Something has been bothering me far a while, but sometimes I'm too stubborn to admit it. I don't want to reopen old wounds but I need to kind of bring up some old stuff. I want to cut and paste this little tidbit I posted a few weeks back:
Well I propose a forum here at SWMgamers.com, that you can only join by application. Yes I know how elitest it is, but the amount of stupid forum over there really isn't cute anymore.Maybe a hall of famers forum, where we can invite people of our choosing into the forums. THere has to be a place where I can talk to grown ups.
A lot of the ideas I have and a lot of the things I say are because I’m bored at work. I was on my way home yesterday and I was thinking about this post, and about what a douche bag thing it was to say. I think a lot of my attitude lately had stemmed from the “great wars” of WOTC earlier this year, with all the HOF controversy, and all the nonsense with the VCLS. I felt like a line was being drawn, and I had to take a side. But the fact of the matter, all my best friends in this game and in these forums are people that aren’t hall of famers, and they aren’t “insiders” with the company. And they love Star Wars above perceived status in a community.
What bothers me more about this statement in retrospect, is that I said something representing a group of people(the HOF) that didn’t need me speaking on there behalf.
I owe this community (Gamers, AND WOTC) a huge debt of gratitude, for giving me fuel for a creative outlet that has given me a sense of purpose in a time when I’ve felt very lost. I owe this entire community (insiders and outsiders) much more than I can ever pay back. Implying that there needs to be a HOF forum, and or an “invite only” forum was a stupid statement, and I’ve alienated several people because of it.
One thing I always forget is that there’s a lot of kids who play this game (a game that involves little spacemen on a map, go figure). I always just assume that everyone playing is a white male age 34, and that we’ve all been playing since 2004-2005. And I should know better. Everyone has something to say, and it’s not my place to judge what’s relevant and what’s not relevant.
So I ask, Elitists, Hall of Famers, VCL's, Noobs, kids, grown ups, Competitive players, and Casual players to forgive me. I know I've alienated some really great people.
Very Respectfully,
Matthew Francella
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