Brandon Michael Geren Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Left unchanged even though it's been resolved with Mark. Mark>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CuddleClawz Before you read on, this isn't just the boring corruption story about how people give exemptions to their friends or admins ignoring their duties to watch and/or play Yu-Gi-Ohs. That's not really a big deal. I honestly don't care about that. That kind of stuff happens everywhere... Please note that nothing that sounds like me defending myself is, in any way, me trying to get my job back or something. I don't care about it. In fact, I don't want it back, because I'd have to deal with all the idiots there. That site got on my nerves some times. It's fine to deal with the occassional idiot in a duel, but when everything you do while you're on DN (on your admin account, at least) is dealing with idiots, it gets sickening. Especially with all the design flaws of DN. I got constant PMs about adding matches and Xyz monsters, as well as literally half of my PMs being about A.S.S. abuse. The button shouldn't even exist. An admin can deal with anything that the A.S.S. button can, and often do it better. [spoiler='Backstory']Prior to Dueling Network's existence, I was a part of the former MarkAndDavidsCardWorld.com which was run by Mark Roxburgh, who is now the head admin of Dueling Network. The site was for players in the Midwest region of the United States and often featured myself and Red W Mage trolling the f*** out of the f*****s that go to my locals and regionals. Because of this, Mark hated me. But, eventually, I went to a regional that he was at and met him. I did a few favors for him and he wound up not hating me anymore. I stopped trolling HIM and trollled the other people more, which made him go from not hating me to actually mildly liking me. When he became the head admin of Dueling Network under the screen names "pikachu" (main account), "raichu" (former dueling account, promoted to admin for some stupid reason. As you will soon see, Mark doesn't quite have the best judgment and this isn't the dumbest thing he's done by any means), and "mziiza45" (his current, and formerly secret, dueling account. It was made when somebody signed up for DN using that username and the email "[email protected]" Mark took the account and now uses it. If you feel like it, say "Hi pikachu. RobotBowtie told me to drop in and say hi" whenever he is online.), he began adding new admins. Since I knew that we had a friendship, or acquaintanceship, I almost knew that I could get the spot, so I applied. On my application, I even said that I've only been to one regional and half a dozen locals in my life, yet I was still hired. However, people that I admit are better/more experienced/more fit for the job (including byak and InconsistentDecks) are NOT being accepted. Upon closer inspection, I saw that around 6 or 7 (possibly more) of the 87 admins that were on at that time go to locals in either Omaha, Nebraska or Lincoln, Nebraska. I found this strange since Mark sometimes goes to those same locals, but each only gets around 20 people at a time. To me, it already seemed a little bit corrupt, but I didn't wanna point it out because it really wasn't that important and I knew that I could easily be fired for not deserving my job and/or ratting out on Mark. After I became an admin, I immediately started abusing my powers. I would pop into rooms and tell people that I wasn't getting enough PMs so they should start cheating. Whenever I joined a room, I said "What's the f***ing problem, b****es?" (in an uncensored manner, of course) as a direct rebellion to Dueling Network's strict professional way that administrators are supposed to operate. I called people various insulting names when they annoyed me, and took many shortcuts to save time and be able to do other stuff. Of course I shouldn't have been doing this, but there are worse admins on there so shut the hell up about it.[/spoiler] [spoiler='Main story']Early in my administrating on Dueling Network, I went on the public chat (hereinafter 'pubic chat', because it's such a shithole that it deserves to be compared to genital hairs), and said "Seven day bans are fun". Some guy took that as offensive and took a screenshot before sending it to either PIkachu or BLS. Because I knew Mark in real life prior to this, I had him on Skype. He added me to the call between him and Chris (BLS). Chris wasn't talking, but Mark confronted me. I said that it was a joke and that I wasn't actually banning people for seven days, but Chris didn't think of it as a very funny joke. That was mehish and, after I promised that I would only ban for three days at a maximum (note that this is contradictory to the resources page. See here: [url="http://www.duelingnetwork.com/resources/tools/dn_rulebook/punish.html"]http://www.duelingne...ook/punish.html[/url] ), I felt that my job was not at risk, at least not for that reason. So I continued on, except without the trolling. But I did feel that my job was actually in question, if only slightly, so I toned the swearing down a notch. After maybe the 3rd day in, I was a perfectly well-behaved admin. At one point, I thought I could lose my job because a DuelistGroundz user named Domino reported me. I don't even remember what happened with Domino because I don't remember every single thing I deal with, and I don't really care enough to want to clear my name. I thought I would get in trouble for that, but I told Mark about it before he found out and told him that I was linked to a Wikia page