** Skyrim up the game a bit **

They want the world to believe that fans of the game consider it so perfect that they are hurt by criticism of it. In essence, they are trying to publicly fabricate enemies to justify their attacks. In reality no enemy exists except between their own ears.

What possesses people to spend entire days in this place trying to make a game and its followers look stupid? Do they wake up in the morning, look in a mirror, paint up their faces and practice? I don't get it.

If you have a problem with "Marketing Propaganda" you shouldn't go outside or watch a television.

Good luck.

How has your time in game been, you know, since you came back?

I agree, establishing an exaggerated, almost "strawman" caricature of the "other side" instead of engaging with the reality is a big problem in modern discourse in general, and all the worse on the interwebs.


......oh the irony. Apparently a complete lack of self-awareness would be another such problem.

Due to the expansion of customization options, I'd move my rating of TOR up to a 6/10. It's fun in a mindless sort of way.

I don't believe the post you quoted, it was just a way to turn around hyperbolic vitriol to show how ridiculous it sounds... in either direction.

Since you asked...

Due to the expansion of customization options, I'd move my rating of TOR up to a 6/10. It's fun in a mindless sort of way.

Must be good enough for approximately $15 a month.

But if you actually believe you can, or should, get a bunch of sandbox features, you will be very disappointed.

I agree, establishing an exaggerated, almost "strawman" caricature of the "other side" instead of engaging with the reality is a big problem in modern discourse in general, and all the worse on the interwebs.

......oh the irony. Apparently a complete lack of self-awareness would be another such problem.

My youngest is a behavioral psych prof at KU whose dissertation was on MMOs and their place in the social fabric. I got to essentially play part-time RA during his "internship" as a progression guild GM & raid leader in WoW for 3 years. Was seriously fascinating (and scary) stuff.

Clinically, people whose pleasure is derived from taking the offensive against perceived threats to submissiveness are classified as sociopaths. An unfortunate but prime example of this would be Charles Manson. Over time the evasion of consequences for their actions becomes an art form, which in turn immunizes them against reality. The longer they go without suffering serious consequences, the stronger this immunity becomes.

Eventually verbal assault becomes second nature and a more calculated challenge to them without them even realizing they are doing it. In real life people got to jail or enter institutions for such transgressions. Out here they simply change threads ... or accounts.

Nice. So people who criticize a game are now essentially the same as Charles Manson?!

I wonder why people don't take the apologists seriously?

Nice. So people who criticize a game are now essentially the same as Charles Manson?!

I wonder why people don't take the apologists seriously?