Sentry, this is your 3rd blog in a one day man. Just to let you know, the community strongly frowns upon posting more then 1 blog per day. I think this is the first time you've done this, and you probably didn't know, so it's no big deal right now. If you continue to do it though you will get a lot of flames from the community.

If you like blogging that's great, but just try to keep it to one post a day please.

@Sentry: Today I personally don't really have a problem with you posting multiple blogs since it's been a pretty slow day so far in the cblogs. If it had been a busier day then I would have a more serious problem. As it is, I'm trying to simply be polite and let you know the community usually frowns upon this type of stuff.

Your first blog today was good, the next one was old news that was on the front page a couple days ago, this one could also be barely considered a blog and has been posted about as well but at least you threw some commentary in, mr. spooky/darkair posted this awhile ago but just posted 2 pictures and a sentence. I'd at least hide the Fez blog.

meh, his blogs are decent compared to some of the shit that gets posted. so whatevz. just be careful how often you post, quality>quantity etc

Welcome to dtoid. <3

You broke the unwritten rules Sentry, DESTRUCTOID BLOGS ARE SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS.

That said, I don't see the issue, here, good blogs, good content and really its just the same group of guys who have a problem with more than one blog a day(might I add they are spaced out) so just ignore them and post to your hearts content.

If Niero wanted us to post one blog a day he would have made a one blog a day limit, till he does that I urge anyone that wants to say something to post away as long as the blog has content of course.

Keep up the good work Sentry.

Heh, thank you Kyousuke. Had I noticed your comment sooner, it might've stemmed the tide of my following rant.

I hardly think I freaked out, and believe me I don't nurse any hatred towards you or anybody else, for any reason. The comment regarding how long I've been around was a relevant and effective segue to my point about the fact that I take deliberate care with what I choose to write.

Your point regarding blog "bumping" is well-taken, but I'd argue that it's not my responsibility nor within my control where a blog happens to be placed in the lineup. That's based solely on time of posting, and short of not posting anything at all (something I'm unwilling to do), I have very little influence over that. That has nothing to do with being supportive or unsupportive of the community as it's every member's responsibility to post their own whatever, whenever they like. I'm not casual about when or what I choose to post, which is all you have a right to ask of me.

As for you exercising your own voice, I certainly don't begrudge you that. I just disagree with much of what you and several others have to say, and I've been wanting to comment on it for some time. It was either do so in the comments area where it was most relevant, or write another blog criticizing the less savory aspects of this community. Which would you prefer?

I'm responding buddy, and I wouldn't confuse uptight with upset. You didn't criticize my writing nor did you respond to anything in the subject of what I wrote about, which is something I welcome in this venue. Rather, you criticized my posting methods which you could just as easily do in a direct message, E-mail, Twitter, or any of the other ways I've made myself accessible to you and everybody else.

Either way, it's obvious that we're coming at this from two different points of view. I'm perfectly happy to let it be.

Yeah let's just call it a wash and get on with our lives.

Incidentally,(and steering the comments back onto an actual topic) do you have any cabinets already or does "lesser aspirations" mean that you just wish you did? It's one of those things I find interesting, but could never get into, myself.

You guys outta get some prohibition style backroom where you can hide more cabinets. Denver venue laws be damned.

(Don't actually do this, I don't want to be responsible for the substantial legal fees it would result in.)

SilverDragon - By the way, I'd like to apologize to you for being so dismissive of your thoughts earlier. While I still feel that frequency shouldn't necessarily provoke ire, you're far more familiar with the community dynamic than I am, and "should" doesn't always meet reality.

Thank you kindly, and I'm sorry.

Don't worry about it Sentry. Just keep blogging man. Don't let me discourage you in any way. I really enjoyed your piece on Pokemon Blue. We need more quality stuff like that on the Cblogs.

@Sentry
I just wanted to clarify something for you.

None of the users here mean any of this as a slight against you or the quality of your writing.

Considering the length of your retort to completely valid criticisms, it seems like you don't take it very well. On a personal note, I don't take criticism as well as I should, but I'm working on it. I will give you a suggestion though: if you want to stand up to unwritten rules, more power to you, but saying you're "wrong and strong [I'll do what I want no matter what]" isn't the best way to go about things in my opinion. A lot of us are stubborn, but it would be nice to know that it is possible to respect people's opinions.

