AeriaRO a GMs Perspective

[mark_sanbeda]

they all joined at the same day so creepyy what a scary retard

[Helrouis]

lol. A massive "Anonymous" attack.

[mark_sanbeda]

o i forgot to add we.eat.dim.sum he's different from the rest that has 1 post ea.

[Helrouis]

well.. >.> you can see now who have the problem. I wish that they filll up their profiles.

[baseballGuy]

Desperate

[Helrouis]

well --, i'm not gona post anymore in this topic. it's their war. i have my own lol.
@Mewi, /e6

[Aurora]

What's a server w/o drama =D so come to Aeria its is unique and i assure u it is different from any other servers

[LtoP89]

Okay, well here goes.
I'm LtoP89, just a small time forum moderator at AeriaRo and a player on that server.
I also pretty much registered on RMS (ratemyserver) to reply to this thread. (although i had been meaning to make an account sometime down the track for other reasons) Everyone here seems to think it's so easy to blame just one specific person whether it be mewi or those antagonizing her for creating a thread here.

It's a matter of perspective, Shah, Ash and co. have been antagonizing mewi based on their experiences with her. In addition to this mewi created this thread here and someone on the forums over at AeriaRo posted a link to this very thread, pretty much alerting the whole server (or those who frequent the forums) to this debacle. Speaking from your own perspective, if someone had written a somewhat biased and/or opinionated review of the server you played on, enjoyed and generally had good relations with, would you not feel somewhat offended and annoyed? What happened here was also due to the bad relationship mewi had developed with a few players over at AeriaRo. As they say, you can't get along with everyone and their problem just escalated a little overboard.

In Mewi's defence, she was 'fired' or let go from the position of GM i think, a little unjustly. No review of her actions, no warning in advance, just a simple announcement and she was let go. If i were in the same situation i know i'd feel pretty annoyed. At the very least I'd want a warning or a reason- after all she had been working hard to improve the server in her own way. Additionally, almost half the server has no idea who this new Admin is. 'Visions,' (his online alias) pretty much just appeared out of no-where and manned the server and made a drastic change- for better or worse. However, because the previous Admin trusts this guy i feel it's best to give this guy the benefit of the doubt and trust in his decisions.

Now, in regards to the offensive replies mewi has received in this thread, i can say for certainty it is because of the reputation she has built with a few within the community of AeriaRo. I've seen both sides of the story and i can relate with to both. Mewi does at times overreact very strongly to certain stimuli, even if it seems like nothing out of the ordinary to the average player. Even with the argument that it is against the rules i think it should be understood that rules should be taken into perspective. Nothing is ever as black and white as it seems. It is however, because of this that Shah, Ash and co. reacted and started to antagonize mewi to an extreme degree. Many of their acts are not justifiable and at times i believe they acted without thought of their actions. Following this mewi also retaliated and seemed to enforce the 'rules' on these players and their associates a little more harshly. As you can see neither mewi nor Shah, Ash, Khiz, etc. are to blame for any single 'injustice,' they're all to blame- to a degree.

Anyway, what happened- happened. It's in the past and all we have now is the present and the future. No matter what anyone says AeriaRo is looking towards its own future in its own innovative ways- through the implementation of a different administrator and the letting go of its former GM team. Don't base the whole server on the actions of a few.

[Requin]

Ok from what I have seen on the server Mewi really really hated shah and ash.   And near the end it was more of a personal mission of hers to ban him thinking "Its better once he is gone".  Ya you ban a guild master the whole guild leaves too.  That is exactly what happened too.  I'm just saying Mewi was tad bit too strict for my likings.  Visions (the new head GM) is doing a great job so far and Mewi please stop trying to make Aeria die.

[we.eat.dim.sum]

o i forgot to add we.eat.dim.sum he's different from the rest that has 1 post ea.

I'm sorry I don't have 350 posts like you, but my posts aren't any more valid than yours. In fact, I'd say concerning this matter, yours would be less valid because you are only seeing what Mewi wants you to see.

[Visions]

The whole GM team was dropped because AeriaRO was failing, they failed. The server was dying at a rapid rate, this happend prior to my arrival. So before you call me a moron, you might want to see what was accomplished before I got here.

@Mewi - You claim to care about this server, yet you are here defaming it. Please do us all a favor and go find another place to feed your ego because it certainly will not be AeriaRO.

[Mewn]

Well, I registered on RMS to support Mewi and reply to this thread. Honestly, I was really shocked and mad after seeing all the screenshots that showed how great AeriaRo is (with the flowery language to her all the way). I played AeriaRo for sometime before I got busy with my real life thingy so I pretty knew how Mewi worked as a GM and held to the rules. Everyone here seems to think that Mewi is a bad GM and tries to use her power as Gm abusively like banning people and stuff. But, cant you guys see from the screenshots that who did the actual abusive actions? Are they the new GMs on AeriaRO that some of you guys are proud of to do? Some people did comment that they are happily to have new GMs that work hard for the server, but for me that was a lie. For me personally, I don’t want to play such a server that disrespects others.

