Speedly wrote:
I am deeply ashamed in everyone I see still berating this person that has now apologized for all he has done.
In the last 24 hours (roughly the time since the aforementioned concession), I challenge anyone to tell me how Smitz has done something against what he has said in that time.
Any responses must NOT:
1. Be referring to his defense of himself over that time. He did not attack until he felt that he himself was being attacked.
2. Refer to ANYTHING that happened before the time period started. That's about 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, which I -think- is GMT+7. If it didn't happen AFTER then, then you have no standing to use it in response to myself.
If anyone can give me an undeniable, well-documented account of how Smitz has broken his apology since given, then you have every right in the world to be angry, and I will no longer stand in between you and Smitz.
If not, then it's very, very simple: Shut the hell up. I'm sick and tired of seeing someone being attacked for APOLOGIZING. You guys are acting like goddamned children, and at this point, anyone still going after Smitz without any current cause is in the same boat as Cetranne.
Smitz has freely admitted that what he did in the past was wrong. No one has disputed that, not even Smitz himself.
It saddens me that I occupy the same server space as some of you.
Speedly
seriously, i am the first to appreciate an apology.
i'm not going to bash smitz for his apology. i sincerely applaud his effort, and respect him for his guts to actually do a public apology on alla. however, i am not about to lend him any equipment just because he says a few words (more like paragraphs now, in rebuttal to cetranne).
how long has smitz played? how many bad incidents had he engineered? how many other players had he made unhappy? does he have any more tricks up his sleeve? is there a reason behind his seemingly innocent apology? and he seems to discredit cetranne more than he really needs?
24 hours is hardly enough to pardon a murderer (mpks are like pre-meditated murder). 24 hours is not enough to even compensate for some of the pain that he has caused others (think combined hours of xp loss, or the enjoyment of gil that isn't his). if anyone is to blame for the beratement, i opine that it really should be on smitz himself. he DID reap what he sowed. *shrug*
i'll reiterate, in case my point is mistaken: i appreciate smitz's apology. but words are sometimes not enough. i say wait for smitz to show by living what he preaches, i.e. through actions. lastly, smitz has himself to blame for all the negativity.
advice to smitz: don't expect to be forgiven. ever. when it comes, it will. if it doesn't, at least you won't have hoped for nothing. ^^