I'm sure that most of you know by now that one of our previous moderators has found themselves in the middle of some controversy. Many accusations are being thrown against this individual and evidence to support these accusations are being provided with or alongside many of the posts. Much of this information is freely and easily available in the speedrunning community on social media platforms, specifically Twitter.

If you do not know what has happened but would like to, please feel free to reach out to myself, @Stormy, @Carter44 or members of the community for a private conversation on this subject.

Due to the overwhelming evidence to back up many of the claims made, we (the TLK Genesis Moderators) have come to a consensus that this individual should no longer help with this boards' moderation.

Manipulation, Lying, Skewing the facts in favor of their narrative, moderation abuse, abuse against their own staff and helpers, Efforts to manipulate, shame, or guilt anyone that dares to speedrun the same game, let alone pass their personal best time on the leaderboards, and making newcomers not feel welcome or wanted, mainly due to the accused's actions and attitude, in this otherwise great community

We looked at these truths and more of the same keeps piling in against them. We decided that this is not someone we want to represent our community nor do we want them to have the ability to abuse their moderation powers again.

We made this decision and hold firm to it. We apologize that this was not a community based decision, but action needed to be taken before any sort of backlash or abuse could take place.

If our agreed upon decision upsets you, please don't hesitate to let us know any or all of your concerns pertaining to this topic.

My personal final words on this is that I hope a lesson has been learned and that changes for the better are in their future.

We thank you TLK community for your patience, understanding, and just being fantastic individuals.

I want to personally say that I’m so sorry to anyone who had ever felt like they were not welcome in this community or were not comfortable doing anything with it. I’ve seen that a bit within the last few days regarding the situation.

I just want to let everyone know who may be lurking - you are ALWAYS welcome in our small community and we will happily take you in with open arms and cheer you on in your journey of running this little lion game. We are always so happy to see new runners and are always glad to help you out whenever you need it. This goes for the entire series of The Lion King.

I hope to see some of you around soon! :)

I agree completely. Our community may be small but we've got some fantastic people that make it worth the failures. If it weren't for many members of this community, I would have probably stopped a long time ago but since we cheer each other on and are genuine about it, I've never wanted to leave.

As @Stormy said, if anyone feels like they would like to attempt the run but felt outcasted or shunned, please give it another try. We can't promise it will be easy but we'll make it a fun journey, at the least.