Once you get to know all of us, you'll understand that no one meant any harm. Chronoswing has a reputation for being very vocal in pointing out failure in blogs, and can be very vicious: that's just how he is, and I understand that. This time, he was VERY sincere and respectful if you compare his comment to other bloggers. Silver is the nicest community member you'll find here: he also meant no harm. Zodiac is also a very active member, and is just looking out for you.

Basically, despite any constructive criticism here, your banner is amazing, your attitude is amazing, and your about me is superb. Just remember that we all have opinions of the contents of certain blogs, and they're just that: simple opinions. You'll fit in amazingly here (I say that because I never noticed your blogs, and all of a sudden you're sprouting up).

Magnalon - I have a few things left to say on this matter.

"Wrong and strong" is not my approach, but rather part of my explanation. I'm not setting out to be rebellious, nor am I trying to go against the stream. It's not an ego thing, despite the fact that I'll often approach and acknowledge things from an "ego" point of view. It's a qualitative thing. I believe in the things I believe in for the reasons that I believe them, and if somebody is unable to convince me otherwise, then I'm willing to accept the fact that I'll potentially fall in the minority opinion. That's all I mean by that. And also that I'll accept responsibility for and own my screw-ups when I recognize them, such as Fez.

What I said regarding forum versus blog is still my opinion and I've yet to hear an argument against it not having to do with the blog lineup. When I posted my Pokemon Blue send-up, the amount of time I left it in editing meant that it had already been bumped by three newer posts by the time I actually got it up. This, I feel, is the nature of the beast. The Cblog readers seem an avid and responsible bunch and I'm confident that people will find my blog, in time, if the quality is there, and I refuse to hold anybody else responsible for "bumping" my posts, regardless of how much quality I consider theirs to have had. My profile isn't likely to go anywhere (presuming I don't do anything outrageously banworthy), nor are my posts.

It's unfortunate that people are singling out the "Michael Jackson" element of this particular post, as the meat of the thing was a brief criticism about how the value of a video game (or anything, really) can be distorted by the celebrity factor, and MJ served as a current example. I chose not to post it in a forum because this particular opinion wasn't intended for discussion, but rather expression, and I stand by that.

As for how long I take to respond to criticisms, that has more to do with the fact that I care to address every point raised and every additional point that I can think of (even if I've kept my mouth shut in the past), while trying to mind the perspective of those speaking to me. I'm FIERCELY committed to the concept of good argument and debate, which is why I'm often so willing to dig in, whether it personally concerns me or not. If the concept or the idea interests me in any way, then I'll come out guns-a-blazin', for better or for worse.

Yes, of course things will get under my skin, but I have a long history of discerning my emotional response from my intellectual response, and either separating the emotional element out entirely, or utilizing it to fuel my ambition to respond intellectually. Truthfully, I usually want to just mutter "I'm sorry" and go crawl in a hole, as this is more likely to keep me from getting in "trouble", but there are certain ideas I care too much about, such as the dynamics of this community, as well as what criteria a person should use when posting on a site of this nature.

As I come to better know you all, I'm sure my behaviour will adapt somewhat, as there are undoubtedly plenty of things to learn. But seriously folks, my Pokemon blog was done the previous day and is only considered "same day" because of how late I got it up. Prior to yesterday, my bloggings have been sporadic at best, so it's not like I've some history of spamming, and considering some of the loyalties in this community as well as my willingness to discuss my behaviour and opinions, I'd like to be cut a little slack for this fact.

I'm not out to make enemies. There are dozens of things I haven't written, either because I couldn't get the concept fully-formed, the writing just wasn't there, it was no longer newsworthy/relevant, or it'd already been done a hundred times before. I want to write about what interests me, and I'll do my damnedest not to waste anybody's time.

And thank you. Your words mean a lot to me. Both the criticisms and the encouragement. I'd much rather get along with everyone, but if somebody should criticize my methods (something I put a great deal of thought into), you can sure-as-hell bet that I'm going to respond. Sorry, but I don't know any other way.

Cheers.

I actually did write the entirety of the content in Open Office Writer. It was all of the upload time and image tweaking that took so long (ultimately redid the images and hosted on Photobucket since Dtoid kept resizing to 620px wide, which cropped). I learned a lot while doing it though, so it won't take nearly so long in the future.

I'll look into it. Truthfully (and ironically), I don't write here frequently enough to be too worried about it at the moment. Hah.

I'm with Char. For the full 100%.