(04-01-2021, 01:23 AM)SwankyPants31 Wrote:(04-01-2021, 12:54 AM)MrStennett Wrote:(04-01-2021, 12:45 AM)mithrandir Wrote: This is not your garden variety drama of uninformed and/or disgruntled league users criticizing HO just for fun. I have never seen so many level-headed and kind users that I respect disagree so strongly with a decision made by Head Office. Even many users who are former HO and often support or defend HO in these threads agree: this was a terrible and unexcusable decision. The fact that, as implied by Kya in her comment, there seems to be a personal vendetta involved makes me believe this is the single worst decision made by HO in my entire time here.Yeah, it’s pretty horrid. Then you have intern excelsior in the other thread playing big dog and telling everyone to “put their reading comprehension caps on” like we’re a bunch of Neanderthals. I’d like to ask what HO is going to do about an intern insulting the entire user base, but I’m sure they’ll send him to his room without supper or some shit.
My sentiments exactly, on both these quotes. I've been in the league over a year now and typically don't participate in the drama threads, even when it's something involving me, but this is absolutely absurd.
Hi, DSFL intern here who has been in the league for over two years now. If you’re in the camp, that doesn’t think this should’ve been punished at all, then your opinion is pretty much invalid. Kya, although she pushed the PPT further into the future than anyone since Bigred, gave herself and a close friend TPE in the most sketchy of circumstances, this wasn’t released, but she then (whether knowingly or unknowingly) misrepresented her reasoning to HO when questioned. The question was not whether or not she should be punished, but the severity of said punishment.
Claims that Steg was involved in some conspiracy to destroy Kya are unfounded, not only did he not bring this issue to HO, but when it was all but forgotten after the Zamir snaffu, I (a lowly intern) was the one who pointed out that there was still 300+ fraudulent TPE circulating in the league. Thus resurrecting the conversation.
Do I think HO landed on the right punishment? Probably not, but that’s generally what appeals are for, we’ve seen them reduce a number of punishments to more reasonable terms over the years. I also think the original post for this failed to stress the correct reasons for the punishment that were basically Kya knowingly using her power to award TPE to give herself TPE she knew she hadn’t earned. Kya is a great user and someone who I will always appreciate for bringing Dallas its first title and as an individual, but as someone who has seen the evidence, didn’t have a vote (like excelsior), and has had very public disagreements with HO in the past I think this response has bordered on obnoxious.
What I can say is how mature Kya has been about accepting responsibility and it only reinforces my opinion that a probationary period may have been the correct course of action. But dragging Steg and/or excelsior into this conspiracy is completely uncalled for to the point where I felt compelled to comment.
