiot.'

Some people seem to think that an opinion is a shield behind which you may protect your ignorant, ill-informed and flat-out wrong ways of thinking; and it becomes especially apparent whenever they talk about something as subjective as video games.

 

[Creator002]

If it's a random person, I'd ask why.

However, my friend and I are the exact opposites when it comes to gaming. He really only buys FPSs and sports games while I have a library that varies wildly, but still has a strong focus on RPGs and Action-Adventures.
We get along just fine, but I still maintain the theory he's a little touched in the head.[footnote]What's his solution for not being able to sell his yearly sport game if the next Xbox doesn't allow used games? Buy the new one and throw the old one away.
Online passes? He buys new anyway.
Always online console/DRM? He's always online anyway.
[/footnote]

The main cause of disagreements between us, however:
He doesn't give two shits about the future of gaming as long as he gets what he wants. If the market crashes and he complains, I'm going to say that he helped cause it and has no right to complain since he is more than happy to pay $100 a year for FIFA roster updates and the stuff explained in the footnote below.
Then there's the facts of why he doesn't like the games I do? "Because they're shit." Has he played them? Usually no. And if he has played them, it's no more than a few minutes.

 

[Milanezi]

"Other". Depends on the person, I follow the motto "if you don't know what you're talking about, shut up and listen, you might learn something". Obviously, the informal "who gives a fuck" chat is never a big deal to speak up absurdities about a given subject.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I don't really have a problem with it per say, it depend how insulting that person can be but for the most part I will tolaerant it.