Link here!This is taken from a post made by Draakull in the forums that made it to mmorpg.com's forums. I replied at the above link, but I'll copy/paste that reply here as well.
1) you should ask Tux the truth on what he did that lead to this. Feel free
to keep thinking that Tux is a victim. Attacking SOE staff in public and private
because his private short term, ban based on his choice to use behavior that was
not appropriate for the forums, brought on the results we have now. I expect
more from leadership and especially of a senator. Tux decided to make this a
public discussion and frame it to his opinion on what was going on. It's not the
case.
2) I agree with the fact that he worked very hard for this community. You can ask him how many people from SWG have called to talk with him ever. I did and for a few hours several weeks ago to get to know him and try to find ways to work with him. But the rules are the rules.
3) Some people are a
victim of their choices and want to blame the people that enforce the rules.
Next time you get a speeding ticket make sure to tell the cop that it's his
fault you were speeding and got caught. Then start yelling at him in public once
you get the ticket. I bet that goes over just as well.
4) I like Tux but I am in a position that requires me to enforce the rules to the best of my ability. I will never live up everyone's expectations and I understand that. Some things that I have to do in my position are not always fun, exciting, or bring on that "loving feeling" with the community. I asked that he allow me some time to
figure something out and he took his anger to the forums with his other account
(no one knew he was temp-banned but he and I. Tux made that public), stirred
this kind of mess up for me, and now I am here replying to these threads,
removing people that are attacking me in the forums, etc based on his choice not
to act like a leader.
5) I apologize that his actions and my duties to enforce the rules have lead to this. It's unfortunate and not something I wanted. I did all I could do to work things out but the person you all are making these posts about took this too far and left me no other options. I won't ask anyone to try to see it from my side because that is not your job to do. I would ask that, before anyone else breaks any other forum rules, that they take some time to cool off. I did not want to post this discussion up. I prefered to keep it private but other people made choices that have left me to where I had to make a public response and explanation.
6) Again, I like Tux, I appreciate everything he did and / or tried to do and I am not happy with where we are with things now. I hope that he and I can talk again to discuss this in private but that is up to him. I want to continue to hear his ideas if he is willing to share them. I just have my rules that I have to follow and I was not expecting this to be anything like a celebration.
7) I don't mind talking to anyone that feels like approaching me in a mature way and leaves the attacks out of it. I would prefer that this discussion is stopped and I have asked that the moderators lock and / or remove any posts on this subject.
8) I ask this not to avoid the conversation but that it's not fair to Tux for any of us to have a discussion about this topic until he can provide his thoughts should he wish to
do so. I want to be fair even though I am frustrated. Anyone that has worked
with me in private over an issue can tell you that I am fair. I won't change
that approach because of this either. I believe in communication and trying to
work things out with members here that have issues.
9) The rules say to take these very types of topics to private messages because it starts lots of trouble in the forums when many of these things can be resolved in private. Had Tux made another choice then we would not be having this
dicussion.
Thanks,
Draakull.
Wow...I missed this one I guess. Nice that he accuses me of attacking the staff. I'd like to also point out where he says "I" made this public and challenge him to please provide a shred of evidence that supports that claim...because it's FAR from the truth!1) The "TRUTH" is, I was off work...my son also plays SWG and we were both browsing the forums after breakfast. I had posted that morning, came back to read some threads and saw this big glowing RED box saying "You've been banned" or something like that.
Since their forums glitch almost as much as the game, I didn't really care much...until it persisted for some time...so...I logged on my other sons account to see what was going on. In the mean time, my son is online in-game telling people in guildchat that TUX was banned from the forums...it was a joke to him and since we were going out of town for 3-days, hardly that big of a deal to me (3-day ban).Now...since "I" was banned, maybe someone can explain to me how "I" (as Roger accuses me of above) made this a public discussion...I did NO such thing! I did reply to other peoples posts about it on my sons account, but at no time did "I" initiate a topic on it...in fact, I did just the opposite! I actually told people it was "no big deal, 3 days".2) Next, lets move on to his benevolent phone call to me...what a farce. The guy LOVES to hear himself talk. After 2-hours, I felt like he had no interest in me (which was fine) or the game...he has blinders on...it was all about him. Whatever. Never complained about it, never mentioned it, he flet the need to.3) Wow...his simile with a speeding ticket and his job...WTF?! Is he arresting me?! I'm lost on that whole thing so **edit** trying to explain that one to ya guys...again, it just seems to go back to his false suggestion that he felt "I" started broadcasting this. Well...hate to break it to ya Roger, but I know some of these people IRL. I get texts, phone calls, emails from almost a hundred players. Was this supposed to remain "secret:?! If so, he really should have mentioned that to ME. I tend to be an honest person...if someone asks me something, I just don't lie. Works well for me in life and on the forums.4) I took my "anger to the forums"?! Holy sh!t! Did he really write that? Not only is that NOT the truth, that's slander dude. And AGAIN he suggests that "I" let it slip...like we did some ghey handshake and swore not to tell anyone...Geezus Roger...that one could hurt ya bud.5) Holy Captain Kirks nipples...does he AGAIN say that "I" brought it to the forums?! (refer to the above if you're still reading)6) OK...now we're getting somewhere. He offers to discuss this with me...cool! Sounds reasonable right?! I called the number he'd given me weeks prior 512.250.3350 (SoE Austin's main number) and left him a voice message. I have no email address to him and the only place I "talked" to him was in the forums...which he'd banned me from (banned both my kids accounts as well). He has my email and phone numbers...all he needed to do was type or call. Neither ever happened guys.7) LOL! Yeah, he didn't really give a rats **edit** about telling ANYONE who asked what his side of the story was. I have received so many of his PMs to people it's freaky (they emailed them to me). To think that an SoE employee was talking that freely about MY account boggles my mind. HOLY **edit** that's messed up. Uh...last I knew, "I" was the customer in this whole deal right?! What the hell?! Whether I'm right or wrong, who on Earth are they to speak so publicly about me and why would he feel he has a right to discuss the actions taken against my account with anyone other than me?! Wow...that's pretty **edit**ed up stuff if ya ask me.8) Oh wow lol! "Now that I've told you my side of things, I ask that we be respectful and not talk about it...". Again..wow! 9) Finally..."TUX just couldn't shut his big **edit**ing mouth". Meh. Had I known we were supposed to keep this a big secret Roger, I'd have hid it from my kids too. I love how "I" get blamed for people posting about ME. Anyone else starting to see the flaws in his argument?!
But...it wasn't just my **edit** comment that got me kicked. I've been (to quote SoE) "excessively negative"...and It was actually my comment AFTER the **edit** one that really POd SoE. See...the line that followed that was this:"John Smedley is about as competent at running SWG as Captain Edward Smith was at piloting the Titanic"Rich and Linda from SoE asked me at the end of our conversation about this "What were you thinking when you wrote that?"...I paused...trying to act serious...and replied "I honestly thought it was funny as hell".That, readers, is "the rest of the story".
TUX Versus the shroud of McCarthyism 
