Dan: I will continue to make the best and most fair decisions possible with the information I have at the time. I am very confident the rest of the admins also try their best to make this a game that is as fun and balanced as possible for all players. Do we get everything right every time? No, of course not. Nobody does, in any organisation or in life in general.
Should we end up in a situation where the majority of players feel I am not fit to lead Genesis, because I have made too many bad calls, too many mistakes, and simply lost trust, I will resign. Should any admin member make too many bad calls, mistakes, or even cheat, I will remove them from the admin, or the wizard ranks if needed. I do not think we are there, not by a longshot.
I know with 100% certainty I am not biased towards any group of players, guilds, or whatever, and I always try to be as fair as possible and treat every player the same, no matter who they are. I am very confident Mirandus does as well, and in terms of balance I am also confident Arman, Carnak, and Cotillion wants a balanced and fair game for everyone. Your claims and insinuations are wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to begin. This is classic conspiracy theory stuff. People find eveidence that fits their narrative, and happily ignore any evidence pointing the other way. That's not all your fault tho, it's how these things tend to work in general, and we've seen many examples in the real world lately. About Cassius/Nils, etc it only "makes the news" when something ends up in their favor. When it doesn't, which also happens quite regularly, it doesn't fit the conspiracy theories, nobody gets upset about it, and it doesn't spread. As this vicious circle continues, eventually people who usually don't believe in stuff like this also starts to think "maybe there is something to it after all", and it grows further.
An actual example of how this works:
Cassius makes a good suggestion about the game, and we implement it. Someone hears about it, assumes it was Carnak who implemented it, and before we know it, people think we are supporting Cassius. The actual fact,s which I have tried to spread, was that Cassius makes about 1293 suggestions per year, and in this occasion we agreed with him, and it was an easy and realistic thing to implement. Arman implemented it, while Carnak had not logged in for three months. My attempts to debunk by saying this are dismissed as "part of the cover-up". And before we know it, the rumours spread that "Cassius told us to do something and Carnak did it for him". This becomes the truth, as it perfectly fits the narrtive of us being Cassius-biased.
If some other player makes a suggestion that we implement, nobody gives it a second thought. Nobody things we are biased towards that player, instead people say "Good idea!".
Another example:
For a long time A LOT of players have complained about an imbalance between caster and melee players. Just search the forums and Discord. Cassius is one of these players, Nils too. Both have expressed their opinions about casters having an unfair advatage over melee players. They are two of MANY players who have complained about this. So, when we attempt to rebalance casters/melee, immdiately the rumours spread that we only do it because Cassius/Nils wanted us to. That fits the conspiracy theory perfectly. So, someone digs up some old log where Cassius once told a caster something like "I'll get you nerfed". Perfect! Now we KNOW it's a conspiracy. Let's spread that, and ignore the fact that a large number of players have for a long time made the same complaint.
It's extremely frustrating to be on the "wrong" side of a conspiracy theory, because when people have already decided what is going on, and cherry pick "evidence" that supports this theory, it's extremely hard to change their mind. Even if you provide clear evidence, it can always be countered by "but that's all part of a cover-up". You can counter anything I say or show you with that one line.
This has been going on for a long while. In July last year I wrote this post about fact-checking and critical thinking, in an effort to try to stop what was happening:
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To no awail.
I've spent tons of time trying to debunk and provide evidence of all sorts of claims, but I am fighting a losing battle here. I am not going to spend more time trying to debunk these theories. I'll continue as I always have - making fair and just decisions to the best of my abilities, for all players. I am confident the rest of the admin also will continue with this work as well. If you choose to believe the conspiracies, it's gone so far that I don't think there is anything I can say that would change your mind.
To everyone:
Make up your own mind. Either you believe the admin are corrupt and biased towards a certain group of players, and then you can decide if you want to continue playing a game with corrupt and biased leadership. Or, don't believe it. Trust that we try out best to make the best decisions, that we aren't on purpose trying to give advantages to certain groups, and if it happens, it's because we made a _mistake_, because we're human. If you do believe we are actually trying our best here, then
STOP spreading and believing in conspiracies and instead stand up
AGAINST those who do and challenge their beliefs.