well, actually, i'm trying to help people to understand that its really not necessary to be negative and destroy when the alternative is so much more appealing, to be constructive and positive. Our world would be in a better state if such was a world view. sadly it is not.
In this case, I get the added benefit of defending them, given the circumstances and the fact that i have faith in the integrity of the company as a whole, given their willingness to take responsibility. if i was aware of facts that supported the supposed negative light some were casting on them, and such accusations were true, i wouldn't take that position at all. i am not the type to prove innocent one who is blatantly guilty. one thing i don't believe in is allowing those that are guilty of some wrong doing to walk away from their actions without taking responsibility for them.
of course, i also didn't imply that they were using us or expecting us to find their bugs, just that this is the way things worked out due to certain realities at the moment. which hopefully will change. also, i do agree with you about rushing the product. or not as the case may be. i imagine that is more due to pressures of the market place and fan base, if it indeed was rushed. they made a promise and attempted to stick with it because they knew the public would react a certain way if they didn't. as it was, they pushed the North American release back 2 weeks because they were revising several issues that came up with the German version, as well as re-recording the voice overs. That doesn't strike me as overly rushed, does it?
i imagine that some of the reason certain individuals misunderstood is because of their own hotheadedness, leading to a certain blinding. i've experienced that before in my own hotheadedness, hence i've learned to curb that.
i appreciate the learning opportunity this discussion has presented for myself, and i hope that i have been able to widen other individual's perspectives on certain matters. and, i shall take a moment to testify of the beauty of Christ's sacrifice and love, and the truth of His gospel: Love one another. I hope that the world can understand these teachings for the simple truths they are, rather than get all bent about the politics of religion. For I know that each faith has this same message, and all he did was demonstrate his own love for all humanity by giving and becoming the ultimate sacrifice, and submitting Himself to the will of God, whose purpose was to demonstrate such Love. Amen.
but anyway, take these things on your own choice and faith, etc. I simply share a message as a footnote to this whole debate, given some of the thoughts it generated in my mind, and do not expect anyone to think like me or change who they are or even acknowledge the last statements of the above paragraph, nor do I desire to start a discussion or argument about it. so i would appreciate it if those who feel the need to attack or *hate* because of it, don't. I will not speak further of it in this forum. if you would like to discuss something with me personally, then you can send me a message, but i won't be party to forcing forum to witness a debate that has nothing to do with the forum itself.
Enjoy. NOw lets get back to gaming!
and bug reports, of course.
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