Somber reflection on years past

I’m going to press the quote button and pretend I would have said the same had I thought about it.

RPGClassics is like a school class: Every now and them someone cries out, half an hour afterwards everyone has forgotten what was said. Since this a forum, I’ll give this a week though.

<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> I agree with you, except for the whole Cala thing, which I still think was justified even if it was a bit harsh. But meh.

Originally posted by MegamanX2K
So, to recap. We, as a people, I think we’ve allowed ourselves to let several episodes ruin our faith in each other, or at least our attitudes in general.

An excellent point, this has not been a good Summer for RPGC (I don’t know exactly when this down turn started so I’ll refer to it as the summer), lately though I’ve begun to notice an upturn in the pleasantness of the forums however slight. Newbie bashing is still a problem, but the apocalyptic flamefests X reffered to are no longer as common. Instead of dwelling endlessly on how much better things were in the good old days and how this is the end of the agora; instead of pointing the finger at a handful of people for causing the problems why don’t we all just try to improve the forums as best we can and make. As Charlemagne said, let’s just start over.

What part about me? The politics thing? 'cause X didn’t say anything bad about me (that I picked up).

<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> Your opinion thread.

Okay…you brought up and summarized a lot of issues here very nicely, most of which I am compeltely unfamiliar with as I was internet-less for 2 and a half months this summer…but I’m missing your overall point here. Do you want us to change or something? Or move on? I just don’t see what you’re getting at with all of this stuff here.

Oh, that. Yea. I still regret doing it, although I think longterm it’s better for me and all of you here.

<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> Uh, I think you’re missing the point here. You just jumped on a trend, that’s all. But a big thing was made out of a few posts in there, and X got on people’s cases, and there was generally a lot of crap being flung at those people, which I don’t agree with, since they were stating their opinion which you asked for. But let’s not turn this whole thread into a discussion about this issue, people can look it up, and there are PMs.

Originally posted by MegamanX2K
It also started a somewhat sad trend of people defending their actions by claiming they’re just “telling it like it is” or something equivalent.

Yea, I missed the point… ><

I hate people who say “c’mon, somebody had to do it” for a reason to say something stupid. No, you didn’t have to do it, you wanted to and are using that as a fucking idiotic excuse.

Originally posted by Tenchimaru Draconis
<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”>But let’s not turn this whole thread into a discussion about this issue, people can look it up, and there are PMs.

Hey, you’re the one who started saying that it was justified, so don’t complain :stuck_out_tongue:

<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> Man fool, if I wanted your opinion I’d beat it out of you. And I made 3 posts about it, derailing imminent, so I’m TRYING to stop it from that fate :stuck_out_tongue:

Mmm. Nice, nice, X. Now I can really see ya changed over the years, too. Got my props, here.

And I can pretty much resume it in a few words.

Chill the freakin’ hell out. Stop the melodrama, mature up a bit.

I think that’s about it.

Heh, this thread is hilarious. It’s funny how much of an actual community this is. Really, it is.

And this is why X is my favorite person around here at the moment.

Some of you might recall that I left for a while in May/June; those I talked to know it was because I wanted to focus on my real life relationships. When I came back… honestly enough, it was because those rl relationships tanked. Horribly. The only person I talk to (willingly) is TGD. I came back because my biggest fear is going through life friendless. Yeah, I have TGD, but… I don’t know. It’s just not enough for me. Hard to explain. But you guys are the only people I have anymore… and seeing the crap that’s been going on lately just… yeah. Makes me mad, then sad, then lonely when I try to find something else to do and can’t.

Don’t really know what that story has to do with anything posted here… except… I want stuff to get better too.

Will all of the people change? No. Will half of the people change? I doubt it. Will an 8th of the people change. Probably not. Will some of the people change? I’m optimistic.

Ripooooooff!

Why do people just go with the “trends”. That wasnt the reason I replied to this post. I replied because I beleive that what X said was true. That some people take crap a little too far without knowing. I have done it a couple of times, it sucks. But people forgive and forget and that is what is cool about the forum.

Originally posted by RoguePaladinTrian
[b]wipes a tear from his eye*

*not really

It’s the same thing as “A crusade is meaningless when everyone has one.” Brutal honesty is refreshing in an atmosphere of deception, but when everyone’s being brutally honest…by that time there’s no need for the “brutal” part.

Good on 'yer, X. [/b]