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08-23-2009, 12:48 PM
Rich_JJ
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Arguments on message boards are normal, but RoC brought the tank somewhere it never needed to go.
I joined last year, when RoC was still in development and nobody knew anything except who some of the actors were going to be. At that time, most people happened to get along and while there was still the occasional flame-war, most were not offensive and much of the arguing was friendly.
As RoC got closer and we found out more details, the tank started to divide. As one of the 'on the fence' tankers who didn't like all the nay-saying, but at the same time felt the same dissappointment with most of what we we finding out, it was interesting and a bit frustrating watching fellow members de-evolve into mindless ranters, either posting the same opinion 300 times on 300 different threads, or taking every opportunity to try to antagonize other tankers who felt differently.
Both sides are equally as guilty, the haters for the non-stop derailment of any positive threads or posts of RoC, and the supporters, for bashing both the ranters and those who voiced intelligent reasons for disliking the new direction.
Now the movie has gone. Many haters now have stated the movie wasn't as bad as they had expected (some even like it) and a few supporters that, once actually having seen the movie, had their bubbles burst and had to admit that the movie was far more flawed than they had hoped.
We are all responsible for our own behavior and it is up to us to make the tank as friendly as it was. In the last few weeks, I've noticed the mood here get generally lighter as the high emotions are fading. G.I. Joe belongs to all of us, whatever incarnation it is currently in, it still exists in whatever form we grew to love.
I'm still glad to be a tanker and I think this is one of the coolest fan sites with the best community I have ever been a part of. Lets hope we can keep the place fun, at least until the RoC sequal!
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