Pierce7d
Wise Hermit
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2006
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First off, a brief introduction:
I'm Pierce, I'm a member of the Brawl Back Room. I'm the Brawl Back Room Public Relations Officer. Aside from standard BBR participation duties, I help to regulate things terms of keeping the BBRs face when it comes to the public. I'm basically allowed privileges to talk about some of the stuff that goes in the Back Room, so that when information is released, you have a point of reference to go to.
Every Wednesday I will be on several messaging services (AIM, Skype, MSN, Facebook). My AIM SN is 'Pierce7d'. My MSN is 'ultrasnide7@hotmail.com'. My Skype is also 'Pierce7d'. My real name is Daniel Seraphin, so you can find me on Facebook. If you add me on Facebook, please send a brief message stating that you are a Smasher, so I know you're not just a dummy account, otherwise I will NOT add you.
During these sessions, I will open up several chat discussions, where I will be civilly informing everyone of Back Room ongoings, and I'll be taking questions. Obviously, we've relied on these boards for communication, but we ALL know that me typing out a big wall of text, and then you typing out a big wall of text, and several trolls or flames in between, is far from the ideal method of communication. Of course, I won't be able to answer every question, as some things in the BR are confidential. I'm naturally going to ignore things such as, "Did AlphaZealot vote for 'x' stage legal or banned." Questions like that disrespect the privacy of the BBR, which we feel is necessary for BBR members to make competitively founded and unbiased votes. However, questions like, "How did the BBR address the issue of the Bomb Glitch on Green Greens?" will most certainly be fielded.
You will also be able to ask me questions that are not related to the BBR, about general game mechanics, tactics, MUs, etc. Of course, I will be prioritizing questions pertaining to the Back Room, but I am an exceptional tactician in this game, and have a vast wealth of knowledge that I love to share, so feel free to pick my brain, or even (respectfully) call me out on theories or other beliefs that you might not necessarily agree with.
Also, I will be inviting other BBR members to participate in these chats. Naturally, anyone, including a BBR member can come to one of these chats as long as they are civil in their discussion. Hopefully, they will join us so that you can hear different perspectives from the BR, and you can even see how some of the BBR interact with each other and come to decisions.
[Collapse="The original OP"]Okay, so I'm not going to be super formal in this post because I'm rushing, but I still hope you guys take the time out to read it.
First off, a brief introduction:
I'm Pierce, I'm a member of the Brawl Back Room. I'm the Brawl Back Room Public Relations Officer. Aside from standard BBR participation duties, I help to regulate things terms of keeping the BBRs face when it comes to the public. I'm basically allowed privileges to talk about some of the stuff that goes in the Back Room, so that when information is released, you have a point of reference to go to.
For example, when MLG's ruleset was released, and people wanted to know the BR's involvement was, I was the one to make the public statement. Whenever issues like this come up, I'll try to be on the scene, to shed some light on the situation.
The Backroom is lead by Hylian, Alphazealot, and Marc, and often these three will make public statements as well.
Now, recently, the BBR released our Ruleset v3. There is a lot of uproar and pandemonium. Some people are complaining about stages, some people disagree with the suicide rule, and some people enjoy the changes.
Some people are just straight up-trolling and flaming. I have a 0 tolerance for that in this particular thread. Any trolling or flaming in this thread will be given a DOUBLE INFRACTION, so you'll be receiving twice the penalty. And if there is a repeat offense, I'll send in to the higher ups to get permission to auto-temp ban you for just the second offense. This isn't because I'm trying to be draconian, I just want to make it clear that I mean serious business in this thread.
Anyway, I realize that with the huge level of uproar, the relationship between the BBR and everyone else isn't too good right now. In fact, I'd say it's at an all time low considering that there have been threads pushing for the disbanding of the BBR, and other similar complaints and attacks at our competences.
Of course, this isn't just any particular persons fault. The BBR is not a governing body, but it would be silly to think that everyone should assume that our words have little effect. We are supposed to represent some of the pinnacle of the community, and if we're saying stuff that goes directly against what most of you are thinking . . . well, that just doesn't line up at all!
