What you see as whining is really attempts to prod the devs in the right directions. Sometimes they listen sometimes they don't. Minus one in perception skill.
since you were so harsh in someone elses achievement thread, and didnt reply to my questioning your attitude there, i take it you wont mind me being harsh in yours, something i dont normally do because it achieves very little and personally i wish more people did do well in this universe.
so what is this right direction you want? one where nobody can fail? where someone with your RL skills wont fail? where only someone with lots of peds wont fail? do you want a communist game, a feudal game with lords and ladies? carebeartropia?farmvilletropia? a subscription game?
why are you playing the most ruthless free market game i have come across if you cant handle it?
even if they make it easy enough for you there will always be people doing better than you, either because they are smarter, have more time or money, or even if they just spent a little less time whining on the forum.
your attitude seems to be that nobody is allowed to "win" or withdraw?
take me for example, i have had some luck in this game, maybe i made a smart decisions once or twice too, but i have been lucky, am i now meant to feel bad and unworthy? i have never withdrawn any of the peds i won, but do you think i shouldnt be allowed to? MA should take away those peds because it doesnt fit with whatever you think the game should be?
now if you can tell me you did not join this game in the hope of being a success then i will believe that this thread is not just you being jealous and bitter that you were not able to succeed in the way you hoped.
p.s.
have you ever wondered why you dont see many people being open about their success here?
have you ever wondered if you and your attitude are part of that reason?