Improve Presentation of Discovery's Rules

[Ash]

So i'm going to be that guy and come out and say it.

Usually I steer clear of responding to the majority of what you write as it's highly toxic in nature. This is because you only read what is written to you with the sole intent to reply, not to understand. But with your repeatative bumping and insatiable thirst for attention i'll oblige by trying to shed some light on a few things that may help explain the frustrating situation you find yourself in.

I cannot speak for the admins or the dev team but, like them, I have borne witness to the plethora of complaints you have made about numerous aspects of the mod, it's administration and the community. In the time you have re-joined us, 19 out of your 32 threads have have been heavily weighted with criticism and suggestions of ways you think things could be run better. You may think that this is being helpful but in truth, it's a grind to see that no matter how much work is being put in by the dev and admin teams, it will never be enough to appease you. I can imagine how frustrating it must be for mod management to be regularly exposed to your relentless call outs to face whatever flaws you state they have.

So it's only fair that you are criticised you for yours.

Firstly I applaud you for pointing out some of Discovery's underlying issues. It's good to lend a hand to improving the mod, it's a huge task to stay on top of things and you have been productive. Credit where credit is due. Though evidently you don't play well with others; or at least with people who aren't waving your flag. Imposing your ideas in absence of any other suggestion YOU deem worthy is not helping. It no doubt has an invigorating affect on your ego but does little to take the mod in a direction the majority of us agree with.

You have a great way of telling people how to do their job despite having never done it before.

2. Second suggestion: If you aren't going to use threads like this anymore, don't just close them, but delete them completely. Or at LEAST provide a link to the "new system" where you mention a "new system". There are loads and loads of obsolete threads like that one, which just clutter up he forum, confuse, and annoy.

The way you talk to people who do not agree with you is, in lack of a word that wouldn't be interpreted as provocative, degrading.

I do sometimes get the impression that I'm speaking Chinese to some people, but after re-reading my posts and reading the posts of people who don't seem to understand anything I say, it becomes clear that problem does not come from a language barrier on my side.

I believe your English may not only be a problem for making yourself understood, but also for understanding what I said. That and that you also don't seem to think about the implications and the larger context of what I say, only about small parts of the post that caught your attention or that you understood while not understanding other parts.

If you find that too difficult after reading it only one time, try reading it several times before answering. Once you've done that, I'll be happy to address any remaining comments and questions point by point.

As a helper, I'd like to borrow the phrase of a great american thinker, and point out that the proposed solution is for the game mechanics and community that we have, not for the game mechanics and community that we wish for.

p.s: This reminds me... how are your infinitesimally superior and more elaborate plans for a 3D Sirius coming along? It's already mid-march. You can answer that in a more appropriate thread.

You treat people who agree with you quite differently.

I support most of it, and could live with all of it.

Finally some people who know how to read.

You hold your written word in very high regard. You insist that people pour over the pages and pages of material you write and then criticise them for not doing so whether they read it or not. You talk about your threads like they should be at the top of the priority list and bring them up at every given opportunity.

You left out the part where they already got a bug free help system from someone else before.

Sounds good. Also finally do this please.

Why was Gallia put into a separate sector map?

No seriously... why?

And why was this prioritized over other things?

How much longer will the admins need to discuss this internally?

Maybe an admin would like to tell me why they aren't answering?

So rules below have been re-ordered, merged, and reworded to make them shorter and easier grasp. They are compact enough to put identical version on the forum and into and two infocards (One with rules 1-3 and the other 4-7) in the ingame Help System.

But still you manage to not see it as such. Because 1 more rule. (after I already reduced the number of words in the rules from 4510 to 2645 btw)

Then you pit yourself against everyone if you so much as whiff a contrasting opinion. Some would say you have a messiah complex and you believe you are here to fix all the problems of Discovery. This is made believable still when you regard a proudly displayed memento in your signature.

Except the truth is that aspects of the mod develop as a conglomeration of ideas, not just one.

Report me, sanction me, or unload that passive aggressive autocannon we've all become acquainted with. I've tried to put this together in a civilised manner. But quite frankly, i'm not all to concerned with how it may be received. Because as i'm sure you'll agree, EVERYONE should be held to account for their actions.

So give the admins, and the devs, and the rest of us, a break.

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