Vazela
OOC Writer Account
Here is what I see.
I've watched a member of this community harass, disrupt and be genuinely spiteful to members of a faction because they were not getting what they wanted. I have seen nothing happen to this person. And I have seen this person jump ship to a rival faction, with the sole intention of joining said faction to get back at the one they just left. And nothing is going to happen to this person. No repercussions. And the members- and more importantly, it's leadership- will not kick or, at the very least, ensure that this person didn't join their faction with malicious intentions against their previous faction that, coincidentally, they are at war with In Character.
This is metagaming at the core of what metagaming is. And it shouldn't be tolerated.
Relations between said factions haven't been in good terms with one another since the second was founded earlier this year. And the general basis for this hostility between their members comes down to some elitist-victim based narrative that said second faction was founded to mess over the first. This conspiracy theory has now been carried from the bottom up, to the point that the founder of this website has become involved in it, one way or another.
At this point of this post I heavily debated throwing out names. You know, I hate causing drama and ruckus as much as the next person. But with the very creation of this post, I am beginning it anyway. Because certain things need to be brought to light to the wider community. Pressure tends to garner the right result, one way or the other.
Of course, I speak of [member="Tefka"] and the recent creation of [member="Ra Vizsla"]. I speak of [member="Ridist Dracko"] and his recent actions in the Mandalorian Empire, which eventually led up to him leaving (or being thrown out) and joining the Mandalorian Clans. And I speak of the general angst between the Mandalorian Clans and Mandalorian Empire that has been an on-going issue dating back to when [member="Isley Verd"] first begun his faction.
In the past 4 months, I have watched the One Sith begin to eat itself up. This is expected, considering most Sith factions- regardless of the website they are founded on- normally destroy themselves, based on In Character betrayals, deceptions and attacks. Sith don't get along with each. Something about individuality and chasing perfection. But this faction hasn't died, or is dying because of In Character reasons, but because of issues going on OOC. Issues that led to two (perhaps three) different incarnations of other Sith factions, with only the Sith Triumvirate managing to make it to major faction and staying the course.
I don't pretend to know what is going on with the One Sith. I've been involved, on and off with the faction, since it's inception. I stuck to my In Character goals, which did not coincide with the One Sith. I don't even know what has been going on OOC. But it is clearly obvious to me that something has happened. After all, a faction that took down the Galactic Republic from the height of it's power to it's current state, based mostly In Character, is now on the brink of collapse (or so it appears) due to a loss of several of it's most influential members (Reverance, Vornskr, Isamu Baelor, Cira's alts).
I have watched the Galactic Alliance, built mostly from old Republic players (we won't get into that) capitalize on the misfortunes of the OS faction, that appear on the surface to have been caused OOC. And the staff let this happen. At the height of the One Sith's strength, the Alliance was actually repelled during the Sacking of Coruscant. Now, it looks highly probable that the Alliance have just annexed Coruscant from the One Sith. Perhaps it is a coincidence, or dumb luck, that the Alliance managed to achieve this victory during this time. And, yes, it is sound strategy to attack an enemy when their pants are down. But not like this. Intentional or not, this is a form of metagame, in my opinion.
I have watched [member="Vitor Imperieuse"] be continually accosted by members of this community, going all the way back to 2013. And it hasn't stopped. This writer has been bullied to the point that they haven't participated in this community 'properly' for nearly a year. And they are unlikely to return. There are a lot of people on this website that are happy about this. I dare say that there are members of the staff that are happy about this too. I speak of the Codex and Factory level judges. I'd like to think that the RPJs and Administrators are better than that and so they should be.
In a recent Q&A, Tefka said that he left the community-that-shall-not-be-named because the staff were biased, manipulative and incapable of moderating that community properly. He started Chaos with the intentions of clamping down on the problems that he experienced during his time in that aforementioned community. And, yet, these problems have begun to show in Chaos. Perhaps this is a curse for all roleplay communities. After all, the community that I joined Chaos from (and still roleplay in) experienced all of these problems and more. Regardless, even at the smallest levels of staff- and by extension, the larger community- the same biased, manipulative and, to be blunt, stupidity, that Tefka experienced in his old community have begun to settle their roots in Chaos.
Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps Tefka hasn't been drawn into the on-going OOC political debacles of both Mandalorian factions, and in an effort to solve it, he has used his popularity and status as owner of this website to speed track a new character to the position of Mand'alor. Perhaps Tefka is just writing and enjoying a new character. But it doesn't seem that way. It doesn't seem that way because the writer of Isley Verd has been constantly accosted with vague threats, both IC and OOC, in an effort to stop him becoming Mand'alor. That the main motivations, and reasons why he hasn't become Mand'alor IC yet tends to come from OOC rather than IC.
Perhaps I am wrong about Chesire (Ridst Dracko). Perhaps the members of the Mandalorian Empire were bullying and accosting him on the same level that Vitor Imperieuse was back in the circa 2013 Sith Empire. But that doesn't seem likely either. It seems more likely that this person has an attention seeking-victim complex that has put him on the fringes of this community. Because nobody likes someone who is attention seeking or has a victim complex. Right?
Perhaps I am wrong about the One Sith. Perhaps the faction has run it's course. Members became bored and wanted to roleplay in other and / or new factions. Out of all the points I have made in this post, this one seems the more likely explanation. I've already admitted that I don't know much about the OS. This is an outsider perspective. And if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
Perhaps Vitor Imperieuse has deserved all the abuse sent his way over the years. Perhaps the In Character actions that ended up destroying his companies and characters reputations etc. were all doing based purely In Character, and not because something was said or done OOC. That OOC wasn't the driving factor behind Operation: Weedkiller, the destruction of Subach-Innes and several other things that I can't think of at this time.
Perhaps I am a hypocrite for pointing this out. After all, I am no saint. I certainly haven't helped the One Sith. My attempts to takeover the faction with @Vilox Pazela were considered annoying and tedious. It is well known that I do not share good relations with Vitor's writer. So, again, perhaps the stigma and general hostility towards him and his roleplay is deserved.
Maybe it's just me.
But this is what I see in this community. And I do not like it.
I've watched a member of this community harass, disrupt and be genuinely spiteful to members of a faction because they were not getting what they wanted. I have seen nothing happen to this person. And I have seen this person jump ship to a rival faction, with the sole intention of joining said faction to get back at the one they just left. And nothing is going to happen to this person. No repercussions. And the members- and more importantly, it's leadership- will not kick or, at the very least, ensure that this person didn't join their faction with malicious intentions against their previous faction that, coincidentally, they are at war with In Character.
This is metagaming at the core of what metagaming is. And it shouldn't be tolerated.
Relations between said factions haven't been in good terms with one another since the second was founded earlier this year. And the general basis for this hostility between their members comes down to some elitist-victim based narrative that said second faction was founded to mess over the first. This conspiracy theory has now been carried from the bottom up, to the point that the founder of this website has become involved in it, one way or another.
At this point of this post I heavily debated throwing out names. You know, I hate causing drama and ruckus as much as the next person. But with the very creation of this post, I am beginning it anyway. Because certain things need to be brought to light to the wider community. Pressure tends to garner the right result, one way or the other.
Of course, I speak of [member="Tefka"] and the recent creation of [member="Ra Vizsla"]. I speak of [member="Ridist Dracko"] and his recent actions in the Mandalorian Empire, which eventually led up to him leaving (or being thrown out) and joining the Mandalorian Clans. And I speak of the general angst between the Mandalorian Clans and Mandalorian Empire that has been an on-going issue dating back to when [member="Isley Verd"] first begun his faction.
In the past 4 months, I have watched the One Sith begin to eat itself up. This is expected, considering most Sith factions- regardless of the website they are founded on- normally destroy themselves, based on In Character betrayals, deceptions and attacks. Sith don't get along with each. Something about individuality and chasing perfection. But this faction hasn't died, or is dying because of In Character reasons, but because of issues going on OOC. Issues that led to two (perhaps three) different incarnations of other Sith factions, with only the Sith Triumvirate managing to make it to major faction and staying the course.
