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It is easier to find an enemy and unite around said enemy than actually deal with the potential of having a large change like this happen to your racial community. This is on par with the Dark Irons being made available, or the Mag'har.

So what does the most isolationist, regressive and petty community on Argent Dawn do? They spit venom and bile.

HOW DARE Blizzard infringe on their Tau/Protoss ultra moralist pseudo-Christian fundamentalist RP? HOW DARE this might attract new roleplayers into a decayed husk of a community who is populated by as many fascist sympathisers as the Forsaken are. HOW DARE that their gatekeeping is being threatened, that their headcanons are being overthrown by the new practical realities in game? Man'ari could become a majority! We could end up like the Blood Elves, IRRELEVANT!

Reminder that racism does not exist in the same way that you think it does in the WoW universe. That you would deliberately make racism a cornerstone of your RP and then you are in turn praised by your fellow puckered remains and dried out corpse of a community just shows the utter shambolic state of Draenei RP on AD.

It seems that a LIGHT has truly been shone on these delusional bullies, and it seems it has been far past time for it too.

[jimsmovieworld]

PCU- 1994 ⭐️⭐️

High school senior Tom visits Port Chester University and gets assigned to the craziest fraternity in the college. Its filled with various goofballs/stoners who are facing eviction and being protested by politically correct students. They decide to throw the biggest party ever to raise enough money to save the house....

Jeremy Piven, David Spade, Jon Favreau and Jessica Walter stars.

Also known as Politcially Correct Party Animals.

90s comedy with a good premise but wasnt really my cup of tea. Jeremy Piven is a goober, cant be bothered with him at all. Occasional funny joke but few and far between.

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[dynamoe]

Do you like South Park?

Jeez. I haven't watched South Park since, like, 1997. Still haven't caught up on the last... (quick googling)... 23 seasons.

Thanks for your question, anonymous circle with no facial features and yet wearing sunglasses. It makes me feel that people really care about me and want my insights.

I remember liking it back then, for what it's worth. *shrug*

↑ 1997: first burst of South Park mania, when shirt like this could be found on every pudgy 13 year old with absentee parents and no friends.

↓ ☎️ 🎞️ I'm gonna wax nostalgic below the break. Beware 📸 🕹️ ↓

The really cool kids already knew about "The Spirit of Christmas," the proto-South Park swear-y Christmas video that Parker & Stone made. That was one of those cult VHSes that got passed around

The only TV I watched in college was a weekend double feature of Simpsons and then South Park. I'd go to Eclectic House (the punk frat, because my campus was literally PCU) to watch new episodes on their TV in the lounge. I mean, I was a film major so I constantly watched other shit but not for fun.

I remember watching the one where Cartman gets probed by aliens... the one where Cartman was a cop and kept saying "Respect my authori-tay" was in that season, too. We laughed. *shrug*

I liked swear-y cartoons... I don't think they were calling it "adult animation" yet. At that point only the Simpsons had been a real success after 7-8 years of trying to build a genre. There were so many shows that crapped out right away. South Park was really only the second successful mainstream adult cartoon on TV.

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10 Guest Stars We Forgot Were On Seinfeld | ScreenRant

Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David broke the mold for television sitcoms when they created Seinfeld. The unconventional situational comedy famously “about nothing” actually featured several reoccurring storyline and interwoven plots. For the most part though, the show cared more about finding the funny in the mundane parts of everyday life that anyone can relate to. As opposed to the silliness that transpired in traditional sitcoms. It’s one of the many reasons that Seinfeld still exists to this day in reruns and the comic himself can pretty much do whatever he wants (such as host a 20-minute talk show where he drives around with other comics and gets coffee).

The other cast members have done fairly well for themselves in the 20 years since the show has ended, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus leading the charge, garnering up Emmy nominations like sharks eat fish. The show’s supporting cast didn’t do too bad for themselves either. Some of them even went on to become big TV stars in their own right. Whether it was a blink and miss it cameo, or a reoccurring role, here are 10 Guest Stars We Forgot Were On Seinfeld.

