Leaving the game

[ApolloGenX]

I've never understood why people lash out at those that post a leaving thread. I'm not sure where the insecure need comes from to insult someone for leaving a video game. I don't know if them leaving threatens people.. or somehow invalidates their decision to stay and play. It's very odd.

I wonder if people act this way when their friends leave a birthday party or some other social gathering and they go around saying goodbye - "Fine, leave no one cares!"... I mean... really?

To the OP- Keep an eye on patches and updates! You might see something that brings ya back!

[Issachar]

I've never understood why people lash out at those that post a leaving thread. I'm not sure where the insecure need comes from to insult someone for leaving a video game. I don't know if them leaving threatens people.. or somehow invalidates their decision to stay and play. It's very odd.

I wonder if people act this way when their friends leave a birthday party or some other social gathering and they go around saying goodbye - "Fine, leave no one cares!"... I mean... really?

To the OP- Keep an eye on patches and updates! You might see something that brings ya back!

Ah, a white knight. OP made a thread with the intent to garner attention and complain.

[Clavaat]

I wonder if people act this way when their friends leave a birthday party or some other social gathering and they go around saying goodbye - "Fine, leave no one cares!"... I mean... really?

If the friend left saying "I'm leaving because your cake is chocolate and chocolate is crappy," as opposed to just leaving, I'd be probably say that.

[ApolloGenX]

If the friend left saying "I'm leaving because your cake is chocolate and chocolate is crappy," as opposed to just leaving, I'd be probably say that.

But Vanilla IS crappy, so there.

OTOH, I love that I am a White Knight, apparently. I think some people have things macroed to paste on the forums...

[i2agnarok]

I've never understood why people lash out at those that post a leaving thread. I'm not sure where the insecure need comes from to insult someone for leaving a video game. I don't know if them leaving threatens people.. or somehow invalidates their decision to stay and play. It's very odd.

Ask a million people and you'll get a million and one reasons.

As someone that has worked jobs involving technical support, billing, and other related issues, I have an extremely short tolerance for "I'm unhappy, I'm leaving." We didn't have a retention policy, so if they were on "screw you, I'm leaving," then I didn't care and canceled whatever they wanted, gave any refund if applicable, thanked them for their time and sent them on their way. If they're throwing a tantrum, then I don't feel like dealing with them. Now, if its someone that was interested in giving feedback, then I handled it completely differently.

"Its too hard," or "its broken," is what I'd call "useless information." It doesn't help me in any way, shape, or form. I disregard it. All those bug reports have templates for a reason; to make it easy to cut down on time trying to find the answers. The way I see it, if you don't have time to go through a channel or follow a protocol, you don't want it fixed. I don't have time to go digging through stuff and trying to put an incoherent rant together. ^__^

Working for tech companies, the lack of any sort of response on hot topics often means that things are being analyzed. If they don't outright say something, they are prepared to deal with it.

How is that relevant at all to being mean at someone leaving? Probably just an overly aggressive way of saying "well, if you can't bother to explain yourself, peace out." Unnecessary, sure.

Also, some people just have to be cruel to anything that looks like a cry for attention. Like posting purposely vague statuses on Facebook. Your mileage may vary.

Obviously, I won't miss the OP on the grounds I mentioned before, but those reasons are probably why people feel the urge to belittle posts like these.