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Okay, I'm not even sure where to start tackling this... At first your silly arguments and general attitude amused me, but it grows tedious. What I see here, is a log of every time someone has done something you didn't like, going back crist-knows-how-many years. Not only is that a bit incredibly petty and a bit unsettling, but it's also a very unhealthy mindset. Of course it's going to feel like the whole world is against you and that everyone hates you if you keep track of every time someone has ever upset you. This is far from the toxic community you believe it to be, you've only tricked yourself into thinking that by focusing all your attention on the bad moments to the exclusion of all else. Do you not see the inherent hypocrisy here? You are always begging people to forget the things you've done, to start over, to give you a clean slate on which to build a new, better reputation, yet you hold grudges against people for little things they did one a long time ago. You want us to believe you've changed, yet here you are judging other people on things long past. You really need to take a good hard look at yourself if you still think that the community is the problem. You keep saying you've changed, but the very fact that you've posted this blog proves that you have not. You can't just tell people you're a different person and then expect them to treat you like one, you have to show them that you're a better person now. Which, to be frank, you have failed to ever do. You've done a pretty good job of giving people a poor impression of yourself, and you can't just expect them to forget that impression overnight. I've tried to defend you in the past, thinking the other members have been a bit too hard on you, but every passing interaction makes me lose faith in you a little more. The members here can be a bit hard on new members, and I'm not going to condone that, but can you blame them? We get hundreds of new members every week, most of which never post a single thing, and the ones that do tend to be trolls are little kids that don't know how to use proper grammar or spelling and bump years-old topics with irrelevant posts. It gets tiring having to put up with them, but some of them eventually get better and integrate into the core community, gaining the respect of the other members who in turn treat them as an equal. You have, and I know you are going to hate me for saying this but it's the truth, never grown out of that "annoying new member" phase. I have more that I want to say, but I'm having trouble finding the right words for it. Try to listen to what I have to say, and don't dismiss it as me "bullying" you. No one is being mean to you on purpose, we are only trying to help you be a better member of the community, but when you don't cooperate it's very frustrating. That's all I can really say for now. Out.

I had a look through your introduction post to repost what I said when you joined and reformat it into a 'welcome back' message... ...I discovered I never even said 'hullo' when you arrived. So I'm taking this as a moment of opportunity to say...; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8a4iiOnzsc

Look, I don't agree with what Mael says, but this isn't helping. You probably didn't mean it this way, but you make RRU sound exactly the cliquish place that he accuses it of being. We have standards, sure, but we're not a committee. As far as I'm concerned, we accept Mael, in spite of his misunderstandings. Please don't make me reconsider that opinion.

Liked for being back on the welcome topic. *sigh* You just can't seem to get good welcome topics to look back to can you MaelstromIslander? :P

You're still giving this issue attention? Sheesh people just let it be done already I've said my part, Fushi said her part, and you've said your parts, and now it should be over. Just let this issue go and quit giving this Islander issue attention.

Yes, we have standards, and if people don't meet those standards then there's no reason to pretend otherwise. Otherwise, the whole community would eventually fall apart.

I have no money or free time anyway, so I am safe.