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Edited by Lord of Admirals:
3/28/2013 10:37:41 PM
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Halo Community is ridiculously hypocritical *Slight OP update*
[b]The purpose of this thread is not to show I see the community as a single entity, but rather, that no one in this community can respect each others opinions on what they want.[/b]
Community complains about no large flat Forge Environments -> 343i gives us Flat Forge Environment -> Community complains about new Forge Maps being too bland and simple.
Community complains about a plethora of weapons being unbalanced -> 343i responds by changing the game to allow easy weapon changes -> community complains about 343i not fixing DMR
Community complains for multiple games about Weapon Descoping -> 343i removes Weapon Descoping -> Community responds by asking for Weapon Descoping again
Community complains Forge World's pallette is too bland -> 343i responds by creating 3 new Forge maps in Halo 4 with their own unique pieces -> community complains they aren't as good as Forge World
Community complains FF is too boring -> 343i tries something innovative with Spartan Ops -> community says FF was better and more fun
Community loves Halo CE -> Bungie makes Halo 2 -> Community says Halo CE was better -> Bungie makes Halo 3 -> community says Halo 2 was better -> Bungie makes Halo Reach -> Community says Halo 3 was better -> 343i Makes Halo 4 -> Community says Reach was better -> Halo 5 comes out -> community will say Halo 4 was better -> Halo 6 comes out -> community will say Halo 5 was better.
Community complains Reach's story was too bland and was downright Terrible -> 343i focuses on return of Master Chief -> Community complains Chief isn't the same and the story is stupid despite the fact this story in the Halo franchise is one of the most integrated of all time.
Boy, thinking about the Halo Community makes me dizzy =S
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2 RepliesIt's not about hypocrisy or respecting opinions at all. It's a simply the shifting of vocal populations. Let's get something straight about the Internet: People love negativity. If there are things to complain about people can go on about it forever. If things are alright though, there may be one or two "horray" threads, but it dies down pretty fast. Let's look at this particular example because it has two well-defined contradictory points of view. [quote]Community complains for multiple games about Weapon Descoping -> 343i removes Weapon Descoping -> Community responds by asking for Weapon Descoping again[/quote]Right. Let's fix that. [quote]Community-A is fine with descoping and doesn't make any threads about it. Community-B complains for multiple games about Weapon Descoping -> 343i removes Weapon Descoping -> Community-A responds by asking for Weapon Descoping again.[/quote]You hardly ever see things from the currently happy community like "This feature is already working fine and here's why". You might see a few posts like that as replies to the complaint threads, but usually not threads on their own. There's no hypocrisy, there's just loud people. An Aside: [spoiler] A lot of the OP's points aren't even examples of contradictory behavior. Many can be cases of Bungie/343 trying to fix something, but not doing it adequately enough to satisfy the vocal community. OP mentioned the community complaints regarding Fire Fight being too boring. Spartan Ops may have been created as a response, but that doesn't make it automatically better. If there are people who feel that Spartan Ops was not a satisfactory replacement for Fire Fight, then that's a perfectly valid opinion. They may still think that Fire Fight itself is flawed, but it's possible to think that whilst simultaneously hating Spartan Ops. It becomes a lesser-of-two-evils kind of thing. With the weapon balancing example OP says that 343 changed to game to "allow easy weapon changes", to which the proposed hypocritical response from the community is about 343 not fixing the DMR. These are not contradictory complaints. Sure you can make weapon swap-outs accessible, but that doesn't change the underlying problem of weapon balance. [/spoiler]
