[ 74] Sye: reply to Armengar/RP issue (going to kill the string of long responses)
Thu Apr 4 16:33:25 2013 Status: Normal
To: all
I would like to take the time to point out a few things, that was ringing in my mind as I read through the responses back and forth.
I think one important role everyone is forgeting is the 10 keys of civility here.
1. respect others
2. think positivly
3. pay attention
4. make a difference
5. Speak kindly (very important)
6. Say Thank you
7. Accept others (very important)
8. Rediscover Silence (taking a time out when you're frusterated and coming back)
9. Listen (very important and passive always happening, can be struggling even in chatting)
10. Keep your cool (very important in resovling issues and promoting a positive moral)
The reason I posted this is becuase I feel it is important to share with the whole Pbase, that I think we forget a lot of impact we have with each other and we put way too much 'blame' on someone else, lets say a player we don't like, the staff, etc.
I really honestly love the active role Chalgyr and the whole staff and pbase has had in trying to look at changes for the present and future.
Not only did they put Armengar in a state to roleplay with for what two months? three months?
There was backdrop, Kings, Queens, Leaders of all sects planning and plotting to end Armengar. (we blame Zircon really..
)
But anyways, there were multiple chances for everyone to participate at any level.
I think every time, someone else that I have known and myself have asked someoen in the staff to pop on a noteable char to roleplay they took the time shortly after to sit and have a 15min-1hr Rp session.
*** have you sent a note asking the staff to log in and rp or whatever you wish to happen? (you cannot expect someone to read your mind and then punish them or be upset because they did not know the expectations you require)
As a community we should take full responsibility for our own actions and how we treat each other.
You talk about PVP, the last time I tried to encourage a PVP event, it helped players who had issues or problems already not play as much, and it is regretable, but that was their choice.
You can't blame others for your actions. You can control how you react, and if you try for something hard enough the right way, you would be surprised how lenient the staff is.
Our number one problem isn't Content, Drops, fancy stuff we want to play with to make us powerful, Quests, making the game easier or harder.
*** Our number one problem is D ranked players (players who drag the whole community down, with how they treat each other. I won't point out any names, but there are a handfull of players that swamp new players telling them about grudges they have and manipulate new playerbase
then go around blaming players they don't like when the new people leave. (this crushes our ability to expand as a community and is a root cause we should really look into, IE looking at tell logs, mails, outgame records etc.)
Should we really be looking at how we affect the community and how we respect each other? I believe so. D ranked players should be coached up to C or B ranked players or be coached off the mud entirely.
D ranked players are players with poor attitudes and tax everyone else and spread negativity.
Jeon, I hope you don't react, and instead you ask yourself if you may be doing something incorrectly that could cause what results you didn't desire? Did you communicate what you really want? Did you do it respectfully? Have you followed the 10 keys?
Hope to see you around more often, and I would say to Everyone, what can each of us do to improve the game rather than blaming someone else?
thanks for your time,
Sye