I never in my life thought I would ever say these words... and if you want you can call me and I'll say it to your face
I'M DONE WITH VIDEO GAMERS.
Saif- to be honest. I don't know how YOU have done it. 5(Nearly 6) years is an amazing feat of what can be considered a "Gaming community" in Okla-♥♥♥♥♥-homa.
Tou- I have nothing but respect for you, thanks for trying to support me.
Timmy Scorcher- Thanks for nothing bro...
Frankly I don't give a ♥♥♥♥ what you guys think of me but I'm done anyway so ♥♥♥♥ you if you ban me from your stupid site! ♥♥♥♥ you if you don't get the picture. The COMMUNITY we suposively have has made me so sour for the game I love that I never want to see another SF or anything player IN MY LIFE. This isn't salt. this is pain... Pain bottled in for so ♥♥♥♥♥ long.
I went LARPing literally 2 weeks ago. and it was great. The community is full of nice guys who all have comen interest. There are no Cliques. There are no corporate hoops. There is no political bullshit! I'm so far done with this. You wanna thank me for your wasted money Philip Lee?! Nah, Thank you for killing one of the so called community.
Words don't often convey from one to another - the true gravity of a situation.
Any event organizer - of any field - has to put up with drama. Gaming. Dog Shows. A Tuperware gathering. Drama and humanity go hand in hand.
When I talked to you Flip about "what you were getting into" - I'm not sure it all registered; but now that you've seemingly been put on your butt, maybe you'll understand more
It's no fun to have an unsuccessful event; taking it out on the community though is not right either. I'm not worried; you're a young guy, you've got plenty to learn and time to do it in. The one thing I've learned getting older? As one learns, you realize what little you truly ever knew; quite humbling
How have I lasted this long? At first for the love of Soul Calibur, Rod Marshall and all he did for us, and then the community he and Greg built - unforgettable and unique people like Michael Jackson, BrianHates, JD_OK, and many many others.
Then it was the volunteering - showing a kid that "shoveling poop" wasn't the only way to improve their local community; that you could have fun volunteering? That it could help what YOU really love? Is an irreplaceable memory and moment; one some gamers and locals may never forget that we've worked with.
Now? It's a mash of the potential of the site to help businesses and thus the community, those volunteers moments of life, and for the new gamers and awesome crew we work with.
Nothing good comes without it's shadow though. For every great volunteer, there may be a bad one. For every awesome SC player, there will be someone that hates me for just me. For every successful event? At least one unsuccessful event to show you all the scars and lessons I learned putting the failed event together. ( That's what "consultant" means - one with failure
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Timmy Skorcher does more for this community than anyone gives him credit; Flip I told you WEEKS ago that you should have been communicating with him more; your lack of planning probably did you in, please don't blame our modern Halo Saint
You also never came to OKgamers in even the unofficial way to ask for help that I pointed out - Lucas and myself and others might have been able to help structure; but it sounds like you had more of an issue with other things; sometimes you can't win with the hand of cards dealt.
As for flaming the site - and losing your cool on the very site that helped link you to some of these great times you've had? I'm not going to ban you; this thread has been submitted to the TO's to discuss final action, and for now I'll lock it to avoid further bloodshed. I am pulling your Supporter status; you've now officially gone way off the reservation on how we ask you to act and be respectful on the forums.
...you see - NO ONE WANTS MORE STRESS. And if a business sees this thread and says "is this what I have to look forward to?" They'll just move on, never posting here, or ever sometimes sharing. Or even having a gaming event... And that's not a threat - it's a reality already established, documented, and saddening... So for the sake of protecting it's self from it's self - for now I'll lock it, and await the TO decision.
( OKgamers fundamentally? Communication between Gamers and Businesses. We can't run anyone off with drama or flaming, else there's no reason for the site to be here
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One reason to not write off fighters - Soul Calibur 5 may mark a renaissance of Soul Calibur in Tulsa; the first SC without Funhouse, but with the resurgence of fighting games? Means we've got a huge pool of excited and anticipating gamers - just waiting... We could have a powerhouse of gamers locally battling it out to make not only OK a force, but having a dang good time while doing it. It's not till next year though, plenty of time to cool off. And throw magic missiles!
One last lesson Flip, just in case I don't see you again: every coin has 2 sides. Your love of SSF that has hit a rough spot with the drama of dealing with people, promotions, and organization? Guaranteed can and probably will happen again with LARPing. No escaping it, I know for a fact several of the trouble making cliques you haven't met yet
Every group is different, but just know - no group will ever be perfect, it can't. It's made of people; and people all make mistakes. Before you can really help a group though, you've got to at least understand no one is perfect; you've taken a few important first steps though, and that's a good.
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