This is a video off youtube, done by IGN. I bring this up, because it is the results poll for which of the two "headliner" franchise sequals - Medal of Honor: Warfighter or Call of Duty: Black Ops II - was being looked forward to more.
The Winner by nearly double the votes was Medal of Honor: Warfighter.Â
Firstly, I am glad to see Medal of Honor getting some good press, even if it is a poll with a 15,000 person base (which isnt a small number by any stretch either). I think that MoH has the potential to do a lot of great things, simply because its a "newer reboot" on a franchise much like how Battlefield 3, and MW3 were their respective series "reboot".Â
What I have an issue with though is it the comments that are made in a lot of these posts/video's/discussions...Well not even really discussions is it, it starts as a discussion (usually) then quickly is consumed by the inferno that is "internet rage" when someone inevitably calls someone's mom a string of profanities.Â
Allow me my 5 seconds of "mic time" to spell out how I think (just an opinion) the differences between a set of games should be handled.
1) If you don't like a game, simply state you don't like a game for x, y, z reason. Â If you are saying "This game sucks cause its a piece of shit" not only does that not convey any point, but if someone wanted to have an actual discussion about why you (or anyone else) did not like the game, that leaves them no starting point
2) If you do like the game, take peoples criticism without blowing up on them. Yeah, it sucks to hear that people didn't like (insert game), even though you thought it was the best game this year. Some people just don't like it. If you can simply say "Hey, that's fair, you made your valid points (as long as they were actually valid) about why you didn't like it, I can respect that. You don't have to agree, you don't even have to disagree, simply say "okay".
3) This is the one I try and do all the time. Take a moment to think before responding to someone else's angry post. I have personally found that keeping an "even keel" so to speak when talking on message boards/posts help keep conversation on topic, which frankly is why I am there. If I wanted to argue about (anything) I could talk with my friends.Â
Now, these steps aren't new. They are not clever, and they are certainly not going to change the way people talk to each other on the net overnight. Do you think though, and this is a "for everyone" question, that it might at least make the internet a bit less of shit show then it currently is?
