I thought this was a proud event - one with a high standard. When i was in the 79th highlanders, I wanted to come to this event, but the 7NA has its own shit. Our Col went to far. Shouldn't have been a perma ban for all of us, dammit.
~M
I quote this because I felt kind of sad after reading it. Because I do feel this is a 'proud event'. I hope this long post clears up any misconceptions about me or my event.
If possible, and as the starter of this Event thread, I would appreciate it if the entire 3eme didn't respond with a flood of posts. That would only draw the unwanted possibility of this thread being locked for 'drama' or whatnot. The leader and the officers should suffice for any follow up questions or debate. I would also ask the 00th members to refrain from posting on this subject.
Okay, here's how I saw the events of the night proceed.
We had roughly 40-45 new people tonight. 3eme included.
As such, rules and regulations were sloppy. It was to be expected. I suppose I could have announced this at the beginning, as I usually do, but running an event and juggling multiple tasks, these little touches are sometimes missed.
That said, the 3eme guys, right off the bat, were starting to question the rules, who was breaking the rules, is that in the rules?, etc.
I answered the questions when I saw them. I got acknowledgements of understanding from my explanations of the rules.
There's no problem in asking about the rules. I like it. It helps clarify the situation to everyone attending on a rule that might be shaky or complicated.
What I can't stand for though, is that you guys were constantly bitching about stuff. Each...Round....Was....A....Complaint. One Hour and Thirty Minutes of complaining. And this was your first night for crying out loud!!!
I didn't put together The Super Top Secret Thundersnow Friday Linebattle Extravaganza two years ago so you guys could show up tonight for the first time ever and bitch about my admin staff, bitch about me not going into spectator mode, bitch about another regiment that have been attending my event forever for not following rules that they helped write, and bitch about me not answering your questions to your complete and utter satisfaction.
I mean, my God. If I wanted to hear that much bitching on a Friday night, I'd be married to some bar hag who's always short on smokes.
Multiple times in the evening, I stated in Admin chat and in pub chat that "This event has a forum, please direct all complaints and bitching to that location". But it kept on. I'm not harping on names here, because frankly by the end of the night, all I saw was "3eme".
The final straw was at the last 10 minutes, I was so frazzled that I announced in Admin chat "No more bitching by entire regiments for the whole night. If you have complaints then direct them there." "I'm sick of it."
Which of course was followed by your leader making a snide remark about the event not following the rules. Bitching.
So I announced then and there that the 3eme was dis-invited from the event. There was ample time for you to leave. Roughly 1 minute afterwards, one of your guys, in all caps, shouted "N*GG**". (Censored for obvious reasons.) This, of course, triggered the avalanche of perma-bans.
But the most messed up part was what happened next. Two minutes later, after the giant weight was lifted off my chest and I began to enjoy life again, one of your guys, who must have slipped through the cracks of our perma-ban tsunami, announces in chat "So what about those double line rules...?".
Classic.
The most ironic part of the evening is that I had so much Steam traffic going on, I missed your leader purposely teamkilling the leader of the FH. Which in itself was ban-worthy.
I could go on. I'm actually holding back on some stuff. I'm just trying to get across to you my reasons for the permabans, seeing as you guys seem sincerely confused as to why it happened. I don't take permabanning lightly.
I talked with your officers later on in my Teamspeak, and I have to say, I was caught off-guard. Because those guys were cool as hell. Totally rational and easy going. There wasn't a shred of insincerity about them. The type of officer any regiment would be proud to have in their regiment. And we discussed one of the main problems with one of the rules, which was a misunderstanding. We talked about what went down. We talked about how things should have gone down, how things could have been handled differently and cleared up everything. That's how this entire night SHOULD have been handled.
We had a good discussion. All is pretty much forgiven. I mean, it would just look stupid if I let you guys back in, but talking with your officers put everything in a new perspective. Who knows what the future holds. I don't take it personal. This community is too small to hold a grudge.
Maybe we got off to a misunderstanding. I began this event two years ago because the only North American event in existence (5arge's event) became full because of the rising popularity of Mount and Musket. I needed a place to play with my regiment. No one stepped up to the plate so I took fate into my own hands with some other regiment leaders (Jorge and Tico) and 'created' a place where people could come and have fun, ad-hoc, 10 minutes after being locked out of the full event. We started with 120 guys. They've since moved on and I'm chugging along. I believe we have a good reputation and high standards, about as high a standard you can have for a VIDEO GAME. At no point over the last two years has the Event ever been canceled due to sloppy administration or lack of attendance.
What I'm trying to say here, is that this event didn't "Just Happen".
I guess that's where I differ from other events. I'm the most easy-going event organizer in the game. Hands down. The rules get followed, eventually. All the regiment leaders have me on their steam list so I'm notified immediately if something is amiss. If not me, than by my other admins. I'm always willing to sit down with a regiment leader and talk about anything they are concerned with.
If something gets out of hand, I usually handle it in-game. If not, then I handle it out-of-game, during the week, via a discrete teamspeak meeting or a quick chat on steam.
I can make mistakes. Stuff slides by sometimes. Shit happens. I'm not in this for the long haul to become the greatest 'Event Referee' that ever existed. I'm in this to have fun with my regiment and the other regiments who've been playing with us for years. Period. And so far it's worked out pretty good.
Good luck to you in the future.
