Important news.

[Big D]

I've been moderating this forum since 2003, and in all that time nothing has compelled me to breach the trust of my fellow staffers by discussing staff matters publicly. However, things have been getting out of hand in recent days, and now they've just gone too far for me to tolerate.

Yesterday, Kawaii Ryukishi was banned from EoFF for posting an inappropriate image. He was banned, just as any other member would have been. It was a huge shock and a disappointment to us all, but the rules are the rules, and those rules are here for the overall good of the forum. Kishi, for whatever reason, compromised those rules and compromised the integrity of EoFF as a whole.

Now, however, he has been un-banned and reinstated as a moderator. Not by a staff consensus, and not because his image was deemed acceptable - he was re-modded because of his 'importance' and 'status' as an EoFF stalwart from the past. I want it to be known that the majority of staff disagree strongly with this action, and we want to make this public in the hope of forcing some responsibility from those others who care more about 'personalities' than about the guidlines and standards that made this place great.

Moderators cannot ban moderators; only admins have that power. Those of us who are dedicated to decency are powerless to act.

Pornography has been one of the most serious and controversial issues ever to face EoFF; for that reason, I felt it necessary to bring this to the attention of those who are effected most - the regular members of Eyes on Final Fantasy.

[Raistlin]

I agree with you, D. I wish you could see my LJ arguments. *goes to find your LJ name*

[m4tt]

This is complete bull if you ask me. I agree with you 100%, D. I can't believe this.

[Psychotic]

There seriously needs to be a clarification on the rules regarding posting inappropriate images. And also I think there needs to be a list of those who have "importance" and "status", so we know who can get away with anything.

[m4tt]

This place has gone to hell, what a waste of time.

[Agent Proto]

Not that I really care, but what Kishi has done, he should have stayed banned, and maybe replaced. *hint hint* (xD j/k I'm not really too interested in returning any time soon after almost a year)

Anyway, I think it should be best to leave Kishi banned and say that I agree with Big D 100%.

[Raistlin]

There seriously needs to be a clarification on the rules regarding posting inappropriate images. And also I think there needs to be a list of those who have "importance" and "status", so we know who can get away with anything.

...I love you, Psy. I couldn't have worded that better myself.

[Strider]

This shouldn't be about "status" or "personality" at all. Let's say I were to do the exact same thing, I'd get banned, wouldn't I?

It's a big crock, in my opinion. Just because he's been around longer, or the fact that he's a moderator, or whatever else factored into the decision... that doesn't mean Kishi is above the rules that you placed to keep every other member in check.

[Flamethrower]

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/showp...&postcount=162

I'd ban anyone for posting porn, including CURRENT staff, with the exception of Sean. I'd expect to be banned myself if necessary.

[Rye]

EoFF has been pretty wacky lately.

EDIT: I agree with you guys on this one.

[Raistlin]

This is an absolute disgrace. I thank Big D for being brave enough to post this.

[Psychotic]

This is an absolute disgrace. I thank Big D for being brave enough to post this.

Absolutely, Big D has probably forfeited his CK position and I admire his integrity. I also admire Lord Krang's integrity too, even though we have not seen eye to eye in the past.

So, EVERYONE loved Peter, you all saw from the sigs that we had. When is he going to be unbanned?

[Kirobaito]

I've few and far between even really noticed Kishi on the forums that much, perhaps because he posts in the gaming forums so much.

However, he comes on #eoff regularly now, and thus, his banning from here would not affect me that much.

That said, I pretty much agree with everyone else here. As much as I love the guy, he's certainly not above the rules and if Peter was not unbanned for his violation, there is absolutely no reason that Kishi should be unbanned for intentionally posting that could only be thought of as inappropriate.

I really do applaud Big D for speaking out about this. Good luck to those staff members who choose to fight this.

EDIT: Oh, right, I also applaud Matt. Sorry. :/ What he just did took a lot of guts, and hopefully his decision will help to resolve this issue, by showing exactly what's it's like to...okay, I can't come up with a way to say this. Just, I'm very impressed by Matt.

I hate to do this to Kishi, but it's true.

[Big D]

There seriously needs to be a clarification on the rules regarding posting inappropriate images. And also I think there needs to be a list of those who have "importance" and "status", so we know who can get away with anything.

Hopefully it won't come to that. I'll wait and see what 'the other half' of this particular dispute has to say, in this thread.

[Raistlin]

What other side? From what I've heard and read, it's one person.