Yes. You're completely missing the point.

Basically, you perpetually start with the conclusion you want and then work backwards, choosing facts you like and ignoring ones which contradict that conclusion. Ideally, you would start with the facts instead.

Edit to add: the promise of no mechanical rewards thing is the perfect example - you're actually angry that we didn't live up to a promise we didn't make. I have to think some part of you can grasp the utter insanity of that.