Now, I'm outspoken. I don't like to just grin and bear it. If I don't like someone, I say it. If Think someone is acting like a r-tar, I say it. I don't chatter behind closed doors or on private channels. I'll come right out and say it.
I know I'm not the perfect poster. I know I have probably helped jack my share of threads in the past. But lately around here it's been ridiculous. I point to GA's Stalker Report. Now I don't like GA. I have reasons for that. But the reason I don't like his thread is because it's become this beast for people to talk about how cute thier socks look, instead of what he set it out to be, which was a well written diary style entry about his adventures on this server. That's a cool thing. And I might not like the guy, but his stuff, what of it you can actually read if you can find in amongst 700 posts about the price of stamps in Ungola, is well done.
Yes sometimes we all need to fire off a quick "Shut up you" to our friend who just "pwned" us in a reply. But let it end there. Going back and forth and taking a thread about something meaningful and turning it into the Poster A and B show and burying the point of tread some 8 pages back is NONSENSE!
That's why so many of us have become somewhat disillusioned and jaded in out view of the boards. We used to be a pretty happy group. Now we seem to be more focused on what so and so said, and where what's thier name was the other night. It's a game people! We're supposed to be here to have fun! If you don't like someone and wanna burn em, burn em, but man let it go after that. Hell I've taken my pot shots at people, but I drop it after that, or I handle it in PRIVATE.
And for the love of cake, if you need to pump your post count to make yourself feel important. Stick to the Fun and Games section of the boards. Plenty of threads in there designed for just such a purpose. Leave our server out of it, cause odds are, most of you don't even play here.
Yes, I am talking to you Golden Girl.