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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6585213">It isn't a real war. It is an argument by people on the internet. This isn't like each side is made up of people who share a culture or country. It is just a bunch of people and some of them were being jerks. Eventually anyone who got involved in the discussions found themselves taking mud and slinging it as well. Yes, people were debating the game long before it was released because the designers were talking about the changes they were making, their design philosophy and releasing previews. We didn't know exactly what it looked liked until it was released (and I had no opinion on the matter until at least a couple of months after it came out) but it was certainly being discussed with a great deal of passion. It wasn't like there was just this sudden discussion about 4E one day. It came after years of arguments over 3E and things like optimization. There was already a discussion brewing and when 4E was announced, it got incorporated into that dialogue. Again this wasn't a real war. There wasn't an aggressor. It isn't like there was peace on the net, until some guy on one side threw an insult that demanded retaliation. This is an overly simplistic view to take of the conversation that was going on. It is pretty clear to me it is impossible to pin this to one side or the other.</blockquote>