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The "cause" I am speaking about can be found in various threads throughout the GT5 discussion board for example. I may not post alot compared to some, but what I do is read. This place is an excellent source of reading material, not doubt.
Anyways, I will not single anyone out but many of the posters who are unhappy with GT5 repeat that fact over and over again. I just don't understand a level of that dedication regarding a video game especially if there is no monetary reasons involved. Maybe I am getting to old for this?
You can turn that around 180 degrees and find members who are just as 'rabid' about praising GT without any thought or question and doing so over and over again, yet you seem quite happy with that.
That 'level' of dedication exists on both of these sides, but again you seem to only single it out as being an issue if its in regard to a critical comment.
Lets once again turn that around and say if you were actually not bothered by any of the issues raised in regard to GT5 and are quite happy with the game, then why did you create this thread? One that seems specifically designed to actively promote and encourage this exact same level of discussion.
That you created a thread of this nature and then say "I just don't understand a level of that dedication regarding a video game especially if there is no monetary reasons involved." is also odd, as you are showing that exact same level of "dedication regarding a video game", just for a different side of the coin.
As was the case with any piece of entertainment in my life, if I was unhappy with it, I cut my losses and moved on. Coming to a forum will not change the "sorrow" in my life, nor will rinsing and repeating of various topics somehow drive the point home to PD. There is marvelous feedback section here that cuts through the nonsense is there not?
So only post if you all happy and shiney in regard to a product and everyone else should just post in the feedback section and then bugger off?
You state "utter and complete nonsense" but you know it is the truth. Look at the amount of posts generated over the Motegi DLC. It's all over the place.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=256875
I stated that "the staff here requires people who complain in order to stay alive" is utter and complete nonsense because it is. To be blunt you have no idea how many 'argument' threads we merge and close on a daily basis, how many members get warnings/infractions/bans for be aggressively argumentative. You have no idea because the general membership never sees this work.
If we required this to survive we would not bother at all with any of that activity, nor would we bother coming down hard on those attack others as a form of complaint, rather than actually addressing the point in discussion.
We actively try and promote discussion, which may or may not include complaints, however to try and claim that we need complaints to survive is both inaccurate and not a comment you are in a position to make, as you simply do not have the information to make it available to you.
Plenty of threads exists on here with almost zero complaint and/or argument in them at all, it depends on the topic in question. Even the one you posted as an example is not a 'Complaint' thread at all, its an information and discussion thread on the new DLC. That some members have negative opinions doesn't change the fact the thread was created to inform and discuss the DLC. Now if you want an example of a thread created simply to complain, well then look no further than this one.
Do you honestly believe that if that thread had everyone in agreement it would be that size? No. You know that too and that is all that I was saying. Anyone with any experience in forums outside of posting understands that members are required for forums and discussions are required to keep them.
Discussion =/= complaint
We require members and we require discussion to exist as a site, but those discussion are not solely dedicated to complaints and arguments.
