10-09-2011, 12:08 PM
This one is a serious one.
I'm really tired of criticism. Or lack thereof. I'm tired of criticism which comes only in the form of 'what you have spent a month of your time seeing to fruition -sucks-, and not getting any explanation as to why.
I don't put all of my effort into CotH, because god knows some of my attention has to be directed towards college. However I put enough into it for it to matter to me; enough to make me disappointed when my ideas and events fail, and happy when they are successful. There's enough of my effort into what I do at CotH that I honestly care what people think of my work. Many people feel the same about their characters and their stories, events, everything else-- and to have these things dismissed without explanation is just about the equivalent of spitting in the face of the creator.
So please, don't have the gall to tell me I should know better. Don't assume I dodge away from a better option for time's sake or effort's sake, because such things are usually out of my control. If you see something I've done on this server then take it as a serious effort, and respond to it as such-- So many times I've seen people explode into anger over a lack of X kind of events, or Y kind of RP; if you have a gripe bring it up, because believe it or not I read these things.
u mad? Yes, I am. Because I realize that to some this is all trivial, but those same people will become just as enraged over petty matters too. In the grand scheme of things my IC Currency pitch or my events may not bat an eye to me years down the line, but it's what I'm working with now and it's what I want to improve.
Improve is the key word here.
So if you have a critique of my building, or my posts, don't just sit back and expect me to get your magical epiphany and ascend to your level of intellectual brilliance. I may not view it the same way as you do and that's fine, but when you start to tear down my thoughts in your circles of friends at least try to back up your argument. At least try to explain to me why you hate my work. Because otherwise there is no improvement; just anger and anger, and eventually it will all just explode.
Which is what this is. I don't get angry often, but this cowardly stance assumed by people is something I can no longer stand.
Now feel free to run off and talk to one another about how Rigley's overreacting, and how trivial my anger is. I'll be there the next time someone is frothing at the mouth over a removed system or implemented restriction.
I'm really tired of criticism. Or lack thereof. I'm tired of criticism which comes only in the form of 'what you have spent a month of your time seeing to fruition -sucks-, and not getting any explanation as to why.
I don't put all of my effort into CotH, because god knows some of my attention has to be directed towards college. However I put enough into it for it to matter to me; enough to make me disappointed when my ideas and events fail, and happy when they are successful. There's enough of my effort into what I do at CotH that I honestly care what people think of my work. Many people feel the same about their characters and their stories, events, everything else-- and to have these things dismissed without explanation is just about the equivalent of spitting in the face of the creator.
So please, don't have the gall to tell me I should know better. Don't assume I dodge away from a better option for time's sake or effort's sake, because such things are usually out of my control. If you see something I've done on this server then take it as a serious effort, and respond to it as such-- So many times I've seen people explode into anger over a lack of X kind of events, or Y kind of RP; if you have a gripe bring it up, because believe it or not I read these things.
u mad? Yes, I am. Because I realize that to some this is all trivial, but those same people will become just as enraged over petty matters too. In the grand scheme of things my IC Currency pitch or my events may not bat an eye to me years down the line, but it's what I'm working with now and it's what I want to improve.
Improve is the key word here.
So if you have a critique of my building, or my posts, don't just sit back and expect me to get your magical epiphany and ascend to your level of intellectual brilliance. I may not view it the same way as you do and that's fine, but when you start to tear down my thoughts in your circles of friends at least try to back up your argument. At least try to explain to me why you hate my work. Because otherwise there is no improvement; just anger and anger, and eventually it will all just explode.
Which is what this is. I don't get angry often, but this cowardly stance assumed by people is something I can no longer stand.
Now feel free to run off and talk to one another about how Rigley's overreacting, and how trivial my anger is. I'll be there the next time someone is frothing at the mouth over a removed system or implemented restriction.