First and foremost, for all of you flouncing around and crying about how you’re going to LEAVE FOREVER BAWWWW, good, get out, take your shit-stirring elsewhere. That is exactly the kind of behaviour that caused this whole fucking mess to happen in the first place. This did not happen solely because of the shit that happened over Rei’s ban. It happened because the kind of shit that happened over Rei’s ban happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME and it KEEPS FUCKING HAPPENING.
The chan is not dA. It is not LiveJournal. It is not the SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS most of you seem to think it is for some reason. It’s disappointing how few of you seem able to take a fucking joke. You flip out at trolls, you cry when things you don’t like happen and JESUS FUCK WHAT THE HELL WHY WOULD YOU THINK WE’D DELIBERATELY GO OUT TO GIVE PEOPLE SEIZURES WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
The way people have reacted to the last couple of days provides a shining example of why the last couple of days happened.
No matter how often we tell you not to cry when you see something you don’t like, not to respond to trolls, to talk to the moderating team when you feel something untoward is happening, you never seem to take our advice. We’re trying to tell you how to make the chan a better place with less stupid drama and more fun, but it doesn’t seem to matter what the hell we say. People just keep crying, keep reacting to trolls and keep whining on the boards instead of directly contacting the mods.
You don’t even use the report button. Jesus fucking christ.
We don’t get paid to run the chan. Some of us even pour considerable amounts of money into it to keep it running, and even though it’s a horrible, thankless job most of the time we keep doing it for people like you. Can’t you at least try to give something back by co-operating with us?
Yes, we will freely admit that we should have expected a reaction like this and therefore the flashing lights and music might not have been the best way to express ourselves but honestly, we didn’t expect a reaction like this at all. I suppose we expected too much.
Those of you threatening to GO HOME AND TAKE YOUR BALL WITH YOU, well done. If you’re a non-contributor then no one will probably notice since you likely talk in other places anyway, but the artists and writers among you are doing nothing to punish the mods as you seem to hope to by doing that. All you’re doing is kicking the other users of the boards in the teeth by taking your work out of an easily accessible place and stopping them from seeing it. Good job, hero. You’re leaving the chan during a downturn and making it worse instead of supporting it and trying to make it better.
Which, incidentally, is what we moderators have been trying to do for months. We’ve weathered every shitstorm this place has gone through and have tried to make it better, we don’t ditch this place just because things are getting a little rough. I like how you all condemn us for that instead of the people who stamp their feet and tantrum out of the door.
I guess that’s all there is to this. Those of you who seriously thought we’d go out to deliberately hurt people have a ridiculous persecution complex. Those of you who flounce and cry are not making yourselves look good, and those of you who just laughed and carried on with your day are brilliant.
tl;dr - Stop taking shit so seriously, it’s the fucking internet, what the hell.
P.S. - BLUSpy and Cat Bountry are now part of the mod team so give them lots of congratulations!
-The Mods
I'll have more to say on the matter when I'm not half-dead so for now, check this out!
Current Status: IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE! All the custom maps are back, as is RTV and Nominate!
Keep being awesome TF2chan!
After the shambles that was the abrupt disconnection of the website, the downtime and the lousy support I won't be recommending Dreamhost to ANYONE.
Now, onto other matters. Normally I wouldn't ask, but this sudden forced migration has been a major blow to my hip pocket so if anyone would like to throw some spare change my way I would be most grateful! Holy crap guys, I posted this before going to bed and the goal was met well before I even got up! You're all AMAZING! Thank you so much!
As for the bugs, they'll be fixed soon! So keep on rocking TF2chan!
Also, Dr Tanner is now the admin for the CircleJerk steam group so all your enquiries/complaints/blowjobs concerning THAT should got to HIM and not ME!
Also, we have a new board where you can post tutorials, references and requests for help!
As always, feedback is appreciated.
And don't forget to get your stuff from the old site before it goes!
So in the mean time just sit back and relax and wait for the round to begin!
