That's it. The gloves are off. ><Follow

Looking at my post list from my profile, I'm getting rated down in blocks of about 10 posts at a time.

Either someone has a lot of time on their hands to comb thread by thread looking for my posts, or it's a premium service member running a search.

In either case I clearly pissed someone off.

Is it really that much to ask that you tell me why you're rating me down?

Or if I've terminally pissed you off somehow, am I so low in your goddamned eyes that you can't even send me a PM chewing me out?

For crying out loud, just because you still play video games does not preclude you from a need to grow up.

Do I care about my status? Not really. But am I insulted? Oh yes.

Either grow a spine and confront me, or do what Sioux suggested elsewhere (and in general) and go stick pencils in your eyes.

Learn how to communicate and deal with people you don't like. Or for pete's sake stop playing MMORPGs. Go play single player games instead.



Sorry. Paranoid rant. ****** day at work, and I come home to this crap.

[Edit: Yes I realize I've just hung my Karma's balls out in the wind and begged for someone to shoot them off.]

Edited, Wed Dec 1 00:32:30 2004 by nataraja

Rated you back up. You should contact the board admins and let them know you're being karma-camped, they can track these things.

Thanks guys. I mean it.

Karma Trolls > gil-sellers?

Posted in Forum Feedback.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=3&mid=1101888510489727655&num=0

Well apparently you cheesed someone off. :p Be careful posting in the job and main forums, people there are TOUCHY.



There's a lovely visual before bed.

Damn I did a search and at least 12 that I counted were rated down, thats 23 so far. That isnt right, not bad posts either, some very good ones. Oh well I shamelessly rated them all up.

LMAO

I believe the rating system is complete crap.

Yeah Nataraja funny you mentioned this because I was just looking at the Bad Players thread and noticed every one of your posts were rated down, so I justified. That's lame.

At the risk of making my own enemies and getting Karma-camped into oblivion I have a small issue here.

While I appreciate the fact that friends are just trying to help each other out here, I dont see any difference between the person/people going around rating every single one of Nata's posts down and those of you going around rating every single one up.

Both of them are defeating the actual purpose of the whole rating system to begin with and, while I do agree that it might be a bit flawed, its all we have right now so maybe we should all learn to work with it?

Rating everything up is simply re-inforcing the idea that the Karma system is just a popularity contest. If another lesser known poster had made this exact post, I'm sure the majority of you would be waiting in line to rate him down even more for making "another Karma thread".

I agree completely with Ele's post, actually. I commented briefly on this in response to a hijack in another thread, but I think it should probably go here too.

While I appreciate efforts many have made to bring my Karma back up, that really wasn't the intent of the post.

I have no problem with being rated down if you don't like my post. That's why the karma system is there. But in this case someone appears to be stalking me; I feel harrassed and insulted.

Consider this post then, merely a return volley, and the only one I intend to make at that.

I am no Karma *****, and wasn't really even considering this as a bid for Karma or sympathy (though I appreciate what has been given.) If anything, I actually expected it to be rated into oblivion, and as such it hits home with me that I have garnered some respect from my fellow posters, and I'm honored.

At the end of the day, this is what I want.

If I make post A, and you feel post A provided useful information, brightened your day, or otherwise enriched your life IRL or in the game, feel free to rate me up.

If it annoys you, pisses you off, you find it offensive, retarded, whatever; rate it down.

In either case I would personally appreciate some reasoning given for either. I like anonymous rate ups as little as I like anonymous rate downs.

If I make a post that really does neither of these things for you, is just some random pointless post, or a response to someone in a hijack you care nothing about, please refrain from rating me up or down, just because you generally like/dislike me.

I am no Karma *****. I was mildly surprised when I gained sage status, and flattered, but at the end of the day I really don't think I deserve it (though that's really not my decision), and I think I gained it too quickly for my tastes.

The point with which I take issue is the feeling of being stalked and harrassed. It's like someone picking at you in a social setting in small, subtle ways that affords you a growing sense of embarrassment.

And, at the end of the day, it is my opinion that karma-trolling is excessively juvenile.

Hence the post.

I really should have labeled the title as a [rant], but it slipped my mind when I posted it. I apologize for not being more clear in the title, and in general.

To those who have been watching my back, thank you. Just don't spam it or go overboard.

Rate up if the post, not the poster, deserves a rate-up.

/bow Eleusynia.

Should have been a bit more clear I guess. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Hey Nataraja you are very right about that, people being just straight up haters. If you try to pat yourself in the back about succeeding in something they rate you down, just because they dont have the lvl of skill to do so.

They hate you just because they envy you and what you have achived. They hate you because you are good at what you do and not gimped like them. Dont let it get to you, this is just a piece of land on the internet. We right here at your home in bismarck server forums will look out for you (at least I will).

Me being stalked also.



Edited, Thu Dec 2 18:11:35 2004 by JoLOveS