The Official Forums is an EXTREMELY poor example of a "Good Community"

[Vahlnir]

Sometimes people here earn a little disrespect, and it's really that simple. I'll just say it: This place is full of some of the most annoying selfish irritating and also objectively incorrect people I've ever communicated with in this entire game. Like... no, sometimes "both sides" don't have a point. Sometimes the people here are just blatantly incorrect, or they'll hold "opinions" that are totally unreasonable, and when you ask them to elaborate a little, they just reveal how selfish and childlike they really are. I toe the line in my posts and even I find it hard to not go over it, but I seriously can't help it sometimes. People who barely read your posts, engage in bad faith with bad faith arguments regularly, and behave like they're paid company shills or parodies of the "got mine" attitude don't deserve your good will or your polite engagement.

I'm not touching the rest of your post with a 10 foot pole, but this is all true and very well said, and describes exactly why I decided to leave for a while.