Quote Originally Posted by Bulbous View Post
I'm not so sure that the thread was "derailed" so much as continued past a logical conclusion. The initial post was proven to be flawed; as per Tolkien's writings, the Fellowship was broken. Frodo took the ring to Mount Doom with the accompaniment of Sam. I would not consider this team a "Duo" as much as I would consider Sam to be Frodo's skirmish soldier in what was a solo effort.

As far as the game goes, most people do not seem to have the time these days to organize group efforts. While such are still available, there were more people that were upset over forced grouping that upset about the lack thereof.
As fun as the lore aspect was to joke about, as I have said before: any MMO that followed its lore so restrictively as that (to outright encourage duos and discourage large groups) would be destined for failure. IMO.

(As for the derail, when it gets down to bickering back and forth and trolling others, then it has stopped being about the conversation and more about the people involved in the conversation.)

Quote Originally Posted by Snowlock View Post
Not if you continue to derail it with this by baiting me. The self righteous schtick doesn't work on me, Mar. If you were truly concerned with the health of this thread, then what you would be doing is discussing it's topic, not further derailing it by discussing how it was derailed. What you're doing is tantamount to shouting "All you a-holes need to quit being a-holes!" Well you're just contributing to the shouting and name calling then, aren't you; no different from anyone you're looking down upon.
Snowlock, please reread post #196, #201 and #203. In each post I am attempting to stop the derail and actually discuss the subject matter. You are deliberately trying to stop that from happening. I don't know why. I don't care why. The bait is not hanging in front of you, nor am I holding the fishing line. I say again: Any thoughts on the lore-aspects of this thread's premise? Any opinions on the state of difficulty or the need (or lack thereof) for groups?