72o wrote:[soapbox]
I am relatively new to the site, and just recently started browsing the forums, but, I'm awfully surprised at how much animosity people have in their posts when referring to or directly addressing the admins/mods/site owners, etc.
Now, I'm not privy to all that's happened to lead up to this, and I really don't care, but I think if I had the ban hammer to swing I'd be out of breath.
I'm not looking to flame anyone in particular, or kiss any ass, I just think folks could show a little appreciation/courtesy for people that are doing work, most of them for free, to support this place. If you really don't agree with them, or really don't like this place, instead of trolling on here trying to start fights with the admins and mods, maybe you should consider other ways to spend your time.
I'm sure you're probably discouraging other potential new players and members of the forum with this kind of behavior. I am members of other forums that are really like a community, but not this one. I like this place, and I have fun with the games, but the forum is nothing I'll spend a lot of time on until this type of thing stops. I'm sure you will remind me that you will be no worse for the loss.
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Well, you are parially correct, but one of the things you miss with the situation, which is what many miss, is that some people really just like to complain. They simply look for any reason to complain whatsoever, and so it wont matter what the mods do, how the site is run, who is in charge, some will complain, no matter what. Some are at least intelligent enough to know this. Others truly dont even realize that it is simply some subconscious need to complain about something that is triggering their thoughts on the subject.
They actually are able to convince themselves, that they are doing good, and fighting the good fight, and fighting the establishment, and that their actions are worthy of respect, and are useful. However, most are just here to play a game. Some are good at the world domination game. Some are good at the forum game. Some are good at both. Others arent well... as good.
In any case, you cant let others dictate what you do or how you act. There are plenty of great people here on CC. Most are good people actually. They are successful, intelligent, fun loving games of all ages, nationalities and creeds. Most, and by most, I mean the absolute vast majority, dont post alot, and just come here to have some fun.
Now, obviously, others simply come to well, vandalize it. In every community on the web, every city, every town, there will be vandals. There will be those that simply are not happy, unless they are trying to make others unhappy, or simply waste their time. But in the end, they pay a price, because as good as denial can be, at shielding oneself from ones actions, no one is truly that blind. And if they are, they are helplessly lost to the point where it simply doesnt matter...so.... in response to the body of your post.
Of course to some degree you are correct, but thats no reason to let it affect your time here on CC. Spend your time countering it, ignoring it, or even joining in without breaking the rules if thats your pleasure, but dont let negative people or posts affect you, because in the end, whatever is posted really doesnt matter, and its all just amusement of one kind or another.
Don't worry hwhrhett, as soon as all the colourful posters are gone, you'll get your homogeneous generic congratulatory points accumulation threads back.
