I need to get this off my chest...

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Since this thread has seen enough essay-long ranting and rhetoric, I'll just try my best to splay out some cliffnotes that everyone should take heed of.

For those who know me, I'm typically laid back, high-spirited, jovial, energetic, carefree, other ego-stroking adjectives. One of the least abrasive staffers for certain.

However, lately I've been irked, stressed and downtrodden by the state of this site, as well as the overall pisspoor attitude of its members.

• • Have no desire for Group PVP interactions? Don't join a faction. Factions inherently birth enemies for various reasons.
  
  • Don't want your personal goals or storylines interrupted? Stay clear of other players. Cases where you'll be forced to deviate from your plans are bound to happen when other PCs are involved, enemy and ally alike.
  
  • Don't want to risk being challenged for your Artefacts? Don't keep Artefacts. They're rare, valuable assets that other players desperately desire. You will inevitably have to fight to keep them.
  
  • Don't include Artefacts as a primary factor in your personal goals or storylines if they can be taken at any point in time. If you lose them, you're screwed.
  
  • Stop being absurdly dramatic every time things don't pan out your way.
  
  • Stop acting surprised when you have to engage in PvP on a predominantly PvP RPG.
  
  • Stop hysterically bellyaching whenever you lose something, whether it be an item, a battle, an event, reputation, so on.
  
  • Stop treating staff members like they're evil incarnate or somehow out to get you. We're here to help everyone, but we don't fancy helping those who challenge us every turn, or make our otherwise joyful service feel like stressful work. We realize that we have to earn your respect, but so too must you earn ours.
  
  • Most importantly, grow up. Stop acting entitled. Stop acting high and mighty. Stop acting privileged. Stop acting like you know all and anyone who disagrees is wrong. Stop searching for reasons to piss and moan.
  
  • Stop letting your IC persona overflow into OOC, turning you into a pretentious assbutt.
  

If any of this upset you as you read it, well then you're one of the people I'm talking to. You're ruining this incredible site. Fix it. Fix yourself. Then we can all get along, run the game smoothly, and enjoy it for what it's supposed to be.