#distantpeaks

[feministslut]

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[consequencesofargentdawn]

Speaking as someone who mostly lurks on the Argent Dawn forum to keep an eye out for promising events/guilds I appreciate you drawing attention to and explaining Vixi. Out of curiosity, what about the other 'talking heads' on the forum? I noticed that they tend to post throughout most of the day, every day in a way that is often less related to the game and more about other games or various aspects of their lives. But who are they? How long ago - if ever - did they participate in role-play?

Some of them are former roleplayers who stopped playing well over a decade ago, yet still feel the need to have 20 000 posts to describe their various opinions and takes that have no real value to the average roleplayer, who spends of course more time in game than trawling the forums.

The " problem " if you wish to call it was the conversion of the " pet peeves " thread into the reborn old Argent Dawn General Chat, which as per the old forum code of conduct, was generally not an allowed topic, as there was no actual topic. In a sense these posters circumvented this by making the topic about " peeves ".

The Pet Peevers threads then went on to act as a sort of drain to attract all the washed out and former roleplayers and simply players of Argent Dawn, because the new format of Forums introduced in Battle for Azeroth does not require a player to have an active subscription to post on realm forums.

Over time endless droning, and myopia from a collection of most frequent posters - the top ten being Vixi, Croecell, Loras, Elenthas, Lintian, Levey, Distantpeak, Akamito, Telaryn and Tehya. Of course the rogues gallery has changed and altered over time but it remains largely the same, just under different alts for some.

It wouldn't even be so much of an odious problem if the " Peeveposter " milieu stayed in their place, but they seem to think that by virtue of treating their pigsty of a thread like the poorly managed messageboard of a frat house like their own personal blogs, they can then in turn derail and sabotage any other thread they desire that doesn't fit their extremely narrow view of what is right and proper.

They also have no problem breaking the code of conduct of the forums, as they think they are so justified and morally correct that they can break rules and actively be vile towards anyone who even dares disagree with them. Thankfully their spines are more fragile than Obahar's lack of a one and they quickly scatter when their false moral panic and posturing does not get them the " likes " they crave.

[itssimayi]

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[walkedstars]

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[cupcakesaresocool]

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[evolutionofafitgeek]

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[christchristoph-ohmy]

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[thingsdavidlikes]

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[hamoudablog]

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[thevitalist]

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[zayutera]

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[consequencesofargentdawn]

What is your opinion on the forum regulars? Like Loras, Zaphius and Telaryn... and are they even roleplayers or all they do is just posting on the forums?

and what about Distantpeak? I have heard he was a member of the PCU but he looks like a nice person.

We have no real strong opinions on individual "recurring" posters who treat the forums more like a social media chat room than a place for discussion.

Though to note Zaphius has frequently been a voice of reasoned moderation and common sense and has not cowered away from confronting problematic players and guilds where other posters resort to vapid snark filled soundbites or derailing conversations with continual and blatant nonsense posting.

We are unaware of any connections Distantpeak has to the PCU and we largely do not find many of their postings worth the time to look over.

[statravelblog]

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[sub-25]

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[madelynebeckles]

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