I’ve never made a blog before, mostly because I really didn’t feel the need to share my thoughts with the greater community, but the last month or two have really made me think it’s time I did.
Since the start of last year I have been a part of this community and have loved almost every second of it. My dealings with people have been great on the whole. So many great people, giving up their own time to help one another, to run tournaments, keep this site up to date; put their own personal finances in the community, for both E-Sports and to help other people out like we recently saw with Paroxysm.
I have personally met a few of you now and have found everyone I've met to be polite, passionate and friendly. It’s a fantastic community on the whole with a lot of very level headed people.
However increasingly we are seeing more and more dramas, with personalities, egos and just simple points of views clashing and becoming bigger problems then they should be. I know personally this kind of stuff has been very mentally draining and I know I am not alone amongst clan leaders who are finding it tough right now to keep everything from becoming massive issues or becoming too much.
And most of the issues would have been completely avoided with just a simple message to the other person involved. I don’t understand why so many issues have to be put up there in public. If you have a problem with another member, why not just PM them and try and sort it that way first?
If you have an issue with a clan or someone in a clan, why not PM their leader? If it’s in a tournament setting PM an admin...
It takes less effort to write a PM to the other person, then it does to spend writing a whole blog or forum post and you'll be surprised how easily most issues are solved.
I mean in the end aren't we all here for the same reason? Because we love StarCraft II, we love our region, we want to see e-sports and StarCraft shine. We want to see our big players on the international stage. We want to see our big teams playing in team leagues and beating teams for NA and EU (and maybe one day Korea).
So let’s do a better job of working together, keeping the drama away from the site, treat each other with respect. Sponsors don’t want to come to the biggest community site and tournaments we run and see this stuff.
As for myself and my clan, I have time for everyone and anyone who wants to talk about any aspect of them. Don’t be afraid. I know people have different opinions and viewpoints and people won’t always agree with what I do, what I say or what I believe in. But I do know that if you put the effort in, you can understand and accept other view points, be polite about it all, and resolve all conflicts. Just put the community and E-Sports first.
Sorry for the length of the blog, I really just needed to get my thoughts out there. I am really looking forward to what we can achieve as a community this year. So let’s stop the bullshit and lets start being making SEA matter.
Honestly, I believe the PM suggestion helps more than unleashing your issues to the larger community.
Only recently there was an issue between two clans, and the leaders of the respective clans took the issues to PM via skype.
If the members were allowed to sling shit in a public space the problem would never have been resolved.
So, the problem was solved, and it turned out to be a good night for both clans.
The end.
If you don't like drama, don't involve yourself in it. It's that simple. Unfortunately disagreements on the site seem to be 95% people throwing in their worthless 2 cents, and 5% the people involved and a few others whos opinions may have merit trying to talk things out. On a public forum it's no small wonder that people are going to publicly post their opinions whether they step on someone else's toes or not. You cannot and should not expect every single person to care about their image on a forum, to care about a big scary infraction or warning on their post, to think rationally in the heat of the moment and to calmly approach the situation.
Sc2sea already does a pretty damn good job at not becoming one of the assholes of the internet like many other forums have. I think people get too butthurt over the few issues that blow up on the forums and somehow come to a conclusion that we're poisoning ourselves with endless drama. In the last 6 months I can only think of maybe 3-4 noteworthy dramas on the forum. Try to find me another gaming forum that has less than that. Good luck.
This.
So this.
This is the truest of truths that was ever honestly spoken.
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I keep it real bruv.
The main point of this thread is if you have a problem, try to resolve the situation with the involved parties BEFORE bringing your problems to a a mudslinging fest on chatbox or another butthurt blog. This makes it much easier for situations to actually get a satisfactory solution, and if that doesn't work, THEN you can try and raise public awareness.
Everyone who keeps on replying with "OMG STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A PERFECT WORLD WE CAN'T ALL BE ANGELS" please learn to read and understand context before wasting everybody's time.
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