EVE General Discussion

So, Malcanis gets a free pass because "he's always been that way" and "he's keeping the stupid in check"? Sadly, if you've been even lazily paying attention, you've noticed quite a change in Malcanis's tone and demeanor for a while now. Old Malcanis would have been mean to the OP but in such a way that it would have made you grin (sometimes, even the OP would have to smile). This new version is simply attempting to degrade others and humiliate them. That doesn't make me grin; it makes me a sad panda. That said, I've never found Malcanis useful so he's never really stayed on my radar. The OP got my attention and so i went through EVE Search to find just what in the hell was said. I shrugged at the suggestions being made (I stopped paying attention to CS back when Javascript was still hip and new) so I glossed over his/her suggestions in my head with "even I know this is a bad idea; TiDi is fantastic compared to the old, and instigating this stuff would make the devs band their heads into the wall". When I scrolled down to Malcanis's response I cringed hard. WTH man? Why would you belittle someone that hard? Obviously, I agree with you that the OP was wrong, and had I beat you to the reply I may have even made a snarky comment, but you went on a verbal assault that was genuinely uncalled for.

I love this game and I would like to see new players entering. As would CCP - it keeps everyone employed. But when CSM members are allowed to smash a newer player for making suggestions (regardless of whether they are inarticulate or flogging a dead horse), how in the world do you expect a new player to feel welcome? Or, at the very least, how do you expect them to learn anything when they get publicly derided for asking questions or posting ideas? Yah, I know, I know - the CSM aren't elected to be adverts for EVE Online. So what? How does discouraging new players - CSM or not - help any of us?

And ffs, nothing pisses me off more than hearing someone say "for the thousandth time" or "oh god this thread again". Yah, it's annoying seeing the same topics over and over again from fresh faces. But here is a wicked concept - you asked all those questions too, remember? Besides, the search function doesn't always pull up what you need because (surprise!) sometimes you don't know how to phrase just what the hell you're looking for! That's why they start a new thread, brace for the incoming trolls, and pray someone with half a brain will link the relevant post or just answer the damned question.

All that said, do we need to remove him? Not yet. Everyone has bad days (or in his case lately, months). If he kept doing this over and over again and progressively got more nasty, I'd consider it then. This CSM is on the backend and we'll just vote in someone else.

Also - good to see Mittens on the forums; I never see him here. It's gotta be hard for you to post because of your infamy. That said....


No, dude, it was the whole presentation in general that was appalling. I can't believe you still don't see that. Criminy man, even back then you'd think you could hire a speech writer and PR guy out of the Goon iskies pool.

down?

No, to me this really doesn't seem the case. I don't know if it corresponded with getting the tag, but his posts do on occasion come across as more abrasive than I recall in the past. The posts linked on the first page of this thread were neither witty not pleasantly sarcastic, 2 things I enjoyed about many of his posts. Not that this thread isn't overblowing the whole thing, but even in that thread you could see some legitimate call outs for the posts in question.

says the guy who does not know you can block people...

Oh, well, in that case, DOWN WITH MALCANIS! Spaceship politics are srs, there's no room for quitters here.

Why are you choosing not to run for CSM again?
You've probably said this somewhere else, but I'm too lazy to go look for it.

EDIT: Actually this probably counts as a badpost, doesn't it.

indeed politik is a tough game... not everyone can handle having to call manour gold and with a smile for long.

typically this is why people become disingenuous about politics.

i do tip my hat that you did it for a year.

though you will always be "special" to me <3

No, no, he just wants the block feature renamed to "Hide Moron". This would make it even more therapeutic to use it.

my only recomendation for that would be do not under any circumstance open the internet... its full of ehm.

Disgusted that you are using "i had manflu" as an excuse. I just wrote a really long, beautiful tirade which both defended you and insulted you.

Goonnoobscrubs need to teach their members to say "no u" tho, it's their fault.