Introduction
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As many of you know, I enjoy writing lengthy posts on issues I feel need to be addressed. This thread is directed at the Xenogamers community as a whole. Included within are the flaws of Xenogamers, what I think needs to be done, and lots more.
This isn't a thread where all I do is complain about how this community is terrible. No, this is a well thought out essay fueled by my thoughts and previous experiences in xG.
Part I
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In this part, I explain how I feel about the community and what I think needs to be improved in general.
The Community
Sub-Categories included
- Judgement
- Emotions
So let's start off with the community. At this very moment, I'm almost positive that someone is whining about the admins. They probably got freekilled by accident and are spamming admin chat with things such as "Oh em gee, this guy just freekilled me!!!111 Do something about it you badmins!"
Okay, let me put this bluntly. If you get freekilled, all you have to do is use admin chat once or twice and explain your situation. I've said this before and I'll say it again, it may not look like we're doing anything about it but we are. Next, if you complain that there are people in Xenogamers that can do a better job than our current admins, consider joining another community. Admins and moderators already go through enough things throughout the day, we don't want to look at poorly structured sentences that do nothing but whine.
Sub-Category I
Judgement
This part is mainly for the admins and moderators.
Warning: If you get offended easily or can not take constructive criticism, I recommend you don't read this.
Now that I've put that warning out there, let me start off by saying the majority of the judgement I've seen thus far in our admins has been poor. Why, you might ask?
Admins let their emotions get in the way of doing their job. This leads me to my second sub-category, emotions.
Sub-Category II
Emotions
To begin this part, I would like to provide a real example of emotions getting in the way of an admin doing their job. I really didn't want to call anyone out while making this but I've decided it's necessary. If what I'm about to say gets me in trouble, oh well.
Example number one: Recently, Mullin has been put on probation for possibly the oddest reason. For those of you that don't know why, it was a warday and he was running around the tunnel in Surf/Climb that leads to the outside area of Ski. He most likely had his guns holstered and was going to wait for an opportunity to shoot the CTs that were camping outside. However, he had his knife out at the moment and some CTs saw him and he told them that they can't shoot him until he has a gun out or he steps out the tunnel, which is correct. What happened next was that Duckii slayed him for not participating, which is unjustified.
I've seen many admins on at the same time witnessing Terrorists who think it's funny to stand near an exit with their knife out screaming "You can't kill me!" What have these admins done about it? Nothing.
So, to continue my example, Mullin thinks that what Duckii did was uncalled for and all Duckii did was disregard anything he said. Shortly after, jailbreak crashes and so both Duckii and Mullin go on minigames. Mullin continues the argument, calling Duckii out for abuse. Duckii first warned him to stop but Mullin continued. Duckii then kicked him but Mullin came back and continued and so Duckii permanently banned him.
Why? Why would you permanently ban him for calling you out? You didn't want him to prove you wrong and so you ignored anything he said which evidently lead to his ban. Plus, you permanently banned him for THIS? I think a day ban would have been a lot more reasonable.
Aegean, I also want to confront you about something. I would like to thank you for unbanning Mullin. However, you decided to put him on probation. Why? For arguing with Duckii? That's really, really dumb.
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Part II
In this part, I further evaluate this community with more sub-topics.
The Community
Sub-Categories Included
Opinions & Constructive Criticism
Freedom of Speech
Alright, so apparently many of you guys don't understand the difference between an opinion and constructive criticism.
Let me define both for you, shall I?
An opinion is a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Constructive criticism is criticism or advice that is useful and intended to help or improve something, often with an offer of possible solutions.
Do you see what I bolded? One isn't based on facts or knowledge while the other is and it helps to improve something.
Now, let's take a look at an example of an opinion and constructive criticism.
Example I (Opinion): I think that this clan sucks.
Example II (CC)): This clan has many faults. To start it off, this person needs to improve on this based on this.
So explain to me why I'll get in trouble if I criticize other people. I hate to call Duckii out again but whatever.
On the thread 'Merry Christmas everyone!' made by Duckiijr, I told him that Otherworldy made the same exact thread a few hours before he did and therefore he should use that thread. Everyone pretty much jumped me saying stupid things like "Wow trif your an @sshole"
Any who, Duckii said "Continue with this and problem will occur
Ignore what you don't wanna see and just skip what is posted. You don't have to post anything and let the day go by. It's your decision what you post and what is to happen , the criticizing is caused by what you have done and posted. To avoid it don't bother posting.
Good day sir."
Okay, so you're basically telling me to stop posting, all in all. You assume that my feelings get hurt when other people criticize my actions. How wrong you are, really. I honestly don't have a problem with other people criticizing me as long as they can back up their argument with facts. Also, that good day sir at the very end just proves how immature you really are.
Sub-Category II
Freedom of Speech
Why does this clan refuse to let anyone voice their opinion without other people calling them trolls or telling them that their opinion is wrong?
First of all, understand what a troll is.
A troll is anyone that purposely flames other people for a reaction or for the lulz.
Just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion doesn't make them a troll. For example, that retarded BF3 vs MW3 debate.
One person will argue that BF3 is better because of its graphics while the other person will argue that MW3 is better because it's more fast paced.
Neither side will win because everyone has this thing called an OPINION.
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Conclusion
In order for this community to continue to thrive, some things need to be taken care of. Stop worrying about the little things in this clan and focus more on what's important.
