Toni asked/allowed me to post here;
Well I'll be honest this was a fun read, yet at the same time I shake my head and give a small chuckle. There's so much I could say, and I could respond to every single person's comment in here, but I won't. I'll just focus on one.
Young Lean wrote:
You do a whole lot of talking but not a whole lot of understanding
Now this works two ways. You assert that Kharn does this but frankly all I've seen is the naivety and blatant ignorance from everyone but. You might've read that I've had a hand in all this. Well yea, that isn't false. I know everything Sniper's done, and it goes a hell of a lot farther then just disrespecting women. I've been active on Sniper's case for months now, and it's a hell of a lot more complex then its been made. But Kharn would know that right? I mean, after all,
Northside Shorty wrote:
You are so out of touch with anything that happens that you let your "staff" a.k.a pets, relay information from their side, not anyone else's side
so Kharn would already know that, right?
I mean I don't speak for the rest of the Staff, but I don't recall you ever talking to me about some issue you had or some changed you wanted to implement or anything of that nature. You assert that we talk to Kharn and tell him whats up - if you believe that, then wouldn't you want to talk with one of us so Kharn hears it? Idk I guess that's cause we are the bad guys. But if that's the case I struggle to understand why you are still here.
Eh, I got off topic. Well anyhow, in case you didn't know, Notorious has been kicked out the clan some three times now, and lost his admin far more times than that. It's blatantly obvious to me that he doesn't see what he does as wrong, and has ignored numerous warnings to...adjust his behavior. A couple months ago we made a decision to let Notorious even apply to the clan. And that took some time. Because we've known his history and the kind of guy he is. Now don't get me wrong - I love the guy. I think he's pretty chill and funny as hell. Right before I took his admin the last time and we had kicked him out I had a nice conversation with Sniper. Essentially I wanted to make sure he knew what he was doing was wrong. And for once, I think he understood. But it was far too late for that. I advised him, as a friend, to post an LOA, and leave the community on his own terms. I guessed as much the Staff wouldn't be so receptive to seeing Sniper's admin taken...again. Should he take my advice, that way there'd be no chance he could be banned, no drama, no shit. Hell, it would even leave the door open for him to reapply in the future. But I guess no one tells you that, why would they. Anyway, we made a a tough call letting Sniper back in this time around, and an even rougher one deciding if we should let him have admin. I think one of his applications was denied, and the one that got accepted wasn't accepted until at least a month. Applications were only supposed to take 2 weeks and we took far longer than that, because we just didn't know. And his feedback wasn't too bright either, so the "most" of the community that you think sees Sniper as this great guy, well, isn't on the same page as you. Despite all that, we gave him admin. Phillip (I believe), and myself namely pushed for it, believed he deserved another chance at it. After all, he wasn't too bad at it back in the day when you ignore his fuck ups.
Well, I can't speak for Phillip, but the way I take it we made a mistake. I alone talked with Sniper at least 6 or 7 times about his behavior and use of admin. And that was before I witnessed his behavior on the server early this month and took his admin for a week, and that wasn't even the woman thing yet. Hell just ask Daniel Bryan how many times I've had to speak with him and Sniper alone. I don't even know how many times the rest of the other Staff spoke with him. So after all that, we kicked him out. Most of the other higher ups to this day still aren't so receptive to the fact we let him back in in the first place, but they're all fairer then you assert. But nonetheless, after his removal, we kept him unbanned. This shit he was doing could've warranted a perm ban ten times over had he not been in the clan. But we let him walk, kind of another "last chance" opportunity to keep playing with us. Well, I kid you not, not even 24 hours later after the removal my Steam inbox basically blew up. I couldn't tell you how many people bitched about him. It reminded me of how many people were upset with Dhack and what he was doing, but that's besides the point. So I heard that Sniper was still playing his game. As much as I believed them, I told all of them to get me the proof. Hell, like Geeza said, I came on Jailbreak one day to 4 or 5 admins telling how Sniper was just on and the shit he was causing. Well, I told them that it's only a matter of time before one of you catches him in the act, and when that happens, by all means, do as you normally would, and ban if you must, and let me know, as any offense he makes will likely be a perm ban. I mean, after all, I did post that on his demotion thread. Point here being quit bitching at Geeza. If you want someone to bitch at, bitch at me. Geeza was one of those 4 or 5 admins and he was only doing what he was told. But just as Geeza was doing his job, I'm just doing mine.
I don't expect you to believe, or frankly care, that I've tried to be on Sniper's side the past few months. But that's the part that kind of makes the job hard you know? But eh, you don't. However my closing statement here is that if you care enough about what this thread speaks for, or what actually happened, maybe you even give enough shits about the community, then you'll find me and you will care to understand and talk about it. After all, it works two ways. So, please, cut the shit.
Alex
