I hadn't expected to make this post, but I had to take some time to think on whether it was worth my time or not but at the end of the day I wasted more time pouring effort into the group and essentially got shafted in the end due to poor leadership & the upholding of rules within the guild.
I'm not personally interested in debating reasons why you shouldn't trust CTX or have any involvement with them, so I'll keep it straight to the point and you can decide on your own what you do.
The leadership is why you can not trust CTX.
I originally joined the guild in late December and was given an opportunity to play off of the vouch of another player. I attributed a lot of my contributions through helping out in the Discord, recruiting, building new events & structures for the group, and giving the guild a public appearance that was for the most part positive.
However in recent time, I've since left due to the fact the leadership position is held by the wrong people. Either because of their inability or inactivity in dealing with things, or because they are overstepping their boundaries simply because they can.
When I was apart of the guild these people were: PatWins, Jame, Fayral, Smasher, Sneeze, and myself. I was the last addition to be added to this rank.
While PatWins is ultimately the guild leader and has the final "say" on decisions, you'll find this guild is actually ran by Smasher & Sneeze. Jame & Fayral typically are hands off or only speak very sparingly on issues, and typically do so without context. More specifically Fayral then Jame, as Jame is typically never around.
Many people know of Smasher and Sneeze, but don't really know about them. To put it in short, almost every guild they've been in has eventually hit a critical mass and disbanded or failed in someway. This is typically because they purposefully try to drive themselves into positions of power and then use it to create an environment they want for themselves, where they can do and say as they please but have no repercussions for their actions.
Smasher is the true definition of a snake and a rat. He is someone who will be polite to you when speaking to him, but will then trash you behind others backs and if he doesn't like you - you can expect him to be slowly turning people against you. MANY PEOPLE who know him personally and have played with him in guilds before know this as a fact, and whether they openly agree with it or not makes no difference to me.
Not only is he a snake and a rat, but he is also a hypocrite. He will tell you he does not agree with things such as being racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. But will turn around in the same sentence behind 'closed doors' and openly be all of these things and more. He constantly will try and play the card of a victim, by telling others they are doing the exact same thing he is doing as if to give himself a way out of any situation.
But the story doesn't stop there. Smasher was also involved in creating both Levia and WIGSPLITTERS. But unironically even with these two polarizing groups he was kicked out of both of them because even they couldn't be bothered to deal with his drama and problem-making. He has even been quoted saying that if he doesn't like how a guild is going that he is in, he'll do what ever he can to destroy it or get rid of the people he doesn't like. Even if it is at the detriment of other members or the entirety of the guild.
Sneeze simply enables Smasher and typically follows him around from guild to guild, supporting him in both words and actions if he can. This is why if you see one playing you'll usually find the other right by them. They both usually find themselves in influential positions in any guild they join, otherwise if they can't do that they'll leave and go do their own thing.
It's just sad honestly. I really liked CTX as a group, but I think the fact that you have two individuals like this in leadership who are basically only interested in having as much control as possible, to go as far as make decisions to kick or ban people without consulting the rest of the leadership, to essentially mass recruit and bring in new players without the consent of leadership even though we originally agreed on a player cap of fifty players.. and that anything beyond that should be done slowly & naturally, then watching our roster balloon up to eighty plus members, to read messages in private about other players getting under your skin in the guild and trashing them but taking no steps to actually resolve the situations.
I could probably go even further but I just wanted to drop this piece and peace out. I'm just tired of trying to play in groups and finding these same two people somehow in the group or connected in someway, because typically it means the guild is going to have major issues.
The person I feel the worst for is PatWins. He is genuinely a solid dude. Probably one of the best guild leaders I've ever had in a game, but the fact that he has become so hands off with a lot of things slowly drove me away until I finally realized he wasn't really in control of his own group anymore aside from making the final decision to kick or ban someone (Even though the aforementioned two can do just that without consequence). Honestly, I'd hope to see PatWins guild succeed without these two in it or going off and making the guild he wanted to make rather then what ever this group turned into. Some mix of WIGSPLITTERS, Levia, AQ, and randoms thrown into the mix.
