| RESPECT, The Dying Member Of The JA | |
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AngelD'Kana - ex-Student  |
Respect here at the academy seems to be slipping. I have gone through the forums, profile hopping, to the IRC channel, and to play on the servers, and the more i read/IRC/play/chat-Ingame the more disgusted I get at the lack of respect shown by most. I apologize to thoes who have tremendous respect for others for generalizing this post but this issue has grown over the past few months and I think it really needs to be addressed I am not reporting anyone because there has been minimal disrespect geared towards me and I do not feel it is my place, but that doesnt mean Im okay with it and it most certainly does not mean I will stand for it. Thoes who are disrespectful to others: You know who you are and wether you were disrespectful to someone out of anger, frustration, stress, or because your mean, It doesnt give you the right to do it. Disrespect can be as simple as ignoring someone true, but the disrespect that I have seen is far worse and that is why i decided to write this. I have seen insults, flamming, pointless arguing and bickering, the whole works. Come on people grow up it takes two to argue certaintly one of you can be big enough and shrug it off why continue? Disrespect spreads like a virus the more you disrespect someone the more you will end up getting disrespected. Its sad but true, disrespect often fuels retaliation/revenge/hostility. If your disrespectful to someone they will want to be disrespectful back, and you will have an argument on your hands. Nobody likes to see that adn when they do it often makes them think less of the two parties involved in the argument (unless of course the argument was unavoidale/perfectly reasonable). Retaliation is just as bad and is frowned upon just as much as the initial act of disrespect. If you have been disrespected don't go seeking revenge, notify a JAK+ or send an email to the council at fixtheja@thejediacademy.net . They are there to help make sure your experience here is as pleasant as possible. Nobody is forcing you to like every single person you come across but You do have to respect their right to be here peacfuly. if you have a problem with someone then ignore/avoid them but dont start trouble. Heck if you feel you have to respond in some way then do this: type somethink kind to them in the chat/game/profile, It pisses them off but will eventualy wear them down and who knows you might make a friend out of the situation. Also respect other people's wishes. If you are being told you are doing something obnoxious/annoying in IRC/theGame/A post ont the forums, then have the decency to stop it. Hopefully you be told in such an outright manner as "Your being obnoxious quit it" but if you are DON'T RESPOND NEGATIVELY stop the act, and when you get the chance tell a JAK+ the situation. I have one last form of disrespect to discuss. THIS FORM IS BY FAR THE WORST I HAVE SEEN!!! NEVER EVER take a personal attack at someone. NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID FIRST. You don't know what it's like to be that person. You have no idea what goes on in their head or their motives for doing what they do. Never make assumptions, you don't know what rough times/traumas they've faced. Even if they tell you, you can never assume you know the full story. Disrespect makes everyone around you uncomfortable and less interested in being your friend. So do yourself a favor don't disrespect people. If your angry/frustrated/stressed out then distance your self from the JA until youve cleared your head. Go on a public server under an alias and lame till your hearts content, but don't disrespect people here, youll only get yourself in trouble. And if you disrespect people because you just truly are a mean person inside, then leave, your not welcome here, this is a community that prides itself on the peaceful atmosphere it creates and IT WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO RUIN THIS ATMOSPHERE. I have bumped a really old thread dealing with the lockdown to compliment this post. I meant for people to see that thread and remember we have rules here for a reason and breaking the rules has consequences. Instead of bickering/arguing/insulting/attacking people here, try to make friends with them, I think its much easier to make friends here than it is to make enemies. I hope you will take this thread seriously and change your attitudes. I think we all could use a change even myself. No one person is perfect nor does the ja call for perfection, it merely calls for respect.  Angel D'Kana _______________ SMILY RULES ALL AND SHE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT Quote: Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain <Jedi_Prodigy> BOOOO angel! SEE SMILY? JP EVEN THINKS IM RIGHT  I WIN 12:15:30(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives Jacen_Solo a golden shower }{ [01:33:00(AM)] * DJ_Sith give `orion a wonderful golden shower! }{ [01:35:41(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives doobie|broke a wonderful golden shower! |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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I want to reiterate that any issues you're having with other students, the staff, the servers, or anything else related to the Jedi Academy you can bring to a council member. Please email fixtheja@thejediacademy.net if anything around here is keeping you from enjoying yourself. We want this place to be a fun place, remember?  _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Squibit - Student 
