When I first came to MD, I came here to have some necessary time away from some unnecessary drama. The concept was interesting. The people seemed friendly. It really wasn't until I spent more time in MD that I realized how awfully selfish and vindictive these people are.
There have been times in which people have always talked about the fact that MD is dying. That more people aren't coming in. In one topic, Mur stated something of this nature: "I don't care that people leave MD. If they leave, it's because they cannot understand it, so consider it a filter of sorts."* However.... can you account that for the people who have left due to circumstances that do not regard mechanics of the game, but the people that reside in it?
A lot of newbies leave because they can't understand the game's concepts, it's true. A portion of them leave because they get bored with a lack of things to do. Another portion... leave because of how they are treated for the things they question and their lack of understanding. If everyone is so ignorant, then why don't we educate them? No one will, unless they have some sort of personal goal in mind.
I have become increasingly sick and tired of MD. It was just one notch above another, one thing ticking the hand closer to midnight. I can tolerate a lot of crap, but there are just some things you cannot tolerate over long periods of time. Even a rock eventually crumbles to sand from the waves pounding it. You know, I am not the first person to make this connection about MD. When Granos made his parting, he commented on it, until someone changed the entire post for kicks.
The people in MD go out of their way to attack people. To one up them and get what they want. This game is more about your social ties than the actual things you have. The social aspect of it, is what truly ruins the game. If there truly was a bug to be exterminated, it would be the terrible way a lot of people are treated. When someone makes a mistake due to a misunderstanding of the rules, people say with quite ease that they should have read something, that they should have asked, or that they should have done a list of things that the suppsoed crime holder did not do. They go out of their way to attack someone, and to even so far as to brand one for said crime. But those who do something major, which ultimately could do something terrible for the game itself, they get off with hardly a scratch. Sure, there are repercussions, but it takes time and time again for that person to prove that they mean no good before things are done. How many casualties is MD going to take before finally pinning down the bad guy?
I admit, I am no angel myself. I too, am one of the harsher voices in MD. But the thing is, we all are involved with it.
You might question why I write this. You might brush it off as a rant, or as something that won't make a difference. Personally... I don't see it as making a difference. I'm just putting it out here for all to see.
One thing that irks me about MD is... when people try to make a difference, they get shot down before they even try. When someone speaks up and tells the truth, no one believes them. If I happen to get 5 + rep points for this, or even a bunch of people that say "oh ya! I agree with you totally!" It won't matter. Because I know of someone who did this exact same thing. Someone who stood up for what was right. What happened was, she was yelled at. Insulted. Completely attacked by a group of people in game for this. Why should she be chastised for doing something right, when just by me saying for people to grow some spines, I get applauded? We are nothing different.
However.... I realize that nothing will change. Dst will continue to harass people and chase them out of the game. Sasha Lilias will still abuse her alts. Kings will continue to think they hold all the power and are invincible. People will still be as bitter and self imposed as they always have been. No one seems to better their selves through helping people any more. Now it just seems they do it through stupid means.
I too, will leave. I don't know when exactly, but I know one thing for sure. If the people who are actually trying to make a difference in MD are being wronged constantly, then I want none of it. if the people who actually ruin things for others get gifts, and rewarded.... I want none of it.
You can only blame yourselves for what you all have done to the game of MD.
*Is no way to be mistaken as a direct quote.