I’ve noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There’s like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?


Two reasons.
It’s funny.
Gamers get really upset. Especially when you make a good point. Bring up Valve being against refunds, or their Most-Favored-Nation clause, or being part of Video games Europe (the group against Stop Killing Games).
And I disagree about tone not translating. Because if the gamers are getting upset. Then the tone has translated pretty well.