Re: The Phenomenal Fracas! (GBS2G6): [Round Three: HMS Thunderhead]
04-28-2011, 06:10 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by SleepingOrange.
Your entire defensive post seems to be based on the idea that we didn't make our plans clear in-thread and you don't have time for IRC. That would be fine as far as it goes (we can't all spend every day on IRC, real life happens), were it not for the fact that our plans were obvious to even the most cursory read of the thread; Muriegro is in the process of galvanizing the proletariat, the security chief is working towards an exciting heist, and so on and so on. Right there in black and white grey and orange.
For that matter, we had no way of knowing your post was going to be "eventful" or in fact change the entire tone or progression of the battle. Just because you had a lengthy reserve doesn't mean a thing; all of us, yourself included and perhaps especially, take a long time to write anything, eventful or not. It could even have meant you had forgotten or given up. We can't read your mind, and you gave no indication that anything big was coming. As has always been the case, the burden to check on whether their event is going to step on someone else's toes is on the writer making the game-changing post, not the other people; you can't expect us to PM someone every time they're about to post and remind them of our plans. You have to be mindful of what other people are doing, especially if it has been intimated or explicitly stated in the thread.
Frankly, the reason for the "dramatic" post isn't because of this one particularly-egregious event; it's because of the fact that it's become painfully obvious over the course of this entire battle that you pay very little attention to what other writers want to do or what other characters are doing, and I said as much to Whoosh! in last round's elimination advice PM. It's because of the fact that you don't treat this like a collaborative game or contest, but an outlet for you to write about your character and the rest of us to just deal with it and write around you. THAT is the disrespect I'm talking about, not one isolated incident or post. A recurring pattern of working poorly with others and ignoring everyone else's wants and plans.
Frankly, I'm not going to sit here and let you accuse me of theatrics or paint me as petulant or unreasonable. This is far from the first time other writers have been frustrated by your inability to, and you can't play injured innocence as though you've been doing your best to get along with everyone this whole time. If you can't even be bothered to read everyone else's posts, you can't hide behind "this is all in fun" when other people get angry at you for not playing right.
Neither Anomaly or I should have to PM you anything; everything salient that we want to happen is obvious here in the thread if you take the time to review what everyone else has said, as you should. MrGuy's plans are less explicitly stated and he may want to talk to you, but the fact is that all we require of you is "ask before doing something that changes the entire dynamic of the round". You simply can't move the entire NPC population around on a whim, Wojjan, and assume it won't mess with other people.
Your entire defensive post seems to be based on the idea that we didn't make our plans clear in-thread and you don't have time for IRC. That would be fine as far as it goes (we can't all spend every day on IRC, real life happens), were it not for the fact that our plans were obvious to even the most cursory read of the thread; Muriegro is in the process of galvanizing the proletariat, the security chief is working towards an exciting heist, and so on and so on. Right there in black and white grey and orange.
For that matter, we had no way of knowing your post was going to be "eventful" or in fact change the entire tone or progression of the battle. Just because you had a lengthy reserve doesn't mean a thing; all of us, yourself included and perhaps especially, take a long time to write anything, eventful or not. It could even have meant you had forgotten or given up. We can't read your mind, and you gave no indication that anything big was coming. As has always been the case, the burden to check on whether their event is going to step on someone else's toes is on the writer making the game-changing post, not the other people; you can't expect us to PM someone every time they're about to post and remind them of our plans. You have to be mindful of what other people are doing, especially if it has been intimated or explicitly stated in the thread.
Frankly, the reason for the "dramatic" post isn't because of this one particularly-egregious event; it's because of the fact that it's become painfully obvious over the course of this entire battle that you pay very little attention to what other writers want to do or what other characters are doing, and I said as much to Whoosh! in last round's elimination advice PM. It's because of the fact that you don't treat this like a collaborative game or contest, but an outlet for you to write about your character and the rest of us to just deal with it and write around you. THAT is the disrespect I'm talking about, not one isolated incident or post. A recurring pattern of working poorly with others and ignoring everyone else's wants and plans.
Frankly, I'm not going to sit here and let you accuse me of theatrics or paint me as petulant or unreasonable. This is far from the first time other writers have been frustrated by your inability to, and you can't play injured innocence as though you've been doing your best to get along with everyone this whole time. If you can't even be bothered to read everyone else's posts, you can't hide behind "this is all in fun" when other people get angry at you for not playing right.
Neither Anomaly or I should have to PM you anything; everything salient that we want to happen is obvious here in the thread if you take the time to review what everyone else has said, as you should. MrGuy's plans are less explicitly stated and he may want to talk to you, but the fact is that all we require of you is "ask before doing something that changes the entire dynamic of the round". You simply can't move the entire NPC population around on a whim, Wojjan, and assume it won't mess with other people.