Well, would you look at this...

Hey guys, i'm going to apologize for the hypocrisy in some of this post ahead of time.

Now, i'm going to become a bit of a Grammar Nazi (yes, yes, one of those perfectionist, but for a good reason) right now, because something is pissing me off enough to do this.


Alright, any of you notice the people who post leaving threads, and then "leave" but actually check the forums every day? Well, ya'll don't seem to understand the definition of "leaving". Allow me to educate you:

Now, you see children, many of you incorrectly use this word. You post leaving threads on these forums, then you come back online the next day. And the next. And the next. Notice how to leave means "to depart from".


My point is, if you're not going to leave after you post your leaving thread, and you continue to get online each day, do us all a favor:

Just leave. If you have no intentions of doing so in the first place, then don't make a thread. Whether you mean to do it or not, you create an attention thread out of it.


EDIT: As for the "permanent" part in the definition, I disagree with that. This is directed at those who frequently come on after they "left".

As an example, if you leave your house to go with some friends, and say "Bye, i'm leaving to go with friends", you eventually come back because it's where you live.

 

Some people can't leave, even if they said they would.
I see nothing wrong in still being here if you left, but I see your point. Interesting.

 

The forums are addicting, but SOME people said they'd leave but they are still seen on the forums.. It's like your leaving thread doesn't even serve a purpose anymore.

 

Well, you see, you don't leave and then stay. One does not say to their family "Bye, i'm leaving to go out with my friends" and then sit down on the couch straight after, never going out.

Why don't we do this? Well, because we are leaving. And therefore, not staying. Yet, people say they leave, then get online everyday, just as the example of the kid leaving to go out with friends, then sitting on the couch. And, as @Rilakkumaloverr has said above, it completely defies the purpose of leaving, and gives it no meaning.


And, as I have stated, it's basically an attention thread at that point. I get that the forums can be addicting, but if you say you're going to leave, then do it. If you decide you made a rash decision, and want to come back, then tell us. But don't appear online everyday after you "left", because you never truly left.

 

If it makes the player feel better to make a thread about it, I don't see too much wrong with it. I understand it can be pointless and spammy to make leaving threads, but at least that can help the player's drama, and maybe make them feel better.

 

Exactly. Why even bother making a leaving thread when you AREN'T even going to leave? That's just silly.

 

People that do this, I believe are post spammers and attention seekers.
#1 best way to become disliked by this community... (Forum community)

 

Well, that it unless, of course, you are unbelievably popular, where no one publicly dislikes you, because they are afraid of what you may do (seeing as people who are that popular normally have huge influence in the forums' Hierarchy system).

 

Trust me, if I made 10 leaving threads, wouldn't people start to dislike me?

No one is immune to being disliked. I know that, you know that, common sense.
If you made a few leaving threads without doing as your word proposed, I wouldn't like you as much, nor would others.

 

Ahem. *Fixes fedora*

So point being, we all basically agree leaving threads are a little annoying, yes? Okay.

 

True, hence the word "publicly" dislike. No, people will still hate you, and they, as do all of us, have a right to. But they shouldn't be scared to post their opinions because you're popularity makes you more or less a monarch. Anyways, this is besides the point, but I understand where you're coming from.

No no no, not all leaving threads. Just those that don't really stay true to their word. But I also understand what you mean when you say it can help the players drama. I mean...how do I put this...

If you blatantly go back on your word, then just leave, or don't make the thread.

 

Why does it matter to you if they say there leaving and they come back? There's nothing wrong with that. They can come back if they want to.

 

This is why on other servers and forums I have been on in the past that I have "left", I never made any approach into making a "leaving" thread. There will be times I still check on a server or community, some people may see me or they don't and I would still have a good memory of that past experience. I can't forget things easily, but I'm as unique as everyone else so I can't apply that to everyone. If you are still thinking about a server or community that you "left", you never left in the first place.

There is technically no way you can leave a community unless the community is completely dead or you have completely convinced yourself to never show your identity there again meaning never going in that community ever again.

It is hard to leave something once you have taken an interest in and I don't think a lot people get the full concept of "leaving".

To some people, "leaving" to them may seem permanent to them while others just think it can be a common term for a temporary departure. Just confusing.

 

Well, this isn't for people who check in in a legit "once in a while". I don't really agree with the definition where it says "permanent", seeing as you come back once in a while. You leave to go out with some friends, but you come back later (because it's where you leave).

This is more towards those who leave, then get on frequently (such as everyday - every 3 days) after they "left".

 

What is supposed to be accomplished by this thread?..
To state how unpopular and childish you think that people are who come back after a leaving thread?
If someone wants to leave and come back, then by all means, come back.
Who is it hurting to make leaving threads then come back?

When I made my leaving thread I really thought I wouldn't be able to get on, due to school and some personal reasons. School wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and I resolved my personal issues. I see nothin wrong with coming back after you make a thread. In my case, I resolved my issues and came back. I really thought I wouldn't be able to get back on for a while. Yet, here I am. I did not want to post farm, or try to look cool, or any other hidden motive other than tell my friends that I wouldn't be here for a while. I did not wish to leave my friends on the server wondering where I went or if I just got mad and left.

 

I believe the problem being stated is that Intro/Leave threads are now spammy, and rather pointless. Although I personally don't fully believe that, I think that is what is going on here.

Pyro is just stating his opinion, I suppose :)

 

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So, you state that I think people are "unpopular" because of this? You are fucking joking. I'm one of the unpopular people in my world. I despise half of the popular people. I actually like those who are viewed as "unpopular" such as people you yourself stated. You stated they were "unpopular", not me.

Now, you don't think that people who make these threads, then frequently come on straight after is not only annoying, but "whoring attention"?

The thing that was different with you, is that you assumed school would be a problem (and in your case you were wrong), and that you actually came back after explaining that. I'm talking about the people who "leave", stay one every day after, and never tell us they came back, or explained that they were wrong. Once again, as @Rilakkumaloverr said, it defies the purpose of leaving, is almost undoubtedly for attention, and is a bit spammy (not to mention unnecessary).

If the purpose of this thread flew over your head (as it seems to have done), then leave it at that until it gets explained by those who comment. People on these forums are very smart, and can sum up a thread in a second.