Response to Brokkr

qwerty workin' that damage control and licking them boots. no, you shouldn't castrate yourselves because of that. you should castrate yourselves because of that and every other incident.

you and the rest of staff have a pattern of pettiness, cheating, and harassment. this has been going on for literally 20 years now. since you want to pretend the only two things i mentioned in a single sentenced were the only thing that happened, let's list everything we remember.

we can look back at the OG days of Halaster, Bhag, and Sanvean's mary sue setup. do you want to talk about the Plainsman's cheating?
how about the decades of the gypsies being a staff kewl kids klub?
how about shalooonsh's One Fang character, complete with his own secret lair and custom sorcery?
spawnloser's staff avatar getting caught loading up some Krathi rangz for his mort character
i've posted my story about how i had notes accusing me of OOC actions placed on my account 8 months after IC events occurred.
i've also posted my story about sanvean accusing me of trying to OOCly evade a death only to realize she fucked up and messed up the details because she didn't spend two minutes investigating.
should we talk about nyr harassing people and banning the wrong accounts because someone posts here?
what about other attempts by staff to spy on here by tracking IP addresses?
we can rehash nergal harassing players, or talk more about how staffers leaked his shit and doxxed him.
we already brought up kronibas being undressed, although furnishing minor to alcohols was to more than just him. what happens at dragoncon stays at dragoncon, unless a staff member broadcasts themselves pissing on a player roflmao.
how about nessalin's fragile ego and hair-trigger temper that causes him to have a temper tantrum and ban anyone

these are the events that i remembered and encountered, and by no means is comprehensive. i'm sure you have a little bootlicker answer to dismiss every single one of those because you're too much of a pathetic worm to stand up and say 'yeah that's pretty fucked up dude and not ok, i hope that person fucks off'. degenerates like you were the ones that enabled dudes like Jerry Sandusky for years.

like you said, it's been 27+ years and you losers never change. staff have come and go, yet there's still another piece of shit ready to step up and prove that Arm staff are rotten down to the core.

you tell me what the issue is. you're the one on staff. how is it that you can have so many different people and yet still have the same shitty behavior? whether it was nessalin, azroen, bhaghavra, nyr, nergal, and whoever else. you dethrone one dweeb, and there's another gabarge person to take his place.

Fair enough. Keep him around though. Like I said, reading you shredding shit up gets me through me work day.

i'd also like to point out that besides providing damage control, qwerty has PMed users here asking for their account names under the guise of 'getting to the bottom' of situations. so he's either willing to leak staff-confidential material to players (while condemning us for just that) or he's phishing for user info.

The issue is that Armageddon staff is a position drawn from other players. If this was a 'paid' position, we'd have professionally trained staff with a degree law and psychology for administration. A position they'd care for, because it's their livelyhood. It wouldnt be 'entertainment' for them, or a way to realize themselves in ways they cant otherwise. It would be their 'job' and they'd have to do it professionally, immaculately, responsibly, and ... properly.

Instead this is a hobby made by nerds, ran by nerds, played by nerds. It's a good question. Why is it whenever one asshole dissapears, another one shows up? Because that's life. Because people who are not assholes do not have time to play MUDs, or if they do, mostly dont have time to admin them. Effort is obviously made. There are rules. There are people 'passionate' about the game, who want it running smoothly, and are working hard to mire through a list of candidates, to gradually build a team that "stays" and are not assholes. But this is a non stop work in progress that might never ever finish.

Name ten veteran players who are still circling around the game and probably half of them are either staff, or ex-staff. Some of the players who you think are rad and 'on your side' as players, were probably at one point staffers who told you "no" in a request. It's easier to become staff then to become a Templar sometimes. The calls for new staff sometimes happen more often then for Templars. The circulation rate is probably faster then Kadius roles (that means fast).

I've used this example before. We had a Mafia game long ago and we asked TopKek to admin it. He agreed and we played. I think we had fun, or at least I did. Here's the link armageddonmud.boards.net/thread/601/mafia-thread
Notice Topkek's posts. They begin fine, then grow ruder and ruder, then rushed judgements, and finally ... abandonment. The game never actually finished. There was fun had. Some people screwed up. Some things were badly explained and badly set up. The admin who is a cool dude, in the end turned to be an ass, and never finished the project. This describes 75% of staff. This describes 75% of 'all of us', who play MUDs. The progression is actually a good description of what often happens to staff, or in truth, people who get themselves a glimpse of authority "and" responsibility.

You say that I've got something to say to excuse "everything". But most of my posts regarding issues are, "Can I haz more info?" There are shit things that I admitted are shit and condemned them as well. If you 'genuinely' care, you can simply read my posts I've made before. I often argue things, because guess what? People often cant argue on these forums! They make a hateful statement. They get echoed by people who are into that kind of thing. A big portion of them havent even played in decades, they just like the to bask in hatred. But the moment you poke at their statements? It's all bs bs bs bs.

Oh! Some ST told me someone's this, but I dont remember the name, or the person, or what they are, or how, or where, or when. But point is! I know this person that they're an asshole! And I 'heard' they're also on staff. Whom? Oh. Some A letter person, but high on top! Oh? You want me to give something that gives a shadow of validity to my posts? What for. Plenty of people here will echo anything I say, as long as it's = Arm Bad! These are the most common style of posts here. Come on! Make an effort!

A staffer decided to run a big event plot to release some new content/lore addition. Seems like a cool thing. I mean hey, people complained that when mage guilds got changed, there was no lore or story to the change. So let's do some of that for these new additions. Before the plot even 'began', boom, a whole boatload of hatred pours out. And it's all BS. And it's all about how Arm Bad, and Staff pets, and blah, blah. Some SLK sorcs bullshit? I dont even know if the person was misguided stating IG rumors as fact on these forums, or just spouting bs for giggles. All that hatred and negativity and the plot have not even 'began' yet.

You think some staffer is cheating, or just doing something that harms the game and makes "your" personal gameplay worse? Okey. Talk about it! But singing to the choir of maelstorm of hatred is not going to get you heard. Some people here will agree with you. But they'll agree with any statement that has "Arm Bad" in it. What it wont do though, is afffect change. What's worse, it'll make it easily dismissable. Make an effort! Or just enjoy the hatred basking, your choice, I guess.

My problem is that this hatred is infectious and it's fucking with people who do not deserve it. They read this bullshit and then when it gets to an interaction with staff, it's suddenly all sharp angles and angry stares. People asking not to animate for them. Or getting triggered into major show downs, the moment staff shows a hint of doubting their intentions. This makes their gameplay shitty. That makes staffers less eager to staff.

It was interesting to see this guy that showed up here not too long ago. His wife began playing Arm and he came to the forums to pick up on some code info. He hasnt been jaded by all the negativity, he just wanted some tips and tricks. It was very refreshing and sooo different, then so many people here.

So your argument is everyone is staff, people you like are staff, your girlfriend is staff, your best friend is staff. You can't have a problem with us because then you must have a problem with people that you like!

Sir I can have a problem with anyone. Just because I lack information now and have an opinion of someone doesn't mean I cannot change my opinion of them with new information. Like if you were secretly my girlfriend (whom I presumably love) and I find out she is Qwerty. I'd probably be like PORRRRRRRRRRRQUE? And then seriously question why she is going around trolling people with a centrist attitude.

Can you pick up some bread on your way home, honey?