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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythago" data-source="post: 497133" data-attributes="member: 3019">I'm really not getting the line of reasoning that hey, it's only a hobby, and writing something halfway decent is expensive, so be grateful for what you do get.Maybe it's because I know people in the gaming industry, and I know that so many of them bust their butts to make their products as correct, interesting, typo-free, and easy on the eyes as they can. So when a company tries to sell me (not give away, not offer on the Internet--SELL, as in, for my money) a piece of crap, I really am not buying the Labor of Luv argument.It's important to consider whether a mistake is the exception or the norm. Sure, once in a while I'll buy a book whose binding falls apart--if I own lots of other sturdy books from the same company, or all my friends say "Gee, our copies are fine," I assume it's just one of those things. Everyone makes typos from time to time. Errata can creep into the most closely-checked works. It happens, and griping about these things is sillly; perfection is reserved for Allah and all that.But I deeply resent the notion that gamers SHOULD have low standards, and that badly-edited, half-assed, sloppily-made amateurish product ought not to be criticized because We're All Gamers Together And Darn It, They Tried Hard.</blockquote>