TSW coming in a few days and we are going to be nice huh? REBUTTAL

[JerryC]

Ok, since this seems to be "jump the shark" day, i'll wax up my skis.

Bob, I have great respect for you, and i'm hoping that post was tongue-in-cheek. If was not though, then i'm astonished at how Garberish that sounded. Everything we say about TSW has to be rainbows and sunshine, or else?

You should know that whining, complaining, and griping are par for the course in this hobby. It might be misplaced guilt about purchasing intangible objects that have no real social value, but we gonna gripe - all of us.

There are going to be a lot of people that are true fanboys and will be happy with every little thing about trains that is put out, no matter how complex or trivial it might be. But there are those of who derive our enjoyment from the purist side of the hobby. We are the ones who are likely complain, but we are also the ones that drive the hobby forward and make it better. Telling us we can't complain is like telling water it can't be wet.

I agree that personal attacks because of personal preferences are unwarranted, but I have no use for a forum where your opinions are only valued if they are one way or the other. One forum out there has already been ruined by doing it that way.

[artimrj]

Well I did not say it had to be all happy faces. I said "You like it or you don't. You can explain why in a civil way" And I know there will still be a lot of whinig and moaning regardless, I just don't want it to be cruel. DTG is trying to make a nice thing and make money as well. Just give them a chance. No need to keep cutting them a new suit everytime they do some not agreeable to some people. I am not Garber. That hurt.