GameRager: If that ever happened we'd just make a Steam gifting thread, so I don't think many were upset in that manner as a result of your posts here. :)
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You should care, though......you obviously like some things here and at least some of the people here, so why not try to maintain your "tenure" here if only to stay close to those things? (I also think you're pretty fun to have around sometimes, btw, and don't want to see you go.)
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But isn't that how trends happen/stuff changes&evolves on a forum? One person or a few people go in one direction and the rest either accept it and encourage it's growth/acceptance on the forum in question or they do their best to oppose it and get it removed from the forum altogether or diminish it's presence there(if possible). Forums aren't organized democracies......we all don't vote on every decision at every moment of every day.
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Self entitled as in you(in some of your posts here) seemed to be speaking as if your opinions/wants/needs for how things on the forums should work should carry more weight than others for some reason.
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Also no, you don't have to take my advice or the advice of anyone here....it might help you in the long run(Here, in life, etc.) if you were more open to taking other people's suggestions instead of pushing them aside so quickly, though.
I see. It's that easy, yet way too much to ask. Still not sure I understand what's agitating people so much - is it that I'm challenging the ever-changing status quo, or that I dare critisise?
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I wouldn't quit GOG no matter how much I'd disagree with what's happening at the forums so I wouldn't be "losing" anything (that isn't already "lost") if I stop frequenting the forums. I see no point hanging around if it's behind a "glass screen" - just like I do play some sports, yet barely ever watches any on the telly - "being close" doesn't cut it.
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That's kind of my point: I "do [my] best to oppose it and get it removed from the forum altogether or diminish it's[sic] presence there(if possible)". Yet you question my mental abilities for doing so.
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Maybe I am; I am certainly used to my words carrying weight IRL. But I actually thought that more people than just me would find this "out of place", as I don't see it as a "personal preference" rather than "common decensy". There's a time and a place for everything, and more so when you're on someone else's turf.
Actually, I do feel a bit more entitled than the average Joe, when it comes to this thread. I've fulfilled many a wish in this thread ($800+ spent on gifts to 100+ complete strangers, most of them in this very thread), yet it's too much to ask of those who're in this thread to receive something for nothing that they try to keep it to GOG titles. Not only that, I'm being scolded for even daring to suggest such an outrageous thing. I don't know about you, but that really sours the whole gifting experience for me.
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It may look like I'm pushing away your suggestions quickly, but so far nothing (that I remember at the moment, anyway) has come up that I hadn't already considered long before speaking my mind the first time. Why pretend mulling something over when I've already done so and found it lacking?
So, I guess you're right - it's time for me to stop bitching and just move on. This isn't the place for me anymore.