Shingi said:
Ephraim said:
Generally speaking, I think you are doing fine. Last semester, we had more LAN attendees than the previous semester. This semester, we have a lot of new members. That is good. Still, it is important for you (and all executives, actually) to have an understanding of politics. There are several constituencies in the club. The Family comes to mind. They are a large voting block, so it is best not to outwardly antagonize them. Not that you should be an appeasing cowrd or anything, but try to maintain good relations, or at least an illusion of it. Also, nothing gets voters *edited*ed off faster than trying to alter voting rules. Just something to keep in mind.
I honestly don’t see how we are that large of a voting block? 5 out of 30+ people doesn’t seem too big of sway to me. And another thing it’s not like we are going to vote against anything because we’ve been “antagonized” (didn’t really see the point of you adding that), if we don’t vote for something it’s because we don’t like the game. And amongst the people that are in tF we have different views on which games we want to play. And most of us are unbiased in what to play. Take me for example, I opted to not have GoW2 in this LAN just to give it some down time. GoW2 is my game I love it more than any other game I’ve ever played but instead I put my support behind the Wii and PS3 to get it’s popularity up. Please stop looking at our community as some kind of force that has to be appeased. We are gamers just like everyone else in the club.
From what I remember from last year, you guys did have a lot of people show up to the meetings as apposed to this semester. And again, Im ok with that, I think its great that you guys can get people to come to the meetings because the more people we have in there the better it looks on the club and the more fun we seem to have. And I’m not trying to say you guys are rigging stuff to your liking, all I’ve been trying to say is that I want you guys to keep a more open mind about what people like on the other systems since tF’s specialty in gaming is the 360.
Also, I definitely am not trying to antagonize tF, I was with you guys for quite a while. Im not trying to push your buttons or anything because hey, you guys help out with this club just as much as everyone else. And again, we need you guys to help us too, and the last thing we need is to divide the club up between two parties. I’m not out to sabotage you guys or anything because I consider you guys my friends, and Im not going to do that to my friends. Now we may not agree on everything and thats fine because if it wasnt that way, I wouldnt be able to get different opinions on what needs to changed or of new things we should try.
I guess what Im pretty much trying to say is that Im not trying to go to war with anybody and I dont want that. If I say something you dont agree with here on the forums, message me about it first and we’ll talk about it. If you think I am getting an attitude, ask me first because Im probably not (and if I am I will let you know, my netiquette seems to come off as a little hostel Ive been told lol). And I mean this for everyone, If you have a problem or concern, just talk to me about it, Im not going to be mean to you, Im here to try to help everyone and make things better.