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Originally Posted by arsenalpow
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And this is why the server is in the state it's currently in. You have a chip on your shoulder from fighting IB/TR/etc for so long that you feel its your duty to shit on anyone/everyone because that's the way it's always been. BDA held the reins for one week due to your completely warranted suspension and the server was a much happier place, population actually went up, people got to experience content that they can't experience now unless they want to play by your rules (either with or against you).
The only things you've done for this server (that's provided you years of entertainment mind you) is shit all over anyone that dare compete for pixels, drive people from the server who refuse to tolerate your bullshit thus destroying the health of the server, and terrorize a volunteer CSR staff by being a bully while supporting a culture of anything goes as long as we get the pixels.
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I'm generally one of the few vocal members that cares about our reputation, but I must note how tempting it is to take Zee's point of view. It seems that no matter what is done or said, you, and others like you, will never be satisfied. I feel like I'm in Aesop's fable:
The Man the Boy and the Donkey
Stop beating your chest like an enraged ape at the slightest hint of provocation, real or imagined. I'll be the first to acknowledge wrongdoing can and does occur. But, when you take every opportunity to cloak yourself in righteous indignation like some kind of messianic pariah, the charade begins to wear thin.
Perhaps you should save yourself for opportunities to express legitimate complaints (such as when you run through a firewall with a Dracoliche behind you).
Even right now, you're giving us the same washed up monologue on the nature of this server and our dastardly deeds. TMO and its members have certainly broken rules before, and those who do, deserve to be punished. Just don't blame your personal failures upon us out of mere convenience and bitterness. TMO's competitive stature is generally confined to operate exactly within the rule-frame that has been provided to us. It's not my fault that you do not enjoy such a framework. Perhaps there's another server more to your liking. I suspect that you have not once stopped to consider that some people play here because they are allowed to compete. Let's look at the whole picture before we throw about weighty concepts like "destroying the health of the server." Sure, the end game has a few problems which have been discussed ad nauseum, but I submit that the model itself still works.
I find it interesting when people note that the population climbed during our suspension as if it were some kind of oracular insight into the insidious nature of the cancer that is TMO. Never mind that the population continued to climb long after our suspension was lifted.
I can't help it that your preferred method of playing the game seems to be mutually exclusive with mine. I play EQ to compete to the maximum extent allowable within the rules provided, and I will continue to do so as long as I am able. TMO has improved the server because it gives a home and a purpose to those who enjoy this play style. What would you have me do? Quit simply because you aren't enjoying yourself? Some games are competitive by nature, and it's up to you to deal with that, not me. Otherwise, would you have me simply walk around handing out flowes next time I play an FPS? After all, I'd hate to kill someone and ruin their good time.
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Full disclosure yall; the NATO summit guild meetings stopped because Zeelot kept sending his underlings who refused to agree to any policies to improve raiding because the underlings had no authority to agree to changes. In fact for meeting number two TMO showed up, demanded to know the status of velious and bailed in under 5 minutes
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I just pulled up the recording of the last summit and as of the 1:05:00 mark Loly was still talking. Maybe you meant to say he bailed after an hour and five minutes?