Posts from Voting. Round 2 "Recruit Set"

I'll add one more thing...

Worrying about such trivial things, whether you're portrayed as a peasant or a Megadragon here, is just silly!

I can confidently say that the participants didn't intend to offend anyone; the main thing is that they remembered you! They even portrayed me as a level 1, unimproved unit! I just laughed heartily!!! Thank you! :smile40:

Nightmare, well, I like that set, where the elusive ninja Googlebot is (and I've broken the rule for the fourth time).

Now, seriously: if it wasn't necessary to ask anyone's permission to use a forum user's nickname, then why don't I see the nickname of the **Creator** anywhere??? Do you think he doesn't deserve to be in your army?:))) This is a rhetorical question;). I'm glad that I was only mentioned once, and that's where I gave my consent. But if someone had mentioned me without asking - I wouldn't have minded:))).

Next time, I’ll write to you in a private message.

Yeah... And I, a silly girl, was worried that the arguments and grievances would be solely because someone wasn't included... But look at the fuss that's been caused. It's not nice, girls, IMHO! I was personally happy to see myself in the army. And, on the contrary, I was very worried that I might offend someone by not including them in the army, or by making them something that would be offensive to them. For example, Larson... He's a level 1 unit for me, and not even an upgraded one! But look at his reaction, he's happy about it, I made him laugh! And I'm very happy about that! And he takes it all as just a fun contest! And by the way, he's my good friend, but I didn't ask his permission either, and strangely enough, he has no complaints about me! Arandor, whom I made a Flooder, could have been offended by me, but he laughed heartily - a true Knight of the Pen :)
No one wanted to offend anyone with this contest! The main goal was to have fun! But it all turned out not very nicely. At least have some pity for Lelya and express your grievances in private messages, not in the topic! She tried so hard to create this contest, and you just ruined everything! Personally, it just upset me :( I didn't expect such a reaction...

And I also wanted to apologize to my friends, those whom I didn't include in my army. But now I see that I need to apologize to those whom I included in it without asking their permission! And I didn't ask anyone for permission! It was an oversight on my part! :(
ZYbr, I'm sorry that I made you an Alchemist without asking... and that I even included you in my army! I won't repeat such a foolish thing again...

Please forgive me all for using your nicknames without permission!

And I advise the girls not to get upset, not to pay attention to this nonsense! Lelya, the contest is just wonderful! All the girls are just great - the armies are diverse and very interesting! Well done!!! :smile12:
Thank you to those who included me - it's very nice :smile43:
Tanyushka, we seem to be thinking on the same wavelength! :) On a Heroes wavelength! So let's go play Heroes instead... and get ready for stage 3 and forget everything that happened here like a bad dream! It's not worth it! ;)

P.S. I won't vote yet... because I still can't decide who to vote for!

And finally, for EVERYONE! Show respect to the organizer! All disputes should be in private messages! :mad:

Yeah... And here I was, a silly girl, worrying that the arguments and grievances would be solely because someone wasn't included...

Lu, you seem to be thinking about this in the same way as I do. Being included is nice; it means you are remembered and recognized.

Lelya!
Since I received another request to remove a username mention, I ask you to remove my task ENTIRELY and, if possible, edit the poll accordingly.
I am withdrawing from the contest.

Slohnish – don’t drop out of the contest! You always have the best entries (even though I didn’t vote for you – but that’s understandable...).!!

Indeed... aren't you ashamed?
Reading your comments, I almost regretted missing this round because of a conflict with a university conference... :/

You really should be happy that people haven't forgotten about you!.. And they're even unhappy with the publicity :D

Guys!!!!

You really disappointed me... but even after all this, I won't abandon the contest! I'll see it through to the end!:)

Now, I'll try to sort out the conflict. I'm asking those I'm NOT addressing to stay out of it. And I'm not doing this in private messages because it's already a public conflict, not just a personal squabble.;) So, here are the questions I'd like to get answers to:

Kitsune,why don't you want to see yourself in Ta Kotoraya's selection? If it's a personal matter and only concerns you two, I think she wouldn't have included you in her selection.;) But of course, I can't judge. However, I wouldn't want any further arguments or conflicts, especially with personal attacks and phrases like "you just live to argue." I see such comments not only as directed at Ta Kotoraya but also as directed at me, the organizer. In the future, if you're unhappy with anything in the contests, please write to me in a private message. I will definitely take a look and, if possible, try to satisfy your "request." :) The reason for this dispute, if you dig deeper, lies with me. Because in the assignment, I wrote:

Your goal is to recruit "new members" from the forum users :) How do you do that? It's very simple!))) Think of all your acquaintances and friends from THIS forum.

And one more thing, "new members," please don't be offended by their exotic depiction;)

Do you not know her? Are you not familiar with her? Or do you just not like the smiley? What exactly don't you like? Please give me a clear answer.

