Difference of Opinion

So I ran into an article online today called "Making Gaming Better". The author put up seven things to make gaming better. Some of his points made sense.... like buying direct, finding random games that get no press but are good, and stop wasting time defending bad games with bad reps. But the other tips would take more away from the gaming experience.
The first thing he said was "don't be a jerk online." HAHAHAHA.....I believe there is a reason for stereotypes and a stereotype for gamers is that we're jerks. Its just our style. For example, the best time I had playing online was when I got drunk with a close friend and played COD4 and having them yell at us. It was even better, and ironic, because my friend was cursing in Arabic and we heard the funniest comments. To tell the gaming community to stop being jerks is like telling frats to stop hazing pledges. It's just not going to happen.
The next thing that sort of made me laugh was that he had an issue with gaming piracy. Piracy is just a part of life now. It is everywhere and is so easy to do. It doesn't mean that I am pro-piracy because we have seen casualties. For example, the Sega Dreamcast, which is in my opinion one of the best systems ever created, was completely hacked and modded so that a person could basically burn all of his/her games. It basically killed Sega's chances of staying in the hardware business. But we all still love what came from that system. So I think piracy will always be around and maybe the gaming companies can lower their prices so we can actually be like...I'm a broke college gamer, but this game is a good cost and I will pay for it.
The last thing that the writer said that made me laugh was be nice to newcomers aka n00bs. And we all know we need an initiation for the newcomers. It's just a part of life. I can't help but think about my WoW experiences. If I wasn't called a n00b in the beginning I wouldn't have tried so hard to become better.
That is just my two cents about it, since thats all I have anyways.

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I must say that I was a bit iffy when I bought my 360 because I already had a PS3. But man... I must say I'm happy with my decision for reasons I probably shouldn't post here. ^^v