Never thought I'd post on this blog again, but it seems more fitting for my gaming stuff to go here rather than LJ or MySpace, which I've recently focused on my offline social circles.

A lot of people seem pissed off at me right now, based on a recent (justified) tirade in The Virtual Underground. Maybe I didn't make enough exceptions for everyone's liking, I don't know - of course, I never go out of my way to sound more diplomatic than I am. Still, everyone got so wrapped up in what a prick I am, admittedly, that my entire point was missed. It was never about who feels what way, but a simple philosophy that seems like common sense to me:

People who don't know what they're talking about should either just shut up and leave the discussion to people who do get it, or at the very most, ask questions - they should certainly not offer "answers" as if they have a clue. That's how misinformation is propagated.

How on earth is that argument far-fetched? Seriously?

Again, maybe I didn't make enough exceptions, or didn't make them clear enough, but that shouldn't overshadow the real point. Then I have people taking personal jabs at me - the laughable part being that none of these "accusations" are things I've ever made any attempt to hide; the lack of social skills, being a prick/elitist, or whatever else. This is generally common knowledge, not something that has any chance of coming off as news, rest assured.

But back to the point...I don't see how anything I said was that far-fetched. I've done a lot to try and get the GameSpot community some respect in more hardcore circles, and I've had more success than most will ever know. After all the time I've spent defending these boards from those who have referred to it as "ScrubSpot", do I not have a legit beef when idiots come along and prove me wrong for doing all I've busted my ass for?

I'm feeling a little better now, and will most likely stick around, but the backlash seemed completely over the line for all I was really trying to say, especially on a UCB that has a reputation for being above all that.

Whatever. We'll see what happens.

Needs to be good in one of two styles.

Dark-themed western comics (see: Chris Bachalo)
Serious, action-themed manga (see: Yasunari Toda, Kubotite)

No Toriyama disciples, please.

It may or may not be D4AD related.

I'm retiring my GS journal.

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