I accept your apology Toby, and understand that you were just doing your job. You are here to promote new players and give them a accessible environment in which to play.
But what I am getting sick and tired of is being called things like, "Troll", "Holier-than-thou", and "Troublesome player". I am not here for that, I am here to RP and help raise the bar of a genre that I hold close to my heart. I only have the best intentions in mind, and would love to help take this site into the upper echelons. Yet still find adversity toward me for reasons I can only assume contain ulterior motives like jealousy.
Ghoul wasn't the only one jumping on the 'hate bandwagon' last night, There was another, someone that was blatantly lying about me and I watched as NO ONE, stepped to my defense. I was innocently discussing character archetypes with that person the night before; with that same person openly engaging in that very conversation; only to find in the C-box archives the next day that that person was slandering my name to the site owner. When I confronted him about the blatant lies he was spewing , I was called a troll and a troublemaker. I was told to hush.....That isn't Ok and is a very good way to push a player that both cares and tries hard, away from this site.
I might be forced to say that this isn't the first time my intuition has proved correct about some new player with negative intentions. I DO NOT wish to push new players away! I do try to help and steer new player with honest intentions in the right direction. But will not sit idly by while some smuck with obvious; at least to me; passive-aggressive behavior tries to undermine this site. I enjoy the super hero genre far too much to see it cast over the coals so some 14 year old with an inferiority complex can rally my peers against me.
I will defend myself, It is inherently in my nature. This maybe the very reason I have an affinity toward Super heroes in the first place. I stand against the darkness, even if I have to do so by myself. I seek out bullies and put them in their place. I find what ever means necessary to correct corruption in governing powers. Although I don't have super powers that doesn't stop me from promoting the antithesis of what a Super hero is; they are righter's of wrongs.