"...being bent on hurting NCsoft may actually make that task much more difficult."
The decision to go from talking nicely to NCSoft, to attacking NCSoft, was a critical moment. We made that choice when NCSoft failed to give us any answer besides what amounted to, "game's closing. Go away." At that point, resentment boiled over. I don't think any of us could have stopped it.
We have crossed the Rubicon. We have placed ourselves in an adversarial relationship, and there's no turning back. Right now we're using a carrot-and-stick approach. "Team Wildcard" is coaxing other companies to tender attractive offers, while the rest of us hold NCSoft's feet to the fire, kick up a storm of bad press, show 'em that we're gonna dog 'em until they relent.
I believe that's a sound approach, especially since we have so few tools at our command. Of course, better ideas are always welcome.
The question here, seems to me, is how the stick gets applied. Remember, it was only two weeks ago; many of us haven't been in our right minds. Our heads are cooler now.
We need to make sure our anti-NCSoft campaign is targeted like a laser, so it targets only NCSoft, but in ways that don't cast us in an unflattering light. Some ideas will be used, others discarded.
But... I think there is also such a thing as erring too much on the side of caution. I'm sure we'll be fine so long as we apply our collective intelligence and judgment.
"...now I am doing my part on a grass roots level to give them negative PR. That's all the needs to be said."
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.
