Firstly - I'm now adding "get over fear of intro posts" to my new year resolutions list. I've always avoided the first posts of muses-- not because I'm tired of that dance, but because I have a weird...thing about it. I've tried to hit them up on their second post instead, but... yeah. That's still shitty of me to do, and it's no excuse. Doesn't help that I play a bunch of ass hats that are too self-absorbed or socially retarded to greet newbies, but that doesn't mean that I can't push my creativity a little bit to figure out a way. So, in other words: POINT TAKEN! orz
Secondly - On the topic of things that make us feel unwelcome: I have to admit that I twitch a little when I see chat brought up, especially in the context of things that we are expected or assumed to know because it was brought up in chat. I... am not, nor will I ever be, a chat person. (and I'm not trying to pick on Paradisa chat; my problems with it are shared in all game chats I've visited.) I'm not going to harp on those right now however, because I know that those issues are most likely my own problems-- but what I do want to say is that it makes even me feel out of the loop when I hear chat things brought up in a way that makes it seem like I 'should' have been there. Whether that's actually the case or not, it's how I have often felt, and I know that I'm not the only one. I don't know what exactly it is that I'm whining about... whether it's to try and work on a way to better out-of-chat communication or... something. I don't know. I didn't really have an end point. Just bringing up something from my own experiences on this topic and maybe see if there's anything worthwhile to discuss about it. idk idk /o\
And lastly - Thank you so much for putting a post like this up. I can't imagine a better way to handle this-- pulling it out into light in the most fair and rational way possible. Great way to rally the troops, pull us all together as a team.
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Secondly - On the topic of things that make us feel unwelcome: I have to admit that I twitch a little when I see chat brought up, especially in the context of things that we are expected or assumed to know because it was brought up in chat. I... am not, nor will I ever be, a chat person. (and I'm not trying to pick on Paradisa chat; my problems with it are shared in all game chats I've visited.) I'm not going to harp on those right now however, because I know that those issues are most likely my own problems-- but what I do want to say is that it makes even me feel out of the loop when I hear chat things brought up in a way that makes it seem like I 'should' have been there. Whether that's actually the case or not, it's how I have often felt, and I know that I'm not the only one. I don't know what exactly it is that I'm whining about... whether it's to try and work on a way to better out-of-chat communication or... something. I don't know. I didn't really have an end point. Just bringing up something from my own experiences on this topic and maybe see if there's anything worthwhile to discuss about it. idk idk /o\
And lastly - Thank you so much for putting a post like this up. I can't imagine a better way to handle this-- pulling it out into light in the most fair and rational way possible. Great way to rally the troops, pull us all together as a team.