Yes all true, people are very helpful when it comes to providing solutions to boost their own ego...
You base this on... what? Your personal beliefs?
but when it comes to reviews not so much.
Do you realize how many resources there are on this site, and how little staff there actually is in comparison? And that those people aren't to be forced to do any of this, are not paid to do any of this, they all sacrifice their own free time, to provide a LUXURY to you? I have had models that have been pending for months, and I am a fairly well known modeler in those parts. I never once complained. My stuff is regularly rejected or sent to substandard when it actually is substandard (one of my icons just got sent to substandard because I have decided I don't want to work on it, and according to you I am the part of some clique).
You get the worst possible criticism here on the hive, and staff will actually troll you.
Are you sure you can tell trolling apart from others telling you to stop trolling?
I remember a lot of support from staff and a lot of understanding when you don't meet expectations, but those were only from the staff members who stuck with you on a project. the staff that passes by are always very vindictive and cruel.
Or maybe... just maybe... your project is not that good, you don't have much of any skills, and you aren't contributing much to the community as a whole? Ever occurred to you? Even remotely? That it's you that's the problem?
They write reviews that seem good and positive but when you reply they say, "No that wasn't a positive at all, I meant mind blown like 'Why would anyone ever post such garbage' I don't understand why you would waste your time on this map/tool/whatever'"
[citation needed]
Then to the other extent you get a lot of approved works that when you yourself use/review/play it you realise that it isn't playable or up to scratch. These submissions are pushed through because the user is part of the staff or has done something to form part of their clique.
Again, no examples for this. As far as we know, this is a conspiracy conjecture (let's not call it a theory) that exists solely in your mind.
It isn't an environment that seeks to promote the best but rather to promote the biggest ego.
So, what have you created that's "the best"?
You have literally uploaded the same map 4 (FOUR) times and it was given a review each time before being sent to substandard/rejected. The reviews posted on those maps are the same type of a review that all other maps initially get, and if you continue to work on the map more, you get a bigger audience, people are interested in it, and this goes for reviewers as well.
You're completely unaware of things you do and don't do. You don't realize it's your job to interest people in your project. The existence of your project alone, especially if it is mediocre and nobody wants to play it, doesn't warrant you get attention. It's the quality of the project. Which apparently, you didn't meet, and you feel hurt. And this is a luxury provided to you - nobody has to test and review your maps. THW provides that LUXURY.
You absolutely lack the ability to reflect on yourself, and me telling you this is again the part of some master plan to shut you down because you're not part of this "clique".