[Discuss] Rudeness from superiors.

[K Ann]

Ok I had to ask someone else that would remember for sure, because my
memories aren't the best.  Sirion was singled out for the first monsters.
Tom explained it was to give them other game activities because the map
wasn't made for a strategy game.  The players in Sirion complained it was
unfair and eventually the monsters stopped.  Perdan wasn't until later.

The subject's about administrators being rude.  And how being rude rubs
off.  It's like any company.  If the executives are rude, the company will
be rude.  It trickles down like that.  Ask anyone with a degree in HR.  It
shows in this subject.  Everyone is real quick to call me a liar.

When you're in management you can't afford to have a bad day that shows.  I
don't think that is the case.  Tom is just become more rude.  When he tries
to write in a more even tone, it looks forced.  I've seen Tom being himself
over the years that it is just his personality to be rude and demanding.
I've seen more than I've wanted to.  When I wasn't playing I saw how Tom
tried to make people feel small.  I'd hear the complaints, see the emails
and game messages.  I was glad I wasn't playing.

If he can't keep his anger in check he needs someone to administer the
game.  He's always been impulsive and easily frustrated.  I stopped playing
from work in the first year of the game because of that.  After a couple of
messages that said I had a set amount of minutes to decide something that
effected the realm I started only logging on from home.

If you can't hold your temper Tom, maybe you'd be better off get someone
else to write game messages.

I've been asked to quit by the person I've been checking my information
from.  He doesn't want to have anything to do with this.  I'll stop getting
this list.

On 5/20/07, Anthony Cerqueira <zol.tanzet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/17/07, K Ann <knerdess at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/16/07, Anthony Cerqueira < zol.tanzet at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > You raise some good points indeed and what you say is true. I think
> > > there's a difference however in what you point out and what Tom was angry
> > > about. In your cases there's is a feature of the game a person is not sure
> > > about (ie: you) and you are curious. Someone else will answer as best they
> > > can because that's what happens when people are asked questions and they
> > > want to help you out. What they say could be completely wrong, but either
> > > way it's their best shot.
> > >
> > > However this
> > > person who Tom is specifically angry about was asked and the reason he came up with was that Tom liked or disliked something and that he would personally punish a realm that dared to do the deed. In my wildest dreams I wouldn't invent such a reason, since it is directly insulting to Tom and doesn't make any sense. I mean think about the differences, "Do archers work better in lines? I do/don't
> > > think so, because I saw it last fight/read the flight of a bird/stayed at a holiday inn express last night" compaired to "Why don't we take Skezard? Because then Tom will hate us and kill us all."
> > >
> > >
> > > And of course there is one other point, Tom has to listen to every
> > > complaint and doesn't even get to play his own game (under his name) Now me,
> > > that'd make me a bit angry when people say "Don't do that or Anthony will
> > > kill us!" when they have nothing indicating it's true.
> >
> >
> > Look at your statement.  That isn't even close to what the person is
> > quoted as saying.  There is a basis for what they said.  Tom did unleash
> > Monsters on Sirion and Perdan.  When he did it was argued that he did it to
> > stop them from taking over the world.  From what I saw, he never convinced
> > anyone otherwise.  Even those that were helped by it didn't really believe
> > he had unleashed the monsters for any other reason than slowing them down.
> > I was one of those that it helped.  I couldn't say why he did it, but it
> > stopped them from destroying 2 realms and hurt one of their biggest allies.
> >
> > So maybe it was said by a player that has been in Sirion for a while.
> > Or someone that talked to someone that was there from long ago.  But it did
> > happen that Sirion and Perdan had monsters as they were taking over the
> > world.
> >
> > There's also no need to exaggerate what was said.  You added a lot.
> >
>
>  For the purpose of sharpe contrast I attempted to exagerate the
> differences in the two situations, obviously you do not agree with this.
> Strangly you have also pointed out that the contrast did not exsist. You
> have then explained that, to your understanding, Tom has in fact punished
> members of the EC arbitrarily. However this is a misconception.
>
> Tom has only 'unleashed monsters' on one nation to date, Heen on
> Beluaterra and the reasons for that are very complicated, but were tied both
> to the fact that Beluaterra is monster world, and the low level of
> punishment he was attempting to use. Any monster incursions seen on EC were
> purly random chance and with Perdan and Sirion being the largest nations the
> chance of a monster group to be found in their boarders was much larger than
> others. Tom does not go out of his way to aid or hinder any nation, beyond
> enforcing the rules. If another nation capitolized on a series of random
> events it is lucky for them.
>
> Some days Tom may take a harsher or lighter stance and tone depending on
> what work was like, or if the car is broken. However just because Tom might
> be a little more on edge one day does not mean he will purposly attempt to
> sabotoge you or anyone elses efforts to play the game. In the grand scheme
> of things Tom doesn't really care if one nation rises or falls, because
> there will always be another. The only thing Tom wants is a vibrant
> community where people can enjoy themselves playing a game with their
> friends. That's why the game is online in the first place, because if Tom
> wanted everything to work out as he plans he could just run a simulation on
> one computer and be done with it.
>
> I will make a statement now, it may not be perfectly accurate, however
> based on what I have seen I belive it is:
> There are a great many people in this game who take the attitude, "If all
> things are equal, I'll win, since I'm not winning all things aren't equal."
>
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