Rohon wrote:
You are absolutely correct, but what you still fail to realize is that Airamis is not using the calendar because there is a flaw with it (he mentioned having one LS having two places requested at the same time seeming funny but you cleared that up and I thank you).
It's not a flaw. This very same "flaw" could exist on your "site" as well, it was merely forgetfulness to
remove an entry. Had anyone tried to actually schedule a Beaucedine run on that day, administrator would have caught the error and fixed. 'Nuff said. In fact, it's pretty damn close to the same system that's being used on your site, so don't give me that.
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Airamis refuses to use said calendar because there is a Linkshell that uses it that has views that if you request a time on the calendar, you are automagically entitled to that area over linkshells that do NOT use the calendar like the one in the pics of the Livejournal at the beginning of this topic. THAT is why he chose to do what he did, not to, "raise a ruckus absolutely no reason." He has a reason for his feelings towards the subject.
Really? Did he/you actually sit down and
talk with said Linkshell in question (Zenmetsu)? This isn't a sarcastic comment, this is a real question. Because, and I'm hoping you did this as well, I poured over that initial LJ entry (ignore the comments for argument's sake right now) and I don't see anywhere in that entire post that would even remotely indicate that they believe that the calendar is "law" and they are so pig-headed to not even acknowledge you.
Oh, why not, let's quote the actual entry:
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try to keep drama off my LJ as much as possible but this is just too God damn much for me to ignore. You see, Bedrock invented this really marvelous organizer *right here* where every serious LS can plan out which Dynamis they intend to do. This way conflicts simply don't exist and nobody gets zerged out of their intended Dynamis' in a fashion such as this. Of course you don't have to use it, I mean, we don't own the server but there's thing called "etiquette" that makes the server you all play on a happy place. There's a reason why the HNM LS' you may hope to join some day aren't training Demonic Roses and Spiders on each other at Fafnir and it's because of what this word represents. I'm really glad you had fun paying 1,000,000 gil only to die on the second pull due to AoE Petrify you had ample numbers (sixteen) to deal with. To me, though, that's peripheral to the fact you cancelled our Dynamis, wasted thirty peoples time and caused me to drop a pair of scissors in my foot. You see, I wouldn't have been in the kitchen to do it if you hadn't gone in the Dynamis we had booked weeks ago so I'm blaming you for that too. With regards to those in Jeuno, you did the exact same thing to SpikeFlail who in turn inevitably did the same thing to us only void of all malicious intent. We were going do Beaucedine instead but they had the exact same idea and got there before us.
I expect the inevitable "OMGF U DONT OWN TEH SERVER!!!1" comments and you're right, I don't, Square do. What I do own though is a shred of decency and respect for the hundreds of fellow players around me each and everyday. Due to owning such a thing I play my part if making sure conflicts like this don't happen. I don't care if someone from Tshot/Spikeflail called you a bad name one time because *THIS* exists for everyone wishing to do Dynamis on Ragnarok. Who cares where it's hosted, Bedrock just had the foresight to create such a thing before someone else caved in and did it. It's there to help you so get a ******** clue next time you want to waste not only your own time but those of others that have planned something on a system built on respect.
I'll admit, it's rough around the edges. He was understandably upset and he wrote that.
But where in that post does it say that it's law? He mentions repeatedly that it's a service that was created as a method by which
conflicts can be resolved, to create a system of etiquette based on respect. That's it. Anything else, you are reading into it or forming your own conclusions.
Perhaps you're upset about the fact that he said it was
malicious intent. Perhaps that was wrong, I can't speak for Russta. None of us knew that you didn't know about the calendar, so I suppose that's our fault. However, I've said it time and time again, it wouldn't have been that hard to find out about it, through ingame tells. But I digress.
Perhaps you're also upset at the fact he used "booked weeks ago" comment. Well, from dealings we've had with them, it's not about "reserving" the time-slot, it's about communicating with them. Of course, if they come here and tell me otherwise, I'll eat my words, but as far as I can tell, it's that they had it up there weeks ago and noone bothered to read the fact that they wanted to go there. I'm sure they would have been willing to at least
negotiate had they had the chance to communicate beforehand. You also have to take it with a grain of salt, since the LJ was made in anger. People say a lot of things when they're angry.