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Quote: But poeple, sometimes, take this game too serious, it's just a game anyways, and we are here to have fun? EEEEEK! This sounds to me very much like the sort of thinking that n00bs and lamers are made of. Sure its a game, and sure we are all here to have fun. But if you having fun stops others from having fun, that is when it has gone too far. _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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Squibit - Student 
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Quote: As silly as it sounds you forget we have alot of little kids here and when u decide to joke with them alot of them will take it seriously. Yeah remember that little aratan kid? people used to joke with him all the time and it didn't do him any good! He ended up having to be made a JAT to make him feel better !  _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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Anakin Skywalker - Ex-Student 
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Ataris, Respect is one of the important things my parents taught me. And i Do know what and when respect must be put into active. I was 14, when i joined the Army, so yeah I know that is. If no one taught other guys what respect is and when do they must have respect by the others, then i don't know who can teach them, in fact it will be useless to have a talk with him about respect. _______________ I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too! They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals! I HATE THEM! One day I will be the strongest Jedi ever, I will even know how to bring poeple back from death. |
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Ataris - Milwaukees Finest 
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Quote: Repect IS important, yes. But poeple, sometimes, take this game too serious, it's just a game anyways, and we are here to have fun? that is why we bought the game and play it right? Don't make things like this too important as this is your RL. We all have a RL and thats more important than anything else. Anything else, we just need a bit of respect and selfsense and a bit of grown up mind, and everything will do just fine. This is true, but I believe this thread is about the whole system, the whole community, not just the game.. Sure the game is a "cornerstone" of this community, and therefor it should also co-operate with the other "cornerstones" so the whole community doesn't fall.. The lack of respect on the server results in lack of respect in the whole community.. I'm one amongst those who get little respect by some members, dunno if I'm that hated amongst them, but I see no other reason.. I'm also amongst those temperful characters of the JA so I get quite easily provoked to resolve in ugly words and bad comments to other. Usually this doesn't happen without a reason.. I hope this post makes every people think a little more about how he/she acts on the servers, on IRC, and other parts of this community.. It sure made me think a whole lot more about my own acts and I'll try to be a better JA-er in the future.. I hope other members also try to make this a better place.. We're growing in numbers so let's keep it like it was in the good ol' days.. -Peace out- _______________ [ Honorable mentions: aph3x | Milamber | Bail Hope Belouve | Jaiko D'Kana | Rosered | JediEthic | Mike/JJ/TheKing | Kensei | Dane | Gradius | Thomas Skywalker | Pink Floyd | Setementor | Steinin | Odan-Wei ] [ Owner of: MetaDust's 500th comment! | Eica's 700th comment! | Pink Floyd's 666th, 999th, 1200th and 1337th comment! | DarkRyu's 400th comment! | Redeye's 1st comment! | Cow's 1111st comment! | Rufusan's 75th comment! | Wicek's 3300th and 3400th comment! | Dash Starlight's 2000th comment! | Piccolo's 3400th comment! | Takaru's 300th comment! | Senor Hat's 900th comment! | Rytandus' 4160th comment! | The first ever awarded, the original, the one and only, Catphin Award!!1 ] "Music expresses that which can not be put in to words but can not remain silent." |
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Anakin Skywalker - Ex-Student
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Repect IS important, yes. But poeple, sometimes, take this game too serious, it's just a game anyways, and we are here to have fun? that is why we bought the game and play it right? Don't make things like this too important as this is your RL. We all have a RL and thats more important than anything else. Anything else, we just need a bit of respect and selfsense and a bit of grown up mind, and everything will do just fine. _______________ I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too! They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals! I HATE THEM! One day I will be the strongest Jedi ever, I will even know how to bring poeple back from death. |
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AngelD'Kana - Ex-Student 
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Quote: But the problem is when they interfer with jokes meant for others. I'd rather jump from a bridge than let someone dictate how I can joke with my friends. Thats a different story in that instance they are being disrespectful by interjecting into a convo they arent apart of in the first place.  _______________ SMILY RULES ALL AND SHE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT Quote: Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain <Jedi_Prodigy> BOOOO angel! SEE SMILY? JP EVEN THINKS IM RIGHT I WIN 12:15:30(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives Jacen_Solo a golden shower }{ [01:33:00(AM)] * DJ_Sith give `orion a wonderful golden shower! }{ [01:35:41(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives doobie|broke a wonderful golden shower!
