Thank you and Farewell, Siege Perilous!
It is time for me to move on to other duties now. I believe I have demonstrated, to the best of my abilities, what is acceptable here and what is not. I am leaving this forum now in some very capable and experienced hands as well as a forum full of Community Proud and Mature Users, who I believe have now seen and understand some of the things that were unacceptable to allow.
To touch on a user's comment of "my standards." My standards are the Standards of UO Stratics, which are the
Rules of Conduct.
(If my Standards were any different, they wouldn't be Stratics' Standards and I wouldn't be in the position I am in today, as UO Forum Administrator and LotRO Stratics Associate Editor.) Trust me, if I were to ever step out of line or do something that doesn't fit into Stratics' Standards, then I would get a stern speaking to from one of my Bosses.
I believe that things here have shaped up enough for me to leave the forum in the capable hands of your current Moderators to continue on upholding the Rules of Conduct and all your understanding hands as users here.
Do not worry however, for my fellow UO Stratics Administrative Team and I shall not be far should any of you need the ear of an Administrator. There are two things I cannot stress enough, one of which is the need for our users to come to us, by Private Message or E-Mail, when there are any questions, concerns, or complaints on any of our Staff's actions or inactions on these Forums.
The Collective E-Mail for all the UO Stratics Administrators is
[email protected] - this gets sent to all the UO Forum Administrators, both the UO Stratics Managing Editor and Associate Editor (UO Stratics Staff's Head Bosses) as well as our Boss' Bosses too! So you see, this is a far better way to let the Bosses know of any problems with ANY UO Stratics Staff Member as well as any conflicting opinions of the Rules of Conduct. Posting such things on the forum instead, will most likely only be seen by the Moderators that have to remove them and issue Bans or Warnings over it.
The second thing I want to stress to everyone is the posting of Personal Attacks Grievances.
• Posting of "PvP Smack" is far different than posting of personal grievances or attacks. For example, it is okay to post
"Man, your skill at PvPing sucks!" Where-as it is
not okay to say
"You're so ******** you cannot even PvP!" the latter being a Personal Attack.
• Stating such things as
"You're now KoS to our Guild!" is quite okay to post. However, posting of
"You exploited and talked [censored] to my friends and I, I/We are going to KoS you, you degenerate pig!" is
not okay to post.
If these two things can remain under control (The posting of RoC/Staff Issues and the posting of Personal Attacks/Grievances), and I believe that they can, then this forum will attract more users than the ones leaving because they are now unable to post such Personal Attacks/Grievances or Staff Issues.
We would much rather have a forum of 50, RoC-Abiding users, here than we would if there were 100 RoC-Violating Users. We'll most certainly warn/ban those 100 Users in exchange for keeping 50 RoC-Abiding Users that will feel comfortable in inviting their friends to participate in such a Forum Community.
I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your cooperation and understanding here. I truly hope that my only returning visits to this Forum will be of that to read and see how well things are continuing and even to participate in some of the Discussions here from time to time, and well of course the beloved "lol-cat thread."
*cheers for lol-cats*
Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding.
*bows with much respect and gratitude*
((Thread Moderation Note: I removed the replies here that delt too far into Staffing Issues. I assure you however, just like PM/Email mssages we get, the removed comments have been noted for all the Forum Administrators' reviewing.))
