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[A Black Falcon]

And yes I will continue to ignore ABF's posts until he learns to stop being so antagonistic.

Generally if I say something I know you'll disagree with to possibly start a debate it's because I hope this time you'll listen to what I have to say instead of dismissing it out of hand and believeing your own spin of the truth... it doesn't turn out that way, true, unfortunately.

Yeah we tried doing that last year. I would make several new gaming topics every day, and what would happen is that GR would reply to it, ABF would reply to it, I would reply to them, and unless it turned into a big argument that was that. No real dialogue going on because no one else would want to chime in.

Yup. No one else here cares enough to want to talk about such a silly thing as "games" except for OB1, GR, and DJ, sadly... which is why I keep saying we need new members...

But still, I find the worthless stuff annoying, so I say so... I have a right to my opinion...

The nature of who is right or wrong in those arguments really has no meaning to me. Most people here just ignore it and don't even take sides. ABF is convinced that OB1 needs to be "taught a lesson" even though his method is a rather childish one. OB1 is convinced that ABF is too stubborn (and to an extent he is right) but the main offense is not giving his viewpoint a chance. I've seen enough arguments to know that ABF does make some good points and his viewpoint isn't something to be insulted at every corner.

To both of you, just let it be. OB1 has taken the first step. ABF, you can easily follow by doing the same. However, further than that, do not make fun of each other. That means don't point out any character flaws you may see ABF, that just points out your stubborness. And to OB1, that means that despite what you may think of ABF's points, or how uninformed you believe them to be, don't just insult him over it, not even passively.

Actually, I've thought multiple times over the past couple of months about either blocking OB1's posts or trying to ignore him... I came really close a couple of times a few arguements back when I thought OB1 was being particularly stupid... but in the end I didn't because OB1 makes too many posts that are worth reading for me to block him. As for ignoring him when he says stupid things, I try, but as I said, sometimes I can't not say something... especially when he aims it at me like he has a lot for quite some time now.

The nature of who is right or wrong in those arguments really has no meaning to me. Most people here just ignore it and don't even take sides. ABF is convinced that OB1 needs to be "taught a lesson" even though his method is a rather childish one. OB1 is convinced that ABF is too stubborn (and to an extent he is right) but the main offense is not giving his viewpoint a chance. I've seen enough arguments to know that ABF does make some good points and his viewpoint isn't something to be insulted at every corner.

Okay, so writing long complaints about someone won't get them to change, that's probably true... but what am I supposed to do, just accept that OB1 cannot be reasoned with and abandon pretty much all chances of having nice long conversations on this site? That's not a good option either, to me... for a long time I kept entering discussions hoping that this time would be the one OB1 listened to what my opinion was... but he didn't too many times and now I've pretty much given up on it.