User blog:InPeaceAndWar/Some News

Good evening/afternoon/morning all,

So, as many of you are aware, I am a Firefighter/EMT for the District of Columbia. As part of my duties, I sometimes have to attend training to increase my knowledge and make me more effective at my job. Well, one of those trainings has come up for me - I am to fly to another Firefighting Academy, for three months. I will be effectively without contact for the entirety of that time. I do get occasional breaks, especially at around the mid-point of the course where I may able to pop my head into the Discord server so to speak, but beyond that, I can't do anything.

Now... for the more unpleasant part of my message. I recognize that I am new to the wiki, but I have been around the block a few times, and can recognize when a group of people are having issues. It didn't take much digging to uncover some of the darker parts of this wiki's history, and in my dealings with other users, who have been around, and have also left, this wiki has fallen from grace. I will not call out any names, but what I can say is that a vast majority of the user base seem to be very... attention-seeking, and have a string desire to be in the spotlight constantly. Roleplay only works if there is a degree of respect and trust, something that this wiki lacks - to a large degree.

In order to fix your problem, I actually have two suggestions - one: get rid of that Discord server you made. That I see as a huge stumbling block. It allows for the exclusion of users far more readily, in my dealings with the 'older' users, they have told me that despite the fact your chatroom glitched a lot, that everyone felt much more included when it was used. Important decisions weren't made on it, and therefore didn't exclude nervous new users. Which is a whole other issue, that I won't get into, but I will tell you that exists - you aren't new user friendly - at all.

My second suggestion, is more of a personal suggestion - stop stealing the spotlight, spreading rumors, and stabbing each other in the back. Let the flaws of others go - don't point them out constantly, and fore god sakes, start act liking the family you claim to be. Because, yes, families argue, but if this group of people is supposed to be a family, you're more dysfunctional than a sitcom family. Come together - you don't have to like every user, gods knows, I certainly don't, but I'm still respectful and treat everyone with the respect they're do.

Obviously, I'm leaving now, and won't return for three months, which is why I feel that I can post this. That's my challenge to you while I'm going. To put it bluntly - fix yourselves, because I can tell you as a new user, if I wasn't welcomed with open arms by a very small group of users, and my love of Harry Potter and Roleplay, I wouldn't stick around.

Very Respectfully, InPeaceAndWar