10 Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett made plenty of fans crack up verbally sparring with his TV brother Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond for nearly ten years. He has used his memorable, deep baritone voice in several projects like Christopher Robin. He’s also lent his giant frame on guest starring roles on Law And Order: SVU. He was even Hulk Hogan on Rock N’ Wrestling. But one of his first big live-action roles came in “The Bottle Deposit.” He played Tony, an over zealous mechanic who stole Jerry’s car to give it a better home. Despite Kramer and Newman’s scheme to deposit bottles in Michigan (where it’s ten cents instead of five), Kramer decides to be a good friend and follow Tony to help get Jerry’s car back.

9 Jeremy Piven

Having played Hollywood super agent Ari Gold on Entourage for so many years would lead plenty of fans to think that Jeremy Piven is that much of a maniac in real life. In reality, he’s always played that manic type of character - check him out in PCU for further information.

Related: Seinfeld: The Best Episodes According To IMDb

Or just check him out in the episode, “The Pilot.” In the two-parter, Piven played Michael Barth, an actor auditioning to play George in the pilot. While everyone in the casting room thought he was great, the real George was visibly offended.

8 Mariska Hargitay

As “The Pilot” casting got underway, the show, Jerry of course needed an Elaine. During the audition process, Jerry quickly became smitten with Melissa, the actress trying out for Elaine. While she didn’t get that part, the actress playing Melissa has been captivating fans for over twenty years - Mariska Hargitay. If you grew up anywhere near a television set, then you know full well that she’s been cracking skulls of really evil people as Olivia Benson on Law And Order: Special Victims Unit since the series debut in 1999.

7 Bryan Cranston And Anna Gunn

There is narrowly a person out there that doesn’t believe the series Breaking Bad is amongst the greatest ever. The hyper-dramatic series starred Bryan Cranston as a meek science teacher diagnosed with cancer who becomes a drug kingpin. All the while, for a time trying to keep his wife, played by Anna Gunn ignorantly blissful. Several years prior, both Cranston and Gunn were part of separate episodes of Seinfeld. Gunn played Amy in “The Glasses,” one of Jerry’s girlfriends, that George thinks he saw cheat on with his cousin. Cranston was in several episodes as Dr. Tim Whatley, Elaine’s would-be regifting boyfriend.

6 Patton Oswalt

One of the funniest stand-up comics today, Patton Oswalt is also just like a lot of pop-culture fans out there, he loves all kinds of nerd and geek things. On Jerry’s talk show, the duo even tried to go back in time, driving a DeLorean to get a cup of coffee.

Related: Seinfeld: Jerry's Best Opening Stand Ups

His first acting gig was actually in the classic “The Couch” episode. He played the video clerk who refused to let George know who rented Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

5 Teri Hatcher

One of the most quoted lines in the show’s history comes from Jerry’s girlfriend-of-the-week, Sidra. After an episode long debate between Jerry and Elaine about whether or not “they’re real,” Sidra lets Jerry know emphatically “they’re real, and they’re spectacular.” Sidra was played by Lois And Clark’s and future Desperate Housewives star, Teri Hatcher. The line was so popular, that it’s almost what she’s known for.

4 Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau has directed some of best films of the last thirty years or so. From Swingers to Iron Man, the guy has helped shape pop culture. He displayed his penchant for entertaining on the other side of the camera as well in some of those films, as well as some TV shows - like Friends and Seinfeld. In the episode, “The Fire,” he was hard to see, but at the same time impossible not to notice. He played the heroic Eric The Clown who put out the fire, making George a complete coward in the process.

3 Lauren Graham And Scott Patterson

Stars Hollow’s cutest will they or won’t they couple, Lorelei Gilmore and Luke Danes made a lot of fans during The Gilmore Girls. Before Luke (Scott Patterson) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) could kindle and rekindle their romance, they had to first have respective guest-starring roles on Seinfeld.

Related: Seinfeld: 10 Times We Were All Elaine

Both took part in classic episodes. Patterson played Elaine’s sponge-worthy boyfriend, Billy in “the Sponge.” Graham was part of “The Millennium,” as Valerie, a girl who demands prime real estate on Jerry’s speed dial.

2 Denise Richards

Long before the former Mrs. Charlie Sheen took part in cult classic films like Starship Troopers, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and Wild Things, Denise Richards took part in a classic episode of Seinfeld. “The Shoes” featured the future Bond girl as the daughter of TV executive Russell Dalrymple. He’s none too pleased when he realizes George is ogling his daughter. However, the tables are turned on him when Elaine catches his eye. Similar to several guest stars over the years, her appearance was brief but very memorable.

