And then it bleeds into the internet and communities for fans of the show/movie/game get overrun with people who just want to complain. Complaining gets more engagement than enjoying and the hate rises to the top. And I'm sitting here wondering again: Why don't you just watch things you enjoy and then go lift weights and/or talk to someone (good friend or therapist)?
cvozbosher
joined 1 year ago
Am I your boy?
Borrowed it from his gardener
Right? The only one that doesn't really apply is cooking for 1, but I like cooking and cooking for 2 is often the same amount of effort.
You good. People complaining about business practices of a company who has become known for those exact business practices are wild. II personally just stopped buying from them because they've shown they no longer want me as a customer. I do feel like people like those in the article might do better to just stop buying from them. There are so many fucking great devs and games out there from indie to AAA, why would I continue to support a company who I feel is being unfair to their customer base.
That was my plan. Are... are we not doing rhat anymore?
This isn't a pissing contest and no one is acting like this is unique. We saw the same excitement for the last 2 Zelda games, God of War, Spiderman, Elden Ring etc. (post more examples, I don't pay as much attention to the industry anymore so I'm sure I've missed a bunch). Let's celebrate them if that's what you'd like to see more of. They're all awesome and they all add to the evidence that there is a large population that still want to experience games this way.
They don't need to stop recognizing deplomas from there. All they need to do is maintain appropriate application standards and the fully indoctrinated will weed themselves out.
Mint leaves are too hippy. Prayer will do it.
AAA Executive 1: What could they have done to be so successful?! No fun micro transactions? No wacky costume packs? What was it?
AAA Executive 2: My second wife's kid said something about a bear owl and cat playing tag was his favorite part.
AAA Executive 1: That's it! Lets start pumping out bear cat tag DLCs and events for all our games!
My ex works for our state's revenue department and they don't give a fuck. The cases she would handle were honestly baffling how these people "made these mistakes". They were either incredibly stupid or it was intentional tax fraud (it was intentional tax fraud). If you get tagged for an innocent mistake it seemed like an easy process to get out.
Lots of good answers so far. From my experience, most people know what the fuck to do or at least they know they have a few options, so they don't need me to tell them how to solve their problem.
To specifically answer your question... sitting there listening allows you to figure out if the person needs to vent, talk out their options, validation about their reaction, validation for their own solution, social connection, to know they have a support system in you, encouragement, and sometimes, yes, advice or a solution. So to assume it's only a solution they want leaves out a whole host of other possible reasons they might come to you. "I know I just need to send an email, I just wanted to removed about my boss being a bag of dicks".