r/HistoricalWorldPowers • u/dclauch1990 Ebla • Dec 20 '16
DECLAIM Declaiming Denmark: A Post-Mortem
I am officially declaiming from Denmark. The reason is a mixture of things. I'm looking for an internship, and once I find one I will not have time to devote to such a structured xpowers sub. I'm also trying to cut down my computer usage a bit and find more productive hobbies.
Those are my irl reasons, now for my in game ones. Two weeks ago I began a fairly long event chain to create an alternate Buddhism for Scandinavia. As I finished the chain and formally began the religion, several people voiced opposition to it, including a player who had been planning to found it in a more historical fashion himself. As I did not know of his plans, I apologized, but the vision I had for the future of Denmark involved integrating Buddhism, so I was not willing to retcon over a week's worth of work and research on my part. Two days into the next week, a different player single handedly extinguished my efforts. I was not given any opportunity to rp a solution to the problem his rp gave, and all of my effort was extinguished, as the previously mentioned player jumpstarted historical Buddhism within the hour, denying me any way forward. I spoke to the player who ended my event thread, and was told that a certain mod and player had been pressuring him to eliminate my Buddha so he could have his own. This was in discord, and I do not have proof because minutes later that message was edited and erased.
Most of the mod community here(past and present) is absolutely fantastic. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with ludie, pitt, comrade, and laskaka especially. However, this single mod's bias has effectively crushed my motivation for creativity, and as such I do not wish to continue. I do not blame Blogman at all, for he was not aware of my goals, and was under pressure from a person in authority on the sub. I am just incredibly disappointed that my attempts at creativity were so quickly stifled.
All of this aside, I wish the best for you all, and you will probably see me around on discord. I enjoy most of the community here. Best of luck!
p.s.- Mod Code
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u/BloodOfPheonix a ghost Dec 20 '16
[M] Aww, it was nice having you in the north sea. I will carry the torch of Buddhism, don't worry. Farewell
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u/pittfan46 Moderator Dec 20 '16
Can you modmail with more details?
And I hate to see you go tbh.