G3rman wrote...
No it isn't. If Saphra wants to complain there are better ways to do it than posting on this forum, the only thing he is proving is that he wants to convince others to stop playing because of his problems with the game. He should be e-mailing BioWare or speaking in private, not trying to garner attention like an immature kid.
Making grievances public and trying to convince others to share them is one of the halmarks of adulthood, actually. That's what advocacy, lobbying, and democratic movements are about.
Individual appeals have far less weight than a group consensus. Convincing the population that something is a flaw, and should be corrected, is far more successful than private appeal. Many people, for example, are simply content with a status quo... but if agitated into looking deeper, might agree that it could be changed for the better. There are Paragons, for example, who never play Renegade and so are quite happy with the carryover content... but when they realized that in many cases 'Renegade' carryover is the same thing as 'didn't do it' carryover, or even 'start from scratch in ME2' content, they recognized it as a problem and agreed it shouldn't reoccur.
Bioware does read these forums, and while they rarely address specific points they do keep an eye on groups of consensus. An excellent example would be the reactions to Mass Effect Deception: as more people realized what aweful tripe the book was, Bioware actually made a thread and promised that editing would occur on future copies. Whereas if there had been no group consensus or public and vocal demonstration of opinion, then the issue might well have been chalked to 'isolated opinions' and nothing made of it.
Free speach and group opinion has a way of validating itself. If Saphra's opinion on the issue is actually singular and unpopular, it will burn itself out without any need for self-censoring. Saphra will be isolated and alone, and Bioware won't need to do anything else about it. No one would share the opinion. Whereas if a public position does attract a significant amount of agreement, it would prove itself an issue of note, and deserve correction.
Now, could Saphra be far more effective in his advocacy? Sure. He has a temper. But Saphra's hardly the only one who believes in this issue, and we have every right to try and convince others to share our opinion.
The alternative is to make these forums a praise-only environment, insisting that any dissent be individual and out of sight.
His reason for being dissatisfied is a good one and he is more than welcome to not buy another BioWare product. But you are incorrect that he has the right to INFRINGE HIMSELF ON OTHERS who want to play the game, he doesn't have a right to push his agenda on them.
Besides that he has every right as a customer and person in a society of free speach to share his opinions, he isn't infringing on the ability of others to play the game as they see fit. Or to hold their own opinions.
I'm sure there was a time he made his point politely, but now he is just arguing for the sake of arguing.
Or he has a longer view on it, and realizes that if his points gain traction with the undecided and quiet masses, their habbits and reflected viewpoints might make for a more demanding, and better served, customer base for future games.
Which, given Bioware's history of self-learning and evolution, is a pretty sensible bet.
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