The format of these posts is simple: let's discuss a specific game or series!
Let's discuss the Mass Effect series. What is your favorite game in the series? What aspects do you like about it? What doesn't work for you? Are there other games that gave you similar feelings? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let's get the conversation going!
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If anyone enjoys the game, that's great. Nothing I say should take away someone else's fun, but from my perspective, if you let another person's negative perception of something you enjoy diminish your enjoyment of that thing, the only one who has "yucked your yum" is yourself.
Ahh yes, the old "sticks and stones" defense that completely ignores human nature and basic decency. I use the same logic when I tell other people their babies are ugly. "Look, if you ask me your kid is an eyesore but it's just my opinion so I don't know why you're so mad right now..."
I think they are in their right to give their opinion on something no? Telling someone that their kid is ugly is such a wrong comparison to make. You're directly offending them as it is their child, plus talking about something that neither parent nor child can do anything about (their looks).
I love talking to people who despise stuff I adore, this can give very interesting conversations. It also broadens my perspective on things. I love Mass Effect and still found the original comment very interesting.
You're not saying the other person is wrong to love it, you're just saying that you yourself hate it. I think this is an important distinction to make? Especially on a discussion thread, it would be rather boring to only hear the same voice?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, we're all learning.
It's all about tone. The original comment was incredibly combative and hyperbolic ("I utterly loathe Mass Effect. I consider it one of the worst pieces of science-fiction ever created.") so much so that it would easily be mistaken for flamebait given the thread was likely to attract fans of the series.
It certainly didn't strike me as the start of an open-minded conversation.
But in hindsight I should've just downvoted and moved on rather than commenting as I did, so that's on me.