Dear Media

[SchwarzNarr]

I cant think of how many times things got made public that should have been private discussions first, that made the issue so much worse and led to hurt feelings.

I disagree about making communications privately. While I think that there should be civilities viewed - and maybe this conversation should have taken place outside of the media forum, I think that discussions like this deserve to be public and transparent.

The reality is this is a forum community and a public community - having discussions about what is happening within the community, how there are apparent changes on the graders mentality of what should count that differ from the posted FAQ is an entire community issue, not just a me issue. I think the entire community should be aware of the discrepancies in grading to gain a better understanding of what counts for media.

Decisions being made without the transparency of the community is how I feel it got to this point in the first place. Not knowing that graders apparently change how lenient they are based on your bank balance, length of time in the league, etc is something I think all users deserve to be aware of.

I apologize if my posts hurt anyone's feelings, that definitely has never been my intention.