bioswales

To anyone who looks at his and is interested in how the PM's went, I thought I'd be kind enough to give insight on to how interested he was in seeing my side of the problem and being reasonable when it comes to seeing my point of view. I apologize if there is a rule against posting DM's but considering I can't find any, I'm happy to post this here. bioswalesToday at 10:32 PM Hi! I'm forums guy, and I came to consult you in regards to what you said to me earlier. If you can't tell I'm more than happy to discuss in general, let alone in regard to the discussion on forums. I don't mean to be an intrusion, but I will preface by saying that in reply don't be surprised if I hunt for a lengthy debate here. Patrick Star Today at 10:34 PM I won’t answer nor give attention to someone “hunting for a lengthy debate” bioswales Today at 10:35 PM You're the one who said I should speak with you personally in regards to continuing the conversation. Patrick Star Today at 10:35 PM Yes. But speaking to and hunting for lengthy debates are 2 different things bioswales Today at 10:36 PM Well I wouldn't want to drag you here acting like I'm not ready to talk for a long time. - Not that I want to in the first place. I was referred to the forums initially to voice my complaints and seeing as they're not wanted there you said you want them here. Or at the least in a PM. I'm sure staff have had my name thrown around to some degree or another as some asshole who wants to bend rules to his own whim. Patrick StarToday at 10:42 PM I never once said you cannot voice your opinion on the forums. Let’s not twist words around now I said that I’m not replying to that anymore pm me if you want to discuss this bioswalesToday at 10:43 PM My mistake. I've just generally been frustrated because I've been looking for someone to genuinely talk about this with about. Patrick StarToday at 10:44 PM Well I’m not going to sit here and activity try and listen to someone who starts off by half insulting the staff team, purposely joins the server to start trouble and then dms me saying you are going to hunting for a lengthy debate I have a lot better shit to deal with than that I am willing to listen to someone who has an understanding of what they are talking about and can carry a non argumentative conversation bioswalesToday at 10:46 PM You've never seen me once on the server, yes? Patrick StarToday at 10:46 PM Idk. I don’t actively go down the player base checking off who I have and have not see bioswalesToday at 10:50 PM Thats a no then. I just wanted to ask how you'd know if I purposely joined the server looking to start trouble. Heres what I did. I based as mayor, building a nice house with no fading door defenses (Or defenses at all for that matter) just doing nothing but decorate it I had a few laws that were promptly removed after being told that they were against the rules I sat on a roof as a hitman waiting to kill the mayor only to get kicked off of the roof. Upon my explanation of being on an 'accessible roof' I got told 'What I say goes'. And then what got me banned is messing around with some donor guy with A in his name Who decided since he was buddy-buddy with staff to give me a hard time for in-rp protesting what I figured what just something playful at the time. Thats over the course of about two days. If you know of anything that staff have told you I'll be happy to address it to what I saw of the situation. Patrick StarToday at 10:53 PM lemme just qoute a few things here. "ou probably know me as bioswales; the guy who's been an incessant pain in the ass for the last few days." "I haven't done what I've done because I'm a self-absorbed asshole, but its because it's all well within the posted rules." that is joining to start trouble you know what, im gonna just go ahead and end this convo, mainly because i think its in my best interest to end it. I forsee problems in the future and am going to take the steps needs to stop it. bioswalesToday at 10:53 PM I apologize if this sounds like someone who got on the server with the clean intent of giving staff a hard time, but to me its just been a biproduct of me wanting to enjoy my time on the server. If I really had no desire to stay on I'd be banned for mass RDM a few days ago. And to act like I haven't -- Thank you for ending this conversation the (same way the) last 4 staff members have. Patrick StarToday at 10:56 PM Ill just tell you that the rule states what the staff say goes. They are doing it for the benifit of the people. Bye bye now bioswalesToday at 10:57 PM Thank you for ending this conversation the (same way the) last 4 staff members have.

oh, that was my post in your Suggestions/Issues tab. glad you noticed

Hi! You probably know me as bioswales; the guy who's been an incessant pain in the ass for the last few days. Whether you dealt with me talking your head off in a sit to the point of wanting to plaster the wall with your own grey matter or just giving condolences after the occasional hit- I'd like to say hi! I'm not exactly here to say hi though. Contrary to popular belief I haven't done what I've done because I'm a self-absorbed asshole, but its because it's all well within the posted rules. In the rules there are a plethora of oversights or shortcomings that exist as well as assumed rules that seem to have no base other than a moral high-ground or opinionated decision making. If you don't think this is a problem please click your way to another post now, as the rest of this one will be a waste of your time. With the rest of you here I believe its important to preface by saying I've had my shameless hunts for fun, not necessarily trying to be an inconvenience to others most of the time. Most of them were admittedly harmless or had minimal/negligible impacts on 'roleplay experience', emotion, or quality of the game. However I've easily noticed that the vast majority of my escapades end up in either a staff member consulting me or someone consulting a staff member on me. I've usually been consulted on the basis of one of a few things that aren't listed in the rules (eg. Mayors cannot base, FailRP). While that likely strikes a giggle in a few select staff members who I've given headthrobs regarding the issue every time I've been consulted by staff in one of my lawless ventures I've gotten the same reply in terms of rules that apply to the given situation; without fail. "Staff members reserve the right to use their best judgement when dealing with infractions not mentioned in the MOTD. Do not question their authority." I have faith in the belief that those I have seen on the staff team have been entrusted with those positions due to their proven competence, commitment, and their ability to handle a situation. However when all of the sits I attend end with the statement above I can't help but feel not only that invisible rules are being used on the spot, but they're being regularly used. Unfortunately this serves as framework for a biased 'I don't like this, so I don't want this' mentality that gets gradually worse over time depending on the offending staff member/authoritarian. This is especially scary when a lot of the bans I've seen in my short tenure on the server have very often included one of these select hot-phrases which are often use among DarkRP servers but have no official rule basis here on XenoRP. -NITRP (No intent to RP/No Interest to RP) -'Mingeing' -FailRP -Staff Disrespect (I haven't seen this, but I have seen similar under the guise of 'Racism and Homophobia') https://forums.xeno.gg/topic/1292-bio-muted-and-then-banned-me/?tab=comments#comment-5451 + My concern isn't that the people in question were wronged. I have little doubt that to some degree they're responsible for at the minimum a fraction of punishment that they're receiving/have receieved- but rather my concern lies in the fact that staff are able to freely punish persons without having a solid rule that can properly back up the punishments they are dealing; lending to the idea that at any given time a rule that doesn't exist can just as easily be deemed under one of the coined terms above and dismissed with just as much ease. Its better to know exactly why you're banning someone instead of giving a fill-in-the-blank because you're not in the mood to do your job because you didn't want to learn the rules you're enforcing. I'd like to end this by pointing out some exemplary irony of being banned for 1 work week for two rules that according to the !motd don't exist.