Has anyone been to totalwar.com recently

[Captain Fishpants]

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OMG. When RTW was first released, wasn't Captain Fishpants that sang the praises of the ORG and spoke of its importance in terms of the development of the series? Now he doesn't like the ORG because it gives him honest opinions that aren't heavily censored like the .COM?

Users here aren't personally mad at Captain Fishpants, they are fed up with a game in dire need of a patch! Fix the game and the negative reaction will vanish.

Actually, we even thanked the .org patrons in the RTW game credits. No: what I'm worried about is the now-automatic reaction by some that I'm from CA, therefore I must be fibbing, pig ignorant or just plain evil. A lot of that kind of comment has been personally directed at individuals within CA - just look at the reactions to TorquemadaUK's posting.

As to opinions over at .com being 'censored', they aren't to anything like the degree that you suppose. I'll say it again: our games are certificated to a T or 12+ audience; therefore a certain degree of decorum/civility is required so younger patrons and their parents can feel comfortable in visiting the forums. Is that so unreasonable? Abuse and profanity are removed, opinions are largely left alone, unless they are in areas that are clearly demarcated as off-limits. There is one category of post that does merit automatic removal: pirating the game. Then again, that is hardly surprising.

And once again, I'm not going to get into a discussion about the 'dire need' for a patch.