Mar 19, 2012, 07:02 PM
I guess I'll post this here for lack of a better place to post. I feel as though this whole situation has spiraled out of control a bit. It's become a massive witch hunt with a few people that have yet to have any proof against them being shunned and "burned at the stake" persay. There's a lot of "evidence" going around that really doesn't prove anything whatsoever. This all started out as something against sharks and Blackened's shark tool, but it's turned into openly hunting people who may or may not deserve it whatsoever. All this does is give Sourceop a bad impression upon people that may actually be looking to us for a decision about sharking. What does it say about the implementation of a shark tag if already some people are going nuts trying to hunt down and point fingers at every person?
I myself did a bit of this, pointing fingers to tf2-trader admins, which I do apologize for, but beyond that I believe it's kinda gotten a bit silly. I say we cut back and focus on the main thing first, which would be to figure out a good system for singling out known sharks, tagging them if necessary, or at least figuring out some way to make tf2 a safer place for trading noobs. Above all else, that's what this is for. It's not about personal vendettas or to catch as many sharks or would-be sharks as possible, but to protect the integrity of the TF2 community as a whole. So I say enough of the hardcore investigations that don't exactly form any solid evidence, and let's try to do something with the big picture first off. This is all just what I've been noticing over the course of the past few weeks, and as many of you know I've been a big advocate against sharking through the whole ordeal as well. Let's keep it civil guys!
I myself did a bit of this, pointing fingers to tf2-trader admins, which I do apologize for, but beyond that I believe it's kinda gotten a bit silly. I say we cut back and focus on the main thing first, which would be to figure out a good system for singling out known sharks, tagging them if necessary, or at least figuring out some way to make tf2 a safer place for trading noobs. Above all else, that's what this is for. It's not about personal vendettas or to catch as many sharks or would-be sharks as possible, but to protect the integrity of the TF2 community as a whole. So I say enough of the hardcore investigations that don't exactly form any solid evidence, and let's try to do something with the big picture first off. This is all just what I've been noticing over the course of the past few weeks, and as many of you know I've been a big advocate against sharking through the whole ordeal as well. Let's keep it civil guys!