Mr_Hosed wrote:
I know people have tried to answer these points earlier in the thread, but none of it really makes sense unless the central driving force just wanted to piss on FC's parade so badly that he/she didn't care about the consequences to themselves (Or were so deluded by arrangance to not realize there were consequences)...
a) I think they severely overestimated how much the MC community hates me. Sure...I've got a ton of hate out there for me, but as you said, it's largely down to the 14 year olds, NOT the mature and intelligent individuals that tend to like to play BTW (largely because the mod is designed specifically for mature and intelligent individuals).
b) I think they severely underestimated just how much of a stink I would, or was capable of really raising over this. I really don't think everyone, or even most people, are this determined, capable, passionate, and more than a tad nuts under such circumstances. You can see this quite clearly in their "there's not a damn thing you can do about this" attitude at the start of this.
c) I really do think that Lex's position as head of the Forge has gone to his head and inflated his ego to epic proportions, and thus he overestimated his own support. Of course, this is doubly ironic as it sounds eerily reminiscent of some of what their camp was saying about me.
So yes, it was entirely ill-conceived and morally bankrupt, but it does make some sense in the above context.