When you look at Riot's balance changes and notice that April 1st is near.

Doing this paragraph by paragraph.

"I am not de-valuating your opinion. I do care what you have to say. That being said I can still argue with you because I don't agree with it. If you don't take the first steps to be polite then I don't see where you get off saying you wont be more polite until the boards are more polite." - Stop trying to derail the argument by making it about politeness. I've addressed this several times.

"In the end you are attempting to be a bystander by not interfering then expecting things to change. It makes me disappointed as one of the people who ARE trying to cause change. Me and many others work hard to be helpful and friendly. I understand how you might view this as us trying to hard to fake it, but we really aren't faking it. If I had the goal of running a marathon I would exercise every day. I would keep running even if I really just wanted a break that day. In the same way my goal is making this world a friendlier place for people who suffer in it. So of course I will keep being friendly even when I don't feel like it. - Yeah this one comes off as very self righteous. ESPECIALLY this "It makes me disappointed as one of the people who ARE trying to cause change" Why in gods name are you telling me about your disappointment in me? Who are you, the president? Also don't put words in my mouth. No one ever said you were faking anything! And don't give me some 'don't give up until you reach the finish line' argument. You seem waaaay too full of yourself. I don't have any problems baring with a problem but I'm not going to push against a wall to look good. If something doesn't work I start completely over or just try some other way of achieving the objective.

"You complained about friendliness influencing upvotes. That is because people are social creatures and we respond to social influences. Saying that good returns bad and bad returns bad is just silly because the very thing that separated your post from others (the tone) shows that being friendly gives better feedback. If this bothers you then you need to realize that this is simply how humans work." This is a completely bad way to want things to work. Especially in the context of the internet. The thing that separates alot of the things on the internet is the arbitrary number assigned to it. You can make two post, both identical. One get's upvoted 5 times in the first minute, it's going to get more. downvote the other one 5 times in the first minute it is going to bomb. Stop trying to defend this shitty system. It discourages individuality and thinking with the hive. And then again friendliness here is mostly determined by upvotes anyway which further proves what I'm trying to say. It's not weather it's good or bad, it's how much points the post racks up.

"Also before you bring up that tone alone doesn't cause a post to get upvoted or downvoted I will bring up that as you yourself said humans are complex creatures of more than one emotional state. While being friendly helps with upvotes it doesn't guarantee them." This post contradicts it self. Weren't you the one emphasizing that 'being nice' or what ever will make you see more upvotes? Second point on this. I am opposed to the whole upvote/downvote system so stop trying to make me out as being upset because I can't get any. I don't care about techniques to get more upvotes. I care about having actual discussions.

"This ties into your observation of well known people getting more upvotes. They have cultured a level of friendliness. People on the boards have acknowledged this and respond to it. I may have never met Malicious Metal for example, but I do know how he acts and I like it. So of course if I see a post by him I am more likely to view it. In the same way if I see posters I don't like I am less likely to click on them or upvote them. If I see a post by F3ora for example I am unlikely to pay attention because they have cultured an air or negativity that I have no interest in." once again you are glorifying the problem. These people actually crowd out others actually trying to get meaningful responses/discussions.

Laughing Fish doesn't make gameplay posts. He can sway the whole damn boards by making a gameplay post with a clickbaity title and the ONLY DAMN THING he has as the body is - . Just that. Now I DARE you to tell me that I'm wrong about that or that nothing like that has/ever could happen on the boards.