that did NOT prove me wrong, which is, as far as I know, true. But I didn't get in trouble because Mark automatically believed me. At this point, I would think that anybody would've fired me by now. I mean, even if it's not true (which I really don't remember or care about), it still got passed around enough that I was told by 2 people, and I'm only in contact with 3 people that are consistently on DGz. With that in mind, I would have a bad name and any sane manager of a site wouldn't want someone with a bad name staying on the site in a high position. So, I continue on with admin work and nothing really interesting happens. Mark called me again about mentioning bans on pubic chat, but I stopped doing that, too (I only did it in the first place because I didn't know it was wrong). At one point, I saw someone unjustly get their rating reset and get banned for 5 days, but that can't be fixed so meh. While talking on pubic chat later, I noticed quite a few people saying that they needed an admin on there instead of PMing one. So I said something along the lines of "If you PM me, I can solve any problem. And I mean ANY problem." I got a couple of trolls, but I also got a PM from CuddleClawz, the former (and now permabanned) admin. As I predicted, she did want her job back. I joked that I would rent my account for 15 hours spread out over 5 days if I received $50 via PayPal. I also joked with a few friends prior to this about taking bribes to ban people that don't deserve it. Not only do I not believe that anybody would actually give me money, I don't trust that I would actually give them what they wanted. It eventually led to a conversation on MSN in which I (also jokingly) mentioned a game that Problem? and I had talked about that involved randomly banning people (please take note that the conversation did actually happen, but neither of us was serious). But I mentioned that it was a joke. At a different point, I also said something about banning random people for fun, but I never did that. There are 3 people that I banned without a very good reason, those being Klavier Gavin and The Blazing MARS from this site, along with Slysheen from the pubic chat. I banned Klavier Gavin because I just don't like him in general, AND I banned his alts (this much probably looked like I banned a bunch of random people). I feel bad about it and I DID unban him. The Blazing MARS was because I figured that one would act in a similar way on DN as they would on YCM. And Slysheen might not have been a mistake, but I banned him for being dickish on the pubic chat. He would say that he's the best player with his Samurai deck and theen lose to the people who challenged him. Afterward, he would ignore those people's PMs and disregard them on pubic chat, whilst bragging more about being the best Samurai player etc. I didn't want to discuss the morals of it and he was annoying me, so I just banned him. Then, he made 2 alts, "Slysheen2" and "Slysheen." which I banned permanently. That much IS a bannable offense. So, even with this in mind, I found myself without an administrator options button the next day. I found out that it was CuddleClawz and that she did take screenshots of the conversation, disregarding the bit about it not ever happening, being a joke, etc. And, because I mentioned Kiryu in there, his administrator permissions were revoked. Which is pretty retarded because he didn't do anything wrong. He was a perfectly good admin and deserves his position. We just joke around a lot. That's not something worthy of punishment at all. Anyway, another thing that was shown to me by CuddleClawz are these two screenshots: [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/3daybreak.png/"]http://imageshack.us.../3daybreak.png/[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/istillwannasees.png/"]http://imageshack.us...lwannasees.png/[/url] Yes, I do know that this is not sexual harassment, because she did not deny it or tell him to stop etc. However, it still shows perversion and corruption. There's not much else to say other than that Mark has a girlfriend and I REALLY feel like getting in contact with her and showing her. I dunno. I'm still contemplating the morals to that. That ends this showcase of Dueling Network's corruption. I've got more, but I've promised not to post it. That doesn't mean that I won't, though.[/spoiler] Also, go nuts on the posting. I'm gonna be on tomorrow and then I won't be back for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byak Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 even though this should probably be locked it shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airride Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Nice read. And that's why I play unrated posting like nothing on the chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Wow. I really don't recognize half you guys anymore. Cool story (absence of "bro" means I'm serious). Dont have much to say about it. I personally kind of wanted to be a mod/admin myself, but I guess I have neither the official credentials or the connections. Then again, I never applied, either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Pack your bags people. We are heading back to YN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNo.101 S.H. Death Knight Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 there that the armageddon have arrive at the brink of DN unless the admin take out the a.s.s. button then i will care less if it would be found by konami and sue pikachu for every penny he own. muahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Paragraphs