And so you understand more clearly, I do not defend what any RMT'r does. I feel betrayed by those who actually did that. I feel very angry that they would join our guild and do that.
Yet I would feel wrong if I said that they are the spirit of this guild. They aren't. I will stand by all the wonderful, good, decent people I've met in DW. For them, I defend the guild, because they are the heart of the guild.
I continue, and will continue, to wear the tag AS IT IS, and with pride, because of the good people who remain there. Together, WE are what make Dark Winter.
We group together. We spend time together. We run screaming for the zone line in SolA and then grovel and buff the people we accidentally trained because we feel bad about that... but GREAT about burrowing into the zone as far as we did.
I do feel icky about the RMTers. And if I had known who they were, or if Healover or if Dibbons, or if ANY of us at the heart of DW had known (and ignorance, while no excuse, is at least understandable to most humane people)... they wouldn't have been in the guild.
While we may have committed the "crime" of not knowing or being able to recognize cheaters for who they are... we're also "guilty" of far better things. Companionship, good feelings, consideration, kindness, compassion. And of these things, I am NOT ashamed. I'm proud.
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