Board Thread:The Seven Seas Court/@comment-4619254-20160717065545/@comment-25164591-20160717071115

Some things are just crazy enough to work. This is not one of them.

When you look back upon the Shift in Direction vote, you have to keep in mind it's called "shift in direction," not "do a complete 180 and leave everything behind." Look, I echo your sentiments that this wiki and its community are almost pathetically reliant on POTCO, as if they refuse to let it go, even after 3 years of it being dead. I personally think it should stay dead.

But the key word is personally. I'm not a fan of roleplay and have never participated in it in any major way, but just because I don't like something doesn't justify me taking it away from everyone else. I understand your concerns that roleplay is driving users away (I've never actually seen this happen - it's mostly been people in chat being weirdos) but banning it outright isn't the way to go.

I agree we need to grow up and move forward. Pretending the past never happened and attempting to eradicate all traces of it isn't healthy. If you really want to look forward, then ''contribute. ''It isn't as if banning roleplay would suddenly cause some new golden age to just pop into existence. The potential for that to happen rests in the people. Yes, I acknowledge that is slightly hypocritical of me to say, but it is the truth.

If you want to be new, make a healthy effort. Go out and look for inspiration - it's almost everywhere. You just won't find it by clasping your hands over your ears and fooling yourself into thinking that because you don't like something, it can't possibly benefit everyone else.

For all those reasons and more, I banning roleplay for now.

Contribute, contribute, contribute. It's in your hands.

07:11, July 17, 2016 (UTC)