Competitions Discussion Thread Part 7

kirsteenatom

I'm beginning to get quite irritated now - people keep telling me to read back over this massive thread, but aren't even bothering to read my posts over the last two pages.

I have not been here for weeks. I'm pregnant, been unwell, have a small child and can't spend every day coming back to check the boards anymore. Woo hooo for all of you who have been here watching every post about the change, but i found out about it last night and refuse to be browbeaten for asking about it or taking the opportunity to share my view.

I have not ignored any instructions as they weren't anywhere I saw.

A bit of undestanding that different people have different experiences of the forum and the information they recieve from it would have been much appreciated, rather than the disapproving posts which to be honest are really getting me down.

I'm very disappointed in the board for the reaction some members are having to my quite reasonable comments.

Not everyone is in the know all the time and that's quite acceptable you know!

xoxlauraxox wrote: »

Just wanted to say that this discussion has been going on for weeks now so the BGs gave us plenty of time to put out opinions and questions forward. If you look in game over and find the old discussion thread nothing more should need to be said because over the past few weeks everything that could possibly be said has been so people are just repeating things now. I'm sure any questions anyone has can be answered by looking at the previous discussions.It just needs to be left alone now

iwannabeonthebeach

Al_Mac wrote: »

COULD PEOPLE ACTUALLY TRY READING THE GUIDE!

:rotfl::rotfl:
I can't quite read this.

seriously, sorting by thread title is SO easy. and it also enables you to select any day at a time, I did it this way before I went on holiday so entered all the comps that would be finishing that week.

easter65

Al mac..with all due respect I did several times but the first couple of pages of results was bringing all dates up so thats where I got confused.....Sorry to upset anyone...

iwannabeonthebeach

I think people are being understanding but the discussion has been discussed to death, so I suppose those who have been here the whole time are a little fed up of it keep repeating, just as you are annoyed you feel you have been left out. But you haven't, because the discussion is public so if you wanted to take some time to read the past discssion threads you would see it. Or you could take some time to learn how to sort by thread title, so that if the end threads do go, you will be able to use that method.

After all divadee did yesterday for the board, I think the least we can do now is respect her wish to let this lie now until a decision has been made

Computertec

kirsteenatom

Thank you for the explanation - it is much appreciated.

Perhaps I am coming across as having an attitude, but my original post was pleasant and enquiring and my attitude after that is due to the response I received, which I felt was unpleasant. Since then I have simply been defending myself and explaining my situation and why I have not been aware of what was going on, so asking people to stop reprimanding me for raising the subject!

kisto wrote: »

To be honest I think your posts come across as having an attitude and maybe it's that which is annoying people, rather than the point you're trying to make. Communicating via a written medium is difficult as it lacks expression and tone. Your words by themselves are actually quite harsh.

I hope this clears it up for you a little:

Divadee has requested that the comps ending are not discussed any further for now as the board guides are having a discussion to determine their future on the boards. This does not necessarily mean they will stop. Perhaps they will come back, but with clearly defined rules and etiquette. Who knows but I'm sure that the board guides are capable of making the right decision for the whole community on the compers forum.

Most of the discussions regarding the comps ending took place a couple weeks ago when a couple of the board guides were away on holiday. The fact that you have missed the discussions is unfortunate, but it wasn't stickied because it was chit chat/debate amongst the general members of this board (rather than coming from BG's). The debate reached the point where it was felt that the BG's should discuss the future of the comps ending list. People coming in 2 weeks later and chipping in their 2p's worth is probably not going to make any difference to the overall outcome. All the points have been discussed over and over.

Before jumping in and posting in the future perhaps it would be a better (safer ) approach to read back just a couple pages on the discussion thread to check that you're not posting about something that's already been covered (as most of this is mentioned a bit earlier in this thread).

Happy comping

kirsteenatom

littleholly wrote: »

The main reason why we have been asked not to discuss it further is because of bickering between people which gets out of control. As soon as the subject of the comp ending lists comes up, arguments start. Its best to be left until a decision is made.

Thanks for your reply Holly.

Perhaps it would be a good idea if i take another break and come back when things are less contentious - i was just looking forward to catching up after not being well enough to come online for a while, and it's a bit upsetting that everyone is so touchy. I've always felt I've been a positive peacemaking member of the board and was quite hurt by what I saw as negative responses.

all the best

Computertec

You know what,

If we don't talk about it, no one argues!

So please stop mentioning it, and wait until the nice BG's think about it

xoxlauraxox

Where does everyone get the cool smileys from? I'm bored of using the MSE ones :A:j

Computertec

On my smily , click on it

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