Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26863727-20160806214841/@comment-26347028-20160808122525

Aramirtheranger wrote: Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Morgoth the first dark lord wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote: You know, Auraestus was pissed last time you did this. It's part of what's making him leave. Now you go and do it again. You know, it's almost as if your aim all along was to tear this Wiki to the ground, hmm? Nope, one can do whatever he wants and i don't see how a stae wars RP wiki can affect a ME rp wiki. I bet that if other people made it you wouldn't say that, would you? It's a wiki dedicated to Star wars while this one is dedicates to LOTR. I don't see a star wars RP board, i don't see star wars characters here, so you? The other is a star wars RP wiki, dedicated to star wars, i see no reason as of bow Auraestus can be affected by a totally different wiki. It's like saying we got insulted because the elder scrolls sandbox made an RP about elder scrolls while we were having an RP about skyrim in Random RP board. It's exactly the same. It won't stay Star Wars for long, as this hasn't stayed Middle Earth for long, hmm? If other people had made it, I would take it for what it would be, something not an offshoot that is clearly taking away members from a Wiki that branches more out into many areas. It would be a coincidence. No less of an annoyance, mind you, but still a coincidence. It's like saying that a Wiki that encompasses many areas has one of those areas taken away and moved elsewhere, for the sake of what exactly? It's certainly nothing like the example you gave, and very much not "exactly the same". It's clearly an attempt to move away, by the members already here, from this Wiki that covers so many areas, to move to what will start out as a specialised one, and soon become exactly as this Wiki is, just under different ownership. And, might I add, far worse ownership. I created it with the intention of allowing sci-fi RPs alone, and that's what it's going to be. I put 'Star Wars" in the title because this wiki has "Middle-Earth" in the title. Just like this wiki should be dedicated to the genre of fantasy. No "random RP" board will ever see the light of day on mine, you have my word on that. If any of my staff adds one anyway, I'll remove it and reprimand them. When is the last time you remember a Middle-Earth RP here last a very long while? The presence of other types of roleplay here distracts from the reason this forum exists in the first place, as individuals are tempted away by other fruits.

If I was slothful in my leadership, it likely would become what you say. But I am not a believer in your ideal of giving warnings with no penalty. You break the law, and you are forced to deal with the consequences. Anything else will lead only to anarchy in the end, as the masses argue ceaselessly over whether or not someone "deserves" the punishment. If a man is found not guilty despite great evidence to the contrary, that is true injustice. This is the Internet. Everything you say on a thread is preserved.

I'd love to hear why you have decided on my incapacity to lead. Apparently you think I am simply power-hungry. That is a big pile of steamy bantha shit. I've essentially devoted my mind and body to proving myself better than your beloved Elves, and their racism. They are indeed, you know, to both Dwarves and Men. Do you want to know my interpretation of the Silmarillion, Avari? 95% propaganda meant to intimidate the humans, 5% the actual facts. Good day. And you believe that somehow the equivalent of creating a board that is specifically harder to reach will make that board more focused? All it will do is annoy people trying to travel in between, and presumably after a while stop some of the less determined ones. Not, however, focusing them. We have separate boards for that reason. All they will do is view that as basically an extension of this, under different jurisdiction, and thus no focus at all is gained. The presence of other RPs than fantasy here drive to create diversity, which creates, in turn, better RPs to grip the players. What will happen to create any form of increased activity will be a placebo there, and it will soon die down again.

If someone treads on your foot, and you can't tell if it was malicious or not, then you tell them not to do it again. On a repeat offence, you give punishment. Unlike you, I don't go around slapping children for treading on my foot. Indeed, things like fines in the law are designed to act as warnings, and points on your driver's licence do the exact same thing. Sometimes, hell, the Law says "give a warning".

Your past record tells me that, clear and bright as day. There are no other reasons other than your façade of "improving activity" and things such as "running away from authority", "grabbing power", and so on. It's simply not true that it would increase activity, and so we are left with the other, less sanctimonious, reasons. Aye, Elves are racist, but they're certainly a fair bit better than any Empire would have them be. If you believe Norse Mythology, you believe the Norse gods help the Norse. If you believe in the Mythology of Eru (because, let's face it, that's what it is), then you believe that the Valar are his minions on Arda. Sure, it may sound silly, but seeing how most people believe it it's not out of the question to put it forth as the leading idea of the time. Since that is so, we cannot really say otherwise. Especially, seeing in Unfinished Tales the ones where the Elves are rediscovered in "later times" on accident by the men, they existed, and they were a hell of a lot more wealthier than everyone. I don't just mean that culturally. While, yes, the whole of the Silmarillion is clearly influenced by the fact it was written by Elves, the whole of the Hobbit is much more clearly influenced by the fact it was written by Hobbits. But I presume you'd take that as fact, wouldn't you, because Elves didn't write it? There's certainly far more truth than you'd be willing to let on. Perhaps, say, 80% true, compared to 60% from the Hobbits. But it sure as hell isn't propaganda. It was written as a history, for the Elves. That's why Bilbo had to translate it to even read it. Because, you know, propaganda is in their own language and they're meant to read it, and it isn't an effort to translate it to even read it, hmm?