- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Posted by: evilcam
I don't know why people are freaking out. I don't know why people are giving a certain few users problems. I don't understand the threat.
I don't have anything against you, evilcam, but I'm going to pick on this part of your post (nothing against the rest of what you said). Part of the problem is because you don't see the "threat," if you can call it that. As a moderator, I think it's part of your job to understand why certain well-known users will get attacked. You have to be slightly impartial so that you can view both sides with more equality.
Anyway, the problem has its roots in jealousy. I'm going to try to not name names here, but the posts that singled out a few members a few days ago were, yes, a result of a kind of jealousy, on both sides. The attackers were jealous of those they attacked because those they attacked have a sort of blissful ignorance regarding the community. That ignorance is fine, and is merely the result of not having existed in the older days that the attackers remember. Does this discredit the attackers? No, I personally don't think so. I myself have some of this jealousy, but I wouldn't say that says anything about my character. It's natural to have it. It gives us a goal, and life without goals is meaningless.
Those that were attacked have several forms of jealousy as well. Specifically, the users that were singled out were jealous for power. Many of them want Modship. This is debatable, but it's what I, and many others, do actually think. They brown-nose, and their goody-two-shoes characters were all just acts. The attackers had reason to single them out for the sole purpose of taking them down a few pegs. Chipping away at some of the arrogant shell that they hide behind. You can debate this with me all you want, but you won't change my mind. I saw that shield of arrogance every time I spoke out against something that Bungie did that I had ethical disagreements with. I know its there.
Attack me for saying this all you will. It's pointless. I'll hold my ground with determination. Many people on these forums need to be taught a lesson of humility. Those that attack me for saying what I just said merely confirms what I think about their character.
Jumping back to the other side, did they go to far? Was singling out people all that necessary? I think it could have been necessary, but there should have been a few preliminary posts that were not outright attacks. Some of the attackers acted too quickly, a fault they should learn to admit Although, since some of them were banned, which solves nothing, they probably won't learn a damn thing. GOOD JOB! Well, I suppose it's not entirely necessary to have them learn anything, but to be honest, keeping around a few sour community members can be beneficial. Rather than banning them, keep their threads locked, and see what they do next. If they really aren't learning a damn thing, then ban them, as it will have become obvious that in not learning, they won't help the community. However, if they do learn of their own faults, they will be sure to make up for them in some way or another.
Some of you that were attacked took it way too seriously. Learn to hold your ground without appearing as arrogant as you are. You are YOUR OWN PERSON. Attacks cannot change that. It shouldn't affect you. Don't let it get to you (and some of you obviously did). Learn to take things with grains of salt, as they say. You're incapable of helping anyone in the community, including yourself, until you learn to do so.
And to clarify my personal views, as I said, yes, I am jealous. I'm jealous of those who would think the community is fine the way it is (up until a few days ago), since to me it is so obviously not. I'm not jealous for power. I'm not sucking up to anyone. I'm just someone who is bitter of that which used to be my home has become. Yes, this was a home, of sorts. A means of escape of the reality that I used to despise (high-school days). I could spend hours of my free-time here. It's not a matter of me "not having a life," but more because that real "life" outside of videogames and the internet was basically denied to me. I apologize for being bitter, but that's just how I am at the present.