Perfect, Vazbol! You just made a topic about what I've been trying to tell these moderator naysayers for over a year now; thank you!

Interested to see if any of them actually post here, with valid and well thought out responses. While I don't agree with every decision and action the mods and admins take, that's fine. It's not my community, and if it was really that bad, why keep posting?

I mean, my opinion is that the mod team has been improving over the year. We're definitely in a better place then last year. I would actually like to publically commend Jayde for showing some growth. While I think he still has some things to improve on, I am glad to see him show some qualities that I would associate with a sober and fair minded leader. Again, he's not perfect, but growth is growth. As for the latest controversy on the fire, it's not too terrible. At least the updates got done in the end, even if it wasn't reminded in the most professional way. I thank Cartertemm for pushing past the unproffessional reminder, and doing his duty without snark. Even actually wrote the context to his ruling complete with links. A fairly solid post. Oh, and while I do realize Nocturnus is not a mod, his snark of a veteran mod is on point as always. LOL!!!  I always enjoy reading your posts, man. I'm sorry I'm not the target audience. I'm afraid the title had the opposite effect, and drew in those of  us who came to read an opposing opinion. LOL!!! I'm also curious why people think these actions are more ergant. I realize no one wants a repeat of last year's incident, but we should also be fair minded if we don't want to repeat those issues. No point in burning a system that could be fixed. I'm curious what people want. If they were more fast paced and harsh on their rulings, the mods could make terribly careless mistakes. If they took to long, though, it seems that people are way too quick to jump on them. I think if I had a preference, I'd rather them take more time and rule after a good discussion. It's slow, but it reduces the risk of careless mistakes.

In my experience, most (although not all) such complaints of dictatorship, preferential treatment, prejudice and the like are made by opportunists attempting to capitalize on moments of unrest.

Incidentally, I do not breathe. Air simply enters me by way of my nose and then expels itself from my respiratory system by way of my mouth. The muscular action of my diaphragm is entirely coincidental, and unrelated to the whim of the air which chooses to make its way through my body. As such, I am not guilty of breathing and should not be labelled as dictatorial for this reason alone.

Essentially, I'm commenting on what has come before, not on those who might make valid criticism here.
Going through the forum over the last year or so will bring up the same ten or twelve users who cry foul in similar ways and at similar times, with (in most cases, at least) similar lack of proof.

An easy to read format? Just read post 8, I hope you understand every single word in it LOL

Post 8 is perfectly understandable even to a non native english speaker (who you have previously crittisised for having worse english than you which btw is BS) before. He may use big words which your lack of english skills may prevent you from understanding, but that doesn't invalidate anything he says and doesn't instantly cast doubt on everything he does.

@ 12 If I may, is your issue here that Jayde uses complex language? If I am understanding right, then just ask him to simplify something if you do not understand it. That might save you some trouble. Either in PM or on the thread if it is thread relevant. That would be my thoughts, anyways. Actually, that goes for anyone. This isn't the first time I've seen that issue raised about Jayde.

She probably meant that. I know the problem Jayde, while speaking/writing my language I do exactly the same:
Jayde Wrote:

In my experience, most (although not all) such complaints of dictatorship, preferential treatment, prejudice and the like are made by opportunists attempting to capitalize on moments of unrest.

@Jayde thank you for your explanation; the whole of this world finally makes sense to me!  I can finally tell people that I do not spend money; I acquire goods through various monitary transactions, and any units of market calculated financial value that enter or leave my bank account are entirely coincidental.  I can never be accused of anything akin  to wasting money if I don't even spend it, right?

The joke was based off someone's earlier post about letters and breathing. With a bit of Googling on the unknown words, it makes perfect sense. I know what it meant and found it chuckle worthy.

  Though seriously, Deathstar, you're quite vocal about this and all you had to point out was a single post that was a joke. Unfortunately, with an English dominated website, you're going to be encountering tons of people with varying levels of vocabulary. Luckily we haven't had a person only speak in SAT level. (Yes those people exist and are great candidates for R/ I am Very Smart).

Early in my time as a mod, we had a firestorm to deal with regarding the whole Dark/Lori/Walter/Aprone mess. I still don't think anyone, self included, dealt with that very well. We had some discussion on the team and decided that closing the thread/suppressing discussion for a little while was a good idea. It really, really wasn't, but we thought it was the best thing to see that cooler heads prevailed. This was not my decision alone, but I was absolutely a part of it, and party to it in the sense that I was the one who enforced it. This is not a position I should ever have been in, one way and another, as the new person. Due to circumstances beyond pretty much everybody's control, I was put out front for it and took 98% of the heat for a decision that was not 98% mine; however, in accepting the mantle of moderator, I also accepted that anything a member of the team did would reflect on everyone on that team.
So yes. I was harsh, uncompromising and was not interested in quibbling. But so was everyone else who set themselves against what we were doing.
This incident is what sparked my somewhat long-winded promise to do better, not to mention amendments to the rules which I believe have helped the community learn from its shortcomings. We realized that the way things were going just couldn't be maintained long-term, so we resolved to change things. We're doing our best here.
I still wouldn't characterize me as Hitler, but what I will own fully is that I was portraying myself as pretty unyielding and forceful, and that is not a good first impression to have left people with. I did it in response to a crisis, and it was absolutely not the right way to have dealt with that crisis. Given it to do over again, I would definitely act differently.