I was asked in private to explain why i nuked my TimeOfDoom account. I was going to explain it anyway, but it took me some time to write the thing down. Even now i'm not sure if i've covered all my gripes, but here we go:
Why i did it? I simply gave Stodgy Ayatollah what he wanted, which is me gone from his precious forum. And i'm not the only one he wants gone, believe me. He's talking behind my (and other's) back, framing me as "harmful" all while acting friendly in my face, and expecting me to work on his new project. He messaged someone saying, "ToD was not created for the likes of me, it is only for the hardworking honest people". Apparently that's a description i don't fall under, even though i've put more into that forum, than his favorite "honest contributors", most of which post once a month, and some haven't even uploaded a single map there yet.
The guy spent a year, without showing any concerns with the stuff that's being posted. Basically, he let things go with the flow up to this point, but now, apparently, it turns out he was seething the whole time and was not okay with it. Either that, or he finally woke up from his slumber and realized that he's the admin, and he should've had a clear direction for the site from day one, not a year later. ToD turned out the way it did, because of Stodgy Ayatollah, no one else. Because he has the power, he could've made the rules, but he didn't have the balls to do it from the start. So now, instead of blaming himself for having no idea or direction for the site, he's going to blame the people without whom the forum would still sit with 30 users, of which 20 inactive, and Xeep Eep spamming threads about his asshole.
So there you go... If you don't see your name in the exclusive list of
"honest productive refugees" ToD is not made for you, period! He made it clear. Even Bob Page, who gets the "respect" of being part of this special club, is framed as a guy who is stuck 10 years in the past. And that's just from one leak... i can imagine how much more shit about me and the other
"harmful KF retards" has been said... stuff that we'll never going to see.
Also, how great to throw shade on CCP, of which he was very happy and proud of when it was released. Of what drama and immaturity is he talking about there, i have no idea. He knew exactly what he was doing with this project, and the end result turned out exactly like everyone expected it to be, including him. There was no drama, or anything like that. CCP will always stand as a proof that he still lacked any serious intentions for the forum around April of this year. Otherwise, why would he come up with a troll idea for ToD's first official community project? Wouldn't you want something serious for your first release? Something to make some noise, and have people associate your site with, instead of a joke project? So yeah, that sharp 180 turn that he's trying to pull now is not going to work out very well for him.
The funny thing is, when it comes to the goals of the forum, i agree with most of what Stodgy wants. I never wanted ToD to be just like KF. We have this thread here for that. ToD could have and should have been different, but only if he tried when he should have. So even if we are in agreement there, i don't appreciate being blindsighted and thrown under the bus like that. If it wasn't for me and killerratte (who is also not mentioned as part of the
"productive and honest folk"), to keep the activity going until more users showed up, where would things be now? Around the time Time of Death gave away the admin rights to Stodgy, it was just the three of us posting there regularly. That would have been the perfect time to come up with guidelines and direction, but he wasn't interested in that at the time, was he?
Then there's just weird shit like this:
This was, of course, Doomkid responding to ArchCynic on his comments under Dean of Doom Sunlust review. Why would you go on youtube to publicly side with a Doomworld moderator in response to a user from your own forum, who's recently been wrongfully banned from Doomworld? He doesn't even add anything, he just went there to say "I agree with you Doomkid". What's the point, other than to shit on your own forum's member? It's one thing if you disagree with what ArchCynic said. You could've addressed that in the DoD thread on ToD, where ArchCynic was also posting. It's an entirely different thing to completely ignore the guy, and go suck Doomkid's cock. That's nothing short of a backstab. But of course, ToD is not made for ArchCynic as well, i guess...
Even after all of this, i was willing to ignore the whole drama and let it go (at first), and i even replied to the leaked message above, saying i'm going to support and defend Stodgy Ayatollah if he faces backlash for the
"forum values page". Well... that lasted for two days alright. I woke up yesterday, smelled the coffee and i started making my map for his project, but the desire to work for him was no longer there. One question kept haunting me - Why the fuck would i waste my time working for someone who disrespects me behind my back and says his site is not for the likes of me? Why would i abandon my own solo project that's been dragging for 2 years, to make maps for that guy? Or to post on his forum? Nope, that's not me. It was an easy decision to nuke my account after that.