[RHA] Reputation Adjusted

[Champ]

I am not involved in the roleplay around the Freeport involved, nor Zoners broadly, nor am I involved with the destroyed player base, or indeed the [RHA]. To my knowledge, none of the GMs involved in the decision are, either. We recuse ourselves and abstain from discussion when we are involved in the factions at play, where practical, to reduce the risk of conflicts of interest.

Mixing roleplay with server administration is when GMs might approve their own SRP, or use access privileges to advantage themselves somehow, like repsheet modification on their characters - abuse of power stuff. I do not believe that this obligation has been violated. Suggesting that there is some absolute separation as there should be for church and state neglects that there is an intersection of adminstration and roleplay at large, because this is a roleplay server. Considerations for the roleplay involved in situations must be considered when making decisions. That analysis and judgement at the intersection of the server's roleplay and server administration is how SRPs, player requests, faction requests and most things are assessed. Every GM is also a player, with characters and roleplay, and obviously we cannot exclude people from being GMs on that basis.

Breaking the emergency glass and bringing out 0.0 for this would be unwarranted and extreme, given that I do not believe there was such a malice or intentional circumvention of the rules, and that in my view, a punishment in accordance with 0.0 would have been excessive. I reject your assertion that this action is otherwise acting outside of our obligations, which I would quote here if you had not already provided them. Further;

Fair play, a level head and consideration for others are paramount. The rules are not a sword or shield to be used for or against someone, but to ensure that the server environment has structure and allows everyone to have fun.

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