KennyR wrote:
No, I call them loons because they are. I don't really care what OS, hardware or site they chose. They're adults. It's the "GENSEI SI LAME!!!!1 it is so funny", the "Petition to get Doom3 ported to OS5, that would be GREAT!!!!!" kind of stuff that gets them their loony label. Even if you looked outside the community for views with no 'blue bias', they'd probably still think these people were ravening crazies. What 'kind' of people do you think these would be? Self-righteous? Or just sensible?
My, my Kenny! What a high horse you have there!
I am the biggest culprit of such enthusiams, and is why I am the leading poster of some complete and utter crap. However, that does
not give you the moral grounds for such a scathing, stereotypical (which your political persuasion precludes, allegedly) and utter blasphemy of a whole grouping of computing enthusiasts. I have seen many posts on different forums talking of "AWorld folk jerk off over Hermans" crap, I have seen this loony post, and I think,
what complete #### this is. It's a fcuking computer for crying out loud! Who cares if someone likes a bit of plastic and two screws which essentially go up to make a computer, does that non-conformity with your view go to make everyone else a parasite, or "loony" as you so
eloquently put it?
However, it is funny I tell you, for I too was a most angry young man. Full of political zeal, I would charge headlong into any conversation and behave in a bellicose manner. They would turn to me and call me a "loony". How much moreso, if one were to read your psychological assessment of the "loons" over at AWorld, how much would people in the wider community view yourself! You should not presume too much in your life, for I too experience many reversals in general life.
I am no techie when it comes to computers, I am a gamer at heart, but those people who purpotedly know "nothing" of the technical aspects of Amigas, have actually been ten times more forthcoming than yourself to assist me. Where were you when I needed help with my XSurf for example? I did not see you fall head over heels to help me out. However, it's easier to sit where you are, and laugh and point at the incompetencies of some 1900 members of Amigaworld, isn't it?
In any case, I cannot speak for all the members of Amigaworld, but I must ask something: Does one have to be a techie (and how is that assessed qualitatively?) in order to be an enthusiast of computers in general, and Amigas in particlular? If the answer is yes, then why is it that all manufacturers seek to expand into the general consumer base? Why are not these products sold only to the l337 g33|
I sit a crime to become enthusiastic of a port of a game to one's chosen platform? Bloody hell! Whole computer magazines are devoted to such subjects, yet you think it to be obscene and smacks of "lunacy". What will you do, O Kenny, slash your wrists because millions of people out there who are XBox enthusiasts, PS2 enthusiasts, PC enthusiasts, think differently to yourself maybe? At the end of the day, it is only a computer.
Never, speak in a derogatory manner of a whole group of people, who actively, or impassively, may disagree with an opinion of yours. If you wish to slam anyone who is a regular of Amigaworld for the things discussed above, then aim it at me, for it is I who possesses all those attributes, and especially of the "loon" factor. :crazy:
