Eternity RPC Board
10-08-2019, 04:13 PM
Apologies if this is a bit all over the place and my lack of understanding of the situation. I arrived in the United Kingdom on 11 September this year to take a MA Creative Writing program at a university in London. The school side of things is settling down, but I am currently job searching and the adjusting to postgrad life combined with that has taken up all my time.
I honestly was at a point where I had assumed that Lom would not be banned at all. I am quite surprised not by Lom's behavior, but that this is happening now. My personal way of dealing with him since returning has been to simply refrain from taking part in any non-RP related discussions at all. I can personally attest that the "party that r*pes women" comment was, for me, the reason I essentially left this place for more than a year before returning.
That having been said, based upon what I have read in each post made here, I agree somewhat with Rom regarding the way this has been handled. Miscommunication or no, this does not look good and warrants a good look at the process.
That said, I am not quite as conspiratorial, I trust the statements that Ikar has made admitting to the Directorate making mistakes in handling the situation. Having said that, I do believe that some more evidence regarding this would likely put the more skeptical to mind. Maybe chat logs backing up the claim that, to quote, "Blac asked us to apply our ban decision made some time back and it was agreed by a majority" (particularly the beginning half of that sentence).
I would say more but honestly, I have lot of stuff to deal with in real life as well, so I'll leave it with one last comment.
I do just want to remind everyone that while this is a terrible situation in regards to how this has been handled and it can be easy to throw around accusations, we should try to remain civil in any discussions regarding this.
I honestly was at a point where I had assumed that Lom would not be banned at all. I am quite surprised not by Lom's behavior, but that this is happening now. My personal way of dealing with him since returning has been to simply refrain from taking part in any non-RP related discussions at all. I can personally attest that the "party that r*pes women" comment was, for me, the reason I essentially left this place for more than a year before returning.
That having been said, based upon what I have read in each post made here, I agree somewhat with Rom regarding the way this has been handled. Miscommunication or no, this does not look good and warrants a good look at the process.
That said, I am not quite as conspiratorial, I trust the statements that Ikar has made admitting to the Directorate making mistakes in handling the situation. Having said that, I do believe that some more evidence regarding this would likely put the more skeptical to mind. Maybe chat logs backing up the claim that, to quote, "Blac asked us to apply our ban decision made some time back and it was agreed by a majority" (particularly the beginning half of that sentence).
I would say more but honestly, I have lot of stuff to deal with in real life as well, so I'll leave it with one last comment.
I do just want to remind everyone that while this is a terrible situation in regards to how this has been handled and it can be easy to throw around accusations, we should try to remain civil in any discussions regarding this.