I really loved this thread.
Glad to see this one come back from the dead.
Me too!
These are the kinds of topics & discussions that, IMO, really make the site & (most of:) the community here stand head & shoulders above many other 'popular'/'common' Gaming sites.
- All sites are made up of humans
- All of us humans can have good & bad days...sometimes being saints/sometimes being ass-holes,
- All sites (thanks to *Anonymity*) have people saying things that they'd never say to a person irl,
- Most sites & gamers have strong opinions,
(quick math equation):
strong opinions +
anonymity *
teens/immaturity /
no consequences for anything that's said or done = the petty bickering, arguing, flame wars, etc, etc, etc that are rampant on sites & boards everywhere.
- What's different (and most refreshing) about VGC is not that we have any shortage of strong, vocal & *OPPOSING/DIFFERING* opinions - given by people on both their good days (saints) and bad ones (ass-holes); so, there's arguments & disagreements *BUT* (thank God!) there's a maturity level & a friendship level here that makes it so that we can all disagree, voice our different opinions, get mad, curse, blow off steam, -and- at the end of the day...realize that that's all it is ==> and remain close friends who think different ways, lose their temper, bitch, moan, and argue with each other
W/O being thin-skinned enough to take it personally.
TL;DR
(Just like family), we may argue, bitch, and curse each other out -but- when it's all over...everyone's still friends that like & respect each other