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shadowprophet
If i could speak freely and some what bluntly for a moment,
without offending the staff,
Surely.
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I would say, I know how opposed to junk forums you are.
But I would go on to say, those forums where a colaborative effort created by darksaviour and myself. and you had no right to take them anyway.
The decision to remove the junk forum was made by a majority of the staff (that voted on the issue anyway). I fail to see why we "had no right to take them away".
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But thats not the issue, thats never been an issue,
I'm behind dcemu 100% i always have been, and always will be,
My main grip would be that for reasons unknown to myself, most of staff is so opposed to the junk forums they arent eve open to the idea of them, even though i've offerend to run them myself.
The reason that the staff is against them is the exact reason that the junk forum was deleted in the first place, people failed to use it properly. Flame wars erupted and people were generally hurt by posts in the junk forum. At the time, the populace of the Junk forum simply did not know how to maturely use such an outlet. Thus, the forum was taken away.
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I honestly don't care about the job or if i get it or anything to that nature,
What I do care about is long time members, brothers leaving dcemu, simple because they are bored to complete tears.
The off-topic forum should provide enough of an outlet for people to have mature, sensible conversations, as well as a place where they can have a little bit of fun (see all the random forum game threads about). It all depends on if people use the resources available to them in the right way.
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An outlet is important, fun is important, and some people seem to have forgotten those things.
Some people thrive off creativity, and feel confined when they dont have an outlet.
The junk forums where an expressive creative outlet and without that outlet, Dcemu has lost some magic in those peoples eyes.
I would petition to bring Junk back, it's needed now more then ever. off topic is slowly dieing,
most staffers know off topic is my home, I rarely post outside of it, you are letting my home slowly die and its not fair.
Again, That is what I would say, if i could speak freely and bluntly without offending staff.
I fail to see how bringing back the Junk forum will do anything to attract back old regulars that have moved on. There were very few people, that I remember anyway, that left just because Junk was deleted.
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So I guess i'll just say nothing.
But there is another side to this whole deck of cards, dcemu is a huge ship. it needs everyone on board working together to run efficently, and if the majority of staff does dissagree about junk. well thats called due process.
and it's a fair and just process.
This was the case when the forum was deleted, and I believe that it is still the case today. The majority of the staff does not want the extra headache of dealing with a junk forum with a populace that is not mature enough to not resort to flame wars and other hurtful posting.
