The stuff that's been happening today.

[The Great One]

Hi all,

Now let me just preface this all by saying that this might come off not in the right way, but I'm not really caring at this moment.

Firstly I would like to thank EVERYONE who has stood by the SCW and I will tell you that we all appreciate it greatly. It's nice to know that we have loyalty amongst some of you.

Secondly I would like to say I'm not apologizing for me being gone for as long as I have. I am not going to apologize for something that had me in a not so good place for the past week or week and a half. Dealing with a family emergency, a near death, is NOT something to apologize about and if someone thinks I owe an apology for that, then I'm not holding you hostage to the SCW.

I DO seem to remember the co-owner and the GM both coming out and stating what was going on in my life and in theirs as well. Life happens and we will move on from it. What I will say is that we greatly appreciate everyone's hard work and dedication for this past show and we will put out great results on Sunday showing our appreciation. That being said, we sincerely express our gratitude to you. I can not whole-heartedly apologize for life getting in the way of some things. As I stated in an earlier post if things got out of hand for someone on the roster and they came to me or another staff member and say "hey, something is going on in my life right now, I need some time off" great, granted. No questions asked, except the "are you ok" statement, no apologies needed. In fact there are some of you that have already done this and we were extremely understanding, in fact one of the people is one of the ones who is part of this "rebranding." Which btw does NOT have our stamp of approval. Dan said it best earlier when he said that this is a game, not real life.

Now please don't take this like we don't appreciate everyone trying to keep the site active, because we absolutely do appreciate it.

Furthermore, I do not feel like we had to explain what is going on in our lives to anyone. We did make everyone aware that we had some personal issues that have arisen and we need to take care of it. There are some things that people DO want to keep private. Keep in mind that everyone deals with things differently and that everyone has the right to share or not share things. I am a private guy and have been for the majority of my life. I have a very good support system with some of the best friends that I have ever known. I would also like to say I completely appreciate all of the kind words that you have given me and my family (you know if it's you) and by no means do I want this to sound like I'm not an approachable guy because if you ask me a question I'll be honest with you or I'll tell you that I don't feel like talking about it. The other staff members are very much the same way. We needed some time off and that's that. Granted I did jump the gun and say that the results would be up earlier than they were, but I DID correct myself after the fact and if I gave false impressions I WILL apologize about that.

As for a couple of people trying to start their own fed, I have addressed this in a prior thread, but I'll beat a dead horse. If you feel like you need to leave, we are not holding you hostage. I feel like we have a very strong roster and I'm hoping that the majority of you will stick with us. I personally (and I'm not speaking for the other staff members when I say this next part) feel that the way that it was done was not in a good way and I feel like it's a pretty shitty thing to do. Please keep in mind, results were only due on the 1st, and this started 5 days later, when we did keep people as informed as we could and as we felt comfortable with. I feel like if this is going to be a common theme with the people who started the uproar, then we don't need you in here to cause unnecessary drama. I do understand that you worked hard on your role-plays and that you want to see results of the hard work. We appreciate that, BUT there's something called tact that you lacked. If you feel like you need to leave and do your own thing, then you know where the door is and we wish you luck on your endeavors.

Now, I'm jumping off of my soap box and letting everyone know that we are still here and we are going to continue the fed at a regularly scheduled pace. This is just a bump in the road and we can consider it growing pains.

I hope everyone sticks around. If you have any questions I make myself very available.

Trevor

["Gentleman" Jim Douglas]

Hear hear.

[Andre Dixon]

I'll take this as a response to my post expecting an apology from you guys. You start your post talking about how you or the co owner or gm won't apologize for anything but then you apologize for the thing that I believed you needed to apologize for so I'm not positive if this was meant at me or not.

Either way all I ask for is communication and the truth. If you tell me the show is going to be posted tomorrow and it's not then you owe us an apology if I possibly put hours into our work. If you say it will be up tomorrow yet again then you owe us an apology again.

That was what I was saying needed to be apologized about.

[The Great One]

I refuse to walk on eggshells, what I am apologizing for is that I said results will be posted on a certain day and was not, I got overzealous. Nothing more. Nothing less. I feel like we communicated what was going on as much as we could/felt comfortable with.

This was directed towards a number of people/comments that I saw throughout the time that I was gone, not directly at one person (except for the obvious part about the "rebranding.") This isn't an attack on anyone, just how we feel.

[Scott Syren]

1) HUZZAH! HUZZAH!!!

2) WHY CAN'T WE JUST BE A FAMILY AGAIN?!!??!

3) I don't speak for anyone but myself, but I think being being irritated and pissy about no card being posted and a perceived lack of communication is different than BLAMING you for having shit happen in real life.

do I, and others, get a little angry when shit isn't posted for a week? Of course. It's a natural emotional reaction. but do I want you to apologize for you and your family having a shitty week? fuck no. trevor is a real person; TGO is a pretend person--I'm basically a retard and even I understand the difference. most of all, I know you wouldn't be doing this in the first place if you didn't want to be.

so yeah, far from wanting anybody on staff to apologize, I would actually like to apologize myself if i was one of the people coming off as bitchy last week, but hey i was probably drunk anyway, and more importantly i'm still here. so are a lot of other great RPers--and definitely not because we're waiting for an apology.

[Andre Dixon]

I never once said that Trevor or any of the staff needed to apologize for what was happening in their personal lives. That is their personal lives and they don't have to tell us anything about it.

I do however think that things could have been handled a lot differently this past week and if you tell me something and it doesn't happen you should always apologize. If you don't agree with that then I guess we have different opinions.

And I definitely do not think that I need to apologize for anything I've said.

I've always been the type of person who is going to speak my mind. If that offends you then I apologize. If I do something wrong then I am willing to apologize for it.

[Night Crawler]

You guys shouldn't have to explain yourselves at all. Your personal lives are none of our business, ever. When you were out, the other staff members covered for you, now that they're out, your keeping us updated. Clearly the communication is there, we don't need to see chat logs or know what's going on in your personal lives every second of every day to justify writing about imaginary characters in an imaginary fed.

Like I said, I'm not going anywhere, and personally, I think that poaching topic should be deleted and those two individuals banned. I know that I would prefer to never work with them again, at least not until they take the stick out of their ass', asses? It's not assess. Assi? Whatever.

[Nikko Magna]

Night Crawler, Trevor and I have come to a understanding and an agreement. Nobody is going to get banned. Everybody go about your business and you guys help keep SCW afloat. I'm going to embark on my own venture and will be more then happy to affiliate with SCW. You guys keep up the work that you have been doing.

[Night Crawler]

Doesn't matter to me Nikko. I don't run the place, but I won't be involved in your fed-for-stiffs or your blatantly disrespectful attempt to shut this place down.

I can't say it officially but I'll say it all the same, go to your damn fed and stay there.