- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Recon, you seem like a decent sort of bloke... the sort we actually need to have around, but certain other mods are either power mad, spitefull or just downright nasty.
There has been a problem here for some time now and at the end of the day, it all comes back to the ONLY mod who seems to have been at all active within The Maw. The longer that these posts have been going on, the more of a picture I have been forming of who is actually doing thier job as a mod, and those who aren't...
Now, the other thread in The Septagon there are repeated mentions of informing the mods of any offending posts and trouble makers that we encounter, but we HAVE been informing the mods! I can't really speak for anyone else, but I personnally have contacted Goweb on several occasions about bad threads and trouble makers, always without a response... always.
On top of that, a sticky was created called 'The Map Vault' which was supposed to be for the benefit of those people who are new to Halo CE so that they could easily find several good maps to get them started. Now, I PM'd Goweb about the sticky and to find out what it was exactly that he wanted to try and achieve, and I then went out of my way to contact several of the Halo CE websites out there to see if they would permit us to link to several of thier files, but the unanimous reply was a big 'no'.
Feeling that I still had something to offer, I redisgned my old website to showcase the 40 or so decent maps that most agree are worthy, hosted the site and then notified Goweb... No response! At all... not even a 'no thanks' after I had gone to all the effort of trying to help the community out.
I have also recieved a blacklisting myself recently, but I actually have no clue as to why. I have also heard some of you mods say that you do actually give an explanation to the person you blacklist, but even after sending emails I still have no clue! I've been here a while and pride myself on NEVER having been blacklisted and always trying to be helpfull, but obviously someone else doesn't think so...
As I'm sure you are starting to become aware by now, I am not a unique case, and while flaming and talk of illegal activities are allowed to continue, the good people here are getting the rough end of the stick.
I am aware that the fact I've openly named a certain mod isn't going to go down too well, but I am truly sick and tired of having to watch what I say in case I get a permanent ban or an extended period of blacklisting... I am aware of the rules and have survived here as long as I have by abiding by them... I'm not a child or a teenager either and I'm fed up being treated as if I've done something wrong or I'm about to! I'm 35 years old, have several children along with the other half... Would be nice to be treated as such, you know?
The only reason I still spend so much time here in spite of the way things have turned out is because I have spent a great deal of time (and money) supporting the Halo PC/CE community, I enjoy trying to help others if I can and I am housebound due to injury.
I think that maybe you should all take a really good look at what's actually going on here and weed out anyone who hasn't been doing the job that they were elected for. People may start out with good intentions, but we all change over time, and someone IS NOT doing the moderating as it should be, or indeed, expected of them.
I would like to be able to say that I'm sorry for sounding so angry, but unfortunately, I can't. I would be a fraud if I did. I am also expecting to come off worse here, but at the end of the day if you can't air your problems to the people who are in a position to listen and maybe do something about it, is there much point in being in such a place?