[@BrokenPromise]
I'd sooner believe you're not ranting your head off in the hang-out thread because you know everyone there would [i]back me up[/i] -- after all, why else have you bothered to message me somewhere that you think they can't see instead of just be forthright about it? You somehow think I didn't know you've been peaking into the chat thread? I've been watching you in there the whole time; commenting about it to people; anticipating the moment this was coming, and here it is. I said it in the thread instead of in a PM because I [i]wasn't[/i] hiding it from you -- I've got nothing to hide. You might've found a way to earn my respect if you'd actually posted there and discussed it civilly, but now you've done nothing but show me I was right about you. Also, if you're that bothered having people know about this thread, you couldn't feel too proud of your conduct here.

If you really wanted to be the 'bigger person' about this whole situation, then why waste time posting to me like this? I didn't see you make any attempt to be 'civil' about this situation from start to finish -- you were bigoted from the moment you stepped into this thread. You've also been giving nothing but snark and passive aggressiveness this entire time - even before the debate escalated - or did you somehow think I didn't notice that childish little emote you tossed up to be a smartass?

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I thought the point of complex RPG style combat was to make things feel more realistic. If you don't care about winning and just want to look good, why not just flip a coin to decide who wins so that both parties involved can just focus on writing an entertaining fight?

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[i]That[/i] is a lack of maturity -- immaturity which I happened to tactfully ignore entirely as I continued the debate like an [i]adult[/i] until you decided to attack the person and not the idea (you clearly attacked the person because you didn't [i]have[/i] a solid debate against the idea -- stay out of debates if you can't handle the responsibility for the consequences of your actions when the discussion doesn't go your way; in fact, your inability to handle this debate maturely only shows [i]exactly[/i] why you're unsuited to free-form role-play); blatant [i]violation of the site's rules[/i] by the way. Would you like me to let a mod know about this thread? A friend's already thinking about it. How confident are you that they'll consider your conduct more mature than mine? Let's not forget that I'm not the only participant in this thread who thought you were bashing free-form role-play out of pure [i]bias[/i] instead of having a [i]real[/i] debate. I offer well-thought-out counterarguments rooted in logic, and you retort with mere snark -- [i]that's[/i] not how you move a debate forward.

If I'm looking for drama, then riddle me this... How come everyone else agrees your apology [i]wasn't sincere[/i]? That whole 'sorry, not sorry' nonsense is a waste of my time, and 'I'm sorry you took offense' is not a real apology -- it's complete childishness and an attempt to escape responsibility. I suggest you consider [i]growing up[/i] and realizing that all I'd like to do is get back to my life on this site without you continually fishing for drama. I've got a [i]lot[/i] better things to be doing with my time than this -- there's no reason for me to waste my time on people who don't show me respect. You can act like you're merely 'disagreeing' with me, but the moment you stoop to being disrespectful or snarky it becomes a [i]flame war[/i] (which by its very definition is determined by being [i]hostile[/i] or [i]insulting[/i]; exactly how you've been behaving with the snark, childish bashing, and eventual attitude when you couldn't debate out of the situation).

Also - in case you haven't noticed - the GM has stopped bothering with this thread. I've already given you the [i]same[/i] information anyone in the arena forum likely would've, just without much detail since I'm not wasting my time posting to someone who doesn't read nor [i]understand[/i] my posts. The fact that you're incapable of grasping how the debates that are free-form role-play can be balanced is your problem, and neither he nor myself are obligated to enlighten you when you're behaving so disrespectful and entitled. Also, notice this thread was actually [i]civil[/i] 'til you arrived? You mentioned passion was high in this thread for 'some reason'; did it [i]ever[/i] occur to you that it might have something to do with you [i]waltzing in here and starting to bash free-form role-play[/i] instead of focusing on the real discussion? Food for thought.