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
But the problem is when they interfer with jokes meant for others. I'd rather jump from a bridge than let someone dictate how I can joke with my friends. |
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AngelD'Kana - Ex-Student
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Quote: Along these lines, imho, people have recently been getting pissed over WAY too basic stuff - jokes, teasings, etc, and people get pissed off? What the heck? It can't even be because people don't get sarcasm, 'cause apparently, not even the " " is sacred anymore.. This is entirely true and alot of this over sensitivity leads to the acts of disrespect mentioned on my post but by the same token others should recognize when a person is overly sensitive and respect that fact by not joking in such a manner that they can take offense to it. As silly as it sounds you forget we have alot of little kids here and when u decide to joke with them alot of them will take it seriously. If you feel the need to joke with an overly sensitive person then you should stick with Knock Knock jokes or with cute harmless jokes that nobody can find offensive its okay to joke with them improperly once because u didnt know that they were over sensitive but once its clear, you should not continue to joke with them as they WILL take offense and their reaction will not be a good one. This all stems down to the same thing: Think Before You Take Action _______________ SMILY RULES ALL AND SHE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT Quote: Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain <Jedi_Prodigy> BOOOO angel! SEE SMILY? JP EVEN THINKS IM RIGHT I WIN 12:15:30(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives Jacen_Solo a golden shower }{ [01:33:00(AM)] * DJ_Sith give `orion a wonderful golden shower! }{ [01:35:41(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives doobie|broke a wonderful golden shower!
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Quote: Along these lines, imho, people have recently been getting pissed over WAY too basic stuff - jokes, teasings, etc, and people get pissed off? What the heck? It can't even be because people don't get sarcasm, 'cause apparently, not even the " " is sacred anymore.. Prolly cause you catch them on a bad day. It's happened on occasion. I'll be really mad at something, then somebody will say something that normally I'd take as a joke, but at the time it just sounds plain rude, and I get even more pissed and leave. I couldn't agree more. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
What do you mean? In a bad way? Or perhaps more 'down to earth'? |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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i feel that the JA has lost or is losing it's special "Jedi honor" type feeling that brought the thousands here.i barely go on the servers AT ALL and i only come here to talk it seems.seems the knights & trainers aren't as special anymore compared to the JK2 days... _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: Along these lines, imho, people have recently been getting pissed over WAY too basic stuff - jokes, teasings, etc, and people get pissed off? What the heck? It can't even be because people don't get sarcasm, 'cause apparently, not even the " " is sacred anymore.. I couldn't agree more. _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Along these lines, imho, people have recently been getting pissed over WAY too basic stuff - jokes, teasings, etc, and people get pissed off? What the heck? It can't even be because people don't get sarcasm, 'cause apparently, not even the "" is sacred anymore.. |
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AngelD'Kana - Ex-Student
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Quote: After reading this i started thinkin weather or not i've been disrespecting people. Personally i dont think i have, but, i will from now on be more carefull and think more about what i post/say/do. Italian ice i thank you greatly for saying this. You showed me i made a difference to at least one person and thats all i tried to accomplish with this. It makes me smile to see one person had the reaction i intended and that is to make people more aware of their actions regardless of how they act. The reason: The more aware we are the less likely we are to disrespect someone. Even thoes who have never disrespected someone can one day slip up by accident out of frustration if they are not aware of their actions. Once aware of their actions and as long as thought is behind each action we are less likely to see this kind of conduct. So once again I thank you for seeing the true purpose of this thread and for making yourself more aware of your actions. _______________ SMILY RULES ALL AND SHE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT Quote: Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain <Jedi_Prodigy> BOOOO angel! SEE SMILY? JP EVEN THINKS IM RIGHT I WIN 12:15:30(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives Jacen_Solo a golden shower }{ [01:33:00(AM)] * DJ_Sith give `orion a wonderful golden shower! }{ [01:35:41(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives doobie|broke a wonderful golden shower!
