Feb 4th 2011, 20:13:58
I will not release private conversations, or even portions of private conversations on FFAT, but I can certainly say with no doubt in my mind that you DID insinuate that you had mod provided information on DM, mrford. I'll happily post it here with your approval for the community to consider, if you'd like to go that route.
Honestly, I think a topic like this DOES belong on FFAT. Although I'm not a fan of DM's approach, I think when a member of the admin team oversteps his bounds as such it DOES warrant public conversation, as that is who you guys ultimately are responsible to in this game. To hell with his reputation, or his persona, or whatever the heck else you want to call it - this to me is a clean cut issue of an admin acting with a very strong bias, and needs to be addressed.
I mean, let's be honest here....you lied about info you had, lied about knowing who the bot runner was, and misrepresented your information to several players, then lied about even giving that info in the first place. Then, as if that weren't enough, you privately rip those players for calling you out on your lie about providing the info, and make even more unfounded accusations.
Sorry dude, but that SCREAMS of bias to any observer who happens to know even a hair of you and DM's history - and frankly, I hope the admins will now look just as closely at your ability to be an admin neutrally as they will at the bot runner himself.
I would also like to remind folks that despite his history, DM is just as deserving of due process as anyone else. Anything less is a detriment to the game, and I hope people legitimately understand that. If we go around throwing biased accusations up in the air with no basis to back them up on, we will lose some very good players very quickly. I'm completely fine with banning whoever was responsible for this whole fiasco for life - but let's at least make sure we're banning the right guy first, not the guy we'd like it to be, eh?