It's all about perspective my good GAFfer.
For many, it's easier to hate, to state all the bad and negative things about a game and its resolution, framerate and so on. I've been on GAF for quite some time and I always made an effort in trying to focus on the good things this industry has to offer. And believe me, there's a lot of great things. I play a decent variety of genres across a variety of consoles & PC and it's been a great ride so far. 2015 is shaping up to be a great year and I'm interested to see what E3 has to offer. Same happened last year and 10 years ago as well. Yet, people will always try to fight for they preferred console or PC, people get banned because they don't respect other's opinions or fail to see how a different taste does not equal to being right while the other is wrong.
Because my time is limited I try to focus on the good things but these days a bad reply or someone who is overeating or just a post with a silly gif with zero context may grab more attention than a nice positive post. I would say that there are some things that I truly hate. War is the most pointless thing so I hate it and the same goes for racism and when people simply do not respect each other. This however, is my hobby and if I'm not liking it, if I'm not having fun, I'm out. It's okay to have an opinion and you can dislike many things in this industry but the hate has become more obvious in the past years.
Many people will make a bigger effort to say something bad instead of using the same time to focus on a good point. Sometimes I wonder if all this hate is regarding something else in people's lives that make them bitter. Love, lack of social skills, low self-esteem, being unhappy can make you more negative towards things but still, it's not a reason big enough for you to always focus on hating everything, hating console players because they hold PC, feeling you have to justify every purchase you make, feeling you need to tell everyone how great PC gaming is because you like it so much while you hate consoles, how good or bad the Vita sales are or why you decided to go one route instead of other. There's no point in spending your life around hate or negative things. It rots you on the inside. This is a great hobby. Find the platform it will suits you best, get the best games according to your own tastes and let us know how fun you are having, post some screenshots, some gameplay, leave a review, post your impressions, be precise and even when there's something you do not like, be mature and explain what you disliked instead of going in a pointless hate spiral. Let the big brands and companies fight for their own share in the market. Be vocal about your opinions, sure, but do not waste your time on hating others or hating things because it's not the one you own or it's not the one you like.
I've noticed some people complaining about this fine community lately but you need to remember that your stay in here is optional. You are free to leave if you do not like how things run in here but you can also try to make a difference. I love this community. It's filled with so many good GAFfers, amazing opinions, people helping each other on pretty much all fronts. E3 is coming and I know the friendly hype will always be a nice part of it so I can't wait. Same goes for when a game many of us are waiting is coming soon and we discuss the lore, the gameplay, the story. It's great. When you look back we see how big this community has grown and it makes me proud to be part of it. There will always be things you may not like. Just like in the real world, it's all about balance.
Hate solves nothing. In the end, it should always be about having a great time.
) are not secure about the real value of what they like so they "help" it trying to destroy everything that could be better, because only what they like must be the best.
