The whole debacle is one I've avoided choosing sides in, mostly because it's a political powder-keg situation and I'm too busy making games to bother getting involved. But also both sides are essentially guilty of the same crime, I'll go into that later.
The only thing I will state is that no one here is a bad guy, I know Amy had legit reasons for being pissed at the staff, and for a while, I did also.
But the staff aren't evil or shitlords either, they're just a bit thick and stubborn, like pretty much every human being. I think a lot of the problem was this forum started out so strong and we didn't want to lose the homebrew sort of vibe it had, where as others wanted to push passed it, then some like me, we're happy either way it went.
I don't know enough on the debacle to know what has truly gone down and what motives are, but I've known Amy long enough to know she isn't the sort to act out of malicious disregard for concern or care, and it has been a build up. I suppose now that she's gone I can state the only person I know she's been entirely honest with is me, she tries very hard to be as tolerant towards people as possible, so she doesn't just start a crusade over nothing.
But Xyphien and Sage aren't malicious people either, just thick or stubborn in Xyph's case, and, well Sage is just detached, but that more often than not ends up being a good thing. You think being a moderator is tough, just imagine when you're the admin. It's a heavy stressful job.
Ultimately, I don't feel the need to side because the opposition has left, and for now I'm happy here. Me and Amy are still friends, and I silently predicted this sort of explosion would happen before the resource team began.
The Crazy Chimp Collective has been monitoring you. said:
[29/11/2015 10:51:39 AM] Bizarre Monkey: MV.co is headed the same way, sadly.
[29/11/2015 10:51:50 AM] Bizarre Monkey: though it's gradual
--months in the future--
[12/02/2016 10:39:21 AM] Bizarre Monkey: i knew this was gonna happen
[12/02/2016 10:39:58 AM] Bizarre Monkey: the forum was set from day one for a crash course into a clash between the working class and the admin class
And why did I have such an innate forecast? Well, that's easy. I've been there, it's happened time and time again, people try so hard to respect each other that contempt has no room for release, it builds up, and explodes.
I don't make snide posts just to be a dick, I do it because I'm genuine, the very reason I am that way is exemplified with everything that has just been discussed here, and everything that has happened. I just let it out in small moderated doses, a lot of you piss me the fuck off, let's just put that on the table since it needs to be clear now. A lot of you sicken me in ways, but impress me in others.
But there's nothing I hate more than hiding behind a fear of confrontation and letting it eventually explode. Deal with issues
when they arise, don't pass them off as light, talk about them, communicate. Through that, explosions of this sort will be avoided. I did try to explain this, but nobody listened, you wanted things to be peachy-green forever, but that entirely defies human nature. Eventually, I gave up and figured some lessons are best learned the hard way, so I hope you all learned something.
A forum cannot exist without a little bit of rudeness, it won't happen, ever. So quit dreaming. People are savage in nature, some are more aware of it, like me, some are better at covering it up. We're all monsters, trying to act like we can be best faeries forever is a vast joke. I laugh everytime people seclude themselves in that fictional universe where all is well and pleasant all the time. You know what that'd be?
Boring. BORING BORING BORING YAAAAWWWN MORE BORING.
The only rule I've broken on the forum is number 2, and now you can see why. You can be "polite" about it if you like, but frankly, being nice is just a way to be further stepped on, I learned this long ago.
Look at me, I don't take shit from
any of you. If I think you're being an asshole, I will diddly darn well say so. And hey, that doesn't make me evil, that just makes me strong and powerful. I express myself, and this whole thing here...? I avoided it completely, because frankly-- you were all being ridiculous, and you were all in some way a cause to the effect, had you just been honest with each other from the start, none of this would have happened, you sillies!
You know how Croc and I became friends? I told him to tell me off, and tell me what he hated about me. In a matter of minutes, all that pent-up anger, all that being 'his foe', it was gone.
Welcome to reality, guys. We don't live in Fantasia. Apt as the thread's name is, it's been the opposite for virtually everything else. I only saw right through it because I'm used to this sort of thing and the signs are unignorable at this point.
So now you all have to make a choice, do you keep trying to livee out this unreal fantasy flowers and icecream forum, placing you on a crash course for somewhere like RMwebs, where if you have any negative thoughts, you're erased?
Or are you going to grow some spines and be more honest, confront your fears, rather than awkwardly trying to live beside them.
Think of confrontation like a monster who lives with you, he's a goofy monster, big blue and has some bad habits, you in the interest of keeping him placated, don't try to correct these bad habits, because it keeps him happy, only it doesn't, and did you ever think you have some bad habits he doesn't approve of??
No, you don't, because you want to keep the peace.
One day though, for one of you, it becomes too much, and you lash out, in response, the other lashes out, and because none of you knew what was causing the other to be all mad, you can't BELIEVE they suddenly have the guile to point out all the shit you do that annoys them, can you??
This is what I observe on this forum nearly everyday, a bunch of worrywarts trying to keep each other happy by not stepping on the wrong shells.
It's so utterly fucking simple and logical I feel I shouldn't have to explain it, but apparently I do because you didn't learn until it was too late, despite me giving a similar explanation before. And I've said several times that catering to sensitive issues is a dumb thing to do, because anything can be a sensitive issue, and people will milk said issues they have to gain more than they deserve, and that is when we get into the political powder-keg that is tumblr.
All I care about is that you act like human beings, I don't care if you have bloody PMS or Alzheimers or Bipolar Disorder, or if you just have a short fuse, or if you're offended by a thing I've said. You saying "You're offended by that" is nothing, it's a useless statement, it holds no meaning, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase.
"You're offended by that?"
Well, so what? The only thing anyone should think of when posting is how they will look. For example, I'm going to look like a smug megalomanical shitbird with this post, but BOOOYYY.
Being right about that thing I warned you of from pretty much the first month is so worth it.
I warned you, you didn't listen. And now, oh man! It's like half of the damned staff are gone.
You should be more careful, dipsticks.
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IF YOU'RE STUPID ENOUGH TO THINK THE DRAMA WAS CAUSED BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOUR DESIRE TO NOT ENGAGE IN CONFLICT, THEN YOU'RE STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY LECTURES.
