Why complain?

[Emitremmus]

What I am about to mention just haunts me at times. I don't understand it, and I hope someone can shed some light on the matter.

Why is it that I can not go a day playing FF without seeing someone complain about SE? FF is a retreat from the real world for me. It's a great way for me to relax at home after my family is asleep and I'm able to jump into a virtual realm to escape real life matters.

Such an example is something like "I didn't get the drop I wanted. The drop rate is too low. THANKS SE. I HATE THIS GAME.". Seriously? This guy is constantly complaining about things like this, yet he still PAYS for the service? You know, if someone just quit because of this, that's more rational. However people will continue to play day after day, just to complain.

Call me old fashioned, but a game is intended to be fun. It's just that I get such a huge drag from seeing so many players that complain on a regular basis. I enjoy the challenge and hard-work that goes into obtaining something that you want, even if that challenge is monotonous and requires a large amount of effort. I totally understand getting frustrated, I'm 0/100+ on both Leaping Lizzy and the Valkurm Emperor, but this seems like a different matter alltogether.

TL;DR
Play and have fun, or GTFO.

[cidbahamut]

Catharsis.

[Rambus]

Addiction, getting stuff of chest ( like anger vent but doesn't really mean it), or hope it is changed for some reason.

[Emitremmus]

As in they don't have enough to complain about in real life, so they do it in game?

[Kjara]

as much as I do agree with you I don't think it is a good thing to make threads to discuss people's behavior in the forum... you are calling for a troll thread.

[JagerForrester]

Bad day syndrome. Didn't go his way in RL, so he logs on, hoping to have a good time, only to find the day just got worse.

[Komori]

Why open threads that will most likely lead to complaining?

[Emitremmus]

Why open threads that will most likely lead to complaining?

Why bother posting replies in a thread where someone is wanting to have a legitimate discussion? There are going to be complaints in a majority of the threads in this forum. I don't want any hostility, why is this so hard to grasp?

[Sivart]

Why bother posting replies in a thread where someone is wanting to have a legitimate discussion? There are going to be complaints in a majority of the threads in this forum. I don't want any hostility, why is this so hard to grasp?

Some people just like to complain, it sucks but it is a fact of life. But thankfully, this forum, like the games we play have an ignore function, if you don't like what they say, don't feed them ammo to fire back with, put them on ignore then you never have to see it.

[Psxpert2011]

Players of Final Fantasy XI either have to take the game as it is and role with it. Like most people who complain about life and go on living. Why, what is it that keeps 'em going? If you can answer this, then my friend, your troubles isn't that great.

I'm fine, I haven't logged into the world of Vana diel for over a month before the tragedy in Japan. I so with I can depart the life of fantasy and face reality, maybe help those suffering families who have it worse. As if tragedies aren't bad enough, in Japan (I fear) has many people missing. Most of our tech, games and business comes from Japan. If this thread is about people who complain then is should warn them about who has the right to complain.
See HERE.

Suicide for some is a factor when faced with shame, for a person who faces dishonor this is a means of escape. Are people doing this now, I don't know but here a history on Seppuko:
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/asi...seppukufaq.htm
NBC news on suicide in Japan:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3054259.shtml