I didn't see it as laughing and mocking, but an attempt to show us some assholes who deserve to be reported or something.
I wonder where does this fits...

Wait wait wait, you guys call MoD, who is one of the best players around right now, elitist. YET the first line I see in this thread comes from Ox and says:
"These elitist pricks need to be shown that we are the true kings of WarLight"

A reminder that all of this started because a joke was taken overly seriously.
Have you ever even approached any of these guys for tips on how to improve?
Good to know you're determined, but I present you *casual play*, it's that wonderful feature that allows you to play the game without aiming for anything other than dopamine bursts and *diplomacy mode*, our version of if that some people who didn't like the idea like complaining about.
Try getting to know the top players because with all this unjustifiable hate
I did, back in 2015 there was one specific tournament he might not quite remind, but he was rude in tournament chat but we still proceeded to play nicely, fair and with nothing other than a few nice words and a GG at the very end.
But then again, I come to the forums to see a feature removed, make a small comment to joke at and "go find something better to do with your life" (which, by the way, you just said, putting you in the list of people who should be doing something better than judging other people's life).
I can't speak for Ox, but it's not hate. It's probably one of Ox's little spurts of disgust (which I myself had too). Thing is, Ox went a little too far on the insulting MoD bandwagon. Does he hate him? I don't know, but who cares? People can't be loved or liked by everyone. He just attracted exceptional attention because Bane managed to run away from the special needs classroom to post this.
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What really annoyed me to hell and made me write that big ass rant Bane (un)conveniently shared with the public was Fizzer's attittude being the same "Lazy game developer" that every game gets on it's final years and instead of players trying to revert this, they were actually defending him for taking that stance. Frankly, at this point, it's not about getting Google back, google ads can only hold this game alive for 2 years, give or take. Probably a lack of experiencing the game to the very end, but still not a smart move.
inb4 "it's harder than it seems", no it's not. WarLight is a simple game, implementing things is NOT particularly hard or takes long. The bug fixes warlight makes are all announced, and they aren't much. And the community is anything but rotten, it had turned Risk into one of the most versatile games out there through community ideas, not to mention it expanded from the original 5~15 boring maps to thousands of fun new ones.
In other words, do I hade MoD? No, just a small bit disappointed that he was rude (again) to say something that was completely unnecessary, in defense of someone who deserves a lot of criticism. ASAP.
Do I hate Fizzer? No, but I am pretty sure I will in 2 years (most of you will), should his updates work like this one did.
TL;DR? Basically, pointless drama. Most people that in the past few events blacklisted me and/or will blacklist me after this probably never played/will never play with me anyway, so does it matter?