Not good enough. (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Tuesday, August 07, 2018, 12:35 (2377 days ago) @ Ragashingo

A humorous gif and a shrug is a crap way to explain why you are constantly so abrasive to everyone. It’s a cop out. It’s ignoring responsibility. It is just further antagonizing the people who legitimately want to know what your issue is.

I'll agree that it's no explanation.

But I think most of us remain here for the same reasons. I don't know why people take Korny's tone to heart about things. Has Korny ever cut someone down for being a fan of Bungie or Destiny? Because if that happened I missed it. Generally when he expresses a point of view that I don't share (which is most of the time); he still makes good arguments for feeling that way. I would say the same thing about you, Raga. I'm pretty confident in saying that about most of us here.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we all generally value differing viewpoints, particularly when considering criticism of something we care about?

I think most of us are pretty familiar with the notion that Bungie are their own harshest critics. And I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a hard look at something that one wants to improve and being fearless in expressing the ways it can be better. The thing I don't see Korny doing that has become a trend among a large swath of the Destiny-playing public is become embittered and tear down the game/dev at every turn for trivialities, or better yet, at one's own (over)investment in the game.

Have we regressed recently into personal attacks or insults? I've admittedly stayed out of a lot of these discussions because frankly I don't care about shaders or how they're changing. They exist in my life and within my playstyle just fine. So forgive me if I'm weighing in only partially educated on this; but as I said at the beginning, I think we all hang out here for the same reasons. There's a history and a habit (and, I hope, a camraderie among us) of high-fidelity discourse that doesn't happen elsewhere.

I guess I want to clarify that I'm not necessarily trying to sail in to defend him, he's a big boy and he doesn't need my help on that. But I guess I'm just surprised at the extent of the reaction. I too sometimes hate the stuff I hear coming out of him about Bungie because I don't want it to be true. But that doesn't mean that it isn't.

~m