>It's destructive because its inherently hostile and negative,
>coming from a top level Admin of the game. I don't want to be
>where I'm not wanted, I could care less about your game if
>you could care less about wanting other people to play. It
>reads like, "If you ever have a problem go **** yourself, we
>don't care." That's the message you're projecting, whether its
>the one you want to project or not because its an inherently
>negative post.
>
>You guys don't have a laisez-faire attitude, as an aside.

We don't, but some of the player base wants us to have one. And that isn't prudent to the 90% of the folks who play nice.

>
>What would I do? I'd start by telling Imms that can't keep it
>together to not post and not interact with people. Less is
>more. Better to be thought as a jerk than proven one.
>
>In general, you foster positive environments with positive
>behavior. If you're generating more negative situations than
>you're generating positive situations then what do you expect
>to happen? Most people's sole interactions with Imms is being
>criticized. Imm goes over CB and says, "Why don't we have our
>cabal item?" Etc. It's inherently hostile and it fosters
>hostility back towards you.

If 10% of the playerbase is negative, how is that more?

Just because 10% of the playerbase is verbally hostile, it doesn't mean that most of the playerbase is.

>
>Edited to add: In most of these comparable analogies to other
>online games, they have "faces" that talk on the forums.
>There is a reason for that, it keeps the signal to noise and
>drama minimized. Power tripping about banning people isn't
>going to do you any favors but if you disagree with me, hey,
>stop threatening and go for it just don't hold your breathe
>for great results. Most of the arguments you guys have is not
>about what you do, its about what you *say* and how you guys
>handle perception.

When it is someone who strays and doesn't have a repeat history of overall blehness, they are treated differently. When it is someone who is a repeat offender, there is no reason to be gentle because they will continue to do it anyway.