SIDREP

Hello folks, SuddenlyJoxar here. And I say that to differentiate this post from everything else previously written here. Mostly due to the fact that up until an hour ago, as of this post, I didn’t even know how to use Tumblr let alone have access to posting here.

I am hearing now about people’s concern over the fact that Benzyne, Elanyx, silverwolv, whatever name you prefer-- about that fact that Benzyne has a habit of rather shady business practices. 

I would like to make it clear that I only heard about this as a rumour two months ago. And considering that I’ve heard rumours about all sorts of bullcrap, including one that me and Benzyne are the same person (may I point out we use completely different writing styles, I’m older and have been on FR longer, and I was not associated with SIDREP from the very beginning) I was not exactly inclined to beleive rumours.

If that means I dismissed anyone’s issues, which to my memory I didn’t but I’m being careful here, then I’m sorry. I’m sorry if I came across as leniant, or dismissive, or in any way condoning any form of deception, bad faith trading, or lying by omission. I do not. In fact, to break formality for a second here, when I learned what was actually going on I was wildly pissed off. 

I was hurt. What some of you may not understand is that me and Benzyne are friends, not just co-leaders, and to act involved a lot more thought than it would have if there was not some degree of emotional investment there.

And yes. I’ve seen that some of you are questioning my seeming lack of any response, even during this bad faith trading crackdown.

That’s not because I feel Benzyne should be exempt from the new three-strike system imposed. In fact Benzyne already has one strike, to represent that they have been warned about this already. Benzyne only has one strike because the way their unacceptable behaviour is being punished goes beyond the simple three strike system.

To do this, I’ll have to explain how our leadership actually works.

Benzyne’s position is our “front-facing leader”. This handles things like the help desk, sales, promotional events such as raffles, and things of a more social or “people” nature.

I, SuddenlyJoxar, am the “back-facing leader. I handle the database itself -- the “RE” in SIDREP -- change pinglists, implement new pinglists, and as of recently, handle the SIDREP thread itself and the BBCode of the main page posts. 

What does that mean? It means that until recently, it has not been a requirement to keep me informed on issues relating to sales. (It also means my people skills are relatively terrible. I cannot begin to explain how stressed I am right now.) But it does mean that, in our current leadership structure, I do all the hiring/firing, a role which has been passed between the two positions multiple times.

What has happened in the aftermath of this crackdown is that sales and complaints, two things previously handled by Benzyne, has been absorbed into my position. Benzyne no longer has the authority to handle sales issues or general conduct issues within SIDREP.

As for further punishment and handling of this situation, that is something that I have yet to decide. I, personally, am willing to forgive Benzyne if we can be shown some evidence of a change in conduct. I know many of you will not agree with me. But I’m not handling the stress of this well, so I ask if you could please remain respectful in your responses to this issue. As Benzyne has previously mentioned, I would appreciate if anything you need to bring up is sent to me, SuddenlyJoxar, through FR in a private message. It would save me a lot of anxiety. 

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