Some developers are quite Nazi-ish, so I can understand valves approach.
Best advice to dealing with any troll, as the one we have on steam, is to just ignore him, don't bump his threads, and to just reply ignoring their posts on other threads they intend to derail.
Their goal is to make the front page of threads and topics full of negativity and arguments. Bumping and responding is what they want.
Tase is right. We need 5-10 perp players somewhat active there, though ignoring the troll....
Posting what keeps you playing, and why you still play, is always a good route to take. Let new players know theres life after the initial feeling of being lost with nothing to do and that theres more to this game than just graphics (lack of) and lack action based twitch combat.
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