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Originally posted by Nameless Mofo:
Like I said, I don't want to debate you. This is my position and I'm not changing it. But I felt that you were painting all us anti-VM folks with the same brush, and I want to clarify for everyone on this board and elsewhere exactly what MY position is, and the reasoning I have for taking that position.
Perhaps I was. With each new post, I tend to leave out more and more details, and start generalizing more and more instead.
I don't have a problem with people not liking the system. That I can understand, even if I don't mind it myself. It's the way these reactions sometimes surface I can't understand. When people who disagree on principle (not because of actual inconvinience) scream stuff like "betrayal, spyware, G-Collections should die" and such, I feel that they've gone too far. G-Collections is trying to survive, and are implementing this system to that end, not to piss people off or make life difficult for them.
G-Collections know they leave some of their already few customers behind by making their games require internet, so I can't imagine that this is a decision they've made lightly. Their apparent lack of knowledge of the V-Mate system, and lack of forethought when it comes to how this will be used by them, seems to suggest that this is something they haven't really entered wholeheartedly. I'd like to hear the full story from G-Collections, but I seriously doubt they will tell us.
Anyway, my reaction is mostly towards the lack of civil behaviour towards the G-Collections staff, not towards disliking the system. I'm an "if it ain't broken..." person, but I'm hoping that the V-Mate system will offer something making it worth the trouble, other than $10 off, which is money I'm sure G-Collections need more than me.
[This message has been edited by AG3 (edited 10-21-2004).]