Zeddy called the game 'not a great game' but it's still good, right? If someone decides to take a dump on a game that you personally believe is 'good' by whatever standards you have, there would be the possibility of offense in the situation. Players can get attached to the games they play. It's quite simple, I think. If you like something, you'll be more attached to it than if you think it's a piece of junk that no one deserves to play, and if someone insults that terrible game, you probably wouldn't care. But with good games, there is more attachment because of your positive ideas about the game.

What gets me is how many are blurring the line between fact and opinion. This pretty much sums up everyone else's responses that thread. How dare someone form an opinion based on numerous problems they've found? Not everyone is as forgiving or has the same tastes, who knew?

The truth

Is harsh

But you must listen.

There are many people who claim to hang on to SK. Many people to play SK in other people's honor. But there is no HONOR anymore. One day, you will quit, just like one day you will die. One day, the game SK won't even exist anymore. One day, I'll be dead. No one can hang on to this game forever. But, as long I still have inspiration, and the spectral thoughts of me years ago in Beta, and my push of my friends, I will....keep on playing.

*cries*

*sniffs*

Here, a box of tissue you baby. SK will end, I already know that from the first day on, nothing lasts forever, houses burn, people die and love deteriorate over time. These are the univeral thruth, even the universe will end someday (not in my lifetime), the question now remain is, what are you going to do in your short life? Are you going to waste it, or are you going to make use of it? It is up to you now.

Sirius, your post had: "Waaa!!!" All I can say is that: :P :P :P
@Midnight: You basically said SK is a waste of your short life. To me, SK is not a waste of your short life. As long something is fun, as SK is, it is not a waste of your life.

See, robbing orphanages, burning babies alive and eating their flesh is indeed not a waste of your life if you think it is fun. It's the universal truth. No matter how bad your motives are, as long it is fun, it is not a waste of a human's pitiful and puny life.

So the guy next to the sign is...you?

You totally nailed it. A band is a great example. Like you said, we invest more than just money (although the restaurant example from Traevelliath is still good) and when we like something, we expect everyone else to. It's the same with books, too, I'd say.

Since you made the effort to start a clean, thoughtful thread, I'll return the favor by answering in a serious manner.

Firstly, the dark undertone currently present on the forums is not a thing of today, this week, this month or even year.
Lots of players invest in this game. Wether that be time, effort, or money.
Whenever you invest one of these in something, you create a bond with it. Subconsciously you start caring for it.
It's no secret that a lot of us don't feel like that effort is equally rewarded on OOO's side.

Secondly: these forums are poison. Whim said there's a lot of opinions. That's true.
An opinion is something of yourself you put out in the open. When someone disagrees with it, or contests it, some people feel attacked.
It's an asinine thing, but it's yet another harsh truth that some people can't take that.
These Drupal forums do not allow for people's responses to be valued depending on content.
The troll takes the exact same place as the scientist, and we end up with an emotionally loaded mess.

^^something to remember about SK when I finally leave.

Some music to help set the tone of this thread.

I love this game. The people I meet on here, the experiences I had on here, the feeling I had when I crafted my Divine Avenger, good times. But this game hasn't ended. Not yet anyways. We just have to make the best of it.

I think the sort of nostalgicc feeling for people who are about 18+ or - 6 yrs is received from this game. It is reminiscent in subtle ways to games such as Zelda, Mario, And most obviously, it is about 99% similar to Call of Duty, clearly the oldest game that ever existed. (Lets see how many idiots exist, right?)

This is the main draw (also pokemon recently). The social factor is a massive draw. But apart from that....we got nothin. We have lockdown addicts who have nothing better to do (See Mushy Bucket for further details on himself), we have gameplay that gets old after a week, and we have a pretty weak development side of balance, the people of which spit out random updates for no reason.

All in all, the social factor and personalization help reflect who people are, and it helps keep people addicted. The mediocre gameplay is a side bonus for social people. But their are those people who enjoy soloing while rocking out to Taylor Swift and killing skellies, so yeah.

Yup.

Relevant, but has a bit of bad language in it.