The whining about being "ganged up on" while "refusing their own comfort" (what??) is childish, inaccurate, and inappropriate here. Olga was not the only mod invited to that plurk; the plurk was to Anduin as well. Not the players' fault if Anduin wasn't around to respond, or didn't choose to.
In addition, Olga had NO obligation to engage in a discussion in that plurk while she wasn't feeling well. She started engaging in a conversation BEFORE mentioning that she had a migraine. The players in that plurk were conscientious of that, and when Olga did (finally) put the conversation on hold until the next day, the others involved gracefully accepted that.
Things Olga could have done differently:
- waited until she was feeling better to respond - responded briefly just to acknowledge that she saw the plurk, and waited until she was feeling better to delve into a conversation - gotten hold of Anduin, the other mod invited to the plurk, so that she would have some backup - worked with Batty to find a venue (such as a private plurk with two mods, Batty, and one other player) that both of them were comfortable with
She CHOSE to engage immediately and alone.
I've seen the plurk in question. There were a lot of people there, yes - maybe too many, but Batty did explain her reasoning for inviting them. Olga waited until her second to last reply in the plurk to say that she didn't appreciate "being ganged up [on] by all of you as I was." If she had truly felt uncomfortable, she should have said so right at the beginning. She should have told Batty right away if she felt it was inappropriate to have someone not in the game involved in the plurk. She should have worked with Batty to find a venue that everyone was comfortable with, where no one felt "ganged up on" or alone. Instead, she took part in the conversation when by her own account she had a migraine. She insisted on sharing the whole matter with her comods, including Mini, despite Batty's attempts to explain to her that she felt uncomfortable having Mini involved in the discussion. She waited to voice her own discomfort at being "ganged up on" until after she had already begun discussing in-depth.
Everything else aside, this accusation and the resulting PMs and ban warnings are bullshit. The PM sent to those players involved in the plurk said, among other things, that "It is unacceptable to ambush and gang up on another person" (my emphasis). THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. There were no attacks. There was no ambushing. This was a plurk, not a knife to Olga's throat, and she had no obligation to say anything more there than "hey, I see this. Batty, let's talk tomorrow."
The transcripts of the plurk and resulting PMs aren't mine to share, but I would highly encourage anyone involved in the game to seek them out and read them for themselves, in order to get an unbiased picture of what happened.
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In addition, Olga had NO obligation to engage in a discussion in that plurk while she wasn't feeling well. She started engaging in a conversation BEFORE mentioning that she had a migraine. The players in that plurk were conscientious of that, and when Olga did (finally) put the conversation on hold until the next day, the others involved gracefully accepted that.
Things Olga could have done differently:
- waited until she was feeling better to respond
- responded briefly just to acknowledge that she saw the plurk, and waited until she was feeling better to delve into a conversation
- gotten hold of Anduin, the other mod invited to the plurk, so that she would have some backup
- worked with Batty to find a venue (such as a private plurk with two mods, Batty, and one other player) that both of them were comfortable with
She CHOSE to engage immediately and alone.
I've seen the plurk in question. There were a lot of people there, yes - maybe too many, but Batty did explain her reasoning for inviting them. Olga waited until her second to last reply in the plurk to say that she didn't appreciate "being ganged up [on] by all of you as I was." If she had truly felt uncomfortable, she should have said so right at the beginning. She should have told Batty right away if she felt it was inappropriate to have someone not in the game involved in the plurk. She should have worked with Batty to find a venue that everyone was comfortable with, where no one felt "ganged up on" or alone. Instead, she took part in the conversation when by her own account she had a migraine. She insisted on sharing the whole matter with her comods, including Mini, despite Batty's attempts to explain to her that she felt uncomfortable having Mini involved in the discussion. She waited to voice her own discomfort at being "ganged up on" until after she had already begun discussing in-depth.
Everything else aside, this accusation and the resulting PMs and ban warnings are bullshit. The PM sent to those players involved in the plurk said, among other things, that "It is unacceptable to ambush and gang up on another person" (my emphasis). THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. There were no attacks. There was no ambushing. This was a plurk, not a knife to Olga's throat, and she had no obligation to say anything more there than "hey, I see this. Batty, let's talk tomorrow."
The transcripts of the plurk and resulting PMs aren't mine to share, but I would highly encourage anyone involved in the game to seek them out and read them for themselves, in order to get an unbiased picture of what happened.