Hello all,
I realized a certain kind of tension and hostilities between the players of BF2 in the last few days.
Of course I know that everyone not playing the way I like is a noob.
Of course I know that everyone not liking the patch is some kind of flying whore.
Of course I know that everyone liking the patch is without skill.
Od course I know that the patch was made because of all the whiners that have no skill.
Of course I know that the patch was made to fix game mechanics that were not ment to work the way they were used.
Of course I know that EA is just a bunch of moneygrabbing jerks that wants to screw the customers.
Of course I know that EA does their best to make the game better and improve the experience.
Of course I know that it is not EA who is responsible for the problems but DICE.
Of course I know that it is EA that is responsible since they push DICE into releasing every thing to soon.
Of course I know that 10$ for the Boosterpack is far too much and it should be free.
Of course I know that 10$ for the Boosterpack is cheap, since you get a new army, new weapons, new maps.
Well, with that said:
This board is ment to be a community where people talk about the game and the patches, changes and experience with the game.
But there are some things I am wondering about:
Why does it always have to be some "dickhead, sucker, noob, craphead," that has to "stfu, go fuck himself, eat shit, go and die" etc in replies to post one does not agree with.
Behind every nickname in this board is a person. This person can agree with you in the whole of your opinions and views, agree with you in parts of your opinion and views, disagree for the most part or disagree totally.
That is every person's right. The right to his/her own opinion.
You disagree with something? Fine by me, let me know and you might even bring a point across that I didn't think of and I might agree with some of what you have to say.
You disagree with something and have the need to insult me, call me names, tell me how stupid a noob I am and shout at me virtually? Well, you will lose me during the first few lines of your post and the only point you bring across is that you might not have any real arguments to make me change my point of view. You might even have a good point somewhere in there, but it will go past me unnoticed, since I skip what you wrote because this is not a shouting match or "who insults best" tournament and I have better things to do with my time than reading personal insults and flames.
We all like/love the game. We play it. We might not agree on certain changes done be the company that made this game and decided to change certain mechanics of it, altering the game experience for all, for some towards a more positive experience for some towards a more negative experience.
We have a free will. Life is full of changes, full of opportunities, full of times for decisions.
EA/Dice come up with changes, with opportunities, with times for decisions as well.
They change the gameplay.
They give the opportunity to enjoy the game.
They let us decide if we keep on playing or quitting and playing something else we like better.
They do not say "Play our game or we shoot this cute puppy!" They do say "We hope you like the new experience."
So play the game and enjoy it. Or take a break and return to the changed game after taking a deep breath.
Or don't return, because you realized that the game is not entertaining for you any more.
What I really want to say with all this above:
We are players, we play a game. We play a game we like or love. A game is nothing to get worked up about at all. More than we are players we all are human beings, persons behind the screen name we chose.
Persons have feelings and emotions.
During a verbal argument emotions can take control. We might start to shout, shake a fist at the other one, we might slam a door, hit a fist on the table.
But on a board emotions should not be able to take control, the short way "emotions - mouth" is not there.
We have a keyboard and we have to type everything we want to say. Time enough for reasoning to overcome emotions.
Of course we can disagree, and we can engage in a heated discussion even in written form.
But, and I ask this all of you: Would you really talk to another person face to face, like you "talk" here on the board? Would you actually read a post that is written in your style to see if some valid point is in there somewhere? Would it make you furious? Would you skip a post written like your's after the first few words because it is just an insulting flame?
The best way to bring a point across is... to bring a point across.
The worst way to bring a point across is... shouting and insulting without a point at all.
I really like to be in an online community that shares my interests (BF2 in this case). I like to exchange opinions, ideas or tips and tricks. Talking with others that are more experienced to learn from and share my (still) meager knowledge with people that try to get their stuff together because they just started out.
I think that my score shows that I don't play to achive anything, but to have fun. It is exciting to measure yourself with all the other players out there. It is fun when you manage something that looked hopeless, like being the one to cap a flag so that all others can spawn again or giving of a desperate snapped shot with the M95 against a Cobra that is turning towards you in a hover to blow you to bits and manage to kill the pilot by sheer luck (as happened once).
I won't get a bigger car, house or bank account for being Gunnery Sergeant or having this or that badge.
And if I do not have fun with the game, I don't play it that evening. I let it rest, I play it the next day or even the day after that. I do not watch a movie I do not like, I leave the theater if it is worse enough. Others might enjoy the movie, so why should I sit there and throw popcorn at the screen, shout and boo and spoil the fun for the others? Why should I behave differently with a game?
So the next time someone says something that you do not agree with, please just take a step back, a deep breath and tell the person with what and why you do not agree instead of giving him/her the virtual finger.
