Hi,
@smoke j,
Smoke-J wrote:I have been doing my best to not insult anyone, to stay civil, and to be as reasonable as I possibly could be through this entire forum thread.
I agree with with what you say, at least that part. But then again your blog post and the way its written isn't exactly subjective and comes at an awfully convinent time, no? Also,
no
politics involved.A searching of my name would show a lack of posting on here recently for anything other than major BSG announcements.
I beg to differ when it comes to the no politics involved, bah.
My Comment as regards people having their own thoughts, being able to actually! read what's written that is understand the meaning that particular post sentence or paragraph is saying is directly related to the groupism politics and powerplay sentence I wrote, specificly the groupism or sheepism (That is a slightly harsh term I use, but apologies if it offends) part of it.
That is, being against a person's thoughts views opinions or anything at all these days,and ganging upon that person regardless of what's written or being said. and just agreeing because your friend or a popular person has written something and not even reading what the other person has written and is trying to say. For example, the outcry against Ironcross's ban by a certain section of the forums. It was truely hard for me to understand, how people'd call that ban unfare, when multiple wornings were issued, oh and the posts and topics you talk of, they are right there for people to see how offencive and insulting that guy was being to people, deserved or not.
And yes, that was rather impolite of me, but I am rather sick of all this rudeness, politics and groupism that has been going on here lately, and this blog post is another such part.
Smoke-J wrote:If the power play you are refering to is other moderators trying to take down Dark at
is quite the unproven accusation which doesn't have a place in the discussion for me.
Never said such a thing, or infered it, good going there, though.
As to your bias or lack there of, and everything else in general, all I have to say is.
1. I know your feelings about the forums, and that of the people you associate with in fact we have had discussions about the views you hold about the forum, Dark and so on. The discussions weren't overly long, as I am not a fan of those but they were direct enough. so at least you aren't exactly neutral and not the right person (unbiased) to be researching anything or linking anything in a neutral unbiased manner.
2. The forums topics, posts etc quotes can be checked, yes but you could really prove anything and everything if you link pieces in the right way any person who has studied research could tell you that.
draw on the right posts and people, don't draw on a few others and just show the picture / parts of the picture and you could prove anything at all, Say what you will.
Like I said, I have been a part of the forums sinse 2009 and had been lurking here for longer than that, and yes I read almost everything I come across and I truely don't see that the mods specially dark as you point out are that bad. or that the bans have been unwarrented, most aren't anyway. I'd go as far as saying 99% in many cases, they have even relented, given chances where I or other mods wouldn't have,and have been too lenient with a few jurks.
Some of my previous post wasn't at smoke-J But other parts were, it was at certain parts of the forum members that have been the cause of all the negativity and ass holishness around here lately.
My previous post says most of what I want to say, be it in rather impolite terms due to frustration But I truely don't have the time.
I felt strongly enough about what was happening here, and all the things that were being said that I took time out of my work to do so, both times.
At those who have been band before, or are, all I gotta say is. It hurts nothing and nobody to be nice,to not be a jirk and a asshole, in fact When you are one as is the fassion nowadays or trending around here, you hurt someone elses feelings, may get yourself ban and end up hurting yourself and the other person at the other end.
And its kinda obvious that people that dislike dark are sort of ganging upon the guy here, but eh.
I am not really eloquent or as a good writer as most, but I say what I have to say straight, try not to be a dick, although I may have failed sometimes at that.
Piece out all, work to do, money to be earned. don't exactly have too much time on my hands to be saying all I wanted, but speak up we must.
Grryf
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