Hi, I'm Rarit McLure! You may remember me from such threads like "I'm leaving!" and "I'm leaving again!" Yeah, i'm leaving again, and you know i never make short threads about stuff like this. Again there's a multitude of reasons. One of them being that i'll likely get banned for posting this. The funny thing is i'm not even breaking any rules. I'm just gonna be telling you things the staff kept hidden (all in the interest of making my point of course), and there are no rules against that. However, first one of the smaller reasons. That being that i'm given no reason to stay here. I've no purpose on this website and god knows i've tried. Rockout's comic series was pretty much the only thing that kept me here, but i can follow that on DA if i want to. For the past year that i've been back, i've not seen any change for the better. A few staff changes, most of which confused me. Though some of the more recent changes have actually given me reason to leave. Dragonbait was a moderator at the time he chose to publicly attack Zephyr's tumblr page in an official site discussion thread. A tumblr page i know to be frequently visited by Whitetail, also known as someone who at the time called himself Derpy Hooves on this site. For those of you who don't know, he was one of Everypony's founders. One week after Dragonbait posted that thread, Whitetail came here on a troll account. He posted a thread to insult Fulcrum with either harsh truths or exagerations. Fulcrum couldn't take this and ran his own account through the spam-o-matic, effectively deleting everything and all he was. As of then, he practically never existed on this forum. He deleted his Skype account as well. No one knows where he is or how he's doing right now, save for a few people maybe. I'm not saying that what Whitetail did was right. Far from it. But he had a legitimate reason. Fulcrum, or Viperbait as he was known back then, wasn't exactly a model member of the staff at the time they shared the room. And adding him back to the staff last year, based on nothing but Foxytail's word that he changed was preposterous. I can understand how Whitetail felt when he heard that only a few months later he was promoted to admin. I'm not an idiot, I can put two and two together. It can't be coincidence. Whitetail came here because Dragonbait fired the first shot. One week later Dragonbait became an admin, supposedly to govern the radio. Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying this was some elaborate coup d'etat or something. Dragonbait didn't post that thread intentionally to cause these events, but ultimately he is responsible for them. These are the kind of people the staff promotes? I was almost permabanned for making a thread about Eight Star that wasn't even half as bad as one that Viperbait once posted about me when i was on staff. In fact, it was about as bad as the one Whitetail posted about him. Saikyo was literally booted off staff because he made one too many threads like the one Dragonbait made. (Well technically he left before he got kicked, but whatever). And i wouldn't really mind any of this if Dragonbait actually served a purpose as administrator. A long time ago, Flash was in charge of the radio. He kept it fresh, alive, and interesting, and guess what. He was never even an admin. The radio is still as dead as ever. Over the past year, nothing has changed about it. Little effort was put into the radio from what i can tell, other than adding a few more songs no one ever listens to and if they do want a specific song, people are smart enough to look for it on Youtube. I provided the staff with ideas for the radio in a thread i posted months ago, and it was locked by Dragonbait only because i kept asking for the staff to even just respond to it after more than a week of the thread going completely unnoticed by them. Shortly after, i asked Dragonbait on skype to unlock the thread, for a genuinly good reason, and he blatantly insulted me for trying to help. To which i must ask: What has Dragonbait done to make the radio a better place since then? What is he doing about it right now? I was told that we have so many admins today because they're needed to maintain everything. What things? I'm not calling this site dead (yet), but a site with this kind of activity hardly requires the presence of three admins, much less four. Technically five considering the server support guy. Or rather six, since Mike still frequently uses his right to access the admin panel and helps them out with a number of minor things. You can deny it all you want, and you might not even see it yourself, but all of you people on staff? You've changed, and not entirely for the better. It's literally become a closed VIP group based entirely on cronyism. I remember when the staff shared their ideas for the site's future with the community, instead of keeping them clueless until judgement day. Whitetail is still a founder of Everypony.com. He was a former administrator, and at the time i could tell he truly loved this place. He came back as a troll with the idea of flaming and insulting the current administration, and from my point of view, that is entirely the staff's own fault. If you keep this up, a lot more people like him will eventually be coming back here for the same reasons. The staff can decide to ban me for this thread or not, but i expect your reasons to be fair. From my point of view i've done nothing wrong here, and nothing in this thread has reason enough to delete it.
I seem to recall that Zephyr, not Dragonbait, fired the first shot by publicly insulting a site that he was no longer a part of. Dragonbait probably could have responded better, but Zephyr attacked first. That said, I don't know if there are any EP regulars that have never had issues with the mods. I know that I have. I also know that if you treat the mods with a little respect, rather than continually openly insult them, they're more likely to listen to your concerns. They may even try to fix the problem.
What Zephyr does on his own tumblr is his business and his right. Dragonbait was the one who brought it here.
