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hey kids just fyi i did actually jump tumblr accs, I'm just posting here for all the doubt stuff i'll retire the url and everything soon enough so if you're interested in following me for other stuff (mashups, art, etc) message me for the url - i'm not comfy with making it completely public yet later
What's your opinion on the whole "doubt mods harassed a little girl to the point of a panic attack" thing?
Before anything, I'd just like to point out that the person in question uses they/them pronouns and misgendering isn't cool. Hope that's alright. But anyway - My personal take is that this was mostly a miscommunication, for the most part. Like, I wasn't there - I remember logging online and Kat telling me what had gone down, then kind of being there for the aftermath. About the person in question, Kale, they're pretty cool and if I'm not mistaken they're not the ones at fault, but rather their co-mod or so? I might be wrong and I'm not totally sure on that one, so take it with a bit of salt. But my take on Kale is that they're pretty okay from what I know of them and how we've spoken, so things should've gone okay. But if they felt like they were being harassed to the point of a panic attack, all I can say is that I'm really sorry that happened to you. The issue was more on the fact that Kale's friend, who was a Doubt player, had tweeted about the issue on their twitter account. It was a bit iffy as the character they played hadn't been active in the group for a while and them tweeting on that account proved that they were in fact, around. So that was a thing. But I'm getting off topic, pardon. Anywho, bottom line is that I think it was more of a miscommunication and both parties coming a little strong. I'm pretty sure nobody had any ill-intent and it's a shame that things were taken as such.
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how do you think the drama surrounding da3 has impacted da4?
On this one, I'm not entirely sure since DA4 is the first game of Doubt I've had nothing to do with, haha. I think if anything, DA3 just impacted the perception people have of Doubt. Like, for real - the drama only came to a high point at DA3's application disaster. DA2 was fairly alright in the beginning, just starting to wane, or at least to such an extent, towards the middle to the end. DA4 is almost like a clean slate since the GMs are those who hadn't done work on previous Doubt games, save for helping out during DA3 here and there. Tl;dr, it's the perception people have. I mostly think it's what people think of DA3 carrying over to DA4, though.
What are your honest thoughts about doubt academy as a whole then? You say a lot of good stuff about all the people involved but like, what's your bottom one opinion of the game? Be like, harsh honest pls
Doubt Academy is a well-thought out game with a certain structure that has given it mass appeal, thus making it popular and in it’s own way, mainstream. However, I do think it deserves to die a quiet death.I love Doubt; I’ve met so many good people and had such fantastic experiences through it. Without the game, I wouldn’t have met so many of my closest friends. I’ve grown not only as a person, but as a writer. Even if I don’t like certain people, I can’t deny that everyone has shown me fantastic selections of writing, chracterization and all of that. I’m happy to have laid out some of the groundwork for DA3, having influenced the tone for as long as I did.Though I do feel like I, personally, overstayed my welcome. Because I was unable to continue a mod for DA3, I should have never tried to come back- all that happened was me feeling mostly confused and upset that I didn’t quite get anything anymore. People tried to get me back in, don’t worry on that. I still spoke to them and I had a thread going at one point - but it just didn’t feel… like I should’ve been there.I really do think that when Kat was telling me the start date for DA3, I should’ve stopped her and pushed it back further. As we were riding on the hype and popularity, Doubt was at it’s peak. And you know what they say about things that had peaked - they burn out. Kids were revving up for DA3. I know a lot of DA2s stopped working on DA2 at one point to work on DA3, towards the end of the game while it game was still ongoing. This was actually kinda good, because looking back, Eikichi’s app was really rushed and he wasn’t as well thought out as he could’ve been. DA4 is kind of the same situation, but I understand it was as such because they wanted to make it in time for the kids on summer break. Hate problems with Doubt, like… they can be separated into three categories. Hate because it’s cool, hate because of what they heard and hate because of something genuine.A lot of people hate Doubt because it’s cool to hate what’s popular. DA is incredibly, incredibly huge. It’s one of the biggest groups in the DR RP community and has set a certain standard that a lot of groups have been inspired by and sometimes, feel obligated to follow. Due to this popularity, a lot of people have the mindset of 'it's just a shitty group/idk why it's so big anyway/etc etc' which… is a shame. But I do get where they’re coming from. You don’t get it and everyone seems to have an opinion, a lot of people are saying negative things about it. It sounds bad, okay fine, I hate it. Yeah. Yeah! This is very much a bandwagon-type opinion which is a right darn shame, but it can’t be help. People tend to sheep, even when - especially when, they don’t know the full story.With that, a lot of people hate Doubt because of what they had heard about it - they have some degree of knowledge