Steven's Misbehavior

[CAMaera]

A few complaints and issues have come to my attention, about Steven, one moderator who hasn't been on in quite a while. I've been told-and proven, that Steven gave many normal members-some new, some old-Hallow tier weapons. Now there's no rules when you're a mod, but there are boundaries. Destroying things for no reason means you should be stripped of your mod privileges. Now I doubt that Steven won't be a mod after this, but it's still a horrible offense. Below is my Screenshot library, and it entails me, VonXeno, and Nicolai talking to Davos about this. We go over the whole subject, and I learn a few things about it. I even say mean things for your entertainment.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198046880960/screenshot/541800564432099873/?

For you who don't wish to look through the 25 screenshots on there, here's a run-down:

-They were given the weapons for beating bosses: A Skeletron Prime, and a few Eyes
-Not all of them were given weapons.
-Davos got a Gungnir
-Garagan got an Excalibur and threw it away because he understands this was wrong
-Riageki got a Laser Rifle
-Pumilionis got a Hallowed Repeater
-Steven hasn't been on for quite some time
-Davos Has been here for under a month

Now obviously, this isn't that big of a crime. It's made worse by who they were given to, and the reason why. If you support talking an action against this, post below saying so. If you think this is right, post below saying so.

the assassin, Garagan, Nathan, Pum, VonXeno, and myself all support doing something about this.

[Redbark]

I threw it away, and I do support this.

[Steven :D]

Now I doubt that Steven won't be a mod after this, but it's still a horrible offense.

Overreaction. I simply thought the community needed a little love.

[Tom]

* Tom rubs his eyes.

Can you point out what exactly happened that was bad? I know nothing about Terraria and its tiers or whatever or its bosses. So. . .

Can someone please tell me how this is wrong? All I see is "An admin made an event and gave rewards for it! Ban him!"

Also you make it seem like you don't want to hear from people who don't think its right so. . . That is a problem as well.

[Khorn]

Sounds to me like Steven, was away for some time. Came back, made an event.

Some members, new and maybe old, got some weapons from event. I'm guessing gear that isn't normally available.

Other members are pissed since they didn't?



So basically, people got some items and others think it's wrong that they got it? You even state that what Steven did was not against the rules, but there 'should' be boundaries.

[Kelse]

"I even threw in some mean things for your entertainment" That's a very bad way of going about things, if you wanted to take care of something be mature and post on the forums, I see you did this but throwing in mean things for our "entertainment" is not at all entertaining, but more or less seen as wrong and rude...
*Kelse wonders why some people act so rude.

[General Cole]

* Tom rubs his eyes.

Can you point out what exactly happened that was bad? I know nothing about Terraria and its tiers or whatever or its bosses. So. . .

Can someone please tell me how this is wrong? All I see is "An admin made an event and gave rewards for it! Ban him!"

Also you make it seem like you don't want to hear from people who don't think its right so. . . That is a problem as well.

Essentially Steven gave away top-tier items to people for fighting some harder bosses, items that usually require auths to own.

Also, I was there during the whole thing and I can say that it sounded like Davos was just being an ass, to be an ass.


That being said, Steven shouldn't have given out top-tier equipment, and it should be removed from the people, but that's the end of that. No reason to go about punishing Steven for trying to make a little fun.

[the_grub]

personally i don't like how you think saying mean things to my friend is entertaining.

[VonXeno]

I wasn't really an event, but the issue is that Steven broke some pretty basic rules concerning the authorization system. And yes, despite him being a higher mod, he DID break rules.


I let max post HOPING it wouldn't get out of hand. I am disappoint, I must say  ಠ__ಠ


But, god dammit.


Here's what the communities general consensus is: Most people agree, including some who won items, that this shouldn't have happened.

Now, personally I haven't met Steven yet, but despite being (severely) under ranked compared to him, I have to step in and say something. Most of the players on the server struggle, even after being here VERY long term, getting an auth such as a Cobalt Naginata. So, when they see Davos, someone who's been here for 2 weeks with a GUNGNIR, people are bound to get angry. This "Love" you're showing is just a bunch of prizes for the superficial happiness of random people who happened to be standing in the right spot at the time.


Now to soften the tone a bit, everyone seems to have moved past this. But in all honesty, what Steven did complicated things a bit. Makes it harder to keep some of the older players happy, and the newer ones really haven't shown that they deserve what they got. The fun that maybe three people had came at the cost of pissing a lot of others off.


Maybe an apology is in order, but I'm at least past this already.


If you decide to do something in the future to something like this, there's a few things I'd like to revise:
-There was no plausible roleplay reason for anyone there to have those items.
-Simpler prizes, that don't break the immersion. E.G., Davos the Pirate having Gugnir, a godly spear.
-Maybe clear it with some of the older players, I dunno. Something to make sure it's fair to everyone.

One more thing: I'd like to personally apologize. I brought this to everyone's attention on the server, therefore I'm mostly responsible for it getting blown out of proportion. We don't need to chase Steven around with torches and pitchforks for trying to have some misguided fun.

[Steven :D]

How to solve the problem: Toss everything away into lava, have a moderator watch the process. If you really insist on processing a proper report then file a proper complaint. Locked.