I will not talk about just L4D2, but I will talk in general situation.

I hate when the game media become liar and the gamers become uninformed. And the L4D2 Boycott process showed how badly this situation can be.

Game media:
They get money and special bonuses from game companies while reviewing the games.
They get the games way earlier than normal gamers.
Also, game companies postpone their publish dates to give time for hired media. You wait for nothing to read the "full detail" game reviews before even seeing the game in your stores.

One example, Oblivion. Ok I love Elder Scrolls series, I can even say Fallout 3 is not bad as NMA web site continously told. But Oblivion was a very bad game.
There were lots of trouble especially for old Elder Scrolls gamers.
First, it was using level-scaling crap to soften the game for console gamers. But this was very bad system for people who played TES series before.
Second, the graphic optimization was bad. Outdoor area fps were %20 of the indoor fps. I played many games and I didn't see such a thing. Even Morrowind were using big maps but hadn't such a huge change between zones.
Third, the AI was a lie. They showed us a great AI video before the game. Ok this video was believable, cause you can do such a thing if you work hard. It was not impossible in that era. Unfortunately, they produced an AI that makes very laughable and sadly repetitive things.
Fourth, the graphics were very bad. They decreased the graphics quality before publishing the game. Also Range Of Sight quality was bad too. You need to improve the range of sight and terrain quality.
Fifth, the story was awkward and insufficient compared to Morrowind and Daggerfall.

But, most of the gaming media gave this game 10 over 10.
WTF?
10 over 10 or 100 over 100 means a perfect game. It should be timeless, bugless, glitchless, lagless, magnifienct story, smooth gameplay, innovative story. Even the great games like Quake II, Starcraft, Sanitarium, Monkey Island or Diablo can not get 100 over 100 because they have a few problems over or there, and get 99,98,97 or a similar point.

But game media lies. They just pretend that reviewing the game, instead they tell what game companies wants.

If a game has big budget and called to be "AAA game", game media give that game a 95+ point.
But if the game has very small budget and don't called to be "AAA game", game media give that game a 70- point.

They also love to tell gamers lies.

For example in this L4D2 Boycott process.
They told to general public, that some jerk gamers boycotted L4D2 because they think L4D2 will be a bad game.

I am remembering even before the L4D2 Boycott group formed, we protested Valve because they deserted L4D game by starting L4D2 game process. L4D game was a good game and could be improved more, also there were many problems in the L4D game.
Also, buy starting L4D2 game, they seemed mock with L4D game players that play an "unfinished" game.

In this process, Game Media translated those gamers wrong and showed us just a bunch of kids who "don't think L4D2 will be good".

Ok, first of all, no one were telling "L4D2 won't be good", they were telling "L4D is banished". And we, gamers, protested the Valve to banish L4D gamers buy starting L4D2 and not completing the L4D.

I am sure no one would think L4D2 could be a good game. Because the second game was being developed by the team of first. So, at the worst scenario, It would have the average quality of first one.
But, the game media choosed to show the events as they like, not the real events.

Even the Boycott group cited some sentences in their pages, the game media didn't care them.

They've chosen to give wrong informations to gamers and blamed gamers who want good games.

What? Wanting good games is a crime? WTF. This was the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
There is also a Gamer's Bill of Rights that leaded by Stardock and Gas Powered Games.
Still, they choosed to pretend that events were different.

At the end, there become lots of uninformed gamers who choosed to believe this kind of lies and started to blame us.
They blamed us because we didn't want good games.
They blamed us because we didn't want L4D2.
They blamed us because we thought L4D2 would be a bad game.
They blamed us because we stopped the developing L4D2.

So the uninformed gamers started to target us and attack us.

As a gamer who protested L4D2 even before the Boycott group formed, these things worried me.
Worried me, because It had showned like defending your gamer rights a disgraceful thing and a crime.

I remember the days a company had a motto "From Gamers To Gamers".
I want the new game companies also follow that motto.
Do I want a very big thing?
For the game media, yes. I am a criminal.

Even some uninformed gamers told "to stop publishing L4D2 is a stupid thing and L4D2 boycotters are stupid".

Ok, I (or we) am not against developing new games.
But everything should be in order.
Interestingly, the people who strongly defended L4D2 and attacked boycotters, were usually Xbox gamers.
They may be used to buy new games instead of patches, expansion packs and similer improvements.
But PC gamers are people who constantly get new improvements.
We frequently get new sequels or expansion pack to buy.
But some people showed us like a freeloader who don't want to buy a new game.
We are not wanting to not buy a new game, but we want good and quality games.
I (or we) am not against new games. But you need to improve a game up to a degree before starting a new game.
For example Quake 1, Quake 2, Quake 3, Half-Life 1, Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Warcraft 1, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, Starcraft 1, Dungeon Keeper... They are all examples for games that been finalized and completed before going to the second game.

Defending the other thing is just like a -if the phrase is right- bringing new wine in old bottles.

Let's leave the L4D2 to a side.
This L4D2 Boycott process get me fear and doubt for the future.
When the game media insulted L4D gamers and defended the L4D2 decision, they showed a condition that they will agree every thing game companies do.

Does the everything the game companies do is a right thing?
Do the gamers are a bunch of stupids?
Is the real target game media, but not the gamers?

What will be the news, I wonder?
Defending that SOE did the right thing in SWG and NGE criticizers are a bunch of over-entitled babies?
Explaining Doom 3 was a better game than Half-Life 2, provided a better success at the end, and when people tell other will Sessler say Quit Yer B***in?
Telling Planescape Torment was a very bad game with the worst story in the entire gaming history, and thankfully, game companies isn't listening to Planescape fans, and we're all going to be better off for it?
Quoting that still playing Starcraft after 10 years makes a person self-entitled idiot?

I am bored of recent events in the gaming world.
And sometimes I become worry in this conflict.