Tales of a Former Admin

[Garrett Jax]

Former Admin Garrett Jax kept his distance from the mortals known as the Community of Disco. They were an unruly lot, mindless at times, capable of turning upon themselves at the slightest provocation. The Admins, as a rule, kept them at bay with sanctions, tempbans and outright perm bans, turning the hordes' focus off of themselves and upon each other. In cases of emergency, where Community members would form up and rage against their gods, the Admins would search out a lone Dev who strayed too far from his 'herd' and throw him to the mob, in an attempt to satiate the Community's need to spill blood. Garrett shrugged, feeling no guilt. Devs were like worms. They felt no pain.

In most cases, the Community took their anger out upon each other. Nowhere was this more evident than when an individual Community member decided to take his own life. Garrett noticed that every so often a member would get so fed up with his life in Disco, he would scrawl out a suicide note for the rest of the Community to read. Something horrible would happen, the poor sod would snap and decide to leave this world for good, explaining in varying degrees of rage the reason for his tragic choice. Sometimes they were mad at some divine punishment they or a friend of theirs received from the Admins. Sometimes, it was an irritating change in reality made by the Devs that set them off. There were even cases where life simply got too boring for them, making suicide seemingly the only option available. Regardless, these unfortunate souls would feel the need to tell everyone, in a detailed post, why suicide was the answer. The Community called these posts, "Leaving Threads".

In most civilized cultures, suicide is a horrible thing. Loss of life is viewed as a loss felt by everyone. In Disco Community, suicide is viewed as an opportunity. Regularly, the very first response to a person's declaration of intent to commit Disco suicide, is the callous query, "Can I haz your stuff?" Many times, this question gets asked repeatedly by insensitive, opportunistic, vulture-like members of the Community, circling the not-dead-yet body, hoping to take advantage of the guy's depressed mental state. This response is so frequent, that often a suicide note will state somewhere in its initial message, "No, you cannot have my stuff."

Depending on the reason for suicide, and the degree of rage, if any, the Community may decide to viciously attack the person before he actually leaves this world. It is not uncommon for a suicidal person to actually have to defend themselves from attack, just prior to them taking their own lives. Occasionally, a person or two might step in to defend their friend, but this typically results in only giving the Community more targets to kick.

Garrett wondered at the general lack of regard on the part of the Community for these lost souls. Looking more carefully into the matter, he began to realize that suicide wasn't as permanent as he originally assumed. There have been many documented cases of people coming back from suicide in as little as 24 hours. These 'miracles' occurred far too frequently to be disregarded as hoax or myth. It might take a person upwards of a year or more to revive from suicide, but inevitably, they return to Disco life. These resurrections take place so frequently, that some even tell the person before they take their own life, "Cya in a week".

Garrett assumed these Community members were mortal, however evidence suggests that might not be the case. Regardless, he concluded that this dysfunctional group was highly confusing. If he was to dwell among them, he needed to be wary.




(Non RP part. Posting in the Tales of the Admins thread was my favorite part of being an Admin. Although I can't serve the Community in that capacity, I still wish to keep contact with you all and share my joy.)

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