Quote from: rpietila on September 09, 2014, 07:54:57 PM

I was shocked to see that there is so much hate towards me in the forums. This is not a joke but an honest attempt to ask what is most wrong with me in your opinion. Then I can answer if it's something I'm also ashamed about. Or defend the thing if I think it is right and good despite the criticism. No self-moderation. No fanbois. I may not be able to answer all but try to pick some questions that represent a larger audience. I try to not be a prick in this thread.

I'm answering only because it sounds like you are honestly looking for opinions, so I'll offer mine and hope it helps with the answer(s) you are looking for.

I was familiar with some of your posts in the other sub-forums, so when I saw your post in this alt forum, I was interested in what you had to say. Given the average post in here, I got the 'I want to keep this thread relatively clean of the normal crap' intent in your initial post, but I did feel the comment that you made that had something to do with not just deleting posts but having the contacts and ability to get people banned did sound like an asshole.

That being said, there are a handful of people on this forum that, when I see their posts, I usually read them. You're on that list for me. I'm no one of any note around here, so that may not mean much, but then again, maybe it does. I don't care if you're rich or not, but respect you if you are and made your money legitimately. More power to you for that. I've been mostly away from the forums this summer, so can't really speak on anything more specific that may have grown out of that thread since first few pages.

Just about all of the impressive people I've met in my life spend very little time trying to be impressive or trying to impress people. They just are who they are, and that's impressive enough. My suggestion would be simply this: Let your knowledge and experience speak for themselves and I'll still look forward to reading what you have to say. I suspect there are others here who would agree.

Just my 2 cents.