The Decline of FFXI: Forums, Gameplay and Nostalgia

[Karbuncle]

Well, you see. I guess thats the difference between you me as players and people.

Video games and video game forums don't stress me out. If a video game or a forum stresses you out, that's pretty extreme. I have fun in video games or i quit. I do things that appeal to me. I don't sit around crying or complaining about things to fit my interests only and welcome the next guy getting his stuff and moving along.

What? No, forums generally don't stress me out, Don't get me wrong, Everyone gets worked up sometimes however, its natural. you cannot say you've never been emotionally effect by something done in game, or on a forum. Because while its print, We're all real live people behind here.


But, Generally when i find someone on a board arguing with people over things, Especially when they seem to have an attitude over the entire thing, or are "Snappy" I assume they seem to be stressed over it. Or at the very least upset, which is usually a result from stress.

Also, You say you don't sit around crying/complaining about things to fit your interest, When , at least by my definition, arguing with people over why the game currently sucks or no longer appeals to you seems complainy to me :|. If i quit I think the first thing i'd want to do is move on with my life, not spend my days on a forum dedicated to said game. So i guess you're right, Thats the difference between me and you as a player and person.

Plus, I'm not sure if you're doing it on purpose, but why do you type like i didn't say:

No one Can blame you for quitting, when a game doesn't appeal to you anymore, Its the logical conclusion.

I.E if the games not fun its okay to quit. Where your entire response seems to be geared toward you think I'm saying "Why did you quit? you should stay and complain on the forums more". When I'm not saying that at all, like in any way what so ever.

Again, Of course its completely logical to quite a game if you no longer enjoy it, thats incredibly logical and 1000 times better then the people who constantly complain how terrible the game is yet continue to play.

However, That doesn't seem to be whats going on here. you quit the game, yet you linger on these forums still. If you're interested in the development of this game simply because you may return one day, Thats understandable, but if you've planned on quitting for good, My original question applies still. Why bother arguing with people on the internet about a game you no longer play/enjoy/participate in?

Edit: I neglected to mention, You are of course entitled to your opinion, and you're entitled to tell people why you left/quit. but you've succeeded in doing that for us, I Only ask why, after explaining to use why you quit, and why you feel the game no longer appeals to you, do you care what anyone on this game thinks anymore?