Quote Originally Posted by PaulTa
It's not exactly that easy.

I do avoid the posts that look like blatant gripe posts. Oh hey, a militia thread... well some guy thinks the game sucks and he hates CA. Oh well, I'll read the thread on guilds... hey, some guy thinks that the guilds make the whole game shit and he wants to assault the CA team... maybe the mongol thread? Nope, another guy posts about how his life is ruined because some general's name is spelled with two e's instead of one.

Well it happens just one day? Nope. A week? I wish. Maybe a phase? No, it's been this constant stream of whining and griping and useless bitching since day one... blah blah blah, meh meh meh meh meh, I hate my life, I hate this game.
That's your opinion which you are entitled to. I have not seen too many threads that I'd lump into the 'whining' category, though there have been several.

Quote Originally Posted by PaulTa
And secondly, I'm tired of being labeled as some fanboy. I've got accounts on Agecommunity.com, Toast05. Check the posts if you aren't just being an inflammatory jerk with your comment when you label me a fanboy and discard my opinions. I was a huge critic of Age of Empires 3 because it was very flawed, but MTW2 is just awesome, and I've played all the way since MTW original. The game is pretty polished for a first release (of course there are going to be kinks to work out, but that's life in the game industry), and the devs look like they're sincerely interested in panning the bugs out. This incessant whining is just annoying, and coupled with the stress of finals week, it's grading on my nerves.

I know that this post wont stop all the whining, but hopefully a few people will realize that their gripes are bothering other people and stop.
I didn't label you as a fanboy. My exact words were " The other side of this is the threads like this, that border on fanboyism." Yes, I do think your OP borders on fanboyism. That is my OPINION, and it is not a personal attack, whatever you choose to think, nor is it calling you a fanboy. There's no insinuation or reading between the lines to be had, my post was pretty straightforward and should be taken at face value. Nor did I dismiss your opinions at all, I don't think you read what I stated. I said that YOUR opinions do not mean more or less than OTHERS, simple as that.

As I stated to another member in another thread; I really am jealous of you in some ways, in that you are not experiencing these bugs of "matters of taste", or being able to ignore them and enjoy the game. There have just been a large number of them that I've experienced and no matter how I tried, they started to ruin the game for me. I'll respectfully disagree with you on the "this game is pretty polished" statement. The game is fun, but some aspects just left too bad of a taste in my mouth, hence why I'm waiting for the patch. And I keep saying this, I demand good quality in a product up front when I fork over my hard earned cash for it.

Quote Originally Posted by Zoltan
Oh and sir, let me just tell you respectfully that if I get the word fanboy once more, I shall bite your head off in a most un-chivalric way. People are just as entitled to defend their favourite game as they are to criticize it - in a constructive manner. Praising the good points feels just as important to me as pointing out the ones that need fixing.
You won't get any disagreement from me here at all re: the second bit of your statement.

RE: the first part (I'm not calling you a fanboy)

The Black Knight always triumphs. Have at you!

{Arthur takes off his last leg)

(glancing at missing arms and legs)
All right, we'll call it a draw.
Come, patsy!

Runnin away eh?! You yellow bastard, come back here and take what's comin to you!! I'll bite your legs off!!!