of the game because they had a friend who was in it or they read something about it - they had gained some insight that had furthered their opinion. More often than not, though, these are just pockets of information that are incomplete. For example, right - here in Malaysia there was a project a while back that involved sewage or something. They were going to treat the sewage in a certain way, I can’t quite remember. But as it was associated with the government, a lot of anti-government people started shooting it down - in turn, people were getting mis-informed left right center and up the wazoo, it trickled down to my science teacher complaining about it and then my classmates were like “Yeah! Down with [company name] because of that thing!” And I’m just like, okay dude, sit down already thanks bruh.But that’s what I mean. It's pretty much in the same vein - information spreads and becomes gradually more convoluted. A lot of people have the stance of 'Doubt is incredibly toxic because one of the players told someone to cut themselves/the mods harassed someone to the point of an anxiety attack/a mod brought down her own game because of her own personal bs' etc. And I guess I'm at the point where if that's your opinion, okay, cool. Finally, we have the people who hate Doubt because of how they were treated. Really, a lot of these people have legitimate reasons to hate Doubt because of what they had gone through, because they had an unsatisfactory time in the game -- all I can say to that is that I'm sorry. Some of us really liked the game and some of us didn't and that tends to happen with the best and worst of things. My bottom line opinion is that Doubt Academy is wonderfully constructed and has a community of players with different opinions. Talk to some ex-Doubt kids and they will sing praises of the game, talk to some others and they will refuse to spit in the direction of the game itself. Talk to others and they might not have an opinion. Then there's me who just thinks that for the moment, it's run it's course and just needs time for things to die down - then it can come back in a small, neat little package. If anyone needs any further elaboration on anything I've stated here, feel free to ask. As long as you're civil about it, I will answer in kind.
Kat refuses to admit to any of the wrong she does and if anyone calls her out on it she flips out, lies, and hides it in any way she can so people don't think badly of her...
Everyone hides stuff because they're scared of being thought badly of. Honestly, either I have literally done nothing wrong over the course of Doubt, or I've covered my tracks really well. But that's me. That being said, feel free to call me out. Moving on; I do think that Kat needs work, in her own way. This however, doesn't change the fact that she is a good person with a good heart. I will admit to having yes-manned my way through a lot of DA3 things, sometimes because I didn't know what to think, sometimes because I didn't want to upset Kat, but she is still a good person. I would like evidence to support your claim though, anon. I have my own opinion, you should tell me why you have yours, if that's alright. Kat is one of my closest friends and has been so kind and sweet to me the whole time I've known her, having helped me out of my own situations filled with stress and been someone I could rant to about so much. And if she's reading this right now, I want to apologize for not having been upfront with her. I really did yes-man a few things in DA3 -- I can't specify what, but I remember the action of doing so. But she is a good person who has the capacity to grow and I'm sure she will overcome this, like she has overcome so many things before. I don't think ill of her and I wish her all the best and if this is something that she can't forgive me for, I completely understand. But... yeah.
Anon for DA2B here - I'll send you a message from my personal in a second to confirm I'm not bullshitting, and I hope this is okay to add! I can confirm that Kat was really on-the-ball and helpful as a DA2 GM - she had to be brought up to speed on items, clues received, and character names upon being brought to the game, which I think is p reasonable. It didn't take her very long to settle in, and as far as I saw, she carried the game very well on her own from there.
Message from the anon's personal has been received, so I can take this testimony as legitimate.
the fact that kat had to knowingly make cc work under a pseudonym makes it clear that it shouldn't have happened in the first place though
If I'm not mistaken, Kat didn't make CC work under a pseudonym, rather CC chose to do that herself.
CC forced her way out of her character's execution, gloated about it and metagamed quite a bit in DA2. This made quite a few returning players uncomfortable which resulted in booting her from DA3. Seems like favouritism to make her a secret GM after.
Ahhh, okay. Then yeah, I get it, it does come across like favouritism. I think it was one of those cases where you realize the person in question has done wrong and they too realize it and you want to give them a chance to redeem themselves — like I said, CC was supposed to be a GM assistant for the game which did not have the people who were uncomfortable with her and her work was very minor, but she became a GM because I left. If not, she wouldn’t have done very much. Although I do see that yeah, having let her on board on the first place could make people iffy. I will admit that I didn’t really think that choice through as well as I should’ve, so I will take that fault and am very sorry.
But didn't Drea talk a lot of smack about a lot of the players?
