Wait, sorry if my reading comprehension is off it's getting late here. Does this mean that the winners of the OOF raffle won't get anything, because Duchess is holding onto the prizes? That is awful...
I also have bad reading comprehension but I thiiiink they got their prizes because User XYZ bought them all with their own money to hand out, believing that when Duchess returns, she would reimburse them. She refused to.
I believe the question the OP of this subthread is asking is, what about the prizes from this raffle? Do the packs advertised represent items/currency Duchess is holding, and which are therefore in limbo unless she A) comes back and B) is willing to relinquish them?
I doubt another individual Ember would be willing to replace them out-of-pocket after what apparently happened last time (and I certainly don't blame them), but that being the case, it seems like the raffle is not proceeding entirely in good faith. I don't care all that much personally, I participate in raffles mostly for fun, but it's going to hurt the flight's credibility a lot if they don't end up being able to make good and a disclaimer regarding the present uncertainty on the raffle thread might perhaps be wise.
It's probably a better idea to not replace anything Duchess is supposed to be holding. Either the public pressure forces her to come back and distribute everything, or the raffle will fail spectacularly and very publicly with exactly one person to blame for it all. The conversation around replacing Duchess will be much harder to suppress if the second happens, which I suspect it will at this rate.
RIP to any support for Fire in FvW later this year though. Granted, not that I thought Fire was gonna put up much of a fight in its current state, it'll be even worse if they're restructuring
I feel like that's a sunk cost at this point. If Duchess stays on through that battle, there are likely to be more problems throughout, and Fire won't do well. If they manage to kick her out, there will also be problems, but they can point out that the flight is under new management and trying hard, and people may be more willing to send them dragons. In-flight morale will probably be improved too, and that's a big factor.
oh yeah I didn't mean to suggest they should keep her on, just that it'll be rough for fire's reputation on-site. But you're right, people would be more willing to support a new team I'm sure.
Fuck with OOF and she’d (and the entire flight would) pay dearly.
Even if she does come back and distribute the prizes, at least the rest of the flight isn’t out whatever’s in the raffle prize list and they can think about starting a new bank with a fresh slate then.
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Re: all things related to fire and dom
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(Anonymous) 2023-08-26 05:12 am (UTC)(link)Re: all things related to fire and dom
(Anonymous) 2023-08-26 06:51 am (UTC)(link)I believe the question the OP of this subthread is asking is, what about the prizes from this raffle? Do the packs advertised represent items/currency Duchess is holding, and which are therefore in limbo unless she A) comes back and B) is willing to relinquish them?
I doubt another individual Ember would be willing to replace them out-of-pocket after what apparently happened last time (and I certainly don't blame them), but that being the case, it seems like the raffle is not proceeding entirely in good faith. I don't care all that much personally, I participate in raffles mostly for fun, but it's going to hurt the flight's credibility a lot if they don't end up being able to make good and a disclaimer regarding the present uncertainty on the raffle thread might perhaps be wise.
Re: all things related to fire and dom
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(Anonymous) 2023-08-26 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)RIP to any support for Fire in FvW later this year though. Granted, not that I thought Fire was gonna put up much of a fight in its current state, it'll be even worse if they're restructuring
Re: all things related to fire and dom
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(Anonymous) 2023-08-26 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)oh yeah I didn't mean to suggest they should keep her on, just that it'll be rough for fire's reputation on-site. But you're right, people would be more willing to support a new team I'm sure.
Re: all things related to fire and dom
(Anonymous) 2023-08-26 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)Fuck with OOF and she’d (and the entire flight would) pay dearly.
Even if she does come back and distribute the prizes, at least the rest of the flight isn’t out whatever’s in the raffle prize list and they can think about starting a new bank with a fresh slate then.