01-07-2014, 05:46 PM
I already know I'm going to regret replying here as I really don't feel like arguing but here goes.
As far as I see it (and yes, this is my opinion and I'm not attempting to state it as fact), this isn't a matter of people siding against you in an argument or about there being any grey area about who was "right" and who was "wrong". Ignoring, for the time being, overreactions in the DayZ thread, the issue I see there is that you were derailing the thread by continuing on the same path about people misunderstanding you long after discussion should have just reverted back to the game.
When I said you weren't contributing to the discussion, there was an implied "anything of value" after the word contributing. Yes, you referenced the game but the posts you linked contributed nothing of value to the overall thread - they were sarcastic posts that were misunderstood, evidently, and eventually led us to where we are now.
Beyond that, and again from my opinion, you were the first one to really move into insults. Some of the replies to your posts may have been a little less than polite but yours was the first one to directly attack another member. Again, there's no grey area here. Read the posts and you'll see that's true as well.
I'm completely on board with having an open discussion about any of this with you so I'll leave this thread open and hold off on any further warnings or anything else of the sort for the time being until we arrive at a conclusion. On that note though, if after this discussion, you honestly believe anyone else involved is also deserving of some sort of action, bring it up here and they'll have a chance to explain themselves as well.
Edit:
Oh, and one or two people ignoring you would be acceptable if only one or two people had a problem with you but if this many people have an issue, half of the forum ignoring you simply isn't an option and you need to take a step back and evaluate if it really is everyone else.
As far as I see it (and yes, this is my opinion and I'm not attempting to state it as fact), this isn't a matter of people siding against you in an argument or about there being any grey area about who was "right" and who was "wrong". Ignoring, for the time being, overreactions in the DayZ thread, the issue I see there is that you were derailing the thread by continuing on the same path about people misunderstanding you long after discussion should have just reverted back to the game.
When I said you weren't contributing to the discussion, there was an implied "anything of value" after the word contributing. Yes, you referenced the game but the posts you linked contributed nothing of value to the overall thread - they were sarcastic posts that were misunderstood, evidently, and eventually led us to where we are now.
Beyond that, and again from my opinion, you were the first one to really move into insults. Some of the replies to your posts may have been a little less than polite but yours was the first one to directly attack another member. Again, there's no grey area here. Read the posts and you'll see that's true as well.
I'm completely on board with having an open discussion about any of this with you so I'll leave this thread open and hold off on any further warnings or anything else of the sort for the time being until we arrive at a conclusion. On that note though, if after this discussion, you honestly believe anyone else involved is also deserving of some sort of action, bring it up here and they'll have a chance to explain themselves as well.
Edit:
Oh, and one or two people ignoring you would be acceptable if only one or two people had a problem with you but if this many people have an issue, half of the forum ignoring you simply isn't an option and you need to take a step back and evaluate if it really is everyone else.