There was once a time, a long time ago, when I actually used to care about gaming forums. I setup my own gaming forum which is still running - the Babblers gaming community - I used to post regularly on it, and also get into arguments with people, mainly who were the great unwashed, and just wanted a fight because they had nothing better to do. After a while, I just couldnt be bothered with all the faff - it basically turned into "im better than you", or "haha your gay" for whatever reason (mainly 16 year olds trying to "big them selfs up"), and I just keep the forum running - I dont read it, and I havnt posted on my own forum in about 6 months. I dont even use the forum for sending private messages - I either email the people directly, or I just dont bother.
Recently, when Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberium wars was released, I was really interersted in doing some modifications to it, just because I like to do that kinda thing (altering the game play in small ways to make playing it alot more enjoyable for me) - and I had a look on the forum - big mistake. Its basically the same, im sure the people there are older, but they all just act like kids - they are all whinging that some other guy beat them and is a cheater (I used to have this problem in counter-strike, to the extent where I just dont bother playing the game anymore), or how EA should modify the game based on the previous C&C games, and if they dont, they are just crap, and they wont give EA any money.
Another incident a few months ago - the new Spliner Cell was released, and I purchased it on the day of its release, to find out my graphics card does not support Pixel Shaders v3 - I was quite miffed obviously, I tried to find a solution around it, but none of them worked, so what did I do? I put it back on my shelf, I tend to buy a new PC every 2-3 years, so when I do, im gunna have a nice shiny game to play. I havnt even considered taking it back and trying to get a refund, because I really want to play it (I have read all the Splinter Cell books too) - its something to look forward to. Back to my point, while searching for any options, I came across the official forums, and people were just whinging that they were unable to play it, for the same reason as me, and they were DEMANDING a fix from the developers, and if they didnt get one, they would take legal action etc etc etc. I really doubt that, the big software company that has produced Splinter Cell have a large firm of lawyers (or solicitors, depending on which side of the pond you live), and to be honest, you didnt read the system requirements, so its your fault (like mine)
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