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duelers didn't disappear --- i was pressured into making them vanish
sir's post took courage. real courage. i read it once. then i read it again. and somewhere between the accusations, the grief, and the righteous fury, i realized something: if he could finally speak about what happened to toribash, then i could speak about what i have been made to do inside its staff.
i have been quiet for too long. every time another account disappeared, an account with hundreds of hours poured into it and real monetary value in it was suddenly banned, every time someone asked why the ban list was beginning to look suspiciously like the average duel room's playerlist, i said nothing. people asked why their ban appeals weren't getting proper attention, and i said nothing
i hid behind procedure. "rules were broken." "ask again in a year" "you're free to play on an alt" those were the words i used.
the truth is that i have been forced to ban duelers to satisfy someone i initially thought was a friend, and who i thought had toribash's best interests at heart: moonshake.
i know how unbelievable that sounds. it started innocently enough. a message asking whether i had "looked into" a certain player. a reminder that duelers have historically been "difficult to moderate." a suggestion that the community might be healthier with fewer people constantly wagering tc and arguing about rules.
these were people who had spent years perfecting openers, labbing in sp, studying replays and losing their entire net worth at 4 a.m. because they were certain they could come back and win it all. and they deserved to not face needless scrutiny.
he has always hated duelers. maybe it's the way they settle disagreements without issuing infractions. maybe he cannot tolerate a part of toribash where someone's reputation is earned through performance rather than forum authority.
good duelers were targeted, players who had kept entire competitive scenes alive while everyone else was standing around in abd asking whether shovel openers were legal.
i tried to resist internally. i want that to be known. i told him that banning every skilled dueler would not solve anything. i told him that eventually there would be nobody left to duel. i explained that a room containing only staff alts and one confused brown belt was not a functioning competitive ecosystem.
"then it will finally be peaceful."
i told myself i had no choice. i told myself that if i refused, somebody else would do it. i told myself that remaining in staff let me to reduce the damage from within.
to everyone who wondered why i entered rooms with people dueling, watched silently in /sp for ten hours, and then left: now you know. i was not spectating. i was looking for people to ban. and i;m sorry.
duelers were not destroying toribash. they were one of the last groups still treating the game as though winning mattered. that was their crime.
sir found the courage to tell his truth, now i'm telling mine
i have been quiet for too long. every time another account disappeared, an account with hundreds of hours poured into it and real monetary value in it was suddenly banned, every time someone asked why the ban list was beginning to look suspiciously like the average duel room's playerlist, i said nothing. people asked why their ban appeals weren't getting proper attention, and i said nothing
i hid behind procedure. "rules were broken." "ask again in a year" "you're free to play on an alt" those were the words i used.
the truth is that i have been forced to ban duelers to satisfy someone i initially thought was a friend, and who i thought had toribash's best interests at heart: moonshake.
i know how unbelievable that sounds. it started innocently enough. a message asking whether i had "looked into" a certain player. a reminder that duelers have historically been "difficult to moderate." a suggestion that the community might be healthier with fewer people constantly wagering tc and arguing about rules.
these were people who had spent years perfecting openers, labbing in sp, studying replays and losing their entire net worth at 4 a.m. because they were certain they could come back and win it all. and they deserved to not face needless scrutiny.
he has always hated duelers. maybe it's the way they settle disagreements without issuing infractions. maybe he cannot tolerate a part of toribash where someone's reputation is earned through performance rather than forum authority.
good duelers were targeted, players who had kept entire competitive scenes alive while everyone else was standing around in abd asking whether shovel openers were legal.
i tried to resist internally. i want that to be known. i told him that banning every skilled dueler would not solve anything. i told him that eventually there would be nobody left to duel. i explained that a room containing only staff alts and one confused brown belt was not a functioning competitive ecosystem.
"then it will finally be peaceful."
i told myself i had no choice. i told myself that if i refused, somebody else would do it. i told myself that remaining in staff let me to reduce the damage from within.
to everyone who wondered why i entered rooms with people dueling, watched silently in /sp for ten hours, and then left: now you know. i was not spectating. i was looking for people to ban. and i;m sorry.
duelers were not destroying toribash. they were one of the last groups still treating the game as though winning mattered. that was their crime.
sir found the courage to tell his truth, now i'm telling mine
This is also why there are no competitive legends. Believe me, shit's bleak.
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