HukHukHuk, server #2, about 6:30am GMT+10, 18th of September

[Winterous]

Did you seriously just compare you getting yelled at for rules lawyering to racism.

You're misrepresenting what I said, or maybe I miscommunicated what I meant.
I said "I am rules lawyering" with the intention of meaning that, to you it would be rules lawyering, but to ME it's simply the way I think; I think in technicalities and sometimes overlook implied meaning that would be obvious to most people.

I compared it to racism in that this is an innate thing, something that I can't control, and the post I was quoting at the time was saying quite awful things about my character based upon an accusation of trying to find a loophole. To me it's not finding a loophole, it's part of the process of understanding, and THAT is the basis on which I compared it to racism. Perhaps it was too extreme a comparison, but having never been the subject of racism it made me feel how I imagine racial attacks would; vulnerable and treated unfairly.

You're right though, I have overlooked some things and misunderstood the "spirit" of the rules, and I apologise for my failure in that regard; I was genuinely not trying to grief and then weasel my way out of it, it was largely just a failure to examine the rules extensively and come to the right conclusion.
That is my personal failure, and I accept responsibility for it; I do not use my differences as an excuse, and I was somewhat offended when (at least it's how I interpreted it) BlackPhoenix implied that I was using it as an excuse.


And in my previous post, Readster's comment made me realise that, regardless of technicality, what I did was against the spirit of the game; I lost sight of that in the moment and I am sorry, I have learned from this situation and I will strive to do better in the future.
I cannot promise that I will not make similar mistakes, but I can promise that I will try.
Please believe me when I say I have nothing but the best intentions for this community, normally I try in my own ham-fisted way to improve the experience for those I interact with.

And please, most importantly of all, please try and clarify on the Laws wiki page a few examples of what constitutes harm, because I would hate for others like myself to fall into this same trap.


Fuck like all of my posts in this thread have been super long.