My reality cheque bounced.

August 31, 2003 jase 4 comments

My faith in humanity has been restored.

No, wait, I’m wrong. It’s all gone to shit.

Once more friendly users have struck. Those who demand a mile but won’t budge an inch. Those who cry unfair while managing to be insulting.

It’s a finely crafted skill, I’m convinced of it. People can’t be this pathetically successful at … well, being so pathetic. It must be something people actually plan out and do rather than just successfully stumble upon that winning irritating formula again and again.

It does really make me wonder why I bother to run a web site, and the biggest driver behind continuing is that I’d be letting a lot of people down if I quit. I know there are a lot of silent but happy users, and the crap it is often briefly punctuated with periods of enjoyment; either stemming from vocal grateful users, good RP’ing, or implementing a particularly nifty or well received feature, but when the shit really starts to get me down, the one thing that stops me chucking a hissy fit and throwing in the towel is all the users, and that’s kind of a sad state to be in.

It also makes me wonder where I get my patience from, and why I don’t ban more people more often. Why I insist on try to explain this to users, why I persevere with trying to be helpful to those who just won’t accept any help. My patience amazes me, but I’ve got to impress someone, no?

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#1 | Written by -c. about 21 years ago.

Well I hope you get more enjoyment out of it than that :-\.

I’d hate to think you’re perservering just because you don’t want people to be disappointed. You’ve got a great board and, really, a great community. Not that what I say means too much ;-) But, hey, if it cuts your stress level, ban more quickly. I think as much as you’d like to give some people the benefit of the doubt, some are just never, ever going to fit into community that’s been nurtured there — and it might just be more kind to lance the boil of social retards and perpetual problems before they grow large and unsightly. To put it in an icky way.
#2 | Written by -e about 21 years ago.

Keep up the great work Jase, we still love you (in a non homo, completely platonic manly way!) I say ban them if they piss you off. But that is why I dont want the ban feature, as I’d probably ban myself too often.
#3 | Written by Berdia about 21 years ago.

Jase, on behalf of all no-good pooers currently inhabiting your site, I must appologize. You’ve got a kick-@$$ site, one that many people would pay to be a part of. I’m new, but already feel a part of RPoL (meaning: I’m addicted, and will soon develop a form of cancer which you will do multiple studies to prove are in no way a result of your site, but instead due to a freak coincidence where only your users are affected). Anyway, if they ever get you down, just refer to the handy list below for your response to their demands.

1. So are you offering to code that, and send the finished code to me?

2. Since the honor system has been proven SO reliable in the past…

3. I’ll work on that right after the beer warning system.

4. You know, a diaper would stop all that poo from getting everywhere…

5. So I, having provided a free roleplaying site and spending god-awful amounts of hours running it, am being selfish and ungenerous?

6. Moderators, bring me his head.

I hope these help in future dealings with pooheads.
#4 | Written by woof about 21 years ago.

Thanks guys ‘n’ gals, it helps, but I’d still rather have not had this week!

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