Why the experience nerf

[NiteFox]

Geez.. you anti-PK ppl are a bunch of intolerant bloody conservatives. Very much in line with this generalized wave of conservatism that's screwing up the whole world.

You just want to sit quitely in your corner, doing your stuff without being bothered, perfectly accomodated with the political situation as is. You'll regret your immobilism when you're mobilized to go fight and die in some strange land, a mere expendable soldier imposing the tyranny of the mighty multinational companies.

As Professor Stephen Hawkins said when he saw Jim Carrey: "Let's run over a few things."

Since when does anyone's political standpoint reflect their valid opinions about a game? With one fell swoop you've essentially labelled everyone not agreeing with your point of view a conservative. Hey, I've known plenty of arguments that head down that line, often with the labels "Nazi" or "damn commie" slung around. Often, such retorts display low self-esteem and immaturity. But I'll hold off on developing an opinion on yourself, as it's the fair thing to do.

I find a great deal of irony in your usage of the word "intolerant," given that you've displayed zero tolerance to anyone with a differing opinion to your humble self. Mayhap you could benefit from a moment's introspection. Mayhap you should shut up before saying anything so banally moronic in future.

Your arguments are flawed, live with it. Granted, the arguments of several others are flawed as well, but you'll have to live with that before they live with your disability; they've been around a helluva lot longer than you, and everyone with differing points of view have learned a little something called "tolerance." Granted, I don't wholly agree with certain things Nico has said, or Occhi for that matter, but that in no way diminishes my personal respect for them.

This is how the system works: You arrive on a board with a respect value of absolute zero. You do something good in the eyes of others, your personal value goes up, if you do something bad, I'm sure you can guess the result. Incidentally, the respect values for everyone else on the board already there in your eyes is also zero: Their actions affect your opinion of them as does yours to they.

Now, the thing is about folk that "have been 'round for a while" is that they've had many months or years tweaking their values through deeds. Occhi or Nico or anyone else might seem like an absolute zero in your eyes, but in the eyes of others they may have notched up quite a respectable positive score. Attack them, and your value goes down not only in their eyes, but in the eyes of others. No, it doesn't work the other way around, because they have the respect and you do not. I'm sorry, I'd like to be able to offer you and consolidation, but that's how the mechanics of discussion forums work. I've seen this very system work in numerous other boards, each with drastically different atmospheres. If I register and become acquainted with a few more forums, then I'll be able to sketch an exact formula for this. Respect is everything. Any social gathering is at base level a popularity contest, whether you like that sobering thought or not.

So what does this mean for you? Well, for better analogies, you don't register at a Blizzard board and claim that Command & Conquer was a better game than StarCraft could ever be. You don't go quoting Hitler at a Jewish forum. You don't post on a Manchester United board saying how Arsenal are the best football team in England and should have won the Premiership last season. Never join a vegan board and claim that nothing tastes as good as beef. Likewise, you shouldn't even consider posting here on how you like to grief play. Many of the Lurkers here look on griefers with contempt, if they bother to look at all when they hear the cockroach-like crunch beneath their feet that is one of your posts.

Does this give this forum a slightly narrow view on the game(s) that is Diablo compared to, say, the Bnet forums or DII.net's? I'm willing to risk a little reputation hit here and say "possibly." But it's not as if we hold our opinions close to our chests, hidden from view like landmines for the unknowledgable to step upon with a satisfying *BOOM!* No, the Internetal equivilents of "Danger! High Voltage" signs are in full view. Of course this doesn't stop idiots crawling into electricity substations and licking the cables.

Nope, after some careful consideration, I've come to the opinion that you are so narrow minded I'm surprised you ain't huffing brain matter after each time you sneeze. Not only do you get your giddy little thrills out of ruining the fun of others in whatever way you can, but you also don't give a flying cluck about the considerations and opinions of others on this board. As an admin of a fairly popular discussion board myself, I wouldn't even waste the time in banning you, because I know that in the personal accounts of many of the regulars here your reputation has a nice, big, fat negative number next to it, and that you've got a long way to crawl back into the black.

Here's hoping that your next few posts provide nothing but additions, though really you've got a pretty bad uphill struggle.