As those who know me may be aware, my modus operandi is always to settle conflicts in private, with a compromise reached deemed satisfactory between both parties. Unfortunately, over the past few days and weeks, unsubstantiated smears and slander has been launched against Volkiba to the point where some third parties now have a generally negative, but false impression of our guild. The spillover of rhetoric and vitriol onto public channels has forced my hand, and hence my post here to defuse tensions. I will be addressing the overall forum environment, and not necessarily the contents of this thread in particular.
To clarify, Volkiba and its members, much like most guilds on Yggdrasil server, ascribe to the following four fundamental values: Loyalty, Respect, Honor, and Camaraderie. These tenets are applicable to intra-guild and inter-guild interactions, friend and foe alike. As such, it is standard practice that the majority of our members have not responded to attacks against Volkiba perpetrated by parties on public forums. Any response would have fanned the flames, and lead to an overwhelmingly toxic environment.
Due to the current climate in RO, especially with the forthcoming WoE reform and the population/migration crisis on Ymir server, the general uncertainty of Yggdrasil server status in the near-future has caused the very vocal antagonists of Volkiba to publicly voice their opinions. Recent guild decisions and directions enacted by the Volkiba executive may have negatively affected the ambitions and desires of other guilds, therefore an increase in hate posts on public media.
As a guild, we do not condone the use of smear and slander for ill-intent. Unfortunately, highly damaging unsubstantiated comments, in this case unfounded, have started to influence and dominate public opinion, with uncertainty in the long-term effects on the Volkiba brand name.
It is fortunate our guild leader has decided to remain above the fray. I would like to point out that guild leaders have an added responsibility of being the top representative of their respective guilds. Therefore, their words on public forums may be (or may be perceived as) representative of the opinion of a majority of their guild members.
On behalf of my guild, I would like to apologize to the forum community for some vitriolic comments made by Volkiba members. I hope I can also be afforded the authority to apologize on behalf of other parties who may have contributed to the negative discourse, the combination of which may have led to an unfavorable impression of Yggdrasil server.
Sceptical
Officer & Diplomat, Volkiba
Since my return Ive noticed a huge amount of Anti-Volkiba rhetoric and as Sceptical explained it is ALL unfounded lies and slander that is sadly now considered "common knowledge", that other guilds (names wont be named, you know who you are) are all to fond of spreading around.
what
Get a thesaurus and break the words he used that are to big down if you don't quite get it, i found it pretty straight forward.
1 ) Hes sick of hearing all of the lies and slander about our guild and has been stirred in to posting his post. Take it from someone who's known Sceptical a while, thats no mean feat.
2) He is upset by the fact that Guild leaders and members from other guilds a spreading those same lies over forums and other public mediums tainting not only our reputation but debasing us as well.
Hes far to polite, an unfortunate side effect of his cultural upbringing, allow me to condense into lay-mans terms what hes trying to say
Shut the Forumbashing up, Act your age and take your problems to the people you have them with, rather then beahaveing like a bunch of 12y/o girls who have just discoverd social media spouting off s*it in a public places and actually ACT like you the leader of a large group of people, instead of actling the afore mentioned 12 y/o girls.
I hope my condensed analysis helped you.