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It looks awfully green to me.

Hmmm. Smilies that appear to be puking. Would this attract or chase away n00bs?

Fixer,

I'm going to try to respond to you as honestly as I can. I'm not a fan of point-by-point debates so I'll stick to a broader discussion if that's ok. If I miss something, let me know and I'll try to address it.

You are right in saying that I have been more than usually abrupt with your posts. Something in your posting style certainly brings out the worst in me, but I still feel that I have always remained courteous even when I was, shall we say, curt. In my own defense, I would never have tackled you in any way if I felt you were not perfectly capable of defending yourself. You have laid down the gauntlet in a number of threads in a "take no prisoners" manner and as such I felt you were able to handle whatever was thrown at you. There is no way that I would do the same to a newbie who was less sure of themselves.

I will say that you have a very forceful personality, and that in many ways I admire your forthrightness. That said, you make dogmatic statements that beg to be challenged. It is therefore very surprising to me that when you are challenged you resort to personal insults. I expected better of you. To be frank, if you can't take it, don't dish it out.

In response to your question, I feel I self moderate pretty well. You are not a fragile poster. You have firmly stood with your back to the wall and challenged all comers. As such, I cut you no more slack than I would anyone else here a lot longer. Others who are less vocal and more timid recieve encouragement where I can give it or at the very least tolerance when I feel like snapping.

I hope this answers some of your questions. I stand by my inital argument though. This board is defined by who we are and what we make of this board, not by our defenses or our survival instinct. You choose to focus on the negative, I choose to focus on the positive, and that I think, is our fundamental difference.

"My lands only borders lie around my heart"

Alatar

Wampuscat wrote:

Hmmm. Smilies that appear to be puking. Would this attract or chase away n00bs?

Oops.



*edits offending smiley*

*slinks from thread*

ANTHY! Get your ears back in here.

Well, let's just say it would attract some and not others...and that we might not want the ones it attracts all that bad......but then again, any noob that burrows into a MB's business forum probably is a noob to reckon with anyway.

*slinks back in*

*points pony ears in Ax's direction*

Did someone call?



Wampus is right, it wasn't my best "welcome to b77" effort.

I will behave better from now on. Promise.

I was going to grumble that there had been no arguments for a while and what was wrong. Nice to see traditions are being maintained however.

*settles down and opens bag of popcorn*


And for missing Anthy's smiley. It sounded

ToshoftheWuffingas wrote:

I was going to grumble that there had been no arguments for a while and what was wrong. Nice to see traditions are being maintained however.

There was an argument? I missed it! Dammit, those are always entertaining.

Got any more popcorn?

*shares popcorn*

Yeah it was a bit tame. I've just been getting withdrawal symptons - it's been nearly a week after all.

But nobody hugged. <munch> It's not over until the fat lady sin... until somebody hugs somebody. <crunch>

This IS b77, after all.

Wait...

What Alatar and I did counts as an argument? I thought there had to be malice or anger or something. I thought the worst that happened was that I mildly irritated him.

I know Impenitent and I didn't argue. She just caught me on a bad day and I kind of bit back and feel kinda bad about it.


If y'all haven't been able to tell I am somewhat militarily minded in my speech but not in my thoughts. After spending the last 20 years in as many fights and strategies as I have been in (for various reasons) I am afraid that combat terminology, tactics, strategy and command/organizational structure analysis have become second nature to me. I don't actually think I'm fighting anyone, I just use those terms because I have been for a really long time (almost as long as some of you have been alive). I don't really know how best to describe what I mean without using those terms.

The worst part is I can't put ANY of it on a friggin' resume.

Psst! Fixer!

eckchay the ellingspay of a certain amenay.

Any popcorn left?

Who do you mean Anthrax?



Anyone calling me Tush will get a smack from a salmon.

I'm telling Impy, I'm telling Impy.....

Alatar runs off to look for Impy and get Fixer in trouble. Call me arrogant will ya....

Fixer wrote:

I know Impertinent and I didn't argue

Look Impy I qouted it so he can't "fix" it

Alatar wrote:

Look Impy I qouted it so he can't "fix" it

*giggles and points at Alatar*

I was joking about the smilies, Anth. Glad you're back.

Fixer, I do think you come off as more militaristic than you intend, but your posts are always thoughtful and worth reading. Perhaps after hanging around a while with the peaceful, sincere, always cheerful folk of b77, you'll be able to beat that sword into a smilie.

From to

Arguments here? Goodness no...

Alatar wrote:

I'm telling Impy, I'm telling Impy.....

Alatar runs off to look for Impy and get Fixer in trouble. Call me arrogant will ya....

Fixer wrote:

I know Impertinent and I didn't argue

Look Impy I qouted it so he can't "fix" it

Instigator.

I have actually done that like three times and I managed to fix it quickly enough before. I use impertinent more than impenitent in conversation so that tends to come to mind first. Sorry! (I should probably just call her Impy, right?)

It is karmically appropos, after all.

Actually, Impertinent isn't THAT far off.

She can be a saucy wench.





Tosh, I have always thought of you as "Tush". Does that bother you?





Wampus, I did think you were serious (where, may I ask, was the winky smiley? ) so thanks for clearing that up. You were right though... the smiley was a LITTLE over the top. I promise to never, ever again use an inappropriate smiley.





Oh... wait....



Edited for egregious grammar error.