Doesn't matter, the point of the post is still clear. You can read into as much as you want, but I don't see where it says that it's absolute law and that communication between LS's is strictly forbidden and that they are unwilling to compromise.
You came up with these conclusions.
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Airamis does not have problems with times with a particular LS, he has a problem with an LS that views the calendar as I stated above. No we do not view it as that, we know it is a tool, however the LS that the member who posted the Livejournal comment is in feels differently on the subject and Airamis chooses to have no affiliation with them and that means to not use your calendar.
If you have a problem with a particular LS, what's the more mature way to deal with this? Actually
talk to them ingame? Or instead say "I HATE THIS CURRENT SYSTEM, we're going to form a new one!".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think either of you have actually talked to the LS(s) in question at all. Instead waiting for the OTHER party to come to you. Majority -> Minority or Minority -> Majority? You take your pick. I'm of the latter, while Airamis obviously seems of the former. Nothing particularly wrong with either philosophy, but it's obvious it's like an impasse. Everytime I bring up an argument that it should be the newer players who contact the older players, he (and you) turn right around and tell me that the reverse is equally possible....
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You see it as smug because you are failing to comprehend the reasons Airamis gave. Also Older LS's should start off treating new ones with some form of respect right away as well. If you shun new linkshells right away, what chance do they have of even wanting to earn an older linkshell's respect? Also I am arguing because you say you grasp the concept here, yet you have overlooked what I said over and over again. I have said Airamis and myself do not see the calendars as law, we see them as a tool like yourselves. However their are people who use the TShot calendar that believe otherwise. I will say again that is why he refuses to use it. THIS is the flaw Airamis is seeing and why he refuses to use the TShot calendar.
While I agree that newer linkshells shouldn't be
harassed like they were, they also have to
earn the respect of the older LS's. You don't just automatically get it. Had you taken the initiative and actually posted on the calendar once you DID find out about it, I'm sure people would have taken what you have to say with more meaning/respect. What you are doing now? Not really gaining any from the older community. It's not a threat. Call it what you want, get upset at that fact, tell us that you don't care, whatever, it doesn't change the truth. This isn't some crazy conspiricy to ensure that we control the server. It's simply an acknowledgement from the newer LS's that "Hey, they have been doing things this way and it seems to have been working for them until now, let's also join and be a part of this". That's it. It's absolutely unfortunate that you folks were harassed ingame (and outgame too I suppose), you didn't deserve that. But starting this commotion simply without any real basis than "Man those guys dissed me! We don't want anything to do with them" isn't exactly that mature either. Yeah, the harassment may not have been, but you don't have to sink to that level either.
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The point is we were once like the LS shown on the Livejournal post. Airamis knows how they felt when it showed up because it happened to us as well. I realise YOU know the calendar is not law, but when people out there like the one who posted the Livejournal think it is, there is a flaw. The flaw is NOT in the calendar itself, it's a flaw in other groups not understanding that it is a tool.
Almost every one of my thoughts and feelings on the subject iamsix went over. This is the reason we gave and it IS valid. It is not some futile attempt to start an argument. I will say it again to make it crystal clear, there is no flaw with the calendar, but there is a flaw with the people that use it when they have views about it as the person in the Livejournal post had. End of story.
Then changing over to your calendar won't solve a single problem. Why can't you see that? Talk it over with the LS's in question. That's a far more mature and better way of going about this than simply refusing to use TSHoT's calendar because you "can't get along with an LS that uses it".
So, in reality, this
is a futile attempt at an argument. If you
really cared to end the problems,
you'd make an effort ingame to talk to the LS's in question.
And let me say this in closing: there hasn't been a single major drama-fest caused inbetween the current linkshells using the calendar ever since it was put in use. The linkshells who use the calendar have been able to communicate with each other and resolve any conflicts. So I'd say that pretty much everyone who uses it understands it
is a tool. As I've said before, it's called
communication ingame. Use it.
Edited, Thu Oct 27 14:41:48 2005 by Asherek