Perhaps you're right Derek, or you've hit a nerve. I might grow up, but I might as well get lost. I've found my patience for the admins of these particular forums thining. And well, I've got a life outside the box. It's been fun and all, but for now, I'm best to leave. Best Wishes, and Take Care. Lotsa love, Cassie Viva la Linkin Park. /gone.
Stick with this place, I'll manage to knock some sense into them eventually, but I feel like it's a lost cause.
We'll miss you bigtime. It was fun to know you, allthough sometimes i had no idea what you were saying because you use difficult words XD :hugz:
I'm sorry, I don't want you to leave, but trying to pin your whole leaving on me is a bit harsh, and I really don't appreciate it at all. You were engaging in jokes that had offended some people (I was written with complaints towards that thread) so it wasn't like I lacked a sense of humor when I yelled at you. I was doing my role as a moderator and stopping the offensive behavior, before it went too far. We respect the tastes of people on these forums, and if they get offended, we have to do something about it. If we ignored it, then we'd be unworthy of moderating such a great community as the LPA. You're a nice person, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with the closing of that thread. I've admitted in the past when I was wrong in the handling of a thread, and I'm even the one who pushes for the occasional reform around here. Incase you haven't seen (as your personal vendetta against Will seems to prevent you from doing so) Will has greately changed in the last month. He no longer wants to rub anyone the wrong way, and he even befriended people that he's had trouble with in the past. You say the staff isn't doing an excellent job, and yet as Will said in his own words "he's sick of acting like the bad guy" and has made a strive to be nice to everyone he meets. Will has not truly told anyone off in the past few weeks, yet somehow he's still 'lacking a sense of humor' as you put it. I put some thought into why you said this, and I figured it's not because Will has done wrong. It's because you're holding a personal vendetta against him for something that happened with you two a LONG time ago. I know this because I witnessed it with my own eyes. Will's a great guy, and if you're going to keep crucifying him for this, then maybe you really do need the break, to get your head on straight. I always found you to be a contributing member when not engaging in innapropriate things like that, and it's seriously going to be a shame to see you go. But I have to admit that I lost just a little bit of respect for you, when you tried to villianize me in public right now and make me look like the bad guy. I am one of the nicest staff members on here, if not the nicest, and you can ask the countless members who have befriended me because of my friendly personality. To try and make me look like a power hungry, villian-like jerk just because you couldn't follow the rules, is seriously uncalled for. I'd apologize if I offended you, if you would kindly take the blame for your actions for once and not make me look bad when I'm trying to do my job. I'm sorry you had to leave, hopefully you'll rethink in the near future, but before you come back I believe you owe me an apology. I was doing my job, and reacting to complaints I received, and instead you turned it around to make it look like you were attacked. Real nice of you. Despite my problems with your post, I'd like to wish you Happy Holidays Cassie, and I'm sorry if you dont like the way we are around here anymore. -Derek
I don't think it's appropriate for us, on this Christmas day, to start a discussion about the sense or nonsense of some rules. I do think some are too strict, or not needed, but they are there and we accept them when we subscribe... Anyway, think about it twice and happy holidays .
We've already deleted a lot of rules that weren't needed in an attempt to not only compress the rules, but to be a lot more lenient as well. In private we've even discussed handling things better and such is evidenced by Will's new approach to moderating. Will has become almost nicer then me now, and if that isn't a sign of how we care then I dont know what is. We are moving to be less strict, and yet somehow Cassie believes we are worse than ever. I respect her, but I really fail to understand how she came to that conclusion.
I think it's really upsetting to have to be dealing with stuff like this on Christmas of all days. I wish Cassie would've discussed this with me over PM instead of making a public spectacle out of it. I'm not going to close this thread because that'd look bad, but I strongly suggest anyone who has issues with any of us to PM us first before making a thread about it. I for one, am a very understanding individual and if someone writes me with a problem there is no way I'm going to ignore it. I love LPA. I own this site, as I am now paying for it with my own money and I am working to fix server problems and anything that needs to be changed. This site means the world to me, so if anyone has issues they seriously need to tell me when they can. We cant aim to be better if people dont approach us with what we do wrong.
Derek, m'dear, it was not my intention to pin blame on you, or any of the respected staff at the LPA. It's the holidays, and well, one can only vouch stress is a given. Considering my background, I made my decision to limit stress as much as possible. Whether it be these particular forums, or refraining from over extragerating. Nobody's perfect, you, Will and most importantly myself. I respect your intentions towards this community, but don't blind yourself. I love everyone equally, and whatever "personal vendetta" I hold against Will is totally inrrelavent. Will and I have our own personal matters, and well, what goes on between us, should stay between us. I'm sorry to those I may have hurt, or disrespected. I'm sorry I'm this way. I'm sorry I repeat sorry every frickin' sentence. You guys are great, and you deserve the best. I'll see you around. *waves*
Bah, Cassie, after all the time on these forums, you should realize that Derek is sort of a father figure. You love to hate him. Please stay, no one wants you to leave.
Derek is a pimp, what can we ask . Come on, put the .50 pistol away! When I talk about rules that are too strict, I mean the r-word (come on, even authors use it in a non-insulting context) and all that keep it clean stuff that is sometimes not so dirty .
It's alright Cassie. I just responded to your goodbye thread in the way I did because I was shocked. We were great friends over MSN and then suddenly you seemed to be blaming me for your goodbye. But as you said it was not your intention and I understand. Just please, for now on if you have a problem with the way I handled a situation with you, PM me about it so we can get it resolved. Like you said I choose not to blind myself, and thats why I, along with other staff members, have been pushing for a reform in the way we handle things. Thank you for apologizing and because of that I will too. I'm sorry if my handling of that thread offended you and I'm glad you hold no hard feelings. Just understand that sometimes with the high stress level involved in LPA, we can sometimes unintentionally be on the edge a little and maybe not handle things the best we could. Either way, we never intend to drive people away from the forum and that's why I hope you can come back here in the future. Go ahead and take a vacation if you need it, you certainly deserve some time to collect your thoughts with how hectic this season is. If you choose to do that, I wish you a happy holidays and I'll see you when you get back.
this is kind of heavy for xmas day! i think if people do have problems with admin or one another, should sort it out thru pms.
Everything has been sorted out via PMs. Please, if any of you have problems in the future, please PM us so we can settle it that way. Thank you .
Awwwwww Cassie please don't leave. You should stay, sort it out with Derek i'm sure he'll listen, you can't leave! :hugz:
On the other hand though, sorting out problems and mending friendships/relationships with people like what happened just now is, in my opinion, one of the best things that could happen today. Speaking of which, Derek, I'm sure that you know about my long-running problems with the way things are handled on the forums by the staff. While we're still in the mood of fixing things, I think it would be great if we could discuss it in PM and get this sorted out, call a truce, whatever. If you need a copy of the PM I sent to Keaton, I can get it to you no prob.