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^ThatIn post 46, Who wrote:Interesting shift in the tone of the flavor. Last year the administration was putting shock collars on everyone and fighting off angry mobs of regular users, this year they're saving the users from the banned people. Is this possibly an attempt at pro-administration propaganda?
K so I'm sincerely trying not to drama monger here. I really am. I read through scummies flavor an I was excited to see my name in it. I was a little confused and stuff because my one line didn't make sense. But then I saw Who's post and it all clicked.
So I do recognize that this was supposed to a joke, but I feel like this was very, very poorly done. As this was an administration sponsored sort of thing, I feel like there definitely should have been standards out in place. If y'all were going to make this into a mocking if certain players, then at the very least you should have gotten consent to do so. As it is, you're mocking a part of your player base for things in some cases several months old and long since past relevance. For me, at least, this creates a highly unwelcome atmosphere, especially since these 'jokes,' again, are coming from the administration.
I recognize that there's absolutely nothing I can do to change this at all, but I wanted to voice my issues and concerns because I feel like this was something that really shouldn't happen. Like, as a member of the site, I don't feel like I should have to ask the administration not to make fun of me in an admin-sponsored setting.ShowSeven Deadly Sins. Six thrilling chapters. One epic adventure.
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I agree with this. I think that while it can be incredibly easy to make jokes at another's expense (I've done it plenty of times), and while some people would just not care about it, I think there are a large number of people (myself included) who could be affected by it. So I think it would be really nice to avoid things like that.Last edited by DeasVail on Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.- Xalxe
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...oh lord
I wasn't involved in writing this year, too many other things on my plate plus my writing is shit, but the members of the Writing usergroup are listed here. I can't speak to who took the lead (though I suspect the answer is Reck/Faraday), but this isn't an administration-guided thing. In fact, mith was away for literally the entire thing."I, too, would prefer to know the Xalxe of my demise." - Felissan, 2022
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I won't mind being made fun of if it's mafia (playstyle) jokes only."It hurts to have control over anything. I'd rather be a leaf in the wind."
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All of the user-joke flavor was mine. You can take it up with me, though I prefer via PM.In post 51, Lord Mhork wrote:
^ThatIn post 46, Who wrote:Interesting shift in the tone of the flavor. Last year the administration was putting shock collars on everyone and fighting off angry mobs of regular users, this year they're saving the users from the banned people. Is this possibly an attempt at pro-administration propaganda?
K so I'm sincerely trying not to drama monger here. I really am. I read through scummies flavor an I was excited to see my name in it. I was a little confused and stuff because my one line didn't make sense. But then I saw Who's post and it all clicked.
So I do recognize that this was supposed to a joke, but I feel like this was very, very poorly done. As this was an administration sponsored sort of thing, I feel like there definitely should have been standards out in place. If y'all were going to make this into a mocking if certain players, then at the very least you should have gotten consent to do so. As it is, you're mocking a part of your player base for things in some cases several months old and long since past relevance. For me, at least, this creates a highly unwelcome atmosphere, especially since these 'jokes,' again, are coming from the administration.
I recognize that there's absolutely nothing I can do to change this at all, but I wanted to voice my issues and concerns because I feel like this was something that really shouldn't happen. Like, as a member of the site, I don't feel like I should have to ask the administration not to make fun of me in an admin-sponsored setting.Retired as of October 2014.- TheIrishPope
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Wait i dont understand my joke- borkjerfkin
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Looks like "I agree with Yosarian2" is a big thing, especially with the "5 years ago" demographic which is so prevalent on this site, and of which youIn post 57, TheIrishPope wrote:Wait i dont understand my jokealmostcouldnearlybe a member of, if you had been around well before you joined.
Or something.no.- Mr. Flay
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PM Buttons.In post 58, borkjerfkin wrote:Is someone able to get orcinus_theoriginal his enjoyable game award? He was in xenoblade and I think I deleted his name from the roster (instead of just the living player count) when he died.
You're not on the map. I stopped trawling the forum posts for tidbits after a while. Forgot about the Aussies thread.In post 23, xtopherusD wrote:Can't help but notice i didn't get any screen ti-
Hey, I'll take it!In post 13, Scummies wrote:the other AussiesRetired as of October 2014.- xRECKONERx
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The banned jokes and the lines written about anyone on the island segments were pregenerated then filled in randomly with usernames (Flay used a general algorithm to determine the top fifty current players). So like literally no jokes were targeted at anyone and the only distinguishing factor was where a username would be plugged in was "top 50 current user" or "banned user"
I literally cannot comprehend what people are finding offensivegreen shirt thursdays- Generic
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Cmon, this can't have been just a random fill with a usernameIn post 11, Scummies wrote:Ms Marangal: Anybody want to hydra?- Jake from State Farm
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Reck is using 'random' in the sense of 'not written with somebody in mind', not that a computer did the picking for us. Certain jokes required a certain class of user: "I need somebody from NC", "I need somebody with a loud playstyle", etc.In post 65, Wisdom wrote:
Cmon, this can't have been just a random fill with a usernameIn post 11, Scummies wrote:Ms Marangal: Anybody want to hydra?Retired as of October 2014.- quadz08
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Congrats! And thanks to all the people who made the ceremony happen. It was a good read!- Venmar
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