"Developing and controlling the center" is different than "plays d4, Bf4, c3, e3, Bd3, etc." every game.
And again, people can play what they want, I'm not belittling them, the London is perfectly fine, it is just that damn near everyone on here seems to play it 99% of the time. If every single game your opponent played the Bird, nothing but the Bird, for thousands of games in a row, are you honestly telling me it would not annoy you, regardless of your results?
And again, people can play what they want, I'm not belittling them, the London is perfectly fine, it is just that damn near everyone on here seems to play it 99% of the time. If every single game your opponent played the Bird, nothing but the Bird, for thousands of games in a row, are you honestly telling me it would not annoy you, regardless of your results?