happydolphin said:
I understand.
To be honest with you, there was a moment where I wanted to abandon, but I realized this isn't an argument, and we're adults, we should be able to overcome the roadblocks.
I understand you want to leave and that's okay.
I'll just say this, we may have been asking the wrong questions. We are coming from two different viewpoints and there are loose ends. What are the loose ends, and how can we tie them whole again?
This is where things actually get fruitful, but for some reason we fall short before making it to the next level.
You don't need to answer these, but here was the next question set I was going to ask you.
What was the original purpose of Rol's argument? How is genre relevant to his argument, apart from the ultimate tie-in (all things said)? In and of itself how was genre so fundamental to the metric? We understand that the genre and intrinsic quality is the how (as to how the sales happened), but the sales are the end result, they can be compared independently of genre, one level higher in abstraction. In other words, the level of abstraction was visible to all of us to see. So, how did you see genre as being so fundamental in the metric, when the metric was self-sustained without it?
I would prefer you not consider me a student, for the simple reason that, though I have been on the forums for only 3 years now, I have been following gaming news related to business, especially Nintendo, ever since I was 14, it was a dedicated hobby. I have reasons for that I can share with you another time.
If instead of seeing me as your lesser, you could see me as your peer, you would be able to see that it's not about you having something to teach me, but about us learning from each other.
That's where the relationship between you and I, Rol and I, that's where it breaks down.
I'm 27, I'm a graduated software engineer, I have a background in concepts, my father is a businessman, has been ever since I'm born. I have 5 siblings with who I debated and argued on many occasions, I've been a dedicated gamer for a large portion of my life. So the fact that you, Amp, and Rol think that you can put yourselves on a step above me just because you were registered on VGchartz 1 or 2 years before me is a real pity in comparison with what I am worth in the debate.
I wish it could go beyond this level, but what you do and your attitude I cannot control. I can control mine, and I realize my shortcomings, but the way you perceive me and in turn behave with me, I have no control over it. I can only plea repeatedly, but after a certain number of times, there's just nothing more I can do. (this has less to do with you noname, but more with those who have a habit of patronizing with me)
I hope that helps clear things out a little.
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