User blog comment:TheDarkMantis15/Disgusting behavior/@comment-1942179-20160313212918

I'd like to apologize for any negative contribution on my part. Really, I should have stepped in and stopped this before it got bad the first time. I'm rather ashamed that I let it get to this point. Thanks for being the voice of reason around here, Mantis.

I also agree with the new rules--especially with the constructive criticism. I've always tried to stress giving something constructive and helpful in critics, however harsh they may be. If someone's character is like, really really bad with little to no redeeming qualities, you can still find some way to help them improve. Even if your best solution is to start over from scratch, you can still explain where they went wrong, and advise them how to make it right.

Adding onto this, why is it that everyone goes to critique all the bad pages and ''never the good ones? ''I can't tell you how many people have been asking for critiques on their work, and got minimal feedback (if any at all) yet all these guys with subpar pages who DON'T ask for help get more than they can handle, only for it to blow up in everyone's faces. This is like, what, the third time this has happened within the span of 6 months? And nobody's learned their lesson? This is incredibly counter-productive. You guys should prioritize the people who ask for your opinion rather than shoving it into some unsuspecting kid's face. Even if he was underage, that's still no reason to jump at him all at once.

Meanwhile, people who want constructive criticism aren't getting anything at all. You guys remember the Article Critique Board? Let me tell you when the last actual critique was: December 17th, 2015. Think that's bad? Well, when was the time before that? March 29th, 2015. It's been almost a year since our second-to-last legit critique.

Why? Because people were too focused on people like Nicholas, Nikki (not kaji), and eventually God Sonic. What do all these three have in common? All three of them made infamous characters, and all three of them were minding their own business before critiques came to them. It's not like they were in a roleplay or causing any kind of harm, oh no, you guys made the first move. (okay sure, god sonic did kinda stalk Darkest about his characters, and we do have that infamous meme of nicholas taking on Ultra Smash to a standstill, but still, those didn't come until after you guys came at them.)

In closing, I'm in full agreement with Mantis here, and I'm sorry for not acting on this incident when I had the chance to. I'd say why, but I'd rather not look like I'm grasping for excuses.