I'm Walkren Out the Door
Feb 8, 2017 16:22:52 GMT -5
Ichiro Tsubaki, Rania Fujikagi, and 4 more like this
Post by Walkren Dekharr on Feb 8, 2017 16:22:52 GMT -5
Alright. Hello, BG. I’m not one to interject on these things normally. Forum drama has never been my cup of tea. This will be my one and only contribution on the forum to this discussion on ‘Transparency’, I’ve talked to death about it with a majority of the player base on Discord and, quite frankly, I’m tired of it. I’m tired of the drama and I’m tired of the circles that people seem to fall into. I thought, with Takua and Kireon stepping in (and Calendrea saying a lot of really good things), things might get resolved and that would be an end to it. I'm super late to the party, but I’ll give my thoughts on it then go, just bear with me.
Let me get one thing straight first: This isn’t about Kyou’s Quincy. This isn’t about him not getting banned. This isn’t about some OOC metagaming bullshit. Get that out of your heads or this place is just going to keep doing the same thing it does, over and over again. There is plenty to say on each of those subjects, but that isn’t what we should be focusing on.
Shun and Tokiyo said something that got me thinking in the first Transparency thread, about the history of BG and how most of us don’t know it. It’s true, many of us that are leaving haven’t been here more than a year. So, I did some digging. I trudged through piles of dusty threads that had been shuffled off into the dark recesses of the site. Things hidden away and forgotten.
I won’t linger too long on this. What I found is that BG is cyclical. New members come in. Bright eyed and bushy tailed prospects that have actual talent. They are greeted at the door by the same pillars of the site that have been around since the dawn of time, people who’ve been around for ages. Life proceeds until one day some such thing happens and these bright eyed fellows become jaded from the drama. Again and again something happens that makes them distrust the veterans here or the staff that are suppose to protect them. Until eventually, they leave and all that remains are the vets and a few blind few, plus any unlucky newbies. And it starts all over again.
I heard the term ‘the cycle’ recently when referencing the volatile drama that BG seems to have over and over. I didn’t believe it at first. But BG has a bigger problem than just changing the code of conduct or implementing a system to punish people. I don’t really want to point a finger at any one single thing, because I think it’s a multitude of things. I also think it can’t be changed. Not without a lot of work. Work that, many of the people here are not willing to do. Tokiyo inherited a broken system that had been mismanaged and driven into the ground.
I’ll say straight up I’m not the staff member for the job. I barely have personal time with BG and my own work taking up the rest of it. Writing becomes a chore when you join staff as well. It drains you when you have to deal with requests or applications or any other little thing that crops up. I’m not one to talk, only having been on staff for a few months, but I still feel the pain. I know what it’s like on the other side of the curtain and it’s hard.
People keep saying STAFF DO YOUR JOB. Guys, they came here to roleplay and have fun, just like us. BG makes it tough because of how the system has been set up. There is a lot of work that staff has to do. Want a milestone? We have to read each of your threads and judge unbiased if you deserve the GP you asked for or not. A mastery? A second power? It takes a lot of work. On top of wanting to write and wanting to have some semblance of fun? No wonder this place has gone to shit with all the work they have to do. Especially with staff dwindling down to almost no one.
It’s all fucked.
We’re all on the same side. We just want to write stupid weeby ghost anime bullshit. Stop pointing fingers and fix the kernel of the problem. Or nothing will ever change.
And like I said, I’m not the staff member for the job. I’m a pretty shit staff member to begin with. We all are besides Tokiyo. None of us really stepped up to help him with this travesty and I really do apologize. I also apologize to everyone else, anyone I had plans with or thought I might be able to thread with them. I don’t want to be here. My ‘muse’ has fallen completely off the map, and, with everyone else leaving, I fucking feel like joining them. After digging through the archives, I really don’t want to stick around in a place where stuff goes unpunished. And I’m not really wanting to stick around and hope that it changes for the better.
I’ll be finishing up my threads if people want me to, help with any staff training that is needed, and then I’ll be making an exit stage right. BG is a hobby and it’s gotten a bit too serious for me.
Let me get one thing straight first: This isn’t about Kyou’s Quincy. This isn’t about him not getting banned. This isn’t about some OOC metagaming bullshit. Get that out of your heads or this place is just going to keep doing the same thing it does, over and over again. There is plenty to say on each of those subjects, but that isn’t what we should be focusing on.
Shun and Tokiyo said something that got me thinking in the first Transparency thread, about the history of BG and how most of us don’t know it. It’s true, many of us that are leaving haven’t been here more than a year. So, I did some digging. I trudged through piles of dusty threads that had been shuffled off into the dark recesses of the site. Things hidden away and forgotten.
I won’t linger too long on this. What I found is that BG is cyclical. New members come in. Bright eyed and bushy tailed prospects that have actual talent. They are greeted at the door by the same pillars of the site that have been around since the dawn of time, people who’ve been around for ages. Life proceeds until one day some such thing happens and these bright eyed fellows become jaded from the drama. Again and again something happens that makes them distrust the veterans here or the staff that are suppose to protect them. Until eventually, they leave and all that remains are the vets and a few blind few, plus any unlucky newbies. And it starts all over again.
I heard the term ‘the cycle’ recently when referencing the volatile drama that BG seems to have over and over. I didn’t believe it at first. But BG has a bigger problem than just changing the code of conduct or implementing a system to punish people. I don’t really want to point a finger at any one single thing, because I think it’s a multitude of things. I also think it can’t be changed. Not without a lot of work. Work that, many of the people here are not willing to do. Tokiyo inherited a broken system that had been mismanaged and driven into the ground.
I’ll say straight up I’m not the staff member for the job. I barely have personal time with BG and my own work taking up the rest of it. Writing becomes a chore when you join staff as well. It drains you when you have to deal with requests or applications or any other little thing that crops up. I’m not one to talk, only having been on staff for a few months, but I still feel the pain. I know what it’s like on the other side of the curtain and it’s hard.
People keep saying STAFF DO YOUR JOB. Guys, they came here to roleplay and have fun, just like us. BG makes it tough because of how the system has been set up. There is a lot of work that staff has to do. Want a milestone? We have to read each of your threads and judge unbiased if you deserve the GP you asked for or not. A mastery? A second power? It takes a lot of work. On top of wanting to write and wanting to have some semblance of fun? No wonder this place has gone to shit with all the work they have to do. Especially with staff dwindling down to almost no one.
It’s all fucked.
We’re all on the same side. We just want to write stupid weeby ghost anime bullshit. Stop pointing fingers and fix the kernel of the problem. Or nothing will ever change.
And like I said, I’m not the staff member for the job. I’m a pretty shit staff member to begin with. We all are besides Tokiyo. None of us really stepped up to help him with this travesty and I really do apologize. I also apologize to everyone else, anyone I had plans with or thought I might be able to thread with them. I don’t want to be here. My ‘muse’ has fallen completely off the map, and, with everyone else leaving, I fucking feel like joining them. After digging through the archives, I really don’t want to stick around in a place where stuff goes unpunished. And I’m not really wanting to stick around and hope that it changes for the better.
I’ll be finishing up my threads if people want me to, help with any staff training that is needed, and then I’ll be making an exit stage right. BG is a hobby and it’s gotten a bit too serious for me.
