"It would be great if people tried to leave some space in their brain for rational thinking even if someone says something they do not agree with"
One time I was on the internet and that happened... No wait that was a dream
My peaves of internet arguements (Rant alert)
1) Everyone who does not agree is closed-minded: There seems to be this powerful myth on the internet, that arguements (such as for Science) are so powerful that you could only disagree by ignoring them.
2) Lets Feed the Trolls: People as a whole don't seem to ignore trolls... the most transparent troll ploys have 90% accuracy rating
3) If Flamewars were a gun it would have a hairline trigger: Some topics just seem to lead to flamewars... In the Spore GFAQs forums just mentioning Religion for ANY reason will start a flamewar.
4) Santa Vs. Building: Lets face it, while a Vs topic can be fun once in a while... Arn't we ALL tired of hearing about how Sonic and Sephiroth can apperantly destroy the universe? The overabundance of Vs. Topics especially using the SAME characters is annoying.
5) These two things are EXACTLY the same!: Alright I HATE when people compare two things as if they were the same... Fable is NOT similar to Oblivion... Morrowind is NOT the perfected version of Fable.
6) The Best way to stop Anti-Piracy is to Pirate EVERYTHING!: This only annoys me... I dislike when people protest bad, expencive, or anti-piracy Games by Pirating it. Yes because the best way to complain that a game's anti-piracy is too harsh is to pirate it (Sarcasm).
7) Originality is overrated... Lets REHASH!!!: At this point it should be obvious I go on videogame boards most of the time. I LOATHE when people keep saying about how a videogame should be exactly like another one.
Stop insulting me by proving me wrong you dummy head!: Mysteriously a lot of the times people will think your insulting them by disagreeing... This will further be met by them insulting you. I once went through a 200 post arguement which ended in the person I was argueing with being banned and then threatening me with Moderation (In which nothing happened since I didn't flame or troll)
9) Co-co-combo breaker, Ascii Graphics time, All Caps = Annoying
10) STOP COMPLAINING!!! So says Big Brother!!!: Complaining is perfectly alright in a certain
quantity. I dislike it when a big bunch of people flame the ONLY complaint topic in the whole forum and say that they shouldn't be complaining at all. (I can understand if they argue that their complaints are null and void... but to say you shouldn't complain in the first place)
11) Too Much complaining: Sometimes when a game is unpopular enough... the board is TOO full of complaints. Complaints should NEVER outnumber any other form of topic.
12) All Reviews are biased: Any game that doesn't seem to get a high rating is considered incorrect by the community and in deserving of being burned at the stake.
-Note: I consider 0/10 reviews to be more helpful then the standard 10/10 review.
13) The Score is ALL that matters: Most people seem to skip straight to the score (which is secondary to the article) rather then read what is written and take that into consideration towards why someone didn't like the game. I remember once people complained that Katamari Damacacy got a bad rating, but the Review said the music was annoying... Frankly anyone who finds the music annoying really would hate the game (I love the music! "I want to roll you up into my life")
Ill stop this rant... I love ranting