2013-01-27, 05:58 AM
AltCtrlDlt Wrote:I'm sorry that you feel threatened by what I said, because you're getting awfully defensive about it.
You poisoned the well and used a straw man, though. I'll try to kindly rebut.
All I was saying is that if the only reason people are playing the game is because of rankings, (and this part I was implying) they are going to inevitably be investing more emotionally than they perhaps should because of factors beyond their control (including hacking).
By this notion of self-satisfaction: self-knowledge of an achievement should be enough. If you are the first legitimate player to reach whatever level, and you know it (regardless of numbers/rankings/others' perceptions), that alone should be satisfying.
If a hacker beats you to ___ level and takes away your rank, but you are the first to reach ___ level legitimately, does that change the fact that you were the first to do it legitimately? No. And you would know it.
No one felt threatened by anything you said. That wasn't even the tone of that post (inb4can'ttelltoneintextbs). You literally tried to tell others, what their satisfaction should be. I simply told you how arrogant and wrong you were to do so. You didn't "imply" anything either, again you simply went on to try to tell people what reason they should be playing the game. Playing the game for ranks, faces no more hardships than playing it to merch, make friends, boss, or what have you. People shouldn't whine that much about it, had you said that, I'd have simply agreed. You instead told them their way of seeking satisfaction is wrong, or doesn't count. That's how your post read, it didn't imply that they would naturally face more hardship, it implied they shouldn't be playing for that reason, and that makes you wrong. You even go on again, to tell me or others like me, how I should be satisfied. I personally AM actually okay with being the top legit, some want to be shown to be the top, that doesn't happen if you're out ranked by hackers.
Do you get what I'm saying? I'm saying you're wrong for telling people what should satisfy them. This is not an opinion, when it comes to telling people how they should think or feel, you're instantly wrong, cause you're not them. If you don't share their views that's fine, but don't presume you have the right to tell them they shouldn't feel that way.
Btw, what a poor use of that phrase, I didn't insult anyone, or throw anything negative out there. You acted arrogant, and I simply stated that you were in wrong. I'm sorry if you can not handle being wrong. Just don't let that arrogance get the best of you buddy.