Originally Posted by
Caerule
Man, a lot of new pages to the thread. I thought there might actually be some news I missed.
I can't believe people on both sides continue to try and win arguments by painting the other side as dumber, and so worthy of 0 consideration.
Firstly, that's not how things work. We're discussing a game, not building rockets. It's not like you need to be a super genius here. But even if we lived in a magical universe where how much your opinion mattered was based on your IQ, it wouldn't work out that way. Someone with 100 IQ points would still have an opinion 80% as valid as someone with 125. 1/5th more chance of having a more valid opinion certainly shouldn't validate you dismissing all other opinions. That would be stupid.
Arguing the intelligence of another just shows you can't argue without resorting to personal attacks or making some vague appeal to authority. It's anathema to discussion, as you are not actually refuting the arguments. You're not contributing anything by it.
I think this thread is full of intelligent people. Plenty of which I do not like. And they are on both the pro- and anti- Blizzard side. In the end, we are discussing perspectives. Intelligence has little impact on that. We are shaped by our peers, our experiences, our likes and our surroundings. And then we also add a mask of anonymity over it for good measure. And added to that, intelligence is not at all preventative of doing crazy things. In most cases, quite the opposite.
With that rant done, I do think there are those here that are devoted to unhealthy behavior. Beyond the trying to degrade their ideological adversaries just mentioned.
For example those that are here, that appear to hate the game. There could be many reasons for sticking around despite your words indicating such hatred.
1. You are a pessimist and complainer. Spewing out negativity is the easiest form of conversation. But below that mask, you are a fan nonetheless. Devoted to WoW because you still draw a lot of joy from it, and secretly engage with the game and community with the same fervor of the "fanboys".
2. You like attention. You get your joy from saying things some people will find controversial. And the best reaction is gotten from the white knights, because stomping something another loves brings the most passionate responses.
3. You want to belong. You've gotten to know this place, and want to be found cool by your peers. And the "cool kids" are the rebels that hate on everything.
4. You enjoy chaos. Through adversity we grow. You take great joy in challenging people on anything. By provoking opposing viewpoints, you seek to shape and strengthen your own.
5. You are a rageaholic. It doesn't matter how strongly you feel about an issue. Any chance you get to complain about something, you go for. You take satisfaction and pleasure, whenever you can spread negativity, and will leap at any opportunity to give a negative opinion.
6. You are an addict. You have truly soured on WoW and its fans, but you can't escape its iron talons, continuing to devote large portions of your life to something you have come to despise.
There's more reasons. And I won't say who I think is which. Especially as they can also easily overlaps. But I think a lot of people here are actually fans, pretending to be haters. I am addicted to WoW. But I grew tired of it too. At the end of Classic I was growing less enthusiastic about WoW. So I quit. Played other games. Didn't check fansites. Didn't waste any time on this game. Didn't stay up to date at all on WoW, until Wrath drew me back. I didn't hate WoW, just grew colder towards it for a while. And if it happens again, I quit again, I will leave these forums again too.
You would have to be really really addicted to actually hate WoW and yet devote so much of your life to it as you see most of the haters here do. Life is precious, and often short. And there's so many other things to enjoy. Sure, one or two of us here may truly despise WoW and just be obsessed bordering on insanity. But overall we here love it. We are here because we are fans. So I tend to take all the negativity, insulting and mockery flung about here with a grain of salt. A lot of it isn't real, but a social game we play. Even if it's not a game I enjoy.