Moocherthecat
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- Mar 13, 2016
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So. A lot of my and probably others' games have been ruined when hiders shift so they have five lives while the remaining player has one or two, or they don't come out at all and nobody wins.
This isn't how OITC is supposed to be.
When I joined, I thought that I wouldn't make friends because I'd need to be completely focused on the killing. I didn't think I'd want to worry about much else. But I did.
Brokenlens used to be friendly, a place where I could go and play games but also where I could hang out with my friends. A place where I wouldn't be taunted for having levels and skill, real skill that can't be bought.
You know I had admirers? People who were in awe of me and my attitude and my skill, people who saw past the loud words and the angry talk. People who cared about me as a person, not as another number to their "friend" count.
I even remember my first match. I remember how awed I was by people with high levels, how I tried to be nice to everyone. How I tried to be equal in my treatment of friends. How all that broke, bit by bit as the server was updated to become what it is now--a wreck.
I've been playing on Brokenlens since early January, and in these months I've seen a disturbing change. No one talks, no one hangs around the lobby, because they're all focused on playing games. Yes, that's the main focus, but it shouldn't be the only one. Playing fun games shouldn't be turned into this play-and-repeat, play-and-repeat, oh-you-have-a-lot-of-levels-so-you-have-no-life, oh-you-don't-have-a-lot-of-levels-so-you're-a-noob, oh-you're-really-good-at-playing-so-you're-a-hacker, mundane madness.
You know what I'd like? I'd like us to play on this server and not virtually tear each other's throats out for any tiny thing. I'd like to play a few games without feeling like I want to smash my tablet because there are so many hiders. I'd like to see the clock turn back to a time when the blatant view of the higher-ups that all they want is more, more, more wasn't so incredibly obvious. More subscribers, more idiots willing to dump their cash on the "official store", more bodies playing on the server. Because that's what they are at this point. Not actual people who other people talk to and maybe become friends, oh noooooooo. Just bodies. Part of a statistic to get Brokenlens the number 3 or 4 most played MCPE server.
Maybe even number one!
I don't know.
But what I do know is that all of the stuff I mentioned above won't happen. Everyone's already entrenched too much in this downward spiral of whining chaos.
Including me.
Yeah, it's a smoother transition from game to game. I can't argue with that. (Except when it utterly fails and dies, because of glitches that our oh-so-smart admins and owner respond to with a single word: "Glitches." Or in some cases, "Beta." They apparently think that these are the magic words which will solve all our problems.) But is a processed game-after-game-until-you-get-bored approach really what you want? Is it really what you need? Is it really what this server needs?
No.
But I'm not an admin. I'm not a mod. And I sure don't want to be.
I'm just a person. A person tired of all our benevolent overlords' bullshit.
Yes, that's what it is. I take no shame in calling the terrible thing terrible. There should be no shame in telling the truth.
So block me if you want, Aypifox. Edwjusti. WarriorGirl. PurpleDragon. Vertx. Tell me that swearing is against the rules, just like individuality and freedom of expression are.
But first, sign this petition?
This isn't how OITC is supposed to be.
When I joined, I thought that I wouldn't make friends because I'd need to be completely focused on the killing. I didn't think I'd want to worry about much else. But I did.
Brokenlens used to be friendly, a place where I could go and play games but also where I could hang out with my friends. A place where I wouldn't be taunted for having levels and skill, real skill that can't be bought.
You know I had admirers? People who were in awe of me and my attitude and my skill, people who saw past the loud words and the angry talk. People who cared about me as a person, not as another number to their "friend" count.
I even remember my first match. I remember how awed I was by people with high levels, how I tried to be nice to everyone. How I tried to be equal in my treatment of friends. How all that broke, bit by bit as the server was updated to become what it is now--a wreck.
I've been playing on Brokenlens since early January, and in these months I've seen a disturbing change. No one talks, no one hangs around the lobby, because they're all focused on playing games. Yes, that's the main focus, but it shouldn't be the only one. Playing fun games shouldn't be turned into this play-and-repeat, play-and-repeat, oh-you-have-a-lot-of-levels-so-you-have-no-life, oh-you-don't-have-a-lot-of-levels-so-you're-a-noob, oh-you're-really-good-at-playing-so-you're-a-hacker, mundane madness.
You know what I'd like? I'd like us to play on this server and not virtually tear each other's throats out for any tiny thing. I'd like to play a few games without feeling like I want to smash my tablet because there are so many hiders. I'd like to see the clock turn back to a time when the blatant view of the higher-ups that all they want is more, more, more wasn't so incredibly obvious. More subscribers, more idiots willing to dump their cash on the "official store", more bodies playing on the server. Because that's what they are at this point. Not actual people who other people talk to and maybe become friends, oh noooooooo. Just bodies. Part of a statistic to get Brokenlens the number 3 or 4 most played MCPE server.
Maybe even number one!
I don't know.
But what I do know is that all of the stuff I mentioned above won't happen. Everyone's already entrenched too much in this downward spiral of whining chaos.
Including me.
Yeah, it's a smoother transition from game to game. I can't argue with that. (Except when it utterly fails and dies, because of glitches that our oh-so-smart admins and owner respond to with a single word: "Glitches." Or in some cases, "Beta." They apparently think that these are the magic words which will solve all our problems.) But is a processed game-after-game-until-you-get-bored approach really what you want? Is it really what you need? Is it really what this server needs?
No.
But I'm not an admin. I'm not a mod. And I sure don't want to be.
I'm just a person. A person tired of all our benevolent overlords' bullshit.
Yes, that's what it is. I take no shame in calling the terrible thing terrible. There should be no shame in telling the truth.
So block me if you want, Aypifox. Edwjusti. WarriorGirl. PurpleDragon. Vertx. Tell me that swearing is against the rules, just like individuality and freedom of expression are.
But first, sign this petition?
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