The main purpose of Mewi to write this thread is to save all the players from playing a server that will be harmful for them. As you guys know, that a lot of under age people play this server though. Language is an important issue. If the GMs could not control their language, then they should be banned. That is why “Watch your speech folks!!”. 

I know this thread will be annoyed for some people especially for the GMs and players on this server (AeriaRo), but Mewi treated unfairly somehow. Now, in regards to this thread, I just want people can respect Mewi as a good GM without questioning her. She contributed to the server with all of her heart as she spent her time to the community and had stewardship attitude toward the server. She was such a loyal GM and loved the server a lot before dumped by the new Admin without a respect.

For Mewi - So, there is nothing much you need to be worried Mewi. It’s not the end of the world. Someday people will see your sincerity to the server and your hard work. You did well for writing this thread so people will think twice to join the server.

For aeriaRo’s GMs and players - If you guys think that all of you did the right things to the server, others and the community in the game, then there is nothing that you guys need to be worried though. But, the evidences and the fact are there (screenshots). So, I hope that we can learn the good things from all of what happened then.

Mewn ~ Peace Maker

[Loki]

This is getting confusing.

Ok lets just say, Mewi is strict. So she abides and follows the rules.

In the screenshots, the people were plainly using vulgar language, either it was intended to offend or not. But they could've posted a simple "Jk" after that. Mewi said that she had given the offenders a warning before but they broke the rule again. She bans the offenders but they hop onto another account, breaking the 'Ban Evasion' rule in the process.

Now, the offenders hop onto the other accounts and started use vulgar language again. By doing these, they  broke two rules and forced Mewi to ban them again. Instead of waiting for their ban to end, they hop onto another account(?) and starts bashing Mewi and used vulgar language. Three rules broken.

Mewi may have chose to watched the offenders a little more closely, as they had broken so many rules and may have let a few other rule-breakers with a small ban by which they waited until it ends. The players who PMed Mewi to report the rule-breakers may or may not have a grudge against Ash, Shah and co. But there is no proof that Mewi told these people to spy on Ash, Shah and co.

Instead of settling this like a civilized person, they choose to flame and use vulgar language.

And yes, this is the past. Ash, Shah and co. got their wish of having Mewi sacked off the GM team. Why more trouble?

[Revised Version - Two other people posted while I was typing] @Visions: She posted this because she was fired without warning and would like to show her perspective. Maybe in hopes that you would realize your actions and did the right thing. True, you did better than the previous admin. Maybe this is because there's no one to report rule-breakers that everything seems fine?

[we.eat.dim.sum]

[Revised Version - Two other people posted while I was typing] @Visions: She posted this because she was fired without warning and would like to show her perspective. Maybe in hopes that you would realize your actions and did the right thing. True, you did better than the previous admin. Maybe this is because there's no one to report rule-breakers that everything seems fine?

Because nobody has gone around breaking any rules? Mewi is the kind of GM who will punish you for talking to your own friends in public chat in a remote area just because they called eachother a fag. She has also punished people for running up to her and doing . She's so hellbent on finding faults in other peoples actions, that she doesn't see the fault in her own. Every little thing that happens musnt go unpunished because she can't see past her own guidelines. She doesn't look at a situation and think about what context certain things are being said in. She simply just punishes because she feels you shouldn't use a certain work and that's the end of that. Wrong. If I am talking to my friends on a server, a GM has no right to tell me how I need to talk to my own friends. She has even punished people during WoE because they chose to provoke another guild. She has witnessed people break rules in front of her and it wasn't until I brought it to her attention that she then decided to do anything. I, as a GM, do not punish others for the way the choose to speak or voice their opinions. Mewi does, and in turn, gets treated the way she does. She has no one else to blame but herself for the way she is now being treated by certain players.

[Loki]

[Revised Version - Two other people posted while I was typing] @Visions: She posted this because she was fired without warning and would like to show her perspective. Maybe in hopes that you would realize your actions and did the right thing. True, you did better than the previous admin. Maybe this is because there's no one to report rule-breakers that everything seems fine?

Because nobody has gone around breaking any rules? Mewi is the kind of GM who will punish you for talking to your own friends in public chat in a remote area just because they called eachother a fag. She has also punished people for running up to her and doing . She's so hellbent on finding faults in other peoples actions, that she doesn't see the fault in her own. Every little thing that happens musnt go unpunished because she can't see past her own guidelines. She doesn't look at a situation and think about what context certain things are being said in. She simply just punishes because she feels you shouldn't use a certain work and that's the end of that. Wrong. If I am talking to my friends on a server, a GM has no right to tell me how I need to talk to my own friends. She has even punished people during WoE because they chose to provoke another guild. She has witnessed people break rules in front of her and it wasn't until I brought it to her attention that she then decided to do anything. I, as a GM, do not punish others for the way the choose to speak or voice their opinions. Mewi does, and in turn, gets treated the way she does. She has no one else to blame but herself for the way she is now being treated by certain players.

And if what you said was true, Mewi may have faults about being too strict, but she banned the players in the screenshots because they blatantly break the rules. And instead of discussing with Mewi for being to strict, people bashed her. You could've hold a GM meeting or PMed her for her faults. People might be too infuriated to care that they do nothing but other people were at faults too.

Not everyone is perfect.