Content you don't play?

[TruebladeNuke]

Looking at the recent discussion, I have to admit I don't find much humor in always picking out flaws and poking at it. Depending on how you word things, it could come off as offensive pretty quick like. Course, it could also just be my tainted view on humanity in general. I've seen and dealt with too many trolls in my life here on the internet.

Personally, I'd rather that people discuss the things they like, rather than the things they hate. If people just focus on talking about the things they hate, it makes it LOOK like they just hate the game in general, which is often the vibe I typically get from such discussions. But if people discuss things they like, we actually see for clear fact on forum discussion that yes, people actually ARE enjoying the content. I've never understood the reason to be silent about the things you like and only discuss the things you hate. It just screams "BACKWARDS!" to me. Course... I suppose if no one criticizes, then there's nothing to munch on to get better at your work either. Sadly, one of my tainted views on humanity stems from caustic criticism. (I'm talking the reviews on which the person pulls no punches and talks as much trash as possible about the product)

But that's just me. I know, I know. Different strokes for different people. At least the discussion ended well enough.

I suppose since I'm posting in here again, I may as well add that I've also been ignoring Chocobo racing lately, since I don't feel like sinking in tons of MGP and gil on it yet. But what little racing I did I enjoyed. Perhaps I'll race more in the future.

[Bluevann]

But that's just me. I know, I know.

Agree, but see, much like satire, complaining and talking of things that put us off is something people enjoy and have fun with. It is no coincidence that threads where people express their feelings towards something they find off in the game are extensively long-lived, while threads like "Thanks to SE!" or "So why do you play?" or "Things I like in the game!" get fewer answer and disappear a lot sooner. It's how human's sense of humor works, and it doesn't make you a bad person to enjoy complaints or criticism (which are not the same thing, unlike a lot of people think). Watch some stand up comedy, George Carlin, Jim Gaffigan, the principle is the same.

I suppose I'd have to write down what kind of jokes we make to really make you understand, but they're many and each requires background explanations, and I'd rather not derail the thread further.