Earned Glory vs. Purchased Glory?

Originally Posted by Norse Star

Good thing your all here to pull my head out of the clouds and make me feel like an idiot for voicing my opinion.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

To be fair, I didn't find the OPs original post offensive, just a little naive. While I myself had a small amount of fun at his post's expense, I don't think there's any reason to manufacture more controversy than actually exists. We shouldn't beat up people for a lack of eloquence, and the basic opinion that the game's reward systems should be more of a meritocracy isn't absurd, just generally incompatible with the majority viewpoint of the community, or at least the forum community.

In the same way I'm not offended when the devs reduce Zookeeper to three monkeys and an organ grinder, I'm also not offended by someone that says the badge isn't as impressive to them now that its three monkeys and an organ grinder. I did them the old fashion way, by yelling "die monkeys" at my monitor for four hours straight, but I neither hold a grudge that its a lot easier now, nor do I hold a grudge that some people wish everyone had to experience the same hell. In the grand scheme of things, the statement "I wish you had to earn your way onto Exalted" is not worth making enemies over in either direction.

I mean, its Exalted. They still eat babies over there, right?

Originally Posted by Obsidius

The wiki entry in the link says exactly that.