JacksonRobinson wrote:If you want to label me a "company man" then a place like this is bad for business because more often than not it serves not constructive purpose when its a boys club and not a community forum.
Que Berating...
Whether this place is bad for your business or not is 100% dependent on you. Other companies like Uusi, Lotrek, Encarded, Midnight Card Company, Stockholm 17, and Alex Chin (just to name a few) do great business here. They’ve all had varying degrees of criticism in the past, but they all nip things in the bud by conducting themselves in a professional manner befitting successful companies.
What they don’t do is come here and call us “boys”. What they don’t do is promise us one thing, then change directions on us, then have the gall to be putt off by us criticizing your mistakes – this is how all your issues here have started with the Moriarty v.1 fiasco. You used to have universal support from everyone here at UC, myself included. But you got exposed with your surly attitude and your thin skin and whining about how its not fair we can be free to speak our minds but you can’t. Many UC members have already made great posts illustrating why you’re different from us precisely because you’re a business now. We’re not the one asking you for money or support. We’re not trying to sell you jack. You can’t say the same. If you don’t get that you’re held to a different standard of professionalism by now, you probably never will.
You seem to like to single me out amongst all the other “boys” you have a problem with. You also have referenced my “Cricket” post multiple times now. That post was so clearly over the top that no one took it seriously. I also didn’t have to put the word “satire” in parenthesis after every sentence because it was
that obvious. At the time, there were a lot of people unhappy with you and all I was trying to do was to lighten the mood by posting something humorous while making a point. It seems to me you’re looking for any excuse to put words in my mouth and mischaracterize my posts to make me this Jackson Robinson persecutor, even when I’m saying complementary things about you. Take my previous post for example:
sinjin7 wrote:Like many people already mentioned, Sher was spot on with her comments, and even Jackson agreed with her. I think a lot of misunderstandings could be avoided if people took just a little more time to read posts a bit more carefully and not put words in other people's mouths or posts. Because its the internet, sometimes its hard to get a good read on someone's intent by just reading words, and its hard to discern if someone is trying to be sarcastic or funny and things could be taken the wrong way. All I wanted to know was what was the correlation between a limited print run and uncut sheets, and pointed out that if he gives full disclosure about the print run of the uncuts, then we wouldn't have any questions or wrong ideas about it. That was it. Maybe due to the way I worded my post, or because of our history, Jackson may have taken it the wrong way, I don't know.
I think Jackson is a passionate guy when it comes to his craft. I actually think he's a pretty funny dude (at times) as well. He's definitely talented, which is why any of us care what he says or does. Its pretty boring when a company is too buttoned up and PC, so I don't mind seeing a little spirit and actual honesty. But you can't go too far the other way and speak your mind too bluntly to the point of being unprofessional, either. Its a tough balance to find and Jackson is a new company and he's still trying to find that balance, I think. At the end of the day, I appreciate the fact that he still comes here to UC to take the heat and face the music like he's done in this thread and in the Thunderdome.
I want you, or anyone else, to tell me what aspect of this post merited the rant you followed it up with? I was actually making an excuse for you by pointing out that maybe you misunderstood me because its difficult to read intent online, an that second paragraph was actually a defense of you! Like I’ve said before, I’ve gone over all my posts concerning you, and while I’ve been tough on you, I can’t find any post where I’ve crossed the line or was offensive. All this is now so old that I'm almost missing the crickets . .
I want to sincerely apologize to everyone (especially those who actually read everything down to this point) for this ridiculously loooong post. I feel like Mike Ratledge!
) but that's part of the deal. Sometimes it was justified, sometimes it wasn't. So anything valid you take to heart and the rest you don't.
