Gah. This should've been on the thread 'Public Service Announcement', but it seems I'm having trouble responding to it. So here it is instead:

Yes, yes, I know. Most of you that will read this, if any of you bother to, are probably groaning. Oh no, Jalon's getting ready to say something, and it will most likely be something stupid, crazy, or something utterly not profound. Well, you'll just have to continue onwards and find out just how profound I can be when I wish to.

First of all, the whole "jealousy" ideal. I wish to say that there was -no- jealousy floating within the questioning of the Delta TP, or, at least none I can say. I know for a fact that jealousy was not a factor in Carthan's, Joseph's, or my ideals. However, I can only really speak on my own ideals, and apologize for them. I believe a few thought that the TP might have been somewhat 'elitist' (sp?), but that may have come from the fact that all the RPers involved in the Delta TP were noted super posers, and -just- because of that fact, many may have been led to believe so. Also, and I'm sorry to say this, as he is a good friend of mine, Carthan's revelation of the TP was spoken in a way to start us off to this conclusion, without realization of what it truly was. I mean not to sound accusing, it is only the truth as I see it. I will let Carthan apologize for himself.

Secondly, some, perhaps most, of us were in fear of "super powers" controlling everything around us, and as Carthan had once put it, the "Mafia" of the MUCK. Again, Carthan, I'm sorry. I myself had no worries about any of the Delta characters being "too strong" or however you want to put it, as I have always found the RPers involved to be extremely trustworthy, and so I felt there was no fear of that sort of event. Again, I cannot speak on the minds of others, but I feel confident that most felt the same.

Third, we were angry that there may possibly be high-powered characters sitting in high-ranking positions in every active country on the MUCK. We were under the impression that we were being kept in the dark OOCly on something that had extreme impact on the MUCK's IC world. We were -horribly- wrong. We misunderstood because of the fact that the characters were, in fact, high-powered characters sitting in high-ranking positions in every active country on the MUCK. We did not understand that these characters did NOT have an entirely significant and non-social only influence of the MUCK's IC world, and we did not realize we were over-reacting. It was a -huge- misunderstanding, and that seems to be an understatement to me.

In summary, Dominia is exactly on the point, and in her own words, "The wordy, elaborate description of the Deltas is confusing and intimidating. It also gives impression of all-mighty power that aren't as they sound. Several people have been confused by them, and have mistook them for something entirely different." This is the -exacty- case. No, this is in NO way meant to accuse the Delta RPers of being the cause of all this, it is definately us that is the source. It is their -right- to explain their plot however they feel, and it is our fault for misinterpreting them. We have, as I now realize, no -right- to tamper or question this plot anymore, now that we realize the truth, and we have absolutely no justification for whatever feelings we may have hurt or for anything else we may have caused. Luka, you do not have to type up a more 'simple' description if you do not feel it necessary. It was never meant for our eyes in the first place.

I am almost positive I have left something out, or that I've misunderstood something, -again-.

Now for myself. I personally want to apologize for whatever I may have unknowingly done or undone, for whatever feelings I may have hurt, and for my own stupidity and blind thoughts in the unfortunate events that have transpired. I am sorry for everything I may have accidentally implied to the Delta RPers, and I solemnly ask for their forgiveness. If they feel they are wanted to leave the MUCK, they could not be more wrong. I'd rather it be me that was forced to leave rather than the beloved RPers involved in the Delta plot.

Thank you to those who bothered to read this. I'm sure many of you do not care to hear from an absolute moron and petty whiner RPer like me.

By Brin on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 03:33 am:

Jalon, you're not a moron. Your conviction to come out and try to put a stop to this misunderstanding, while knowing that it may in some people's eyes make you a phariah, is proof enough of that.

Thank you for clearing this up. Let's hope this can be an end to it.

By Luka on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 10:13 pm:

This is quick, but here it is.

I want to thank everyone who posted here to help clear this up. For me and at least one other Delta, it was logging on to the instant sounds of being told that people were out for our heads. Having a better idea of what was and is going on helps a lot, and I know I myself really appriciate it.

I'm going to be tracking down the other Deltas over the weekend, since everyone decided to take a long break under the impression that blood was on the air. Thank you everyone again--it may have felt stupid to you while posting, but it was very much needed for us. I'll find the team and get things settled out, since we -all- had very severe rl come up in different ways recently. I'll be having dinner with Senchei tonight and go from there.

There is also an updated summary for the Delta plot, also written briefly.

http://www.wonderland.8m.com/xenomuck.html