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Goddammit! I always make it late to the drama. xD ...I just wanted to add that while I support the whole "It's always the developers choice" thing. Let's be frank about it. There's only so much pressure that a person or even a big company can withstand. If you were at the receiving end of that kind of pressure you'd probably understand. And one thing that confounds me is that usually the kind of people who complain about this sort of stuff -DO KNOW- or should know, what it's like to be prejudiced against, to feel ostracized, to fight every day against society's stigmas, and yet, they have no qualm in acting in the same way towards others.

...Criticism is a good thing. It's a positive force of change. There IS such a thing as gaining a deeper understanding on things, and changing your mind on issues. There IS such a thing as reaching out to other people and finding a middle ground that benefits us all the most. And it's not like we're talking about a one-way street either, so there's always room for dialogue. But real criticism sounds more like: "People may not be into thing because reason, please consider that" and less like: "Thing is bad and should not exist, and anyone who is into thing is bad person" which unfortunately is something that I see too often around here. =/



Edit: Complementary cute animals picture.

Ugh. Why is it that so many good games get such shitty fanbases? Are people really so dense they don't realize that making your own choices the entire point of the game? It annoys me to no end when people tell others how to play any game, especially games I like.

Luckily the Ace Attorney fandom hasn't devolved over the years. I guess it helps those games cater to audiences with an IQ over 75. -.-

I like DSP, and as far as I know I'm not a whiny troll. Of course, I wouldn't call myself a fan, I just like some of his stuff because, well, he's silly. It's when you take him seriously that you act like an idiot. Too many people take him seriously.

I doubt any of the people that complain about this kind of crap in video games would ever buy those games either way.

Ratty524
I'm not a big fan of LP'ers in general, but a close one for me is Game Grumps, and it's primarily because they don't try to pick apart the game for anyone else or even care about whether they're good or not, they simulate the experience of chilling out with your nerd friends and having fun, striking casual conversations, and being themselves. I feel like that's more interesting than someone trying too hard to act while playing a game.

I've always enjoyed GG for this aspect as well, but also how this plays into watching them as a Game Designer. You get a good look at how total laymen, who sometimes aren't even good at the game/genre in question play a game and understand its direction and mechanics. It can be very helpful, especially when they play hugely popular games like Zelda or Mario titles.

On the other hand, as a fan of DeceasedCrab, I can totally understand why people love more generated and acted personalities too. Although I think there's more to DC than just that, but, it plays a large role in the quality of his work.

And then there's Brickroad, who is a great game designer in his own right, which makes his breakdown of the design of what he's playing very helpful and interesting, outside of how entertaining his stuff is in the first place.

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Yep.

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Tomorrow's my birthday, and my gf is pissed at me for ruining her plans for me.
I kept telling her she doesn't need to spend money on me. Eventually she decided to not. Now, she is angry. Tomorrow is going to suck.