Regarding recent site events.

Eve would like to put in a little bit of her own thoughts.

I feel like there is a lot of clumping people together, in both the case of members and staff. Just because one staff member did something you didn't really like, doesn't make all of staff members terrible people. Not that any of us are. You have to remember that most of us have full time jobs, kids, and families. We have lives and things we can do besides Ala, and yet we spend countless hours trying to make this the best site it can be. I can't even begin to count the hours I have spend on here on my short time on the staff team, I can't even fathom how many hours Nyx has spent. Some of us took days off to move the site, and a lot of us have put in real money to this site.

Just because of one event, I think its a little harsh to bash the site so hard. Like Nyx said, seriously shit happens. We can't prevent EVERY little thing that happens, cause we all make mistakes. Like does your boss not get angry at you at times? Did/do your teachers not lose their cool sometimes? Even in society there is times when leaders make mistakes, but we put on our big girl/boy panties and get over it. Sorry, but its true. If we were to go around preventing every little thing, this wouldn't be fun. It would be so restricted and blah. And every site you go on there are going to be issues. I haven't been on a single site that didn't have OOC drama, because its human nature to lose your cool! We aren't robots, and emotions can get the better of us.

Nyx has said a lot about how the rest of the staff feels as well, but again we are each of our own people... if that makes sense. We react in different ways and we are triggered in different ways. In regard to the drama that happened, I wasn't here for it, but I did read back in the cbox to see it. And I can also say that I was on skype personally before this happened trying to explain things again and again. Its hard when no matter what you say, your points are argued and there was a lot being said about staff playing favorites. And honestly that offended me. Yes I am closer to some people than to others, but when it comes to staff choices I NEVER pull favorites, nor does anyone else. I was really, really upset when my choices were called biased, because I strive to do my best to make the right choice. I don't look at names when it comes to choices like that, I look at the facts and at the characters. I won't look at the player when I make the choice, but on what I feel is fair and right. Its a huge judgment on my character to say that I play favorites and that I am biased, even though it wasn't my name being said. Again it was the staff being lobbed into one pile, and its a judgement against all of us as people. We don't have to do this you know, its by choice. The site stressed me out and makes me cry at times, but I still work my hardest to get things done in a way that is as fair as it can be. Also, there is always going to be someone who doesn't like what we do, but we aren't all agreeable people. There is stuff I don't like in the government but I don't whine and cry about it. I deal with it and move on.

I also agree with Nyx on Ala being more negative as of late, and it breaks my heart. Ala has saved me a lot, it has given me something to do when I lost my job, and keeps be busy enough that I don't literally stay in bed all day and cry -- because that is where I'm at with my life right now. And I know for some members its the same way.