I've already explained how you have an awful attitude. See the whole list of quoting your posts from the first three pages below.
Right, and your way of dealing with what you perceive is my "awful attitude" is to constantly reply to my posts, in the most snivelling, snide, most obnoxiously passive-aggresive manner, and then dish out a tidal wave of abuse and insults. And not, say, PM me with "hey pal, I feel like you're being rather condescending. I didn't notice something in the game, and you're coming on a bit strong and making me feel stupid. Chill out."
You responded in kind... to other people, over the last few days?
I responded to you. If someone's snarky with me, I'll be snarky back. Respect is earned pal.
You've said I, and others, haven't been paying attention to the game. You've insuinuated other people are stupid. You have been much more insulting than me the entire time. Hence, lacking self-awareness. Hence, hypocrite.
I've said you haven't been paying attention to the game because you have continually stated you've missed things that are in the cut scenes, and you yourself told me you "haven't paid attention to the notebook." If you've taken offense to me saying "yeah, you should probably pay attention" when you assert something about the game that is clearly incorrect, then again, that is on you.
Not once have I called you or anyone else stupid, and any insinuation you feel I've made is solely bouncing around your head. In fact when I was saying "I can't believe people missed the second Shenmue tree!" it was in a fun-pokey, jovial manner. Like, I can't believe you guys didn't catch that, it was awesome! And then you come at me with some seriously bitter, nasty energy out of absolutely nowhere and I put you in your place. Now you've got the hump. Oh well.
Nobody else pissed their pants and had a little shitfit pal. Hmmmmm.
I didn't say that you pointing out Shenmue trees watching over and protecting Ryo & Shenhua is fanwank, you literally, explicitly, and repeatedly said that the Ternary Sping tree is "Ryo's tree", that the two together specifically refer to Ryo and Shenhua, and that the game makes this completely obvious to anyone who was paying attention. Which is fanwank. Again, reading.
I've said that the Shenmue trees watch over and protect Ryo & Shenhua, and that the tree by Shenhua's house has a connection to her (she states this), and the tree at Ternary Spring has a connection to Ryo (Ryo has flashbacks of his father when he touches it, before Iwao is ever brought up); but it's all connected. The Shenmue trees are special to Ryo & Shenhua. The former is outright stated in Shenmue II and III, and the latter is what I believe to be a pretty clear interpretation of the mystic symbolism the game is presenting here.
I don't really care if you agree with that or not. All I did was correct you on the fact that the tree in Ternary Spring is a Shenmue tree, and you've flown off the handle with snarky, sarcastic comments, condescending bullshit and outright insults. I also love how you see absolutely no irony in your behaviour here, and you have the cheek to call
me a hypocrite. Astonishing lack of self-awareness. All of your insulting tripe is pure projection.
You repeatedly claimed that if the game had, in any way, indicated that there was anything special about the Ternary Spring tree beyond "oh look here it is" that it would completely insult your intelligence, because you've already figured it all out because it's obvious. That's by proxy calling those who didn't pick up on that stupid. Again, see your posts below.
No, I didn't. I didn't once call anyone stupid, nor did I insinuate anyone who missed it was stupid. Any feeling you have of that kind is purely invented by you, and only exists in your head. I even said that plenty of people miss threads and themes in stories and media all the time. Nobody is going to pick up on absolutely every point in absolutely everything. I was a little bit incredulous when you still insisted that it was just a cherry tree, even after being corrected, but I still never called you stupid. Stop making shit up and pretending you're a victim of some horrendous insult because I simply corrected you and it bruised your ego. It's pathetic.
All I said was I feel that it didn't need to be stated outright, and if Ryo just looked at the tree and said "oh Shenhua, this is a Shenmue tree too" it would be really weird, and clunky exposition, to me. The game
does indicate there's something special about the Shenmue tree at Ternary Spring (I love how you can't even bring yourself to admit it's a Shenmue tree, even now lol): Shenhua says it protects her, Ryo has flashbacks of his father when he touches it, and Ryo notes that it is a Shenmue tree in the notebook.
If you're going to challenge me on that, and get really fucking snarky while doing so, I'm going to bite back. Boo hoo. If you don't like it, don't come at me with your bullshit in the first place. I'm more than happy to have an adult conversation, something you're clearly incapable of having.
Well, it'd imply that the problem isn't me...
I mean, you're the only one having a complete fucking meltdown and dishing out insults toward me. The other guys in the thread that disagree with me have had pretty normal, if a bit heated at times, conversations where we've come to the conclusion that we simply disagree. I could link you to about two dozen threads in which you're behaving absolutely terribly. You're like this in almost every argument you get in on here, and you get in arguments about once a week. As I said, you're one of the most petty, argumentative, smug, arrogant and downright tedious users on the dojo.
Absolutely hilariously ironically, I've had PMs from
multiple people re: this very interaction from people telling me not to waste my time on you, because you're always doing this. That you're one of those people who just has to get the last dig in, and just generally talking about what a complete pain in the arse you are on here. So it's pretty fucking clear that the problem is you, mate.
I'm continuously throwing annoying, passive-aggressive digs your way?
Yes, you know you have. Don't play dumb.
Here's some snippets from your posts:
Great. Me telling you to pay attention to the game after you yourself have stated you haven't been paying attention, and then responding to your tedious, snarky, passive-aggressive shite in an exasperated tone is such
vile behaviour on my part
. Right. Please, grow up.
You have consistently, constantly, unwaveringly been condescending and insulting to anyone in this thread who dared disagree with you. Everything, EVERYTHING you accuse me of doing you have already done in this thread.
No I haven't. I haven't even insulted you until this little meltdown, because you exploded at me with insults. I have no issue with anyone else on this forum, other than you. Even then, I would have been glad to put this aside and crack on. But nah, you've shown what you're about and that's fine.
I won't block you. I actually don't want to be on a forum where your vile behaviour is considered acceptable, so I'll take my leave. I don't give a shit anymore, I've had it with this place.
Fine by me pal. I've been here long before you, and I'll be here after. I hope for the dojo's sake you'll actually stick to your word. Users like you are why I only come around here every now and then these days. You shit up just about every thread you're in, derailing it with pointless arguments and insults because you can't stand having your ego challenged. This place would be 1000% better if you didn't post here, frankly.
Good riddance.
You are a hypocritical, insulting, pretentious, condescending bully. Go fuck yourself.
Right back at you pal.