This might be the last post I will make in these forums. If not for ever at least for a while. I will wrap up the ongoing debate in the moderators forums and then assess the situation, if what I sadly think is going to happen indeed will, I will stick to sixth forums, cuz I truely cba... Any other part of these forums can quite frankly kiss my danish bacon bloated hemoroid infested arse. I have been here as long as most of you, and seen all the bollocks this community have gone thru thruout its lifespan. I've seen league administrators step way out of line, I've seen forum moderators fuck about, misbehave, act as cunts. I've seen a lot of rules being broken a lot of times, hell I've broken a lot of rules a lot of times myself. I've seen things hidden away from the average users which tbh, should have been out in the open. In short, I've seen a lot of mistakes.
Lately however, I've seen moderators and administrators completely unable to act unbiased. I've seen them completely unable to admit to own mistakes publically and I've seen a team of moderators unwilling to take any action whatsoever when this happens. I've seen them unwilling to share with the community they should be serving.
I've quite frankly had it. This community used to be a unique thing imo, the friendships forged here are rare and will without a doubt outlast the league, these forums and ut assault. Imo the thing that made this possible, was alot of people voluntering and acting for the good of the community at large. The community strengthend as forums was moved from ezboard to the current location, as clan sub forums appeared and thruout the whole thing, the league grew and grew. There are people in here I have talked to on a regulair basis for 3 ½ years, some of which I consider as much my friends as real life acquitances. There are people here I have run ins with for 3½ years, tho most have been resolved, as the twats tend to move on and the people I respect stay. I've had run ins with just about all people who have ever been part in administrating / moderating this community and the league from which it grew. I have both been in the wrong and have been wronged in these run ins. And have mostly accepted the final decisions, because I could to some extent see it was "for a greater good". I have been part of the moderator team, untill I asked to be removed, I still don't know why martz haven't removed me from the irc forum, its not as if I haven't asked him
But to all extent I consider myself an avg. senior user of these forums and have enjoyed fucking about and wasting time here(just take a look at the first few hundred pages in LOL part 2 fs
) as much as anyone(well maybe with the exception of smark, but that guy is just manic fs
).
This whole prelude to try to explain to you my frame of mind as I am writing this post.
Put very short, I think the moderator / administrator team is way out of touch with the community. I will not point to one incident, partly because it serves no purpose and partly because I am not reacting because of a single event, those that do know me should be able to see that clearly. The main issues here for me are moderator / administrators:
1. Too caught up on their powers
2. Too busy keeping those powers
3. Unable to admit to own mistakes
4. Unable to act impartial
5. Unable to act for "the greater good" when that is in contradiction with their own interrests.
6. Unable to grasp that they are nothing without the community, the community everything it ever was without them.
And might I just add, that this whole thing truely is amusing me, I am not too fussed, I simply wount be part of it anymore. Also I do not think for one second, that the task of moderators / administrators are easy, I have held positions in this community and elsewhere. My work involves a lot of the same kind of issues, I fully appreciate it is not an easy thing, it is however voluntary and should only be taken on if the main reason is to help the community and they have the ability to act accordingly. My decision to step down as moderator, was partially due to the fact that I acknowledge, I can not always do so.
I hope this thread wount devolve into flames, the issue is being debated in the moderator forums and that really is the only appropiate place. You are all free to your opinions and to voice them here, imo anyway, but pls stay in line this one time, because you will be simply be ruining your own position if you don't.
One last point: the rules and regulations are here to serve the community, the community isn't here to abide the rules and regulations.
I will not debate this issue further, and I hope all of you will respect my opinion and choice here.
