So, ever since the ME3 ending thing, I have noticed something.... Different about the gaming community. Mostly that there is a huge increase in hostility to nearly every damn source. Their was already some hostility to game journalists before, but it was only increased to an insane degree with the ME3 ending. Same with devs. I can't walk two feet without someone hating pubs or Bioware. Those who label "games as art" have suffered a similar fate. They are called "pretentious snobs", "anti-consumer", "stupid", and less nice names.
And you know what? AM I SICK OF IT. ALL OF THIS DAMN HOSTILITY. I BLOODY HATE IT WITH A FIERY PASSION. People cannot bloody take opposing views to them anymore. Even people who are considered "big names" in this community are acting more snobbish, elitist, and hateful than the people they love to decry. Why can't we clean up our act? When did we become a community filled with hateful, cynical trolls? I love games. I really do. And I want to share that love with people who have similar passions and feelings to me. But so many are making it so damn hard to want to be part of the fecking community.
Let get it out of the way: I think games are art. I think it would be nice for the culture at large to consider them that, but I don't care all that much. I do not think pubs are evil. I do not think that games journalism is evil and inherently corrupt. Nor do I hate those who have different opinions to mine. Troll me and flame me all you want. I don't give a crap. Because I find it hard to care about what the gaming community thinks any more.
/rant
For discussion's sake: Do you feel the same as me? If so, when do you think the hostility of the gaming community reached boiling point? If you do not feel the same as me, why? Do you see something that I might be missing, that redeems the community?
And you know what? AM I SICK OF IT. ALL OF THIS DAMN HOSTILITY. I BLOODY HATE IT WITH A FIERY PASSION. People cannot bloody take opposing views to them anymore. Even people who are considered "big names" in this community are acting more snobbish, elitist, and hateful than the people they love to decry. Why can't we clean up our act? When did we become a community filled with hateful, cynical trolls? I love games. I really do. And I want to share that love with people who have similar passions and feelings to me. But so many are making it so damn hard to want to be part of the fecking community.
Let get it out of the way: I think games are art. I think it would be nice for the culture at large to consider them that, but I don't care all that much. I do not think pubs are evil. I do not think that games journalism is evil and inherently corrupt. Nor do I hate those who have different opinions to mine. Troll me and flame me all you want. I don't give a crap. Because I find it hard to care about what the gaming community thinks any more.
/rant
For discussion's sake: Do you feel the same as me? If so, when do you think the hostility of the gaming community reached boiling point? If you do not feel the same as me, why? Do you see something that I might be missing, that redeems the community?