1 James Spader

Everyone's favorite spook turned criminal mastermind turned criminal mastermind working for spooks on The Blacklist also once made his way onto Seinfeld. James Spader, who can act creepy to funny to terrifying, sometimes within the same facial expression played George's old frenemy, Jason Hanky in "The Apology." All George wanted was his "step 9" apology from Stanky, but Jason, was having none of it. This left George with no choice but drive Hanky back into the bottle.

Next: 5 Things Seinfeld Does Better Than Curb Your Enthusiasm (& Vice Versa)

source https://screenrant.com/guest-stars-forgot-seinfeld/

[artstaline-tpe]

III - Le culte de la personnalité

L'expression « culte de la personnalité » est utilisée pour désigner l'attitude d'un dirigeant de régime totalitaire qui veut être vénéré comme un Dieu vivant. Elle se traduit par une admiration excessive, une adulation du chef par la population au détriment des intérêts de la collectivité.

Le culte de la personnalité autour de Staline transmis par la propagande était tellement poussé qu'il faisait partie intégrante de la politique soviétique.

1) Staline, l'héritier légitime du grand Lénine ; Poursuivre la révolution communiste

A) L’œuvre

 Auteur :

Le nom de l’auteur, inscrit en bas à droite de l'affiche, est Denu Danopykob. Il est dessinateur et, en tant que membre du Parti Communiste d'Union Soviétique (PCUS), il travaille pour le régime. L’œuvre de Danopykob se rattache au réalisme socialiste, l'art officiel du pouvoir en URSS. Il s'agit d'un mouvement élaboré en Union Soviétique par Staline, NikolaÏ Boukarine, Maxime Gorki et Andreï Jdanov dans les années 1930. Les artistes doivent être fidèles aux idées du régime stalinien et doivent glorifier le parti, le travail, l'armée, le peuple, la patrie, Staline...

Contexte :

L’affiche a été commandée en 1934 par le parti communiste soviétique à l’occasion de son 17ème Congrès. En effet, de 1898 à 1990, les délégués du PCUS se réunissent pour échanger leurs idées, communiquer le résultat de leurs études ou débattre de diverses questions notamment socio-économiques. . Le 17ème Congrès a eu lieu du 26 janvier au 10 février 1934. Ce congrès a été appelé le « Congrès des vainqueurs » en référence aux prétendus remarquables succès économiques du Premier Plan Quinquennal ; ce fut en fait le lieu de la dernière révolte clandestine dans les rangs du parti contre Staline. On a aussi donné à ce congrès le nom de « Congrès des condamnés », car parmi les 1996 membres du parti qui y assistèrent, 1108 furent arrêtés et environ les deux tiers d'entre eux furent exécutés en l'espace de trois ans.

L’œuvre a été réalisée au début du deuxième plan quinquennal (1933-1938), période où de grandes infrastructures comme le canal de la Mer Blanche sont construites,  ce qui augmenta considérablement les chiffres de la production soviétique.

Analyse technique :

Cette œuvre est une affiche. Ce format permet de propager une idée avec facilité et en quantité. Elle est imprimée de deux couleurs : le noir et le rouge, omniprésent, symbole du communisme.

Analyse artistique et fait de propagande :

Le dessin peut être divisé en quatre parties :

             Tout d’abord la première partie, encadrée en bleu relate les origines de l’URSS. Quatre éléments y sont présents : un personnage, un drapeau, un slogan et un événement. Le personnage est Lénine, il domine la scène,  en leader charismatique et fort. Le premier chef des Bolcheviks est représenté sur un fond noir, symbolisant le passé ainsi que le deuil car il est mort en 1924. Bras levé, il montre de son doigt le drapeau de l’URSS, dont il fut le fondateur en 1922, de façon à indiquer que c’est la direction à suivre, que c’est l’avenir du pays.

Sur le drapeau de l’URSS, les symboles des communistes sont présents : la couleur rouge, la faucille du kolkhozien, ou paysan, et le marteau du prolétaire, ou ouvrier. Le tout est représenté sur un globe, traduisant l’universalité de l’idéologie communiste censée apporter la paix et le bonheur aux travailleurs du monde entier. Le globe est éclairé par un soleil levant, symbole de naissance et de devenir radieux.

