I don't get on here much anymore but I have heard things I didn't want to hear :/ I hope this gets worked out and communications get better between players.

Wow, guess I've just been fortunate enough to not be witness to anything like that. I had no clue it was getting that bad around here.
Hearing that some members are having to endure treatment like this is quite disheartening. It's extremely uncalled for & childish.

I agree that, when you say something in public, you are opening yourself up to whatever the response is going to be. You cannot and should not expect that everyone is going to hold your hand and make you feel good about yourself just because you chose to say something. What I'm talking about here is not that. No one should feel they have to be dishonest just because others are expecting absolute support. That's not to what this post refers. I've seen death threats on Alacrity, I've seen players tell each other to kill themselves. I've seen caustic, needlessly rude behavior and that is to what this post refers. I still expect people to act like adults, and that means respectfully disagreeing with one another sometimes. It means having real, detailed and involved discussions of what doesn't work and why. I'm all for debate. I love debate. Being mean just for its own sake, however, is damaging. It wears on people and it poisons the atmosphere and I think we're all better than that.

I've been around for quite a while but have never witnessed bullying on this site. However, I've noticed that quite a few people have been taking offense to things being said because they misconstrued what another member was trying to say. Most of this has been streaming from side chat lately due to members feeling like they need to voice their personal problems in public chat. It's easy for people to be offended when such sensitive issues are brought up in a group discussion. That's why it's probably best to keep such things away from the public eye. Sometimes things are better left unsaid.

We as a community just need to take a deep breath & realize that not everyone is out to get us. It's sad that a post like this has to be made to remind us.

aww thats why some of my friends here left ;-; i hope the cyberbullies stop its a really horrible thing to deal with

Zero tolerance, boot the abusers off or you are nothing more than an enabler.

Ugh. I just don't understand the point of cyber verbal abuse. It's sickening, really, and such a shame that such people have appeared here on Alacrity. :(

That's low

Thank you Kit! :) I also Want to thank <i>All</b> Staff members for all the help they have given me in my time on ala. :)

thank you, Kit, though I find it sad that it's necessary to post something like this.