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    E19 is Released

    in News and Announcements

    Posted

    I've not played the game a single bit, but seeing the work you've put in all these years has been nothing short of inspiring. Congratz, friend. Hope you take a much needed break from any sort of dev work because lord knows you deserve it.

    me being sensitive or actual,,, rudeness?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, LemonJones said:

    Not dissing the feelings or the importance of kindness. Mostly because I've been hit hard and know how a simple word can knock someone down. BUT! Hell yeah it's useful to get blasted back. In a lesson kind of way. Matter of perspective. Besides expecting to get treated back the same way you treat others is nothing but poetic. Not realistic. Doesn't mean you cannot grow from it or seek comfort after. Do that. Do what you got to do to bounce back. 

    Not throwing mindfulness out of the window or saying you gotta experience the worst end of it to understand it. However, I do feel strongly that discomfort is your best teacher and makes you expand. That's what I was getting at. 

     

    Non of it should be taken too seriously though. Even taking life too seriously messes with your head. All I'm saying is to move on and not to dwell on it and start overthinking. Maybe you do not choose how you feel about it but you choose how to deal with it.

    You ever think about how it's not anyone's job to dole out these lessons? Like, what purpose does this mindset serve? If someone is being a dick, they're not doing it for the person on the receiving end's sake, they're doing it to cut down the person they're speaking to. Treating others with respect shouldn't be based on expectation of reciprocity, but because you operate in a way that is innately respectful to other people. The pep talk you're giving effectively minimizes OP's feelings, and I think you should reflect on why you're taking this approach.

     

    On 4/2/2020 at 12:14 PM, pinkiepop said:

    so uhm. i joined the discord server a while back [left after ,,,, the stuff that happened. that i'm talking about in this post. rejoined recently, for some ,, reason.] 

     

    i was,,,, kind of complaining? about a really early game boss, since that one in particular was really annoying and kind of hard to beat. then a couple other people said stuff like "come complain when you get to [x]" and it kind of made me feel patronized.... without the kindness part. looked down upon. i don't know if it's just me being sensitive, but it didn't feel,, good. stupid. i mean, they might be right. for this boss a steel type would probably completely overpower it, but i didn't think of it at the time...

    Sorry the this happened to you, young monarch. You deserved better, and Reborn is capable of that. I do hope this hasn't soured your image of our wonderful community.

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    The Ruler’s Back (Not Slick Rick)

    in Welcome Center

    Posted

    On 8/9/2018 at 4:40 PM, MintMan said:

    Hey welcome back! I really appreciate the title of this thread. Hope to get to know you better!

    'Preciate it bro. I see you're a bit of a Hip-Hop head. Always cool to have another one of us lurkin'.

     

    22 hours ago, Noivy said:

    Man, here I am having a massive flashback to when we both first set foot on this site.

     

    Damn, that was a long time ago.

    It's been a good long minute man. Even with all the shit that's happened and us talking a whole lot less I want you to know that I consider you one of my best bros here.

    The Ruler’s Back (Not Slick Rick)

    in Welcome Center

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Zarc said:

    Welcome back to reborn !

    Thanks fam.

     

    11 hours ago, sdddf4 said:

    Welcome back to reborn fellow reborn fan!

    I actually don’t like the game  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Haven’t played it enough to really have an opinion on it

     

    9 hours ago, Psychic Sheep said:

    yes

     

    bless you

    welcome back

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    Bless up bro, thanks

     

    3 hours ago, andracass said:

    hiya~

    welcome back!

    Howdy, ‘preciate it

     

    1 hour ago, Ikaru said:

    MY BOY! I didn't see this yesterday and only said words on discord but welcome back man. I'm ngl you popped up in my facebook recommendations here and there because 4 mutual friends still, so this is kind of cool that you're here again. 

    ‘Preciate it bro, I missed y’all a lot so I’m real glad to be back. You know you can always add me on fb Mr M[redacted] M[redacted]

    The Ruler’s Back (Not Slick Rick)

    in Welcome Center

    Posted

    ‘Sup babes, I guess this is my “old member coming back” reintroduction thread.

     

    To all my old Reborn peeps that know me: I missed y’all how’ve you been? How’s life treating you?

     

    For all the newer folk that’ve come here since I took a leave from the server/non-Ace parts of the forum: Hey what’s up, I’m Erick, certified best member of Reborn since 2011.

     

    I’ll be sticking around for a while, so I’d love to get to know you all. Feel free to ask me just about anything, though this isn’t an official AMA thread.

    Retiring EXP, Ace, and introducing...

    in News and Announcements

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

    Also, bring out tfw topic. that's probably the one topic that makes up the Ace board and doesn't really have anything that would be better left hidden. Hell, I might just go back and scroll through memory lane myself.

    Nah you dead wrong on that one. 

     

     

    I think y’all need to go into the Ace forum and address some shit. Y’all literally pulled the rug up from under us on this one.

    Top 5 National Anthem

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Gentleman Jaggi said:

    I just wanna pop in to note that only the third stanza, starting at 2:00 is the official German anthem. The previous two stanzas, the first one in particular, are at best frowned upon in Germany due to our historical baggage. The song itself is actually from the 19th century and carried a different meaning than most people would imediately associate with it, but history left its mark on people's perception.

