The Point Of No Return

Day 1,428, 14:28 • Published in USA USA • by Kara Zor El
(continued from previous article)

gnilraps
He's a great guy, right? Very popular, well known, trusted, and what not? That's what I thought too. We were friends. He was my assistant in Media when I ran Grab Bags for the Feds. I was his VPP for his first 2 consecutive terms as PP. I advised him and he trusted my judgement in party matters. At one time, he was very appreciative for some mistakes I prevented him from making which would tarnish his reputation as PP. I was there to fill in the gap when he went AWOL his second term. I was a true example of what a VPP should be. Now, it's just a meaningless title. Later, I was asked to work with him in WHPR to raise money for DoI. I did this with great success and trust was once again expressed by allowing me to handle thousands of dollars. This begs the question, "Where did all that trust and appreciation go when I needed it most?". I haven't changed. He did, no doubt influenced by the FINO's (Feds in name only). Don't worry. I'll describe them later. They know who they are.

Let's go back to the point I was in the leadership room in IRC. I had just decided to leave the party and EZC. I pinged both havocpwn and Jacksondr5 to inform them. I knew Jackson would take great pleasure in removing my access in the forum, so I gave him first crack at it. I knew that he would take away my admin, EZC, member, and voting rights. This is what is meant by access. I could have used this access to really screw the party and shut down the forum. Like I said, I was trusted, and for good reason. I just wouldn't do that. I did the right thing.

Next thing I know, my whole account was deleted by gnilraps. There is no trace of me left in the forum. All my posts are guest now and my post count is gone. To do this, you must go to the admin panel and find where it allows you to do this. It clearly states right there that such an action cannot be reversed or restored. You have no idea how much time I spent in there posting, modding, archiving, etc. I may have left the party, but my legacy and impact had its place there for all to see. This was a cruel act by an ignorant person with no regard for my feelings whatsoever.



It was just after this very moment of discovery, that freckledick chose to confront me in IRC. What do you think is going to happen? And no. I'm not sorry for blowing up at someone admittingly trying to bait me. How about your forum account gets deleted or something you value is taken away with no chance to get it back? What are you going to say to the next person who is deliberately trying to piss you off?

I did receive an apology. You should have seen how disingenuous it was. He told me it was an honest mistake based on my request to be deleted. Really, dude? Who has ever had their account deleted ever in the forum? I'll tell you! No one! I didn't even deserve a ban. It was not his place to mess with my access in any way. There are 2 forum admins assigned those duties and one was on IRC. I specifically asked JacksonDr5. This is where people in leadership need to know their place. There was no great hurry to change my access. I was no threat. But, quick as you can snap your fingers, gnilraps was all over that, ready to delete my whole account. The not so funny thing is that he has always shied away from doing anything admin related in the forums except for Useful Links. I smell a rat.

Tell me for real. How would you feel if you are heavily invested in your forum activity and you get deleted? Anyone new who comes along will never know the impact you have made? I have been told this is just a game and to let it go. Tell me, are all the hours I spent typing at my PC not RL time invested? This may be a game, but RL is affected. Now it's all down the drain. There is only one solution to make this right. Delete his account and make him start over. We all know that won't happen.