GL isn't dying. It's in the process of a transformation started by the Big Red and while he'll never tell you what goals he has in mind, they're adamantly present and clear based on his actions and words (as well as the lack of such).
@Agennon
Not that I am exempt from this point, but you can't give people as a leader a series of expectations and asking them to provide "good faith" interactions when you yourself witnessed something sick and vile being done, only to completely ignore it, refuse to acknowledge it, then having to be SHAMED into punishing said person for longer when the ORIGINAL person who extended the ban was actually afraid that they would be demoted from all of their roles for it.
Think about that. A person who believed that said aggressor deserved longer than a DAY and worrying about losing their roles here because they were worried that they went against your direction.
How do you get to sit here as a leader and expect others to follow in your footsteps when you go against everything you've been asking for Giants Lair to stand for? What expectation do you want them to have that shows good faith
when you witnessed a man's dearly departed mother (may she rest in peace) being desecrated with the sole intent to hurt the son and you did NOTHING.
You outright weren't going to ban them at least anywhere near what they deserved, and now you've continued to ignore all of the problems that been caused by this and many other things.
You don't get to wish ANYONE happy mother's day after you took someone who is closely associated with you and even did business with and ignored their pleas and their traumatic and vulnerable moments. You refused to at some points punish said person for what they said.
Good vibes? Chill environment? You left this place to burn despite everyone politely and albeit sometimes impolitely trying to point you in any direction that wasn't outright ignoring the problem, hoping the people who have a problem go away, and go get drunk late-night fishing. You have threads on threads discussing these points, trying to be as nice as possible trying to show you that there's more than one viewpoint. Not every single one is polite, but people TRIED.
Getting told to drop this and that people are trying to move on, when in reality they are also just tired of the shit you pulled and how little you care by your lack of interaction.
I even pointed out that these people needed you to speak to them, and you told me "You get more flies with honey" as if you're throwing some ancient Chinese proverb filled with wisdom that would open my eyes or maybe give me or anyone else reading it some perspective on how you feel. Bullshit. Absolute bullshit.
I keep getting told that people need to learn and move on from this, but while you're still here, that wound will not heal - especially when you think ignoring it and fishing in the middle of the night is your only solution.
You had people that put money, time, and effort into this place, and frankly it's sickening watching you try to just walk past this and expect others to just blindly continue building your community for you knowing all it takes for you to bring it down is that you don't vibe with the message.
This place cannot heal while you ignore it. This place cannot truly move forward with you choosing to believe that the solution is to continue to ignore it.
While you act with cowardice and refuse to either acknowledge the situation one way or another.
I don't care about "kicking the hornet's nest" any longer. I've been nothing but wishy-washy on how I exactly want to support this place, and frankly I am tired of believing that it can be saved while you still choose to do this.
Do better.
Your forums most active threads since that day were the Farewells and general threads speaking to you directly. Does that mean anything to you? How much fishing or smoking weed do you think it will take before you can feel better about ignoring the true problems of your community?
Do what you have to do after this, but frankly it saddens me that you've made my friends feel like shit, and it saddens me as a fellow human to see you acting so cruelly. It saddens me that people even have to fight with you this much to a point where they have almost complete certainty that you'll never acknowledge any of this again and hopes to just have a fun place to hang out again.
You lost sight of that all. Lost sight on what you want to be, what you want this community to be, and what you want to be as a leader.
You've changed.
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