I thought I'd promote this to its own thread. The premise is that perhaps we need more fanboys, not less...

There's balance. We have haters and fanboys. So what. Somehow people think that CCP has no ability to review comments in a critical way and look at the issues being discussed from both viewpoints and take what fits into their own vision. Seriously?

If we had 100,000 fanboys playing at a time the game would be great success wouldn't it? No matter how many haters we accumulate they will never be a measure of its success until they stop being haters.

Original discussion here...

I think you mean if we had 100,000 developers.

@Pony

There's quite a difference in negative criticism and simply propagating a pessimistic, even nihilistic, view constantly and unceasingly until it starts to infect everyone else.

I'm seeing too much of the latter and the former is as rare as a unicorn with two horns.

@Pony

There's quite a difference in negative criticism and simply propagating a pessimistic, even nihilistic, view constantly and unceasingly until it starts to infect everyone else.

I'm seeing too much of the latter and the former is as rare as a unicorn with two horns.

A unicorn with two horns isn't a unicorn.

Its a rhino derp :P

Or a bicorn. What about a bicorn with two corn-on-the-cobs on its horns, is it a bicorncorncorn?

Enough of the ******* unicornisms already. :p

But whilst we are using big words to explain behavour, we should also note that people will more often than not use diplomacy(constructive feedback) first and then resort to protest/ rioting (ranting on forums/verbal attacks)and finally affirmative action (quitting the game).

I would argue that haters and fan boys both want a awesome game to play at the end of the day

In my opinion

Also someone delivering negative criticism using the same means (forums) as someone who loves the game for what it is can often be misconstrued as hate(rs)

It is a sad state of affairs when being a fan of something is used as an insult. I swear, I hear "fanboy" thrown around as an insult more often than I hear about the 12 year old having intimate relations with my mother.

I don't see anyone pretending everything is fine.

I see people suggesting that ****posting isn't productive... and getting labeled fanboys in return.

Really now, you can go into almost any thread with constructive criticism and see people telling the OP to stop complaining and a litany of excuses on CCPs behalf and that the game isnt as bad as they say, stuff like that is fanboying and creates an illusion of the game that doesnt hold up to the reality

The OP of the thread you're promoting is just plain stupid

Personally I wish both would GTFO.

I'd prefer people with some common sense, intelligence, consideration, and ability to eloquently express their thoughts. And of course, they should like the game (or what the game can become) enough to play it and post about it.

These kind of people need honest, direct and timely feedback from CCP dev's though....

So, if humanity kicked more ass than it does now, I guess I'd be happy.

@Pony

There's quite a difference in negative criticism and simply propagating a pessimistic, even nihilistic, view constantly and unceasingly until it starts to infect everyone else.

I'm seeing too much of the latter and the former is as rare as a unicorn with two horns.

CCP hasnt shown they can look at comments and issues from more than one side, pretending everything is fine will lead to a more broken game thats no fun for anyone