Olive branch! A truce?
javajnkie
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Members of my guild and members of another guild seem to have an ongoing "thing" happening here, with an animosity that is over the top. Yet, I think that if we all met in person, most of us would get along. There would be no name-calling or fist fights, because in real life, rational adults don't behave that way towards virtual strangers.
On behalf of the DTP leadership, @walker_say_what and I would like to take up this tiny bit of space to call a truce. To my guild-mates and my fellow NML community members: when we read a post by someone we may have had words with in the past, let's try to assume the best. If something in what they said sounds like a vague flame, or you suspect someone is trying to draw you into an argument, I urge you to pause before responding. Communication here leaves out the nuances that come with word inflection and we don't yet have a font that communicates voice tone and body language, so if there's any possibility it wasn't an attack, go with the best assumption first and respond as though no affront was intended. Worst case scenario: you were trolled and the post makes you angry—just ignore it.
Can't we all just get along?
Peace.
(Tagging a few people. Totally randomly, of course.
)
@WeekOne
@Bill_ZRT
@bladgier
@Top8dog
@Sekushi
@Amazayn
On behalf of the DTP leadership, @walker_say_what and I would like to take up this tiny bit of space to call a truce. To my guild-mates and my fellow NML community members: when we read a post by someone we may have had words with in the past, let's try to assume the best. If something in what they said sounds like a vague flame, or you suspect someone is trying to draw you into an argument, I urge you to pause before responding. Communication here leaves out the nuances that come with word inflection and we don't yet have a font that communicates voice tone and body language, so if there's any possibility it wasn't an attack, go with the best assumption first and respond as though no affront was intended. Worst case scenario: you were trolled and the post makes you angry—just ignore it.
Can't we all just get along?
Peace.
(Tagging a few people. Totally randomly, of course.
)@WeekOne
@Bill_ZRT
@bladgier
@Top8dog
@Sekushi
@Amazayn
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Disturbing the Peace = the answer to the most common question asked by new guild mates.
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Disturbing the Peace = the answer to the most common question asked by new guild mates.
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I completely agree that if we all were to meet in person, we would likely all get along without drama, because we're adults (anyone on the East Coast?). And even if we all didn't get along, there wouldn't be screaming and name-calling. I don't have a problem with anyone based on what team they're on, and I know we have a lot of folks in both DTP and Conquer that feel the same. I can only speak for myself, but I enthusiastically accept your olive branch and hope others will do the same.
But it’s not the better wolf that wins. It’s the one you feed.
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Much love and respect to my fellow gamers
Look, we are all here to kick zombie ass and have some fun, so let's do just that. Competition can be friendly and still be fun. So let's look to the future, drop the hate posts, and enjoy.
P.S.Just make sure Bill and I never meet in person or we may have a rip in the time/space continuum.
I'll be glad if we put the friendly back into "friendly competition". Thanks for accepting the olive branch. We don't have to all like each others' ideas, and we should be free to openly disagree, but we shouldn't turn disagreements about those ideas into personal attacks.
Here's to starting the new year right!
P.s. A ton of us are on the east coast of the US. I'm seriously considering trying to organize some kind of NML meet up on our side of the continent!
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'When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning'
(the English translation I was introduced to).
The original quote in German is more elegant - "Wir alle wollen [beim Spielen] gewinnen, obwohl das Gewinnen selbst äußerst unwichtig ist. Es ist das Ziel, das Anstreben des Ziels, was zählt." This translates more literally to English as "We all thrive to win - even though winning as such is utterly unimportant. It is the objective, the aspiration that counts." Apologies to my German speaking friends if I've butchered this
We should all aspire to this goal - to compete but to never lose sight of the fact that this is a game and the goal of games is to have fun.
As our home-grown heroes Ben + Jerry here in Vermont say:
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You know why.
Perhaps you and I should become mortal enemies and take upon us all the tension there might be among the big guilds?
We would be kind of like Jesus, taking on the sins of the world, only it would be video game rivalry.
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It's on.
I only post on my own thread or reply when someone tags me. So if I ignore any response, it's because I just haven't seen it yet. It's not because I am ignoring any conflict. In any case, we are all here to either do well on outposts, kick butt on challenges, have fun with episodes and missions, or make some friends during our own time....I don't think there is room for hate anywhere.
We already have those things in common, so maybe we should focus on that instead of trying to hurt each other.
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I have been travelling today and just logged on to the forums to find this and you have no idea how happy I am to see this beautiful post. I was planning on reaching out to you all, especially @Amazayn and @Sekushi in hopes of doing exactly this.
How or why it started is not important to me, how we go on from this day forward is the only thing that matter to me.
Having said that, if I hurt anyone's feelings in the last few months, I want to say I am sorry and I sincerely hope you can forgive me and move on.
The Olive Branch is very much welcome here and I accept it with an open heart ❤️
Thank you @javajnkie and @walker_say_what for doing this.
Have a nice evening!
Week One
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Love ❤️ this thread and @javajnkie and others thank you for this! Crazy props.
I'm the youngest of three. I know for a fact that the middle child instigates all arguments. You're not fooling me.
As the kid sandwiched between two brothers, I know for a fact that the baby blames the middle child for everything because they think they're too cute to get in trouble. And annoyingly, they're usually right.
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Catch a stooge by the toe.
If he haters, let him go,
And got nothin to show.
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