[August]

My name got mentioned so hi, yes hello, I am here now. Although it was an offhand mention, I feel it would maybe help to offer some of my perspective from my time.

First off, I'm not entirely aware of what's been going on recently as I've been incredibly disconnected for a long while now. Most of my interaction now is mainly on the discord though I occasionally keep tabs on the forums to see how everyone is doing. I noticed my name was mentioned as someone who had "been messing with this group for some time now." Now I'm not sure who else in this group is that you've mentioned is, but I'll address some stuff about phantom in particular as their name was specifically mentioned in that post with mine.

As for Phan, during my time staffing murder Phantom's behavior was quite a concern from time to time. Although Phantom was a fun player to have on the server, they were quite prone to emotional blow-ups every now and then, and it was frequent enough that we were almost bracing for it whenever they joined. Some blow ups would happen just because they got killed in game, a lot of times legitimately, and the result would be some real anger and hateful words. I personally had to handle my share of those blow-ups and was much more lenient about them than I should have been at times. The resulting ban that Phantom linked was absolutely warranted, although not at perma level like it was initially set at, and I will still stand by that today. I can't speak for the others but I personally viewed that ban as a way to give you a break to relax and refresh your mind, and not because you were some filthy toxic rule breaker or anything like that. That being said, I have to admit that not all decisions made were the right decisions and some actions had to be walked back and rightfully so just like that perma. In short, we kinda made mistakes and I personally apologize for that.

When it comes to the alts being used to catch wrongdoing, I've never been against using alts in certain cases to catch toxic behavior, thought it sounds like there was a lot of targeting and baiting being done based on the post. Using an alt has help weed out issues that for the most part wouldn't happen in the presence of staff. It's the same reason why on Prop Hunt for example, we would ask players not to announce us joining in order for us to catch issues like Ghosting or Hacking. Players can get smart about hiding their trouble when they know we're watching. I can tell you that although I personally never used an alt account on servers, I know other staff members absolutely did (this goes for every Dinks server, not just murder). However, using them to specifically bait and target specific people is not okay. It's quite simply harassment using the pretext as "staffing" as a sort of qualified immunity.

Back to Phantom real quick, I want to personally said that I'm sorry. Anyway, if I ever came across as someone who hated you, know that this was never the case. As for the personal attacks about your sexuality and of you being a furry, I ask you to forward any and all evidence of this to the Admin team. This also goes for any evidence you have of the alt targeting and any other relevant issues. Your sexuality is absolutely nobody's business and I am sorry for what you've been forced to endure.


All in all, we are all beautiful people who deserve the chance to have fun and enjoy ourselves. I love you all and hope life gives you everything you desire. I typed this up post quick so I hope it comes across alright, but I'm in the main discord still so if anyone has any questions or needs any clarification please feel free to message me privately. As for now, I return to the shadow realm. Have a beautiful day y'all.


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