I personally feel like this release was very poorly handled. First off, I apologize to everyone, agree or disagree with the ruleset, for having such poor preparation, and allowing trolls and flames to destroy your discussing grounds. Every time the BBR releases anything, we should expect trolls and flamers and disagreements of all shapes and sizes, and be FAR more prepared. Moderators should have been informed and in force on standby to remove those individuals who had no intent of allowing fruitful discussion immediately. BBR members should have been on standby to address every single point that the public could make, and I am ASHAMED to see BBR members sink to counter-trolling, and sarcasm. While the BBR may claim to be hurt because many rude comments were cast at us, calling into question our intelligence and integrity, we most certainly could have had better organization in the release to circumvent a large amount of this. I hope our leaders have learned from this explosion, and will be more prepared for next time (ie: the Tier List we're currently working on)
Now, the damage is done, I cannot reverse everything that has happened. In fact, I have only read up to page 50 in the Ruleset thread. I just got back home from college orientation (I'll be attending Fairleigh ****enson University as a Freshman in a month), so I wasn't here for the release. Even worse, I'm here for a few minutes, but I'm going to go take the International Players from Apex on a tour, and then final preparations for Apex ensue. Then, Apex is this weekend, so I'll be gone until Monday, and that means back to work, etc.
However, I still feel there is a need to somehow correct this situation, and so I offer the following to you.
Starting next Wednesday, mostly on Wednesdays but at least one day each week, I will be on several messaging services (AIM, Skype, MSN, Facebook). My AIM SN is 'Pierce7d'. My MSN is 'ultrasnide7@hotmail.com'. My Skype is also 'Pierce7d'. My real name is Daniel Seraphin, so you can find me on Facebook. If you add me on Facebook, please send a brief message stating that you are a Smasher, so I know you're not just a dummy account, otherwise I will NOT add you.
During these sessions, I will open up several chat discussions, where I will be civilly informing everyone of Back Room ongoings, and I'll be taking questions. Obviously, we've relied on these boards for communication, but we ALL know that me typing out a big wall of text, and then you typing out a big wall of text, and several trolls or flames in between, is far from the ideal method of communication. Of course, I won't be able to answer every question, as some things in the BR are confidential. I'm naturally going to ignore things such as, "Did AlphaZealot vote for 'x' stage legal or banned." Questions like that disrespect the privacy of the BBR, which we feel is necessary for BBR members to make competitively founded and unbiased votes. However, questions like, "How did the BBR address the issue of the Bomb Glitch on Green Greens?" will most certainly be fielded.
You will also be able to ask me questions that are not related to the BBR, about general game mechanics, tactics, MUs, the metagame at the time, etc. Of course, I will be prioritizing questions pertaining to the BBR.
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I'm Pierce, I'm a member of the Brawl Back Room. I'm the Brawl Back Room Public Relations Officer. Aside from standard BBR participation duties, I help to regulate things terms of keeping the BBRs face when it comes to the public. I'm basically allowed privileges to talk about some of the stuff that goes in the Back Room, so that when information is released, you have a point of reference to go to.
Every Wednesday I will be on several messaging services (AIM, Skype, MSN, Facebook). My AIM SN is 'Pierce7d'. My MSN is 'ultrasnide7@hotmail.com'. My Skype is also 'Pierce7d'. My real name is Daniel Seraphin, so you can find me on Facebook. If you add me on Facebook, please send a brief message stating that you are a Smasher, so I know you're not just a dummy account, otherwise I will NOT add you.
During these sessions, I will open up several chat discussions, where I will be civilly informing everyone of Back Room ongoings, and I'll be taking questions. Obviously, we've relied on these boards for communication, but we ALL know that me typing out a big wall of text, and then you typing out a big wall of text, and several trolls or flames in between, is far from the ideal method of communication. Of course, I won't be able to answer every question, as some things in the BR are confidential. I'm naturally going to ignore things such as, "Did AlphaZealot vote for 'x' stage legal or banned." Questions like that disrespect the privacy of the BBR, which we feel is necessary for BBR members to make competitively founded and unbiased votes. However, questions like, "How did the BBR address the issue of the Bomb Glitch on Green Greens?" will most certainly be fielded.
You will also be able to ask me questions that are not related to the BBR, about general game mechanics, tactics, MUs, etc. Of course, I will be prioritizing questions pertaining to the Back Room, but I am an exceptional tactician in this game, and have a vast wealth of knowledge that I love to share, so feel free to pick my brain, or even (respectfully) call me out on theories or other beliefs that you might not necessarily agree with.
Also, I will be inviting other BBR members to participate in these chats. Naturally, anyone, including a BBR member can come to one of these chats as long as they are civil in their discussion. Hopefully, they will join us so that you can hear different perspectives from the BR, and you can even see how some of the BBR interact with each other and come to decisions.
[Collapse="The original OP"]Okay, so I'm not going to be super formal in this post because I'm rushing, but I still hope you guys take the time out to read it.
