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<blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 5947973" data-attributes="member: 82425"><p>This is a story meant to parallel this situation.</p><p></p><p>I play diablo 3. The other day I went to the official forums to see what people thought about the games balance. Suffice to say, they are the most ridiculously childish forums I have ever seen (man I love ENWorld, at least here people think before posting). Now, whilst in there forums, something became clear. There is a real "your opinion doesnt count if you not playing the highest levels of inferno difficulty" thing going on, with everyone agreeing with everyone else on this point. If you ever post anything about difficulty under inferno, you are basically, repeatedly, told to shut-up.</p><p></p><p>The funny thing about this is, the guys posting on this forum are the guys that have reached inferno difficulty, and at the same time, Blizzard released stat that this is less than 2% of the player base. So, what you have is a forum filled with the most elite players agreeing that they are the only ones who know enough about the game to make suggestions as to what is best for it. They completely miss the point that what is best for the game is probably what applies to the other 98% of players....</p><p></p><p>Whats this got to do with this discussion? Well, most of the time forum posters are those dedicated to their passion, as most here would be. Unfortunately, it leaves me a little bit hesitant to take on what Im reading, as everyone here falls into a certain narrow sub-set of players.</p><p></p><p>But what about the rest of the players, the ones who are casual and dont post on these forums (like the other 6 guys I play with)? Their opinions are just as valid as yours and me, but its not them we are hearing from on a point such as this. So maybe I would ask another question. What about the non-posting D&D players....what do you think they would say on this topic?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BobTheNob, post: 5947973, member: 82425"] This is a story meant to parallel this situation. I play diablo 3. The other day I went to the official forums to see what people thought about the games balance. Suffice to say, they are the most ridiculously childish forums I have ever seen (man I love ENWorld, at least here people think before posting). Now, whilst in there forums, something became clear. There is a real "your opinion doesnt count if you not playing the highest levels of inferno difficulty" thing going on, with everyone agreeing with everyone else on this point. If you ever post anything about difficulty under inferno, you are basically, repeatedly, told to shut-up. The funny thing about this is, the guys posting on this forum are the guys that have reached inferno difficulty, and at the same time, Blizzard released stat that this is less than 2% of the player base. So, what you have is a forum filled with the most elite players agreeing that they are the only ones who know enough about the game to make suggestions as to what is best for it. They completely miss the point that what is best for the game is probably what applies to the other 98% of players.... Whats this got to do with this discussion? Well, most of the time forum posters are those dedicated to their passion, as most here would be. Unfortunately, it leaves me a little bit hesitant to take on what Im reading, as everyone here falls into a certain narrow sub-set of players. But what about the rest of the players, the ones who are casual and dont post on these forums (like the other 6 guys I play with)? Their opinions are just as valid as yours and me, but its not them we are hearing from on a point such as this. So maybe I would ask another question. What about the non-posting D&D players....what do you think they would say on this topic? [/QUOTE]
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