by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:10 pm
Roody_Yogurt wrote:I probably skimmed over it and missed it, but why was Draal so mad again?
Draal had asked Aardvark to remove his account a few times before he had even started playing BBS The Thing. I would like to talk about what happened today, because it does sort of affect the future of this place to some degree.
I am not sure why Draal asked Vark this. Draal and I had sent some PMs back and forth to each other about MAME ROMs and that sort of thing and he wrote a nice review of Pantomime that (last I knew) he was trying to get Mark Musante to post on the IF Review site.
I suspect that Draal wasn't built for the sort of banter that goes on around here. This is just a guess, but I think that when he'd see Pinback call him a "moron," he took it personally. I don't know. I am sure that, towards the end, he didn't appreciate it.
In fact, that's one of the things I'd like to see addressed. Ben was very upset when a "WJW" blast was dropped on his girlfriend. But come on - Ben would admit that he was just as rude to Draal and that's not fucking fair. Ben, you're my pal and all, but I wish you would less mean (even fake mean) to the new people that come around here. You can call me an idiot cockdick all you want. I have known you for years. But as I have said many times before I don't want to run a place where the possibility of new people coming by is zero.
That being said, Draal is hardly the innocent flower here.
Draal liked being on the side of the humans. That much was certain. I think a perfectly legitimate tactic to use in a game like BBS The Thing is to say, "If y'all pick me, you'll regret it, Things." The Things don't have to pick everyone to win. In fact, I think I had a similar vibe going in the game I played on Quarter to Three. But for everything Draal believes, he was chosen because he was the strongest human player. I wish he could have taken some small solace in that.
Draal was editing his posts lots and it looked like he was going back and forth with Worm. There is one indefensible thing to do in BBS The Thing and that's reveal the names of the other players. And even after doing that I can't say I am honestly all worked about it. But Jesus Christ, I blew a number of evenings here recently to get some of those pictures done. I know they aren't particularly good, but I am trying to develop my graphic art skills and I feel like a moron for spending time on that when I have an image due for Bruce's game and my brother wants me to design a tattoo for him. The Thing jpgs didn't need to be masterpieces, and there were some techniques I was trying to master before doing the Bruce image and the tattoo design, but still. That right there is a slap in the face to me, regardless of the fact that I wasn't raging and raving. It's like when you go to a bar and the bartender takes forever to serve you, but you're with a pretty girl so who cares. You can recognize the insult without it runing your day.
So after that Draal now asks me to delete his account. I only have so much sympathy and besides, it's a stupid BBS open to the public. Who gives a shit. So I deleted his account. He then posts from a backup account asking for the other one to be turned back on, blah blah blah. I don't know if he is unstable or if he trolled us all or what, but whatever. I hope he's in a better place now. I cut off access from his IP addresses, but he's smart enough to get around it. Great. Nobody was making any money here, it was just a bunch of friends trying to play a board game over a board. There's no need to ruin that.
I hope that sheds some light on the situation, anyway.
[quote="Roody_Yogurt"]I probably skimmed over it and missed it, but why was Draal so mad again?[/quote]
Draal had asked Aardvark to remove his account a few times before he had even started playing BBS The Thing. I would like to talk about what happened today, because it does sort of affect the future of this place to some degree.
I am not sure why Draal asked Vark this. Draal and I had sent some PMs back and forth to each other about MAME ROMs and that sort of thing and he wrote a nice review of Pantomime that (last I knew) he was trying to get Mark Musante to post on the IF Review site.
I suspect that Draal wasn't built for the sort of banter that goes on around here. This is just a guess, but I think that when he'd see Pinback call him a "moron," he took it personally. I don't know. I am sure that, towards the end, he didn't appreciate it.
In fact, that's one of the things I'd like to see addressed. Ben was very upset when a "WJW" blast was dropped on his girlfriend. But come on - Ben would admit that he was just as rude to Draal and that's not fucking fair. Ben, you're my pal and all, but I wish you would less mean (even fake mean) to the new people that come around here. You can call me an idiot cockdick all you want. I have known you for years. But as I have said many times before I don't want to run a place where the possibility of new people coming by is zero.
That being said, Draal is hardly the innocent flower here.
Draal liked being on the side of the humans. That much was certain. I think a perfectly legitimate tactic to use in a game like BBS The Thing is to say, "If y'all pick me, you'll regret it, Things." The Things don't have to pick everyone to win. In fact, I think I had a similar vibe going in the game I played on Quarter to Three. But for everything Draal believes, he was chosen because he was the strongest human player. I wish he could have taken some small solace in that.
Draal was editing his posts lots and it looked like he was going back and forth with Worm. There is one indefensible thing to do in BBS The Thing and that's reveal the names of the other players. And even after doing that I can't say I am honestly all worked about it. But Jesus Christ, I blew a number of evenings here recently to get some of those pictures done. I know they aren't particularly good, but I am trying to develop my graphic art skills and I feel like a moron for spending time on that when I have an image due for Bruce's game and my brother wants me to design a tattoo for him. The Thing jpgs didn't need to be masterpieces, and there were some techniques I was trying to master before doing the Bruce image and the tattoo design, but still. That right there is a slap in the face to me, regardless of the fact that I wasn't raging and raving. It's like when you go to a bar and the bartender takes forever to serve you, but you're with a pretty girl so who cares. You can recognize the insult without it runing your day.
So after that Draal now asks me to delete his account. I only have so much sympathy and besides, it's a stupid BBS open to the public. Who gives a shit. So I deleted his account. He then posts from a backup account asking for the other one to be turned back on, blah blah blah. I don't know if he is unstable or if he trolled us all or what, but whatever. I hope he's in a better place now. I cut off access from his IP addresses, but he's smart enough to get around it. Great. Nobody was making any money here, it was just a bunch of friends trying to play a board game over a board. There's no need to ruin that.
I hope that sheds some light on the situation, anyway.