Would You Like Some Cheese With That Whine?

Let's get straight to the point here. We ALL complain about something. Hell, some of us like it.

For me, the little bitch sessions I carry on sometimes are a way to vent off steam. It's the same with many folks. When you talk about about your "bad day" with someone close to you, that's complaining, but in a positive way. There is nothing wrong, at the very core of it, with complaining.

But there is a such thing as negative complaining. Whining (aka: Pissing and Moaning) is one such example of bad (read: fucking annoying) complaining.

I post over on the Ubisoft forums. The HAWX boards, to be exact. And talk about whiners! Jesus H. Christ, some of them are worse than five year olds with a tooth ache. Over a Goddamned game.

I generally ignore them and post in a civilized manner. And I only pay attention to the posters that air their complaints concerning the game's problems in a mature manner. But it gets worse when the trolls come out to feed. The whiners at Ubi.com are as bad as the dumbasses, over on 4chan, who just can't resist the urge to feed the trolls. Some threads that start out decent, degenerate into pointless bickering between childish members and those that troll them.

As they say on 4chan: "Successful Troll Is Successful". But on some sites, the trolls don't have to work awful hard.

Anyway......

People have to realize that Ubisoft has a rather mixed history concerning game quality. I've known this since I first played Ghost Recon on my then-brand new (and rather bulky), first Playstation 2. Some of their games have been problem free for me, others glitchy/buggy as all hell. HAWX falls somewhere in between in my experience.

Yes, I get pissed when I get booted (or have hosted players get kicked) from a Team Death Match. I've had minor issues with online co-op. And offline, I've had occasional "game freeze" and frame rate glitches.

But that's par for course for Ubisoft. And Ubi vets, like yours truly, have learned that's part of the deal when buying their products. You may get get Sterling Silver. Or you may get Pure Shit. Which means patches and updates out the ass (which only concerned me recently. I've only been gaming/downloading PS3 stuff online for roughly a couple of months).

Now I understand some feeling like they're not getting their money's worth, especially with the price of third generation console games. But air your grievences like an adult, and not like a spoiled, rich teenaged socialite whose parents didn't buy them the Beemer they wanted.

The patches will come whenever. The remaining bugs may, or may not, get fixed. DLC? Yes, we're getting some cool planes (Viggens and Floggers for the fucking win). Be happy we are getting SOMETHING from Ubi this soon after release. Hell, the Motorstorm fans are still wondering when the shit we're getting ANY downloadable content from Evolution Studios, for Pacific Rift. I'm sure we will get some new maps for HAWX. It's just a matter of being PATIENT.

But some assholes want it all NOW. And whine like spoiled brats when they don't get it.

If one wants instant gratification, that's what jerking off/ fingering yourself is for. It doesn't necessarily apply to everything else in life.

And maybe if people could be more mature, then some Ubi developer would be happy to address the issues on the Ubisoft forum. But until then, all we'll hear is the crickets chirping.

End of rant. From glorious Sian, Citizen Oldfart signing off for now.