Staff need to respect the members also. We're not back in the day anymore and that's the problem. You have to remember we had a bigger community back then. I was a rookie at one time and it took me over a year to get noticed. It took me another year to be respected by most the community. You will have haters (Jacob Trance and Trips were my biggest haters at one time.) If you're going to talk like an asshole then you're not going to be respected!
Dupree is right about vets and about us not commenting on Riot myself included, along with Jay and Trips. Truth be told I do watch Riot and can see right now the hard work being put in by Jookie and guys like Dupree, Dimsmore and etc. So if people are going to shit on them I can see why they're going to be pissed off. They're not rookies anymore in my eyes now Ambition is gone. They have just about as much say as everyone here.
All in all if you want respect then you need to stop being an asshole to people! Everyone MATTERS, not just staff!