(07-25-2018, 07:57 AM)Kazinsal Wrote: And the 20 minute screaming, abusive tirade our leader endured on Discord OORPly from one of the people flying those three titans claiming that we're the cancer killing the server because we have real lives and those real lives take precedence over a stupid home system raid, that's more interesting than the things we had to do?
Nah, sorry mate, that's not how this works anymore. We're not all a bunch of teenagers with no lives anymore. We have real lives now. We have things to deal with sometimes, and I apologize for that.
Before I say anything else that I want to be very, very clear that no 20 minute abusive tirade from me occurred at all. I did overreact because yes, I was pretty upset that we took the time out of our day to fly up to Alpha and see what's what, and when I dropped the player list logs in the chat we were essentially told, "this isn't interesting enough to log for" without having ever interacted with those characters, or knowing the people behind them. I felt invalidated, and wronged, and I did lose my temper. I did not go off on anyone for twenty minutes.
It's my personal opinion that I don't think we're at a population level where we can pick or choose what kind of interactions we deem acceptable when that activity is well meaning and within the scope of the rules. None of us had this idea of "hey, let's roll up to Alpha and stomp the 'sairs." It was "hey, let's roll up to Alpha and see what happens."
That said I don't think it's not worth the flame war on the forums, either, looking at you, @McNeo. The server not being able to choose what kind of activity it can afford goes hand in hand with not tearing each other's throats out, and I fucked up for not apologizing sooner when I was angry for under an hour or two. What I'd prefer to see, and encourage, would be that people on both sides log and try to make interactions enjoyable rather than making assumptions about either side. Drawing up stereotypes about "This won't be a meaningful interaction because reason X" or "Let's not bother going to Alpha/Beta/19 because the Outcasts won't log" are both equally detrimental attitudes. At the end of the day, all I want is for myself - and for others - to be given a chance, and for people to choose possibility even with the chance of a bad experience, over impossibility, because the latter can't lead to anything at all.
Is there any chance that we could give that a shot, before assuming the worst about all parties involved?
