Man the more I read your posts on this board, the more I want to sever the ties. How can you sit there and try to put shame on Dino and Rappa about being very cocky and needlessly condescending when on your post we see:
This last quote just for some reason pricked me in a poor spot. I guess I'm just tired of hearing the whole pompous attitude of "Oh well I have co-lead shells and my farts smell better then yours." I basically came to that conclusion after reading the post and seeing all the cocky and condescending replies you had.
So, finally you actually say something to me... just waited till you could post it when I tried to get you to talk to me yesterday.
I don't know if its because of the feedback thread, or from this. If the first, I'm sorry if that I strongly disagree with your view, but I have never lost respect for you over not agreeing. I've respected you so far that I talked to you privately and refrained from posting things I've wanted to say because of that respect, so I'm not sure how that came to be.
On this, ok, I was in a give them their own medicine sort of mood. Not the best way to portray myself? prolly not, but they obviously use it effectively and its tiresome. If making myself more aware that I shouldn't fight fire with fire in this regard, so be it. I have enough respect that since you bring it to my attention, as my friend, I'll listen. Only next time I expect a little respect back from you and approach me about it. Hell, I'd even publicly apologize about the tone I took. In this case the message stands.
Now, let me explain out a few of the quotes.
For all the parts where I said posts were a waste of time.. ok yuh, I didn't need to say that, I could have just as easily ignored they existed.
Kairiboo to you if anyone, I apologize. I was so frustrated with the tone of a few posts I felt passionately about that I steamrolled through this post. It wasn't right for me to comment the way I did. Just in case I'll make it a point to contact you in game and apologize.
I don't step back from harping on Rappa for calling Bavaria mindless, if you support him/her in this, that's not a concern for me.
When I said that I was trying to take Rappa seriously, I was sincere. I have said that Rappa made a good case, but I picked Rappa's stuff out because half of his posts take the attitude I called him out on. Again, the tone may have been wrong considering the tone of the rest of my post, and I apologize for the tone. There's no other way I could indicate for that part I was sincere without making it sound like sarcasm and generally asshole-ish.
Telling Bavaria that he should have approached Rappa or his officers wasn't wrong. Throwing the "no?" in there, I'll apologize for that, if that's what made it go over the top.
Quoting this next one again since this is most sensitive to explain why I can't see why it bothered you so much.
Anyhow, having co-lead several shells now, I can safely conclude that the unfortunate reality is that there are Bavaria's out there, and they suck. But when you run into this situation as frustrating and angry it can make you, the most you can do is note for others that "he walked after earning free lotted gear and is an ass wipe for being irresponsible with his attempt to be a part of the shell".
The bold word is the only way I can see this phrase being in any way condescending, and even then I'm not sure its unwarranted. I felt that if I'm going to make a grand statement about players who display this quality, I needed to cite the angle I have seen it from the most. I figured that I would be questioned as to how I could possibly understand where Rappa might be coming from. I was trying to find a way to relate to Rappa and consequently Audino. Otherwise who am I to say anything? Who is anyone to say anything without experience?
I didn't post it that way to say "I'm better, so there". You took it that way, and that's not something I can fix beyond explaining it as I did above. If this is enough to disassociate yourself from me as a friend, then I find that disheartening and regrettable. I have nothing but respect for you as it stands now. I hope that if this hasn't changed your mind that you'll come and talk to me, I'll be online a little after 9pm est and I'm free to chat until 10-10:30 pm est. Might be on from work during lunch but those are the guaranteed times.