Before I start I want to raise an important point that has been thrown around a bit, I have never nor will I ever ban a user for giving their opinion, dissenting or otherwise, or for any other reason except for when that user has broken enough rules. I am sure that the other Moderators can corroborate this.
Now on to the topic at hand.
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In retrospective the whole "poll" idea was, bluntly, the stupidest idea I have ever made on this forum. The poll is to easily manipulated since I cannot reliable check users who have voted, and that it can essentially turn into a popularity contest with good people being left in the dust. As well as the fact that some other good candidates were left out due to the 10 question limit. I feel that from now on all future moderators will be selected by the current Admin/Moderator team. I am not going to completely disregard the poll but I will be discussing with the other mods on who we should elect to an Moderator position.
However I do feel that the whole situation was dramatically exacerbated, getting to the point of these beliefs of myself banning people, somehow disabling the PM system on the old forum (I don't have that power!) among other things. I think that we all can share some of the blame on these issues, however I won't make further comments on these matters to avoid further escalation.
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I also feel I should stress to WhiteAce that I have no personal grudge nor bias against you (Or any user for that), I honestly have not made any active attempt to avoid contacting you (Aside from the occasional PM getting lost). Again I was forced to leave during the IRC chat due to real life events, though I can understand that my response may have seemed rude and condescending.
And Xander512, well I appreciate criticisms directed towards me, I would appreciate that you kept them to PM's.
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So what happens now?
Basically I am going to get in contact with the other mods and work out who we would like to be promoted to moderators, an announcement will be posted for that. As well as any general suggestions on the forums status.
I personally do not see a reason to elect another Administrator as of now, mainly because the Admin is almost identical to a Moderator except for a few addition powers, (Which do not have any use towards moderating the forums at all) and a red title. If anything having more Admins may be detrimental.
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Any feedback and points to make on these events, as well as continuing discussions on the old thread, are welcome.
A Post Mortem on recent events.
#1SCP:CB Administrator. 99% of my statements are my own and do not represent the official developers viewpoint.