Where'd you hear that one from? Like, I admit to not really being around Drea that much, but she was pretty okay for the most part. Do you have anyone particular in mind that she might've spoken of?
is it true that mods would talk shit about their players or hopefuls??? that seems like a stretch
We kinda vented about certain characters because we didn't agree with how they were portrayed, but it wasn't actually talking shit. It was like... Character A did something or said something and we kinda raised an eyebrow at it or just went '...okay' or made some kind of sound of mild disapproval and left it at that. We didn't outright berate them or whatever.
What do you think of Kat sneaking CC into a GM position despite having to remove her from DA2 for making people uncomfortable and having a bad reputation in DA2?
This is kind of a grey area-type thing because although it wasn't exactly right, CC kinda saved my ass during the game. Also, CC wasn't removed from DA2, she was removed from DA3. Just a little correction there, hope it's okay. But yeah, I actually didn't really know about her rep in DA2 since I wasn't close to her, nor did I know much about her. She's actually been pretty nice to me and we still chat from time to time. Kat didn't exactly 'sneak' 'CC into the game, per se. I knew about it. After we booted CC out of the game, Kat and I were talking and the idea of her being made into a GM Assistant came up, as she had helped out a little with tabulating data and stuff. It really did help since we were kind of behind. I kind of was like, yeah okay sure. CC was actually supposed to just post things while Kat and I were away, just act as a stand in. She only took on GM status because I had to leave. Kat was in charge of Omega and couldn't take care of Alpha as well, that was too much. So CC took it on. It was made a secret and that admittedly wasn't right. I don't know much about her bad rep, I'm actually not too clear on what she had done wrong, actually. But it's one of those things that were bad, but worked out in the end. If CC hadn't stepped in, it's likely Alpha would have had to have been closed down, if not the entire Doubt 3 game. I hope this makes sense? You're more than welcome to ask for clarification.
"Kat wouldnt handle any sort of conflict ever and didnt want to help people when she modded in DA2 and 3 and kept forcing other people to do it for her." is this true? what was it like working with kat since you were a gm for a little
Kat was very kind and supportive while I was working with her, though I will now freely admit to being a yes man to a lot of decisions. In terms of conflict, if anything, she took on more conflict since I didn't want to do much in that respect. I'm not too sure about her time during DA2 since I wasn't in the game she modded, but I heard good things. In terms of all the conflict, like, I think she did team up with Drea a lot when it came down to some things? But this is mostly speculation, I don't quite remember. Bottom line is that while I was working with Kat, I actually made her take on more work because I was kind of neglectful because of irl problems. But when asked, Kat would help out.
What on the list was true? 8[
Like, stuff. It's kinda hard for me to gather what was what since it's a lot of grey area things, so throw me actual questions from the list and I'll verify what I can.
What do you think about the list?
I'm mostly curious about where and how the information was gathered. Because really, there is some basis of truth there. It's not all lies, it's not all truths, some things are really just exaggerated. There are also some things I'm unsure of, since I wasn't around when they could've happened. But yeah, partial truths, wondering where they came from.
i was writing up a huge post in regards to the doubt drama and all that, with my personal take on everything that's been happening - but then fate stepped in and crashed the page, so i lost like. everything. in light of that, here's what i'd like to be done. Hi, I'm Maru and I played Adrianna 'Adri' White in DA1 (then dropped out), Jun Shinobu in DA2W (and made endgame), Eikichi Baker in DA3O (and left) and was the GM for the beginning of Doubt Academy 3: Alpha (then I stepped down). I want to be as honest as I can in regards to everything going on and just... help. I know I wasn't around a lot, but I've seen a lot of stuff unfold, all the way from DA2 to at least, the beginning of DA3. I didn't want to say anything out of fear of getting overly involved and getting hate, but it's bothering me quite a bit. So help me out. Send me questions in regards to Doubt on anon. I do not want a face to match to the question, so I can make myself as honest as possible. If you want to ask me off anon, so be it. Everything will be public unless requested for otherwise. I will freely address the list that's been circulating, the actions of the GMs (at least, as much as I know) and hopefully, anything else you might want to know. If I can shed as much light on this, maybe it'll help the situation. Doubt Academy is by no means a guilt-free group, it has it's own share of troubles. However, it's still a cool place to be. I can't promise to be 100% accurate on everything, though. I know that this may cause me to lose some friends. And I'm sorry for that. I am scared of what I might get, but if I can at least help, even a little... That'd be nice. Hit me up.
What's your opinion on all the Doubt Academy drama at the moment, as a previous player and former mod?
how long has this been sitting here wowand people remembered i was a mod???wow man p sure everyone forgot/skims over that fact tbh