Tobar's message of peace among nerds is as sane as it gets.
HotRod said:
Can I just say, the reason for that post way back when, was because I was made to suffer WoW radio at work on a daily basis!
Each to their own, but it was something I really didn't need to listen to day after day...
TB's other podcast were quite amusing...It was just the WoW bollox that got to me...
I mean, who really gives a fuck about how much health you need to take down a fucking penguin, or whatever it was!!
Seriously, what's your problem with that? Some people argue about Yoda's lightsaber, some people play RPGs, some people watch movies religiously and discuss them with equal passion and some listen to podcasts about WoW penguins.
And yeah, people do care about discussing game mechanics, design, balance or whatever the context for whacking something over the head until it drops was for the discussion that ticked you off the same way people discuss framing, lighting etc. in the case of movies. Different medium, different discussions to be had.
You seem to have (had?) a problem with the fact that someone inflicted something you didn't like upon you which in itself isn't anything bad (I'd be rather angry in your position), but then you really do proceed to act... rudely, as Tobar put it. Not to mention that you're really in no position to be condescending, considering this is a message board dedicated to movies about magic space knights and discussions about altering a speck on a stormtrooper's crotch someone spotted while repeatedly going through a two hour movie frame by frame (which is one of the reasons I genuinely love this community).
tl;dr:
Come on, it's just a bloody game.
Does anyone really care? No.
Sort it out
This is objectively not true.
TV's Frink said:
if you don't see the difference between wanting to improve a movie and listening to a radio show about WoW, I feel bad for you.
Fundamentally there is no difference, even if personally I'd say that "improving a movie" (even partaking or just following a discussion that may or may not lead to a movie being improved) is a better use of my time than listening to a WoW podcast.
In case anyone's wondering: I don't play MMOs. I rather dislike them and consider them a waste of life.