McDonphan's [Chat Thread]

[Emerald_Gen.3]

Sorry about that, RL has been getting in the way, if I didn't do anything during my summer like most people do then I would have reffed a bunch more rounds for you and Ash. Again real sorry about that.

[BTPoke]

Sorry about that, RL has been getting in the way, if I didn't do anything during my summer like most people do then I would have reffed a bunch more rounds for you and Ash. Again real sorry about that.

[Aerbrodactyl]

Sorry about that, RL has been getting in the way, if I didn't do anything during my summer like most people do then I would have reffed a bunch more rounds for you and Ash. Again real sorry about that.

I didn't think taking maybe 30 minutes out of your day was that hard, especially since you always seem to be on.

Why did you take the battle if you had no intention of reffing it?

[Emerald_Gen.3]

Oh I intend of reffing it I just didn't know that I was reffing for a dick. I didn't even finish my first battle because of my ref but I plan on at least finishing this battle

[BTPoke]

I didn't think taking maybe 30 minutes out of your day was that hard, especially since you always seem to be on.

Why did you take the battle if you had no intention of reffing it?

If I may input something that's not overly ridiculous, I think I'll do that.

Considering I have some (incredibly slight, admittedly) experience reffing, I may as well inform you that some people don't exactly have a surplus of a certain something known as "motivation"

When one tries something new (in this case, reffing), of course they're going to enjoy doing it, being really enthusiastic and enjoying what they do. However, for some people, that tends to die down a bit. I was one of those people, and my reffings started to suffer. A lot.

I don't know if Emerald is one of those people (hell, it could be that he has next to NO time on his hands due to RL, which is understandable), but I don't fault him for it. Motivation comes and goes, but I'll tell you one thing.

Simply pointing out someone's faults isn't really helping much to fix it. Especially if that problem has to do with motivation.

Oh I intend of reffing it I just didn't know that I was reffing for a dick. I didn't even finish my first battle because of my ref but I plan on at least finishing this battle

Although insults aren't exactly helping things, emerald.

[Aerbrodactyl]

If I may input something that's not overly ridiculous, I think I'll do that.

Considering I have some (incredibly slight, admittedly) experience reffing, I may as well inform you that some people don't exactly have a surplus of a certain something known as "motivation"

When one tries something new (in this case, reffing), of course they're going to enjoy doing it, being really enthusiastic and enjoying what they do. However, for some people, that tends to die down a bit. I was one of those people, and my reffings started to suffer. A lot.

I don't know if Emerald is one of those people (hell, it could be that he has next to NO time on his hands due to RL, which is understandable), but I don't fault him for it. Motivation comes and goes, but I'll tell you one thing.

Simply pointing out someone's faults isn't really helping much to fix it. Especially if that problem has to do with motivation.

I do understand that, but you have to live up to your commitments if you take them on. I don't think I'm being unreasonable for getting pissed off because he promised to do something and isn't doing it. Motivation or not, you should not commit if you're unable to actually do the thing.

And, Em, if you can't find the time to do if, if there are no free half an hours in your life at the moment, just let someone else take the battle. I know its just me being selfish, but I'd like to actually get it finished, this happens to me in all ASBs, the only finished battle, in the past two months, in three ASBs I am in, only one has actually been finished.

[BTPoke]

I do understand that, but you have to live up to your commitments if you take them on. I don't think I'm being unreasonable for getting pissed off because he promised to do something and isn't doing it. Motivation or not, you should not commit if you're unable to actually do the thing.

And, Em, if you can't find the time to do if, if there are no free half an hours in your life at the moment, just let someone else take the battle. I know its just me being selfish, but I'd like to actually get it finished, this happens to me in all ASBs, the only finished battle, in the past two months, in three ASBs I am in, only one has actually been finished.

As far as I'm concerned, Emerald intends to live up to his commitments, so you have nothing to worry about when it comes to that. It may just take him slightly longer to do so, however, and rushing him is not helping matters.

[Emerald_Gen.3]

Also may I point out that for some people take a bit longer to ref things...

[Aerbrodactyl]

As far as I'm concerned, Emerald intends to live up to his commitments, so you have nothing to worry about when it comes to that. It may just take him slightly longer to do so, however, and rushing him is not helping matters.

I think I've been more than generous with the time. I'm hardly rushing him asking him to take 30 minutes more than once every two weeks to do something he said he'd do.

This may just be me,, but if I found myself busy enough I couldn't do that, I'd happily step down and let someone else take it so the battle could be finished before the New Year.

[BTPoke]

I think I've been more than generous with the time. I'm hardly rushing him asking him to take 30 minutes more than once every two weeks to do something he said he'd do.

Also may I point out that for some people take a bit longer to ref things...

Sometimes it takes longer than 30 minutes to ref a round, aerbro. Some (such as me, when I used to ref) take longer than even an hour.

Of course, for me, it was mostly due to a somewhat lowered attention span that it took a longer time, but I lived with it.