En dessous de Lénine est illustrée un des événements majeurs de la Révolution d’Octobre 1917 : la prise par les marins de Kronstadt du Palais d’hiver de Petrograd, le nom russe de Saint-Pétersbourg de 1914 à 1924, où siégeait le gouvernement provisoire. C’est cet évènement qui a permis à Lénine de prendre le pouvoir en renversant le gouvernement provisoire mis en place après la première révolution russe de mars 1917.

Au-dessus, la phrase qui fut le slogan de la Révolution d’Octobre « Tout le pouvoir aux Soviets » est écrite sur une bannière rouge.

           Vient ensuite la deuxième partie de l’affiche, encadrée en vert : le slogan principal signifiant : « 1917-1934, Plus haut l’étendard de Lénine qui nous donne la victoire ! » Cette phrase relie Lénine au second personnage : Staline. Suivant un ordre de lecture chronologique, il est présenté comme le véritable héritier naturel de Lénine. Son idée est de montrer qu’il est dans sa continuité, en le plaçant comme sous la protection, la bienveillance de Lénine.

Il est bien question de propagande et de désinformation car Lénine ne voulait pas de Staline comme successeur, le considérant trop violent et trop extrême dans ses prises de positions, et préférait Trotski, plus modéré et instruit.

           La troisième partie, encadrée en violet présente l’œuvre accomplie par Staline qui est au pouvoir depuis 1928. On voit toute l’industrie soviétique développée grâce au premier plan quinquennal : des usines, des grues, des barrages…Staline porte l’uniforme de l’armée rouge, comme pour se mettre à l’égal du peuple. Il poursuit le chemin indiqué par Lénine et regarde lui aussi vers l’avenir, confiant. Il est présenté comme un chef adulé, comme un guide de la révolution. Cela participe donc au culte de la personnalité.

           Enfin, en bas de l’affiche,  en jaune, une foule d’ouvriers reconnaissables par leur traditionnelle casquette marchent vers la direction montrée par Lénine et vers laquelle regarde Staline. Leurs bannières font l’éloge du parti et de leurs chefs.

 B) Document(s) complémentaire(s)

Document n°1 : une affiche de propagande sans nom datant des années 1930.

             Lénine, représenté sans couleurs afin de rappeler sa disparition, et Staline se superposent sur le fond rouge du drapeau communiste, et regardent ensemble dans la même direction. Ce chevauchement fait implicitement de Staline le digne et naturel héritier de Lénine après sa mort, et sa taille importante, dominant l’affiche, le place en supériorité écrasante par rapport aux autres dignitaires du parti, dont les visages alignés se partagent l’angle inférieur gauche de l’oeuvre.

C) Réalité historique

          Les Révolutions russes de 1917 désignent un mouvement révolutionnaire d’abord spontané puis organisé par les bolcheviks, qui mit fin au régime tsariste en février 1917 et qui aboutit, en octobre 1917, après la prise du pouvoir par les bolcheviks, à l'instauration de la République socialiste soviétique fédérative de Russie. Staline n’a pas joué de rôle significatif dans ces Révolutions, il s’est contenté de suivre Lénine sans réel enthousiasme.

          En mai 1922, Lénine tombe malade et Staline est déjà prêt à prendre sa succession. Il possède des atouts décisifs : un esprit pratique et une réelle compréhension des mécanismes du pouvoir, tandis que ses rivaux, notamment Trotski, croient à la primauté de l'idée. Lénine s'inquiète de la violence avec laquelle Staline a rétabli l'ordre en Géorgie, de la modification en cours du nom de Tsaritsyne en Stalingrad que Staline a suscitée, et surtout de son incompatibilité de caractère avec Trotski. Le 25 décembre 1922, il écrit dans une note connue sous le nom de "Testament de Lénine" : « Le camarade Staline, en devenant secrétaire général, a concentré dans ses mains un pouvoir immense et je ne suis pas convaincu qu'il puisse toujours en user avec suffisamment de prudence. �� Puis, quelques jours plus tard: « … je propose aux camarades de réfléchir au moyen de déplacer Staline de ce poste et de nommer à sa place un homme qui, sous tous les rapports, se distingue du camarade Staline par une supériorité, c’est-à-dire qu'il soit plus patient, plus loyal, plus poli et plus attentionné envers les camarades… »