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Italian Ice - Student 
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Quote: After reading this post it made me think, damn I'm hungry. After eating some nachos I looked at my watch and calibrated it to the computer time. *shakes head and laughs* _______________ It's funny how many people know they have the right to remain silent, yet never do. |
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Zertz - Student 
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After reading this post it made me think, damn I'm hungry. After eating some nachos I looked at my watch and calibrated it to the computer time. _______________ Some friends wear pants, some don't. |
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Italian Ice - Student
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After reading this i started thinkin weather or not i've been disrespecting people. Personally i dont think i have, but, i will from now on be more carefull and think more about what i post/say/do. _______________ It's funny how many people know they have the right to remain silent, yet never do. |
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Zertz - Student
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Your two bolding types are too similar, otherwise well put. EDIT: Just realized post date. LOL _______________ Some friends wear pants, some don't. This comment was edited by Zertz on Aug 29 2004 04:36am. |
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3th - Retired 
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i agree with the sentiment, but i don't see it. guess i'm lucky enough to be around a lot of nice people here. i hope things get better for you angel _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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Quote: lol i like how everyone says nice post when someone posts something bad but if something good is posted it barely gets any comments and is forgotten just a observation i made over the past 2yrs almost you mean this post is ABOUT something bad, instead of that this post is just bad, right? _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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lol i like how everyone says nice post when someone posts something bad but if something good is posted it barely gets any comments and is forgotten just a observation i made over the past 2yrs almost _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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AngelD'Kana - Ex-Student
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Quote: Of course I agree with this, but I'm hoping you're not referring to my Newspost at Nine post here? Dont worry bail like i said i didnt gear this to any one person, i have seen alot of things which have ticked me off regarding the subject and that is why i posted it. All in fun between friends does not constitue disrespect and would not have prompted me to write this so don't worry Bail in no way was i referring to u _______________ SMILY RULES ALL AND SHE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT Quote: Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain <Jedi_Prodigy> BOOOO angel! SEE SMILY? JP EVEN THINKS IM RIGHT I WIN 12:15:30(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives Jacen_Solo a golden shower }{ [01:33:00(AM)] * DJ_Sith give `orion a wonderful golden shower! }{ [01:35:41(AM)] * DJ_Sith gives doobie|broke a wonderful golden shower!
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Jake Kainite - Student 
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Yeah kiddies, dissrespect is bad, but a bit of friendly competition and rivalry is ok it what makes us human.... _______________ Apprenctice of Jedi Master Ascari (deceased) Descended from a line of great Jedi Will argue any point of view from any side
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Sfire - Student 
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awesome post Angel. I agree 100% _______________ |Sfire - Padawan to MOTREC, Gradius| |Owner of Motrec's and Gradius's 999th Comments! Also Smily's 5001 comment and 3th's 1903 comment! Also, cannot forget to mention the proud owner of Gradius' 3000th comment!| |
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Henkes - Student 
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Good Post Angel! _______________ Get on your feet and do the Funky Alfonzo! |
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