Sometimes I think the forums are the most important aspect to the game to these people. On the forums, they can get their likes and boast about having the most likes. They can be somebody. It's all about the attention.

They are also looking for the "I told you so" argument. They will continue to play the game they despise until the day they can say, "I told you so."

I said this in a post a few weeks ago. There's sadly a group of players in every game who want to destroy what isn't theirs. Why? At what cost? If I'm watching a movie and it sucks, horribly, I turn it off. I don't just sit there and watch it when I already know it sucks. Okay, that's not entirely true. I have watched some BAAAAAAAAAAD movies and continued to watch them to see exactly how bad it can get(GI JOE Rise of Cobra comes to mind.) But I don't complain about it afterwards.

I don't know what these people are thinking. It's easy to just quit. Instead, they hate this game so much, they tell new players to quit but they themselves keep on playing.

The reason? The attention they get on the forums. Any attention, whether it's negative or positive, is attention. That's the game to them. That's the ultimate goal. To win Forum 514

Also, the forums represent a minority of the players - not all players even visit these forums. What you see, for the most part, are the vocal minority.

Guys, I've been reading these forums for the last couple of weeks and quite frankly, man, I've seen a lot confused people. People who ain't got their priorities in order. They ain't got their **** together to put it bluntly, guys. I'm talking about a very special segment of people and note that this behaviour isn't unique to Dust 514 but I use it as a lens to take a look at this whole thing. You see, guys, what I'm talking about here are the people who play the game a lot, they are active here on the forums but at the same time, man, they absolutely hate the game! They think the game is going into the wrong direction and they dislike CCP.

Now some of these people keep telling me: "Ric, can't you see it, I'm here for the potential, man!" What potential?! You just told me the game has gotten worse and worse every new build! One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results! That's right, I think you're nuts! Even if you think the game's improving slowly but is crap at this moment, get the **** out! Use your time better: Hit the gym, read the autobiography of Ben Franklin and improve your life. Then come back later and check it out if you think the game has reached the potential you guys keep talking about. Perhaps your cunty ass would be more happy too if you'd concentrate on what's going on in your life today instead of thinking about the future as your, and the game's saving grace.

Well we all know how these guys rationalise this behaviour, man. "Ric, I can't be competitive without playing this game every single day!" Or "This game will die if I leave!" and, guys, what really cracks me up is the classic: "As soon as X hits the market I'm gone!" Well if Dust 514 is the second best game in the market after X, then I guess it's not that bad at all. The bottom line is, guys, that if you don't enjoy the game, take a break, use your time better and come back later and check it out. Don't keep complaining about stuff and expect things to change around you just because you're unhappy! Because at the end of the day, boys and girls, that's not how anything in this life works.

, what really cracks me up is the classic: "As soon as X hits the market I'm gone!" Well if Dust 514 is the second best game in the market after X, then I guess it's not that bad at all.

Uprising shocked a lot of us. I used to have much faith in this game - but now a days It feels like that faith is hanging by a thread.
If that offends you - sorry - but I am allowed to speak my mind.

And the reason the people who hate this game yet come back - it's because of friends. That's not a bad thing - but I agree they shouldn't be on the forums with no hope doom saying and making things worse for the rest of us who have even a glimmer of hope for the future.

As for me - respec gave me Logi-Lav's and I've been havin' a blast since!

You know what, man, it doesn't offend me. You're allowed to your opinion like you said, and yeah I can understand people staying in the game because of their friends. One of the reasons I play the game is a few cool people I talk with in game. Just don't be frustrated when the game doesn't develop the way you expect it to, dude. It's certainly not going to happen.

The reason why I made the thread is, because I think it's safe to say that many of us has been in the situation where we keep playing a game we don't even enjoy for some strange reason, man. Whether it be because of gear, Xp or SP, friends like you said, or just because of that's what we've got used to doing. Well I tell you what, that happened to me with early days of WoW and man it really was the best decision when I took a break from that son of a *****, guys!

Have to +1 this. Everybody should read the autobiography of Ben Frankin, the man rocks.

Have to +1 this. Everybody should read the autobiography of Ben Frankin, the man rocks.

So if Ben Franklin fought the guy on the Quaker Oats box, who'd win?

That's an easy one Onesimus.

Franklin was a world-class research scientist. Even if he was evenly-matched with the Quaker dude, in the end Ben would just out-MacGyver him ;)

You know what, man, it doesn't offend me. You're allowed to your opinion like you said, and yeah I can understand people staying in the game because of their friends. One of the reasons I play the game is a few cool people I talk with in game. Just don't be frustrated when the game doesn't develop the way you expect it to, dude. It's certainly not going to happen.

The reason why I made the thread is, because I think it's safe to say that many of us has been in the situation where we keep playing a game we don't even enjoy for some strange reason, man. Whether it be because of gear, Xp or SP, friends like you said, or just because of that's what we've got used to doing. Well I tell you what, that happened to me with early days of WoW and man it really was the best decision when I took a break from that son of a *****, guys!