Marcato wrote:But that's not what he's talking about, he's talking about something that I supposedly said in the game. What it is I have no idea. I have not said a word about anger or "how leaders deal with problems", nor did you write anything of the kind in the trade thread; now you're just making things up.
He's talking about your temper, something I hav encountered both in game and on the board. And you did say something about how leaders deal with their problems. I told you about your anger, your temper, how you react to people and you responded with how the hell do you think a leader is supposed to act. I further more commented about your anger and how you deal with people who don't understand the rules and you responded with your rhetorical question should I act like nothing is happening then, they aren't following the rules? Clearly you are not understanding me, and your inability to realise that people misunderstand you causes you to go off.
And in the trade thread I said you didn't have to go off like that, I said you could have just explained what GMT was.
The thread started with me wanting the members to tell me when they were available for a trade run. I wanted them to post the time
in GMT, military time. I explained what military time is for those who did not know, and I gave a link to
http://www.worldtimezone.com/, where they explain not only military time, but also what GMT is.
What happened? Two of the three people that answered didn't answer in GMT or military time. That's when I said "forget it, I'm calling it off", because if people can't even follow the very simple instructions on how to give the time (or ask about it, if they're unsure of have any questions, which NOT A SINGLE PERSON DID), how are they supposed to be able to be part of an organised caravan?
First of all, that link you gave said nothing of what GMT was, I looked, I read every word of your post before I posted my response, and you nor that site said "GMT is Greenwich Mean Time. The time at Greenwich, England, which is used as the basis for standard time throughout the world." Second of all, I gave my response in military time, but I included at the end of that Los Angeles time, because I didn't know what GMT was and from the link you gave and you explaining military time, I thought GMT had to do with military time. So did the other poster that gave their time. And what was your response? You overreacted, called the trade off because we "couldn't read or follow directions". Now let me ask you this: If people are posting in military time, but are adding the city that is closest to where they live from the link you gave, what does that tell you about them knowing what GMT is? It might be that they don't know what it is, yet you say that site explains what it is, please, point it out where it defines GMT.
Again, your fault is not being able to realize that some people might not understand something in your posts and your natural reaction to it is to go off on people and accuse them of not reading what you say or following what you say
instead of what most other people would do, which is to explain what the thing people aren't getting is.And in the other thread you are referring to, you said that I took all the fun out of being in a guild because of my "negative comments and demeanor". Well, when I have a problem with someone, I tell them. You didn't. Don't you think that things could perhaps have been handled in a different way if you had just stated your opinion? Because apparently you have been disappointed for a while, and I have not heard a single word about it.
Yeah, because I thought it would change, I didn't think a leader could be that bad all the time. I was wrong, and with that last thread, I voiced my thoughts. And I don't think it could have been handled differently, because as I said in that thread, you aren't open to different opinions, and again, as I told you about your anger, you seemed to equate anger and frustration with leading.
And just what is my "negative demeanor"? I didn't even kick people out of the guild for breaking the rules and boasting about the items they got from their monkeys on the forum. I wanted to discuss it and settle it, but some wouldn't even give me the chance to do that, but just left the guild instead. I even posted a notice that I would personally reimburse anyone who lost an item because of a monkey belonging to a guild member stealing it. How is that being negative? Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier to just kick the people who used monkeys to take other player's items from the guild? Instead, I came up with a temporary solution, but by then, people had already left.
You negative demeanor is this, overreacting, being in a fowl mood, complaining and bitching about something. And when did you want to discuss monkeys? When Devotia tried to defend herself (or himself, not exactly sure) for having a monkey, your response was to belittle her, saying boohoo, all well, you shouldn't drop steal, and that was your whole arguement about monkeys; it's botting and it's drop stealing, both are against the rules. How the hell is that discussing the situation about monkeys? That's you giving your opinion and telling people there is no discussion about it.
No, I don't see you as a bad person. And pickign up gold was never against the rules. I see now that when I changed the rules to allow thieves I forgot that, but the original wording was about ITEMS, not gold. Luring your high lvl NPC thieves to attack a 1-star trader is ALSO a part of the game. Do you think that's okay?
Oh, so picking up gold is OK? Yeah, this is an example of poor leadership and not explaining what you mean. The rule said no dropstealing, that's it. Well WTF does that mean? Can't steal hover over someone's drops waiting the timer to go off? Is it OK to pick up stuff that's in the middle of no where, where no other player is around? All drops? Only gold? Only gear?
I even explained that in the last thread, I told you not to get pissed for not explaining a subjective rule and even more, a rule that's not even clearly defined.
I did talk about it, in our forum. I asked if I should disband the guild, since people obviously didn't care about the rules. The answers I got were "do what you want", "I don't really care what you do" and then people left. Even Kard, who I have always liked, who did nothing wrong, and who was the leader of the guild in my absence, left without any notice at all. By then it was clear to me that no-one actually wanted to create a guild of good players.
Yeah, I gave that response, but you know why I said it? If you read it, which I'm doubting you are sense you keep on bringing up points that I have addressed in that thread, I said I didn't like your temper. That was why. I didn't care for you how lead, and so, when you wanted to disband, I didn't care what you did. But honestly, I thought Kard would have made an exellent leader, so if Kard is willing, I'd suggest he should take the full leadership role.
I honestly have no idea what you are talking about right now.