Eh. There was a similar situation long before anyone here except Rarit (and I think Mike too) was on staff where a user basically insulted the site and everyone was up in arms to ban the guy ('cept me and a couple others), but Our Lord and Saviour Admin at the time, Zephski, made it a rule that we couldn't punish (and would try not to acknowledge, let alone escalate a situation) what people said off the cuff of the site. The appropriate thing to do in that situation was this: Nothing. But it's long past, and bringing it up now is really kind of moot... Whole situation is ludicrous. But it is irrelevant to me at this point. Can only go forward from here.
My thoughts were right of why you were acting the way you do. You can't just let go of your bitterness...shame really, and you were turning into the person you once were brought on staff to mitigate. All of this pent up emotion thrown into one big dramatic post, it's fairly clear. Maybe for your own sake it is better if you don't return. And no, you aren't breaking any rules within this thread, but does what you say really matter at the end of the day? The past is past. We are all human, we make mistakes, we change from them. Maybe one day you'll realize this and won't be so harsh in judging others. Farewell. Thank you. Sent from my XT1080M using Tapatalk
About that, i'd like to share something with you all. In the spoiler tag is a thread i made many months ago, shortly after another discussion i've had with the staff in private site discussion: Spoiler Before making this thread, i've discussed this with Tyro and Vulpine to ask them if they'd be okay with this. I've also let both of them proofread it just in case. (note: it has been very slightly revised since) I am not posting this to continue the thread i made earlier. I accept the decision that was made, and i understand why the subject has been closed. It did sort of serve as the catalyst for what i'm about to say, but only that. The things i wish to discuss here are my general opinions and feelings of both recent and past events. From all the PMs i've been sending you guys a few days ago, i've learned quite a few things about alot of you, and i'm very happy that so many of you chose to respond. Those who didn't may not have gotten around to it, or simply chose not to share anything. I'll admit not giving me any kind of response right now is more than justified given recent happenings. I understand that there are several members on staff who have had issues with me blatantly requesting a staff position in the manner i did. Or maybe you already had issues with me even before that. The truth of the matter is that for the past several weeks i've been contemplating wether or not i should post a request, so the fact that i wanted to join the staff again had nothing to do with what happened in the chatroom prior to my request. My hesitation was mainly due to the reason that i was afraid of what the responses would be like, and as it turns out, i wasn't too far off. In the last minute, i ended up putting the events of the chatroom in as to show my eventual incentive to actually post the request i've spent weeks thinking about. In the end, it just came out entirely wrong. I've spoken with alot of you in private now, and i found that there are generally three types of opinions. There were those who took great offense in what i said, and would rather not see me on staff right now, or at all. There were those who simply took issue with how i posted what i did, but wouldn't technically mind having me on board if there was a good reason for it. Lastly, there seem to be a number of people on staff who would have liked to see me back despite my flaws. These are three pretty much equally sized groups, and you are all equally justified in saying what you did. I understand now that i have been rather blunt, and overly criticizing where it was not needed, or when it wasn't such a big deal. But please try to understand where i was coming from all this time. I only posted criticism whenever i thought it was needed, and believe me, i know it's never fun to hear someone saying bad things about you. I've been there alot myself, and not just recently. But sometimes there's truth in it even if you don't think it's true. Others will always see faults even if you don't see them yourself. In the time that i was on staff, i've grown to accept whatever critique anyone had for me, and even when it wasn't entirely true, i still considered the possibility that it was. In your responses to me, i've seen alot of criticism, and even some useful advice which i will use to improve myself. One certain member told me that specifically himself and the admins had a mutual goal of trying to get everyone to get along, and give them a chance if they deserve it. He said he didn't speak for anyone else, but at this point, i'm desperate for a chance to regain your trust in me. To those who still have issues with me, no matter if they're big or small, i'm begging you. Please talk to me on skype whenever there's something you want to tell me. I don't want there to be any bad blood whatsoever between myself and anyone on staff. And especially i don't want there to be bad blood between staff members because of something i'm responsible for. It is important for the staff to stay as unified as they can in their take on a situation, and attempt a proper discussion before sinking into an argument. I've caused instant arguments in the staff room because of what i posted. That's all on me as far as i'm concerned. I've made mistakes, and i'm only asking for a chance to rectify them. So please, talk to me on skype, or any other form of private conversation whenever you feel the need. There are also those on staff who don't know me that well, or barely know me at all. I must admit i've not given you a very good first impression of me, but please believe me when i say i'm better than what you've seen of me so far. Someone on staff who's close to me reminded me of that. To you all as well, I invite you to talk to me on skype for whatever reason. I want to get to know you as much as i'd like you to know me. If i'm not on your list yet, my skype account is ----------- I would like to ask that you do not reply to this here, but on skype if there's something you'd like to say. And if you're reading this line, thank you for at least reading through this thread. That was the last truly reasonable post i made towards the staff. It was ignored. I never heard anything from anyone, and i was treated like crap just the same for every time after that when i adressed them. And would you like to know why i'm so bitter and unforgiving lately? Or on multiple occasions in the past even? There was a short period i spent on this forum as a banned member, and a member on probation shortly after. During that time, i swallowed my pride, and truthfully apologized, time and time again. I showed them the best i could possibly be, and i got nothing to show for it. It's because i did the damn best i could on my own, and no one on staff gave me even one single chance. Not even when i practically begged for it. On occasions, I was pushed away, ignored and insulted. I was told to back off and stop meddling. I was treated like crap by the same people i tried to help like i used to in the past. So why on earth would you expect me to respect them like i used to? But truth be told, i'm just very tired of all this. You may or may not have already noticed i've removed everyone from Skype. I'm sticking around here until this thread is locked or otherwise resolved.
