Quote Originally Posted by Aithos View Post
Sadly for you, you completely missed the point of what I was saying. I didn't mention strength, I mentioned flavor specifically. He chimed in to correct me about a statement I didn't make and was a dick about it without adding anything substantial to the post in the way of information. There is a good way to make a point and a bad way, his way was the latter. If he had come in and said "this is how we normally define blah blah, and this is what he meant blah blah" and was nice about it...that's a whole different story.

Now you come in here as a Moderator to tell me off and tell ME to back off? With all due respect, you need to have a bit more tact and your priorities are completely out of whack. If being "left out" is the result of expecting people to have some respect, then I'd rather be left out. Also, I take exception to you implying that he is my "superior" in any fashion. You don't know the first thing about me and quite frankly, that's insulting and I don't appreciate it.
Okay, let's get a few things straight, here. First of all, you were the one who went combative in the first place. There's no need for that, but all that is easily forgiven.

Secondly, all the brother was trying to do was not to back you into a corner of outing your ignorance, but rather to get some pretty common definitions straight, so we all have some common ground upon which to communicate. Sorry if that "common ground" isn't your chosen vernacular, but it just so happens to be that which we sign up for as hobbyists. Maybe we can change it, maybe we can't, but we sure ain't gonna change it all in one post. For instance, if we want to communicate according to accepted vernacular, there is NO correlation between strength and flavor. One has nothing to do with the other. Don't shoot the messenger.

Another unfortunate assumption made here is the idea that I, or any other member of staff comes swooshing in with some sort of presumed authority ("as a moderator"). I find the implication tremendously offensive and I can tell you right now, if any member of staff comes into a thread flexing muscles and fails to identify themselves as anything other than a member, THAT is a problem.

When I reply to a post here, I am a member. If you've been around these forums for long, you'd know this. I am a MEMBER FIRST. When I post, I post as a MEMBER.


I reserve the right to disagree with you, as a member. I reserve the right to take issue with you waxing a bit too touchy, when another, very experienced member calls your definitions to task. Okay, you were't actually talking about this and that? Fair enough. What I would have done, would have been to take responsibility for the miscommunication, rather than try to blame someone else. Perhaps, and I mean, JUST perhaps, you didn't communicate your meaning accurately? I mean, you're not exactly talking to a couple of guys who are prone to misinterpretation. No one's looking for a fight here. No one wants contention. The whole point of this place is to get along and have an "additive" affect upon one another's experience. When we DO disagree, we seek to do so respectfully and in a way that can help us learn from one another, not just fling handfuls of dung.

Just food for thought. Think about it. If you're STILL pissed, we can try and ferret it out a different way.