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[Itnetlolor]

Maybe I'm over-thinking it.

You are.  A lot of people are perhaps getting a bit too invested in the stream but to turn that into a reason to hate the human race is rather extreme.

I've had reasons long before this (in times before the internet). This just makes me feel more justified in my hatred (or more accurately, disappointment), since I've got a much broader sample to work with. I like when my instincts are right, but there are times where I wish it wasn't right all the time. But then again, it's pretty par for the course.

[Thexor]

It's an interesting social phenomena, I'll grant you that.

I'm really enjoying being part of the TPP community. Throwing in the odd "PRAISE HELIX" as shared worship, debating the merits of releasing Zapdos for his brutal PC massacre or withdrawing him to not trivialize DUX's sacrifice, trying desperately to convince the community of Eevee's pointlessness... it's been an exciting ride, and I'm really happy to have been a part of it.

The important part is to not take it seriously. I'd be concerned about this level of religious fervor and fanatic devotion if it wasn't over a single bit-string in a game that, frankly, will be over in ~5 days or less. So long as you appreciate the humour in the chaos and destruction, TPP is awesome to watch. I've literally made people cry with laughter recounting Red's adventures in Kanto. 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Maybe I'm over-thinking it.

You are.  A lot of people are perhaps getting a bit too invested in the stream but to turn that into a reason to hate the human race is rather extreme.

I've had reasons long before this (in times before the internet). This just makes me feel more justified in my hatred (or more accurately, disappointment), since I've got a much broader sample to work with. I like when my instincts are right, but there are times where I wish it wasn't right all the time. But then again, it's pretty par for the course.

It says quite a bit when people having fun is a reason to hate humanity for you.

[Vector]

More particularly, "I hate it when a small segment of humanity does this one stupid thing" -> "I hate humanity."

[Itnetlolor]

Maybe I'm over-thinking it.

You are.  A lot of people are perhaps getting a bit too invested in the stream but to turn that into a reason to hate the human race is rather extreme.

I've had reasons long before this (in times before the internet). This just makes me feel more justified in my hatred (or more accurately, disappointment), since I've got a much broader sample to work with. I like when my instincts are right, but there are times where I wish it wasn't right all the time. But then again, it's pretty par for the course.

It says quite a bit when people having fun is a reason to hate humanity for you.

It's not that they're having fun that bothers me, it's how far they took it.

I mean, if it's actually affecting my want to play games in general, and to want to be far away from it as to not be shoehorned into being "part of the obsession" just because I play games in general (sooner or later, it's gonna happen; or FOX is gonna have it's grubby little hands on it, and turn it into a media nightmare for non-gamers, and attempt to ruin gaming for everybody (gamer or not) for ratings (Their target demographic have an unusual amount of influence that makes me feel uneasy.)). I already suffered that hell early on in my life for a good near-dozen years; I don't feel like dealing with it again for any amount of time. Then again, how others were affected by different crap like that, and how it affected me, is what I worry most about. I'm not looking forward to being demonized, again, because I like playing games. I don't want a repeat of school, thank you very much.

EDIT:
I think I'll take my recent posts as a sign that I'm starting to accept my fate that I'm becoming old. Better start practicing my ways of telling kids to get off my lawn.

[monk12]

Of course, the fact that they took it so far is why it's fun. It'd be boring if nobody cared.

Am I the only one who actually takes this as an optimistic cross-section of humanity? Yeah, there's lots of people blathering about and not helping, and there's a not-insignificant amount of trolls and haters, but when you get right down to it the trolls are losing. Progress is being made. The game will be beaten. It'll be ugly, and hard fought, with many casualties and missteps and so on, but at the end of the day the game will end in victory. And really, the idea that the net good outweighs the net bad (even when the bad is demonstrably easier to achieve) is a comforting thought to me.

[Vector]

Or maybe you could get mad at the demonizers, rather than the people who are just fucking around?

[Hugehead]

We're back at the PC, is this because of those stupid trolls or are we trying to get Zapdos out?

[alway]

I mean, if it's actually affecting my want to play games in general, and to want to be far away from it as to not be shoehorned into being "part of the obsession" just because I play games in general (sooner or later, it's gonna happen; or FOX is gonna have it's grubby little hands on it, and turn it into a media nightmare for non-gamers, and attempt to ruin gaming for everybody (gamer or not) for ratings (Their target demographic have an unusual amount of influence that makes me feel uneasy.)). I already suffered that hell early on in my life for a good near-dozen years; I don't feel like dealing with it again for any amount of time. Then again, how others were affected by different crap like that, and how it affected me, is what I worry most about. I'm not looking forward to being demonized, again, because I like playing games. I don't want a repeat of school, thank you very much.

Seriously, it has nothing to do with "the obsession" and everything to do with the fuckwits who get their lulz shitting on anyone who dares to be anything more interesting than an unnecessary accountant doing nothing but double-checking the work of other bean-counters until the day he dies, miserable with regret at having done nothing. Part of being a useful adult is realizing that fact, and telling those with a hateful, hawk-eyed stare at the unusual to go back to minding their own petty, hate filled lives.

[Furtuka]

Ugh apparently some of destiny's fans have been keeping an eye on the stream even when he's not involved and are trying to strike out on their own while bird jesus is vulnerable. Thankfully it looks like their presence isn't strong enough to worry about at the moment.

[Aklyon]

We're back at the PC, is this because of those stupid trolls or are we trying to get Zapdos out?

Zapdos.

[Gunner-Chan]

Honestly if you're gonna let what other people are doing, harmlessly (Yes harmlessly, even if they ruined the integrity of TPP it's still nothing outright harmful) affect you that much you might as well give up deciding anything at all for yourself. Since that's already resigning yourself to always moving away from "The mob" or whatever. Furthermore you're way, way over-thinking this and clearly don't really have the capacity to do anything useful with it.

We're back at the PC, is this because of those stupid trolls or are we trying to get Zapdos out?

Trying to get zapdos out, don't worry about the trolls since there's simply not enough of them to have much of an effect unless they're all on the stream around 40 seconds before they actually want to be there.

[Itnetlolor]

Or maybe you could get mad at the demonizers, rather than the people who are just fucking around?

Unfortunately, past (unrelated) cases have been bad enough my IFF has burned out, and gone indiscriminate, even to the point I can't trust friends helping me out, whether it is genuine, or they just want me to shut the hell up.

Speaking of which, I'll do just that and shut the hell up. No purpose in digging myself deeper.

[Leafsnail]

I don't think Destiny has any influence over the stream at all - Pidgeot never got released, even though that was his target. The errors made today seem to be due to failing to take lag into account.

I don't think trolls really have any effect on the game at all in fact, other than maybe some people who try to waste time when the stream is not in their preferred form of government (start9/down spam off that one ledge).

Unfortunately, past (unrelated) cases have been bad enough my IFF has burned out, and gone indiscriminate, even to the point I can't trust friends helping me out, whether it is genuine, or they just want me to shut the hell up.

Speaking of which, I'll do just that and shut the hell up. No purpose in digging myself deeper.

I'd have to suggest seeing a professional then, this doesn't seem like a problem that a bunch of random people on a games forum can help you through.

[etgfrog]

mission success, zaptos is out of the pc

and that was the fastest i've seen it get switched back to anarchy ever