The Greatness Game

[Baalzebutt]

Perhaps I am too much of a skeptic. Like a lot of other people, I am suspicious of individuals who go out of their way to be excessively friendly, complimentary and familiar to people who they barely know. It just comes across to me as contrived and calculated, in an effort to gain acceptance from the senior members.

If you don't like it and can't stay in the great spirit of the thread, then kindly GTFO.

I am well within my rights to reply in an open thread; no rules have been broken and I have been courteous in my responses.

Then you are sad, pathetic little person. I have yet to see a compliment on these forums which was excessive, over-complimentary or too familiar. I think the compliments doled out here are sincere and, in most cases, well-earned.

You are right about your right to post in an open thread. I said nothing about rules or that you had been discourteous. What I said was that you are being a whiney, paranoid little bitch and that maybe you should think about staying out of threads you find distasteful.

[Fruity]

Love, you are so pathetic. Really?
I don't get anything out of being nice to people that I will never meet. All I get is satisfaction that I pointed out their greatness.
That someone could feel uncomfortable for kindness through a screen would be incredibly ridiculous.

You feel left out, Love? Is that it? Is that why you chose that user name, because nobody nick names you that and you wanted to know how it feels?

Go somewhere else if you don't like my kindness.

[Foxaèr]

For a username like "Love", I've been getting nothing except hate vibes from following her posts.

[Fruity]

Me too. That should go in the Thick Delicious Irony thread. Love, go there and just sit there. You will be a post all in itself.

[Kayenneh]

I'm sorry, but it all just comes across as contrived and overbearing to me, and I am (relatively) politely stating my opinion on the matter.

No need to be sorry, you are indeed entitled to your opinion.

I feel that it would be much more appropriate to pay such compliments privately.

Cultural difference, I guess. I on the other hand would rather receive compliments on the go, instead of having to face them in my inbox and think of an appropriate response

This way, other people would not feel left out

Meh, no matter what happens and is being discussed someone will always feel left out. Sad though it is, no one can take everyone's feelings into consideration.

Also, I know that I would be rather wary and uncomfortable if somebody I met online was being overbearingly friendly and complimentary for no apparent reason. Call it rational skepticism.

Beware of strangers on the net, sure, but still, having a couple of really good friends IRL that I met over the net on other boards, I know that most of the people I admire here I would like to meet someday in person.
My reason for giving certain individuals some extra attention is because I truly like their posts and try to encourage them to keep up the good work. I might only be a snippet of text on a monitor, but a very happy one when my favorite posters have something to say, I want them to know that I appreciate what they have to say.

[Love]

Then you are sad, pathetic little person. I have yet to see a compliment on these forums which was excessive, over-complimentary or too familiar. I think the compliments doled out here are sincere and, in most cases, well-earned.

You are right about your right to post in an open thread. I said nothing about rules or that you had been discourteous. What I said was that you are being a whiney, paranoid little bitch and that maybe you should think about staying out of threads you find distasteful.

Thank you for the compliment. I strongly suggest that you work on your emotional intelligence before posting, primarily because your reply comes across as spiteful and vacuous. Instead of posting mean spirited responses, perhaps concentrate on being civilised, although I do suspect that you're utterly incapable of engaging in a rational discussion without allowing your negative emotions to take over.

[Foxaèr]

I strongly suggest that you work on your emotional intelligence.

Ditto. After all, love, especially in the way you use it through your words on this forum, can also be a negative emotion.

[Love]

Love, you are so pathetic. Really?

You feel left out, Love? Is that it? Is that why you chose that user name, because nobody nick names you that and you wanted to know how it feels?

Well, to be perfectly honest I think it is fairly obvious, judging from your past responses, that you have already formed an unfavourable opinion of me, so I certainly would not expect to receive any kind of compliment from you; I was thinking more in terms of the forum as a whole. I have already stated that I do not care if you leave me a compliment or if you despise me. Whether or not you like me is none of my business.

Perhaps my use of the term "brown-nosing" was inappropriate; I can see why this would come across as a personal attack. I was not trying to attack you or put you down; I was merely stating my opinion that I find your compliments to be a somewhat over the top, and that they don't come across as genuine.

I don't really see why you and your friends have to be so defensive and emotionally insecure about this. I am always willing to admit that I wrong about something, but your aggressiveness and unwillingness to respond in a civilised manner really does not convince that I am not correct.

[Love]

For a username like "Love", I've been getting nothing except hate vibes from following her posts.

Actually, I am not a female. Although I respect your subjective interpretation of my replies, I can assure you that I do not intentionally write my replies in a spiteful manner; you have misinterpreted their tone.

[Faith No More]

Well, Love, going out of your way to tell people you find their compliments disingenuous when you could have just stayed silent on the matter definitely comes across as spiteful. I don't think your tone was misinterpreted so much as you failed to properly convey your point sans malice.