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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 120269" data-attributes="member: 707">I don't usually butt-into other peoples' arguments, and I won't here either except for this single post.I've been reading this board religiously for the last year or so.&nbsp; I've never seen Caliban say he was infallible.&nbsp; I rarely even see him state as much as he has here (that he knows the rules very well and seldom makes a mistake.)I have seen a growing trent for people to treat Caliban akin to how they treat the Sage.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it started after several posters started making him out to be &quot;better than the Sage&quot; and calling him in posts to &quot;resolve the issue.&quot;&nbsp; People now occasionally get some kind of thrill pointing out one of his mistakes, like it's a notch in their belt.I don't think saying the equivalent of &quot;haha, I like pointing out when you're wrong&quot; can be justified by &quot;get a thicker skin.&quot;&nbsp; The guy doesn't appreciate being singled-out and having people make a big deal about his mistakes.&nbsp; He'd like to be given the same courtesy everyone else is given when they get a rule wrong.&nbsp; Namely, &quot;no problem, glad to help out, let's move on.&quot;I don't think anyone in this thread was being mean-spirited or un-friendly in any way.&nbsp; Sometimes, one nice guy's joke simply won't be funny to a different nice guy.&nbsp; But Caliban didn't like what happened, and he has a right to that feeling.&nbsp; Rather than belittling it by saying, &quot;I didn't do anything wrong, don't take things so seriously!&quot; why don't we just say, &quot;sorry, didn't mean to say the wrong thing, I'll try not to single you out so much in the future.&quot;Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter.&nbsp; Now, I'll return to my usual policy and butt-out. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 120269, member: 707"] I don't usually butt-into other peoples' arguments, and I won't here either except for this single post. I've been reading this board religiously for the last year or so. I've never seen Caliban say he was infallible. I rarely even see him state as much as he has here (that he knows the rules very well and seldom makes a mistake.) I [i]have[/i] seen a growing trent for people to treat Caliban akin to how they treat the Sage. I think it started after several posters started making him out to be "better than the Sage" and calling him in posts to "resolve the issue." People now occasionally get some kind of thrill pointing out one of his mistakes, like it's a notch in their belt. I don't think saying the equivalent of "haha, I like pointing out when you're wrong" can be justified by "get a thicker skin." The guy doesn't appreciate being singled-out and having people make a big deal about his mistakes. He'd like to be given the same courtesy everyone else is given when they get a rule wrong. Namely, "no problem, glad to help out, let's move on." I don't think anyone in this thread was being mean-spirited or un-friendly in any way. Sometimes, one nice guy's joke simply won't be funny to a different nice guy. But Caliban didn't like what happened, and he has a right to that feeling. Rather than belittling it by saying, "I didn't do anything wrong, don't take things so seriously!" why don't we just say, "sorry, didn't mean to say the wrong thing, I'll try not to single you out so much in the future." Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter. Now, I'll return to my usual policy and butt-out. :) [/QUOTE]

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