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<blockquote data-quote="DammitVictor" data-source="post: 8360813" data-attributes="member: 6750908"><p>I would assume that at least hundreds of them were legitimate. That's why review bombing is such a crappy, dishonest way of making a point-- <em>it destroys information</em>, making it harder for people to draw their own conclusions.</p><p></p><p>If a person, or a group of people, have to resort to such tactics to make their point... they don't have a valid point. They are arguing in bad faith, they are deliberately making the world a worse place to live in, etc. etc. etc. And that is <em>obviously</em> what is happening here. </p><p></p><p>If you watched the show, and you didn't like it, and you gave it <em>one negative review</em> per review website you contribute to... then you're not review bombing and the people <em>complaining</em> about review bombing are not complaining about you. The only thing you're accomplishing, by defending the indefensible, is lending <em>your credibility</em> to garbage and letting it be thrown away with them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, and when people are <em>actually doing that</em> they're not getting dragged through the mud.</p><p></p><p>To continue your use of the analogy... imagine that the game is called <em>Call of Cthulhu, </em>but most of the adventures are about Nyarlathotep. Now, Nyarlathotep has been part of <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> since the very beginning and every old-school fan of <em>Call of Cthulhu</em>... well, they just <em>love</em> Nyarlathotep and they always have. Some people are complaining about the fact that Cthulhu isn't as important as Nyarlathotep in the adventure, that Cthulhu has been sidelined to <em>make way</em> for Nyarlathotep. Some people are complaining that the new writers are writing Nyarlathotep wrong, robbing him of the... indescribable menace that they loved about him. Some people are complaining that the new artists are drawing Nyarlathotep in a way they don't find as <em>alluring</em> as the old Nyarlathotep.</p><p></p><p>You're saying <em>those people</em> have a point, and I'm happily agreeing with you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now. A lot more people, far more people than the group we just described... are saying that the new Nyarlathotep isn't even a Great Old One at all. He's an Elder God, who's been made an Elder God as part of a <em>vast Elder God conspiracy</em> to corrupt our youth, pander to people who like Elder Gods <em>et cetera</em>. They're using hostile, politicized language about Elder Gods to describe Nyarlathotep, and to describe how even Cthulhu-- when he's around at all-- isn't a <em>real</em> Great Old One anymore, to appease an audience- described in slurs-- that can never be <em>real</em> Great Old Ones and are trying to destroy all evidence of the Great Old Ones.</p><p></p><p>You're... <em>simultaneously</em>... arguing both that <em>those people</em> don't exist and that <em>those people</em> have a point. You're saying you're not with <em>those people</em>, but you're also claiming that any and all attacks against <em>those people</em> are attacks against you.</p><p></p><p>I'm not the one conjuring scary right-wing boogeymen. And, for that matter, neither are you.</p><p></p><p>You're just the Material component. For 25 gold piece, <em>those people</em> will have as many people like you as they need for the duration of this campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitVictor, post: 8360813, member: 6750908"] I would assume that at least hundreds of them were legitimate. That's why review bombing is such a crappy, dishonest way of making a point-- [I]it destroys information[/I], making it harder for people to draw their own conclusions. If a person, or a group of people, have to resort to such tactics to make their point... they don't have a valid point. They are arguing in bad faith, they are deliberately making the world a worse place to live in, etc. etc. etc. And that is [I]obviously[/I] what is happening here. If you watched the show, and you didn't like it, and you gave it [I]one negative review[/I] per review website you contribute to... then you're not review bombing and the people [I]complaining[/I] about review bombing are not complaining about you. The only thing you're accomplishing, by defending the indefensible, is lending [I]your credibility[/I] to garbage and letting it be thrown away with them. Sure, and when people are [I]actually doing that[/I] they're not getting dragged through the mud. To continue your use of the analogy... imagine that the game is called [I]Call of Cthulhu, [/I]but most of the adventures are about Nyarlathotep. Now, Nyarlathotep has been part of [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] since the very beginning and every old-school fan of [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I]... well, they just [I]love[/I] Nyarlathotep and they always have. Some people are complaining about the fact that Cthulhu isn't as important as Nyarlathotep in the adventure, that Cthulhu has been sidelined to [I]make way[/I] for Nyarlathotep. Some people are complaining that the new writers are writing Nyarlathotep wrong, robbing him of the... indescribable menace that they loved about him. Some people are complaining that the new artists are drawing Nyarlathotep in a way they don't find as [I]alluring[/I] as the old Nyarlathotep. You're saying [I]those people[/I] have a point, and I'm happily agreeing with you. Now. A lot more people, far more people than the group we just described... are saying that the new Nyarlathotep isn't even a Great Old One at all. He's an Elder God, who's been made an Elder God as part of a [I]vast Elder God conspiracy[/I] to corrupt our youth, pander to people who like Elder Gods [I]et cetera[/I]. They're using hostile, politicized language about Elder Gods to describe Nyarlathotep, and to describe how even Cthulhu-- when he's around at all-- isn't a [I]real[/I] Great Old One anymore, to appease an audience- described in slurs-- that can never be [I]real[/I] Great Old Ones and are trying to destroy all evidence of the Great Old Ones. You're... [I]simultaneously[/I]... arguing both that [I]those people[/I] don't exist and that [I]those people[/I] have a point. You're saying you're not with [I]those people[/I], but you're also claiming that any and all attacks against [I]those people[/I] are attacks against you. I'm not the one conjuring scary right-wing boogeymen. And, for that matter, neither are you. You're just the Material component. For 25 gold piece, [I]those people[/I] will have as many people like you as they need for the duration of this campaign. [/QUOTE]
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