What's with bronies turning into trolls and bullies? This seems to happen everywhere from what I see. The first few that come to mind on this forum are: testyal Danzse GreyOne Miggy Not trying to bash anyone, I'm just curious. As far as staff feeling more like a VIP group, it's always felt that way for me, even more so in the old days.(Everything after 2011)
There have been quite a few of these threads, I must say. I've gone back and forth with my opinion, over the years. At this point, it's hard to form one. One thing I do think is that, if this is really the way you feel, @Rarit E, then maybe leaving permanently would be best. You've said many times that you disdain the administrators of Everypony and it seems pretty clear that this is not a passing feeling. It's a conviction. You really don't like the people who are running this site, and hanging around here makes you bitter. So leave. I'm not saying that to be flippant; I really think it might just be best for you to go. I won't say that I won't miss having you around, because I think I actually will, but you ought to do what's best for you. This doesn't seem to be a healthy environment for you.
There's really only so much one person can take. When they've reached the breaking point after trying all the options, this is all that's left. Personally I took the road of just plain not giving a ****. Though I am semi-upset that Rarit's thread got no discussion whatsoever. If you really want to prove people like Rarit wrong, you need to start paying attention to their concerns instead of automatically brushing them off to the side. That's just my opinion, you're free to do what you want. I'll just sit over someplace and continue to be insignificant. And yes, I agree with Dilly.
I really don't need further explanation thanks. I know why he is the way he is. The healing process starts with not continuing to throw yourself into the thick of it if you will. He had all the chances to just use the site like any other normal member. There is fault on both sides but I stick by my words. If he feels the way he does, he needs to leave at least for awhile. And I don't think I ever said I was brushing anything off. There is always room for improvement on all sides.
It's not that i don't like them. Far from it. Many of them are still (or were) good friends, and it's a friendship i never wanted to lose, but i've been hurt by quite a few of them several times and it caused me to lash out in the manner that i did. In a PM conversation with Eluuna, i'm basically telling her all the details. As far as i'm concerned she's free to share that PM with anyone who wants to know. As for the rest of your post, that's pretty much exactly how i feel. This site isn't a good place for me anymore.
I see. Well, I hope you're able to work everything out. Also, forgot to mention my appreciation for the Simpson's reference. 10/10.
I'm not really sure what to say here. I'm not really sure there is anything I can say here that won't cause a big debate , and I don't want to cause a big debate. So I guess, goodbye.
Dragonbait has kept the radio library up-to-date with the latest songs. I lurk the CPs (and the forums, for that matter) and see that new songs have been added. Also, see somewhat older thread: http://www.everypony.com/forums/showthread.php?14629-EPR-Shoutcast-Information Unfortunately, from Mr. Radio Lover himself, I find that having new songs isn't the issue. The issue is that there's nothing interesting to do anymore, save the sparse game streams from Tyro and Flutteryshy, and Fluttery uses the unlinked Twitch channel. Those are the only times that even a few people (more than 2) contribute regularly during the time of the stream. I once believed that the new shoutcast player would help bring traffic by allowing people to submit their own songs, however, it only stopped DJs from creating live sessions that bring people together to share music they like. So, the radio is dead. Events are sparse, there isn't even a whole lot of people for those events, and for the people on, there's no interesting people to talk to and carry on a conversation on the radio chat, heck, there's not even enough to continue any conversation anyways. I'm sorry, this isn't supposed to be a rant. I'm trying to support Rarit in his points. I appreciate the concern he has made in this thread and earlier locked thread.
My mind isn't with me right now, so I'm not completely grasping the situation except for the fact that you don't like the admins. Obiously I have nothing to contribute to that because I'm new, but I do want to say bye. We don't know each other too well but I'll definitely miss you and I wish you the best! I hope drama will be kept at a minimum here as well, although there's no way it'll be worse than another forum I've been a part of lol
