Spyalt said:
So even though it makes me sound childish I am right and you all wrong.
Hm. While oridnarily I try to avoid these pointless flamewars, I think this needs to be mentioned. Ironically, it was
you who asked the question 'what has happened to the Escapist' earlier.
Your own words are exactly what has 'happened.' The fact that you thanked people for not outright flaming you for your opinions does not make it any better when you proceed to summarily dismiss their counterarguments without any support for your own position. So, you're polite. You're still not actually talking.
And make no mistake: what you are doing is standing in a room and shouting your opinion at the top of your lungs. That is not 'discourse'. That is not 'debate'. That is not 'discussion'. And that--
exactly that-- is what has been wrong with the Escapist lately.
You are technically no better than littlerudi, you just are a bit (well, OK, a
lot) less obnoxious in how you state your opinion. You want to stop the culture in these forums from souring? Discuss things. Or failing that, use the phrase "we'll have to agree to disagree", but don't mindlessly keep repeating your opinion just because you feel some sort of pathological desire to assert your authority about a subjective (for God's sake) topic. It makes you look immature, and again to use your own words- gives me the right to ignore anything that comes out of your mouth ever again.
And that would be a shame, because you seem to have a brain, and are active, and generally those are the types of people I like to see posting in these forums.