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Originally Posted by georgie
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def did not read
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Originally Posted by Farzo
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I think you mean "def cid not read".
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You are both correct. I did not read the entirety of the topic as I usually do, only the part where Drakar and North exchanged insults and accusations. I have, unfortunately, read enough topics on this message board to hazard a safe guess as to the rest of the contents, and did not see a purpose in reading nearly 200 posts only to comment on their situation.
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Originally Posted by Drakaris
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I 100% agree with you, unfortunately North was shit talking in ooc and challenged me to a 1v1 duel for character deletion and kept calling me a pussy, then took it to the next level when he made an IRL attack. I bit the bullet and accepted his offer, adhering to his terms, in which he got destroyed.
I know he wouldn't delete as I know he is not a person with a shred of integrity.
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He and I have pissed off one another a few times, so I can imagine the reasons for the challenge and for accepting it while in the heat of the moment. Since I was not present for the catalyst to this conflagration I cannot condone or condemn either of you two, but I can call character deletion duels idiotic.
Just don't allow yourself to get drawn into the situation because, as you can see, it usually winds up unresolved and in public where both sides are joined by supporters and haters and both of the originators wind up looking bad.
Even if the person was my antithesis and I was actually able to hate them, their entire digital existence does not, will not and cannot equal even a fraction of the value of my time and effort. Do not let a person you dislike shame and/or manipulate you into it. Just laugh and tell them something like that and walk away.
North and yourself are both good people even if you, and all your haters, are unable to see that side of each other. I can and I wish you fuckers could be friends, though, I would gladly settle for cordial animosity.
For example, Retti is someone I sincerely dislike and he probably feels the same, or possibly hates me. I have no desire to insult or shame him, and even if I was a 1000 to 1 favorite in a deletion duel I would consider the risk too great in exchange for a chance to erase his toon(s).
I am unsure what he believes the definition of meatball to be, but I do my best to just ignore him and find myself amused at his quick and constant replies to everything I post as though he lives on the forum or maybe he believes I place importance on his opinion.
It is very likely I could humiliate Retti, considering that I have always had eloquence with words paired with a long-winded nature which few could match. When I was younger and less controlled I shamefully enjoyed publicly destroying people and made dozens of men and women cry on EQ and forums, caused several officers to disband from their guild and even a guild leader or two. I have even spent a month convincing a friend to play again after snapping on him and making him quit EQ instantly after he had played since the Classic launch. Even years removed I am ashamed of my actions and though we are still good friends I carry a permanent sense of guilt.
I mean that in no way as bragging, but as a hard learned lesson that it requires far more effort to walk away. I may be disgustingly nice now, but I used to be a cruel and violent person with a temper so uncontrollable I came close to murdering at least two people, one of whom I tried to beat to death with a 2x4 in the middle of class in highschool for hitting me in the head with a pincushion. I managed to regain my senses before I caught the person and I was terrified by what I had mindlessly attempted.
I have not allowed myself to lose my temper since and spent the better part of the next decade trying to learn how to be a calm, kind and compassionate person. Walking away is not easy, even for me and a tiny part of me desires violent revenge but fuck that part of me.
Ok, I have gone beyond even my normal elaboration so I will wrap it up. Fighting is the easiest path to take but the least likely to help. If you have to fight or want to, then I encourage you to do so, just without the emotions invested. Even I have attacked people when forced to do so, just not killed them.
Do NOT give someone the power to affect your mood or emotional state. We all get angry, but hatred and rage can be more damaging to the hater than the object of their scorn. Let it be Player versus Player and not Person versus Person as the game was meant to be. Neither smurf blue nor blood red but something in between savage and civil.