I'm only been a user here for a couple months, so I don't know if this is my place to speak on, but I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt and assume that the reason half of SDA is a train wreck is because it's simultaneously going through a reluctant transition period and it's only been a month after a GDQ, both of which are which going to cause a bit of high tensions, and combined quite a bit more.
This does not at all justify what I've seen in the past couple of days. I've only recently joined and I'm already thoroughly sick of the drama and fighting and somewhat want to already leave. Which is a shame, considering there's a silent majority of runners here who are awesome in moving progress forward for actual speedrunning. Of course, since it's a surprisingly less active section (isn't that what the community is for?), instead of getting what I want, I'm seeing more and more vacuous arguments and petty fights.
I've seen at least five calls-to-action to ban/demote/nuke person X. Seriously? I can't even tell if any of these complaints are trolling or not. Of course, on the other side of the community, I've seen some staff members conveniently ignore serious points about issues that need to be addressed. I don't know if that means they're being resolved off-forum (hope to God they are, some of them are bad omissions) or they're being straight-up unacknowledged. If it's the latter, that's a massive check-minus to the community.
I know I haven't directly named names or pointed out specific events, mostly to not stir the s-storm, but I'm positive that this isn't 100% randoms trolling for the sake of lulz, since I recognize far too many influential names saying things they shouldn't mean.
Unless I'm missing something right in front of me. Please tell me this'll cool down and this isn't always the case. If it ends up being like this forever, I know I wouldn't want to stay here.
This does not at all justify what I've seen in the past couple of days. I've only recently joined and I'm already thoroughly sick of the drama and fighting and somewhat want to already leave. Which is a shame, considering there's a silent majority of runners here who are awesome in moving progress forward for actual speedrunning. Of course, since it's a surprisingly less active section (isn't that what the community is for?), instead of getting what I want, I'm seeing more and more vacuous arguments and petty fights.
I've seen at least five calls-to-action to ban/demote/nuke person X. Seriously? I can't even tell if any of these complaints are trolling or not. Of course, on the other side of the community, I've seen some staff members conveniently ignore serious points about issues that need to be addressed. I don't know if that means they're being resolved off-forum (hope to God they are, some of them are bad omissions) or they're being straight-up unacknowledged. If it's the latter, that's a massive check-minus to the community.
I know I haven't directly named names or pointed out specific events, mostly to not stir the s-storm, but I'm positive that this isn't 100% randoms trolling for the sake of lulz, since I recognize far too many influential names saying things they shouldn't mean.
Unless I'm missing something right in front of me. Please tell me this'll cool down and this isn't always the case. If it ends up being like this forever, I know I wouldn't want to stay here.
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