nameless wrote:
Kathaarian wrote:
All hail the unholy V! Do stick around a bit this time dude.
No, I really have no intention nor desire to post here (something that I am sure will make a few here quite happy).
They way it was told, you would think I merely walked out on the "team" leaving them high and dry; that was not the case, and I merely wanted to show the rest of the story of How V Quit The MR Reviewing Staff; something that was conveniently omitted by Alex , whom this really had NOTHING to do with, whatsoever.
I have done so, more or less, and, at least this time I am able to say goodbye, so...
goodbye, adieu, adios, sayonara, ciao, later, blah, blah, blah.
Since my name got mentioned ...
I was never aware of the story told hereby by V. It would seem to me that such unawareness (which V agrees to) completely eliminates the "convenience" factor of mentioning something or not. I guess what happened b/t V and Chris had to be resolved b/t the two of them, but maybe what happened b/t the two of them made it unresolvable for V. I would not know ...
The statement made by V to the MR staff at the time of him leaving was that the rigors of his job/professional situation and family commitments preclude him from being a regular contributor, and since that is the requirement MR places on people, V decided it would be better that he left. That was the only statement I remember, and in fact I don't recall any problems being caused by it. If my memory betrays me and there were other things said, I would not mind to stand corrected.
Where I got put off is after V left he started criticizing the policies, review choice selection, lack of one genre and prevalence of the other, etc. We know now the full story, but I still think that was uncalled for, even given the "conversation" b/t Chris and V at the time. What I am saying, man, there was your chance. If you could get around the argument with Chris, we could have debated the best of policies, you would have mightily contributed to the albums being reviewed here, and you would have a chance to influence the situation from within, not criticize it from the outside.
Long time ago me and V came to the conclusion that we are actually quite a bit alike. Yet so different. Both of us have very demanding jobs, both of us have the family with two little kids. Our political views are different, although we respect that each other is quite knowledgable on the subject. Our music tastes are different, but whose tastes are alike? With the rigors of my job (I have the responsibility of running a company, so 6 more dudes and their families livelihood depend on my decisions), and the bitchings of my wife who thinks my MR hobby is silly, and taking some flak for what I said in some of the reviews and what I didn't, reviewing/or not some material, etc. for the last 4.5 yrs I have been trying to work through it all. Some cases were tougher than others, ask Misha. Is my contribution worth a damn? This is not for me to decide.
So, V, if you stayed then, you would have been helpful in "separating the wheat from the chafe", to borrow a phrase from you. The fact that a man with some tough real life experiences could not allow to be above a "tough talk over review submissions and PC troubles" with a much younger man with a lot less real life experience seems like an easy bow out route.
I recall in my very early days getting it from Danny for trashing Soilwork's Figure No. 5 (which I thought I reviewed fairly). Maybe I am a "fucking forgiver", as Ken called me once when he and Misha got into it, but I am still here.