          Jusqu'à la mort de Lénine, le 21 janvier 1924, les assauts de Staline contre Trotski sont plutôt modérés. Malgré le léger renouveau apporté par la NEP, le pays est en crise : grande famine de 1921, chute de moitié des superficies cultivées entre 1913 et 1922, chute de la production industrielle… Staline justifie sa politique de répression menée au Caucase en attaquant Trotski qu'il accuse de mener une activité fractionnelle au sein du parti, d'avoir des vues économiques erronées, et critique ses Leçons d'Octobre parues en octobre 1924. Il parvient peu à peu à l'isoler, en envoyant ses partisans à l'étranger ou dans des régions reculées de l'URSS, ou en les démettant simplement de leurs fonctions. Trotski est condamné par une résolution du comité centrale de janvier 1925, puis il est exclu du parti le 15 novembre 1927.

          En 1929, Staline devient le dirigeant suprême du pays. La célébration de ses 50 ans, le 21 décembre, marque le début d’un culte autour de sa personne

[consequencesofargentdawn]

Painted Shields have reposted their guild thread on the forums but without the PCU tag, reckon they've also jumped ship or just hiding it out?

After the Rotgarde thread got shut down it appears that the remaining PCU dregs are actively re-branding themselves.

With the Dirge of Teldrassil having reached its end as well, the PCU's alliance presence has all but dried up and scattered to the winds.

The original thread, the one on the bottom was made by Perroy, thus it would be impossible for them to amend the guild thread title, which is likely why some of the others have not changed yet, their original posters have slunk off.

It is rather amusing to see though that the PCU as a brand name has now been dropped, probably because the name PCU has become an utterly hated name across the server and has more negative associations than positive.

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LGBT+ players inside the PCU. Why? You do realise these incels if given the chance would be throwing you off of buildings right? They hate you, they might smile to your face but they hate you. You don't need to be a genius or psychoanalyse them like the COAD guys here. Its literally in the fucking blog banner.

They hate gay men and women, hate trans people, hate anything not white. They make disgusting jokes all the time in their servers and guilds of which some aren't even shown here.

source - a former queer member of a pcu guild who left after pointing out joking about transgender suicide rates were not the kind of thing a group claiming to be "inclusive" should be doing.

We have little to add to this aside from that we do have a professionally trained psychologist inside our editor team who deals with the trauma and stress of abusive relationships and interactions as their '"thing" in their offline, real world life. Usually they do not like to comment on things regarding psychology and psychotherapy but in this case they would like to make it known that in their professional opinion the reason why many LGBT+ people are in a place like the PCU is because they are vulnerable, lack an alternative healthy outlet and are very likely to face brutal persecution when leaving a 'cult' when said cult has 'dirt' on them.

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I'm writing this from human to human. I'm wondering how you ended up in this compassionless whirlpool of hate and disrespect. I hope, and I pray that you can finally step into the good in life, instead of keeping yourself chained to this negativity. Live with compassion and respect for another, end this void. Please. Isn't it enough, after years?

Hate, disrespect? For a moment we shall treat you in the good faith you are not treating us. There is no compassionless whirlpool. Quite the opposite, it was compassion for our server that we started to do our work. Literally hundreds of people agree with us and actively follow us.

There is no negativity, we are simply doing a necessary duty that no others within our community will do. Holding those who will not be held to account for egregious, bile ridden harassment, witch hunts and mockery of innocent players.

No one is making you read our work, yet consistently certain types of player come back here time and time again. You have utterly no counter arguments, no recourse and you know we are ultimately right. So with that out of the way, we have addressed you in good faith, now to the crux.

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A bully is a weakling who predates on those who they feel threatened by and by those who they feel they can aggrandize and make themselves feel better by. However with us, your tactics are impotent and your numbers are bleeding out day in day out. The server reviles your kind and the dis-ingenuity, the gaslighting, the gatekeeping.

Even this is hilarious in a pitiful way, preaching about negativity when your clique has been a parasitic worm on the community for years, and now that the leech has lost its teeth it flounders and writhes, lashing out ever more against its victims.

There has always been an easy way out for your kind, because we are forgiving. A public apology from its members, a clear recanting of your ways. But no, your pride is too great and that pride has crushed any way out for the remaining dregs in your crumbling 'empire' as your Dear Leader once called it.

You have been led by perverts, literal neo-nazis, incels and the sorts truly deserving of the word 'degenerate' for years and now the consequences of your own actions and inaction are catching up. What is it to us? We spend maybe thirty minutes every day, each member working through our messages, our material.

