Hello Admins,
This is nike_guy, I just want to make a formal complaint regarding my banning yesterday (1/29/2010). One of your mods XANSHI banned me for no apparent reason. I was explaining to him in an adult and intelligent manner that I never broke any rules of the site because he/she is on the verge of banning me for no viable reason at all. It all started when me and badguy001 we're intelligently debating in a thread regarding the differences of MW2 and MAG. If you can read everything, it shows that all my arguments are based on factual events, and are backed up by experiences of many. In formal debates, you need to always look for the mistakes of your opponent so you can retaliate with a better and intelligent answer, in which I was doing. For me it was a healthy debate because for myself, since I was member of a debate team a long time ago, I don't mix my emotions through my answers. Our arguments may look confrontational but in reality it's nothing unless something personal is thrown at you which never happened. All of a sudden, one of your mods XANSHI warned us of an impending ban if we don't stop the confrontation.
We all know that personal attacks are not allowed here as stipulated in your rules and regulations. So what I did was I asked XANSHI nicely what were my violations after showing him/her your rules and regulations. He kept on insisting that our arguments were almost confrontational. I asked him if factual arguments are considered confrontational. Since all my arguments are based objectively and not otherwise. And that when I come up with an argument, I make sure that it's still covered by the R & R of this site.
He kept on saying that since this is the internet, we can do anything we want. I told him, I respect this site and I follow the rules and regulations and that if I don't respect anyone here I should have cursed all of you in the first place. He asked me to stop defending my innocence, and I was like WTF? Of course I'm defending my innocence because I know I never broke any rules of the site, that's why I'm explaining in an intelligent manner and not resulting to insults or whatever. I want him to hear me out and I want to learn from him why is he threatening me to be banned?
Then he personally attacked me, told me that my pride is hurt that's why I kept on insisting my innocence. For me that was it, I told him what kind of mod are you, you have here rules and regulations that never personally attack someone. All that I'm asking is he give me a concrete evidence and an objective reasoning why he's banning me. I told him he's a dickhead for that what he is.
I'm not asking you guys to reinstate or remove my ban, all I'm asking is tell your mod that he can't exercise his authoritative power anytime he wants if it's not within the rules and regulations because if not then we can say that MODS are not following their own rules and regulations. Parang gobyerno pala dito, kung sino gumagawa ng batas eh sila pa ang di sumusunod. An authoritative power must only be used within the grounds of rules and regulations. If you can work your way around your own rules and regulations, then there's a problem with how you manage this site.
It's not about pride, it's all about how you govern your community. As one movie said, great power comes with a great responsibility. Being in a position where you are given a power to govern doesn't mean you can do anything you want. You need to be just and ready to back your decisions. XANSHI never showed any of those in that scenario but instead he let his emotions get the better of him and now I am wondering why did you elect a mod who can't manage in a justifiable way. We have rules and regulations, all of us here are bounded by it.
Thanks and good day.
References
http://pinoyps.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t ... start=6705
http://pinoyps.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=36831&start=375