Don't put words on my mouth. I never stated that I was talking in place of the fans. I always just gave my opinion and nothing else. The statement about people probably only liking because of the possibility of cheating was because some players on the blog told me to cheat if I wasn't enjoying the gameplay.
I don't like stats building. I don't like the first LwT. I never stated that other people don't like it.
You make statements full of conjecture. And yes, you do talk in place of the fans when you state that they probably like it because there is an option to cheat (which is a roundabout way of saying that if they couldn't circumvent the stats, they'd probably wouldn't like the game... even though gameplay only presents a fraction of the full game which includes visuals, plot, dialogue, music, etc.). ...Some people told you to use a editor to circumvent the stats so that you might get enjoyment out of the game and you conclude that they don't enjoy the statbuilding... I edit the stats on occasion when I play LWT, but 9 times out of 10, I play the game as is and thoroughly enjoy it. Anectodal evidence, I know, but that's how little is needed to puncture that assumption.
I have no trouble with you not agreeing with my opinion. I won't ever stop to criticize what I don't like, be it here, on their blog or on Lagoon. I give them money when they make a game that I'm interested in and I should have a voice with them, as should all of their customers.
Never claimed you had any trouble with me disagreeing. And I am absolutely in favour of everyone being allowed to say their piece, praise and critique, likes and dislikes. Nothing wrong with that. But you can only say "I don't like stat-builders" so many times before sounding like a broken record. Saying the exact same thing over and over becomes redundant unless something new or nuanced is added. Now, having more than one person chime in with the same opinion can help gauge the size of a certain demographic, which can be useful in a number of ways. But having the same person say the same four words in nearly every post on every forum becomes tiresome to the point of dismissal because the critique was understood the first 3 times it was uttered.
And what exactly is your problem with "those cheating wives" that I "love so much"? What do you have against me? Don't worry, I'm a minority and I won't affect your beloved game. I never disrespected you and you come full of irony against me?
No problem but the point of redundancy mentioned above. I don't know whether you're in the minority, I haven't seen statistics... for all I know you could be in the vast majority, so I'll claim ignorance on that one. And I did not use irony at all, my previous comment was sincere.
"Verbal irony is a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed. An ironic statement usually involves the explicit expression of one attitude or evaluation, but with indications in the overall speech-situation that the speaker intends a very different, and often opposite, attitude or evaluation."
- Abrams, M. H., & Harpham, G. G.,
A glossary of literary terms, 9th Ed., Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009
Your last comment, ironically (a case of situational irony), seems to be full of irony (the verbal kind):
If you love the games that I dislike, good for you. I don't like the same games as you do, so I guess it is bad for me.
...unless it was meant as a victim-card. In which case: get over it.