Haters gonna hate

[Old Duck]

Tuning into today's livestream, I notice there's already twice as many dislikes as there are likes, and the stream HAS ONLY JUST STARTED! This proves a theory I've had for awhile - ED has a bunch of angry "stalkers" that have nothing better to do than tear down the game any chance they get, regardless if it's warranted or not. From what I'm seeing, today's video probably warrants a thumb up. It definitely warrants waiting for it to finish before judging.

It's too bad, because toxic "fans" who seek to destroy everything give those of us faithful fans who have true critiques a bad name. Don't worry, Frontier, I only dislike your videos that are truly cringe-worthy (and let's be honest, some of them have been), and only after I've watched enough to make a sound judgment. If the topic is not for me, I just move on. I wish the "dislike button mashers" would do the same.

 

[Bryan K]

Or maybe people are just dissatisfied with FDev’s current communication policy and lack of quality control compared to other game companies.

These are all things within FDev’s ability to fix, but they choose not to. I don’t blame people for calling them out on it.

 

[babelfisch]

You are making good progress. A few more weeks and we might offer you a place at the round table.
Sincerely, King Arthur and his Noble Knights.

 

[Old Duck]

Or maybe people are just dissatisfied with FDev’s current communication policy and lack of quality control compared to other game companies.

These are all things within FDev’s ability to fix, but they choose not to. I don’t blame people for calling them out on it.

You remind me of all the 1 star Amazon reviews because an otherwise great product got lost in the mail.

 

[MasterHastur]

People are allowed to be upset about a product they paid for. Just because one person wears beer goggles when viewing the world doesn't mean everyone else has to do the same.

 

[Speedcuffs]

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Run Old Duck! Run!

 

[Bryan K]

You remind me of all the 1 star Amazon reviews because an otherwise great product got lost in the mail.

Actually I leave mostly 5-star reviews. It’s not that hard to please me. I just ask that my games come from developers that hold themselves to the standards set by the rest of the industry.

 

[Old Duck]

People are allowed to be upset about a product they paid for. Just because one person wears beer goggles when viewing the world doesn't mean everyone else has to do the same.

Then downvote the PRODUCT YOU PAID FOR on Steam or wherever. Going around and disliking everything related to Frontier is borderline stalking and creepy. You going to go to Paige's house and spray paint a red circle with a line through it on her door?

 

[Old Duck]

...
Run Old Duck! Run!

Stigbob will come to my rescue!

Or he will stab me in the back... I can never be sure with Stig.

 

[Screemonster]

Or maybe people are just dissatisfied with FDev’s current communication policy and lack of quality control compared to other game companies.

These are all things within FDev’s ability to fix, but they choose not to. I don’t blame people for calling them out on it.

So you register your dissatisfaction with their lack of communication by giving them a thumb-down when they communicate?

 

[Flimley]

Don’t worry. I went on and told everyone to hit like and now its all ok ! It went from 22-44

Flimley

 

[Vedmo]

Just because one person wears beer goggles when viewing the world doesn't mean everyone else has to do the same.

Do you mean rose-tinted? Beer goggles are what you blame when you wake up next to something you would have never laid down with sober.

 

[Old Duck]

So you register your dissatisfaction with their lack of communication by giving them a thumb-down when they communicate?

BEFORE they communicate! That's the irony, these dislikes mashed at the very BEGINNING of the Stream!

 

[Old Duck]

Do you mean rose-tinted? Beer goggles are what you blame when you wake up next to something you would have never laid down with sober.

I just assumed he was mocking my VR headset, LOL.

 

[MasterHastur]

Then downvote the PRODUCT YOU PAID FOR on Steam or wherever. Going around and disliking everything related to Frontier is borderline stalking and creepy. You going to go to Paige's house and spray paint a red circle with a line through it on her door?

You're being very hyperbolic about people disliking a product. Seems you're a bit more personally invested in this than the "haters" this post is about.

 

[MasterHastur]

Do you mean rose-tinted? Beer goggles are what you blame when you wake up next to something you would have never laid down with sober.

Rose tinted works fine too, but as someone pointed out I was making a joke about VR.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

Im feeling indifferent to your thread, so im going to award you a Thumbs up and a Thumbs down.

 

[Comm64]

Did I read this correctly - people are 'disliking' a stream without even viewing the content, because they are unhappy with another aspect of the game or fdev?
Surely all that's doing is getting the streamers sacked and not changing anything about the game or fdev's policies?
How depressingly juvenile.

 

[Old Duck]

You're being very hyperbolic about people disliking a product.

The stream is not the product. Why people who dislike the product even bother watching the stream or actively participate in the forum is a strange mystery to me.

Seems you're a bit more personally invested in this than the "haters" this post is about.

You know me so well.

 

[Comm64]

The streamers are employees of Frontier Developments so the fact that 60 people downvoting their stream on one streaming site wont mean they'll be down the job centre on Monday.

If they're persistently downvoted they won't be doing it for very long, will they?