Well, my posts are never intended to be caustic. Not unless someone says something blithely stupid, like "the sky is green". I certainly never attack anyone who is not well-versed in English. I'm well aware that for some people, English is not their first language.
Likewise, I have no issue with discussing rumours and speculation. My issue is when people present those rumours as fact. Or worse, when they present their opinions as fact, then offer no evidence that they know something we do not and expect everyone to believe them on the basis that they are the ones saying it. I remember in the build-up to QUANTUM OF SOALCE, someone on the other forums attempted to convince everyone that they had access to the script and posted a "review" of it (which was basically THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM). It was a sixteen year old kid who was a new member of the forums and was trying to get respect by making everyone think he knew more about the film than he actually did, and he was very aggressive of it. So you'll forgive me if I'm deeply sceptical of people who claim inside information and offer no proof that they are in the position they claim to be. NorthoftheThames did it the other day when he said "BOND 23 will not be SKYFALL. Trust me". The use of the phrase "trust me" implies that he has a reliable connection to someone or something that will prove his claims, and asks us to put faith in it. Given the limited number of people who have access to production of the film - and fewer still who have access to the script - the wider implication is that NorthoftheThames has some connection to EON. So he was asking us to have faith that he was in a position to be in EON's inner circle. And that's a pretty big ask, especially for someone who had only just started posting on the forums. Naturally, I asked him why we should have faith in him like that, and he attacked.
And I certainly don't attack people who have expectations of their own. I'm certainly not trying to force my way of thinking onto anyone else; indeed, I take issue with people who try to ram their opinions down others' throats. To do so myself would be hypocritical. So if people think I'm trying to do that, then they're reading things into my posts that do not exist and are certainly never intended to be present.
Good anwser Captain. And "trust me", I know your intentions are better than half of what they´re perceived to be by most board members. But you have to agree, sometime they do sound a bit authoritative, enough for some good people to say you´re the fun police. Listen, I have no problem with it, it´s just that you seem a bit mopish regarding the way some people tend to respond to you. Best advice I can give about that thing I called your "pechant" is you should just know and get to know people you should trust, then you wouldn´t have to worry about some 16yr old kid with a false statement up his sleave. I´ve been around for 10 years or so and I happen to know which opinions to value and I actually can "smell" false and pretentious claims at some distance now. Like I said, you´re an interesting and inteligent fellow, just start forming a group of good friends here that like you and take their opinions, rumour discussion and yes, even inside information, as truthfull. About the other pretentious pri**s, just don´t give a damn, "trust me", I do just that and I get by. Forums will be forums, people will be people. Just have fun
PS: And I know this isn´t any of my business, I´m certainly not a mod, just a friend, so I´ll go now. Just have fun man, enjoy it
Edited by univex, 10 October 2011 - 03:28 AM.
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