Massacci wrote:Matt, I respect you. Out of all the Dallas GBs, you were the only one who was friendly, open, and understanding. As for the rest of the members I encountered, the majority were quite rude. Not in a direct sense of course, but the absolute silence and lack of conversation coupled with the strange looks I recieved... Looks that said "What are you doing here? Do you really think you belong here with US?" Its absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for. I really dont appreciate that disrespect. Who are you to give me an attitude like you are better than me? I have a real life with a girlfriend & two beautiful children to support. I have a car payment, car insurance, 2 phone bills, an electric bill, & rent to pay. All of which is paid off of a monthly income of barely $1200 a month. Building a Proton Pack & attending cons on a regular basis is completely unrealistic. If that is still expected for someone of my means in order to become a member, then I completely disagree with you & dont want to be a part of that.
I think Red said it best but for the sake of it I'm gonna throw in my two cents.
First off I appreciate the compliment. At the same time I agree with red on this. You are looking WAY to much into things like that. I will speak for the other dfw gb's on this. We over all are not a rude bunch of people. You have to understand that the majority of this aren't just going to welcome anyone with open arms like we've known you for years. That being said we are always nice and respectful to everyone we encounter. I'm guessing you are reffuring to the dinner at applebee's after the game release which is where I'm sure you got some of these looks your talking about. No one on our crew thought anything like that believe me if they didn't want you there they would have said so. If I didn't want you around i'd tell you.
Being in a group does involve going out in public and attending cons. If your in a cosplay group of any kind but don't have the means to create your costume or go out into public then...what kind of group are you??? The kind that sits around at home on the couch? We don't require anyone to really do anything our guys (and gals) do what they can when they can. We all have day jobs and have bills to pay granted very few of us have kids but those of us that do still manage to be able to participate in the long run. It may not be as often as we would like but it happens.
So what I'm getting from this here and is the same thing i got from when we argued about it on face book. You want to join a group but you cant afford your gear or the time to go out and participate and be involved so....we're the bad guys for asking you to at least get a pack together???? I don't get it. Even if that wasn't the case and we said sure come on in and join you'd still have to go to cons every now and then and actually show up once in a while for any of us let alone the public to take you seriously.
I know I'm coming off like a dick but damn dude you cant honestly hold a chip on your shoulder and be mad at us because you are unable to get a pack together. I told you this a long time ago and i'll tell you now. Get the money and we will help you build a pack. If you can't afford it sorry, nothing any of us can do about it. None of us have packs we can just hand out to those who don't have them. We're not made of money either. So....where are you going with this??? Stay mad if you want but you talk about being realistic with this so I'll be just that. You have to have a costume on to convince people you are dressed up.
A flight suit and goggles are a great start but we ask that you have a pack. If you don't have one and can afford to by the parts then we will be more than happy to help you. I'm going to quote one of of our other members who said this earlier tonight. In the 2 years you have spent pointing fingers at us for not letting you in you could have been spending that time getting the funds together and piece by piece started gathering the parts for us to actually help you out. But no you chose to spend that time being mad and casting blame on others for something that's in the long run your own fault.
If you want to make your own group fine I hope it works out for you but I'm done with the attitude that we have shunned you because that is not the case. I understand you have a tight budget and priorities we all do but at some point or another we have all managed to squeeze some extra cash together and get our gear made. I'm sure at some point you'll be able to do the same.
We had part of a slinky...but I straightened it.
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