You're evil for not giving me everything I want for free

The horror...the horror...
Yeah, there's a cosmetics shop in Portal 2 for customizing your characters.  And the haters are hating on it because not everything is free with the game.  Nevermind they make no gameplay difference, and you can't even see the ones you're wearing, so why bother complaining about?  Also, nevermind that as of right now players get them all for free.  Just the very concept that they're going to sell virtual hats proves that Valve is pure evil!

I know I shouldn't be surprised by this, and yet, I am.  How could people have such a sense of entitlement?  Dude.  They're polygons.  In a video game.  GROW UP!  They're entirely optional.  They do nothing but slightly alter your character's appearance.  It's not as if when you buy the game at first it isn't complete and you have to buy it a second time to get the full game, like what happened to Gran Turismo 5.  It's also not as if an additional level pack was put on the actual game disc, and unlocked by paying even more money than the sale price, like what happened to Bioshock 2.  No.  These are entirely cosmetic upgrades that don't hold back actual game content, just extra polygons that rest on your characters that you can't actually see when you're playing.  IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!

But no.  Always remember The Law of Hate:  "Haters gonna hate.  They don't think.  They don't want to think.  They just want to hate, and they'll use every excuse they can to hate on whatever they want to."
Remember this, and if you ever see a hater, there's only one thing to do: nothing.  Haters don't think, they're not going to listen to criticism or correction.  The only thing worth doing is to let them keep hating, praying that they'll either grow up or die off.  Or, you could sue them on a technicality.  Just make sure you have an air-tight case and a good lawyer that will fairly split the winnings.

Of course, if you want something to legitimately complain about relating to Portal 2, it does not work in Linux, unlike every previous game made by Valve.  Even then, I can't blame Valve for not making sure their game works on an operating system it wasn't designed for.  I'm just hoping that it will be fixed soon so that I can actually play the game before I get completely spoiled by the next "The Cake is a Lie."

Haters Gonna Hate

People are complaining about Valve Software, a very well known video game developer.  This isn't news.  A lot of people love to hate Valve, and they'll do it for whatever reason they can think of.  Nevermind that they've made nothing but best-selling games, such as Half-Life and its sequels, Counter-Strike and its sequels, Team Fortress 2, Left4Dead and its sequel, and Portal and its soon to be released sequel; they suck and deserve to have their heart cut out with a dull spork.  Apparently.

Of course, there are plenty of reasons to hate Valve which are perfectly valid: they take FOREVER to release games (a phenomenon which they refer to as Valve Time), their spokesman Gabe Newell regularly shoots himself in the foot, and the ever-present technical difficulties with Steam, Valve's digital distribution service.  I'm not complaining about people complaining about these issues.  I'm complaining about people complaining about something they really shouldn't:

As I'm typing this, Valve is running a special offer where if enough people play certain games made by small-time independent developers, they'll release Portal 2 ahead of their previously stated release date.  HOW DARE THEY TRY TO SUPPORT THE FLEDGLING INDIE GAME MARKET BY OFFERING A PROMOTIONAL DEAL SUCH AS THIS!  THOSE EVIL COMMIES!  FASCISTS!  PURITANS!  CAT-LOVERS!

Seriously, that's what Valve is doing.  I understand that some people can be frustrated with that, but I see nothing wrong with it.  Maybe it's just me, but I believe that corporations have the right to do whatever they want with their product, provided they don't use it to violate another's rights.  Tell me, whose rights is Valve violating?  Your right to play Portal 2?  Last I checked, you have no such right.  You have a privilege that can be granted by paying $50 for a copy of the game when it is released, or $45 for a preorder.  Be glad that Valve even made Portal 2, because nobody was forcing them to, nor could anybody force them to.  And if anyone did force them, you'd get a horribly-rushed game that never should have been released.

So what should you take out of this rant:  haters gonna hate.  They don't think.  They don't want to think.  They just want to hate, and they'll use every excuse they can to hate on whatever they want to.  This doesn't just apply to hating video game developers; it also applies to Republicans, Muslims, Democrats, Unions, Atheists, Buddhists, Conservatives, Christians, Liberals, Evolutionists, Libertarians (party), Creationists, Pro-Lifers, Libertarians (mindset, which is different than the party),Pro-Choiers, Tea Partiers, the Military, and just about everything else you can think of.  Haters gonna hate, and that's the end of that.