EoFF Elections 2010, Debate Thread!

[Jiro]

Before our argument is lodged, I would like to share with you this heavily researched graph, put together by ace researcher and general all round badass I Don't Need A Blaster.

[qwertysaur]

The fake CK competition was glorious.

[Pheesh]

Ok, wow; sorry everybody, it’s just a little bit hard to rebut arguments when none are really made, but the 501st will do our best. From what we can gather in that horrible excuse for an argument, the Zombie Party seem to think that “pranks on Eyes on FF are bitchin’” and are trying to argue that they should be a part of the forums, unless they involve raistlin posing in his bikini.

We at the 501st think that with all the recent heart ache and stress that the latest run of pranks have caused that the Zombie Party wouldn’t be so quick to jump to the defence of malicious and hurtful pranks, many of which are little more than an inside joke done to a much larger scale. Although it is obvious that some pranks are completely harmless and can be a fun little event for the forum (examples being name and set changes), the majority of large scale pranks tend to cause more anger, stress and butt-hurt than humour

Exhibit A shows the temporary March spike in activity as users were forced to post in the name of a fake CK competition, before finally realising they'd been duped; causing wide spread butt-hurt, anger, and a general decline in enjoyment.

It’s all well and good for the members who are in on the joke (or suspect something is going on) to sit back and have a chuckle, but EoFF has a large community that expands every day, and a large number of the pranks that are done create a tumultuous forum environment, that can confuse and push away not only new members, but also long time members. In the latest pranks to occur (‘CK comp’ and ‘angry long posts by raistlin are angry and long’) most of the people on the forum were fed up with reading the thousands of lines worth of text that were being posted in the feedback forum, long before the prank was due to be revealed. Not only that, but the staff themselves have admitted that it was cruel to make the latter half of the ‘potential CKs’ do all that work (mountains of posts and threads, which actually served to annoy almost as many people as they amused).

Exhibit B is a little diddy we at 501st HQ like to call ADMISSION OF GUILT!!

The latest pranks had many people angry during the time they were being done, and even during the aftermath. Mogi is but one example of a person who didn’t really see the ‘APRIL FOOLS GUYS, lololol’ side of the joke. We in the 501st legion have heard stories from some of our new recruits about how they were really quite confused about what was going on in the forum, and if we hadn’t given them neat matching uniforms and structure then they may not have stuck around for the long run. Also, let's not forget that in the latest prank the members of EoFF (a large grouping of which are under 18) were exposed to porn, all in the name of some personal vendetta that one member shared against the staff. If that isn't the epitome of a prank going to far, then what is?

Exhibit C: What the Shlup!? They are lying to us!!!

But the latest prank isn't the only time that these 'harmless jokes' have ended in problems. The lucky bags are an example of pranks that have caused rifts in the member base. In the most recent of these events one of the evil zombie members (RottingYuna89) turned on one of her own staff members and had him banned. Needless to say, hurt feelings and a large member rift ensued.

We’re not saying that the pranks aren’t funny for people, because as we said, there is a very large cross section at EoFF, and not everyone reacts the same way. But when we have staff and long time members warring with each other in the name of lulz, showing a divided front to new and old members alike, making dedicated posters jump through hoops for no reason, then we feel that you may as well just join the 501st...because the whole forum has obviously succumbed to the dark side already.

[Jiro]

You can't argue with someone as brilliant as Imperial Essence.

[Del Murder]

Why does everyone have that hideous avatar?

[G13]

Because we've assimilated the RaistlinBikiniluvluv party.

[Jiro]

And damn, we too sexy for our 'kini

[Pheesh]

You'll also notice that our response was posted up well within the allocated time limit, no extensions needed for us.

All the while, we still manage to party hard in our 'kinis.

[Bunny]

That's it, I'm smurfing leaving. I hate you all.

[Mo-Nercy]

O_o

* the face, not the person.

[Del Murder]

I may have chosen the wrong horse to back here...

[Mo-Nercy]

And I hope you 501st-ers realise you've ruined a perfectly good 'what's the above avatar thinking?' game in the Wonder Square.

[Freya]

OH YOU GUIZE

[Jiro]

I hope you all realise the gravity of our words now. A simple prank makes people feel angry and ostracised.

[Del Murder]

Hahaha, good show.