As I emerge from my hidden cave from which I dwell I smell a burning sensation and see the red glow amongst the forums. Seeing the tragic state of the situation I have decided to grab what I can and move out as quickly as possible. The flame war is spreading all over the forest and no amount of fireman can put this flame out. Everywhere I turn I see shrubbery ablaze with a red glow and grass burned down to the ashes. The next thing I knew the flames had engulfed me and become to close in on my and my beloved opinions. As soon as I blinked they had stripped me of all neutrality and brain washed me with chants of "RRoD" and "Lemmings". Once the flames had cleared from me, I awoke in the forest with burns the likes of which Anakin Skywalker couldn't understand.

Unable to move in this hellish place, I have come to some profound realizations I would like to share with you. As I lay here in the middle of a war zone, I will likely be captured or killed. So before they line up into cover with their flamethrowers ready, I will leave you with my dying words. I hate to ever support a theory of the controversial Denis Dyack, but truly, in losing any sense of reciprocity have we become devout of any human compassion we had left. This forum culture has taught us to embrace our fellow fans but to abuse those with a different opinion.

Are we really that different from our fellow games. while our allegiance may lie in different places, our hearts are in the same. We all love video games; whether they be old or new, innovative or a technical wonder, whether it be cooking mama or grand theft auto. It comes from every side so no one is innocent, the whole point of forums is for us to discuss, debate and enjoy the games we love, whether they be for MS, Sony, or Nintendo hardware.
This happens everyday, even the new site, giantBomb, has already become a warzone the likes of which I have not seen in some time. It has the stench of gamespot lingers amongst it, mostly because its majority of members migrated from their. I have nothing against Gamespot but the culture it brings with it is deplorable.

So as my dying wish I would call for a cease fire from all parties. Let us learn to respect one another's opinion so that another devoted member is not deprived of his personal happiness. Hopefully the gaming culture can learn to mature abit, until then sayonara.