Yet we have lived rent free in your heads for five plus years, and you have never come close to who we are, countering our methods of exposure or even offering a counter argument to the small library of evidence that is all publicly available for anyone to look through at any time.

Take the L and go join your cult leader in his new conquest.

[consequencesofargentdawn]

why is obahar (morverne) trying to outline his werewolf cult fetish in public?

eu.forums.blizzard. com/en/wow/t/devotion-to-goldrinn-an-in-character-manifesto/476472

read some of these points

hose with the gift must offer it to the worthy. Not all in Gilneas were bestowed with Goldrinn’s blessing, and few outside that kingdom have received it. It is a privilege to experience, and thus a privilege to offer.

-- To grow complacent, and wear the form merely as decoration while doing nothing to enact Goldrinn’s will is to utterly disgrace the gift - it is a form that is made to hunt, made for conflict, born in a time of war.

In nature, the strong survive, and the weak perish. We must ensure that the weak only perish to a natural and expected source of strength, and that the strong are not killed off by some unnatural occurrence.

That which we kill, we must use entirely. Whatever we cannot feast upon or fashion into attire, must be returned to the balance.

The orcs of the Horde know of Goldrinn, or Lo’Gosh, in their vile tongue. They claim to revere him as we do. Yet Goldrinn has not bestowed his gift upon them, as he has for us. The Wild God may acknowledge the orcs ferocity and courage, yet he clearly does not favour them compared to his children. Their fel-corrupted bodies and destructive behaviours make them a clear enemy of nature, thus making them an enemy of the wild god.

In nature, the strong survive and prosper off the weak. Prey that cannot run, hide, or fight, is prey destined to meet it’s end by the predator above it. So too was this true for Gilneas. For the most part, those we see today who have inherited Goldrinn’s gift are the Gilneans with the bravest hearts, unbreakable wills, and undeniable strength. Those who perished, on the other hand, were those who lacked the courage to act bravely and fight against the maddened worgen.

this all talks smack of yet another pseudo-fascist jingoistic OO-RAH waffling headcanon that doesn't make sense or even have any grounding in what we see in lore. its basically a worgen supremacist cult that will go around biting people like its baby's first roleplay back in 2007 again, only this time with goosestepping, sorry, wolfstepping.

Considering this is Obahar we are not surprised in the slightest this kind of madcap idea is being bandied about. No doubt this will be put into the PCU and PCU-adjacent 'lore books' that ALL Worgen rp in their purview must adhere to.

And the very same player has had the utter audacity to rant and rave against Vulpera RPers, Darkfallen and Man'ari RPers. Blind hypocrisy.

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Hello Coad,

In your view if Perroy or Didonus had the power to do their own version of Order 66 on the server of Argent Dawn who do you think would be more likely to enact it and why?

Both would, though Perroy and the PCU in general would be the one to act first and blunder it up. They have publicly fantasized for years about getting more influence and clout over the server, one can even check our lovely blog banner (CTRL+Scroll to see better) Morsteth getting himself into a worked up frenzy about the possibility of "blueposts from the PCU."

The problem is though they would burn the server down and then lose the power they crave, and then turn on one another (like they are already doing now) and the whole thing would be over with in a month and players would just move back to Argent Dawn once the PCU had destroyed itself. Didonus however would unfortunately systematically and more sinisterly target guilds and individuals indirectly as he has directed his Royal Court and other "DiCU" associates in sabotage for the best part of over 15 years.

As we have heard from contributors and even from those on our editor team, other RP servers on the European side of WoW all suffered a death due to one group of power getting informal quasi-moderation power over the server. A monopolizing clique that thinks it is doing great things, providing rp, providing events, providing easy and cheap RP that requires no work on anyone else's part.

Opposition is driven out, there is no dissent against the ruling order. Creativity outside of the ruling clique is discouraged, new ideas are hated and vilified. The mass "othering" of anyone who does not conform results in stagnation, boredom. Boredom leads to even more people trying to break the mould, which increases the clamp down. A Gestapo/Informant situation arises when those who may be only suspected of being "enemies" are tattled on, increasing an atmosphere of paranoia. Co-operation breaks down and the ruling clique starts to conduct even more purity tests until finally there is a breaking point and the leaders log in one day and find their server is dead, left for greener pasture.

