Never said that. I never said that the player base WASN'T pissed. I said that THIS does not show that they are, and it's stupid and arrogant to CONCLUDE that they are, just like it's stupid and arrogant to CONCLUDE that they're not. What I believe is neither here nor there.
And no, a simple survey, while not perfect, would do a HELL of a lot more to get an idea of what the player base is thinking than reading any forums. There would still have to be some caution in interpretation, though, but there are statistical techniques to allow for this. Forums are for qualitative research only.
Please show me where I said that. I actually agree with most people here on the issues themselves.Your attempting to make everyone believe that every person who does not post feels the same way that you do.
No, my argument is that it's wrong for us to ASSUME we know what the player base is thinking, and especially wrong for us to RAGE expecting SE to have the same little myopic picture that the forums provide. The argument you seem to think I was making IS null and void, though, you're right about that. And if someone were to rage at SE and saying "THE PLAYER BASE WANTS SAM TO BE UBER/TO KEEP VW DROPS RANDOM/ETC., WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US?" I'd be just as angry, if not more so since I actually would disagree with that person.However you don't represent the player base any more than the angry people do. Your argument is null and void.