Am I the Asshole?

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Obviously *I* don't think so, but I've been wrong before; so here we are..

I started an account on Retro Achievements a few weeks ago, and 3 days ago I decided to finally post in the 'Introductions' section of the forum. And holy shit, the amount of backlash I received was quite extreme..

Spoiler: The post in question..

Hello.. I love that this exists. I only wish that something like this was around when I was a kid in the 90s..
However, I also have a concern.. I have an old, potato computer so I play on a 1st generation phat PS3. Because of which, all of my points are automatically labeled as "softcore," even after hitting the "hardcore mode" switch in the Retroarch settings. This actually offends me a little bit, since I'm personally against the use of save states. I think that anyone who regularly uses save states (beyond practice runs for extreme challenges, speedruns, etc.) are lame. Therefore I think the distinction is great, but it doesn't apply to me..

Edit: It would also be nice to get RA to work on my physical PSP, and/or for the PS1 & PS2 games on my PS3 as well..

Link to the actual thread, for full transparency..

Clearly, the hate I received was over "I think that anyone who regularly uses save states (beyond practice runs for extreme challenges, speedruns, etc.) are lame." Now on one hand, one could argue that I could've left that single sentence out. But on the other hand, I was also making point while introducing myself. I expected some kind of pushback as well, but not 2~3 pages of hate, followed by a 2+ page flamewar between two users that were ultimately "muted," and the thread itself was locked. All in less than 24 hours!!

Now to be fair, it wasn't ALL hate, there was a handful of constructive responses as well. Mainly the one early-on by "CrispyCassette" (fun name, btw) explaining why the PS3 Retroarch-CE can't do "hardcore mode" anymore. But I'm probably never going to bother posting in the Retro Achievements forum ever again..

 

[Tonberry]

Not The Asshole.
Sure, you could've left it out like you said, but it's still really nothing to get up in arms about. I guess some users saw it as a personal attack due to the wording, but that's on them, really.
(Not sure I understand the need to make a vent post about another forum as a full thread instead of like a status post or whatever, but still, I vote Not The Asshole in this case)