User blog:Polyhedron69/I don't like Mapping anymore

So I've been in this community since like it's birth, I've been here since like early 2014. I remember watching like Map Animator and Jarjar and all the great classic mappers

I kept watching it for years to come all the way up to now, I sadly stopped interactions with the community in 2016, but I came back in late 2017 on discord, and this brought a whole new light

Cause the Wikia is dying, or better term not used as much as the old days

So discord is what I would call the representation of the communities interactions now

So when looking at basically everything, all the big drama that has happened

Anti Mappers, Smart Banana, Fights over a Server Title

It has come to my slow but sure realization that the thing I used to love and just be amazed at is sadly gone but still here. Mapping has changed, and changed in a bad way

Not saying everything sucks, you still got great people but the drama is so prevalent and stupid it made me realize mapping isn't appealing, racially the community

I could watch a mapping video and series and enjoy it, any style classic, countryball, edgy and just have fun

But the community I think has lost that thing, Fun

Mapping isn't supposed to be serious, or it wasn't back in the day, cause when you have stupid drama over silly things it makes you wonder, what the fuck are you doing in this community, and honestly I have no idea why I stick around, maybe it's because those good people I just wanna stick with

Now I know, I've been influenced somewhat with the stupid drama, and I've done it myself

But I've stopped gladly and now I'm looking at it all

And even the videos I watch, I see these people sometimes comment saying the video was horrible, or add countryballs, and it doesn't sit well, I mean these people are just throwing hate you know and it shows the community has become really toxic and I would call it dead, in the way of it's original purpose

Another thing people make a big deal about subs, like who has the most subs

I don't mind if you advertise your channel, but if I fucking get an everyone annoucement on your server saying sub to me I get fucking pissed, look I get it you wanna have more people, views, maybe even money but I swear...don't make mapping a career, it's a pastime, you are not going to survive just doing mapping, I know this sounds stupid but I've encountered big and small people like this on discord and on YouTube

But for some reason mapping is still here, same old drama you know

And it's not even the drama really, I don't mean to personally attack these people but Japaneses video about his server And Mappercast, and all those pages that have Mappers with most subs, or Twitter followers

Like these aren't terrible things but, it's not really mapping, it's not what it's original idea is

It's supposed to be a a pastime something fun, it's not meant to be taken serieous or just be made a big deal, but people do that for some reason I don't know why

I mean why...why am I still here

I don't know, I should've left in 2016 but I didn't

And here I am now, in this thing of a community

I can't have fun know when you get a dm saying "I'm gonna fucking raid you for liking mapping" or I'm gonna report you for liking mapping

Just fucking stupid shit that affects me on my view on this community, how a simple simple simple idea for a pastime turned into a shit show or just over doing stuff and stupid drama

There's a quote, I can't find where it is but it's by MOAP

He said something along the lines of We sometimes can become our fictional countries, Countries who hate, glorify themselves, go to war, etc etc

I mean I just, i know this can't happen but really want those simple fun days back, where I just sit and enjoy what was represented, not worrying some drama, or if the series "up to standards" but sadly I know that will never happen, we have built this new system of drama I call it for so long, it's hard to get rid of every problem, and make it "pitch perfect"

Any idea really on the internet, any pastime could be turned into the real world, I guess we cannot escape reality it always finds away into things...

But like I said not everyone is a total douche but I mean it's everywhere I guess but there are some good people and maybe that's why I'll stick around, not for mapping but for those good people I've met and talked with