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Lmao

Besides, even if I WAS convinced it WAS my job and all my posting kept you from playing it, then you'd have done me an absolutely solid favor by giving me all the power and strength to make the decision FOR you to not play it, giving me the pleasure of a successful gatekeeping job well done.

So thanks.

alexxxela That's really your own fault for not broadening your scope in whom you listen to.

I'm just one guy that uses this site on a whim and there are other sites to talk to others besides Smashboards, you know.

Love how you're proving my point by acting like you know a person over game forum posts. People I actually talk to in real life would say the oposite about my social skills or empathy.

Parapeligics have been able to beat hard games without the privilege of functioning hands and refine their skills playing games with their feet.

These days, 9 times out of 10, accessibility is just an excuse for the uninterested, uninvested and unskilled. Git gud.

No offense, but it's kinda hard to play a game when you constantly hear someone talk about it.
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This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. You didn't make a single decision for me. I was probably never going to play Yo Kai Watch before this, and now I really don't care. It's a ****ing game. Grow up.

You just dissuaded someone from playing an apparently good game, in your eyes, and you're celebrating? Why? Because you think alex doesn't deserve this game because they didn't like how you acted? This isn't a victory, I hope you realize. What's the point of trying to get people to play the game when you are successfully dissuading others from playing it when they question your practices? If you truly think that's a good thing, then I dunno how I'm meant to take anything you say from the heart. Say all you want about me overreacting to a game, but this isn't about the game. I don't see a minor argument about what game is better than what, I'm looking at how you treat others during said debates. Venus was respectful during his parts, you lacked that entirely.


If this comes out as just an over frustrated rant, fine then, whatever, I'm done with this argument. I'm not one to get this angry with people. You've gotten advice and warnings from others to try to change, but you aren't taking criticisms because you believe your social standing is better than ours. Good on you, you have a life. But criticism? You're not taking it to heart, I can tell. I have no need arguing with someone who won't listen to our words and ramble the same merry **** fifteen times over. Good day, sir.

Yiptap That's your problem then and I guess a job well done. I'll play what I want, wjen I want, whether or not others talk about it and no one can stop me.

alexxxela It IS ridiculous because I am actively ridiculing the ridiculous things you are saying. So of course your own words and logic thrown back at you would read as something ridiculous.

I don't have anything against you, I just wanted to post something and then "pic unrelated", lol.

Pokelego999 Dude. It's a joke grounded in the ludicrous nonsense this person is spouting. I never claimed it was my job. In fact, I said the opposite. If it was my job, as I was saying to make fun of this nonsense, then job well done on my part.

Please actually read what was written.

I was in no way disrespectful. I did not throw out insults or ad hominems. All I did was respond bluntly. You are more than free to point out the disrespect rather than make false claims.

Again, please actually read what was written.

That's cuz there was no criticisms. Just people upset at me over nothing cuz I choose to post what I please.

But okay. Seeya. Wouldn't wanna be ya.

Also my social standing is completely irrelevant.

The only reason I brought it up is cuz someone else wanted to act like what I post on a game forum site would allow them to assume I have no social life.

Now that it's proven they can't use the stupid strawman of "sad lonely gamer obsessed nerd with no life or friends", I'm still in the wrong anyway cuz "Oh he actually has a life and accomplishes things, so he's just an elitist that thinks he's better than us." stupid strawman instead.

It's pathetic when people have to reach that hard when they can't actually prove you wrong.

What's more is that if I was as easily swayed as you guys, I'd just use this to motivate me to make even MORE posts about why Yo-Kai Watch is a monumentally better game than Pokemon.

However, I'm not going to do that just because a bunch of strangers I don't even know get their blood boiling about what I choose to post on my personal Smashboards feed.

I won't do that because I like to use and socialize and share my thoughts on other sites and I'm a busy guy with a ton of things to do and my time is very valuable.

So thanks for being a good way to pass some of my valuable time for me after I finished some hard college homework. Helped to take my mind off a few things. Appreciate it.

