Cleaning out the skeletons

[Ryan]

Oh good God Ryan, another fucking revolution thread.

I don't care.

After a brief conversation with Shayne, we both agreed that it might be beneficial to address those past issues that still lie under the skin of some of us.
This being the Liz issue, the Spawn issue, the Ryguy issue, issues I caused, etc.
With the reformation underway, though in its infancy, lead by Shayne and Evelyn (both of whom I trust quite a bit with this matter), I popped the idea that it may be a good idea to take care of these before we move on. We can't build until everything has been alleviated from the minds of the long-time, active, and major players in this section.
A building with even a few faults in its infrastructure is weak.

HERE WE GO.

Liz/SpaWn -

For those of you who don't know, around...September? ish? Idk. Sometime in the fall, a new order was brought into being. Liz talked to Dave about utilizing this section for tons and tons of new activity. As we all know, activity = money, so Dave was on board, and he entrusted Liz with making that happen.

Step 1 - Make a new team.

Originally the pick of Shayne and Scrcrw, the power was given over to Liz and the newly resurrected SpaWn (olddddd member) to appoint the new team.
Among them were Doc (already a member), Ethereal, Czar, Haze, SpaWn, and I, with Liz and SpaWn as the go-to people for any approval on contests, improvements, etc.
The first problem that came to light was SpaWn being the unofficial "team leader". No moderation powers or anything of that sort, but a level of authority over those of us in the team.
The main thing that really torgued everyone off was that he just came back out of nowhere and got a position we all worked so hard for.
Out of many long arguments, Scrcrw was removed and banned for a decent about of time, and Eth was removed.
So begins the feuding.
I was a part of this.

Step 2 - AOTW (Art of the Week)

This was the money maker. The brain child. The golden idea that was said to bring a mass of activity.
Unfortunately, it did quite the opposite.
Activity fell through the floor, there was unfair and inexperienced voting going on, and the people that started it suddenly disappeared without any sort of warning.

Ryguy -

I'm not going to say what happened here because the majority of us know.
I'll get to the point soon.

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Pleading guilty -

I will continuously admit that I was a huge player in a lot of these issues. No, I wasn't the cause, but I sure as hell was a catalyst.
Any negativity that was brought about, or I helped bring about in this section was a mistake.
In the moments where I was angry, everyone else was angry, I'm not sure why I kept it going.
A number of you have noticed my lack of activity for the past month or so. This has mainly been due to having to do an entire year of school in a semester, plus a seasonal job.
But what have I been doing while I've been gone? Bitching? No. Wallowing? Pitying myself and being depressed about all this? Not at all.
I've been thinking. And all this is what I've come down to. It doesn't fucking matter anymore.
Everyone's holding these grudges and continuing these feuds that should have died a long time ago. What's the benefit of it all?
I mean, we can flame Ryguy about the position he got all we want, we can bash Liz for trying to help OUR section, we can point fingers and call names all day if we want to, but where has it gotten us? What benefit does it have?
Ryguy can't even post his opinion without getting flamed by someone. Is that who we are?
We preach about the "old days" all the time and how it was the best, living in the past too much to give a damn about what's coming. Is that who we've become?
I sure hope not.

Proposition -

About Liz. I've come to the point of not caring what happened before. I know a lot of you have heard me go on and on about how much I hated her and couldn't believe she did what she did, blah blah blah.
I don't care anymore. At least she tried to get us up off the fucking ground because we couldn't seem to handle doing it ourselves. For that, I applaud her. Before I got serious with this section, she gave me some opportunities in the main MPGH staff area, as well as arguing that I could handle this section in addition to VIP Support and managing a game section.
I forgot about all of that.
Blinded by anger (even though in this case it was really just mere irritation) is a common phrase, but it really happens. Just not in the monster with fangs and fur mauling friends to pieces way.
Last I heard, she hated my guts, hopefully that can change, but I would get it if it didn't.
The way I see it, if I can come to the point of throwing the past with Liz out, so can you. And you know who you are.

About Ryguy. After Shayne resigned, there was no one to mod the section. Everyone was expecting, from what I've gathered, for one of the higher-ups to automatically pick a new mod. That was never announced. Everyone was expecting either I or Leon to get the position.
Regardless of Ryguy coincidentally showing up right as Shayne's resignation took place, he saw the section in a bit of turmoil. We can all agree it had gradually become a mess.
So what did he do? What none of us did.
He stepped up. He decided he was going to take the initiative and try and make the section better, while the rest of us (when I say us, I MEAN ME TOO) were off complaining and accomplishing absolutely nothing in doing so. For this, I applaud him as well. Although he might not be quite the troll or skill level some of us are, he still had more guts than we did to make something happen.

Conclusion -

I've decided to start anew.
Like I said before, a building with even a few weak points in its infrastructure is weak altogether.
But the only way we can move on and make this reformation as big a success as possible is to quit whining about the past shit and get over it.

Now.

James - From my experiences with you, you're a reasonable guy. I expect you will understand my points, even if you disagree. You're also mature when you want to be.

Sam - I know you're pretty solid on your opinions, but I also know how much of an influence some of us, especially Shayne, have on you.

The both of you are vital assets in carrying this reform all the way through.
Both of you are great buds, and I have high respect for both of you, and I want to see you both actively part of this.
Because I know you can do it. I've seen it.

A word of warning...

If you have no intentions on resolving any grudges or hate, then you lose the respect of myself and others on MPGH, and you become nothing more than a troll.

- Shayne

There you go.