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A message from Ethereal

over 8 years

First off I admit I have said and done things in the past that are pretty terrible. I have posted on the forums and on the lobby wall. I have cheated, many many times, more than most people can even imagine. I have ban evaded, and done all sorts of horrible things. I was basically nothing but a personality-less troll that did things just to screw with people. I was young, bored, depressed, and dumb. I was immature and didn't realize the severity of the things I was doing. Looking back on the things I did back then today, I'm disgusted by my former self's actions. I can't even fathom doing those things today. I'm a different person and I am truly , genuinely sorry that I did those things. I honestly can't come up with a valid excuse for doing them, all I can promise is that today, in the here and now, that I do have remorse and I have changed my ways. I'm not a threat to anyone. All I want to do is help the site the best I can to maybe make up for the things I did.

People have accused me of being a pedophile. I'm going to deny that right here and now. I have never once been attracted to an underaged individual in my life. The idea of me being a pedophile is absurd. Four year old chat logs where I "admit" to it aren't worth anything, because EVERYONE in that chat was trolling. The whole chat was nothing but banned users. Everyone in there knew I was just screwing around when I said those things. I said them in order to troll crypto, who was in the chat. It was just something I said to shock / annoy him, not a confession of being an IRL pedophile. Furthermore, around that time I dated an 18 year old girl for six months and we were incredibly committed to each other. I wouldn't have felt the commitment and attraction to her that I would have felt if I actually suffered from pedophilia.

The last thing I want to address is the idea that i'm a "threat". What threat? Who am I a threat to? I have already shown you that I feel no desire whatsoever for children, so I pose no social threat to the community. As for moderating itself, I'm not going to suddenly start abusing my powers right after being modded, which is something I've wanted for years and years. I'm not going to throw away my chance by abusing powers, that's ridiculous.

By the way, in case any of you think I'm a threat... I've been running a keylogger on my PC which is keeping track of every single thing I type for the past month. I'm willing to share the logs with the mods in order to ensure I'm not abusing my powers, or being a threat to anyone.

over 8 years
all the time.
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Negged this thread, not really because of what Ethereal had to say but because I can't be bothered to neg all the ****posts. Such a disgusting community this place is sometimes.
over 8 years

Arcbell says

I like how no one is actually arguing that I'm going to do any harm or abuse power. The argument is all about the inherent existence of my past action. I take this as a sign that most people who are against me know I'm only going to do good for the site =)


that happened yesterday this is my argument today
over 8 years
Oh nevermind Arcbell bought stocks. Smart dude ... if he bought stock in good companies.
over 8 years
Invest in houses
there will always be people in need of a house
over 8 years

Arcbell says

I like how no one is actually arguing that I'm going to do any harm or abuse power. The argument is all about the inherent existence of my past action. I take this as a sign that most people who are against me know I'm only going to do good for the site =)


i can only foresee death and destruction
over 8 years
EM has stock? o.o
over 8 years
you can't be trusted with privileged information, even as a role mod
over 8 years
no, i'm pretty sure at some point you'll overstep something for your or one of your non-mod friend's gain
over 8 years
I like how no one is actually arguing that I'm going to do any harm or abuse power. The argument is all about the inherent existence of my past action. I take this as a sign that most people who are against me know I'm only going to do good for the site =)
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salty
over 8 years
then i asked myself, who honestly gives a .
over 8 years
if i were becomeclear i would tell people to self vote five minutes into day one and proceed to go 0/3 including outing the doc. but i am not becomeclear
over 8 years
The point is: This website doesn't need you two and with this kind of backlash it should be obvious that both of you are de-modded yet.. that hasn't happened. Another day, another 40 page thread about it.

I'm not against you because I have some grudge over a mafia game or something. I've heard about the things you've done and you act like a child as an adult throwing tantrums and targeting people to launch hacking attacks against because they said or did something you didn't like. These things happened and they happened recently.

The mod team doesn't need you two and objectively your positions on it are creating a further divide between the EM community and it's moderators which is WORSE for everyone. Just by you two inherently being on the team.
over 8 years
This thread was better when I was posting in it.
over 8 years
I've got other development projects on the go though.
over 8 years
i am not becomeclear
over 8 years
To respond to your question: Stocks
over 8 years
Oh whoops, I misread and thought you said "You realize I'm not becomeclear, right?" .. I thought you WERE become clear. Silly me.
over 8 years
So wait, you are Becomeclear then? That's a continuation of a convo I had with Becomeclear.
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What did you end up investing in since lucid denied your offer btw?
over 8 years
I did not, but it doesn't really matter I'm just responding to you.
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You do realize I'm Becomeclear right lol
over 8 years
Beyondpower, I'm not a freedom fighter I'm primarily interested in making sure things run smoothly for the volunteer mod/admin/role mod team so they can give U the best version of the site possible while not being miserable themselves. I think that's a worthy interest but if you disagree I won't suppress ur freedom of speech :~)
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Never change, Edark