Oh, How The Mighty Fall!

KLONDU · November 28, 2022

As some of you may have already found out, due to several factors, I have been removed from the staff team within the ImperialRP community. After doing some reflection today, I realized I'm lucky the punishment wasn't worse. I also realized that most of the actions I made during my tenure as staff on this wonderful server rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Ive never dealt with power very well, and I let it go to my head in a way that wasn't healthy, nigh destructible for the server, its reputation, its players, or myself. I wanted to apologize to everyone that was involved in the gross misuse of my staffing powers.

The title of this post is to remind myself and everyone that the old addage of "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" when that power is misused, it can lead to disastrous consequences. One of the 5 steps to destruction is "undisciplined pursuit of more". during my time as staff, I was always focused on getting the next rank, rather than taking a step back and actually learning how to properly be the current rank first. Another is "Denial of risk and peril". I threw caution to the wind when I administrated. I didnt care about who I hurt, and what damage I did to the server and its people. When people tried to warn me; "stop!", "think before you speak!" Etc... I chose not to take those things into consideration and continue down that deadly path to destruction.

I will be taking a 3-week LOA from my RP on the server, and during that time I will be focusing on how I build relationships. It wasn't just during my staff tenure that I ruined them. I know a lot of people on the server don't like me as an officer and I aim to change that. I have ambitious goals on the server, and I realize I will never be able to achieve them unless I think like the servers' people. I also understand that with the damage I've done, most people will not believe me until they see it, and upon my return, I will be ready to show that those changes have been made.

If you have read this far, Thank you. I will not be replying to any comments on this post, but if you choose to leave one, I will read it and take it into my reflection and future interactions. I will be a completely different person on the other side of this.

Gaminglight Forever!