Play other games :)

[TowaIsBestGirl]

No one is gatekeeping anything. Disagreement is not akin to allowing or disallowing. Heck, if anything it seems more like positivity is the thing that is discouraged the most on here. Sure there will be trolls pushing the bar, but if we judged everything by their standards then we are doomed.

Everyone and their father is a victim, I suppose. Personally, I despise the very idea of being a victim so I reject it outright. My own approach is instead of whinging and attempting to invite pity, if I feel like I'm not being heard I'm gonna keep talking and putting my views out there. Maybe I'm just beating my head bloody and raw against the walls of an Imperial Castrum, but I'm stubborn and very spiteful, to me the victim mindset is the true attempt at throwing the white flag up. If nothing else, I try my best to remain polite and refrain from attacking the person instead of the argument. Would that some present here could follow that fairly common example of upstanding citizenry. We teach our children these things, come on people.

I agree criticism is a needed aspect of any media, but to be fair though, the ‘posters that roll up to trash you’ thing often happens if you speak positively of the game too. People have even used the same excuse you say to justify being disrespectful of negative posts, that they are ‘just tired of it.’ You are right that such debates can fall into ‘mockery and various accusations.’ but it is in no way unique to one side either. It would be great if every topic could be well-written and throughout examinations of the game, but in this environment thats near on impossible to carry on past a few pages. Plus when it comes to subjective aspects like story, we are all pushed by our own bias viewpoints.

I find it odd and conspicuous how the convenience of both-sides-ism only ever surfaces as a defense for one side being assailed. Strangely when both sides are actively engaged in zealotry the -ism is startlingly absent. Curious, that.