But yeah. There is a bit of politics and drama for you. Wouldn't touch this guild with a mile long pole.
I'm not personally interested in debating reasons why you shouldn't trust CTX or have any involvement with them, so I'll keep it straight to the point and you can decide on your own what you do.
The leadership is why you can not trust CTX.
I originally joined the guild in late December and was given an opportunity to play off of the vouch of another player. I attributed a lot of my contributions through helping out in the Discord, recruiting, building new events & structures for the group, and giving the guild a public appearance that was for the most part positive.
However in recent time, I've since left due to the fact the leadership position is held by the wrong people. Either because of their inability or inactivity in dealing with things, or because they are overstepping their boundaries simply because they can.
When I was apart of the guild these people were: PatWins, Jame, Fayral, Smasher, Sneeze, and myself. I was the last addition to be added to this rank.
While PatWins is ultimately the guild leader and has the final "say" on decisions, you'll find this guild is actually ran by Smasher & Sneeze. Jame & Fayral typically are hands off or only speak very sparingly on issues, and typically do so without context. More specifically Fayral then Jame, as Jame is typically never around.
Many people know of Smasher and Sneeze, but don't really know about them. To put it in short, almost every guild they've been in has eventually hit a critical mass and disbanded or failed in someway. This is typically because they purposefully try to drive themselves into positions of power and then use it to create an environment they want for themselves, where they can do and say as they please but have no repercussions for their actions.
Smasher is the true definition of a snake and a rat. He is someone who will be polite to you when speaking to him, but will then trash you behind others backs and if he doesn't like you - you can expect him to be slowly turning people against you. MANY PEOPLE who know him personally and have played with him in guilds before know this as a fact, and whether they openly agree with it or not makes no difference to me.
Not only is he a snake and a rat, but he is also a hypocrite. He will tell you he does not agree with things such as being racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. But will turn around in the same sentence behind 'closed doors' and openly be all of these things and more. He constantly will try and play the card of a victim, by telling others they are doing the exact same thing he is doing as if to give himself a way out of any situation.
But the story doesn't stop there. Smasher was also involved in creating both Levia and WIGSPLITTERS. But unironically even with these two polarizing groups he was kicked out of both of them because even they couldn't be bothered to deal with his drama and problem-making. He has even been quoted saying that if he doesn't like how a guild is going that he is in, he'll do what ever he can to destroy it or get rid of the people he doesn't like. Even if it is at the detriment of other members or the entirety of the guild.
Sneeze simply enables Smasher and typically follows him around from guild to guild, supporting him in both words and actions if he can. This is why if you see one playing you'll usually find the other right by them. They both usually find themselves in influential positions in any guild they join, otherwise if they can't do that they'll leave and go do their own thing.
It's just sad honestly. I really liked CTX as a group, but I think the fact that you have two individuals like this in leadership who are basically only interested in having as much control as possible, to go as far as make decisions to kick or ban people without consulting the rest of the leadership, to essentially mass recruit and bring in new players without the consent of leadership even though we originally agreed on a player cap of fifty players.. and that anything beyond that should be done slowly & naturally, then watching our roster balloon up to eighty plus members, to read messages in private about other players getting under your skin in the guild and trashing them but taking no steps to actually resolve the situations.
I could probably go even further but I just wanted to drop this piece and peace out. I'm just tired of trying to play in groups and finding these same two people somehow in the group or connected in someway, because typically it means the guild is going to have major issues.
The person I feel the worst for is PatWins. He is genuinely a solid dude. Probably one of the best guild leaders I've ever had in a game, but the fact that he has become so hands off with a lot of things slowly drove me away until I finally realized he wasn't really in control of his own group anymore aside from making the final decision to kick or ban someone (Even though the aforementioned two can do just that without consequence). Honestly, I'd hope to see PatWins guild succeed without these two in it or going off and making the guild he wanted to make rather then what ever this group turned into. Some mix of WIGSPLITTERS, Levia, AQ, and randoms thrown into the mix.
But yeah. There is a bit of politics and drama for you. Wouldn't touch this guild with a mile long pole.
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