New Rule: No Personal Attacks

[Eilonnwy]

We have acknowledged that how things went down wasn't the best. We understand you all want justification for the change, and we have tried to make it clear. No matter how we went about doing it, I think there would have been backlash, but it was definitely worsened with the vote.

The negative reputation removal was a decision made by Tiberius. I support it happening, I never liked them to begin with. I'm confused why people seem to think I made that happen. Or that I'm the sole reason for the reversal of the members decision, or that I somehow influenced Tiberius. None of that is true, I don't have that much power. The other admins have been very much involved in the decisions, but if it's easier to blame me, then so be it. I'm not an admin just to be liked.

I hope you all do see the benefit of the rule. I would ask that people who have an aversion to the rule just give it a chance, or if you must, leave for a bit and come back when you've cooled down. I've had things happen in where I'm like "Fuck this, I'm done." It's a very strong reaction when something is new, sudden, and immediately disliked. I understand it, but give it time. I think that you'll see the forum will be very much the same, only the mods can effectively remove trolls or control threads that have gone extremely downhill because they are simply too divided.

It's unfortunate that Saerules had to react so negatively and draw out the backlash, but we have to stick by our decisions and be consistent in our actions.