Nah. Just got my quotes mixed up and didnt want to flame things.
You know what I think of your opinions. After all these years. Why did you come back anyway?
Well, not flaming things is admirable. Maybe you can get others in your group to do likewise.
You know, I appreciate some things you bring to the forums such as information, rumors, future projects and the sort. But I find that you simply go negative just to get some high fives from the few in the echo chamber. If that's not what you meant to portray, I'm sorry -- that's the way it appears. There's been several times where you went over the top negative about announced projects and then months down the road posting that you enjoyed those same attractions. You also have a tendency to lead the pack in outright attacks on imagineers and executives. (keep reading, you'll be surprised)
One specific time was when you posted several times trashing imagineers and fanning the group doing the same thing. I used an analogy of making fan videos was simple and anyone with Movie Maker could do that. It was hilarious to see people falling over themselves trying to defend your capabilities. It was actually quite revealing to anyone who sat back and looked at the issue of how hypocritical posters were being defending your talents when a few posts earlier were trashing those imagineers actually doing the work you filmed and made great videos portraying their work. I set it up, took the heat, and watched it play out exactly as I figured. Some people recognized the hypocrisy and maybe it made a difference in their outlook. However, I don't think you ever realized or appreciated the point being made. I have no idea of the work and talent that goes into making some of the very good videos that you make. Just like most of us have no idea of the work and pride that imagineers have in bringing attractions to fruition for us to enjoy. Step back and think about someone that happens to read this forum and see you, a leader here, and others trashing their work without really having any true knowledge of the effort they put into their work while being constrained by necessary budgets.
Steve has built a pretty good community here... I'd just like for it to be better. I'd love for people to bring objective issues to light. Do it in a way that the whole community can get behind and be a voice asking for some positive changes in the parks. However, the voices of a few that continually dwell on the minutia, only find fault, blow issues out of proportion, and generally have little, if anything good to say, they hurt the community and drown out objective calls for improvement. The personal attacks, class warfare, subjective entitlement, etc... it's laughed at and ignored by anyone that could make a difference. Unfortunately, that's mostly what we have from a vocal few.
The true issues get lost in the noise. You, Lee and a few others could lead the community in calls for improvements on big issues... the Yeti, show conditions at Splash, expansion at the Studios, etc. Change the message from trashing everything to realize budgets are a necessary evil for a business. FLE is a step in the right direction. Refurbs throughout MK, while maybe not exactly what some would want, are another step. Improving the MM&Y show. BTMRR refurb. These are examples of moving, even admittedly sometimes small steps, in a better direction.
That's why I returned to posting. I want to see the community be a recognized voice praising the good and pointing out the big things that objectively need work. You and others could help drown out the ridiculous subjective whining over the minutia (couple of quick examples from just today -- playground at GF and the food truck). As the big things are improved, the small things will be also. As they receive positive feedback on larger issues being fixed, they will see that it's in their best interest to keep moving in that direction. When communities such as WDWMagic have a vocal few that continually trash anything they do, what's the incentive for worrying about the little things? This community may not be the largest WDW group of fans, but working together, maybe we can push for positive changes. However, invective, hyperbole and nasty rants by a vocal few will not help that cause, only hurt it. I push back against that style, but try to highlight the big issues. Too many times, there is so much negativity, I focus on that instead of pushing for better ways to highlight the major issues.
Maybe Steve will read this... if so, I do have a request. I think a new sub-forum could be created that has threads highlighting major issues (similar to the Yeti thread). However, instead of a free-for-all posting on those threads, it's a HEAVILY moderated thread with all rants, off-topics, etc deleted. Keep them objective and to the point. Keep that forum focused and a few major issues - one issue per thread. Posts that highlight improvements and degradation are the only ones that would be allowed. No subjective mess and no minutia. No attacks on "pixie dusters", doom & gloomers, etc. I think everyone could trust Steve to keep those threads clean and on point. What do you think?
