I will miss you Kitty and your very talented skinning skills. xx

If this is about what I think it may be...'little birds' have been in my ear......going away is wrong.

It's time to put a freakin end to it.

Email me.

I am not *in the know* either, but I want you to know Kitty, you will be missed here for sure. 

And you are always welcome at SkinArtistry2, we would love to have you and  your unique style of artwork!!!

Jafo has been having a good talk to me, and has convinced me to stay, and besides, I have something to proove now and a new skin that kicks ass when its reuploaded. 

thanks for everyones support today, its really helped me through a fustrating, dissolusional and angry point in my life today.

xxxxxx

Glad u decided to stick around!

Vampothika now that is more like it. 

I'm confuzzled.

I've seen Stardock step in on a lot of things. Sometimes in ends up in someone being banned or demoted. Sometimes it's just to set things right again.

So what the hell is going on here?!?!?!!?

C'mon!

Half the regulars know what the hell this is about.

Some mods and admins know.

Some have 'first hand' knowledge.

Who the hell runs things and who the hell is holding who hostage?

Are the new changes coming going to prevent this kind of shit? Is that why no one is stepping up? It's all gonna go away soon enough?

Five years ago this shit wouldn't have been tolerated. No way.

People have been banned for disagreeing so strongly with site policy or opinion that they threatened to pull their work and they were helped out the door for doing just that. At that point, I figured no one person would ever be able to manipulate the powers that be. Apparently I was wrong. It just takes one and a small host of goons who are willing to drink the Kool-Aid.

PoSmedley the only way to stop things like this from happening is to confront them head on, goons fall by the wayside when the instigator is throttled and put in their place. 

We all have opinions and granted some of us are more opinionated than others but we should never force those opinions on anyone. 

Funny how some opinions come off as forced and overly negative on just specific skins and then are sweet on others.

My three year old can cover her ass better.

I'm open to opinions. Always.

Lately it's just hard to distinguish an opinion from a malicious-vengeful-bitchfit. Especially when it comes from someone who should be setting an example and not leading the hissies to a poisoned well.

When something bad happens in a Community...any Community the norms are enforced by those with the authority to do so.

However, it is not enough that justice be done, it must be seen to be done.

The offense should be made public and the proof against the offenders. The punishment must also be seen to be done.

That's the way it's done.

If there are rules that contravene this, I'd like to know where I can find them, and how to change them.

Good news!    

Rules?

Why should there be rules for one thing and not the other? And why can one rule be broken and not the other?

Rules. Hmmph. Apparently the rules don't apply or have changed. If you want to enjoy your promotion to Master, you apparently better plan on being beholden to folks other than the people who put you there. And you better be prepared to pucker (buy some Chapstick, you're gonna need it) up and to drink the Kool Aid.

It's stuff like this that just sucks the desire to grow, expand, and try harder right out of me. Why bother?!  When the folks who can and should intervene have first hand knowledge of all the petty-hissy-pitching-BS don't put a stop to it, what is the point of walking into those chopper blades?

Why don't we just hand the site over?! They are probably sitting, hunkered over their keyboards, giggling like the lil bitches from Bring It On, IM'ing each other with lil pats on the back.

Well I think this discussion has probably gone as far as it should here in the forums.  I think it's time to send a PM or two to a few folks, which as a member of the community I have not only the right to but the responsiblity to. 

PoSmedley, I think your input would be useful also.  You probably know better whom to PM, but don't tell me, I have one or two folks in mind.

Why PM?

Everything took place 'publicly'.

We're not talking about the black sheep uncle who likes little boys. We're talking about someone who has a bug up their ass and thinks it's okay to bully folks. Someone who is not afraid to do so publicly and take advantage of the system to meet their own petty little end. Someone who obviously feels superior in every way and thinks they can determine who will and who won't succeed all on their own without ever having to suffer any consequences. Someone who would throw a tantrum and half if it was done to them, but is so selfish all they care about is their immediate gratification and their warped sense of justice over an 'opinion'. An opinion!

Kitty, I am so glad you are staying.  Running away just lets the bastards win!  You make good skins and good sense.  You belong here with your many friends.

PoSmedley, I think I have said this before, you are turning into House. 

So should we go and Thump us some Trolls?