Sky -
the words you chose were, as the Moderator said... (and le0ne seems to agree somewhat) actively chosen and maybe a bit too honest for the average user.
This type of honesty is often on the border of insulting, both to oneself as well as to the guys reading the text.
I understand you really felt you needed to push the point by choosing the language you chose, clearly and to the point like a fist in the face.
Had you chosen language like "let us all step back and put the game, and the violence we pour into it in context of our every day lives, let's calm down please"
...you might as well have spoken to the great wall of china.
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I have gone through a similar situation yesterday, where arguing, and the use of direct language was frowned upon.
Unfortunately, two elements are at play:
A) the argument
B) the language
if you convey the argument with acceptable language, nobody cares and you are within the TOS
if you convey the same argument with direct or borderline offensive terms, even if you include yourself in the offense by saying "we" and "us" - you are more likely to pierce the red mist of your listeners - but a Moderator might have to step in, in order to make the TOS respected.
You either keep going(consequences...), or stop(sadness, potential inner tourmoil)
I would say you are only insane if you try it again and again, using the same method in the same circumstances ... and hoping for a different outcome.
Since you appear to not have such intentions, nor expectations, i can say no you are at this time not insane.
Fact that you are selfreflecting on the subject is proof.
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I find it very helpful to have this forum on the SAS that lets us... that lets me share my observations of what happens with BoS.
Like an Eagle's nest , from where to look down onto the battleground below.
I find that my relation to BoS the game changes, as my my relation to the BoS players changes.
It is like two needles of two gauges that move up and down one representing my love/hate for the game, and the other one representing my love/hate for the Crowd
The crowd on the forums are at the same time the Pilots i encounter. Where on the forums, they are very verbose and communicative, some are quiet inflight and barely write bad chat messages "dis suxxx". I conclude that, once they make it past the bad pats of BoS, and are strapped in the cockpit, they are content with what they got.
The game itself presents itself in two places too: The forums where good and bad news are shared, and where i am constantly reminded that options are cut, no tools are at hand, and the future is unclear, and the cockpit, where i feel all right, and wish for nothing but "more of the same stuff, more more more"
This is almost new to me.
when i was making my transition from CFS3 to what was FB at the time, i lived through almost the same emotions.
today i left my dark blue world install and a SAS community who only and exclusively cares about The Game content,
(let's skip my WT intermezzo),
and have woken up to BoS, whose community is a Massive mess of Orks, and the Simulator has me mentally split in two between features and inflight awesomeness.
i have yet to find my place, and both gauges are still moving all over the fricking place as i try to keep them ligned up - a state that would signify stability.
-> and therefor, thank you SAS for letting me have a place to stay.
A place that doesnt care much for BoS, a place and a bunch of people i recognize.
An Eagles Nest from where i can observe the mess that the BoS crowd is right now, a place where i can stay sane.
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