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basilmemories) wrote2010-06-25 03:38 am
basilmemories) wrote2010-06-25 03:38 am
Oh, Cfud
You know how I like fandom wank right? You all also probably know how much I hate when cfud gets a writeup on there or rpsecrets because it only brings out the rabid anons without... really discussing the problems that the game has in a way that would actually fucking change anything. However, for once I'm almost wishing that someone had done a writeup/screencap of the recent wank that's going around because it's put the community into two groups. No, not "people who agree with X" and "People who don't agree with X", but "people who know what's going on" and "people who don't know what's going on and could be walking into a minefield".
Seriously, even though I know what I'm supposed to be looking for, it's hard to find anything other passive-aggressive comments that don't really tell people anything. Yes, the person who wrote the post that started the wank has a right to keep her journal flocked. BUT, when so many people in the game are involved there should really be a mod post or a general heads-up post about recent events.
Yes, you'll notice that I'm not giving away any clues about what happened either, but that's because so far I only have hearsay, aaaaaand even if I wasn't sitting on my hands about this (other then my opinion of "If Spain comes back from his hiatus to this shit and has to deal with the wankstorm unprepared, I will seriously cut some bitches. Because dude, not cool."), I'd want to see the post myself and read the comments before making a comment. As it is my official opinion about this wank is to facepalm endlessly and say the vicious bullshit that I'm hearing about should not be fucking happening (if it's as bad as it sounds). Seriously, if hearing about this wank reminds me of this sketch, I'm pretty sure someone's failing at debate:
-And for those who're going to mention it, SOB yes I just got home and out of the shower. Gg busses who don't like to stop for paying customers. Now I'm going to go back to bed.
Seriously, even though I know what I'm supposed to be looking for, it's hard to find anything other passive-aggressive comments that don't really tell people anything. Yes, the person who wrote the post that started the wank has a right to keep her journal flocked. BUT, when so many people in the game are involved there should really be a mod post or a general heads-up post about recent events.
Yes, you'll notice that I'm not giving away any clues about what happened either, but that's because so far I only have hearsay, aaaaaand even if I wasn't sitting on my hands about this (other then my opinion of "If Spain comes back from his hiatus to this shit and has to deal with the wankstorm unprepared, I will seriously cut some bitches. Because dude, not cool."), I'd want to see the post myself and read the comments before making a comment. As it is my official opinion about this wank is to facepalm endlessly and say the vicious bullshit that I'm hearing about should not be fucking happening (if it's as bad as it sounds). Seriously, if hearing about this wank reminds me of this sketch, I'm pretty sure someone's failing at debate:
-And for those who're going to mention it, SOB yes I just got home and out of the shower. Gg busses who don't like to stop for paying customers. Now I'm going to go back to bed.
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First problem with the mods taking their time to post is... well sort of like how livejournal takes it's time to post until they think they've got the problem resolved. It only builds tension for the people who aren't in on the flock, and it makes them look like they're not doing anything to make sure that unfair voting or player conflicts aren't being resolved. And that's a big break from how the mods normally treat things because they're awesome and on top of things. Even if they don't have an answer yet about the whole kerfuffle, a simple "We've gotten reports about this and we just want you to know we're really thinking over the problem." would help to deflate any sort of "you're not doing anything about it" feelings that players/possible players might have. As it is I'm not sure if I should contact the mods myself. Would it be okay for me to app that character? Should I put a disclaimer in my app? I'm really worried that the kurfuffle will affect the app but I don't want to wait a round and have someone else get that character excexc.
The other, more pessimistic reason I'd like to see a mod post is to beat others to the punch. Even though there's a good chance there won't be a F_W post about it, I can see there being a rpsecrets post about it, and that's only going to make things worse. Then NOBODY'S going to come out of this looking clean, and I'd rather we solve our own problems then have the roleplaying community jump on us and start saying that we're not only elitist, but we're also all drama queens and likely to hit below the belt too. If anything even though we've got a bad reputation for our app system, at least we're the fluffy, nice kind of elitists.
tl;dr it's a tough call either way. On one hand the mods HAVE said something about wank when it happened in the main irc chan, but this is a more private affair. I think there's a compromise available between "reveal everything" and "don't say anything", but it'll require the mods to balance a fine line and I only send my deepest sympathy for being stuck in a position like this. Seriously if I could give fruit baskets over the internet, I would.