Actually, Defending myself is needed

[KingMort]

To Start: This post is not a Flame, Rogean says that i can't defend myself on his post but all of his post is pure lies or misconstrued of the truth in some way. The community needs to know what is going down here. Because I have done nothing wrong and everything he has said is not true at all.

The Following are Quotes from Rogean, and then my reply in the most respectful manner possible again i am not trying to flame anyone just trying to defend myself against these lies:

First off, that PM Reply was a joke. I'm glad you posted it though, now everyone else can laugh at it. You don't think I actually reply to PM's sounding like a useless SoE CSR do you?

It was completely and totally offensive actually as long as I have known you there has never been a moment where you were not rude to me. Your abuse has gone on for so many years now I can't even believe your still allowed to have status in this community.

You were removed for multiple reasons. Lets go over just a few of them, shall we?

You continue to spread lies and slander not only about your server and people related to it, but people related to this entire project. This includes defamation of several EQEmu developers. You lie about your server and it's history, about this 8 years bullshit that nobody cares about (don't even bother trying to defend this, we know it isn't true and we don't care). This is sometimes linked to your alcoholic issues which also creates numerous problems for this community and for the players of your server.

I have NOTHING BAD about anyone in this community since you banned me from IRC. I have absolutely no means to talk to anyone anyway! And I don't post about other people that's for sure! I said some things about you (deserved) and KLS (not deserved) and then you banned me and that was it. Then I apologized to you and I have not said a word about anyone ever since!!!

What evidence of this do you have ?

You never talked to me about it or asked me about it. The Fact is I have been a very low key person for months now and to busy to even bother with politics! In fact only recently I have been finding and reporting bugs to the devs here and that is it sir ! Also I am sorry your unhappy that my server has been up for 8 years it is not bull shit it's just facts. How have I EVER lied about my servers history? What are you talking about exactly I don't understand. Don't try and defend myself ? What do you mean man this is all just complete and total slander on your part directed to me and you insist on making me look like the bad guy publicly over and over for years this has gone far enough !!!

Let's move on to one of the biggest issues regarding your server. You openly admit to registering your server as a business in the state of Oregon in addition to soliciting donations as profitable income. Not only is this illegal and immoral, it puts this entire project at risk. Your actions could very well contribute to any legal battle that comes to any server involved in this community.

Raid Addicts is also my PC Repair and Website Hosting company! The business name has nothing to do with my hobby which is this server !! Raid Addicts is my company here in Grant's Pass Oregon and I have many clients.

Server's given preferred+ status should be servers that represent this community in multiple aspects; They should be high population, high stability/reliability, and have a friendly staff that treats players with respect. I have received numerous logs and complaints about the way you act towards players on your server and the way you represent it generally. It's unprofessional, and it does not deserve any special status.

If you received such complaints they were most likely players who I banned for cheating. We do have a very friendly staff which covers all time zones. (Both Pacific and Australian currently) We are very helpful and friendly to our players and at no time did you ever talk to me directly about people who complained! I would have loved to see who complained and what and try to have resolved it quickly !

This is all about your personal vendetta against me there is absolutely no due process or anything Just about all of the things you are accusing me and my project to be!

Your average player mark has dropped drastically. Your server is barely sustaining a population, probably due to the need to spill real cash to get anywhere. The biggest reason for a preferred+ server is population, and you've lost yours.

I had 65 people on just last week, We went down for a few days due to a security breach and then you demoted us from green so no one can even find the server anymore !

And there you go again making up lies, there is no need on the server to spend real cash to go anywhere, all the donation perks on my server are just that. "PERKS" there are hundreds of players who do not donate and get high up in the ranks. In fact those players are in the top 10 of my server dude !! Donations are barely able to keep this server alive since it cost so much to maintain (150 per month, used to be 180)

Population was just starting to come back since we upgraded to latest build and we are making tons of new spells for all 16 classes.

The majority of the EQEmu developers have gotten fed up with dealing with you. The fact is, is there a reason you would DESERVE to be green? You don't have a population, you don't have uptime.

My population is Higher than some of the other Green Servers

I do have the uptime in fact, have had 99.8% up-time over the last 5 years!!!

There is a reason we don't set specific guidelines on what servers need to be preferred+, and it's because it should be something that the developers decide on, based on what feels necessary and what doesn't. Additionally, it is so we don't have to deal with people like you making claims that you deserve it when you don't. Even if you did have a reason for deserving green, you've demolished any support you might have had within the group of people that would decide on it due to your attitude, insults, and lies.

Once again I have made no insults, and I have spread no lies, and I have not been subjected to anything that would determine my attitude until now . I am really sick of the abuse from you. The only thing I have done lately to even interact with this community is bug reports (nasty ones at that) and that is it.

Time to get a job mort, we won't help you earn cash from donations anymore.

Have run my own business for years and I am good at what I do. Please refrain from insulting me even though your entire post is an insult you don't have to speak down on my RL situations.


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I don't know what you are hearing or what rumors you have heard. I have stayed very low key and done nothing but attempt to help the community as a whole.. As far as my server goes there are angry people who I have to ban and they can surely add to a flame that may have started with you. I am not sure what you have heard recently but nothing of what you said is true at all.

I would love to find Safe Asylum from you and this abuse Rogean once and for all but I don't have many people who can help me since you are apparently above everyone in this community and love to bully me around non stop. This has gone on for years and years and I don't understand how the people around you can still allow you to even exist with your status or make judgments and accusations blindly like you have done today.

I know you will probably delete this post and ban me but I hope that it is read by at least a few people who can hopefully put a stop to this.

You talk about representing Eqemulator and how I should act and treat people when you yourself are treating me completely unfairly. I have done nothing wrong and said nothing wrong and i continue to go by that since I was reprimanded before.