true, and i agree, but i was talkin 'to a degree' not like relentless killer sick insults constant so they go hang themselves.
what ryanvergel is saying is true: theres optimism and origonality ... then theres loss. its good to point out metagaming errors and the truth is that people usually arent being spiteful about it but the person takes it as a personal attack and gets in a hissy about it.
the whole thing about mods posting comments about 'getting back on topic' has always baffled me slightly: how many timees have you started a conversation and that conversation to completely stay the same from begginig to end? how many conversations have you had where the subjects scew off to completely different and even useless subjects? its natural to go onto a tangent when in discussion, and i do think the tightening up that has been done with the mods trying to keep things on-topic just hasnt been welcomed. look back at say ... the old arechetype threads: they went off all over the place with an occasional poster writing straight from the article. everything seems to be tighter now, i got infraction points coming out my ears ... and alot of the time its just so petty.
welcome to nerdy card games people; nerds can be spiteful, usually self centered, often have great insults and never care about who they insult (for the record, im personally not a nerd...)
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the best warrior's in history were built from being trashed and publiccally humiliated, relaxed 21st cetury has created no men as great as those people....because of this ideal that anything negative is bad and frownd upon. if you use carrot rather than stick to a soldier then he goes to war and gets smacked about by some afgans .... what good were you as a drill sergent?
lolganium speaks the truth! All hail lolganium! If lolganium is a kid, this post proves that he's on his way to manhood: his mind is already almost there!. If he's actually a full-grown man, his rightness will surely secure him at least some of what he desires.
Seriously, he's absolutely correct.
1st off, that deck wasn't mine. I'm a player who is almost always in top cut, but I only have a few tournament wins, and I know quite well that it was an awful deck idea. My point was that don't post if you're just going to trash the deck. It's not helpful at all. If you not going to help make a deck better, then don't post anything. Let someone else who will help post.
LOL, don't beat yourself up, man. I have exactly zero. Not even a BR. : )
I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion even if it is hurtful, insensitive, counter productive and demeaning. However, it is just as important for someone to point out that something like public humiliation is never (no almost) just never a tool( fantastic or otherwise). What it is is cruelty plain and simple.
To put this in a parenting perspective: it is my personal opinion that if one babies one's kids, they'll turn out to be sub-par adults. Yes, positive reinforcement has its place, but you must be negative at times.
There was a story in the news a week ago about a kid who got terrible grades on his report card. His parents were understandably upset about that, so they did the most awesome thing ever: they made the kid stand at a busy intersection, with a sign that was making fun of his grades. He got the point, but only thanks to his hardball parents.
My (rather short) point? Negativity has it's place in every single facet of society, even self-righteous Pokemon forums. Take the damn blinders off, everyone.
My heart felt sympathy to you Phazon Elite.
You're so sweet. <3
In regards to the decks on the help and strategy forum - Did it ever occur to you that people may like to try creating decks that are not Tier 1, 2 or 3. They just like having fun.
So, these people need someone else to help them figure out how to have fun? Is that honestly what we're dealing with here?
Well said Prime. So those who just decide they just want to chime in and say, "You're deck won't work," or use humiliation or other tactics to belittle people about their decks ... beware. You will get an infraction - either for spam, or posting unhelpful, unkind, or rude remarks. So be helpful when showing why it won't work.
Well . . . I guess I just won't help people with decks, then. I'll let the P<3kem<3n Supp<3rt Gr<3up take care of them.
One thing everyone needs to remember: forums are populated with the general public. The general public is, quite simply, stupid. React according to how stupid the OP makes himself seem. For example, if the OP can't take the time to use anything but chat abbreviations, I can't take the time to really care enough about what he's saying to post an insightful reply.
(Kinda distracted, sorry if something doesn't make sense. Feel free to ask for clarity)
Edit: I didn't see the last few posts when I posted all that.
lolganium is again entirely correct. His rightness level is well over 9000. All you other kids can learn something from him.