canofhumdingers said:That's fine. I agree that constructive criticism is a good thing, but much of what you've posted is more like cynicism. I mean, this:
Vaderisnothayden said:
Shadows of the Empire really pissed me off.
The Yuzhaan Pong invasion was a stupid idea.
is not constructive in any way. It's just negative. This thread was intended to celebrate the things we like & enjoy which can be refreshing. Constructive criticism is not bad, it's just not what this thread is about & that's why people (myself included) don't really like what you're posting in this thread. It's not that we want to single you out, argue, or that we even disagree with it all (i agree with many of your points). It's just that this is not the thread for it.
Sometimes it's fun and enjoyable to just think about and discuss the things that make you happy or you enjoy without getting bogged down with all the things you'd have done differently or would like to change. It's nice to just feel satisfied.
And what if you're not satisfied? Then your opinion's not good enough to be heard? And if you look around I wasn't the only person who posted "negative" things on this thread.
What I don't get is why it's so terrible and offensive for somebody to say they didn't like something. It really shouldn't bother you so much. It's just an opinion. Not everybody can like everything, nor should they have to pretend they do.
Why is it refreshing to outlaw criticism from a thread? That doesn't sound refreshing to me at all. It sounds more like censorship.
And why's it not constructive for people to put out their views on what they don't like? I would think it's a good thing for people to communicate on what they feel about stuff. Communication is good. Censorship is negative.
And really you shouldn't get bogged down in what the topic of this thread was supposed to be. Threads on this board start out as one thing and end up as another. Conversation drifts. It's no harm. It's part of the way this site is more laid back than some other sites. If you want to discuss what you like about the EU, you can do it here and really you can probably bring it up on a whole lot of other threads on this board to and probably start a whole conversation there if people feel like it. This thread was about the EU. I discussed the EU, including what I like about it.
Personally I have trouble discussing what I like about the EU without bringing up what I dislike, because it's all interconnected. Maybe if I didn't love Star Wars and care about it, I might be able to ignore what I don't like about the EU, but that's not me.