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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5592176" data-attributes="member: 54877">It's more a &quot;know it when I see it&quot; for me, but I don't really mind the &quot;hot&quot; edition war, so much--at least as long it is honest about what it is, and can keep a bit of tongue in cheek. &nbsp;No, what irritates me about it is the thing that isn't called out (because it really can't be), and that is the passive/aggressive snark, in the &quot;cold&quot; edition war, that spills over repeatedly into topics where it barely has a plausible deniable reason to even be on topic.&nbsp;If the hot version seems to flare up more than is reasonable, look to the cold version for maintaining tension and derailing useful conversation whenever it can. It is not that &quot;haters gotta hate.&quot; Rather it is, some people just gotta try to score a shot and get off with no consequences.&nbsp;And while I can't positively identify the boundaries of an edition war, I can positively identify a subset of edition warriors: Anyone that frequently comments on a particular edition of a game, but never has anything positive to say about, beyond the occasional backhand compliment, is practicing edition war. An honest critic would have either said his piece some time ago and not feel the need to revisit all the time, or would have at least a few positive aspects that keep them engaged in the conversation. In many edition wars, whoever else finds themselves sucked in, you can often identify such a relentlessly negative individual in the early sniping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5592176, member: 54877"] It's more a "know it when I see it" for me, but I don't really mind the "hot" edition war, so much--at least as long it is honest about what it is, and can keep a bit of tongue in cheek. No, what irritates me about it is the thing that isn't called out (because it really can't be), and that is the passive/aggressive snark, in the "cold" edition war, that spills over repeatedly into topics where it barely has a plausible deniable reason to even be on topic. If the hot version seems to flare up more than is reasonable, look to the cold version for maintaining tension and derailing useful conversation whenever it can. It is not that "haters gotta hate." Rather it is, some people just gotta try to score a shot and get off with no consequences. And while I can't positively identify the boundaries of an edition war, I can positively identify a subset of edition warriors: Anyone that [B]frequently[/B] comments on a particular edition of a game, but never has [B]anything[/B] positive to say about, beyond the occasional backhand compliment, is practicing edition war. An honest critic would have either said his piece some time ago and not feel the need to revisit all the time, or would have at least a few positive aspects that keep them engaged in the conversation. In many edition wars, whoever else finds themselves sucked in, you can often identify such a relentlessly negative individual in the early sniping. [/QUOTE]

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