Diablo 3 Colour Outcry

Did the title sound very petty? I mean, did I just say an outcry about the use of colours in the upcoming Diablo sequel? Well, yes and yes. If you haven't already heard the controversy over the use of more than 2 base colours in Diablo 3, then take a look at this MTV article.

A petition of some 50,000+ people have asked the art director of Diablo 3 to make a change in use of colours, specifically to de-saturate the design back to a traditional Diablo "grey and red" style.

It wasn't until Penny Arcade went and took a stab at the artists that drew the "what it should look like" Photoshop mocks that I really bothered to think twice about this. I think generally speaking most people are taking the "back in your box" mentality to the list of kiddies that feel the need to only use grey like an emo feels the need to only dress in black.

Aaannyyway, to the point. Although I personally feel that everyone on that list is a bunch of emo kids that really need to get out and discover the other 9/10ths of the visible colour spectrum, I'd like to offer them a few pointers:

1. When offering a comparison, make it an even comparison. What I'm trying to say is, you can't justify your point by applying a soft three-dimensional shadow system that hasn't been seen in any game to date. Also improving on texture detail and adding extra special effects is what we call "bias". Your images don't reflect the colour differences at all, just your impressive use of photoshop.
2. "wow gayness" is not an argument. So next time you contemplate seriously addressing a business matter, perhaps you could consider trying your very hardest to at least masquerade as mature.

Alright. I'm done ranting about something that has acquired way too much contraversy over something so, well, dumb. At least you have some cool links.