DHolman opened this issue on Jan 17, 2000 ยท 24 posts
Freakachu posted Mon, 17 January 2000 at 10:18 AM
I'm usually one to stick up for the underdog in most cases--but I draw the line with martyrs. Time and time again, Willow and Co have whooped up hysteria whenever they can't bully their way out of a situation, and they have a tendency to exaggerate the wrongdoings of others. I followed the PFO when they left Edgenet, but at some point I realized the ploys and problems of the PFO were either blown out of proportion, or manufactured, to (as far as I can tell) make a sympathy plea to the Poser community. The "poison pill" efforts of the PFO have served no purpose other than to hurt their own members by making them the real victims in all this hooplah. The die-hard PFO followers, in the case of a PFO shut-down, would be left with two options, either turn coat and post at Renderosity or the Poser Props Guild (since Grey named the PPG as part of the big PFO conspiracy), or find some sort of refuge in the smaller, scattered Poser sites elsewhere on the web. My feeling is that Grey's "au revoir" was intended to stir up more problems in the community at the expense of the PFO members. This is not something that can be mediated--it has to take its course. The community would be best advised to take a wait and see attitude rather than a call to arms. Personally, I hope the community remains a group of many voices--not just two! Trying to make peace at this point would be a big step backwards.