Thank-you for all those who posted their kind words, or who e-mailed me privately. As for what BenJos posted, I am open to the other Editors informing the community of what I was doing 'behind their backs'--in fact, I'm rather curious myself. To my knowledge, the only things I didn't seek agreement from others on was the suspension of Tommi Tiihonen's confirmer priviledges (due to comments made on the message board) and my halting of the PC_10 vote (due to poor structure, which we've seen again with the confusion during the revote) Let me know if I missed anything. I was also talking about the possibility of a petition against Richy Cream for repeatedly reuploading bad .inps, violation of community standards, insulting players, etc.--but that was still in a discussion phase.(posted 9151 days ago)To comment on the voting process at MARP, because this is something I hope can be fixed by the community: When building a vote, it is important that you provide clear alternatives. In the PC_10 vote, this would have been something like (example): 300 ticks, 900 ticks, unlimited time. Otherwise, those looking for the most time will gravitate towards the maximum end of the scale, whereas those considering what a 'fair' setting is (and I don't mean fair to imply anything other than what a person perceives to be fair) have a range of choices anywhere from 150 to some thousands of ticks. This is not a fair vote, and is obviously going to favor those who would vote uniformly at an extremum.
Some sort of time limit also needs to be established for the vote (I like the 1 week, then 48 hours until final voter thing that gb9 did) and hopefully with the new poll system on the new message board this will become easier for a higher percentage of the MARP pop. to participate, the largest single issue with MARP voting.
As for my comments on democracy/absolutism, i should probably clarify somewhat. MARP faces a unique problem in that it has a disinterested majority and a vocal minority. This minority changes from situation to situation, but it's rallying cry is the same: "Don't mess with my game" This is fine for the most part, except when it interferes with the way other people want to play a game, or more rarely, how other players perceive MARP. It is very important for more of the MARP community to start using this or the next msg board, and for the community to shed some of its apathy towards these message boards. This is at least 1/2 of MARP right here folks. This is the brains, eyes, and often spit and vomit of MARP. This is where things happen, where real changes are made.
Anyways, I have always held myself in full accountability of my decisions, and I make no changes now. The pleasantries have been posted. If someone wants to get something of their chest, please, do it now, or I'll assume that what was being said about me is unsubstantiated.
Q.T.Quazar