Car Accident?...I think its more like a Mass Suicide. There just so many guys hellbent on ruining their own gameplay experience either buy sifting through "Official Bugs, Glitches..." threads or by eagerly dissecting/analyzing the game themselves in search of flaws just so they can hit the board(s) and proclaim first discovery of some supposed "Game-killer".
I don't see how any of these guys can possibly and sincerely enjoy the game(s) anymore. Why pay 45-50 bucks just to piss yourself off and try to get others to be pissed off with you? Doesn't make much sense to me.
And even if you can adjust sliders...that will only become an endlessly, frustrating pursuit simply because you're constantly analyzing the game to make sure your sliders are working "perfectly" instead of just playing the game and having fun.
I'm not suggesting that guys just "shut up and play". Some complaints may be valid and theres always room for constructive criticism of a game. But Christ, these days it seems people take complaining to new extremes and unneccasrily so.
Just my two cents worth.
Great article, Fossen.