RolStoppable said:
The issue is that you don't really understand where Malstrom is coming from and what his ideals are. That's why you see him as being controversial for the sake of it, even though he remained consistent over all those years. Changing your mind would require you to admit to yourself that you don't fully understand Malstrom's motivations and revisit some of his articles in order to get what it's all about. Not for me, not for him, but for yourself to better understand why something is successful and why it's not. |
I definitely agree that I don't understand his motivations most of the time, thus the reason I feel he is contrarian for the sake of it. you however can't ride on the whole "you don't understand the majesty of the great Malstrom" when someone doesn't like him. It's not that I don't like / don't understand the Blue ocean strategy, its that I think he's a douche nozzle.
I still have every right to hold to my opinion that when he started talking about how great game X is and how shitty game Y is, it ruined his blog. my whole opinion of him changed when he satrted doing this. Then he bagan screening hatemail to post on the site.....strike 2. Since when did he become an internet version of Sean Hannity?
If the guy can seperate himself from his work, I may pick it up again, but ATM he has turned his blog into an extension of his ego. This is also why GJAIF and even a handful of other blogs turn out crappy after a while. If enough people stroke the ego and say "you're a genius!" they usually turn out a bit d"ouchey."
