BLOOD WOLF, on 18 April 2014 - 10:42 PM, said:
i'm gonna leave that alone. implying that i didn't know how to read. Another insult but i will look lightly. I do apply it to my everyday situations. I already said i'm not erasing it.
Thing is, you already did it once. Who's to say you wont do it again? (Looking it at their point of view.)
It's like, as soon as I catch someone in a lie, I stop trusting them completely. The trust I gave so freely at first disappears, and that trust needs to be built back up.
So far, I've seen 8 pages of:
- Epeen (the reason I stopped following the thread for a while.)
- People making points as to you deleting a thread.
- You remarking that your OP is not hard to understand (and have said that it should be easy).
- I've seen nothing in the OP that can actually keep a thread going. The only think I've seen making this thread move has been the people coming in complaining about the way you handled the last thread.
- You still haven't been handling anyone who is "off topic" in any correct manner.
Now, I wasn't involved in the last thread, so I'd like to say that there is no reason to disrespect you. I personally have no reason to. However, from what I'm hearing from the other people here, there apparently was plenty of hurt feelings caused by you, and you seem to do little to ease those hurt feelings. Instead, you seem to invite the continued rounds of 'attacks' by your continued behavior (and I might also add, their continued behavior, which also keeps it going).
From what I can see, it almost looks like you've asked for a lot of the responses that have been added into this thread. You seem to also fail to grasp the concept of open forum based threads/topics. This isn't a school assignment, or a report one has to fill at work with data. It's a forum. Some 'analytical report' can happen, but having a whole thread dedicated to it will not last long. I've already mentioned that a thread normally needs to have some topic of discussion.
BLOOD WOLF, on 17 April 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:
I want players to give a good representation of the game from back in 2010 to present day. Just in one post. no need to go back and forwth. This is just for people to express their Over-view of MWO. Once post per person please and Keep it constructive and, Objective. Remember you get one post. Let others read into your thoughts, and your views. Give us something to read over and take note of. I will be making my summary the Progress and state of the game is i know it. As a matter of fact Create a summary. Give valid points and cover everything. Start from point A,B,C,D and dont miss anything. Respect my wishes and dont turn this into a medium to cuase a stir. I would encourage you not to respond to any post. These are to be player summaries of their Whole state of the game. I now know you all have a lot to share. Respect the post and if you dont wish then dont answer. Remember, no rush; Take your time and write it out clearly. Thank you.
Please, i dont want what became of it the last time, the first step is to read, the second is to evulate, and the third is to write.
The problems I already see in the OP:
- You want no discussion. Everything you say you want placed into one post. (Arbitrary rule that is designed to kill conversation.)
- You have a very broad and generalized subject topic. (Describe the game from when you joined to present day, and the whole ride along the way.)
- A one post limits stops any conversation, leaving this as a data thread. Data threads of this nature will not be viewed often, which means not many people will post. (Kills conversation.)
- You ask for opinion. You will get opinion. Not all of it will be agreeable, or polite, or objective or even constructive. (Another hard rule you've placed. Not to mention, who's rule of objective and constructive are we using here?)
- By asking not to "cause a stir", you are going to "cause a stir". A lot of what you are asking for (as general as it is, and vague) is going to be opinion based, which is always going to stir things up. (It's like talking religion or politics.)
- Once more, you ask to kill all conversation, making this into what would turn out into a very boring thread.
- You tell people to take their time and write it out clearly. Those who already know about the previous thread will not do so, as they don't wish to waste time into something that may likely be deleted again.
- Those from the last thread, if they see this, will warn others not to post as it is likely to not be received and/or out right deleted. (Can you really blame them?)
- Then, your last "rule" basically tells people that they are stupid and are doing it wrong. You "tell them how to do it", like they can't figure it out on their own.
- As a final point, you neglect to do the very action you are asking from others. Presenting your own opinion and observations would provide people with an example to base their own responses off of. It also will provoke conversation to get the thread started, as you might mention an event and how it effected you, and they will chime in with that same even... as I stated before.
Your own OP is flawed as far as creating a healthy thread to start with. Then it's filled with arbitrary rules one "must" follow. To top it all off, you wish for people to provide an answer to a broad, generalize, unfocused question. It's like asking someone how the universe works, but summarize it for me. Or ask them to write up a report about their entire life, summarize, but leave no detail out. (Your own "report" would help to direct these thoughts and bring some focus to your question.) The final flaw I see is the "wall'o'text" problem with a topic such as this. Most people might read the first post, maybe the second. But after that, interest will be lost in an all report thread as you request. They will decide that their opinion is not needed (as someone else already said it), or make a post, not reading anything else, and leave to never look back...
Instead of an in depth analysis of MWO, I guess I shall provide you with my analysis of your thread concept and idea... and your apparent lack of understanding of how a forum system works, and how a thread on an open forum typically runs. (I am by no means saying you can't get the information you request, but you are basically doing it the wrong/hard way. You set yourself up for a thread that will not expand and will get few real responses. Your question and desire are alright. Your presentation and method of going about trying to get the results are not effective.)
(PS: Some of the people "hounding" you here I know from other areas of the forum. They normally only treat people as I've been seeing in here if they have very good reason. So far, as far as I can tell, they seem to be well justified in their actions. Even if it isn't exactly proper, or even nice.)