Malstrom: Game Industry tries to justify corruption

[vanatos]

noname2200 said:

vanatos said:

1.If you made a thread calling me ridiculous and a fool, i would read it, whether i listen to you depends on the points you make about me.

2.Maelstrom despises (as do i, and i am one of them) the 'hardcore gamers' that act elitist, although i am not elitist, i classify myself as a hardcore gamer too, sometimes i act elitist though.

3. If an american writes about social problems in communities IN AMERICA, you going to claim this is wrong because he is attacking his 'readership'? that since he writes about large segments of Americans, and he is American, this is faulty?

Your logic is very flawed, and i am having a hard time understanding how you can consider it coherent.

I do not see Maelstrom, asking for aid, or asking for 'fans' or praising 'fans' or anything like that, that would qualify or necessitate him having some duty or loyalty to any group, let alone any particular type of gamer.

Ah, I see the problem here, number three makes it clear. You think "criticize" and "insult" are synonyms.

They are not.

They are not? to you and everyone else here that criticises Maelstrom it is.

 

I'll take your words.

"Most of us find it grating; arrogance is difficult to stomach when it comes from a person who you don't need to listen to (and even when you do have to listen to the person). Additionally, calling your readers "idiots," "fools," etc. is not a wise way to get people to listen to you. There's more, but to summarize: people often have better things to do than listen to someone insult them or pleasure himself to his own written words."

 

1.You choose to criticise Maelstrom

2.You attack his manner

This is exactly what Maelstrom is doing, is not Maelstrom saying the reviewer is essentially 'whining to downplay an issue'?

You call Maelstrom's actions arrogant, Maelstrom calls a reviewers actions 'phony and whiny'.

No difference.

Just because Maelstrom elaborates on it more then you doesn't change this fact.