I definitely don’t wanna re-open a huge argument again especially because we’ve argued a lot in the past but DrCoeloCephalo for someone who has praised the value of open-mindedness in the past, you’re really not good at all at accepting criticism

If you don't wanna argue, then don't talk.

What criticism? As I have already made explicitly clear, I've already been following plenty of the advice given to the letter 10 steps ahead of the game, people are getting upset because they put words in my mouth that I never actually wrote despite me being as blunt and concrete as possible and it is not my responsibility in any way to account for the feelings of random strangers getting upset for no reason over video game forums post that are not directly disrespectful or insulting, nor do they infringe upon any rules.

If you're so convinced I'm unable to accept criticisms, you are just as free to actually point out what I said wrong here just as anyone else is.

I even made it clear to the users they are more than free to point out where any disrespect was given, allowing them the chance to elaborate on their criticisms in order to lend an open ear to said "criticisms" and have gotten jack squat in response other than people claiming things I never said and putting words in my mouth that I never wrote, which is frankly the fault of theor own close-mindedness.

In what world is it open-minded to generalize people?

As I have stated multiple times here, if I was narrow minded enough to do that, I'd accuse Smash fans in general of being child predators but we know that that's completely unfair. I especially smirk at how this point gets completely ignored so they circle around again and try to dance around it cuz they know it proves them wrong. Won't be surprised if you end up doing the exact same thing too.

If the entire Yo-Kai Watch fandom is arrogant just cuz of me alone, I guess the entire Smash fandom is child predators cuz of those individuals with those allegations.

Don't know about you, but I'll gladly be arrogant any day over being a child predator.

In what world is it open-minded to act like you know all about a complete stranger just cuz you dislike their game forums posts?

I do not know any of these people personally and am not narrow minded enough to pretend I do.

In what world is it open-minded to accuse people of something they said when they never once said those words and even specifically said the opposite?

I'm not the one being narrow minded enough to pull phrases out of nowhere based on things that were never actually said and resorting to petty ad hominems on top of that.

In what world is it open-minded to refuse yourself having fun with what you wantjust cuz someone said otherwise?

Pretty sure there was a profile post not too long ago that said precisely that as you can enjoy a game and have fun with it regardless of an hour long video saying it sucks. I'm doing monumentally less than that with a few forum profile posts and yet that clearly seems to have tons of influence alone to these guys. I'll personally play what I please despite what anyone on Smashboards says about game cuz I'm free to make my own decisions instead of being so narrowminded to have them made for me.

Of course I'm not inclined to listen to a word someone says when they do all those things.

If your idea of an "open-minded" person is a generalizing scumbag that lies and falsely accuses people of unsaid things whom is so full of themself they think they know a person over game forum posts and call them an unfeeling soulless person for expressing themself and lets other people make decisions for them, then I'm happy to ignore criticisms that would make me fall in line with your idea of being "open-minded".

And zero actual counterarguments. That's what I THOUGHT.
Empty accusations and nothing more.

Literally no one cares anymore.
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Mate, we left because we got fed up with arguing with you. We didn't want to argue further, so we left. Are you so petty that you feel the need to reopen this just to flex your dominance on random internet people literally over a week after the fact?

Fine if you really care I’ll elaborate further:

A while ago you made a post saying how good it is to be open minded and implied that people on this site aren’t open minded at all but that’s really hypocritical. I don’t want to comment on literally everything after what was said at first but in the beginning venus was just saying you should branch out and not always talk about the same thing and you got really defensive and demonstrated a really closed mindset.

Look, you ultimately can post whatever you want here but when you’re pretty much constantly publicly talking negative about something it gets really tiring. Especially when a lot of people like those things. And judging from the fact that not many people like those posts, I don’t think many people care either. If you care about open mindedness you should try to take criticisms better. You don’t have to agree with everyone but just stop shutting everyone down, and maybe take a moment to consider if what they’re saying might be true. I’m sure there are some bad ones but were making some pretty fair criticisms of you.

Also, people are just saying they’re someowhat put off from playing the games because of how you talk about them (which is a natural reaction) they’re not generalizing a fandom because of you and I don’t see how the fandom even comes into this because, correct me if I’m wrong, but did people even mention it here?

