cvozbosher

There's something to be said for trying the wrong thing too. Learning something doesn't work is just as valuable as learning something works. A lot of people (myself included) are afraid to fail so it's easier to do nothing than to try and fail. I force myself everyday to get out there and fail because if I've been the loser who did nothing and that was far worse than failing.

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Current polling has major regions in russia polling 113% of the popular vote to putin. Do your research.

I play the Warhammer series, so I can't speak much to Pharoh (their newest game release). The apology actually covers a lot of what the drama is about. Higher priced DLCs with okay content, old bugs from the previous installments unfixed, terrible communication with the player base.

I like the apology. It's specific and they are putting their money where their mouth is. As long as they follow up, I think they can recoup a lot of goodwill. I'm hopeful because I love what they've done with the warhammer series and I want them to support it for years to come. It's great right now and it has incredible potential.

I mean, this is literally my strategy. I'm okay not buying games from companies who utilize revenue tactics I don't agree with. Some will adopt in game ads and a lot won't. I'm pretty confident in my stable of devs that probably won't have to drop them. And if I'm wrong? Oh well. They don't get my money.

Musk throws thermonuclear tantrum

Lots of good answers so far. From my experience, most people know what the fuck to do or at least they know they have a few options, so they don't need me to tell them how to solve their problem.

To specifically answer your question... sitting there listening allows you to figure out if the person needs to vent, talk out their options, validation about their reaction, validation for their own solution, social connection, to know they have a support system in you, encouragement, and sometimes, yes, advice or a solution. So to assume it's only a solution they want leaves out a whole host of other possible reasons they might come to you. "I know I just need to send an email, I just wanted to removed about my boss being a bag of dicks".

And then it bleeds into the internet and communities for fans of the show/movie/game get overrun with people who just want to complain. Complaining gets more engagement than enjoying and the hate rises to the top. And I'm sitting here wondering again: Why don't you just watch things you enjoy and then go lift weights and/or talk to someone (good friend or therapist)?

Borrowed it from his gardener

Right? The only one that doesn't really apply is cooking for 1, but I like cooking and cooking for 2 is often the same amount of effort.

You good. People complaining about business practices of a company who has become known for those exact business practices are wild. II personally just stopped buying from them because they've shown they no longer want me as a customer. I do feel like people like those in the article might do better to just stop buying from them. There are so many fucking great devs and games out there from indie to AAA, why would I continue to support a company who I feel is being unfair to their customer base.

That was my plan. Are... are we not doing rhat anymore?

It's fitting that someone who's idea of a novel is 3 barely paragraphs would make an incredible amount of baseless assumption.