Goonhub
10-20-2017, 11:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-20-2017, 11:35 AM by Roomba. Edited 2 times in total.)
Since the point apparently requires clarification (even though a couple of other players seem to grasp it without issue), I suppose I should elaborate. Feel free to other thread this if you like, but until that other thread is a thing I’ll continue the conversation here.
Mordent, it’s visibly clear to all that you thoroughly detest the...easygoing, low-RP playstyle of LLJK2 and would prefer if it played more like server #1. This is fine, to each their own. However, this perspective tends to color your every interaction with the playerbase. Just scroll up a little - even your ‘no, really, I like this game, you guys’ post ends with ‘I just happen to hate every last one of you shitheads playing it’.
This in itself is fine, to each their own. However, when you carry this attitude over into the game, you’re not speaking as a regular player, you’re speaking as an admin, a dude who can drop gibsharks on people whenever they feel like it. At that point, you’ve switched from policing actual rules to policing unspoken ones, and that makes people unhappy because in addition to the fact that that’s just trouble in and of itself, everyone knows that our standard unspoken rules tend to differ from your ideal ones.
Do you really think that going ‘Ugh, I hate you all and I hate the way you play’ is going to make people go ‘hmm, that Mordent guy makes some good points, I should probably re-evaluate my playstyle’? It just creates bad feelings all round.
That’s what my honest question was trying to get at. You don’t have to like the players, you don’t have to like the server. Just refrain from going ‘as an admin, I hate all of you’, and if that’s something you can’t do because watching rounds go by physically enrages you to the point where you’re unable to refrain from commentary, then it might be time to take a little break. It’s something I’d advise any player who was visibly not enjoying this game as much as you, and something I’ve often had to carry out myself to prevent myself from doing something I’d regret in game.
Mordent, it’s visibly clear to all that you thoroughly detest the...easygoing, low-RP playstyle of LLJK2 and would prefer if it played more like server #1. This is fine, to each their own. However, this perspective tends to color your every interaction with the playerbase. Just scroll up a little - even your ‘no, really, I like this game, you guys’ post ends with ‘I just happen to hate every last one of you shitheads playing it’.
This in itself is fine, to each their own. However, when you carry this attitude over into the game, you’re not speaking as a regular player, you’re speaking as an admin, a dude who can drop gibsharks on people whenever they feel like it. At that point, you’ve switched from policing actual rules to policing unspoken ones, and that makes people unhappy because in addition to the fact that that’s just trouble in and of itself, everyone knows that our standard unspoken rules tend to differ from your ideal ones.
Do you really think that going ‘Ugh, I hate you all and I hate the way you play’ is going to make people go ‘hmm, that Mordent guy makes some good points, I should probably re-evaluate my playstyle’? It just creates bad feelings all round.
That’s what my honest question was trying to get at. You don’t have to like the players, you don’t have to like the server. Just refrain from going ‘as an admin, I hate all of you’, and if that’s something you can’t do because watching rounds go by physically enrages you to the point where you’re unable to refrain from commentary, then it might be time to take a little break. It’s something I’d advise any player who was visibly not enjoying this game as much as you, and something I’ve often had to carry out myself to prevent myself from doing something I’d regret in game.