BlackKnight86
Say my name, cheesers!
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My apologies for re-bumping this topic; but I felt it was important to provide one further example. This is not intended to be a complaint; I have no problem taking heat here. But a complaint was registered against Karda; and in fairness to him I just wanted to point one further thing out.
I was doing some research on the issue, out of curiosity, and I stumbled upon the Sig Lines thread in the Cove. A quote of mine was cited by my username. No worries; again, I don't have an issue with a little heat; and the poster who did it certainly owes me a few zingers. However, since my name was in the thread, I felt it would be no problem posting in response to someone else who commented. That got a response by someone who was obviously trying to head off a potential battle. Again, no worries...they were good-natured; and I was only there to fire back a little, in order make a point, which I did.
The problem came in with a response by someone else, which led to this thread. That person obviously missed the point, and felt the need to reiterate what some other regulars often do. And that is my point to this post: the Cove, and W&C are not always used a place for people to blow off steam. They are used in some cases as a place where people can drag others into a place where they may/may not want to go. But then, if the others show up and join the fray, all of sudden it becomes a problem.
I will reiterate that I do not know the specifics of some of the conflict. Having said that, I will also reiterate that, in my experience, Karda seems to be the type of mod who recognizes that the behavior that I just described could cause the very trouble that the folks who started the Karda thread were crying about. Frankly, I applaud him trying to "reset" such behavior.
This is just my observation, which is worth what you paid for it. I'll say again that I think some (absolutely not all, not even most) of the folks who frequent the Cove and W&C think that their longevity there (and I guess, their self-declared status as "alpha males") [snort!] grants them some kind of special status as being above/outside the rules. And while it is easy to say, just don't go there; what happens if one is brought there? Just something to consider while the matter is being looked into.
Thank you for your time. Again, I apologize for re-raising this; but in fairness to Karda and to the situation, I thought it would be another data point.
Respectfully,
Mike
I was doing some research on the issue, out of curiosity, and I stumbled upon the Sig Lines thread in the Cove. A quote of mine was cited by my username. No worries; again, I don't have an issue with a little heat; and the poster who did it certainly owes me a few zingers. However, since my name was in the thread, I felt it would be no problem posting in response to someone else who commented. That got a response by someone who was obviously trying to head off a potential battle. Again, no worries...they were good-natured; and I was only there to fire back a little, in order make a point, which I did.
The problem came in with a response by someone else, which led to this thread. That person obviously missed the point, and felt the need to reiterate what some other regulars often do. And that is my point to this post: the Cove, and W&C are not always used a place for people to blow off steam. They are used in some cases as a place where people can drag others into a place where they may/may not want to go. But then, if the others show up and join the fray, all of sudden it becomes a problem.
I will reiterate that I do not know the specifics of some of the conflict. Having said that, I will also reiterate that, in my experience, Karda seems to be the type of mod who recognizes that the behavior that I just described could cause the very trouble that the folks who started the Karda thread were crying about. Frankly, I applaud him trying to "reset" such behavior.
This is just my observation, which is worth what you paid for it. I'll say again that I think some (absolutely not all, not even most) of the folks who frequent the Cove and W&C think that their longevity there (and I guess, their self-declared status as "alpha males") [snort!] grants them some kind of special status as being above/outside the rules. And while it is easy to say, just don't go there; what happens if one is brought there? Just something to consider while the matter is being looked into.
Thank you for your time. Again, I apologize for re-raising this; but in fairness to Karda and to the situation, I thought it would be another data point.
Respectfully,
Mike
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