Master of Paranoias post..

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All these statements are opionions expressed by MoP, before it got deleted, I am reposting this because there was no reason for it to have been deleted in the first place... So please read.

...and only uses his power to retain his admin status.

Makaveli did hardly anything to warrant a ban on the FFR Forums, but Arch decided to ban him anyways. Many other users postwhored more than him, flamed more than him, and were general assholes more than him (you shouldn't even need the examples I will provide if you have been here for a moderate amount of time.).

Hyrogashi: He whored, he was an ass, but he was cool. See: Makaveli.

COBOL: Not much to say here.

Ddrking133 and zildjian133: Trolls. Whores. Period.

Bballplaya: Or whatever his name was. This is the typical 13-year old acting stupid kind of person. Acting stupid about 50 times a day. And yet, he was not banned, but left due to peer pressure. Ain’t that something?

Sk8fan (or whatever): This was Bballplaya’s younger brother. He was like Bballplaya, except dumber. In addition, he made the UUA detector go off.

Moogy and IAMTHEEVILBEAN: Oh my goodness. Two major users, who for several months broke the rules consistently. This is not to say I have anything against them, but for a long time, they were not prime FFR users, to say the least. These two people in particular should be taken into account. They impinged upon the rules as much as Maka, but yet, they are still here today. They have, thankfully (for the most part) stopped the bullshit.

These people, not to mention all the others I forgot, and some trolls long-past (i.e. Cody and his posse).

To my knowledge (which I admit is not extensive, due to the under-wraps operations that have apparently been taken), the bannings of Makaveli and VxDx were not discussed with Synthlight before they were executed. If they were minor members, or had no value to anybody on the site, this would not bother me. But as it turns out, Maka and Vx had both made imprints on FFR, and were liked by many people.

Just not Arch.

Which brings us to another point: Arch has been carrying out his job with, shall I say, less then acceptable competence.

Arch is doing his administration work based primarily on his own opinions and feelings. If this were his own forum, that would obviously be acceptable. But now, look at the URL that is in your internet browser. And lo! It is not *removed*! We have a problem here.

Arch0wl is experienced in knowing when to lock threads. This, I am confident, we can all give him credit for. But the credit stops there. He has banned and deleted accounts without telling Synthlight, a blatant misuse of his power. He has tried to create rules to manipulate the forums to his liking (luckily, he swallowed his words rather quickly).

The biggest two blunders in his career were the bannings of Makaveli121212 and VxDx. We were not even told why they were banned the second time around. This does not surprise me—they didn’t do anything to warrant a ban.

But Arch went through with it anyway. What did it matter to him? He thought that VxDx, in specific, “didn’t deserve to be on FFR”.

That shows blind hatred, and more on the issue, poor administrative techniques. I will reiterate: This is not his forum.

Most of us, I am confident, would like some explanations. Stop beating around the bush. Stop avoiding the issues. Moreover, stop breaking the rules. Why were VxDx and Makaveli banned?

So many people liked them (and of course still do), so why do you put your own ambition in front of everyone else’s?