hmm....this forum isn't actually that bad....there's like 3 or so groups from what I can tell...
1 - (the administration and a large portion of older members) - seems really cool
2 - (a large chunk of people that actually signed onto the board within about 2-3 months of me...there are a few older members in here though) - seems to be a mixture of good people and really flame happy people... none of us seem to really have been accepted by the first group though (for the most part....there are a few who seem slightly accepted).
3 - (the trans-forum members) - people in multiple forums, most seem pretty cool, there is the occassional flame happy person, but 90% of the people seem pretty nice (I'm the only one I know of besides maybe Ruvanal (sp?) that's on Dii.net, LL, and AB)
the only one that seems to really be causing any turbulance seems to be group 2...of whose members I've seen assorted trolling/flaming on quite a few occassions (and these seem purposeful) - Ironically fragbait does not seem like one of these to me (he seems like one of the good people who's misunderstood instead of the flame happy people).
that's just my view of things...basically there is stagnation and isolation going on, but it's more of groups 1 and 3 trying not to mix with group 2 (thus isolating themselves from each other) - that's forcing the turbulance and mistrust/aggrivation.
1 - (the administration and a large portion of older members) - seems really cool
2 - (a large chunk of people that actually signed onto the board within about 2-3 months of me...there are a few older members in here though) - seems to be a mixture of good people and really flame happy people... none of us seem to really have been accepted by the first group though (for the most part....there are a few who seem slightly accepted).
3 - (the trans-forum members) - people in multiple forums, most seem pretty cool, there is the occassional flame happy person, but 90% of the people seem pretty nice (I'm the only one I know of besides maybe Ruvanal (sp?) that's on Dii.net, LL, and AB)
the only one that seems to really be causing any turbulance seems to be group 2...of whose members I've seen assorted trolling/flaming on quite a few occassions (and these seem purposeful) - Ironically fragbait does not seem like one of these to me (he seems like one of the good people who's misunderstood instead of the flame happy people).
that's just my view of things...basically there is stagnation and isolation going on, but it's more of groups 1 and 3 trying not to mix with group 2 (thus isolating themselves from each other) - that's forcing the turbulance and mistrust/aggrivation.
Chaos < Logic > Order
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"