Hello Badgers,
As most of you may know, I’m Shadow, owner of Badgers of Robloxia. I’m here today to address an issue that has been ongoing for a while now. Drama. Drama has always existed within the badge collecting community. Why? Well, there are two core reasons.
- Children.
- People who aren’t capable of solving their own issues.
The badge community consists of a variety of age groups, which of course is not a bad thing! Keep in mind, no matter what community you are in: it’s ROBLOX. What do you expect? Of course there are gonna be children! You’d be a bigger fool to expect there weren’t any. What makes communities distinct however, is the way in which they deal with common issues that arise with children. Now this may include harassment, scamming, spamming (all of which we’ve experienced in the group). I would like to take this time to say that I personally believe we have handled all of the above appropriately, and such acts have been punished- with the exception of spamming. But let me remind you about something that members of an active group always- and I mean always seem to forget. Moderators and staff have lives too. No, we do not wither away our lives monitoring the wall and Discord servers 24/7, so don’t expect us to. We try our best to delete game links that don’t contain badges, and other advertisements within an hour or two of them being posted. I don’t know how high some of you guys’ expectations are, but that’s pretty dang good. So please, bare with us. We dislike seeing the wall being flooded with spam too but we try our best to remove it. Thank you to all the active and dedicated members out there, who constantly remind other members not to post advertisements.
Now, addressing the second issue. People who aren’t able to solve personal issues by themselves. I’m not going to name any names, but among hearing that, you can probably conjure up thoughts of some users who may fall into this category. Not being able to solve your own issues is not necessarily a bad thing, seeing as how we all need a helping hand from time to time. That is the job of the moderators. We are always here to help, always. What annoys me (and I’m sure many of you as well), is when someone has issues with another member of the group, and PUBLICLY calls them out, which quite obviously invokes a full-fledged argument / flame war. Look, the group doesn’t need to hear about your problems- I’m sorry if that sounded harsh, but it’s true. Private issues should be solved privately. I don’t want to sound selfish, though as an Owner I shouldn’t have to constantly be fixing petty conflicts on the group wall. This could have been done amongst you guys. What irks me most, is that the people who often are involved with these incidents are the ones that claim they’re mature (or 13+). Like, if you’re having an issue with a child who keeps harassing you, block them. It isn’t that hard. They’re years younger than you, so I’m not so sure as to why you’d even bother taking any insults they throw at you to heart. If the problem persists, simply request help from a moderator, and we will punish that person fairly.
Let me address a few other miscellaneous topics…
Stop following people into games when they have clearly told you that they don’t want you to. I understand many of you look up to users like hopperkk, but don’t you think they’d want to hunt in peace or alone sometimes? Especially considering he’s in the number one position, you’re taking time away from him potentially getting more badges by engaging in conversations. I’m not saying you can’t talk to them, but as a person who’s both seen and experienced both, the conversations typically go something along the lines of, “please accept my friend request i am a huge fan”. Having to repeatedly put up with unwanted attention and constantly having to turn down friend requests causes stress- a lot of it. And the fact that they deal with this every single day… it’s no wonder why he left.
The community growing larger is not a bad thing. Some of you enjoyed when the group was smaller and more reserved, which is understandable. However, with the group gaining more members and the act of badge-collecting gaining more traction, it results in many more badge games being opened. Without the recent influx of members, I’m confident to say that all of your badge counts wouldn’t be as high as they are today. Also, it’s just sort of funny how some of the people complaining about the group being large are the ones that are new to the community… Without the group being large in the first place, you would never have come across us? Please, stop complaining about this and start seeing the benefits that it will bring us all. Oh, another thing- we aren’t gonna restrict the wall to Dedicated+ anytime soon. We will not solve the spamming issue by sacrificing communication for some of our members who maybe don’t badge hunt for quantity, but for quality. By that, I mean there are members in the group who hunt for rare badges, not necessarily to gain a bunch (therefore, they remain in the Casual rank).
Finally, stop treating badge collecting as if it is your full-time job. I am saying this to help you. If you think of badge collecting as a job, boy oh boy, it won’t be fun. It should be- wait let me correct that, it IS only a hobby and should be seen as such. I constantly see on the wall posts that claim “i’m retiring from badge hunting”. No, you’re not. You’re just not actively practicing the hobby anymore. You can’t ‘retire’ from badge collecting. Again, I apologize if this sounds blunt or harsh, but it is for the sake of some of you guys. You will be stressed out, trust me. Just take a break every once in a while if you feel that you have gotten a bit bored or tired. Badge hunting isn’t going anywhere, and by doing so, it’ll be even more fun when you return as there will be a fresh batch of newly created badges waiting to be earned!
The staff and I would like to apologize for our inaction, but please do be aware, that the issue begins with your inaction to ask us for help.
If you made it to the end, thank you for reading through. Feel free to discuss your thoughts, whether it be points of agreement or disagreement, but remain civil. I will personally be looking out for any argument-invoking statements and delete them.
See you all around! 