ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

You were the rain, you were the sun...♪

Talking about peet-peeves and stereotypes. Yeah... I understand that a status post (or anywhere on rmn, really xD) are probably not the right places to look for thoughtful conversation only -sometimes people just want to vent a little or engage in some small talk- but it is somewhat of my concern that some of you can express opinions so biased, so one-sided, so black and white...

I'm not a "gamergate-r" so I'm not here to defend the movement, but I think we could all benefit from gaining a broader perspective of it, beginning by stop dismissing it under the unison of: "misogyny, misogyny!". If not only because not each one of its members can be a bigot by association, specially since many of them are women and members of various minorities (who often times are the targets of unscrupulous remarks themselves) But because we would be throwing ourselves under the bus in the long run...

It is unfortunate to see gamergate gaining such momentum having as its roots the alleged 'sexcapdes' of a female game developer, but it is also unfortunate having to forfeit that momentum because of it... Even if another movement where to come out of this -"Ethica" as Liberty suggest we call it- there would be threats there too, and there will be little to nothing we could do to stop it. And then the media would pick that bone and run with it, and we would have to forfeit that movement as well. And the next after that, and the next after that. Just like every other concern regarding game journalism was drowned amidst similar drama even before gamergate.

So, to reiterate my point. If this is really a "war" like some people claim it is. let's win that war inside each one of us first. Be fair, be understanding, be a bunch of other nice-sounding words... Let me propose all of you an exercise. Go read a bunch of article about gamergate coming from both sides. If you're able to spot the bias, catch the buzzwords and logical fallacies in all of them, then you're fine. You, my friend, are the future of gaming, and I have my entire faith put in you. And if you can't... welp! =/

author=wildwes
Not pressuring you to play more or anything, but... I usually hate grinding and I'll admit, BD has plenty of it. However, it makes grinding so easy that I almost feel enjoy it somehow. Just turn encounters up as high as possible and set everyone to Brave 3 times and use normal attacks or weaknesses and boom, everyone's shot up a couple levels in 5-10 minutes. Plus it gives you bonuses to EXP and JP for getting through the battle in one turn or not taking any damage, which makes it go a LOT faster. So uh, yeah.

That sounds pretty cool indeed! Too bad I find the whole "kiddies save the world" thing to be a bit overdone for my taste. That, and I don't own a 3DS =(

lol. You just made the exact same post up there, and the same back-handed insult a few pages ago... Give it up. I'm not gonna bite.

Edit: No further comment.

@Solitayre: This isn't about "permissions", where did you get that from? I could likely say I don't need anyone's permission to say or do anything I want! Sounds bad, doesn't it? ...All I'm saying is, is it really that much to ask for two sides of an argument to compromise?

Also, I already do that (to a degree I find reasonable anyway), but that still grants me labels such as "passive oppressor", so... *shrug*