Ah, a public apology is in order, and a coupla' pro-tips.
Last night , some old drunk fool got on mwo, and argued; publicly. There's two no-no's already.
But let's clear something up - "Mercy" is a character I used to play
https://imgur.com/a/IsS5mgN, for years, long before MWO existed. Now some hot gal plays essentially the same character, in 'real life', with the same name and theme. Weird, but not the point. Mercy, the MWO character, is long since retired.
Let's not call the
player the character they no longer play. It's confusing.
So: I'm "Badger" - a name I earned the hard way. I am logged on to a shared account, to post the public apology,
beit happened while I was playing it. Drunk and angry - a whole bunch of no-no's.
So- first, to be clear,
Badger hasn't played his original character, excepting a couple of quick event QP's, since the Harii/Ghost Warriors unit broke up. I play less now, but when I do play, it's generally to get someone's event wrapped up - as I did for some RxD members, before the falling out. I clarify this so that, the guy doesn't get blamed. It's on me. Just trying to grind him cbills to replace mechs that were sold when his account was- to over-simplify; "stolen". So, on me, not on him.
With that over-explaination hopefully clearing things up, yeah if one must mech-drive drunk, it's smart to turn off chat
just shoot stuff.
So - public apology - drunk angry dude, not Chaplain, responded in all chat, making a disagreement
public. That's not classy, or useful. Let's quote "Ice-T" :
"
Now the words I kick to some might sound radical
But I'll explain, it's simply mathematical
You diss, I diss, this creates an equal
You reply to my diss, this is called a sequel
I reply to your diss, this is called a battle
Not intelligent, not very adult"
I'd say that covers it.
So,I'm publicly apologizing to Chaplain for any confusion he gets, I'm apologzing to Dante for "airing dirty laundry" - which i *despise* ( notice in the picture i made public, which most people think is a joke i made up, the unit name is *not* visible ), and I'm apologizing to anyone who saw that whole silly display. Ice-T spoke true. diss-diis-reply diss, not very adult. "
"In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas".
Not an excuse, an explanation of why I have to apologize.
Now let's get to the pro-tips!
- Even if you feel you're right, you shouldn't engage if you think you're being trolled. I struggle with that one. * Key* point here though:
one should speak to people on the internet, as they would to them in
person. Good internet advice That's good internet advice, don't say stuff on the internet you
wouldn't be willing to say in person, and would be wiling to back it up.
-
NEVER gives out your real address. Period. EVER.
I doubt the one given me was real; but that's not the point, you
NEVER know who's online, even if yu think the person you're talking to won't do anything, who knows who else sees it. For all one knows, they just gave their address out to people who used to *professionally* go to people's houses and beat them up. ( side pro-tip, kids: even if you think your dealer is a wuss, keep in mind they probably have the resources to have someone else make an example of you. Just, a tip there )
-The other issue there is, Dante,
you live with your father, who is a nice man, or seems to be.
For the sake of discussion, let's say that address was real. You
don't have the RIGHT to give out your father's home address to people you're arguing with. That isn't just not your right; it opens dragging your father into
your drama.
THAT is wrong. Lots of internet no-no's last night.
- IF you really want to settle things
mano e mano, in general, not just me- there's way. See, going to someone's house and beating them up - even if the come outside, while laws of "mutual combat" very by state, is - pretty much illegal. I ain't gettin paid enough to go to jail, see?
So- if people are the type thta like to settle things in the square, the right and legal way to do that, is you contact them and set up a friendly bout at a gym or dojo. Some make u be a member, often a physical, but- it's legal and there's endless youtube videos showing this. I am not lieing or making it up.
SO - public apologies, and good " horse sense" internet tips.
And me being annoyed at myself for breakin several of my rules, but - sometimes you gotta bite tha' ol' bullet and say,
yes, I was in the wrong.
You and i have both had our say, I don't see anywhere that can go except to the gym, but if we must argue, let's not do it publicly... never know who's on; they don't need to see it. is my thoughts on it.
Badger, out.