User blog:Reimaru Natsukaze/I've kinda had enough. Of chat.

The title says it all.

This is not me being cowardly. This is not me being spiteful.

This is me being tired. This is going to me being more critical of people.

First of all, I've had enough of the arguments on the chat. People are being too focused on past arguments, when only the present argument should matter. And before anyone says anything, I don't mind if I lose a few arguments. I'm not God, after all.

To the people that don't contribute in chat: Why are you even there anyway? The people that see, but don't say. There are many other chats out there. Those that are willing to talk about what you're interested in.

But what if it's RWBY and character creation that you're interested in?

Then I actually feel a bit sorry for you. I apologize that RWBY Fanon doesn't have the most welcome of welcomes when it comes to chat.

I know what others are going to say. That's it's people like me that make the Fanon not feel welcome.

Is that an excuse to go down to my level? To not be welcoming? To be mean all the time?

Please. You can do better than me.

But it doesn't change the fact that Fanon does not have the most welcome of welcomes. Someone has to change that, no? Of course it will take time. All changes in communities do.

To the people that "pretend" in chat: I can't blame you for what you want to be. Others may find it not to their taste, but ultimately, that's their opinion. Be what you want to be. It's okay to be what you aren't, as long as you want to be what you are.

But at the same time, be mindful of others. Don't intentionally hurt or insult. It's not in the spirit of a true community. Some may think I'm being insulting, but it's just facts that I find in my experience with chat.

This is a tough balance, but it's a balance that I feel that we must maintain in order to be satisfied with this community.

To the people that are pessimistic: It's true that people have an ugly side to them. But is it healthy to focus on that as all of their character? I don't think so, because the same can be said for the opposite. Everyone who's in this Fanon has a good and a bad side. It's just that the bad side spreads like an infection.

However, I'm not saying ignore the bad part of people. It is there, after all. I'd just rather see people laughing and joking around rather than purposefully inflaming people to create bad feelings everywhere. And right now, I'm seeing the latter, more often than not. It happens more than other chat communities I've been on. And for that reason, it's why I'm going away from chat for now.

Not the wiki itself, though. I still have a few things I plan to finish on here.

-Ray