In the interest of setting all grievances, I would first like to acknowledge and apologize for some of the mistakes I’ve made and some of the things that I’ve said. First of all, I do realize that this is Forrest’s forum, and that in general, the mods are gods. It has never been my intention challenge, usurp, or undermine the respect or authority of the moderators. If I have made that impression, then for that I am indeed sorry. Secondly, my strutting comment, and in fact the entire post it was a part of, was intended to be a tongue-in-cheek response designed to reflect a comment about my level of arrogance and self-involvement by taking the claim to it’s irrational extreme. I will confess that the post was, from the outset, designed to irk Doom, but it was never meant to be a serious reflection of myself or anything that I believe. I see how the ironic intent of those comments could easily be misses, as it doesn’t translate well into text. Again, for those comments I apologize. Thirdly, I realize that a number of my last few posts have been in response to, and designed to provoke and goad, Doom. I knew at the time that this was probably not the best course of action I could have taken, and I went ahead and did it anyway. So, for using the forum for my own non-myth related ends, and knowingly irritating another user, I apologize.
To this I would like to add that from the beginning I have done everything I could to treat the members of this forum with a formal, proper respect, the aforementioned series of exchanges being the one exception. Similarly it has also been my intent to respond to the questions, ideas, opinions, and beliefs of other users of this forum in a thorough and objective manner. It was, in fact, my attempt to castigate another for his ad hominem remarks that first brought me into conflict with Doom. This quickly devolved into an attempt to fight fire with fire, which backfired on me. Ultimately, I betrayed my intent by responding to unnecessary inflammatory comments, with equally unnecessary agitative comments for my own amusement, when I should have not responded at all. And for that as well, I apologize.
-Phil
P.S. Though you may not remember me Forrest, we have met before. In a sense. Years ago, before Myth, back in the days of the old Bungie board on AOL and Obsidian Software.
