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Exzachtlee · (This post was last modified: 03-14-2013 05:44 PM by Exzachtlee.)

Oh man! I'm really sorry, everyone. I apologize that my thread came off as rude, disrespectful, aggressive, inappropriate, or offensive to anyone.
I felt that I explained my goals as plainly and purely as I possibly could:

(03-13-2013 01:49 PM)Exzachtlee Wrote: This thread has two purposes:

1. To provide a definitive list of the Outwitters players who are on strike, which will give everyone a better idea of the exact people who are protesting the new Bramble as well how many of them there are.
2. To find community with the players that believe that they should protest Outwitters because the new Bramble is that bad. Also, if these players are not on total protest, then these are players that are probably up for more friendly games since they have more game slots open.

If anything I wrote was in contradiction with these two goals, please let me know exactly where I went wrong so that I, too, can identify the problems and consequently fix them.

If it's a problem with my tone, please let me know exactly how I made my post seem to be written with such ill will and poor taste and please let me know exactly how I should properly express my thoughts.
Based on my experience in the real world, I've learned that clear and direct communication is the key to solving problems effectively and efficiently. For example, in my band, I have realized that telling a weak member, "Hey, you suck at music." does not help much. However, giving that fellow human-being feedback helps far better, giving them definite goals to work at and allowing them to clearly identify for themselves what their problems are. Examples of this would be
"Hey, you're rushing your sixteenth-note runs during Measure 47. Subdivide the beats so that you can feel the rhythm better."
or
"Your intonation needs work. When you practice at home, practice long tones with a tuner and aim to keep the pitches centered for as long as you can. Also, listen to yourself when you practice and evaluate your playing. Think about how you can sound better every time you play."
So thank you for bringing up this issue. I’d rather have people think badly of me and bring it out into the open than people think that way and say nothing. I detest those elephant-in-the-room/Emperor's New Clothes situations when they involve an easily correctable issue.

Perhaps I am being misunderstood because of my personal egocentricism (inability to take another’s point of view). I read over my post many times in an attempt to make sure that I wouldn’t offend everyone. It seems I failed. When I read my post in my head, I used a neutral, somewhat scholarly, tone because that was the tone that I was aiming for. In doing so, I must have blinded myself to the pitfalls of my own writing.

My two goals were really just one goal, split into two separately defined aspects; I wanted to attain a better idea of what exactly is going on with the opposition to the Bramble and thought others should too. There are several threads that comment on how much some players dislike the new Bramble, but I wanted to do something different-- I wanted to see what people were doing about it. And of course, the subject that caught my eye was the seemingly profuse amount of stories of players taking a collective break from the game or certain game modes.

I now realize that the words “strike” and “protest” are too strong. And yes, I did not mean them by their literal definitions, but more in metaphorical ways. I thought about using “petition”, but I felt it was not appropriate for the context I was aiming for, albeit it being a word with a far more peaceful connotation. I’m completely at a loss in this area.

The underlying premise of my big idea is to reach out and acquire a better grasp of the Outwitters community. I, too, love the game and the community, but I feel that perhaps I might have misled some people to think otherwise through my lack of stating this. I feel that the forums are abounding in posts professing players' love for the game and I felt that I did not need to say the exact same thing that everyone else says. I sort of assumed that everyone feels the same way and that I would not need to say so myself.

And, hey, go easy on me. I'm just an ambitious (and probably naive) high school student just trying to do my best and learn all that I can.

My apologies,
exzachtlee

oh, and what's up with Gf!sh's post?
I don't get it.
At first, I thought he used white-colored text, so I highlighted everything, but that didn't work. So now I have no clue.
Can someone please explain? :O