Right, i didnt want it to come to this, but in light of mod interaction and there words im going to tell a little story, read on if you wish to find out how this thread came about.
Well, if you read through my account, the members account as im sure most will agree, i have a date there, which is early April, i might be the 12th but im not sure.
It was early in April when i came on MSN to find Duff, and we were having a chat as we always do, and i just mentioned a particular modding case were i thought it was a bit unfair, i didnt want to report it as its nothing major enough to contact any Admin. Basically Duff said if i had a problem PM Colin making it clear. So there we left it.
Couple of days later another situation arose, and Duff again stressed to tell Colin but also agreed that somewhere down the road some modding had gone a bit mis-shapen and needed to be tightened, now again we left it.
Anyways one saturday morning i came on MSN again to find Duff who basically said, we need to find out what people think, he knew my views, and i was all for a small thread just asking for peoples views on moderation.
Now from the start, we both agreed that not one single staff member shouldnt be in place, we knew that, and Duff reminded me of the fact over and over again that you Staff are there for a reason and without pay, i knew it but i think he wanted me to be sure of what i was writing.
Anyways, a month after first starting it, we decided to post it, maybe it was wrongly treated, and i can see why Staff feel the way they do, now whats has been done cant be undone so this is going to stay, but if you exclude some comment in this thread like the wierd election thing for staff and other things i feel this thread could be of some use.
Basically there was nothing sinister in this, we wanted to name no names in harm, i named a few but only as examples, and those names, i can remember one occasion with Zim, which was a example not a vicious attempt to bash him.
Basically, both Duff and i knew we would get flack but for this to be taken seriously it needed a Mod who was respected and a member (Maybe im not respected by some but i feel i am by others) which gave a balanced arguement, If i'd just wrote it theres a 95% chance it would have been closed with a comment like "PM an admin about this," and again if Duff had on his own posted it, for sure he would have been sacked.
So please, dont get all up and funny about this because its been wildly taken out of its basic purpose, some of you guys have good points, especially Aus(then some funny numbers
) said, also Rickyp and a few others said, this is a fun forum, not a dictatorship, it should be here to come to after a day at school, college, uni, work or anything to come and relax, chat about your interests. The staff are there to make sure that when you come home your time is enjoyable.
I know Duff's credability has been dented amoung the staff but some comments by some people about his way in this is a bit unfair, maybe this could have been handled a better way, but it wasnt.
Thanks for reading my LONG post
If no one wants a crisis then why try and find faults and blame the Mods if they make a mistake, they 99.9% make a good decision and if every 0.1% that they make a mistake they are going to get shouted out then it is wrong.
This crisis(There isnt one yet but there will be if continued)is getting made by this thread in my opinion.
You read our first posts, it was primarily for opinions, not to hurt anyone, we just handled it wrong, will people stop say it was a mistake, the only mistake was how we handled it..
