Community Forums.

[Ricky]

This isn't a community, it is a forum were the more people that are on it and in your clan the better your clan looks. I see this place as advertisement heaven and flame central.

[`Pure]

could swear I saw Volt as a half op in PC's channel a few times, so my guess is you were staff yourself

 

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He said moderation ability. Volt was only HM.

 

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[Volt]

could swear I saw Volt as a half op in PC's channel a few times, so my guess is you were staff yourself

 

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`Pure answered for me, but either way your point failed. 3 people out of what, 10? 12?

[RETRO]

Best topic I've read in this forum.

[Chain]

He said moderation ability. Volt was only HM.

 

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Halfop gives you moderation ability in IRC

 

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[kosherkid]

Halfop gives you moderation ability in IRC

 

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Does that really matter? IRC moderation? We used to give random people moderation in IRC if they were active in IRC and responsible.

 

And why is it bad that there's 3 of us ex-PC people here at PW? Omni, Volt and I not only have extensive experience but we were really good at what we did. not all of PC staff were bad, there were a lot of quality people on that staff.

[B_imbo]

I think it has helped mainly because of things like "Clan Advertisement".

[Volt]

Halfop gives you moderation ability in IRC

 

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I love hating you, Chain <3

[Carnage]

Please don't talk about Sefket, this forum is practically promoting his old staff. Its hilarious. Give me a break.

Sadly I agree, but some of them have worked for it so whatever mayn.

[8loodyarch3r]

bump

[Jayhawk Pk]

Ahh, community forums, where to start?

 

Lets start by asking ourselves this question, Do you think having community forums (PC, PW etc.) has ruined the relationships amongst pure clans in the past 1-2 years?

 

There is an advantage and disadvantage, the advantage is that it is easier to communicate with the community, and let other clans, and players of this particular game, know whats going on within the game. Such as who beat who, which clans have closed, which clans are available, etc...sure, there is alot of discussion amongst these community forums, but half of this discussion is pointless, and consists of flaming, "trolling", and ignorance for the most part. Yes there has been serious discussions, and that is a good thing, but do you think it has somewhat ruined the community of pures in a way?

 

The disadvantage, is that it gives people the chance to start arguments, cause drama, and start rivalries with other clans, most of the time it is because of something stupid, irrelevant, and utterly pointless and meaningless. Examples of this is the "Top 10 list", Other clans "Pk Trip Summary Topics", and so on. Alot of people post ignorant posts, and alot of the time it is on purpose, this often results in major flaming, which other people (even people from different clans) join in on the arguments, and getting their clan involved in the drama aswell. It causes alot of hatred towards individuals, and to clans as a whole. Where was the respect that everyone used to have towards each other? Those days have long gone - will they ever come back?

 

There will always be Community Forums from this point onwards, do you think that things will just get better, or get worst? I remember back in the day, it was like all pure clans had respect for each other, and supported each other more, hell, there was even more fun-events back then in which all clans had the chance to participate. Sure, some people will say it's just a game, and that is exactly what it is, but we don't play this game to hate on each other, we play it for fun, don't we?

 

The only people that can fix this, is ourselves, but it seems nobody is willing to step up to benefit the community of pures. We have come a long way, at one point, Pures were never heard of in the game of runescape, we built a base (especially for the old-school pures back in that era), and we continued to grow from this base, and eventually more pures were spotted, and pure clans were formed, at first it was almost like a community of it's own, pures had respect for each other, and instead, most of them disliked people we call "mains", people with defence, now it's more or less pures hating other pures, especially in the clanning communities. We let our pride, and respect for one another, completely slip away, all because of something stupid, something that could have been stopped - but nobody bothered to stop it.

 

Once Community forums came along, Pure Community, Pure Warfare, etc. things had began to change, even at first on PC, people had respect for each other, then the "bad apples" came in and played a role on ruining this tight community that we once enjoyed. It has only grown from there, day by day, week by week, month by month. Do you think clans will ever have the same respect for each other as they once had, or do you think that our community will just keep getting worst, until it comes to the point that it is not even fun anymore, and not even worth logging on to see what has become of the Pure Era?

 

Feel free to discuss, this topic should really be kept flame-free, and troll-free, seeing as that would completely defeat the purpose of this topic. Looking forward to seeing everybody's replies. :cool:

Honestly, things are a lot different than they used to be. Everyone is legitimately hostile now a days. The hostility between pure clans is pretty sickening, berating one another to the point of hatred is simply ridiculous. It's hard to find the source of conflict that started all the flaming/hacking/ddossing. But i can make a simple assumption that is no different from any other arms race. Each clan needs something over another, If they can't compete in game they either turn to hacking ddossing or flaming to compete, or in the case of fatality and a few other clans they turn to in game advantages. Both these things have similar and disastrous effects on the community. Community forums, if monitored correctly can be a fantastic asset to the clan community, it gives what we do meaning and can actually solve arguments of what clan is currently on top. Personally i think these immaturity problems arose after leadership exchanges in multiple clans. You would almost never see James/charles/13th/mahatma/oldpker/dave(cha0s)/omega/tlpranks flame each other. If there was any sort of flame it was always subtle and rarely publicly shown. I know specifically Fatality and Foe had a gag order on members.