Argent Dawn however is simply too vast even in reduced conditions as it was before BFA for a single cult to rule over though, despite the best efforts of the likes of Didonus, Ottaline, Nasias, Hylde and the like within the DiCU or Perroy, Morsteth, Coalburnt and the like within the PCU to attempt otherwise. What is happening is the cultic elements are finding there are no other places for them to exert control and are fleeing retail WoW for places like Epsilon, as evidenced by Blood of Martyrs and many prominent "Northern" roleplayers being found there now.

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Do you, COAD, spend any time thinking about what you're pushing, and how either your own biases or the agendas of those that submit to you cause harm to the people you "expose"?

I have been on the receiving end of the PCU's antics, and there is no love lost. I have been on the receiving end of people from TSE, too. And yet, digging into the actual "sources" when it comes to TSE, for example, amounts to them being hypocritical, and one person's retelling of what they felt, repeating: Felt, happened. And yet, over and over, you mouth off on this blog and mention the PCU and TSE in the same breath. It calls into question your credibility in general, and makes one wonder whether you actually have any sort of vetting process.

And no, before you go to your much-loved "cope harder"-style non-defenses, I neither am in or have ever been in the PCU, or TSE.

Tell me, tell the readers of your blog, why what you're doing is not effectively just a slightly different version of the public shaming tactics that your supposed enemies employ. In what way are you not just another corner in the metaphorical arena, shitting up the realm for everyone by perpetuating drama, and assisting with the legitimacy of inconsequential or even downright fake drama?

I look forward to an actual answer. If you could make it one without pointlessly calling people fascists or -phobes, that would probably strengthen your stance, too. If you actually have any defensible stance.

You must clearly be one who has not actively followed this blog for a while, or at all. We have on many, many occasions outlined out why we do what we do. We will assume that you are not just another bad faith poster trying to get a "hah gotcha" for a moment here and address the core of your point here.

Argent Dawn for the longest time had no means of community reproach against large cabalistic type guilds (if you're not with us you are against us sort that you often see here) who could with impunity attack players without consequence (hence the blog title) of any sort.

Oh but you could report them to Blizzard? Do we need to direct you to how inept Blizzard's reporting system is? How easily abused it can be? How a single stalker has made a certain player's life misery for years on end and has not been dissuaded at all? (We made a feature on this too, which you would know if you followed) Or how about another certain guild who uses the reporting system to actively abuse and silence anyone who speaks ill about them (which has been proven as well by several independent sources, which you would also know if you followed).

We have always been and will always be the voice for independent players who don't have that cult like, cabalistic clique to fall back onto to support their twisted opinions (and then get hilariously curbstomped by the community regardless with 225 dislikes to 35 likes). We have always been a voice for those who have encountered abuse off disgusting and maligned individuals who exploit peoples trust and naivety but also use the clout of being a prominent guild leader with a large devoted following for over 15 years to in effect force any thing they dislike in their surroundings to either be forced off the scene or harassed off by any means.

We are not 'perpetuating drama' we expose those who want to hide what they truly are to the rest of the server. We have an archive of over five years worth of evidence of just how vile some people on this server are and the rest of the server deserves to have that knowledge before them when making a decision if they want to actively roleplay with someone who has behaved with underage players in an inappropriate manner, stalked vulnerable women and minorities or otherwise actively supports extremist ideologies that have no place in a civilized society, online of offline.

Remember, silence is acceptance of something occurring.

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I know the editor team had active contributors within the PCU. Outside of that do you suspect that there were other individuals within the PCU who were in effect working against it from the inside? The PCU had a lot of enemies who wanted to see ot collapse

Our general consensus based on discussions with members within the PCU, former members and those who have never been involved within the PCU all point to some, perhaps cold but not false, truths.

The vast majority of people either do not like the PCU or rather avoid interaction with the PCU. Try as they like they cannot shake the "school yard bully" or "insane terminally online cult" image, which has probably something to do with the simple reality that they do not curate who they let into their group or who is allowed to stay.

The main positive trait the PCU have always went for has been group loyalty. Their talk of it being "just a group for people who RP" is frankly insulting to anyone with a shred of intelligence. It was never about RP, it was about control. That they then go onto proclaiming that they are "the best" and everyone else is somehow an "inferior", either overtly or by omission, is just garnish to their unpleasantness.

