the vast majority of light had fun and aren't bitching about the fight; this isn't a repeat of the everlux behaviour where a very loud majority were angry and disappointed. the only 'sore losers' are the weird loose ends.
correction that even with the everlux behavior it wasn't a "majority," just an annoyingly large minority though i appreciate your effort at the distinction regardless!!
ARR is normally a remarkably supportive place despite its reputation as a salt comm, so it's genuinely making me a bit sad to feel like we can't go thirty seconds into this conversation without someone looking to make either earth or light into a bad guy when the reality is that overall people had fun and loved doing this. no flight is a monolith when it comes to opinions, but genuinely this feels like something that should be proof to all of us that this kind of impromptu thing can be a lot of fun for everyone involved.
there's always going to be sore losers and sore winners when it comes to any sort of competition involving large groups of people. no one can ever account for the actions and behaviours of 100% of the people 100% of the time, and no one ever LOVES to lose, buuut i think tensions are high among the folks who aren't good at handling winning or losing a spontaneous battle in an online environment that's become complacent on "if you announce it, you should be allowed to win it" with mechanics that have been somewhat polarizing within the community its whole existence. then negativity bias kicks in where people notice the negative far more than the positive, and remember it better.
makes it harder to notice that most of the folks had a blast. we should be paying attention to the success this event had so the community at large could innovate on it and make the next one better.
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(Anonymous) 2025-01-12 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)though i appreciate your effort at the distinction regardless!!
ARR is normally a remarkably supportive place despite its reputation as a salt comm, so it's genuinely making me a bit sad to feel like we can't go thirty seconds into this conversation without someone looking to make either earth or light into a bad guy when the reality is that overall people had fun and loved doing this. no flight is a monolith when it comes to opinions, but genuinely this feels like something that should be proof to all of us that this kind of impromptu thing can be a lot of fun for everyone involved.
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(Anonymous) 2025-01-13 12:50 am (UTC)(link)there's always going to be sore losers and sore winners when it comes to any sort of competition involving large groups of people. no one can ever account for the actions and behaviours of 100% of the people 100% of the time, and no one ever LOVES to lose, buuut i think tensions are high among the folks who aren't good at handling winning or losing a spontaneous battle in an online environment that's become complacent on "if you announce it, you should be allowed to win it" with mechanics that have been somewhat polarizing within the community its whole existence. then negativity bias kicks in where people notice the negative far more than the positive, and remember it better.
makes it harder to notice that most of the folks had a blast. we should be paying attention to the success this event had so the community at large could innovate on it and make the next one better.