Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
Dave, while what you're saying is definitely something the powers that be are free to consider, the level of intolerance in this section of the forums is alarming, to say the least. The FACT of the matter is that, PII is reviewed against other processors, and even if it were not, why can't any enthusiast point out comparisons if there are any? Ultimately, the success or not so much of PII is going to be judged against a benchmark, be it PI or other quadcores from the Intel camp. As far as I'm concerned, anybody, and I mean anybody who doesn't have anything nice to say about phenom is automatically labeled in this section of the forums. It's sad indeed. I mean can't we have a discussion based on facts? Take what Shintai said for example, the allusion to Via was not made out of thin air, but rather AMD's competitiveness with reference to its own roadmap. Again, let me say it: the allusion was made based on fact. There may be a little exxageration in there, but the trend lately points to a fast move towards gagging other members with rights to post in this section. I mean they have gone so far as having threads moved from the news section to the AMD section in order to gag anyone with a different opinion, opinion based on test results. It's a sad day in XS!
To me personally to go into an(X) thread knowing the temperment here, and start to take apart that companies products is essentially trolling because you know the outcome before you ever start.
No one is trying to gag anyone but there has to be a line or a way that the info is expressed so that people do not read it as trolling.
You know I do DC work correct?
I do WCG. Can you see what would happen if I posted in the Folding forum that WCG is better and even proved my point( Just making an example here my folding friends!
They would crucify me and rightly so.
I do go to their threads but only to congratulate people or very rarely to moderate but I tread lightly and go there as a friend.
There has to be some tact involved in all of these sections and the other guys likes and passions understood before you post.
Just courtesy really to make it simple or maybe just good manners.
one should also lose this feeling that " I am always right and will post 40000 times to try and prove the other guy wrong"
Doesn't work.. Just a waste of energy.
I read many threads here. I see some really crazy BS posted as truth but I stay out of it most of the time in the name of peace on the forum.
The reality is that most times in 20-30 mins that BS is buried so far in the forum that it will rarely be read again..