Bannings

[Jennkryst]

Mine is likely never going to get lifted, because it was after they stopped banning people at the drop of a hat when I called Gamy a coward and told her she should ban me, too. So I technically requested it.

But whatevs.

They have repeatedly shown that they want ORDER IN THE COURT so until Gany and Derp step down and they find someone else who can act ethically to step up, I will keep my toys in the sandbox where I am at least tolerated, and nobody is vocally looking for an excuse to kick me out.

[Testament]

@Jennkryst “Control must be maintained.” And this is usually achieved by any means necessary.

[helvetica]

@Third-Eye said in Bannings:

just want to move on.

[farfalla]

[MisterBoring]

I will post this here, as I did there.

At this point he should just rename the site MuDerpBox.

[Herja]

I already had a foot out the door when Derp was made an admin because that guy’s bad faith arguments and unsubtle misogyny weren’t what I felt were good qualities in an admin. I was proven right on that way sooner than I expected, tbh. Ganymede being dumb enough to get taken by Macha’s social manipulation and then her inability to handle it when her chain of bad decisions blew up in her face convinced me that she’s not admin material either.

I didn’t care if my ban got reversed because I posted deliberately to get banned and I also wouldn’t go back even if it was. I am now more fascinated to see how it all works out for them going forward but more in the sense that I wonder if the dumpster fire is going to catch the adjacent building on fire than any actual concern. When I posted what I did to get banned, I was done and am still done.

[MisterBoring]

It really feels like Ganymede has just decided to let Derp drive it into the ground out of some need to avoid losing face from reversing a decision.

[Pavel]

I think it’s shocking after so many discussions about game staff resorting to bans as the only punishment… only for bans to be the only punishment in use in this circumstance.

[BloodAngel]

@Herja I played on his WoT game for three days till I quit. They tried to tell me I was playing my PC wrong. I’m not shocked by any of this.

[Tez]

I’m just glad Ghost is there to lead the way to a brighter, more positive future.

[MisterBoring]

@Tez

[BloodAngel]

@Tez

[catzilla]

@KarmaBum said in Bannings:

Also that Derp is a misogynist prick who lacks the self-awareness to realize he’s the problem, not all of us.

Derp is the embodiment of ‘she shouldn’t have been wearing that dress’.

[catzilla]

@Tez said in Bannings:

I’m just glad Ghost is there to lead the way to a brighter, more positive future.

But it’s not Ghost, remember?! The account has been handed back and forth and around at least 20 times now! Ghost was an amazing person who left MUing 30 years ago and needs to remind us at least monthly of his permanent departure.

[Pavel]

@MisterBoring said in Bannings:

It really feels like Ganymede has just decided to let Derp drive it into the ground out of some need to avoid losing face from reversing a decision.

Yep.

[Testament]

@Tez said in Bannings:

I’m just glad Ghost is there to lead the way to a brighter, more positive future.

And if anything else, he still has reddit to fall back on. Because there’s a particular thread on /muds that was a thing for a bit. And well, it’s reddit.

[MisterBoring]

It’s also very damning that basically all of the admin posts are being made by Derp now.

[IoleRae]

@Pavel

that makes me so sad.

[Third Eye]

@Testament said in Bannings:

And if anything else, he still has reddit to fall back on. Because there’s a particular thread on /muds that was a thing for a bit. And well, it’s reddit.

Lol, shit, I lurk on r/mud and I’ve both felt a little bad for and kinda admired the response of the regulars there, whose first instinct to that thread was largely ‘OH GOD NOT THESE PEOPLE’ and to promptly start making a bunch of other threads about MUDs. It’s almost made me wish I could wrap my brain around playing MUDs again.

[Tez]

@IoleRae said in Bannings:

@Pavel

that makes me so sad.

The whole thing makes me sad, too. I 100% get it. And I was only really involved from the outside, as observer and lurker. I understand why it would LEGIT be hard for people who were more a part of the community. I’m sorry.