Why be in place where you discuss things in the first place then?

I like peter griffin from family guy,that is my response to that. Have a good sir,bye. lol

Well, I'm looking for individual answers though, but thanks anyway.

I don't know a single reason why an individual would want to post a negative post, I really don't, and that's what I want to know and want people to think about. Why do it?

To relieve frustration at the concept/item/person in question. To express a powerful negative opinion.

You're telling me you've never made a negative post?

Troy would disagree :P

I'm generally curious as to why so many people on VGC act and react the way they do. Yes, I'm talking about posting with good intentions on the internet, and I seriously don't understand why this doesn't happen more. (I'm naive, I know) because theyve been tormented over a period of time one isnt born like this they become a negative poster over time of takin abuse from other posters and learning whos who on the forums

Some people provoke negative answers from their fellow posters, some people put fellow posters in booths and will look at anything they post as negative and some people will attack back at fellow posters and rile things up further. Why? I just don't get it. What can possibly make you feel good about doing these things? i dont get it either they must get a kick of being a cyber bully

I don't want to mention any names, but I'll just give examples of these things.

I was on the IM (back when it existed) once, and were talking to a few other guys. They were monitoring a thread where one of them was trying to bait another member into flaming, so that member could be reported. What the hell?

Another time, a mod asked me to report another member for a fairly innocent post, so that member could be punished, simply because the mod was tired of him. Again, what the hell?

agreed ive also encountered similar experiences it also works in the opposite where you report and nothing gets done b/c i believe some posters have alliances with mods

In a recent thread, a bunch of posters were celebrating all the awesome games coming out this holiday for the PS3, and a fellow poster came in and made an innocent joke (I thought it was rather funny) about PS fans celebrating multiplat games on their console, and many of these PS fans, took this joke as a direct attack, and started defending themselves. Why do that? i dont get this either ps3 has alot of exclusives for 2011

If there is one thing I've learned over the past few years, it's that being defensive about things and trying to fight fire with fire is not going to do any good. You're not going to be happy for doing it, so why bother? agreed just let them stand there with there fire

Take a step back, relax, take a deep breath and realize that you don't need any of those things, they won't do you any good. yeah or go out do some yard work get things done in real life

There is nothing wrong with informing people of course, but if you know that someone is attacking just to rile up other posters, or refuses to listen to reason, why not just ignore them? Direct your time and energy to a place where it will be appreciated.

And why spend your time and energy assuming that certain posters will always be out to say something bad about something you love? It's a total waste, and if they really are out to do just that, the mods will handle them. Don't bother with being overtly defensive, because it breeds negativity. agreed i just make my threads now and let it be i dont even bother with all those flaming posts in my predictions threads

A perfect example of all this is highwaystar101. He just said that he is staying out of all threads discussing creationism and evolution, because he is arguing with people who he can't sway. So why bother, right? And in the last two weeks of not doing so, he has been feeling much happier. I guarantee you those two things are connected. yeah me to ive been using vgc in general alot less and nothing but good has come of it

So, honestly, why be negative? Ignore the stupid stuff that isn't worth your time and use your time and energy on constructive stuff where you'll be happy with what you're doing and your work will be appreciated.

Have fun with the fun stuff, ignore the stuff that'll bring you down.