To be clear about the bribing issue-
We discussed the bribery aspect of this with Mick in the Shoutbox last night. Mick denied accepting bribes from members.
The staff position on the unbannings is that Skill was "mistakenly" banned the first two automated times, and was correctly banned the third time, and then this time it is once again an error.
Mick said that Skill was "officially pardoned" by Verringer for unknown reasons, and that is the reason why he is allowed to be a member of this site despite his past alting and scamming.
My personal opinion on the subject is that Mick did not accept a bribe from Skill.
I believe that when Skill said that in the Shoutbox, it was merely representative of his attitude and belief that he can run this site by being rich and that he never has to seriously worry about being banned so long as he has the finances to pay staff off. I believe that Skill has this attitude because this *WAS* the case under Verringer, and I do genuinely believe that Skill bribed Verringer to unban him from the site.
It is up to staff to show that this is no longer the case under Mick's leadership. In my eyes, banning Skill will put this whole issue to rest.
We discussed the bribery aspect of this with Mick in the Shoutbox last night. Mick denied accepting bribes from members.
The staff position on the unbannings is that Skill was "mistakenly" banned the first two automated times, and was correctly banned the third time, and then this time it is once again an error.
Mick said that Skill was "officially pardoned" by Verringer for unknown reasons, and that is the reason why he is allowed to be a member of this site despite his past alting and scamming.
My personal opinion on the subject is that Mick did not accept a bribe from Skill.
I believe that when Skill said that in the Shoutbox, it was merely representative of his attitude and belief that he can run this site by being rich and that he never has to seriously worry about being banned so long as he has the finances to pay staff off. I believe that Skill has this attitude because this *WAS* the case under Verringer, and I do genuinely believe that Skill bribed Verringer to unban him from the site.
It is up to staff to show that this is no longer the case under Mick's leadership. In my eyes, banning Skill will put this whole issue to rest.
