Gearheads of War

I never spent more than a couple of minutes over at the official Gears forums, and only came here after I heard about one of the interviews papi got. I really appreciated papi's interview style and his intelligent questions, and so I hung around, lurking for a couple of months.  Then, as I noticed the quality of posts and the fact that it was a small community, I decided to start posting myself.

Actually, what I am talking about doesn't even have anything to do with any personal connections to Epic.  We are not so fancy, nor are we a huge community, but there are lots of good discussions here, with regular scheduled playing of the target game. We are objectively a great community with lots going on, and connections to all sorts of people and other sites (so we can get the word around, if anyone wants the news spread).

Chris, you make a good point about being deserving and I know exactly what you are talking about. However, more than deserving, I would say worthy.  I don't feel like Epic owes me anything, nor do I owe them anything - no matter how hard they work.  So, I would word it this way.  As regards Gears of War, we are AT LEAST as worthy as any other site out there. So, why are they tossin' candy all around us, and none to us?

If I were a house builder, and I had a chance to talk about the houses I built, which would be the better venue, to invite some potential customers to a dive cafeteria in some shopping center where there is pop and gum on the floor and screaming babies in the background, OR, should I take those potential customers to one of the beautiful homes that are already built, and give them a look-see in a quiet, clean, peaceful atmosphere?  Which do you think would give me a better chance of selling the house?

It vexes me.  I'm vexed.