I’ll rant anyway.
I once had a buddy who thought of himself as something of a comedian, even went so far as to get a ‘gig’ at the local comedy club here in town where he played a couple of times a month. He was in fact pretty funny, but what always gave me a kick was that whenever I would introduce him to someone and mention that he was a comedian, the first thing out of the persons mouth would be: “Say something funny. Come on, anything.” My buddy would just stand there with this panic look on his face with no where to run and mutter a “Um….er….” Boy would that make me grin.
I’m not grinning anymore, because now I know how he felt. Here we all sit in the Entrance Hall trying to think up something interesting and witty to say in the hopes that some moderator will smile down and knight us “worthy”. I’m sure we all felt the same way when we figured out how things now worked around here. To say I think this is a ridiculous spectacle is an understatement. Their reasoning (from Papewaio): some don’t get their tongue in cheek humor, to stop riff raff diminishing the core values of the org, and to ensure that members can manage to write in complete sentences and have a logical flow to their argument is nothing more than an elitist agenda.
First will these individuals who have no tongue in cheek humor be required to sit thru taped copies of 70’s British Comedies in hopes that they may someday find humor in the ironic.
Second, are these core values that the org values so highly anywhere to be found? How can I re programming. myself to these values if they are not posted. I would think they would flash up every time a person logged on like a Visa pop-up ad if they were so highly treasured.
Third, members that can’t write in complete sentences or have a logical flow to their arguments. Will there be any training to these members to ensure the proper use of the queens English in an attempt to make them a more productive members of the Org, or will they be banished to the Entrance Hall until they pass the sixth grade. Lord forbid anyone voice their opinion who speaks English as a second language.
Come to think of it I think there core values are blatantly clear: If your not like us, change or your place is in the Entrance Hall. All I wanted to do is get involved with some people from all over the world, from different backgrounds and education in a forum area to discuss a game that we all like to play…. Shogun Total War http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif . In retrospect I think I’ll be staying here for quite sometime after this. I did not mean to offend anyone and I’m sure that what I’ve said has been said in other posts by persons more eloquent than myself. I’ve done did beat this dead horse, but like I said…..I’ll rant anyway.
