I'll follow up to your point with an analysis from my perspective. As a new runner, I see an unexplained confliction on the Leaderboards. I query this with another runner. Who then brings it to the attention of the Discord, to which it is immediately shut down with a ban on the discussion. Combine this with the Discord rules (specifically 7 & 8 ), there was no opening for me to bring this to the table. Which again refers back to my point about communication. The image was that if it was brought up, you'd get banned, and as such I was not able to voice a solution. Not a friendly community environment at all.

OK, so I think it's time to call an end to this. Right now it seems like there's 3 separate groups of people, 2 of which that actively seem to dislike each other, and the third group who have mainly remained neutral and just want to move past this.

While I realise this might not please everyone, I think at this point what needs to happen is that the moderation team for the games on this site needs to change. What I would suggest is the following:

Dissidia: Old - Crrool, Indi, Lenophis || New - 0megaPhenix, Mizzow, Smartkin D12: No change, as it seems that people are OK with where it is currently. Dissia NT: Old - Indi, Shinoda || New - MASH, Ultronimus

My choices here have been entirely based on what I've seen in the last few weeks about who I think can handle themselves in an objective way. Most of the momentum to this thread appears to be from the actions of Indi, and as much as I don't want to be in the situation that I'm asking people to step down, I think this quote sums up my feelings fairly well:

"You've apologized, IndDragPack, concerning your past behavior, and I accept those apologies. Nevertheless, in the past, you have shown consistent propensity to going full tilt and behaving like anything but an adult when people challenge you, either your speedrun times or your authority as a community admin. Which is absolutely unacceptable, especially from a mod."

However, I would also ask that Deln and I are also added as temporary moderators, and no immediate changes are made until anything is discussed with the relevant section of the community, INCLUDING taking time to ensure people still on the old discord are included in any decisions. The last thing we need is to create a further division from hasty changes while people are still spread across 2 places.

One more point, and this applies to way more than just this community, and so is something people should take to heart. We've arrived in this situation from a sheer failure of communication, but also of responsibility. While I think it's ok to have a disconnect between various meeting places of the community (LB, Discord, twitter, whatever), you have to always be aware that if you are ever in a position of power, then your choices are a DIRECT reflection on the way you handle the community you're responsible for. Making a bad decision is ok, but you have to be aware of yourself enough to see when something doesn't come across the way you intended. You should also strive to keep any discussions open to the community. While I also appreciate the existence of mod channels for discord servers, this should NEVER be a place to discuss leaderboard handling, as that page is a direct window to the community itself, not just your vision of it. Be Honest, Be Open, Be Sensible, and Take responsiblity for your choices.

I have locked this thread as I feel nothing more needs to be said. If you are currently a mod on one of the leaderboards mentioned, then please can you institute the changes I have recommended (or at least any part of them that you can). If you have any issues, or want to start a message chain to manage these handovers then feel free to message me directly on any platform and I'll be happy to respond.

I hope to never have to be in this position again, and I hope that everyone can make peace with the decisions made here, and move on. Make attempts to resolve any differences or issues you may have, and start fresh.

MLSTRM