Let's fix this

[Cashew]

You agree here that - in the past - the administration team was inconsistent in its judgement. Does this inconsistency apply to the six bans this thread is about? If so, it seems somewhat strange that, while pushing for greater consistency, these bans are not looked at, whatsoever, again.

I believe I said "At the moment", which was correct at the time of me writing the post. Yes it is an inconsistent decision we've made, I think anyone can notice that change in trend. I haven't seen Admins ban this many people at once before.

We are discussing the bans literally right now and will hopefully have an answer soon.

Sanction evidence is generally supplied to sanctioned players. The few banned players I have spoken to have said to have received little to no evidence despite attempting to get it from multiple admins. Are these players simply lying to me? If not, why are they left in the dark? I don't think "the public" should see any evidence - this has never been the case anyways - but I do believe the banned players should know what exactly they did wrong. If they wish to share it with others, that's up to them.

I haven't been approached by any of the banned players so I don't know. It generally doesn't require any discussion to provide banned players with evidence so you'd have to take that up with one of the Admins that were asked to provide evidence.

About half of your post is about all the nice and lovely things you wish to please the community with. While this is of course great news, it honestly reads as an attempt to divert attention away from the recent bans. This is somewhat strange, if you consider that the admin team seems to have deliberately posted the bans in the news section to attract attention to them in the first place. This, once again, is likely best described as inconsistent.

My intention was not to distract attention, more to show that we are trying to improve the community and not destroy it. Which is what many people believe is what we're trying to do. The bans were posted in the news section because we realised that they were going to impact the community, it was not to glorify our decision . At the end of the day, mate, you're nit picking about something that doesn't really require much attention. Why does it matter where they are announced? It doesn't, the bans aren't different depending on where they are on the forum.

Thank you for conducting yourself in a respectable manner, though.

We don't need empty, meaningless platitudes and assurances that everything will be fine from now on. There is no reason that you cannot provide evidence other than that you are refusing to; there is no magical block in place that stops you from posting it here. The fact is you're too spineless to dole it out, presumably because if you do your position as a green will be compromised. That's fair enough, but please don't pretend that you "can't".

Remind me, when have the Administration ever released evidence publicly?

Your revitalisation strategy appears to be sending e-mails to old players to replace the one's we've lost. I'm not actually sure if this is a joke or not, and I don't want to comment on something that pretty much has to be satire.

You're obviously a glass half empty. Unless you have a crystal ball along with your negative and rude attitude I seriously doubt you can tell me if it's going to work either way with certainty.

Lastly, despite being a recent returner, you are not a unique face among the admins as far as my belief in you holds weight. In fact, you are up there with @Hannibal as one of the admins who should have had the least say in these votes - I am entirely unconvinced that your stance on @Swifty in particular was unbiased, considering I remember you and him spewing hate for each other all over my faction chat in the past twelve months or so. Furthermore, you've just come back and couldn't possibly have any meaningful input on the votes considering the timespan in which they were supposed to relate to. That goes for @Hannibal as well, but you have points over him because you're capable of basic English comprehension.

It's funny actually, because I did have a much lower say in the bans. I retracted my vote on many members because I hadn't any evidence to base a decision on. I remember with @Swifty he was the one insulting me for no apparent reason, even if I was bias I doubt it would differ the outcome of his ban anyway. You're entitled to your opinion of me, I just find it funny that you stoop to a low of judging someone on their ability to write in a foreign language. Sums you up.

All in all, I feel that the staff have wholly, utterly, and irreparably betrayed my trust with this decision and numerous other serious decisions that have come in the months and years prior to this. I don't feel that any of you, bar maybe @Alley and @Garrett Jax (who isn't even an admin any more) are capable of ever regaining my trust, and I can only reiterate my previous belief that all of you should follow in @Arioch's footsteps and walk out the door to make way for a new crop that is actually voted on by the community.

I won't be following in @Arioch 's footsteps, thank you. I won't be influenced by someone that's as rude as you are, your opinion holds no sway with me. Enjoy your day.



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