As someone that has never interacted with any of them and knows next to nothing of the machinations at KI, to me it seemed like Chris personally attacked Sparck with serious accusations after being fired and apparently had been asking to be fired by not doing his job for some time. Sparck in the meantime was drug thru the mud having 3+ year old video of him having no clue how to play wiz brought back to light. Maybe he still has no clue and maybe it is a job requirement so why would KI keep him I don’t know. Chris also brought up an event that happened well over a year ago as a reason for his protest. That sounds very unprofessional to me. Go to HR at the onset and get it figured out. Then move on. But at least get it documented and move on. From the little knowledge I have from what is visible on the internet, I would not hire Chris if I was looking at him. He seems very unprofessional after being fired and almost vindictive toward Sparck. Again, maybe things really were horribly serious with Sparck, I personally haven’t seen anything to back that opinion up so far. But if that is the case why wasn’t Chris and all these other people going to HR with not just complaints but evidence to backup their thoughts on Sparck? Chris even mentioned one main particular incident happened over a year ago? Dude, get over it and get back to work. Or if it is that serious, keep reporting it to HR and if others have corroborating info ask them go to HR if they wish. But work thru HR, not by going outside KI and attacking someone on the internet after being fired apparently for cause. Just my one cent. I seem to be the only person with this opinion so maybe I’m just completely naive to how things are/were. Again, I do appreciate yours and others content on wiz and maybe I have a big blind spot for not being a creator and never interacting with anyone involved.
Ngl sparck gave me the ick ever since I found out he didn't knew how to play the game and had a high level 🫠 shame about Chris tho he was a nice dude when I was in the discord
I APPRECIATE your honesty, Olivia. I've always thought of you as a true community leader. I was completely wrong for saying "I united the community" because that is not true. Many people worked hard to make this place better. There are many great people in the EC program and I made it a broad statement which was wrong on my part. I personally had no idea you had a badge and I deeply apologize for that because you've done far more than I have. I have many questions. Why was a stalker of a Fansite allowed to stay in the community? Why are people making more of a deal about how he plays the game over a stalker? I think the stalker thing is far more important. I took a middle-of-the-road approach because I didn't know all that was going on. What I do know is the awful stuff I read directed toward Mathew - which you mentioned in your video. Nobody will really know until an investigation is concluded. Once it is, I'll officially take a side. I am not angry at people who wear the Professor Assistant badge. It was a question as to why? I personally would've removed it, but hearing what you said made me understand why you haven't. So thank you. There's a difference between saying - you're wrong and here's why - and name-calling and cussing me out which I received this morning. You took an ACTUAL community leadership role. If anyone is deserving of that badge, you are. I think Kingsisle should consider hiring you as the Lead Community Manager.
Great response, although on the stalker thing do we even know what the supposed stalker did? It is a very serious accusation. Did they push someone to get a restraining order against them? Did they send very lewd or inappropriate messages to someone inside work repeatedly? Did they show up at someone’s house repeatedly or make threats against them? Those seem more like stalker label material. I did see a few pics and something about going to IHop that may have been inappropriate but didn’t it stop after it was called out? A stalker wouldn’t stop in my opinion. They would keep at it. Maybe they did keep at it but I didn’t see that on the internet. I’m very lightly informed about it all. Good for Chris for sticking up for a community member but also be professional about it. Don’t carry a grudge for over a year for goodness sakes over it unless they’re still stalking the person (in which case call the police and HR in my opinion). If someone was belting stalked, I hope that person got all the support they deserve and need for the trauma and are doing well. Regardless, don’t blame Sparck for everything in my opinion if it was a one time thing and over a year ago for goodness sakes. Job performance is different, maybe he is incompetent but again let the company go thru that. I’m with you that I will reserve judgment til after the company gets to look deeply into things. Just my personal uninformed opinion!
Hi, @MsCourtneyOlivia, I've been following you for years, and I am so glad you are addressing this SITUATION. Here's the thing: This guy was already incompetent, Kingsisle made a bad choice to hire him because before he started working for Ki, he worked for other companies and was bad at his job there too. Yes, I agree that people went overboard with the petition and the comments on social media. Hawk DESERVES to come back, he was the ONLY PERSON on the Ki team who gave us HYPE in all of Ki Lives and he loved Pirate101 and the Community.
If anyone should have that badge it should be you! You’re always so overwhelmingly positive and I think the word genuine really fits you well. You can really tell through your videos that you care about the game and enjoy creating the content you create. 🙌
10:45 the man behind the badge is a horrible person you say. What specifically did Sparck do to be labeled a horrible person? Earlier you were saying he is human and not to gang up on him but… you said that he is a horrible person. Can you give specifics why?
PS- listening to the rest, it sounds like you think he is incompetent at his job. I don’t think that deserves to be called a horrible person, but yes 3+ years ago he clearly had no idea how to play the game and maybe still doesn’t. But just say he isn’t great at his job and stay away from the name calling (horrible person).
@@goodlucking244 I misspoke. I meant to say he made horrible mistakes. I'm not sure if he's a horrible person but if those allegations from Chris prove to be correct than he most definitely is. In my eyes anyway.
@@MsCourtneyOlivia I agree with that, but I don’t assume something true because someone says it is. As you mentioned, the company is looking into it so in my opinion let the company handle it and people need to quit harassing Sparck. You were right on that point (quit harassing Sparck) yet yourself fell into the mob mentality and misspoke in your video. This community seems so immature and subjectively judgmental at times. Thank you for your content and ideas helping the community. It is appreciated.
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What do you guys think about this entire situation?!
