Appreciation

[sarcon]

First and foremost I want to take a second and express how I truly appreciate this community. The imms, the players the enviornment.. it's amazing. I love how people can express themselves, give opinions, help others and even the occasional flaming. We all try to keep each other on our toes. I personally have never actually had a friend for 10+ years. I usually stick and move and if your not worth my time I don't invest in people. But I'll tell you what.. I've been playing FL since I was in highschool and always miss everyone when I'm away for too long. However, with that being said.. I love forsaken lands and everyone that embodies it. The one thing I would like us all to start working towards is our tone and overall respect for one another. Yes yes.. there is a tone when txt'ing opinions. Everyone has something important to say and their opinion matters. Sure, sometimes people don't really know how to express themselves properly and it comes off wrong, aggressive or arrogant, but overall they are still a human. There is no need to attack anyone directly or indirectly. We just need to understand that everyone has a voice and an opinion and that's important. It's a pretty crappy feeling when people feel underappreciated. The imms work hard, the players work hard and overall we are all trying to make things work. People are distracted and worried about what people think about them so remember your words are weapons and your opinion can hurt someone if not handled with care. This community is special and worth fighting for, let's all just remember that we can only accomplish funtopia together... yes yes.. I just said funtopia.. but truth be told that's the goal. we want to have fun and immerse ourselves in FL because it's awsome... let's just try our best to not put people down and sideswipe their opinions because you don't agree....... ok.. I think I'm done my rant. 

[FatMike]

Agreed, I think a lot of appreciation gets lost in the everyday forum content. I missed this place more than I knew and didn't realize it until I came back and started playing again and having fun.

[Zavero]

Sometimes the forum is great. Most of the time it's all of us just bickering like children. Hence, tons of threads that has an immortal that has to remind everyone that it is getting out of hand. 

[Fool_Hardy]

Well stated. I always welcome you all home when you return. You all have become the family I choose to spend time with.

I care for each of you like my children, and when you bicker, I can only hope you find consensus and carry on together.

Thank you for this post, it pleases the heart to know that other players here feel as I do. It makes me feel at home.