    Deutschland über alles. Fuck what ya heard

    Trumpcare...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    59 minutes ago, Wheat said:

    My friend - the individual mandate is necessary if the goal of the nation regarding healthcare is to provide every American with insurance.

    Here's a question, my guy. Why is that NOT the goal? Why is one's health considered a commodity to be bought and payed for? We are a nation founded upon the very idea that all people have the unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The first of those three being the hot ticket here. One's health and life are one in the same, a point I highly doubt even a conservative with their head buried in the sand as deep as can possibly be, wouldn't deny.  Shouldn't the government have an obligation to ensure that the American citizen access to healthcare, as a means of protecting their right to life? Similar logic is used to justify the nation's ever expanding military that is guarding us from [insert external existential boogeyman].  Regardless of how one FEELS about the size of government and its hands being entrenched in the personal lives of the citizenry, there's really no solid argument for why our healthcare industry functions the way it does. I feel that the very lives of our citizens, and as such the life of our nation, really should not be measured in so much as dollars and cents. Now, whether the solution is a full single-payer system, or a hybrid in which a base single-payer is provided for all and an individual can have coverage outside of that, be it through their job or their own private purchase is up for debate. I'll never understand the mentality that comes with "well why should I pay for Joe Blow to receive care?" Hint hint: It's because Joe Blow and everyone else is paying so that you can do the same.

    Trumpcare...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Universal Healthcare doesn't seem feasible as it is now because the healthcare industry in this country is based on profit.  

     

    That being said, the AHCA is a fuckin' mess, and sometimes I wonder how the GOP can sit around and act like everything is hunky-dory when it's becoming more and more clear by the day that they're in for a very long year this year, and assuming they maintain a similar majority after 2018 a long 4 years with the joker in the WH. They've literally spent so much time on obstructionist actions that they've no fucking idea how to make actual substantive policy. I wonder if Trump turns on them should they fail to pass this bill, and revives his calling to "Drain the Swamp"

    Why the f*ck do I keep getting logged out

    in Welcome Center

    Posted

    6 hours ago, HongaarseBeer97 said:

    I have the same, I mean, I browse on my phone and PC. However, I don't really log out of reborn. So it says I'm logged out, but I'm not really. So when I press 'home' or 'forums' I'm logged in once again without typing my password and username. This might also be the case for you 

    Nah, my phone's shortcut goes straight to the forum part of the site. I gotta sign in on this jawn whenever I switch between the two

    disparity

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, Bazaro said:

    In "old Reborn" the auth didn't really have to follow any rules. If they wanted you gone, they would just mute or kick you, there was no Clarice. "Auth abuse" was much more common then, but everyone was closer so it was more often comical than anything else. If someone had a problem with someone else, they'd call them out, settle it, and we'd usually move on... usually, not always, drama was still a thing then, but at least people were vocal enough to deal with it again. People weren't as... fragile as they are now. Now there's so many people in-and-out, no one's really close anymore. Also a big part is that Reborn shifted from being a server-based community to a forum-based one, I feel. There isn't as much face-to-face conversing as it is post and wait for a slow methodical response days later. 

    Automod existed. Wasn't given the name Clarice until it became BreloomBot. Reborn was still VERY sensitive lmao. I remember getting kicked and muted for calling mods communists in a back channel. I remember the whole Mael/Autumn fiasco. Reborn was and still is very much a hugbox, but as I'be seen over the years is that a lot of the members could use that kind of environment.

     

    You're dead-on with the server/forum thing. The forum always seemed like it was secondary to the server, but the opposite is definitely true nowadays. 

     

    Just from my sitting back and watching the way people talk and interact around here, a lot of it seems very performative. You only gotta wait until people are in a place not directly tied to this place to see that. I feel like that comes from forum size. You've got a larger amount of people seeing the things you do and say. You want to be perceived favorably if you plan on sticking around, ya know?

     

    I roast the auth a lot. Like. A lot. But their role as the years have gone by has become less "Member of the community that can mute/kick the occasional troll / Run the lines for the league" and much more "Babysit the server/forum for as long as you can tolerate then swap out", which is a shame because more often than not the Auth had some of the best personalities (there were and are a few exceptions).

     

    Personally, I feel like the biggest change along with the size of the forum has been the average age. Back in the day, we were all in our mid-late teens/early 20s. Much closer in age, easier to relate to one another, makes for a decently mature place if the vibe is right and it was. The larger the place has become, the closer the average age has gone towards Pokemon's intended audience's age. Maturity level goes down, meaning you've gotta handle the community differently.

     

    It is what it was, ya know? Old Reborn was good, it was also shitty in some ways. New Reborn is probably just as good for these newer members as Old Reborn was for us. This place ain't aimed at those of us that came here for the League, or just liked the community as it was back then. S'bout time we sat on the porch and chilled with our place as the older folks. Maybe make things more interesting for us here and there, but otherwise keep on the porch.

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