noamineo wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2018 at 11:44am:
I think most of the "backlash" was from a small handful of extremely vocal forumites
That's the way it always is.
noamineo wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2018 at 11:44am:
who get super butt-hurt whenever someone else gets something.
It isn't fair to write people off as assholes just because you disagree with them. While I wouldn't characterize myself as an "extremely vocal forumite" and I didn't particularly care about the list, I didn't find it difficult to understand why some people weren't thrilled that gear that they worked hard to get (that in some cases was still useful and still not easy to get) was being handed out to every player in the game.
Just because I don't fully share that perspective doesn't mean it's crazy.
noamineo wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2018 at 11:44am:
I'd say MOST players were quite happy with the event; I know here on Vault forum everyone was quite thrilled with it.
Difficult to say, but given the fact that "most" players didn't have most of the gear being offered that isn't surprising.
The vault is a poor sample group both because it's self selecting and because there's a herd mentality thing that goes on here. I'm sure there are plenty of lurkers who choose not to express their less popular (albeit equally valid) opinions because they don't find being shouted down by an army of angry children to be conducive to productive conversation.
I'm all for calling someone a retard if he's being a retard, but launching personal attacks against everyone who disagrees with me doesn't help anybody.