As someone that has never interacted with any of them and knows next to nothing of the machinations at KI, to me it seemed like Chris personally attacked Sparck with serious accusations after being fired and apparently had been asking to be fired by not doing his job for some time. Sparck in the meantime was drug thru the mud having 3+ year old video of him having no clue how to play wiz brought back to light. Maybe he still has no clue and maybe it is a job requirement so why would KI keep him I don’t know. Chris also brought up an event that happened well over a year ago as a reason for his protest. That sounds very unprofessional to me. Go to HR at the onset and get it figured out. Then move on. But at least get it documented and move on.
From the little knowledge I have from what is visible on the internet, I would not hire Chris if I was looking at him. He seems very unprofessional after being fired and almost vindictive toward Sparck. Again, maybe things really were horribly serious with Sparck, I personally haven’t seen anything to back that opinion up so far. But if that is the case why wasn’t Chris and all these other people going to HR with not just complaints but evidence to backup their thoughts on Sparck? Chris even mentioned one main particular incident happened over a year ago? Dude, get over it and get back to work. Or if it is that serious, keep reporting it to HR and if others have corroborating info ask them go to HR if they wish. But work thru HR, not by going outside KI and attacking someone on the internet after being fired apparently for cause.
Just my one cent. I seem to be the only person with this opinion so maybe I’m just completely naive to how things are/were. Again, I do appreciate yours and others content on wiz and maybe I have a big blind spot for not being a creator and never interacting with anyone involved.
Ngl sparck gave me the ick ever
since I found out he didn't knew how to play the game and had a high level 🫠 shame about Chris tho he was a nice dude when I was in the discord
I APPRECIATE your honesty, Olivia. I've always thought of you as a true community leader. I was completely wrong for saying "I united the community" because that is not true. Many people worked hard to make this place better. There are many great people in the EC program and I made it a broad statement which was wrong on my part. I personally had no idea you had a badge and I deeply apologize for that because you've done far more than I have.
I have many questions. Why was a stalker of a Fansite allowed to stay in the community? Why are people making more of a deal about how he plays the game over a stalker? I think the stalker thing is far more important. I took a middle-of-the-road approach because I didn't know all that was going on. What I do know is the awful stuff I read directed toward Mathew - which you mentioned in your video. Nobody will really know until an investigation is concluded. Once it is, I'll officially take a side.
I am not angry at people who wear the Professor Assistant badge. It was a question as to why? I personally would've removed it, but hearing what you said made me understand why you haven't. So thank you. There's a difference between saying - you're wrong and here's why - and name-calling and cussing me out which I received this morning. You took an ACTUAL community leadership role. If anyone is deserving of that badge, you are. I think Kingsisle should consider hiring you as the Lead Community Manager.
Great response, although on the stalker thing do we even know what the supposed stalker did? It is a very serious accusation. Did they push someone to get a restraining order against them? Did they send very lewd or inappropriate messages to someone inside work repeatedly? Did they show up at someone’s house repeatedly or make threats against them? Those seem more like stalker label material. I did see a few pics and something about going to IHop that may have been inappropriate but didn’t it stop after it was called out? A stalker wouldn’t stop in my opinion. They would keep at it. Maybe they did keep at it but I didn’t see that on the internet. I’m very lightly informed about it all. Good for Chris for sticking up for a community member but also be professional about it. Don’t carry a grudge for over a year for goodness sakes over it unless they’re still stalking the person (in which case call the police and HR in my opinion).
If someone was belting stalked, I hope that person got all the support they deserve and need for the trauma and are doing well. Regardless, don’t blame Sparck for everything in my opinion if it was a one time thing and over a year ago for goodness sakes. Job performance is different, maybe he is incompetent but again let the company go thru that. I’m with you that I will reserve judgment til after the company gets to look deeply into things.
Just my personal uninformed opinion!
Hi, @MsCourtneyOlivia, I've been following you for years, and I am so glad you are addressing this SITUATION. Here's the thing:
This guy was already incompetent, Kingsisle made a bad choice to hire him because before he started working for Ki, he worked for other companies and was bad at his job there too. Yes, I agree that people went overboard with the petition and the comments on social media. Hawk DESERVES to come back, he was the ONLY PERSON on the Ki team who gave us HYPE in all of Ki Lives and he loved Pirate101 and the Community.
If anyone should have that badge it should be you! You’re always so overwhelmingly positive and I think the word genuine really fits you well. You can really tell through your videos that you care about the game and enjoy creating the content you create. 🙌
Great post! I agree…
Great commentary 👑
10:45 the man behind the badge is a horrible person you say. What specifically did Sparck do to be labeled a horrible person? Earlier you were saying he is human and not to gang up on him but… you said that he is a horrible person. Can you give specifics why?
PS- listening to the rest, it sounds like you think he is incompetent at his job. I don’t think that deserves to be called a horrible person, but yes 3+ years ago he clearly had no idea how to play the game and maybe still doesn’t. But just say he isn’t great at his job and stay away from the name calling (horrible person).
@@goodlucking244 I misspoke. I meant to say he made horrible mistakes. I'm not sure if he's a horrible person but if those allegations from Chris prove to be correct than he most definitely is. In my eyes anyway.
@@MsCourtneyOlivia I agree with that, but I don’t assume something true because someone says it is. As you mentioned, the company is looking into it so in my opinion let the company handle it and people need to quit harassing Sparck. You were right on that point (quit harassing Sparck) yet yourself fell into the mob mentality and misspoke in your video. This community seems so immature and subjectively judgmental at times.
Thank you for your content and ideas helping the community. It is appreciated.