I've seen a few comments about the inclusion of using off-game websites. The particular references, in my experience, are for FCs that -require- before application your necessary joining of the site. It's different to encourage the use of the sites to maintain and organize events from making it an absolute necessity.
I actually really hated this requirement made by my ex-FC leader who we found out cheated on his wife who paid for his everything by cyberin' when he kicked us all out of his fc. He changed the notes on the FC stating that you needed to be SCOB ready to join. He was completely adamant about being an "endgame"-raiding PVE FC and wanted everybody to go out and look for other types. When he and most of the FC were... well not ready and not the types of people for that type of FC. Nevermind the fact that he was barely ever on. That type of FC leadership is not wanted. Words like "this free company of mine" etc as if we and the FC were his property. Telling people who were around to help with the FC community much longer than him "You will -never- be in a more responsible role in my FC."
Anyway yeah. Honestly, one of the more toxic players on Balmung I've found is this person who did use to be in this FC. It took months after I joined the FC before something was done about him. Apparently there was going to be a merger once but as soon as the other FC found out this person was in the FC they NOPENOPENOPENOPE.jpg'd right on out. Constantly negative, woe-is-me, toxic to newer players, can't admit when wrong, I don't have a girlfriend/boyfriend wahhh type. The FC leader I found out wouldn't deal with this person even though the officer who was on most of the time tried to get the others involved in the constant bad behavior. Most of the people in the FC even had this person on their blacklist.
As a person who wants to be helpful but also spends a lot of time doing a -lot- of other stuff, I've encouraged the FCs I've been in to try and conduct scheduled events to help people out in the events where they tried to do it randomly. Tends to be more messy when people try not to organize that type of thing.
I actually really hated this requirement made by my ex-FC leader who we found out cheated on his wife who paid for his everything by cyberin' when he kicked us all out of his fc. He changed the notes on the FC stating that you needed to be SCOB ready to join. He was completely adamant about being an "endgame"-raiding PVE FC and wanted everybody to go out and look for other types. When he and most of the FC were... well not ready and not the types of people for that type of FC. Nevermind the fact that he was barely ever on. That type of FC leadership is not wanted. Words like "this free company of mine" etc as if we and the FC were his property. Telling people who were around to help with the FC community much longer than him "You will -never- be in a more responsible role in my FC."
Anyway yeah. Honestly, one of the more toxic players on Balmung I've found is this person who did use to be in this FC. It took months after I joined the FC before something was done about him. Apparently there was going to be a merger once but as soon as the other FC found out this person was in the FC they NOPENOPENOPENOPE.jpg'd right on out. Constantly negative, woe-is-me, toxic to newer players, can't admit when wrong, I don't have a girlfriend/boyfriend wahhh type. The FC leader I found out wouldn't deal with this person even though the officer who was on most of the time tried to get the others involved in the constant bad behavior. Most of the people in the FC even had this person on their blacklist.
As a person who wants to be helpful but also spends a lot of time doing a -lot- of other stuff, I've encouraged the FCs I've been in to try and conduct scheduled events to help people out in the events where they tried to do it randomly. Tends to be more messy when people try not to organize that type of thing.