Pokelego999 I can take a minute or two out of my day after completing errands, partying late on a Friday night with friends and getting ahead on my college homework to leave a comment.

Doesn't really matter how much time has passed cuz I have a life outside of Smashboards and the time matters even less if you didn't have actual counterarguments then and still don't.

Yiptap Like I've said, if you didn't care then you wouldn't reply. I do care and it's my profile post, so I'll reply as I please and you really can't stop me.

Champion of Hyrule Cuz they kinda aren't. People that blatantly ignore evidence and facts presented in an argument are not open-minded so it ain't hypocritical. Doesn't matter if it's on this site as I've seen or the next site. You choosing to interpret it like that instead of asking for clarification is pretty close-minded and hypocritical, don't ya think?

It's not realky a defense that people are allowed to talk about video games they like on a video game forums site. It's a fact. That's not close-minded and like I said, I don't use Smashboards that much so judging how much I talk about a subject on a small sample when you don't know anything about me is, as I've said, close-minded. I talk about other games. Whether or not I do so on Smashboards is none of your business and if you cared that much to hear me talk on other subjects, you'd ask questions like an open minded person does.

People not caring about a topic I choose to discuss or getting tired isn't my responsibility. If I'm tired of certain content, I ignore it and move on and do something better with my time.

That's their problem. Internet likes really don't amount to much but if you want to play that card, I certainly have plenty of likes on my video essays on the good game design behind Yo-Kai Watch with an almost non-existant dislike ratio and I listen to the criticisms given through comments on those videos to make even better ones in the future and I'm proud of the open-mindedness I've been able to take advantage of to push for even greater quality.

Besides, I really don't care if they don't care. I'll do what I want so long as it falls within the rules. Posting things just to get the approval of strangers is the kind of thing a shallow loser does instead of being yourself, being honest and upfront. The moment I speak up for myself is the moment I've already won. Why on earth would I want the approval of a bunch of strangers that act like they know me just cuz they get mad over some game forum post? They'd have to be REALLY close-minded and REALLY full of themselves if they I'm gonna post to please them for a second when they do something that petty.

I kinda find it funny how there are numerous people out there that get angry at me for years for no good reason haven't taken the time to raid and dislike bomb me, not that they can anymore. If likes are so important as you want to play them off to be, then the small fry amounts on this site really don't mean anything in the grand scheme of what I'm doing then compared to amounts I get from praising the game on YouTube while casually throwing shade at Pokemon.

Being silent and saying nothing isn't criticism cuz no criticism was actually given. You can't take something better if absolutely nothing was said and since I've taken my YouTube comment and like ratio so well to improve off it, I'm once again ten steps ahead in the advice given.

Or maybe you should consider it doesn't take much for me to shut them down and provide proof, facts and evidence that debunk them so well cuz what they're saying is UNTRUE.

Yeah, they did. Them being put off ain't my problem either and I'll still say that's them being weak. I've brought up the example numerous times but people choose to still ignore it so close-mindedly cuz they know it proves them wrong but I will continue to play SMT games and like them in spite of this awful individual I came across that also happened to play it because letting other people control what you choose to play and enjoy like that is weak and life is too short for that and even if they are put off, like I said I don't mind gatekeeping even though there was the false claim earlier that gatekeeping is my job. Guess I'm just ABOVE nature for choosing to be like that instead of being naturally close-minded, I guess.

So once again, if anything, I've already followed your advice ten steps ahead of the game, have way more likes to fall back on to show that open-mindedness from the improvement I've gleamed from it or your advice isn't worth following just to please complete strangers because that's what a close-minded person does.

Honestly, coming back to think about it, expecting other people to post to please you instead of letting them post for themselves is extremely entitled and selfish and being selfish to begin with is close-minded.

If you can't tolerate opposing viewpoints at all tonthat point, you should probably get over yourselves.

Ironic how when you think about it, you guys are the ones pushing the whole "my way or the highway" that I was accused of.

This is an old wound that shan't be left open nor remembered. Gooday.

a tale as old as time