07-14-2014, 07:44 PM
I was not there and did not see the event, so my input here is necessarily limited.
I think it is absolutely inappropriate for Caerbannog to make this ruling. There's a clear conflict of interest, and even IF there's nothing nefarious in his thought process, even the appearance of impropriety on the part of the zone's sysop is intolerable.
Caer, please do the right thing and rescind your initial ruling, pending a decision made independently by someone who has no stake, imagined or not, in the outcome of the decision. Anything less is critically undermining to the confidence of the players in their leadership, and we have enough problems in this zone without creating a new one that is completely avoidable.
I'm not trying to bash you here, but I think this is a error you can gracefully step back from and correct. Moreover, in addition to doing the right thing, you'll look good doing it.
Thanks,
HG
I think it is absolutely inappropriate for Caerbannog to make this ruling. There's a clear conflict of interest, and even IF there's nothing nefarious in his thought process, even the appearance of impropriety on the part of the zone's sysop is intolerable.
Caer, please do the right thing and rescind your initial ruling, pending a decision made independently by someone who has no stake, imagined or not, in the outcome of the decision. Anything less is critically undermining to the confidence of the players in their leadership, and we have enough problems in this zone without creating a new one that is completely avoidable.
I'm not trying to bash you here, but I think this is a error you can gracefully step back from and correct. Moreover, in addition to doing the right thing, you'll look good doing it.
Thanks,
HG