User talk:Etzan/Resolving the crisis/@comment-4242472-20140825130407

I was not part of this conversation about re-establishment of communication between the Xonexi and MCA group I don't think so I ever gave my input but I do think something has to be done as it's like the post-divide Roman Empire here right now.

I agree now that the Gigaquadrantic Conflicts probably has become something of a train wreck for the bulk community (although quite the opposite for the Mirus-based users for some reason) with people saying they felt forced and resulted in trying their very best to isolate themselves form the events occurring. I remember it being proposed as a more closer-to-reality form of war fiction with a "grey vs gray morality" feel. What we got however though discussion was effectively what would happen over the entire course of the war before it had even begun. There were talks of what alliances would be forged and broken before the entire thing had begun and there was also talk of a "big bad threat" that would be discovered at the very end. And the whole Milky Way Front was effectively frozen for a while (something AB, Wormy, Tybusen and I have tried to fix recently) because of an impression that none of us could move the campaign in our directions without the progression of one particular story between one or two users despite being told time and again we don't have to.

So it probably is a train wreck thinking about it, but potentialyl a train wreck that could have been avoided with proper communication and understanding.

Personally I think the argument that these problems cant' be fixed because of "human nature" is pessimistic rubbish. We're not machines this si true, we can be unpredictable but we're also able to go beyond our biological programming if we try. And as AB said some of us already have by their attempts to communicate between the two big factions that currently exist.

The recent issues have caused everyone to go back further into their circles and unless people actually do something about this issue and start communicating more between groups then this is how the wiki is probably going to be for a good while and we may as well break the universe into two separate universes as GD12 has indicated is what may be happening. There is talk that some are considering refusal of cross-group communication but this will only make the entire present situation worse.

So if we want to go back to the "old days" before all this happened then there needs to be communication on everyone's part. Not everyone will like this and if anyone has a better suggestion for resolving the crisis then I wouldn't mind seeing other suggestions. Commenting that its human nature to not like change and naturally wanting to stick to our own groups and ignoring or blaming outside groups is as beneficial to solving the issue as sticking your head in the sand.