The extruding internet assholes of the gaming community.

Aldurin · 08-19-2013, 08:45 PM

First, a Jimquisition about how terrible the gaming consumer base is.

So after making the Phil Fish thread, I began to think over this whole problem, and in retrospect I set up a thread of unnecessary bashing and hatred without really being informed about the other side of the situation, as good or bad that side is. Yes, Phil handled the PR side of being a game dev horribly, but that became a lot of him being overwhelmed in a shit-slinging fest between him and the negative aspect of the gaming community (which may as well BE the gaming community for that's the loudest part of it by far) and we all cheered for his defeat while trying to ignore the other side or our participation in it.

The fact is that the difference between deserved and undeserved wrath toward content creators is not very different is sad. People get told to quit their jobs, to kill themselves or other unpleasant fates for making a choice that people didn't like. Does changing the function of a Call of Duty gun by a scale as small as milliseconds deserve death/rape threats, DOES ANY CHANGE TO A GAME YOU MAKE OR HAVE A HAND IN MAKING DESERVE THAT? How about if people disagreed with a game's aspect that you had a major hand in?

Threats for the aspects of a product that people choose to buy and are free to not participate in if they choose so.

Quit being terrible people, and if you happen to not be a terrible person then maybe have a voice. I mean realistically the internet will never stop being a terrible place, but we can make it be less terrible by doing something to drown out the raspy demonic moan of the bigoted entitled shits that currently have a stupidly loud voice.

08-19-2013, 08:45 PM	#1
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	The extruding internet assholes of the gaming community. First, a Jimquisition about how terrible the gaming consumer base is. So after making the Phil Fish thread, I began to think over this whole problem, and in retrospect I set up a thread of unnecessary bashing and hatred without really being informed about the other side of the situation, as good or bad that side is. Yes, Phil handled the PR side of being a game dev horribly, but that became a lot of him being overwhelmed in a shit-slinging fest between him and the negative aspect of the gaming community (which may as well BE the gaming community for that's the loudest part of it by far) and we all cheered for his defeat while trying to ignore the other side or our participation in it. The fact is that the difference between deserved and undeserved wrath toward content creators is not very different is sad. People get told to quit their jobs, to kill themselves or other unpleasant fates for making a choice that people didn't like. Does changing the function of a Call of Duty gun by a scale as small as milliseconds deserve death/rape threats, DOES ANY CHANGE TO A GAME YOU MAKE OR HAVE A HAND IN MAKING DESERVE THAT? How about if people disagreed with a game's aspect that you had a major hand in? Threats for the aspects of a product that people choose to buy and are free to not participate in if they choose so. Quit being terrible people, and if you happen to not be a terrible person then maybe have a voice. I mean realistically the internet will never stop being a terrible place, but we can make it be less terrible by doing something to drown out the raspy demonic moan of the bigoted entitled shits that currently have a stupidly loud voice.