are your friend/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Jesse Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 DMG has always been better also ITT: horrible admins bitching about other horrible admins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='evilfusion' timestamp='1312172533' post='5403558'] Wow. I really don't recognize half you guys anymore. [/quote] Same here. OT: This topic is odd. I don't really play online. (When I tried, I didn't get past the picture-less cards in I don't know what site), and I don't think its a valid topic either anyways. Although it seems like something serious... I'll just sit and watch what happens to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 EVEN WORSE than whatever the above bawwing was that I didn't read, you can't f***ing side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black W Mage Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I approve because I'm a troll ITT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Crouton Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I love this topic. I especially love that time you popped into my duel with the Saber scrub (who I beat with Gallis.dek. Long live InconsistentDecks!) to scare him. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black W Mage Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 also some DN mod banned me for no reason. I didn't do anything and I was just banned. therefore we should not search for the mod in question and just blame it on Chris. secret mod meetings are easy to crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manjoume Thunder Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [img]http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv193/kardael/lolbowtie.png?t=1312182824[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black W Mage Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 It is time for YCM to troll the f*** out of DN and burn it to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 don't really care, everywhere is f***ing corrupt these days. politicians, newspaper, the guys investigating the corruption, let alone fat perverts on the internet. but if YCM is plotting a troll war against DN may i say that i'm rather good at p***ing people of without trolling (ask anyone and mean anyone), so if were going to be annoying the f*** out of DN i'd like to volunteer my services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilhorus Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 We should hire LulzSec to destroy DN for abuse of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Nu-13 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'd like to note that you DID NOT ban my older accounts, because, well, I was using one of them for 2 days or so. Just so that you know @story: I knew that DN admin base was rotten, but not to that degree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Lol at banning Mars and Klavier for the sake of it. So the topic summed up is: DN is terrible, its mods are, in the majority, terrible. Head admin is a cheater and pervert. None of them understand jokes. Can we go troll DN now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathos Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 All I have been able to surmise from your post is that you were a dick and lost your trivial admin privileges because of it. I think you need to look up the word corruption because you haven't seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiithepeople Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Great now we're talking about asses? What's next? Genitalia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Nu-13 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Wrathos' timestamp='1312194454' post='5403870'] All I have been able to surmise from your post is that you were a dick and lost your trivial admin privileges because of it. I think you need to look up the word corruption because you haven't seen it. [/quote] So you missed the parts saying that admin is a pervert who rejects good mod materials because he preffers to give his friends mod rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathos Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Noel Vermillion' timestamp='1312194533' post='5403872'] So you missed the parts saying that admin is a pervert who rejects good mod materials because he preffers to give his friends mod rights? [/quote] What is this, a government office? It's just a website for playing Yu-Gi-Oh, not a democratic state. Now explain how the admin being a "pervert" is such a huge concern, because that bit of data seems irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Wrathos' timestamp='1312195502' post='5403879'] explain how the admin being a "pervert" is such a huge concern [/quote] [quote name='Ｔｈｅｂｌａｚｉｎｇ ＭＡＲＳ' timestamp='1310512453' post='5349677'] Being stupid, Is against the rules. [/quote] dude, stop talking, my IQ is dropping by the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Wrathos' timestamp='1312195502' post='5403879'] What is this, a government office? It's just a website for playing Yu-Gi-Oh, not a democratic state. Now explain how the admin being a "pervert" is such a huge concern, because that bit of data seems irrelevant. [/quote] Yeah, because I want a pervert running the site. The point is that, despite the fact that Bowtie was trolling like hell, there are much worse admins. He was one of the better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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