Can we PLEASE stop flaming?

[the_fencer0 3]

(As a preamble, I would like to apologize to the forum admins -- I know this probably belongs in the Off topic/General forum, but I feel like this has to be said and I want it to be seen.)

I realize I am about to open Pandora's box here with this post, but this is a forum for an Alpha mod. Not a professional game, but a mod made my an independent entity for free. Rocket does not have a PR department to help him decide what is "PC" or not. He is a human being, and respect him immensely for the hard work and dedication he has put into what is and will continue to be one of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had gaming.

That being said, everyone immediately jumping (should I say hording? This is a Zombie mod) on someone who states a grievance at Rocket -- whether it be a game mechanic decision or a word choice should stop.

It is not productive. It is childish. It fills a thread with clutter that the dev team is probably reading through every minute to find the bugs and hotfix them, and making their job just that much harder (and delaying much needed hotfixes).

You are currying favor with no one. You are simply flaming -- an egregious internet phenomena where people who think that by being nasty, they are making their point more viable than someone else's. It does not -- it merely makes you a thug.

The purpose of an Alpha is for the dev team to get feedback and improve the game. Sometimes, that improvement comes in the for of PR knowledge.

I, for one, want to see this become the best damn mod it can be. There will be hiccups, but flaming someone who brings it up in a respectful manner is not befitting the hard work and dedication Rocket and the dev team have put into this. If you want to support Rocket, send him a PM with your encouragement. If you want to register your own grievance with someone else, do it in a PM.

Leave it off the boards, as it better the mod, and the gamer community as a whole. We should start acting like rational human beings -- the world expects us gamers to be an immature and vile lot.

Let's prove them wrong -- right here, right now.

To those of you who have been rational beings thus far, my hat is off to you. Thank you for being patient and reasonable.

To those of you who have not been, stop the flaming. Please participate in the discussion in a critical, yet positive form. Prove to the rest of the world that we gamers better than what they think we are.

This mod has so much potential. I don't want it wasted on mindless bickering.

Peace,

--Fencer

[FUBAR1945 2]

This is becoming BF3, to much patch and useless updates like, temp, loud winni, wood.

The rest is OK, the inventory is great!