Image Designer Archive

P.S. Yes, I posted in response to China saying that I believed the majority of her most recent post in the Challenge thread was a flame, and I used the "Report Abuse" button. I'm not ashamed to admit that I notify the mods when a personal attack is made, and I doubt I'm the only one that reported it.

You reported Fuschia to I hope? I'm an armorsmith but I occassionally come to these boards because I was once an image designer. Mind you I do not post suggestions because I do not play the profession any longer, and it would be unfair to direct your profession in such a way. I read that post, and calling someone an elitist, like Fuschia did, is quite offensive tomost people in some countries of the world. Some countries fight elitism and it can be a sensative topic. Without knowing Lady China's country of origin, you may have reported her prematurely. I am sure like you, she is a human being with feelings, and as such, can get particularly sensitive to an insulting comment.

A flame is defined as any post which would insite a negative response. In all fairness by calling Lady China an elitist, said negative response was attained. So much so that you did not report her until that post. Think about it. Who really flamed who? As negative as I see Lady China's posts, she for the most part can be at least constructive. I don't know what made her go over the edge, but I can be certain that it was a very slow build up of resent to changes (or lack of changes) to her profession. As an armorsmith, I am one of many up in arms about the new changes being made to our profession. Am I at the point where China was? Probably. But I just keep off the forums because I am not that vocal a person. I mean look at my post count, lol. I only really make suggestions when no one else has made a suggestion, and I only post when I feel the need to clarify, like now.

Lady China has been around longer than most of you. She has been around since the beginning of beta 2, and contributed to alot in the way your profession has manifested.I was around since beta 1, and for the longest time, until China arrived (then Nouva), there were no image designers until Tygress at the beginning of beta 3. I feel bad for her, and the passive direction her profession has been taking. I cannot say I agree with her attitude as of late...but I understand...

It still doesn't make it right. Calling someone an elitist Imperial scum on the GCW forums is one thing, telling a human being they are an elitist is another, is all I am saying. How you interpret it's meaning is also very different how I, or in this case, China would.My family moved to America to escape facism and elitism. The best part about this country is that we all have aright to express our opinions. I don't report anyone because I believe in the right to express opinion.If thier flames are racially or culturally offensive, or saturated in profanity, I private message said offender and work it out that way. We are all different, and we all have different forms of expression. I find it quite insulting that there are forum moderators with power to delete a post. Lock the post by all means, but to delete something as if it never happened, to me it seems unconstitutional, dare I say...the "e" word?

Both parties were out of line, but Fuschia was the strike that lit the match in my opinion. Did it warrent a report by you? I don't think so. I think you should have left that decesion for Fuschia. I was always told if I had nothing important or nice to say, don't say it at all. As you can see by my post count I am either a very angry person, or just one with nothing worth saying.

As for China's offerings of tissues, who does she offer them to? She offers them to people who need them. If you saw a friend who was crying, would you not offer them a tissue? Don't get me wrong I understand her context, but it's her way of telling someone to stop crying and do something about it. All I see on these boards is crying, complaining, whining, but no constructive posts about viable solutions, (with a the exception of a select few of you, including yourself, Syzygy). As I said before, Lady China has contributed more to this profession during beta 2-3, than most have you done all year. I would not take her negativity as reason for hate of this profession, but out of love. I speak with her every day on Wanderhome, and she really loves you guys. I got teary eyed in real life when she told me that her profession was all that she loved and it has come to the point that her anger (over alot of things, mainly hologrinders dictating her profession's path), is over taking her sense of rational.

I got the sense that Image Design was like a perfected masterpiece. She contributed and fought for changes to make your lives easier, including a no-timer on ID. Back in Beta 1 there was a timer between ID sessions as I recall. Blatent misuse (or creative use) of the system lead to the timers and fixes you have today. It's a shame when development only gives attention to a profession when they have problems, and not true undivided attention. Image Design is no exception. Plenty of professions do receive the attention they need. This was another one of Lady China's issues. It's as if her "masterpiece" were being vandalized and can do nothing to stop it. As I said before her actions were unwarrented... but I understand.