On April 19th, 2014, Admin The Observer of the Website "Spacebattles.com", with the approval of the only other two active Admins, RJB and Reaperman, fired Athene, previously known as Thantos, from her SuperMod position with vague reasons that did not make any sense. (Keir, the owner, not being active for long periods of time was not personally involved.),
There was no reason stated for the sudden firing of Athene, who was a Mod for 10+ years and actively donated money to Spacebattles for upkeep.
Most of the time, we would not have much of an issue with this. But The Observer attempted to lie to the entire website by calling it a willing retirement.
And posting the retirement thread one minute after telling Athene that she was fired, effectively making it official before she could even ask why she was fired.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ng.295647/Where the Observer Lies, Athene reveals the lie, and Reaperman digs the hole even deeper.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... an.295763/Where the discussion continues, flying in the face of Reaperman's decisions to close the first thread.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ne.295822/Where people try to get Athene back her job.
http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th ... es-com.97/A new website (Name in the works.) was made, as Athene's firing and the epic lie were the last straw for Lord Squishy, who bought and paid for a better website then what Spacebattles is run off of. In a single say almost 450 users signed up.Spacebattles has been suffering from Lag and stiff rules, with everything that was piling up this was bound to happen.
This website has the ability to out perform Spacebattles due to being more updated, and can be upgraded if need be, and will perform better even if it gets as many users as Spacebattles.
So, what do you all think? In a single day The Observer destroyed the majority of the trust people had in Spacebattles, and the users that commonly donate money to website upkeep are saying that they are no longer going to donate.
I think that Keir will notice the lack of funding, and The Observer, Reaperman, and to a certain extent RJB will have to pay for their betrayal.
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Veni, vidi, vici. [I came, I saw, I conquered
Quote from Julius Caesar
There was no reason stated for the sudden firing of Athene, who was a Mod for 10+ years and actively donated money to Spacebattles for upkeep.
Most of the time, we would not have much of an issue with this. But The Observer attempted to lie to the entire website by calling it a willing retirement.
And posting the retirement thread one minute after telling Athene that she was fired, effectively making it official before she could even ask why she was fired.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ng.295647/Where the Observer Lies, Athene reveals the lie, and Reaperman digs the hole even deeper.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... an.295763/Where the discussion continues, flying in the face of Reaperman's decisions to close the first thread.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ne.295822/Where people try to get Athene back her job.
http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/th ... es-com.97/A new website (Name in the works.) was made, as Athene's firing and the epic lie were the last straw for Lord Squishy, who bought and paid for a better website then what Spacebattles is run off of. In a single say almost 450 users signed up.Spacebattles has been suffering from Lag and stiff rules, with everything that was piling up this was bound to happen.
This website has the ability to out perform Spacebattles due to being more updated, and can be upgraded if need be, and will perform better even if it gets as many users as Spacebattles.
So, what do you all think? In a single day The Observer destroyed the majority of the trust people had in Spacebattles, and the users that commonly donate money to website upkeep are saying that they are no longer going to donate.
I think that Keir will notice the lack of funding, and The Observer, Reaperman, and to a certain extent RJB will have to pay for their betrayal.
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Veni, vidi, vici. [I came, I saw, I conquered
Quote from Julius Caesar