The Chosen Ones

A new member called Merlon who has posted many bugs and given his time and effort to TCO was treated in a manner that is, frankly, disgusting. A simple angry outburst is forgivable, you could apologize and that's that. Not only did this forumer insult Merlon again, but another esteemed member of the forum joined in the insults, and started encouraging him as well.

And another new member Croco who spoke out against the injustice was also verbally attacked without right. I don't want to name and shame but the people responsible know who they are and I personally think they should sort themselves out.

The worst part is that there were no apologies made. Rather Merlin and Croco simply stopped replying and that was how the argument didn't continue.

I spoke to one of those who are responsible for this bad behaviour, and I believe he understands that what he did was wrong (I hope so) but I believe there are apologies to be made in public to set things right.

Okay I deleted my earlier comment after reading hamza's post because it seems this 'fanboy' issue has gone quite far and mundane reasoning isn't going to work. Now this quoted passage here has some faults with the 'facts'. First I didn't encourage Yggy to insult him nor join in the insult. I merely expressed my own opinion concerning the matter. The manner that was used is neither disgusting nor immature. You concluded that yourself.

About CroCo he was the one who used the word 'bark' in his post. A very insulting that was the last straw for me. He wanted to turn the drama into a war and I am more than happy to escalate it for him. Then again I am under no obligation to respect, tolerate or remain neutral towards members like him, especially once you consider the fact that bug-reporters are easily replaced. Yes I may have attacked him verbally but he started it first. Once a war began there are only allies and enemies. They attack us and we retaliate. Yggy is my ally and CroCo is the enemy. Enemies must be annihilated, simple logic. And again for emphasis in this war we didn't involve Merlon, mind you. That being said, I am not going to execute any form of public apology because:

• I didn't insult Merlon in the first place, in other words, I didn't do anything wrong.
• CroCo insulted Yggy first, and I joined in because Yggy is my ally and I don't like seeing others hurt my ally.

Can I just make another thing very clear no one is under any kind of compulsion to contribute to these forums. If someone joins just to congratulate Aero and then leaves then that is their right. If someone joins to point out a bug and leaves then that is their right (and tbh they should be thanked for bothering). People can do as they wish as long as they don't break the rules. Calling people who don't stay for longer than one post "fanboys" is just being elitist. It isn't a good thing.

Then we, in return, are under no kind of compulsion to respect the fanboys. They hate us and that is their problem, not ours, because we don't like them either. They want war then bring it on, we are not afraid. If they want peace, we shall make peace with them. It is completely their own choice to make. And, I am going to be damn straight again, 1-post-bug-reporters are easily replacable and I don't care if they leave or not because sooner or later someone else will show up. I am not gonna be thankful unless they have than 10 posts dedicated to bug-reporting. You and Aero can join forces together, but I still have others to back me up.

Peace.

Doomlord