It's not pathetic, but totally understandable for people to get mad when something that has been stated by the devs would happen, but didn't without the devs saying a word until a few days later. People get mad, because they like this game and rather not want to see it die. I mean I got annoyed by the unannounced delay as well. When I buy a hamburger I want it within the next few minutes.... not the next hour because the cooks decided to go take an hour long smoke break without notifying anybody in the restaurant that we weren't gonna get our food anytime soon.
Why do people keep using that lousy excuse? It was never guaranteed to us when we would get it, it wasn't a service individually ordered AND paid for by us. It was not something we were waiting at a desk or counter for. It's something we had no part in, no decision in. We didn't ASK for this service, it's a GIFT, it's a PRESENT, it's an apology.
This also isn't something the developers just tossed off to the back burner because they felt like it. I'm sure they were busting their asses trying to get this out on time. They didn't just drop it because they went to "take an hour long smoke break." That's irrelevant and your example is garbage.
Had we paid in advance, I would have understood. But we're not even paying for it (for the first two weeks).
On your birthday, when someone forgot to give you a present, or perhaps your gift was delayed somehow - did you throw a temper tantrum when it didn't show up when YOU wanted it?
No.
I get being frustrated. But show some respect and some self-control. Not you in particular, just people who RAGE over this sort of thing. The developers are offering us a favor and most of us are spitting in their faces when they couldn't deliver when WE wanted it.
"It's MY gift and I WANT IT NOW!!"
It isn't pathetic to be upset about it... It's pathetic how the majority reacted.
An "oh that svcks." or "man, I was really looking forward to that..." makes sense... But NOT the outrageous things people have spewed.