User blog:BachLynn23/CTF Misconceptions

As Flame's friend, I feel the need to clear up a few misconceptions. I have in some comment strings, but clearly I should just put this all in one place.
 * 1) Chat was never the back bone of CTF, not even the special chats made in chatango. Yes, a one time meeting prior to the start of a match was held for each team, but if a user was unable to attend, all they had to do was message their team captain, explaining they couldn't make it, and asked to be filled in later.
 * 2) The level of activity requried for CTF. I feel some may be under the impression some insanely high level of activity was required, that was not ever the case, what was required was a consistent level, every couple of days. Just to go on, check to see if you need to move, check in with your squad leader, etc.
 * 3) Where moves were being posted. Now some felt that moves were somehow going to be advertised on a regular wiki page, and some maybe even felt like though they knew they weren't being posed on a regular wiki page, that they should be. There is one inherant flaw with that, the other team sees your move. Now, how could one honestly judge if a team has cheated, there is no way to know if they would have made the same move, not knowing where the other team moved. As well as the fact, that because whomever moved first would be at a severe disadvantage, CTF very easily could have still flopped for inactivty, because no one would want to move first.
 * 4) Some may not have clearly understood the rules, and felt too scared to say so. Now, the problem here, was the sheer amount of time Flame spent making blogs, asking for feedback, getting in chat, asking for feedback, and receiving virtually none, that he may have started coming across as annoyed the weekend CTF was starting, at all the questions about CTF. If you had genuine questions, and were afraid to ask for fear of being ridiculed, I sincerely apologise. Things were extremely stressful the weekend CTF was coming out. However, the first week, I went around messaging multiple users, badgering people to fix templates and make moves, asking genuinely that if help was needed to message me, and almost no one messaged me asking for help, beyond telling me they had fixed what needed to be fixed.
 * 5) The real reasons Flame pulled CTF and is upset about it. Now many may feel that the only reason Flame could possibly be upset, is because people were inactive and let the game flop. That is not entirely the case. Flame looks at this, and sees a bunch of users, clamouring to apologise, wondering the very sincerity at which they are apologising, or what they are even apologising for. If you feel that trying to breathe life into CTF is the way to apologise, that is only the case if you sincerely and truly want to participate in CTF. Even myself, now, considering some comments I've seen from numerous other users, I have to wonder, was there ever a true interest in this game, or were people just going with the flow of the wiki. Were people even reading Flame's blogs, and the CTF pages, or just responding with the flow. If you genuinely wanted to participate in CTF and are actively trying to bring it back, Great. If you have no interest in playing CTF, that is not a bad thing, it is your true feelings. Flame would rather the users be honest with him, then lie to save his feelings. So if you have no real interest or even care if CTF is on this wiki, then please, be honest, because your true sincere honesty will gain more respect then buttery lies.

In closing, flame had every right to be upset, not because something he put hard work into failed, or even because users let it fail, but because the way in which it failed, brings to question whether anyone ever truly read or paid attention to anything in the past flame has put out there regarding CTF. So if you truly want CTT, and you truly want to see it succeed. I have 2 requirements for you: 1) Be HONEST about it, whether you want to pariticpate or not, and whether you are confused or not. 2) If you have questions, ask them, if you have issues, present them, but just going with the flow because you are afraid will not get us anywhere.

BachLynn (Send an Owl! ) 17:25, November 28, 2011 (UTC)