[2022] Argument: CG-Bashing is therapeutic and makes the game bearable.

Originally posted by SamuraiUX

I feel like we’re taking a middle-of-the-road suggestion (“maybe let people complain if they want”) and making strawman arguments out of it (“so you’re saying we should decapitate CG employees and no one should say anything???!”).

For the record - I shouldn’t have to say this, I think my statement of purpose was pretty clear - I don’t think people should make death threats or doxx people or even just generally be nasty. I wish people could be validating and civil, and failing that, just scroll by without feeling the need to “show someone” (a perfect internet stranger) how wrong and dumb they are.

Originally posted by SamuraiUX

Sorry, no, I worked for a mobile gaming company in UX. I’m not naive. And I won’t bend to your straw man arguments. It’s funny, really: so many people on here have told me, “if the game is that bad for your mental health then quit” (they’ve said it less nicely than that). It could just as easily be said to you. If working on a gouging mobile game hurts your mental health so badly, quit. I did. I’m much happier now. Don’t blame me for literally saying, “if someone wants to complain about the game, the best way to respond is just to make them feel heard.” I am clearly correct and reasonable, and it’s not my fault that 1) it’s a pipe-dream that will never happen and 2) some people don’t come to complain, they come to threaten and malign. I clearly stated I wasn’t talking about them.

So. No. And no thank you, and you can show yourself out now, I’m not interested in what you’re peddling, but I hope you note that I managed to state my feelings in a civilized manner without telling you to die or calling you names.