Actually, the quote was "NCsoft edict" not "Arenanet or NCsoft", which has a bit more weight. And regardless if this is posted in a different subforum, Titan is still associated with City of Heroes and is collecitvely smarting from the shutdown. If you're thoroughly convinced that this is a black hat plan, then I advise you take it to ablegamer.com, a platform where this is a central issue, and let them pursue it if they so wish.
And that "NCsoft edict" was posed as a QUESTION, not a STATEMENT. And the paragraph ended with "But that is what I will let the journalists try and figure out."
What that means is: "The answer to the question is not known, but we will hopefully find out the answer."
What that does NOT mean is: "We are going to tell the news media that NCsoft is ordering Arenanet to discriminate against the handicapped."
First, let's not bring gun control into this. It's a sensitive topic and, frankly, I don't think anyone here is making such an accusation. So just let that one go. Second, the statement "GW2 Reportedly Banning the Handicapped" connotes GW2 is targetting those people, which is clearly not the place. It is sensationalizing the situation.
Seriously... do you just have no idea how to take examples for what they are without turning the example into the focus of the conversation? Or do you just do it automatically to turn my words into something they're not? This is the second time you've done it to me in this thread now now. What I said had NOTHING to do with gun control. I was pointing out that journalists do far worse than "GW2 Reportedly Banning the Handicapped" without getting accused of libel. And I used it because it's an example that all gamers have been able to relate to ever since Columbine. If you really thought that I was trying to derail by turning it into a gun control debate, I suggest you just stop reading this thread right now, because you're probably not processing a single statement within its intended context.
Considering every account petition is getting a review (glancing through PI's link), I'm really not convinced of that. Again, you guys are on this like white on rice -- given where you're coming from, your motive is suspect, regardless of the circumstances. Flip it over to cooler minds like ablegamer, that have a more clearly defined and longstanding vested interest and let them look into it (or even sign up over there and discuss it with them).
Given the way you've treated the examples I've used in this thread so far, you seem guilty of the very thing you're accusing me of. You're seeing things that completely aren't there. Seems like you have an axe of your own to grind, considering the assumptions you're making about my point of view on this.
Are you telling me that I CAN'T look at this from a neutral point-of-view? The only thing that has me jaded is CoH disaster at all. Were this any company unrelated to NCsoft, I'd be equally concerned about it. Has the fall of Paragon influenced that vigilance? Sure it has. But that doesn't mean I'm in this discussion JUST because it's NCsoft. I've already wondered on and off if humanity's technologically-integrated society has reached a point now where online gaming communities need their own "whistle blower" organization to help maintain the balance between business and consumer. I wondered that even before I heard that CoH is shutting down. And I've wondered if Titan will evolve into such an entity. I don't know if it's necessary though. At least not yet. But the dispensability of large groups of gamers certainly seems to be on the rise in light of recent news BESIDES CoH, so regardless of whether the 'gamescape' has already reached that point, we're definitely heading toward it.
