Serpenteye
First Post
I'm astounded... A little bit angry and a little bit sad, but for some strange reason I'm actually mostly amused by all that has happened in the IR these past few hours. It's funny, the way watching "Jaws II" or "Apocalypse" or "Rambo VI" is funny. Because it's so damn silly.
That's my first reaction.
My second reaction is; What the hell do I do now? This mess has to be cleaned up and it's not likely to do it by itself. I overestimated some of you when I believed that we had managed to resolve the issue about the Ethergaunts in a satisfactory manner, before it blew up the last thread in my absence. I hoped you would let the matter lie, because that's what I had told you to do. I hoped you would be able to conduct yourself like mature civilized, sane, human beings. But I was wrong. Most of you need not feel targeted by this.
Maybe the fault is mine. I could certainly have handled things differently, but I was working under a faulty assumption all along. I believed I was dealing with adults, if not always adults in age than at least adults in terms of emotional development. You have all impressed me with your intelligence, your creativity and your skill in writing, you had me fooled. Congratulations.
Ok, now I'm getting upset, now I'm the one letting rhetorics take me too far. It's easy to get carried away, so perhaps I shouldn't judge. The fact is, I'm a hypochrite, I'm immature and I'm far too fond of arguments for their own sake. The fact is, I don't want any of you to leave. I want to give my forgiveness and ask for yours in turn. You have all impressed me, and I don't want to lose any of you.
Forsaken One. I understand why you got upset, having your faction questioned and criticized from so many directions. But your reaction was extreme. I had given my approval of your Ethergaunts, I had given you my assurances. You had no reason to feel threatened by their attacks. But you still blew up and got very personal in your counter-attack. I know you well enough to know that this was neither the first or the last time your temper got the best of you. But I also know you well enough to know that you're an awesome player of an IR. Please, don't make me drop you from the game. Try to keep calm in the future, and if you're provoked let me take care of it.
James Heard. I don't know what you wrote or how you replied to Forsaken Ones vitriol, except for your tragic choice of leaving the game. I knew you were concerned, extremely concerned, about both Forsaken Ones faction and the way it seemed the game was developing. You had no reason to believe me when I asked for you to trust in my abilities, and I saw exactly how fiercely Forsaken One answered your criticism. I won't ask you for an explanation, because there's no reason for one now. I won't ask you to stay in the game right now, because you have no reason to trust me. But I do ask you to stick armound, see what happens, and perhaps join in again when the situation has changed. And I humbly request permission to use both your map and your written material in the game.
Everyone else, thanks for putting up with my shoddy rulings and charmless personality. Thank you for staying even when the discussion gets ugly. Thank you all for your contributions and for making the mere preparation-threads to this game far longer and more interesting than most of the pbp-games out there
. I love you all.
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