Message from @prankster2099
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People can Criticize a game, but some games they use their opinions as a criticism, what they personally wanted
and everyones opinions collide around, developers are unsure what they want, do some people's ideas for a game, and people don't like it
It happened with Battlefront, Fallout 4, I think Mafia 3, etc
and what do these people do. . . Blame the developer, they don't acknowledge that Maybe, people had different ideas, the consumers listened, but couldn't implement everything people wanted. And while some fans were happy, others were unsatisfied
It's a cult-based belief system. People responding that way will not operate on logic and reason. Instead they will operate on tribalism. Their system of belief, whatever it is, is more important than anything else. Anything that questions it even slightly is considered to be a threat.
Mentalities like this have existed as long as people have. It's nothing new. It's just the groups that act like it come and go. Sometimes it's a religion, sometimes it's some other belief. But no matter what it is, you get the same kind of obsessive, tribalistic behavior. Including the adherents obviously having zero capacity of thinking for themselves and instead they parrot out a group dogma, and frequntly use buzzwords rather than actual substantive dialogue.
Unfortunately, more people are tribalistic than not. You see it with SJWs and feminists of course. But you also see it among those who believe in global warming. You see it all over the place in gaming with obsessed fans of games or systems. You see it in followers of major websites. You see it with people who follow mainstream media outlets. You see it in more specialized religious denominations. Or the really wacky ones like Scientology.
Exactly!
I admit, I can be Tribalistic sometimes, But I do realize that and do my best to not be so
Here's a quick rule of thumb. If someone defending an idea or something like that does so by attacking dissent, criticism, or skepticism, you should immediately disregard what they have to say because that should instantly tell you they know they're full of shit and they know if you had a chance to fully say what you think that their beliefs would be discredited. So they have to silience you to make sure that doesn't happen. Always, always be extremely skeptical of any belief system, idea, position, whatever, whose adherents behave this way. It's not a guarentee it's false, but it should be a huge red flag and warrants being extremely skeptical.
yea
If someone truly believes something is undeniably true they'd let the evidence speak for itself. Attacking dissent tells you they do not actually believe that's the case for what they're defending. Whether they are conciously aware of that fact or not. This can be a reflex when someone with a tribalistic mentality is protecting something they only believe because an authority they follow told them to.
I've seen that many many times
So many times and it just so dumb, people blindly following a person who has an opinion, they don't form their own opinion
Being a sheep seems to be a subconscious convenience for not having to think too hard about stuff.
A sheep tends to be easy to spot.
This year, we have games that were good, but somewhat disappointing (to me at least), I found Fallout 4 fun, but it wasn't great to me. But then there's people who say "The Game sucks! There's no strengths to the game whatsoever!"
Dogmatic behavior isn't exactly sutble.
and the people watching just agree, and ignore the good parts
It rather annoys me when a person gives an opinion without explaining why their opinion is the way it is.
Yes, the game is flawed, but it doesn't suck
If it's not their opinion, then of course they can't explain why that is the case.
Yeah, basically.
Some people will give an opinion based on their experience, and still not explain their basis for why.
It's like they have a hand up their ass and talk like a puppet
Or reject anything that doesn't match their experience.
@Sebastian Lawe I admit I've done that before, I might do it and not realize it, but when I realize it or it's pointed out I can try my best to not do that again
Still tribalism behavior. Just you're then looking one of the tribal leaders.
Some like to be the head of the pack, but still create a belief system that is rigid and dogmatic.
Or, their experiences they have themselves are simply being warped to fit a predefined set of dogma.
If there was a way to get rid of the Tribalistic behavior, we could put an end to lots of things
We see that all the time with SJWs distorting events to suit their narrative.
but in Evolution, we had the behavior hardwired into our consciousness
Like calling something harassment when someone simply criticized an opinion they had.
Exactly
or someone defending something that has flaws and they don't admit it when it's pointed out
The tribalistic behaviour, to its credit, is why we've even survived as a species. Looking to one pack leader that you follow makes the ability to direct people around very convenient.
Pointing out real flaws is considered a threat to them. that makes them very hostile.
exactly
I don't defend games or anything blindly
I admit it has flaws
And I just say I like the game even though the flaws are existiant