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<inspirational quote>

<comment regarding not repeating the same joke that upset me earlier>

<Restating of previous argument>

I'm going back to the RP boards. It's more comfortable there.

I got off on such a bad footing I'm not even bothering with the Rep System. It'll only be shaded by my prior posting anyway.

They're not a good idea anyway. Just a poor excuse for a popularity contest. I won't be taking part in anything like that.

(No, I'm not bitter, Noooooo...)

This wasn't regarding the OP. In fact, I did see the OP as just a tasteless joke.

What I objected to was the tangent the topic took when Solitaire made her 'joke'. It was tasteless upon tasteless, and only sought to reinforce the negative image I had already been given about these forums. And I did apologise to Solitaire for using her post as a sounding board, and this thread as a sounding board, but it is the straw that broke the camel's back.

If *everyone* is so glad to see the EU members on these new forums, then fine, more power to you. But stop making jokes at our expense.

These new forums are supposed to be a merge of the two communities. So far all I've seen is people staking claim to forums, posting silly complaints that are just non-subtle tongue in cheek jokes, and passive-aggressive posting about how this is NA forums and EU have joined. And then to top it off, the moderators go ahead and make a forum just for EU players to "feel at home"? Excuse me? What sort of nonsense is that for community cohesion? We're not such a frail community that we need a special place built for us within the community we're now a part of. All that does is feed segregation.

Now, I'm willing to admit that all that negative image I've been given has soured my attitude towards these new forums. But it should not be my perogative to go in all smiles and sunshine against all that negativity and just lay down and accept it for the good of others.

The Community Managers want a community. Then perhaps they should step in and fix it before it falls into segments again. Because so far all they've done is say "You're NA, and you're EU. Oh, and NA, play nice with the EUs. They're CoX players too..."

Which is entirely the wrong message to give out. It's bias, and it is reinforcing a segregation I don't want to see.

Actually, this might be the 'For Fun' section, but this is the General Discussion board.

I don't like that it has been lumped into a section where everyone assumes everything will be a joke. In the old EU Forums, this was placed near the top, near the Announcements forum.

It was a forum where people could share both serious and silly threads, as long as they were on topic. IE: A General Discussion.

So I fail to see why I should have to assume that every post on this forum has to be taken as a silly non-sequitor to the topic at hand.

And it doesn't change the fact that all this humour is still being based on the same stupid topic. It was amusing on day 1. Now it's a passive aggressive defense in response to us joining you.

Or are we going to continue to mock the way in which I'm posting, and the place in which I'm posting, instead of actually addressing what I'm posting.

No, you see for that which is known as humour, your post has to be funny. If you're aiming for parody, there's a subtly to it where you have to step just over the line of seriousness and into the realms of silliness, which allows you to fall back on parody as a defense of the post.

That was neither subtle, or funny.

It was just a repetition of the same passive aggressive 'humour' and self-important piousness I've seen in several threads since the merge.

And to top it all off - your defense of your actions is "Can't you take a joke"? Please. Show a little maturity.

I apologise for picking this thread, but not for the sentiment expressed. This has gone on long enough. Stop acting as though this is your forum and we're guests. This is OUR forum.

You realise it's considered taboo to go to another MMO's board and tell people to sign up to your game right?

I doubt Kerensky would approve.

Conversation between two passing tourists this morning

Tourist 1: Hey, did you take a look at these snapshots I got?
Tourist 2: Wow, they're really good, I like... err.. the way this bit does ... that.
Tourist 1: Yeah, it's really nice the way the light plays off of this... bit.
Tourist 2: Hey..... You bought these... didn't you? The logo on the back says Feld's Fotos!
Tourist 1: No way...
Tourist 2: You're a complete cheat, buying holiday snapshots. Take your own!



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Wow, people play Force Field.. I thought I was the only one. (I'm so tired of saying 'no, I can't heal').

I'm a FF/Energy, and I can solo pretty well, dash in, knock 'em all off their feet, snipe the smaller ones, if I get low, PFF shoots up and I'm gone again, running circles around them until I can pop off another good shot and get more down before PFF goes up again (They take that away and I'll cry - honest).

1. Not been around long enough to see it, but I like it. PFF does let some shots through, from the bigger guys, but as I see it, I shouldn't be going after them anyway.

2. Pass!

3. Yah, it eats endurance. I carry around a few breaths to help me going, and don't storm around killing everything in sight constantly. I haven't really seen it as a problem, you can run PFF almost constantly (take it down to do anything) whilst travelling, with Slide/Run, and it'll go, and go, and go...

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