This needs to be said now because it is getting out of hand. It needs to be said in public so that there is no ambiguity and no he said she said bollocks involved.
The flame wars and the personal attacks need to stop.
Nobody wants to get their forum account banned, even temporarily.
We are all adults here. We should all be capable of behaving like it. Lots of people have made comments that other people do not like and then those people had friends who naturally wanted to support their side and at the end of the day all it leads to is the death of good discussion.
This game is about fighting, pvp based for many of us and about clans. I get that. There is loyalty to ones clan and therefore the friends you make in that clan. The fighting happens in game and it gets heated some days absolutely. Nothing wrong with that. But seriously now, does that bullshit need to spill over into the forum?
Can you separate yourself from that for a few minutes to come here and calm down and enter into a constructive discussion about what is good for the game as whole? It doesnt matter what one clan does this week because due to the shifting nature of nc they might not be here next week. Look at all the forum sigs here. All the big clans that have come and gone in this game. Its the way it goes. They come and they go. While they are here they should be a benefit to the game, not a blight on it.
Can we leave our clan loyalties to one side and discuss posts without the flaming of the person behind them? Can we take a step back from in game politics and actually think how much better (or in some cases worse) the suggestions given in each thread would be and could we resist the urge to cross-post/flame/further some other agenda just because we dislike a given poster.
Does anyone remember the old adage posted around these forums "attack the post - not the poster"?
I am more than happy to apologise for my part in the shit flinging. I have said some things on purpose which I know other people wouldnt like. I am not going to go into specifics or mention names of players/clans/quotes. That's not the issue.
I am opinionated, yep.
I am loyal to my friends, yep.
I can look at the bigger picture and I am not afraid to say things that I know will be unpopular, yep.
I dont give a shit in all honesty what other people think if they can only respond with bs and flaming. I just turn off and tune out in most cases.
However if people can engage with well thought out posts and reasoning to back up their points I will be easily as respectful to them and helpful as I am to everyone else.
I am not my post count. I am the man behind it.
I have been a dick at times and I can admit it. I will say sorry here and now for doing so. I will do it because I appreciate having this forum and having a volunteer team who does listen to us on occasion and implements some of our ideas and I will do it, because it is the right thing to do.
The fighting and shit talking can stay in game. Its not NC without it, but please can we leave it off the forums. Here we are adults, in game we can be children, assholes or a mixture of both if that makes us better roleplayers but not here eh?
Peace guys
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