There's always someone after this community.
This community has always been in a permanent defensive position from other servers since Argonath RPG is one of
the very few server that will not conform to what is seen as standard in the RPG community.
And when you refuse to obey the hivemind, you also get these little drones that are devoid of any individuality buzzing after you like flies.
The direct off-spawn from that is this unique "anti-negativity" policy that goes way further beyond even what we had back in 2006.
And I'm not talking about just "being a strict admin", I'm talking about this bullshit about criticism or ideas being shot down wherever it rears it's head.
This just feeds the cycle even more. Instead of keeping on with the "Defensive, but open", it went to "Defensive, but closed".
Take a quick gander at the Ideas section and it becomes apparent just how far this has gone.
On one hand, Argonath RPG is a tiny jewel in the ocean of plain, on the other, the jewel is extremely dirty from all the crap it has had to endure by people who are there to clean it (community). RS5 is a good step but it's not a step that will complete itself...
Makes for a strange situation indeed...
I'd propose shock-therapy. No Literally. Stop being dickasses in the ideas section for starters and actually consider the idea compared to all other factors, some ideas are genuinely good but just because another server already has it, it is the fucking anti-christ. Step it down, people borrow from each other all the time.
Actually inventing something completely original is extremely hard, stop demanding such from eachother and actually work together...
Argonath will not turn into a generic server because x idea who happens to be similar to another server. That's ridicilous.
Implement Kojaks Moderator Reform if it has not been already (For real this time, not this "Uh gud idea wuts that? Already forgotten

" shit).
I mean come on, finally someone proposes a good solution (altough with some flaws that could be corrected) to add strength to the gate that is standing watch, and greets new player. And it's all forgotten about in favor of having a piss contest...
Finally, if people stopped abusing/being dicks to new players that walk trough the gate. Or actually provided a good influence instead of this "Greed" and "Fuck everyone else" mentality people exhibit, I'd be willing to bet many of said players would not return to bite the community in the ass (Spread rumours, gather resources to ddos with and whatnot).
