The way you are

[chovynz]

I wonder... a little bit of a related sidetrack.

Alot of the forum and ingame "aggressiveness" COULD BE contributed to, because people are unable to take it out ingame. Fours hours is a long time to wait to get back into the system, or to engage again. Fours hours doesn't stop the anger. People get spiteful, sanctiony, jumpy.

Things are not resolved, in this form of "go to your bedroom, you naughty boy, for getting beaten". I know the four hour rule is not the intention of that, but it feels like that many times.

Many PVP servers are fun (to me).
Playing RP is even more fun (to me).

Joe, could you propose to the admins that the 4 hour rule gets dropped for a week and we see what happens? I'd be interested in seeing if it helps defuse some of the forum and ingame aggressiveness or if it encourages it.

My theory is this:

People don't let things go. They get angry. They often stay angry for four hours. They make reports in their anger. There is no valve, no anger release. Then they pass along the anger, with claims of admin bias when things dont go their way. Unresolved anger turns into bitterness and eventually hatred. Those get taken out on forums and ingame, they make it personal. They end up hating the actual person instead of rping appropriately and remaining friends.

We need a valve, since people seem unable to valve themselves. Something needs to change. Just what? I'm not sure. This is one suggestion that might help people be better "than the way they are."

I know the admins try to do their best, but im just wondering...

I don't want the admins to just dismiss this idea either. I'd like them to have a serious debate about changing the four hour rule to something else. Or something. I don't know. "The way people are" is not an easy thing to guide.

During the time I have taken to write this I have seen some more **** on these forums.
STOP WITH THE POINTING FINGERS. It doesnt help anything.

Tic,Enojado

YOU choose what you type. Build people up instead of tearing people down.
Irrespective of what you think of Joe or what happened, he brings up good points.
Look at the points raised, not what the person has done in the past.
If you can't keep your anger in check then get off the computer and go for a walk.

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Seek fun and you shall find it. Seek stuff to Q_Q about and you'll find that, too. I choose to have fun.