[Vlad Von Carstein]

Well to be honest im redoing this into less of a rant and more of an artical it will piss off the local hard core games but i really don't care. here is the new version that is still in the works.

You know, I have noticed something about Vancouver's gaming community (for all games out there) that rather ticks me off, so here is what i have noticed.

Why are there always people who consider themselves "Elite," better then the rest? There is really no need for any stuck up attitudes towards others, or any reason to act better then some one else just because your a better player or painter or deck\army designer. None of that gives a person the right to be rude and\or the cause to be so full of themselves that everything else is junk compared to what they and people that they consider "on their level" are capable of. For an example. If you are a great painter you should be helping others instead of trashing there work, it may not be up to your level but they gave it a shot at least be nice and help them improve in stead of completely trashing there work back to the stone age. After all beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not that of a few people. The Same goes for anyone who acts better then another due to the "skill" they have in a game affter all, No matter how long you've been playing or how many wins you have, it's no excuse to bare down on people who are new or not hard-core gamers. If you want more competition then you must nurture the "younger generation", as irritating as it can be, they have the potential to provide a good game in the future. We were all newbies once in our lives, every new game we try makes us one. As for dissing paint jobs, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. People are touchy, if they're not asking for criticism don't give it, it doesn't matter if it's constructive or not, just don't, you're asking for trouble. And always do your best to give constructive criticism and be as helpful as possible. This is the internet, you get to proofread everything you post online, there is no excuse to hit that button if what you're posting has anything that's hurtful or mean. And one more thing, if winning is all you care about, then you need to consider playing actual competitive sports instead, makes you look less like an asshat
I have contacted people in other areas of the world to see what their gaming communities are like and to be honest most of them are way more friendly then Vancouvers, which is something I think the whole community needs to work on. Not just a few people BUT EVERYONE needs to work on this, if you don't like something go ahead and say so just don't trash talk people. But it's just your opinion and you should leave yourself open to whatever the person says because there might be a reason for the army to be built in an odd way, or they could of just built it for max fun not caring if they win or not. [Not that there's anything bad with winning. Gaming is all about having fun.

So in short what I'm trying to get at is this:

For our community to thrive more so than it is now, we all need to stop judging others based on our own high standards, or in general stop being so cocky since... let's say you have played for years well someone else just started. you might know more about the game then them but that doesn't mean your "Better then them" after all Its not if you win or lose it's how you play the game and how much fun you have doing it.