(07-25-2016, 01:28 AM)Ichiru Wrote: Post from Lythrilux, this does not represent the views of the Ichiru corporation ™ or it's affiliates.
Nothing has changed.
The fact that the Staff have issued a punishment to the 6 still shows that they feel entirely justified about the process of 'A Heavy Decision'. A punishment is a punishment, no matter the severity, and it still sends the clear message that the root of all the trouble spawned from this ordeal lies within the Staff and the process they use. 2 members still banned and 4 are probated? They still feel justified in their decision.
You've banned me and Karst because you think we're harmful, toxic and detrimental to the server. Our contributions aside, let’s keep things general. Hell even if it was just some randomer who got hit or my worst enemy I’d still argue for their case. Throughout this entire debacle the Staff have remained very coy as to why any of the 6 actually are so terribly detrimental to the community. Even when given evidence (for those that were able to get it at least) we weren't even told WHY we were detrimental or given any actual reason for the banned. And as Garrett said in his story that was a commentary on the past month, the pathetic evidence that we do have to justify our bans is scrapings from the bottom of the barrel. Whilst some of the Staff did post some 'examples', they were very reluctant to link them to any of the 6 players and I greatly question the validity of those examples in any event - that they were not just personal viewpoints.
If the intent here is to ban players and hope that they reform by the time they are unbanned, how are they supposed to know how to improve their behaviour if they staff keep those very reasons shrouded in secrecy and seclusion? The staff should be practising a 'tough love', not swooping down onto unsuspecting community members and then dropping them out of the sky with no idea what led to that outcome.
And furthermore for the next time you wish to enact this extremely maverick behaviour against members of the community you say you'll give them a public warning and outline why their behaviour is bad. Why are none of the 6 entitled to this warning? As I said we have no idea what makes us harmful.
So let's wake up and collectively smell the piss-flavoured coffee. This entire manoeuvre was an effort by the Staff to simply ban players they did not like personally. We have seen damning evidence that supports large amounts of bias against some of the 6 leading up to this decision. The posts by some of the Staff in the past months are leaning very closely towards this as well. And I think it's extremely disgusting how the Staff has been, with great effort, pushing their opinions in an attempt to try to demonize the six banned players and turn their friends and other community members against them. Whilst not directly, I would pin the actions of @Laz that lead to his ban to this very behaviour.
All in all this announcement has made no progress. Yet again, the Staff are pulling wool over the community's eyes in hopes that they'll just roll over and let them continue using the green name in the wrong manner. The brown-nosers are going to just rush forth onto this post and ignore this gross conduct, in hopes that they'll land a Staff position someday themselves and the cycle of people pushing their personal agendas in front of safeguarding the health of the community will continue. It's sad. And I'm sure the Staff will try and write this post off as me trying to look out for my own skin. Or invis it. They'll do anything in the pursuit of 'authority' these days.
Either way the current mentality of the Staff, whilst not in the short-term, will doom this community. And it makes me sad that this community has such great potential to be something amazing but it is squandered by people in power who only care about themselves.[/align]
Quoting this post for mirroring's sake.
I think everybody with a lick of sense can agree that NOTHING LIKE THIS MUST EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
However, having encountered things almost identical to this before, it's my experience that the administrations minds will not be changed. That is, that these are bans of opinion, and in lieu of facts, trying to change someone's opinion on the internet, especially through arguing, is a fool's errand. Like, bucket-of-sparks and can-of-checkered-paint tier waste of time.
This decision is the best we're going to get. The rules are still ignored at will, you will still be removed from the community if you piss off the wrong people, but you will at least be warned first.
And so, I reiterate. Thank you Goodmins, I didn't actually expect you to give on this. /cheer.