See ya,
vonSteuben
I realized a certain kind of tension and hostilities between the players of BF2 in the last few days.
Of course I know that everyone not playing the way I like is a noob.
Of course I know that everyone not liking the patch is some kind of flying whore.
Of course I know that everyone liking the patch is without skill.
Od course I know that the patch was made because of all the whiners that have no skill.
Of course I know that the patch was made to fix game mechanics that were not ment to work the way they were used.
Of course I know that EA is just a bunch of moneygrabbing jerks that wants to screw the customers.
Of course I know that EA does their best to make the game better and improve the experience.
Of course I know that it is not EA who is responsible for the problems but DICE.
Of course I know that it is EA that is responsible since they push DICE into releasing every thing to soon.
Of course I know that 10$ for the Boosterpack is far too much and it should be free.
Of course I know that 10$ for the Boosterpack is cheap, since you get a new army, new weapons, new maps.
Well, with that said:
This board is ment to be a community where people talk about the game and the patches, changes and experience with the game.
But there are some things I am wondering about:
Why does it always have to be some "dickhead, sucker, noob, craphead," that has to "stfu, go fuck himself, eat shit, go and die" etc in replies to post one does not agree with.
Behind every nickname in this board is a person. This person can agree with you in the whole of your opinions and views, agree with you in parts of your opinion and views, disagree for the most part or disagree totally.
That is every person's right. The right to his/her own opinion.
You disagree with something? Fine by me, let me know and you might even bring a point across that I didn't think of and I might agree with some of what you have to say.
You disagree with something and have the need to insult me, call me names, tell me how stupid a noob I am and shout at me virtually? Well, you will lose me during the first few lines of your post and the only point you bring across is that you might not have any real arguments to make me change my point of view. You might even have a good point somewhere in there, but it will go past me unnoticed, since I skip what you wrote because this is not a shouting match or "who insults best" tournament and I have better things to do with my time than reading personal insults and flames.
We all like/love the game. We play it. We might not agree on certain changes done be the company that made this game and decided to change certain mechanics of it, altering the game experience for all, for some towards a more positive experience for some towards a more negative experience.
We have a free will. Life is full of changes, full of opportunities, full of times for decisions.
EA/Dice come up with changes, with opportunities, with times for decisions as well.
They change the gameplay.
They give the opportunity to enjoy the game.
They let us decide if we keep on playing or quitting and playing something else we like better.
They do not say "Play our game or we shoot this cute puppy!" They do say "We hope you like the new experience."
So play the game and enjoy it. Or take a break and return to the changed game after taking a deep breath.
Or don't return, because you realized that the game is not entertaining for you any more.
What I really want to say with all this above:
We are players, we play a game. We play a game we like or love. A game is nothing to get worked up about at all. More than we are players we all are human beings, persons behind the screen name we chose.
Persons have feelings and emotions.
During a verbal argument emotions can take control. We might start to shout, shake a fist at the other one, we might slam a door, hit a fist on the table.
But on a board emotions should not be able to take control, the short way "emotions - mouth" is not there.
We have a keyboard and we have to type everything we want to say. Time enough for reasoning to overcome emotions.
Of course we can disagree, and we can engage in a heated discussion even in written form.
But, and I ask this all of you: Would you really talk to another person face to face, like you "talk" here on the board? Would you actually read a post that is written in your style to see if some valid point is in there somewhere? Would it make you furious? Would you skip a post written like your's after the first few words because it is just an insulting flame?
The best way to bring a point across is... to bring a point across.
The worst way to bring a point across is... shouting and insulting without a point at all.
I really like to be in an online community that shares my interests (BF2 in this case). I like to exchange opinions, ideas or tips and tricks. Talking with others that are more experienced to learn from and share my (still) meager knowledge with people that try to get their stuff together because they just started out.
I think that my score shows that I don't play to achive anything, but to have fun. It is exciting to measure yourself with all the other players out there. It is fun when you manage something that looked hopeless, like being the one to cap a flag so that all others can spawn again or giving of a desperate snapped shot with the M95 against a Cobra that is turning towards you in a hover to blow you to bits and manage to kill the pilot by sheer luck (as happened once).
I won't get a bigger car, house or bank account for being Gunnery Sergeant or having this or that badge.
And if I do not have fun with the game, I don't play it that evening. I let it rest, I play it the next day or even the day after that. I do not watch a movie I do not like, I leave the theater if it is worse enough. Others might enjoy the movie, so why should I sit there and throw popcorn at the screen, shout and boo and spoil the fun for the others? Why should I behave differently with a game?
So the next time someone says something that you do not agree with, please just take a step back, a deep breath and tell the person with what and why you do not agree instead of giving him/her the virtual finger.
See ya,
vonSteuben
