by djoh » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:58 pm
Slander and defamation are no way to make friends detox. What did I ever do to you, and what exactly did I ever do to earn the title "ruthless dictator"? Anyway I'll set that aside for a minute because I want to say some other things.
First, I wish you guys well trying to get upug up and running at a high level. I pugged newnet the other night, and on the whole, I liked it a lot. I wish the sniper rof hadn't changed, and I had a couple issues trying to bring up trans instantaneously on spawn like i always do, but other than that, I think it plays really well. I fully intend to keep pugging there when I have time, and I hope the frequency of ctf pugs increases.
Secondly, I hope you guys are serious about trying to get a CTF tournament underway soon, because for my money, there's no gametype in UT to match the excitement of good old fashioned NW CTF. And it's pretty clear that MLUT is on indefinite hiatus.
But I have to say, this move of opping sly and zack (I'm leaving sorn out of this; he's cool- just don't expect him to do much aside from resetting the occasional pug) is a step in the wrong direction. I thought you guys billed this place as somehow different than what the UT community used to be like; I thought the grown-ups were in charge. I don't feel the need to go into the extensive evidence regarding sly's past abuses, which stretch back over a decade and are pretty much common knowledge. Like I pm'd Tim, didn't you guys learn anything from mlut's mistakes? Give sly an inch and he takes a mile. Try to reign him in and he'll hold something hostage.
He might run a successful 1v1 DM tournament for you (I'm assuming that's the first thing you're going to hold). He might be on his best behavior for a month, maybe two. But when it comes time for the main event (a NW CTF tournament), his basic nature will get the best of him, and if you're not willing to give him 100% control over it and accept all the random bans/rulings/drama that will come down, you need to reconsider your direction right now. Trust me, no one knows better than I do how impossible the man is to manage.
He's a megalomaniac, and he only cares about power. He pm'd me daily for a while after he gave up on newnet a couple weeks ago. He said it's only good for NA vs EU, and he wanted control of mlut. It was only after I finally told him that hell would freeze over before i gave him power again that he decided to approach you guys, and you've fallen for it. I hope it wasn't desperation that motivated you to make this move; hang in there and you'll get more/better pugs. People aren't staying away from newnet because they have something against it; they just have no reason to play as long as there's nothing going on. Let sezmar or whoever run a tournament and pugs will be going off non-stop, I'm sure of it.
As for zack, he's just sly's stooge and toady. Nuff said. Let them keep playing CS every night, and make something happen without selling out your purported values to these two unstable clowns.