I have respect for you all and the work you've done, so I find it honestly hurts a bit to hear this.
I said at the
very start of my thread "This is pure speculation," (which by the way, I didn't clog this page up with, I started a new thread and simply posted a brief link here to it so any discussion could take place on that thread and not here). I speculated, then I backed it up with why I think that's accurate - I'm not sure how that's the wrong things to do? Then I defended that speculation from people who disagreed - perfectly amicably, by explaining each point they brought up and why I think it fits with my speculation - up to the point where continuing to do so would just be repeating the same things over and over... I'm not sure what's bad about that, other than you think I'm wrong (which is fine, many people do).
You seem to forget that one way to figure stuff out is by speculating on things, trying to fit things together and come up with ideas. What's so wrong about that? Has anyone
anyone at all got a
better idea about Thunderchild? Do any of you at all have any ideas? Why not suggest those as counterpoints rather than just telling me how wrong I am based on what is frankly
your supposition and guesswork. If any of you have any actual facts to show that I'm incorrect, I think you'll find that I'm very willing to listen and learn (I'm not going to ask you to look at my past posts because I know you won't
).
I didn't realise that speculating wasn't allowed, I also didn't realise that speculating in a thread with "Theories and Tinfoil Hattery" was also not allowed, and I didn't realise making jokes was not allowed (I had assumed that putting a smiley in my comment would convey that it was intended as humerous), I had thought we were having an amicable discussion about a fairly crackpot but possible theory. If you feel that there should be a set of rules governing what can and can't be discussed and how that should take place, maybe you should work with the forum moderators and publish a list of things that are and aren't allowed on this thread and forum-at-large so it's easier to understand?
I would like to point out that Canonn doesn't own Elite Dangerous, they don't own the concept of coming up with ideas, and they don't own these forums. Canonn guys have your own website, discord and all sorts of stuff and I don't interfere with any of that - this forum is a public place and we all take part freely. It's great what you guys do, but get down off your high horse and realise that people are allowed to have ideas that aren't Canonn approved.
It's also worth mentioning that 9/10 mind-numbing ground searches, I'm there for. 9/10 infuriatingly dull 'puzzles' laid out by Fdev I'm there for. I read all the Lore and I do my best to lend a hand, I'm always there volunteering to go check out some random idea, testing a new plugin and all that stuff - what more can anyone do? Go check the Pleiades search spreadsheets, my name is on there
a LOT along with dozens of other people who do the actual grunt work.
It would be nice if in future you could show a little more respect.
P.S. If you guys think I'm being unfair, you're always free to PM me with your concerns and I'll be happy to discuss things with you so as not to clog up the forum discussions, or do what factabulous does (apparently) and ignore me, maybe they feel there should be an amount that's not "posting too much" that should be appended to your Canonn approved list of rules? "must not post more than X times per week or will be ignored"?
