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<blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 149865" data-attributes="member: 546"><p>He sure is, LOL. Listen, I really WANTED to like it, I WANTED to be able to buy it with confidence, but just got turned off by the cosmetics of it. I sure am getting ganged up on here by all the kajillion people involved with the project. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Some have been cordial, others downright nasty, but either way, none seem to agree that there is a fundamental flaw in their product design. Not a huge surprise, but still, it seems like something to at least&nbsp; consider. In this day and age of people being rushed for time, short on cash, and facing a glutted market, snap decisions based on cosmetics are going to be more common than perhaps you realize. It's often been said that it doesn't matter what's inside the box, so much as what the box looks like. That's why we get 3D hologram boxes for crappy direct to video movies. That's why the studios get many of their &quot;glowing&quot; quotes from critics by outright bribery or from media outlets they own. Give the average joe a choice between something &quot;sparkly&quot; and something &quot;useful but not fun to look at&quot; and the joe picks the shiny one 9 times out of 10. It's the way most of the masses operate. Gamers are no exception. Believe it or not, I'm trying to be helpful! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Kaptain_Kantrip, post: 149865, member: 546"] He sure is, LOL. Listen, I really WANTED to like it, I WANTED to be able to buy it with confidence, but just got turned off by the cosmetics of it. I sure am getting ganged up on here by all the kajillion people involved with the project. :) Some have been cordial, others downright nasty, but either way, none seem to agree that there is a fundamental flaw in their product design. Not a huge surprise, but still, it seems like something to at least consider. In this day and age of people being rushed for time, short on cash, and facing a glutted market, snap decisions based on cosmetics are going to be more common than perhaps you realize. It's often been said that it doesn't matter what's inside the box, so much as what the box looks like. That's why we get 3D hologram boxes for crappy direct to video movies. That's why the studios get many of their "glowing" quotes from critics by outright bribery or from media outlets they own. Give the average joe a choice between something "sparkly" and something "useful but not fun to look at" and the joe picks the shiny one 9 times out of 10. It's the way most of the masses operate. Gamers are no exception. Believe it or not, I'm trying to be helpful! :eek: [/QUOTE]

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