T@mar@,tell me specifically, is it the smiley that you dislike, or the words? Which is it? Are you sure you don't know Slonysh?

Ta Kotoraya...,do you know this girl? If you don't know each other, then the question is resolved. :) Please refrain from writing such provocative posts in the future: "Spoiling everyone's mood seems to be your thing..."

Slonysh,don't worry, there are those who are unhappy – let them speak out, even those who expressed their dissatisfaction to you in private messages, let them express their indignation to ME!

That concludes the personal questions. :) If anyone else is unhappy with the "recruits," please write to ME where to remove them, and most importantly, the reason! And I will see if it corresponds to the written rules or not. If it does, but you are still unhappy, then all complaints should be directed to me... ;) I also ask that you refrain from flooding the thread and insulting each other in the future. For violating these basic rules (see above in post #1 in black), I will first have to issue warnings, and then ban people mercilessly!!! And I won't care if I've eaten ice cream with you before! Understand, neither I nor you will get any pleasure from this, only a need for antidepressants... ;) So let's try to reduce the number of problems. :) And one more thing – I'm not putting pressure on anyone, I'm not humiliating anyone, and I certainly don't want to offend anyone; I just want to understand the reasons for this conflict. Therefore, please don't judge me too harshly. Soon, I hope, the conflict will be resolved. After your answers, your tired and sick organizer will make a fair decision for both sides. :)

Where are... where, if it's not a secret, the people who have access to moderating this section? Moderators, coordinators, or whoever else knows what they're doing. I would give them a negative rating with the explanation "for inaction." It's surprising that something like this hasn't been removed yet. The reputation of the resource is growing in inverse proportion to the number of such discussions.
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Oh, esteemed users, it seems we've developed a "fine" tradition of criticizing the administration. It's not this, it's not that. We delete posts with conflicts, and we get criticized for suppressing conflicts and not knowing how to resolve them in any other way (they start giving instructions). We don't delete them, and we get another negative rating. Go ahead, give us negative ratings; you yourselves started this mess, so let's resolve it like civilized people and come to a consensus. Ideally, the organizer should have monitored compliance with the rules of the stage in advance and not posted works with violations; then there would have been no reason to raise a fuss. And the forum members should think about the reputation of the Hive before they start arguing, because they are all too ready to make a mess in the topics, but then the administration is to blame for everything. Do they not have brains in their heads? (So, the participants themselves should delete what they said in the heat of the moment; there isn't a single active moderator in this section).
Here, oxygen_hl, is a post right here where you can give negative ratings without even looking far.

Adelaide, first of all, I posted the works with complete confidence that they did not contain any violations, because I had read them beforehand and checked them against the rules. Everything was fine... secondly, I myself don't want to cause problems for the administration, because I am responsible for everyone here and for every word as well. I apologize. I didn't mean to offend the administration; I think we can handle this, and I sincerely hope for understanding from the forum members. :)

Oh, I really don't want to continue this. I wasn't targeting anyone specifically. There are forum rules. And, ultimately, there's netiquette, which I can even provide a link to:
Netiquette Guidelines RFC 1855

It's all been described many times. Personal attacks and flame wars. If people can't behave peacefully, what else can be done? Flooding is fine, but if it gets too heated, it's a problem. I understand that you shouldn't impose your own rules on others, but I would still recommend taking a look at the moderation style on Exler's forum. There are many intelligent, mature, and fun people there. Successful people. Who could argue even more fiercely. None of this happens simply because of careful and methodical moderation, supported by strict forum rules. At the same time, it doesn't turn the forum into a barracks. Monsieur Shnurov won't let me lie. Maybe it's worth trying to move in that direction?

Once again, I apologize if I offended anyone. I probably shouldn't continue this, because it's getting too heated here.

Ideally, the organizer should have monitored compliance with the rules of the stage in advance and not posted works with violations. Then there would have been no reason to raise a fuss.

Hmm... I don't see any violations of the CONTEST RULES in the works of the contestants, as they were written... So, what was Lelya supposed to monitor? I don't quite understand... It's just that Kitsune and Tamara didn't want to see their own nicknames in the armies (respectively, in mine and Oksana's) - that's the whole conflict. And then further nonsense arose - about some unclear "permissions to use a nickname"... blah-blah-blah and so on... This is already someone's fantasy - and the organizer is definitely not to blame here!!! Lena is already trying her best...

The organizer is putting in the effort, but your squabbles are undermining their work. I didn't participate in the contest and didn't know the rules by heart, but if I'm not mistaken, the requirement was to use friends' nicknames. If the contestants had only used their friends' nicknames, I think there wouldn't have been any conflict.
Therefore, for the sake of the organizer's efforts, delete (or edit) all your conflicting posts yourselves. Because if I start cleaning things up, I'll have to delete half the topic, and I might accidentally delete something important.