I don't pretend to know what is going on with the One Sith. I've been involved, on and off with the faction, since it's inception. I stuck to my In Character goals, which did not coincide with the One Sith. I don't even know what has been going on OOC. But it is clearly obvious to me that something has happened. After all, a faction that took down the Galactic Republic from the height of it's power to it's current state, based mostly In Character, is now on the brink of collapse (or so it appears) due to a loss of several of it's most influential members (Reverance, Vornskr, Isamu Baelor, Cira's alts).
I have watched the Galactic Alliance, built mostly from old Republic players (we won't get into that) capitalize on the misfortunes of the OS faction, that appear on the surface to have been caused OOC. And the staff let this happen. At the height of the One Sith's strength, the Alliance was actually repelled during the Sacking of Coruscant. Now, it looks highly probable that the Alliance have just annexed Coruscant from the One Sith. Perhaps it is a coincidence, or dumb luck, that the Alliance managed to achieve this victory during this time. And, yes, it is sound strategy to attack an enemy when their pants are down. But not like this. Intentional or not, this is a form of metagame, in my opinion.
I have watched [member="Vitor Imperieuse"] be continually accosted by members of this community, going all the way back to 2013. And it hasn't stopped. This writer has been bullied to the point that they haven't participated in this community 'properly' for nearly a year. And they are unlikely to return. There are a lot of people on this website that are happy about this. I dare say that there are members of the staff that are happy about this too. I speak of the Codex and Factory level judges. I'd like to think that the RPJs and Administrators are better than that and so they should be.
In a recent Q&A, Tefka said that he left the community-that-shall-not-be-named because the staff were biased, manipulative and incapable of moderating that community properly. He started Chaos with the intentions of clamping down on the problems that he experienced during his time in that aforementioned community. And, yet, these problems have begun to show in Chaos. Perhaps this is a curse for all roleplay communities. After all, the community that I joined Chaos from (and still roleplay in) experienced all of these problems and more. Regardless, even at the smallest levels of staff- and by extension, the larger community- the same biased, manipulative and, to be blunt, stupidity, that Tefka experienced in his old community have begun to settle their roots in Chaos.
Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps Tefka hasn't been drawn into the on-going OOC political debacles of both Mandalorian factions, and in an effort to solve it, he has used his popularity and status as owner of this website to speed track a new character to the position of Mand'alor. Perhaps Tefka is just writing and enjoying a new character. But it doesn't seem that way. It doesn't seem that way because the writer of Isley Verd has been constantly accosted with vague threats, both IC and OOC, in an effort to stop him becoming Mand'alor. That the main motivations, and reasons why he hasn't become Mand'alor IC yet tends to come from OOC rather than IC.
Perhaps I am wrong about Chesire (Ridst Dracko). Perhaps the members of the Mandalorian Empire were bullying and accosting him on the same level that Vitor Imperieuse was back in the circa 2013 Sith Empire. But that doesn't seem likely either. It seems more likely that this person has an attention seeking-victim complex that has put him on the fringes of this community. Because nobody likes someone who is attention seeking or has a victim complex. Right?
Perhaps I am wrong about the One Sith. Perhaps the faction has run it's course. Members became bored and wanted to roleplay in other and / or new factions. Out of all the points I have made in this post, this one seems the more likely explanation. I've already admitted that I don't know much about the OS. This is an outsider perspective. And if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
Perhaps Vitor Imperieuse has deserved all the abuse sent his way over the years. Perhaps the In Character actions that ended up destroying his companies and characters reputations etc. were all doing based purely In Character, and not because something was said or done OOC. That OOC wasn't the driving factor behind Operation: Weedkiller, the destruction of Subach-Innes and several other things that I can't think of at this time.
Perhaps I am a hypocrite for pointing this out. After all, I am no saint. I certainly haven't helped the One Sith. My attempts to takeover the faction with @Vilox Pazela were considered annoying and tedious. It is well known that I do not share good relations with Vitor's writer. So, again, perhaps the stigma and general hostility towards him and his roleplay is deserved.
Maybe it's just me.
But this is what I see in this community. And I do not like it.
