@ganymede said in Regarding administration on MSB:
@saosmash said in Regarding administration on MSB:
I thought in this case that the error was giving credence to a complaint without any reality behind it, thereby loaning it legitimacy it might not otherwise have.
This is a reasonable conclusion, but it is true that, in the past, predecessors of this forum have gone to games to "raid" them, so to speak. There was talk of this earlier, which was dissuaded by Arkandel. To deny the possibility of a WORA cabal lurking here to commit nefarious things, however remote, is to deny that past.
I just can't agree with this. While the behavior may have happened, the idea that it really has much to do with the forum is still silly. There are cliques and groups of players here, and those groups may decide to disrupt games, but its not 'MSB' behind it, its the people. You'll never control that, which is part of what makes the post seem so idiotic and tone deaf.
Beyond that, by visibly denying it, your (collective) mod post has probably done more to boost the idea of a 'hive mind' and its ill-intent than any actual wrong people from the board have ever done. It looks like the sloppy, obviously guilty spin-doctoring you'd see on any TV news interview (or like one of the UH staff's 'No problems here folks!' bb-posts).
So, I think it was reasonable to say, as an official statement or otherwise, that the vast, vast majority of us, if not all, do not support this behavior. Its placement is questionable, but I understand and support the sentiment behind the decision to say something.
Bold mine. Did you guys actually discuss this and agree on it? Because the placement seems so obviously silly, and your wording makes it seem like it wasn't as much of a group decision as it's being presented as.