Quote Originally Posted by Brinne View Post
Speaking for myself and my friend group, who are quite critical of Venat: no, absolutely not.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I'm curious, if you don't mind elaborating, does it have to do with her violating people's rights?

Quote Originally Posted by Caurcas View Post
The Ancients as a society were highly collectivist, (magical, post scarcity utopian communism basically) where everything was regulated by committee and generally had no self expression. Venat, and Azem were rebels to this world view and far more individualistic by nature of that.
I'm not familiar with those terms, however, looking up the definitions I got:

Collectivism is a value that is characterized by emphasis on cohesiveness among individuals and prioritization of the group over the self.

Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual.

Venat may have been individualistic, but she had no respect for anyone else's individualism (including Azem). I also wasn't trying to classify her politically as much as I thought players' political leanings might have influenced how they viewed her and her actions. Personally, I don't feel I fit the definition of a collectivist, but I still sympathized with the Ancients and felt Venat was wrong.