Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29771477-20161228171445

I've learned a lot about pointing out too many mistakes. I'm sorry if this ends up ridiculously long; as you may know, I like to talk a lot. But I've learned a lot about pointing out mistakes, and the biggest thing is that it's not the right thing to do if you do it constantly, even if it feels like you are either trying to help someone else or take a long hard look in the mirror.

My grammy's mom passed away when she was 10, and she absolutely hated her stepmom. Why? Because nothing was ever good enough for her. Even though my grammy worked really hard to be a good kid, her stepmom Rosy was always pointing out her flaws.

My mom does the exact same thing. Her constantly pointing out my every flaw and talking about it forever makes me feel undervalued, like I'm not good enough. Just because you are doing it to yourself doesn't mean that it's not harmful.

I understand that Ursuul probably just saw the things she was doing wrong and only wanted to get them out, but pointing out all her mistakes like that made me worried about her. I asked her, "Do you plan on publishing a page with all the good things about you anytime soon?", and I said that because I knew the answer, but I wanted her to think about it. Making that page was an extremely negative action, because it wasn't balanced out.

Sometimes Ursuul is a little too political for a diep.io wikia, and hey, we've all noticed that you can sometimes want a little too much power, but has any of that caused this wikia to come crashing down or? No way. So I want her to stop being so negative, because a) we've returned to a really good state at the wikia and b) she's the best leader I've ever seen.

And look. Look at this big old speech I'm typing out yet again. Everyone around this wikia gets a little too serious sometimes. Can we all relax for a second and remember we're here just because we all love a game with little red and blue tanks and polygons? Just think about that for a second. We need to keep that at our core, not messages of complex, real-life governments or competitions for things.

I get too serious, too. I can stand here all day and night pointing out my flaws, mulling them over, shouting from the rooftops how I get too personally attached here, or how hyperactive I am, or even how I swear too much. Does that get anything done, though? No. It doesn't make this wikia better if I do that at all. Telling myself how great I am, however, will motivate me to do great things, things that will benefit everyone here.

And sometimes being longwinded isn't bad, as long as you have an important message. Did anyone tell Martin Luther King Jr. that he was longwinded when he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech? Of course not. He went down in history for his message, not how many minutes long it was. If someone said they didn't like the speech because of it's length, that would be just as ridiculous as saying they didn't like it because his hair was too floofy or something. So even if you don't agree with Martin Luther King Jr's message, or any other people who make speeches' (like me) messages, you have to admit that talking a lot isn't always a bad thing.

So if Ursuul need to get away from here for a while, she should go. We could handle it. Back when Ursuul was gone before, we still had rules, solid staff, and we were figuring out how to rebuild the place just fine. Everyone needs to think of the positives in things. Think of the silver lining, not the cloud.  