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[DopeAsRoe]

this guy is a saint

[TroubledGhost]

58 minutes ago, DopeAsRoe said:

this guy is a saint

I miss you pookie-roe; when are we gonna storm German trenches together?

[DopeAsRoe]

8 minutes ago, TroubledGhost said:

I miss you pookie-roe; when are we gonna storm German trenches together?

the Germans are pretty chill this time of year, I hear the French are ripe

[TroubledGhost]

Just now, DopeAsRoe said:

the Germans are pretty chill this time of year, I hear the French are ripe

oo la la, sign me up.

[shy]

I know this guy. He’s an absolute fucking troll, and anyone who’s interacted with him knows that. Half the time he’s just trying to get a reaction out of people. But when it actually matters, he knows how to flip that switch and be serious.

Sure, his history of notes and bans isn’t the greatest, but I’ve also seen him mature over time. A lot of the best players on Diverge weren’t perfect when they first started either. People learn, and I genuinely think he’s one of those people.

He’s a great person to be around, lighthearted, approachable, and understanding. I think he’d be someone who’s willing to listen, learn, and take feedback rather than let his ego get in the way. Coachable staff are some of the best staff because they’re always improving, and I think he’d fit that category.

Good luck, akhi. I think you’d do well

[jennabananas]

+1 a lot of people see howie as a troll but hes honestly not as bad as you think  

[goldens]

+1 for sure. Good luck Howie!!

[Fritz]

-1

 

Everyone loves Howie, I think he's a great dude, and I know that he is capable of good RP, and I also believe that he probably has better judgement than most people entrusted with being staff. On the other hand, I can't give a strong +1 here because most of what I see you do is minge or at least minge-spectrum activity; most of what I see from Howie is trying to get a ruse out of people, copbaiting, and generally other mingey activities. I understand that Howie is well liked, and he is a likeable person, but I believe a person's roleplay history should be at the front of determining if someone should be staff, and in this department, despite his capability, he has spent the majority of his time minging, copbaiting, getting PKed and creating a "new" (slightly different) character to do the same exact thing on, and despite his likeability, contributing to the overall enshittification of roleplay and arguably the server.

Howie is fun to be around, but will Howie warn or ban people for copbaiting when it's what he spends half his time doing? Will Howie warn or ban people for being PKed, then assuming the same role in their family (which he has done), for making a character with an analogous name to do the same RP? I don't believe so, and, if so, would it not be hypocritical for him to do so while doing those things himself. 

 

I have had good times with Howie, but being likeable doesn't excuse the reality of what he does here, I think the mere tolerance of serial minges is a step that has turned Diverge closer to DarkRP than was ever intended, and if we make anyone who minges on a constant basis staff, we might as well merge communities with TitsRP.