Discussion: Why Did You Leave The Galactic Republic?

[Mother Askani]

Wu-Tag lives...

 

[Miss Blonde]

 

[Alasdair Sitra]

Dissolve the GR and merge with the First Order...then you'd be the talk of the town

 

[Ben Watts]

I hope they don't dissolve,

NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER SURRENDER GALACTIC REPUBLIC FOR LIFE.

Ignore the fact that I joined the One Sith plz.

 

[Jsc]

This is off topic but. Did anybody else notice that Josh posted a story about Skyping to drama while at a Strip Club. Because I kind of feel that's the moral of this story right now.

Sorry. I'm getting to old for this Danny Glover quote.

EDIT: I see that Like Siobhan Kerrigan. Don't think I don't see that Like right there --> ! xoxo

 

[Ben Watts]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]

I saw it but, for Josh, that seems like a normal day so I just kept moving.

 

[Mantic Dorn]

Kay. So in a thread littered with valid concerns, good reasons, and bad experiences. You. Mantic Dorn. Come to the final conclusion that everyone on this website is simply... Attacking you.

Okay. So. What do you want exactly? For all of us to just... Go away? Is that it. Maybe we should all just stop talking. Would that make you feel better? Tell old Rev to stop posting blogs. Tell the GA to stop being such a wonderful alternative. Ooo. Or how about. Tell the OP of this thread, a Republic member, to just stop wondering why people left the faction in the first place. Because nothing is wrong. Everything is peachy. And this is all just some very trolly conspiracy to keep Mantic Dorn down. By everybody. Literally. A conspiracy by... Everybody.

Now. Look at what you're saying. Look at what you are doing. Now look at what people are honestly giving concerns about in this thread. Okay. Now look back at yourself. Look at what you are doing. And now look at what people are complaining about in this thread. Getting where I'm going with this? Kinda sorta? Maybe?

...

Mantic. I'll finish by saying that you're a great guy and very fun to RP with. You really are. You can write a hell of a Jedi. It's awesome to see. But sometimes man. Woo. Ya know. Sometimes. You're comments can come off as really really hard to relate to.

In the future I hope you come to see the hardships of your fellow writers as not a conspiracy, but as an opportunity for healing, understanding, and re connection. Cheers mate. And happy posting.

I absolutely did not mean that we should stop talking to each other. I must blame my skill in english if that is the meaning of what I wrote.
I meant that there are several new writers who come to chaos wanting to write a classical GR character but get spooked because there is allot of ooc that people discuss, inside and outside of the faction, a bit too much (imo) and they end up wandering off because of it.

As for my short comings, they are there but what you wrote above seem to bring in oppinions about me in other ocassions rather then what I tried to write in this thread. It was a very long answer to come from one of my sentences. I Could be wrong of course.

Naturally I am grateful for the praise as well! I know you seem to read way more then most manage. Always good to hear ones writing does not suck!
Cheers!

 

[Kamon's OOC]

As the former FA of the Galactic Republic I can offer a little insight into what I personally believe could be the issue. Whenever I was running it, things were easy, wanna know why? I wasn't the only one making decisions. It was me along with, well, everyone who was deciding the direction the faction went in. Now, I have been gone for awhile, but a strange thing I started to notice before I left was everyone was relying on the Faction Admin to do everything. They decided the dominions, the strategies, promotions, gods... there is an endless list of things that was being put on the FA's shoulders.

And guess what that does? It breeds nothing but discontent for the person running the faction. If one person runs the show then, as is natural, someone is going to question their decisions. The thing is, when everyone has input into the direction of the faction, no one can really complain because it is a collaboration. If people do start complaining then you have more people on your side to defend the decisions. It becomes more of a community and less of a "Lets look to this guy for help."

My rule of thumb with running the Galactic Republic was to be more of a mediator instead of the guy making all the decisions. Trust me when I say that this place has a buttload of people with a buttload of amazing ideas. Let them run things, let them make the decisions, no one person can "save" a major faction. It has to be a place where everyone just wants to see it succeed. If you constantly worry about members leaving or people being unhappy with the current rule then... well.... you are doing something wrong.

A good faction just..... does stuff. We weren't worried about the map, or losing planets, or discontent among members. The only thing we were worried about was having a damn good time. We laughed, we joked, we came up with outlandish ideas ( mostly I came up with outlandish ideas ) and the smarter less ignorant people would take that outlandish idea and turn it into something that could actually be written.

Collaboration is key. If your members feel like you are trying to impose your will on the faction you will die as a faction leader. It shouldn't be about YOU as the faction leader it should be about what YOU do for the faction. All eyes are on you, but you don't have to do it alone. In fact, if you do it alone, you are doing it wrong. Share the burden, lets others have the right to come up with ideas, allow people to go out and do things EVEN IF YOU THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS STUPID.


Why did I leave the Republic? Well, it stopped being about fun, and turned into work. We lost our way as a faction and it became more about what everyone else was doing wrong and less about what I can do to fix it. Anyone can point fingers but the real leaders point the fingers at themselves and they fix it. Because I am not above criticism ( And I am as close to one can get to perfection ) so you are certainly not above it.


You want to see the Galactic Republic thrive again? Listen, learn, adapt, be open, and most of all you gotta Wu Tang.

This is exactly why, when I got up this morning, I started a thread for the whole faction to vote on the future direction of the faction instead of leaving it to a select few people.

 

[Nima Tann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8

That's all I am going to say about this matter because I don't have any idea.

 

[Jsc]

...I meant that there are several new writers who come to chaos wanting to write a classical GR character but get spooked because there is allot of ooc that people discuss, inside and outside of the faction, a bit too much (imo) and they end up wandering off because of it.

Mmkay. Going to PM you now.

 

[Ben Watts]

[member="Barrien Siegfried"]

I trust you my friend. The GR has an unlimited number of things it can do.

Too bad you have to face me now. I am being forced to destroy what I created

 

[Kamon's OOC]

[member="Barrien Siegfried"]

I trust you my friend. The GR has an unlimited number of things it can do.

Too bad you have to face me now. I am being forced to TRY TO destroy what I created

Fixed that for ya.

 

[Reverance]

[member="Ben Watts"]

Come, we can destroy stuff together. It will be...fun.

 

[Ben Watts]

[member="Reverance"]

They will fear Old Man Watts and his all powerful master Reverence

 

[Jsc]

[member="Ben Watts"]

Watts-Class Republic Star Destroyer shoots Ben Watts. Admiral feels kinda funny about it. Declines comment.

 

[Ben Watts]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]

I forgot about the Watts class cruiser! OMG that is my shining moment as a roleplayer. I've got a ship named after me.

 

[Kamon's OOC]

So easy to please, Ben.

Don't mind me when I put my saber where the sun don't shine since you're batting for the other team.

 

[Ben Watts]

[member="Barrien Siegfried"]

Oh I am sorry, do you have a ship named after you? Weird, cause I do, I have a ship named after me. I can't hear you all the way up here on my pedestal.

 

[Jsc]

[member="Ben Watts"]

 

[Kamon's OOC]

[member="Ben Watts"]
Who needs a ship when you're a Vondiranach?