Originally Posted by Try2Handing
Originally Posted by Drago Darkstorm

What I don't understand is why there is pushback from fellow players when I ask a question in the official game forum. Isn't the whole point of the forum to have a supportive place to share ideas, have fun talking about the game, and help each other?

Right, I was aware that I was being kind of a dick when I posted that. Two things:

1) I WAS indeed rather baffled by your question, and I tried a bit too hard to convey the bafflement in my question. I'm sorry I'm just an efficient guy.

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Originally Posted by Drago Darkstorm
Unfortunately for me, I'm using over a dozen mods and I've had compatibility issues with one or two, so load times can be well over an hour. I'd like to avoid this whenever possible

Well you didn't say all that in your first post, did you? I'm so sorry I should've GUESSED that you're using over a dozen mods and you've had compatibility issues with one or two, so load times can be well over an hour for you. I assure you that, if I HAD known all that (somehow), I wouldn't have had the urge to be such a dick. In all of the parallel possibilities, in the one in which you did say so in the first place, the "me" there didn't act like a churl at all. I firmly believe so.

Originally Posted by Drago Darkstorm
Even were that not the case, YOUR way of playing the game isn't the ONLY way of playing it

You'll have to elaborate a bit here. What do you mean by "my way of playing the game"? Are you referring to the "backing up your game" and "loading it when shit goes south" routine? Sorry, I thought that is THE way of playing most video games these days. I apologize for my ignorance. (*whispering to myself: "But he did say "Absolutely, I do back up my game often"...! Oh well maybe he just never loads those savegames"* - but hey, now that I know your reason, I'm not going to say this out loud, so you're not hearing this, alright?)

But anyway, I honestly couldn't resist the urge to be a dick back there (AND a sarcastic bastard in this one). Believe it or not, in all of my 190+ posts on here, I've always been a pretty chill and reasonable and supportive gentleman. You can verify this yourself by look up all of my posts; I have nothing to hide (I'm not sure if there is indeed such a function though...).

Please take care, and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the game, good sir.


I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

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Believe it or not, in all of my 190+ posts on here, I've always been a pretty chill and reasonable and supportive gentleman. You can verify this yourself by look up all of my posts; I have nothing to hide (I'm not sure if there is indeed such a function though...).


I have seen your posts all over this forum, and I know in the posts I've seen you have been "a pretty chill and reasonable and supportive gentleman." This is partly why I took your first reponse a little personally. The other part comes from similar sarcastic replies I've received in response to what I thought were ordinary questions. Obviously that has nothing to do with you, which is why I didn't single you out and instead I referred to anonymous "fellow players".

Originally Posted by Drago Darkstorm
Even were that not the case, YOUR way of playing the game isn't the ONLY way of playing it


What I meant here is that, while you apparently take a more purist approach to the game where you rely only on yourself and load savedgames when necessary to reverse mistakes, this is not necessarily how I play the game. I like having a forum and being part of a community of players, and having the ability to ask questions about the game if I want to. In the end we're talking about playing a game, and while everyone is free to post until they're blue in the face about how they feel the game should be played, people can play however they like.

I completely understand the impulse to be sarcastic; I'm a lot more sarcastic than most people I know. And believe me, I know that the written word is hugely open to misinterpretation - there is no facial expression or tone of voice to inform us how to interpret text. So it's easy to be misunderstood. So, no hard feelings and have fun storming the castles wink


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