There have been and are probably more people inside the PCU who want to see it collapse, and they have probably a lot more voice within their group than the "PR" managers of the cult want to let on. The fact that they've "rebranded" at all is a clear sign of discontent. Yes it took over three years after the departure of their Dear Leader, which can only be taken as a sign that there has been resistance to change.

Is there going to be an improvement? It is too early to call right now, though current trends seem to indicate there is no actual change to the PCU aside from a cosmetic repainting. Perhaps when they stop trying to impose some bizarro RP 'apartheid' on the server, when they stop harassing or sabotaging other groups of players, maybe we can say that they are moving in a positive direction. As of now, we've had no PCU guild leader come out to acknowledge that yes, there was gross and disgusting behavior happening, that no, they did not do enough to counter it and that yes, they wish to express sympathies and apologies to those who may have been affected.

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Looks like the 'Abandon ship' crew really are trying to make a new hidden PCU. Lets see which groups we have dabbling in their usual forum circle jerk, RP-pvp campaign, conflict to the point of abuse base, lore-bending nonsense so far. We have Bloodsong, Boulderhelm Briage, Highvale, The Gravesworn and Panted shields somehow limping along. It's as if people have forgotten what they do. These people KILL communities. Shun them, cast them out. They don't care about you, why care for them?

While we can't speak for the Boulderhelm Brigade so far, The Gravesworn is a formerly aborted PCU guild that has restarted due to the Rotgarde disintegrating. Painted Shields has always been PCU to begin with.

As mentioned before Highvale and Bloodsong, while may not be directly led by current PCU members has a number of people inside the guilds who have current or still strong former ties to the cult.

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Steadily rising tensions within the PCU has seen the more nefarious players become more overt in their attempts to bolster their respective powerbases and carve out their slice of the rotting pie. Unless there is some sort of miracle Gruggosh’s attempts to hold the line are soon to fail as the PCU eats itself alive. Common knowledge holds that Morsteth has been slowly building up Grim Gest for years, now it has gotten to the point where they are the large majority of active PCU players as the other guilds have died off. Kicked out of a position of power, disgraced internet bouncer Shewp has had some success rallying people under his banner, his own SCU (affectionally named the Shewp Containment Unit by detractors) though he seems to be trying to siphon people away from Argent Dawn and out of World of Warcraft entirely. My suspicions are that Shewp decided on this course of action as he sees the writing on the wall, his time is over, the PCU is crumbling around him and he doesn’t enjoy the same cult of personality seen within the Grim Gest. He curried favour with Dear Leader and I’m sure everyone is aware of the awful things he did in that pursuit, Gruggosh hasn’t been as keen to keep toxic assets like Shewp too close, as a result Shewp has sunk to the bottom of the pile; most of the officers that know his past won’t touch him with a barge pole so he’s reliant on members who thus far have remained ignorant. Your guess is as good as mine on where he plans to go, he likely hasn’t thought that far ahead with the looming tidal wave approaching trying to finalise the lifeboat will be the foremost concern. Dear Leader has fully abandoned his duties at this point. Much like Thanos at the end of Infinity War he has retired to a small farm in the middle of nowhere after snapping half of Argent Dawn out of existence. I hope this means that 2023 or at the latest 2024 will spell the end of the PCU, I’ve witnessed the hatred and witch hunts firsthand, and digging deep down the rabbit hole has done nothing but open my eyes to the scale of destruction a handful of people can do to a whole community. Continue to do what you can against these people, it is working and the war of attrition is nearing an end. More people day by day are steering clear of PCU guilds, recruitment numbers have nosedived and current members are leaving in droves. Karma will soon catch up to the devils in control, make no mistake they will do their best to slither away and hide within other communities, if you see them call them out so they cannot take root elsewhere, and we can finally stamp them out for good.

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Out of curiosity what, precisely, inspired the name of this blog?

Really there's nothing to it. Consequences are an often talked about thing within roleplay and are the only thing that really gives and objective value to the actions players do with their characters ultimately.

We took that idea with us when deciding that the conglomerate blob like cult of guilds on the server were not facing any sort of moderation or oversight from Blizzard itself due to how terms of service are put into action.

In short, there were no consequences being applied to the likes of the PCU because what did it matter when someone got a suspension if they had twenty, thirty, forty ghouls waiting in the wings to continue harassment campaigns against players outside of their group?