One more in a list of goodbye posts. I felt it would be unfair to leave without giving up any reason for my decision and at least those that care will know through this thread.
I have had the pleasure of playing a wide variety of mmorpgs before Ryzom ranging from Ultima Online to World of Warcraft without having been involved in any significant problems with any gamemaster, guildmaster, guild or individual.
Since right after my trial period, I have been part of The Samsara on the Arispotle server. I invested my time into this guild and my first impressions were the same as all that this game is known for, namely a friendly mature community. I was helped out with starting equipment and I assisted where I could with careplanning, healing and settling the occasional argument between two team members.
1* In the single conversation I had with Kostika we agreed to a As long as you are honest, Im honest policy and I was assured that oppinions were valued even when they conflicted with the guild leadership. We also agreed that problems we had with a person would be taken up with that person first before leaving it to the guilds discretion to solve this.
Im willing to challenge Kostika to say Im wrong about this statement.
For this duration I grew slowly closer to the guild and more particularly to those members that were online during my hours, with whom I had the pleasure to face all kinds of npc vermin. Sometimes our oppinions about particular subjects both ingame as well as out of game were different, but none of us were so small minded to be upset about it, its merely a game.
Im willing to challenge anyone who I regularly teamed up with to say Im wrong about this statement.
After approximately one month christmas approached and as for so many, it was a busy period in which my ingame time was considerably reduced. After Newyear I regrouped with my guildmembers and we continued our treks across the Fyrosian Dunes in our ongoing quest for xp and cut off animal parts. There was precious little contact with Kostika or any of the high officers other then Mioette, with whom I shared a considerable amount of time without any conflict or grievances between us.
Im willing to challenge Mioette to say Im wrong about this statement.
Strangely enough when I was contacted by Kostika with the message that I didnt mesh with the guild it came as a complete surprise to me. There had not been any trouble between me or any other guildmember that I was made aware of.. In her own words she had decided my removal together with her high officers and when I asked a more precise explanation of why this was done to me after 2 months of dedication I was subtly shut up with the words that I had 2 minutes to say my goodbyes on the guildchat channel.
Im willing to challenge Kostika to say that Im wrong about this statement.
As I was told in 1* that in case of a problem concerning me it would be brought to my attention first (a promise of Kostika to yours truly) I was all the more surprised by the sudden lack of dedication to this promise.
The people with whom I had the least of contact within the guild had apparently behind my back and the back of the majority of the guild made the decision that my investment was not appreciated and that I had to be removed together with 2 others whos names I was not allowed to know. (this decision about the other 2 might have been suspended in the light of this mess) Additionally it had turned out that not all High Officers oppinions were asked as Mioette, the only of the High Officers with whom I had regular contact, was left out of the decision making. Despite Mioettes regular Login Hours this issue was deemed too important to waste any time on.
I know that Mioette will confirm this. And I challenge Kostika to say that Im wrong about this statement.
In addition to this, it was deemed necessary to write a short explanation in a closed thread on the private parts of the Samsara Guild Forums. I was apparently not allowed to read this post as they had made sure that I could no longer login to it. When I acquired this thread through the efforts of friendly guildmembers I could easily read why I was not allowed to see this.
The lack of details seems to be towards all involved parties. Neither me nor the guildmembers were allowed to know what had caused this decision. The addition of disturbing to the sentence was merely a cheap way of slandering my reputation. I have never kept any secrets and none of the things I have done are to be ashamed about. The fact that Kostika feels the need to keep it a secret is, as such, beyond me.Kostika wrote: . I won't go into the details of why we thought this, but please trust me that there was alot of evidence, some of it rather disturbing.
When I tried to explain my situation to curious ex-guildmembers I was told in a conversation that Mioette had arranged with Jyudas (=GrimJim)
Why was I never informed about this alleged harassment? Why have the gamemasters not been involved in this matter?GrimJim wrote: I would appreciate it if you wouldn't harass guild members about the issue
Ryzoms community isnt so much different from other games. PvP will even the odds, but bad apples exist in all games. If I really have to deal with them however, I rather have a game where the bad apples are obvious about it.
After more then a month of negotiations with the Samsara and recollecting the shattered pieces of my character, I no longer feel the strenght to look for another guild to call my own. There is always a risk of ending up in a bad guild when it comes down to mmorpgs and perhaps I have been too naïve in regards to Ryzoms community. My time is too precious.
Best of luck to those that are honestly straightforward. Put your heart into your actions.
), Ravenhazadoom (I think, but I'm sure you have seen him around), His guild specialise in helping newer players develop their skills and choose appropriate guilds, His guild is called Emperors Fist.
