You misunderstand; I don't at all want to "have my way". That's exactly the opposite of what I want. I want everyone to have their own say and be done with it. If you don't like Derek's humor, stay away. It's the incessant and constant "Mike's being a DICK! but we're fair and you're a fanboy if you don't see that!" nonsense that I'm on about. This is not a totally anti-MP place, as Bosk rightly says, but it's not 50-50 either.
I offer in the counter because it's there, and any opinion HAS to account for all the facts on the table, not just the ones that fit the opinion. You can't look at things from only one side, and I am a little uncomfortable with trying to guess how people think (or thought). I don't know what Mike's mindset was like with A7X, and so I don't think it at all appropriate to say that "he left DT thinking he had a bigger, better gig and it didn't pan out and now he's bitter". That's recklessly speculative, in my book. But as for the rest, I don't disagree with most of the comments, at heart. I don't think Derek is terribly funny with the comments. It's not at all my kind of humor in a public setting. My friends and I are BRUTAL to each other, but it stays in the group and it's not for others to participate in. Once I put the two and two together on the "Wiz" thing, I thought it was something that, if it really was a joke, you say directly to the person, not as a third party tweet for all to see. (Remember, I'm the guy that thinks Twitter is going to be the end of society as we know it.)
So please don't try to superimpose what you THINK I'm trying to do with what is actually happening.
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Why would we be shooting for 50-50? What if 75% truly don't enjoy what he's currently up to, do their opinions not matter? Conversely, was it 50-50 at mp.com for DT related topics (when they were even allowed to be discussed)? I'd argue that it's far closer to that midpoint here than over there. The Astonishing was not overly well received here, but it was openly bashed and mocked at mp.com (and allowed). All anyone should really care about is whether the guy is being treated fairly. To that end, I think it's a good thing that we have members like you in this community. That does not mean the art he creates is above criticism, though.
As far as the A7X comments - while no one I've seen has offered definitive proof, the whole situation just didn't look good for Mike. The timeline of events does lend credence to certain theories so I'm not sure it's 'recklessly speculative'. Certainly not fact, and shouldn't be conveyed as such, either.
Keep on keepin' on