Firefly unsuspended, following the rash decision that was made mainly by Me (With other RDA input) yesterday. And its at this point, I'm going to come forward and say a piece about the events of the past few days, and issue my apology to Firefly mainly but also to the members of the community on something which I know has torn public opinion.
Yesterday morning I woke up to the topic on Aftershock created by Playerzo, which was a very valid complaint and the issue as a base was something that I agreed upon. After briefly speaking to The_Last_Brethren on it, me and him agreed that the topic should be locked to prevent further argument and that the immediate action was for the roleplay to be re-done. As for a broader "punishment", I myself had the obvious idea of suspension in mind, but I didn't want to be too hasty. Unfortunately, I had to go out for the day so I couldn't resolve the issue. Needless to say, when I got home I was "upset" at the idea that RDA action had been directly insulted by a new thread cropping up. However, I was looking at this from a closed point of view.
I issue my apology and the unsuspension of Firefly on the following grounds; The action we decided was too fast, and too "harsh". In what Firefly was doing was merely gathering further opinions on the matter in a public attempt for issues to be brought to the table regarding Aftershock, something which Playerzo's topic wasn't exactly aiming to do (Her's rather relating directly to the situation of Saturday night). These opinions that gathered will go into consideration on what action is chosen. Leading on from this is the "discussion" that has been occurring regarding exactly that. An RDA meeting was held Sunday night to gather our thoughts on what would be done. Not willing to disclose anything right now, the things said are still subject to change and are by no way means set in stone. As was rumors going around that Firefly's adminship would be up for discussion over this event. I'll state now, in bold to make it clear; By no means was Firefly's Adminship ever up for any contest over this event. I think I speak for not just myself but the RDA team when I say that we appreciate everything that the admin team do, and wouldn't want to remove anyone from the team for civilly speaking their mind on a topic (even if we don't agree with the manner in which it may be done).
As a closing note, and not meaning to play the martyr; I am willing to take any responsibility for any unhappiness caused by this whole situation, expanding the complaint on Aftershock to the suspension of Firefly. I am sorry for the manner in which things have happened, and whilst I cannot say it won't happen again, I can at least hope we've all learnt from what’s happened. If you wish to discuss anything mentioned further, do not hesitate to send me a forum PM or talk to me on steam friends.
Thank you.