Ashvin wrote:Goodspeed wrote:The ear is a funny, sometimes insightful contributor
I lost you on this. Insightful contributor? please don't include their podcast, lonewolf's vods are better. Maybe add telethon but like a I said "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good"
He occasionally expresses an insightful thought. Mostly when it comes to politics if I recall correctly.
his (admittedly somewhat obnoxious) way of letting the authorities know he didn't always agree with the way they did business.
Exactly what one of the qualities a mod should not be lacking.
This sentence didn't make a lot of sense but I think I know what you're trying to say. I'm not sure it's relevant, though. With ear's limited sphere of influence, and his mind made up about making a change here, he did what he thought he had to. And, in the end, I think it had the intended, and ultimately positive, effect. But when you give people authority, they change. There would be no more reason to be obnoxious about disagreeing with the authorities if you are the authorities.
When you put people in a position of power, you can find out who they really are. I don't know where I read this, probably multiple places, but it has always stayed with me: "You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat their subordinates." For some, it will go to their head. It very well might, in ear's case. He certainly has strong opinions. Like I said, definitely not my first choice of mod.
So you could say I "support" the ear even if only to balance out the negative bias that used to be in the staff, hopefully isn't anymore. And yeah, I am pretty serious about this community.
Sometimes I think you're too good to see someone else's bad.
I see plenty of bad, believe me. I'm also not that great myself. And I don't "support" the ear because he's JHC reincarnate. I wouldn't make him mod, either. I just think he's underrated.
Though I know if ear is made mod he will cut his bullshitness a lot, but his behavior is not something I'd like to see portrayed by a staff member. He has dodged his bans numerous times, harassed and baited a couple of (ex)staff members. Flooded the forums with bs threads. I never saw him helping any new community member or anyone in general.
Ear's history was always a 2-way street. He was not the only one in the wrong.
EDIT: Don't forget what happened to Insite studios when site made him admin. Nobody even shits on it. He kicked and banned most of the active members.
I have no idea what happened there, I only know someone got it into their head to start a website to compete with ESOC. If Ear caused the destruction of that non sense then more power to him. With a community as small as this one, only malice could have convinced anybody to try and split it up.
The content they produced early on was great, though.
), go through reports and try to figure out if the report is real or troll and try to act accordingly, and many other things. We each try to remain objective and not bring our personal feelings into things. I personally (and I know others in the team have done this as well) have spent significant amount of time trying to repair damage done to members from other members. I've had countless private conversations with people. We do this for free in our spare time. We're not perfect, but I truly do appreciate our imperfect team and the work that each member does. To say that we aren't "cutting it" and to just dismiss the team is frankly insulting and hurts me personally. I'm not directing this to anyone in particular, it's a general statement. 
