[AoB] - 2010

[General Jake]

Will do, but, you're still the leader of BiT right? Or is it Ben?

Tis me, but I'm letting him host like he used to for Straton so we can have separate BiT and AoB servers.

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[Penguin/Person]

Ah, good idea. Please let us know when the clan topic for BiT is created.

[General Jake]

Blockintosh Announcement!

Big meeting tomorrow in Ben's dedi!
I'm going to aim for about 2:00 PM [ET].
This meeting is for all members (Straton, *Magick* Mage, Casio, Benofdoom, Snaily, SeventhSandwich, Fjeld).
We will be discussing the layout for the BiT HQ and some of the major upcoming changes for the clan.
Expect BiT's big redux to be coming this week!

[MackTheHunter]

Blockintosh Announcement!

Big meeting tomorrow in Ben's dedi!
I'm going to aim for about 2:00 PM [ET].
This meeting is for all members (Straton, *Magick* Mage, Casio, Benofdoom, Snaily, SeventhSandwich, Fjeld).
We will be discussing the layout for the BiT HQ and some of the major upcoming changes for the clan.
Expect BiT's big redux to be coming this week!

Blockintosh already had/has an HQ.

At least allow one of the members besides you to be the leader. "I don't think you'll be able to handle two clans" so it would be much appreciated if you allowed a former leader such as Straton or Magick Mage to become CEO. But, at the moment Straton has had some troubles with clans in general.

[General Jake]

I appreciate your concern, but if I have any trouble managing the two clans, I'll let you know. I have done it in the past if you look back at AoB's history.
Other members had been considered to lead BiT after it broke off, but we decided against it. Straton and Mage both have leadership positions, just not as the "CEO".
I don't mean this offensively, but if you want to take part in BiT's hierarchy, I'd appreciate it if you were at least a member first.

The meeting will be tomorrow, as I stated, and I will be breaking BiT into it's own clan topic again by this weekend.

[MackTheHunter]

I know I'm not good with metaphors here, but I'll try my best.

Picture Blockintosh as a train. It is running at a certain speed, on a certain track, going in the right direction.

When I left Blockintosh I stepped out of the train's cabin and allowed Straton to operate the train. He did so.

But, with Straton operating the train, it was basically like having a camera inside the cabin; I was able to see everything that was going on and how he was progressing.

With You, General Jake, in command of the locomotive, the camera is removed. I have no idea what is going on, so I can't tell if you're running the train off the rails or if you're going to slow.

Anyway, getting back to simple terms. All I would like you to do for me, as the new leader of my old group, is to inform me of what is going on as much as you can. And so that I feel better as well as to put as stop to me begging for my clan's name back, I have one last proposal.

Please, at least, add my name just above the BiT Member List as a "Inactive Former Leader". It will make me feel much better for the state of my old group, and I will stop bothering you about taking the clan back. Doing this means that you can keep Blockintosh for however long you want to.

I hope you can consider this proposal well.

[General Jake]

I'm not opposed to letting you stay in the loop with BiT things, but I'd rather have this conversation in person either over IRC or in the BiT server rather than us writing blocks of text back and forth.
There are a few things I'd like to discuss with you regarding this. I know this seems quite a bit like one of our previous forum discussions, but hopefully this conversation won't take weeks to happen, and hopefully it can be in a lighter mood.
If you're on now, I'm on BL currently.

[MackTheHunter]

I'm not opposed to letting you stay in the loop with BiT things, but I'd rather have this conversation in person either over IRC or in the BiT server rather than us writing blocks of text back and forth.
There are a few things I'd like to discuss with you regarding this. I know this seems quite a bit like one of our previous forum discussions, but hopefully this conversation won't take weeks to happen, and hopefully it can be in a lighter mood.
If you're on now, I'm on BL currently.

I gotta sleep (Got 5 hours last night.) so tomorrow.

[General Jake]

I gotta sleep (Got 5 hours last night.) so tomorrow.

Maybe just before or a little after the BiT meeting. Those would probably be the best times.

[Penguin/Person]

Sorry for the unauthorized moderating but

With You, General Jake, in command of the locomotive, the camera is removed. I have no idea what is going on, so I can't tell if you're running the train off the rails or if you're going to slow.

Please, at least, add my name just above the BiT Member List as a "Inactive Former Leader". It will make me feel much better

Doing this means that you can keep Blockintosh for however long you want to.

@1st paragraph: I don't think it should be of your concern how well the clan is doing, seeing that you are not a leader or a member at the moment.

@2nd paragraph: I believe you have to submit an application to become a member of BiT.

@3rd paragraph: there is currently nothing stopping General Jake from "keeping" the clan.

P.S: I don't mean to offend or insult anybody in anyway with this post. Especially you, Mack. I hope you don't take this in a harsh way.

[MackTheHunter]

Not offended in any way. Just saying I should at least get some compensation for having to ditch my clan.

[Penguin/Person]

Not offended in any way. Just saying I should at least get some compensation for having to ditch my clan.

Yes, what was the reason for You leaving Blockintosh? You don't have to tell me if it is something personal.

Edit: what is 2:00pm [ET] translated into Los Angeles time?

[MackTheHunter]

Yes, what was the reason for You leaving Blockintosh? You don't have to tell me if it is something personal.

Edit: what is 2:00pm [ET] translated into Los Angeles time?

Began getting severe panic attacks. I had no choice. I took therapy, now I'm better. Haven't had a panic attack since last winter.

Also, no idea about the time thing.

[*Magick* Mage]

Not offended in any way. Just saying I should at least get some compensation for having to ditch my clan.

Mack, no one made you "ditch" your clan. And you left it far before Jake even considered letting it under his wing. Giving it to Jake was a decision that was made by myself and agreed upon by Straton, as well as with the consent of almost, if not all, the members of BiT at the time.

I understand that it was your clan and that you feel you deserve something from all this, but the fact is Jake doesn't owe you any more than he does everyone else. You have a new clan, with new members, that is seemingly doing very well. And as I recall, you didn't want anything to do with BiT until it started to rise up as a clan under Strat and I's management, just as Tommy did.

Listen, Mack, Jake and I have talked it over. We have no problem with you applying to BiT or playing some background role, but you won't be credited as a leader nor even hold a role as one, since such rights are reserved. Neither Jake nor I want you to begin to think that because we allow you in, just as we do with most everyone, that we are letting you take charge and reformat all our work. We will gladly hold open our arms wide, dear, but you need to understand that it's no excuse to throw punches.

[Penguin/Person]

*slowly exits the conflict*



So, can anyone translate 2:00pm [ET] to Los Angeles time for me please?