I read a post that mentioned there was 3 groups within a community: "Nerf it", "Uber it", and "Eat it and adapt" group. Well the text below is based on this, enjoy :)
When there is a change in a game, the community divides into 3:
Opponents/Whiners- This group is the most verbose out of the community due to the fact that they are suffering from the change; whether it's their fault or not, it doesn't matter. Usually this camp employ emotions, BS statistics, hypothetical scenarios, and cliche rhetorical devices over reasons, sources, and fact to argue their position. Some of the most impressive arguments from this camp are long and well-written, motivated by anger and discontent yet controlled by discipline, self-awareness, and responsibilty. Unfortunately, such gems are covered underneath by massive disgraceful and poorly written posts as if created with cookie-cutters.
Proponents/Praisers- This group is usually mute as they are either satisfied or esctatic of the change, some too busy enjoying the game. These are the clear winners- They are enjoying the game and do not care of the negative sentiments of the whine/rant camp. It's not uncommon to see some expressing approval or revering the change, but quite rare to see the members in this group countering the views of the whine/rant camps. Almost no impressive nor disgraceful posts are created by this group: just maybe a one line sentence or a paragraph if the reader is lucky. However, some of users in this camp can change into the last camp known as:
Anti-Whine/"Adapt it"- This group is the result of the establishment of the rant/whine camp: They are either discontent or satisfied of the change but clearly annoyed by the criticisms and verbal outrage among their rival camp. Most will reply within the threads, topics, and posts first created by ranters and whiners, very few will create their own topics to address their views with many being called hypocrites and contradicting themselves. Usually the members of this group will employ reasons and sources or at least common sense to counter and silence the commonly emotional whiners. However, the main flaw from this group is that they have the tendency to repetitively call out the same reasons or arguments to either express or defend their position; alienating many users to ignore them. Yet some will stoop to the foe's level; two example's being name calling and personal attacks.
What group are you in?
When there is a change in a game, the community divides into 3:
Opponents/Whiners- This group is the most verbose out of the community due to the fact that they are suffering from the change; whether it's their fault or not, it doesn't matter. Usually this camp employ emotions, BS statistics, hypothetical scenarios, and cliche rhetorical devices over reasons, sources, and fact to argue their position. Some of the most impressive arguments from this camp are long and well-written, motivated by anger and discontent yet controlled by discipline, self-awareness, and responsibilty. Unfortunately, such gems are covered underneath by massive disgraceful and poorly written posts as if created with cookie-cutters.
Proponents/Praisers- This group is usually mute as they are either satisfied or esctatic of the change, some too busy enjoying the game. These are the clear winners- They are enjoying the game and do not care of the negative sentiments of the whine/rant camp. It's not uncommon to see some expressing approval or revering the change, but quite rare to see the members in this group countering the views of the whine/rant camps. Almost no impressive nor disgraceful posts are created by this group: just maybe a one line sentence or a paragraph if the reader is lucky. However, some of users in this camp can change into the last camp known as:
Anti-Whine/"Adapt it"- This group is the result of the establishment of the rant/whine camp: They are either discontent or satisfied of the change but clearly annoyed by the criticisms and verbal outrage among their rival camp. Most will reply within the threads, topics, and posts first created by ranters and whiners, very few will create their own topics to address their views with many being called hypocrites and contradicting themselves. Usually the members of this group will employ reasons and sources or at least common sense to counter and silence the commonly emotional whiners. However, the main flaw from this group is that they have the tendency to repetitively call out the same reasons or arguments to either express or defend their position; alienating many users to ignore them. Yet some will stoop to the foe's level; two example's being name calling and personal attacks.
What group are you in?
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