First off, a brief introduction:
I'm Pierce, I'm a member of the Brawl Back Room. I'm the Brawl Back Room Public Relations Officer. Aside from standard BBR participation duties, I help to regulate things terms of keeping the BBRs face when it comes to the public. I'm basically allowed privileges to talk about some of the stuff that goes in the Back Room, so that when information is released, you have a point of reference to go to.
For example, when MLG's ruleset was released, and people wanted to know the BR's involvement was, I was the one to make the public statement. Whenever issues like this come up, I'll try to be on the scene, to shed some light on the situation.
The Backroom is lead by Hylian, Alphazealot, and Marc, and often these three will make public statements as well.
Now, recently, the BBR released our Ruleset v3. There is a lot of uproar and pandemonium. Some people are complaining about stages, some people disagree with the suicide rule, and some people enjoy the changes.
Some people are just straight up-trolling and flaming. I have a 0 tolerance for that in this particular thread. Any trolling or flaming in this thread will be given a DOUBLE INFRACTION, so you'll be receiving twice the penalty. And if there is a repeat offense, I'll send in to the higher ups to get permission to auto-temp ban you for just the second offense. This isn't because I'm trying to be draconian, I just want to make it clear that I mean serious business in this thread.
Anyway, I realize that with the huge level of uproar, the relationship between the BBR and everyone else isn't too good right now. In fact, I'd say it's at an all time low considering that there have been threads pushing for the disbanding of the BBR, and other similar complaints and attacks at our competences.
Of course, this isn't just any particular persons fault. The BBR is not a governing body, but it would be silly to think that everyone should assume that our words have little effect. We are supposed to represent some of the pinnacle of the community, and if we're saying stuff that goes directly against what most of you are thinking . . . well, that just doesn't line up at all!
I personally feel like this release was very poorly handled. First off, I apologize to everyone, agree or disagree with the ruleset, for having such poor preparation, and allowing trolls and flames to destroy your discussing grounds. Every time the BBR releases anything, we should expect trolls and flamers and disagreements of all shapes and sizes, and be FAR more prepared. Moderators should have been informed and in force on standby to remove those individuals who had no intent of allowing fruitful discussion immediately. BBR members should have been on standby to address every single point that the public could make, and I am ASHAMED to see BBR members sink to counter-trolling, and sarcasm. While the BBR may claim to be hurt because many rude comments were cast at us, calling into question our intelligence and integrity, we most certainly could have had better organization in the release to circumvent a large amount of this. I hope our leaders have learned from this explosion, and will be more prepared for next time (ie: the Tier List we're currently working on)
Now, the damage is done, I cannot reverse everything that has happened. In fact, I have only read up to page 50 in the Ruleset thread. I just got back home from college orientation (I'll be attending Fairleigh ****enson University as a Freshman in a month), so I wasn't here for the release. Even worse, I'm here for a few minutes, but I'm going to go take the International Players from Apex on a tour, and then final preparations for Apex ensue. Then, Apex is this weekend, so I'll be gone until Monday, and that means back to work, etc.
However, I still feel there is a need to somehow correct this situation, and so I offer the following to you.
Starting next Wednesday, mostly on Wednesdays but at least one day each week, I will be on several messaging services (AIM, Skype, MSN, Facebook). My AIM SN is 'Pierce7d'. My MSN is 'ultrasnide7@hotmail.com'. My Skype is also 'Pierce7d'. My real name is Daniel Seraphin, so you can find me on Facebook. If you add me on Facebook, please send a brief message stating that you are a Smasher, so I know you're not just a dummy account, otherwise I will NOT add you.
During these sessions, I will open up several chat discussions, where I will be civilly informing everyone of Back Room ongoings, and I'll be taking questions. Obviously, we've relied on these boards for communication, but we ALL know that me typing out a big wall of text, and then you typing out a big wall of text, and several trolls or flames in between, is far from the ideal method of communication. Of course, I won't be able to answer every question, as some things in the BR are confidential. I'm naturally going to ignore things such as, "Did AlphaZealot vote for 'x' stage legal or banned." Questions like that disrespect the privacy of the BBR, which we feel is necessary for BBR members to make competitively founded and unbiased votes. However, questions like, "How did the BBR address the issue of the Bomb Glitch on Green Greens?" will most certainly be fielded.
You will also be able to ask me questions that are not related to the BBR, about general game mechanics, tactics, MUs, the metagame at the time, etc. Of course, I will be prioritizing questions pertaining to the BBR.
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