hmmm i'm going to give a big rant here to get it all out of my system, this is all about MSF, IRC and such! So be Warned...



Ok im going to start this off, with a simple subject.. IRC.. we all know that IRC is riddled with problems, and is one of the big reasons that the board's activity has declined over the past year, nobody can deny that, nor can they deny that alot of MSF's problems seem to start at MSF, my first part of the rant will be about some of the problems in IRC...

1) TFs: 365+ days ago, there was a total of 2 TFers on IRC, these TFers handled the TFs and the reversals of said TFs, things ran smoothly and it was a fun system. Now I know with time, things change, nothing can stay the same. However, at the current date, almost all regulars on #MSF, seem to have some kind of TF method even if they rarely use it, whether it be from TF Water to something that their character built or bought, everyone seems to have the ability to TF people. This leads me into the next part.. Reversals seem to be another thing, everyone seems to have the ability to reverse their own or someone else's TF, dont get me wrong, I know there is a rule that says you can deny any TF ya want, but I got this whole feeling that if ya accept the TF, ya should hold onto at least 6 hours, out of if nothing else... respect for the one who TF'd ya!

2: Abilities: Things used to be original, and they used to be fun. We had healers, and fighters, different branches, different abilities, but now, when something needs done, everyone jumps and suddenly has the ability to do it, from healing to building something, to a super-rare item find, everyone seems to have it, or are able to do it. "Hey, I seem to have lost an arm... and am losing massive amounts of bloo--- *faints*" "(Everyone) Oh my *heals person and their arm reforms* XD great minds think alike I guess, hehe" everyone can fight, everyone can do everything and when nothing is fun to do anymore, you find something as ability-less as a Human, a grand and wonderful thing to be.

Those are the two biggest problems, and they seem to span other problems, such as people getting upset, and people not feeling needed as something they once did was now nothing more than a parlor trick you could learn from the back of a comic book, and you have to admit, if you controlled something such as Scientific and Robotics, and then the next day, everyone RPed making things with the same technique... making it just another run of the mill average method and technique of doing things, you get annoyed and might even say "Screw it, if everyone does it, why bother with it..." it could even make things stop being fun, and might make you leave MSF, or get totally annoyed at MSF and snap for no reason, the same can be said for TFers, after so long of their TFs being shrugged off like nothing, the TFer may begin to give up upon TFs, even if TFing people is fun for them...

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3: The Mod System: First off I will admit it a good portion of the mods deserve their spot, even Goose the newest Mod of MSF, but there are some rather by inactiveness or Poor-Modness that should be demoted faster than some seem to be promoted! Now that I said that, ill go on record as stating that MSF is in no way suffering from a shortage of mods, nor are mods needed for anything at ALL, if anything we need LESS Mods! Mods in MSF mainly have to enforce the rules over their boards, they aren't needed to "bring a more positive attitude to MSF" because ANY user can do that... anything a mod can do a user can do just as well if not better, but people dont seem to understand that, instead they think being a mod gives them a holy power that emits positivity around them, but it dont, you dont need a mod position to do anything in MSF. Most times Users do a better job at ensuring positivity more than the mods do!

On the same system, the Mods have been known to talk about how the Users disrespect them, and ignore them, and how they treat them a certain way... but respect is supposed to be a 2-way deal, you give respect, you get respect. Respect is something you earn, and is alot quicker to lose than it is to earn, so if the Mod doesnt respect the User, then the User will not respect the mod! Also if a User disagree's with a Mod, and has their own opinion that is against the Mods, no matter what it may be, and they dispute the Mod's idea, that is NOT disrespect in anyway, its called having free will... Some people are like me, they will not kiss the butt of any mod and/or Admin for any reason. Heck the first goal of a Mod/Admin should be to connect with the User, not to drive a wedge between the two sides by stupid actions!

Also "Mod Powers" what the hell, there are no mod powers, or their shouldn't be of course, from what ive seen though, most of the Mod's seem to have a TF Ability... that is undodgable, that right there is crap to begin with. *rolls eyes* The Mods will go out there and say "Dont treat us any differently than ya would anyone else, we're no different from any of you ^_^" but then they go and somehow get 'flexibility' on rules and systems and things like that, and 'Mod Powers' that can be 'abused' WTF?! there shouldn't be any mod powers, and then they turn around after talking about all of that and say "oh but there's nothing special about being a mod, nope...' no offense to any of the Mods, but Mod Powers and Mod Sticks are all a pile of crap, Mod's shouldn't get any special power or privileges just for being a mod.. puh Mods are not Mods, they are just users with fancy titles in my book...

Now ill confess something, I said a few months ago I didn't wanna be a mod anymore, yanno why because I had this stupid suspicion, that my publicly stating I wanted to be a mod hurt my chances so if I pretended not to want it, it might help, but I wont lie while the mods have their problems, and some are just as disrespectful as some of the Users they comment on, I want to be one. Not for power or any of that, ill gladly take the responsiblity, and I know there isn't anything that being a mod will help me with. I can do anything a mod can right now, I can help people and whatever, I simply want it to prove I can get it, ill hold the responsiblity true and dear and whatever. Thats my reason for wanting it.. to show that I can.

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4: Other Things: This may or may not coincide with anything ive ranted about thus far, but I will discuss it here, the first being my demotion from mentor, it was brought up again last night, so im going to bring it up again. I was demoted because a certain mod made a snap decision to do so, the admin over the whole system thought I resigned, and the head mod - Duck, was just as confused as I was when he found out.

So tonight I was told by this mod, that it wasn't just him, I had a hand in my demotion, this struck something in my head... 1) why was I at fault? and 2) how was I a bad role model with my rants? I began to think and almost immediately it hit me!

Why was I at fault? because I was honest, because everytime I ranted I shook the very foundation that MSF stood on by voicing MSF problems to the public! So how can they take away from the look of a problem, they can turn me into the problem, by demoting me, or fingering me as the bad guy... but here's the thing, while blunt, I am usually always honest, so when I rant as much as I did a few months ago, it should've been "Hey.. yanno he's on IRC alot, maybe there really is a problem we should be looking at here..." but NO! it wasn't instead there was "*sigh* James ranted again, what a whiner, whine whine whine..." "James is such a trouble maker *le sigh*"

How was I a bad role model for newer members... I wasn't, I realized tonight some of the members of MSF, respected me alot for my rants, so how could I be a bad role model, if I was earning respect for my rants, not disgust or dislike by new people and even still if I was a bad role model, a second chance, a warning, something would've been desired, but that would be too much to ask for I suppose.

Also another thing, if the mods are going to say "Dont talk behind so and so's back" then they should have the same courtesy their trying to spread, and not to talk about people behind there's while expecting them never to find out. Yeah, I know ALL about that thread that was within the Mod Room about me labeled "James"... yeah I read your comments, too bad none of you came to my face about it, I might've not been so upset about it, but meh you cant change it now, I guess certain comments are best not made to the face of the one your going to slanderize, huh?! So how's you talking behind people's backs like they dont have feelings any different from me being a "Bad Role Model" in your eyes.. in my case I was just a mentor, but your freaking mods...

Anyways, a second chance is not too much to ask for, it might be pressing it with some people, who dont know me, but have already formed judgments about me. Why can I have one, why cant I have a second chance, to not be reminded of my past mistakes at every turn, to not be looked as the whiner, or whatever, it might be hard because im blunt.. to the point of not holding anything back, but it'd be helpful...

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Anyways... Thats my MSF Rant, I might add other things later, but thats it for now, dunno if anybody will read it, but meh, I had to get it off my chest or I might've went after someone later :S