First of all, it’s back, baby! Secondly, the full title of this Occasional Guide is actually: ‘Afty’s Occasional Guide to Complaining about Things That Don’t Really Matter in the Slightest but I’ll Have a Good Moan about It Anyway.’
Last week the Buzz did something unthinkable. It did something unacceptable. What did it do? It tried to integrate a real life event into the issue by letting the theme of the event influence a number of its articles. What were we thinking? How dare we offer something different!
Aside from not actually covering the Queen’s Jubilee itself the Buzz had a number of articles which referenced the Royal Family in some way or another. But who cares about the Royal family, as someone was quick to point out on the forums, “This is an American game”, despite the fact that the largest majority of players are Dutch. And who did like the special edition of the Buzz, besides the number of players that posted their good thoughts about the theme? No one liked it!
Also, another thing to complain about: BUNTING! It was everywhere, no escaping the bloody bunting! What about those of us who have a genuine phobia of pointed triangles hanging from a line of string… is there absolutely no consideration at all? So much bunting… here a bunting, there a bunting, everywhere a bunting, BUNTING!
Okay, maybe there as a slight overreaction to the bunting there. But still, the point is that everyone should complain when the Buzz tries different things. Everything should stay the same. They should write about the same things every week and then we can complain about them writing nothing new each week. I like my Buzz filled with articles telling me how and why things happen in Bootleggers. Even though; I think I know it all, I’ve played the game for years and it hasn’t changed all that much, I care not for crew wars and who is being wiped.
Anyway, I’m off to hang myself by a long line of bunting. Once again:
sat•ire
noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
