Very Important Changes-Everyone vote here.

[Darth Rexus]

I am putting my vote in as to have him demoted to Global Mod.

[NOTE: THE FOLLOWING OPINION EXPRESSED DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT OF ANY OTHER MLNO MEMBER(S). THIS OPINION IS STRICTLY THAT OF MLNO MEMBER Ab§olute_Z3R0.]

While he has great ideas and has been a great Admin, he seems to have a creative mind which he sometimes does not use in a good way (IMO). He does, however, run a few TB-RPGs, and that's definitely a way for him to express his creativity. Anyways, back to the important stuff.

I chose the choice I did because he is good at recognizing forum etiquette errors such as double posts (who isn't ), code tag errors, and is also quite knowledgeable and can/will gladly help any member in need to the best of his ability. I feel being an Administrator can sometimes distract the member, and they may get carried away. Not being and Administrator, Blade can still run his RPGs, keep his colored name if he wishes, and still do things regular members can, but without the distraction of being an Admin.

Please let me know what you think of my opinion, if you agree, if you disagree, I want to know.

~Ab-Z

Well said. I still think he should stay as Admin but I thinik that you are right.

[Jas765]

I voted that he should stay an admin.

From what I know, Blade is the Coding admin (as well as being a normal admin), so he has a job to do that frankly I don't think any of us can do as well as him. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have many skins, plus other things like that.
Apart from the occasional 'joke', Blade is a great admin.

[lynndr]

I am unwilling to cast a vote on this topic because it singles out Blade. I understand that Blade was a prime mover of this latest "joke" but all of the admins (except nwj) were aware of the plans and many participated in some way. This has also been the pattern in the past.

That said, I think that all of the Admins should take a hard look at themselves and ask what these "jokes" are supposed to accomplish. As Admins, you wield great power - be mindful of how you use it.

[lionytai]

i voted no. We should give him another chance. maybe next time he.....

[Bot_the_builder]

I voted I don't really care.  As I wasn't affected by the prank Blade was playing considering I'm new and wasn't quite sure what he was going on about.  I think he should be given another chance with stipulations if his games continue to upset users he will be removed without notice.  Consider it more of a 1 more chance scenario.

[Legodac]

I voted no, he should stay in admin, and I hope everyone who votes tells why they voted the way they did.
   When a person puts as much time into something as Blade has, it's only common sense that mistakes will be made in direct proportion to the efforts of the individual. Nobody is perfect. Learning curves are a life long endeavor, I'm still learning too and I still make mistakes. The only person who doesn't make mistakes is someone who never tries or J.C.
   During Blades prank, I played along and when I saw him cross the line, he quickly stepped back, when I asked him to. I also had a PM conversation with him during the RPG. I feel due to his responce, he learned something, perhaps a simple public appology and a promise to kick it back a notch or two would be more appropiate.
   No offence to the boss with the use of the word appropiate, I fear that there may be to many people who may respond in accordance with their feelings and not their logic before the dust has even settled

No offence to nwj345, but I intend to keep my post in the forefront as long as possible, to many people look at the first page and the last post and sometimes not even that much, Blade didn't loose any brownie points with me and I'll say why even more.
   When I first got here I helped start the The MLN Maniacs, during which time I said something really stupid, I made a joke about God.
It was not well recieved and to make a long story short, I left the team, deleted a couple of my teammates in MLN and didn't here from some for days.
We're all friends again and of course I appologized, right after it happened. The dust settled after several days not one.
    I'll tell you though, for a while I was crushed as well was someone else.

For LordVaderRulez and others who may be lost, here is the link again which nwj345 posted earlier
                                       http://mln.smfforfree4.com/index.php/topic,3104.0.html  

   Well here we are now, a few hours later and as I suspected, more dust has settled, Time really does heal all wounds.
Keeping with what Nwj345 has said, keep on track (not a quote) I will.
    I have some hopes here and I have a fear as well, so instead of talking about him, I'll talk to him.

    Dear OmegaBlademan...

      As you can see and as you've read you may be thinking your Brick is on the line here. My hope is that you'll step up and say sorry, my hope is that you'll say to everyone that you were out of line in a couple of instances, especially with the MVP award. I quoted my posts because they are the words from my heart. From what I can see and what I've read here, the poll is now extremley inaccurate. I want you to stay, and most agree.
      That being said, about my hopes of you stepping up, I'll now tell you my fear, thay you'll step down and resign as a mod, or worse...
               We all love ya buddy, so at the very least, please stay...
                          Your pal...legodac

      Well, here I am again, as promised and wondering how long it will take the dust to settle. Problem with that is, the longer this lingers, the dust will only settle on one side, the side pointing the finger. So putting myself in Blades shoes for a moment, I'll ask myself, what would I do if my peers continue to point the finger at me and allow this to go on and on. My answer might be to walk away, and with my knowledge, I can easily start out on my own and bring many with me, *steps out of Blades shoes, and back into his own*
      
In my opinion the longer you leave this here, without resolution will only serve to increase your chances of truly tearing this forum apart.
    
       The facts are basic, so should be the assessment.
Blade ran an RPG, and made some mistakes. He failed to take into consideration the feelings of those who would percieve his actions as menevolent.
I'm sorry people were hurt. However, considering the overwhelmingly helpfull nature of the individual, there is no way he meant to hurt anyone.

        I hope the other mods are in pm contact with Blade, I've tryed to write aswell.
        In the grand scheme of things, this website is a tiny little thing. It's not a country, it's not even a backwater town. I agree with having rules and regulations, it keeps things from getting out of control. However, there is always, the other side of the coin. To many rules and over governing will only lead to one thing, revolt and revolution.

        Try to remember something people, the reason we are all here in the first place and what brought us here.
Our love for Lego and a chance to expand on that by sharing with each other a little fun. It is, what brought me.

        As in real life, there are many different personalities and trying to form the ultimate goverment thru a website designed for fun, just ain't gonna happen. So why not put that idea to bed.

        Sometimes it's best to take a step backwards before we resemble lemmings, jumping off a cliff. It's time to put a smile back on, and stop taking ourselves so seriously. READ THE ORANGE WORDS BELOW and HAVE A NICE DAY

Modify...P.S....I forgot something important, if you want to make a counsil, fine by me. However, I'm not one who believes that we should be telling the mods and the admins and the creator of this place, what to do. Make suggestions, perfect, they do a fine job and work very hard to make this a cool place to be.

[Darth Rexus]

*I cry* That was great! *I clap* YAY! I argee with Legodac (now) end this and lets get back to the fun.
P.S Lemmings don't jump off cliffs, Walt Disney made that up.

[timposter]

I believe I've come to a decision on the matter.  I'm going to hold my vote, because the vote I hold doesn't truly fit with any of the choices given.  I believe that if any actions are taken against Blade, then an investigation needs to be taken against every single staff member, as well. 

I do believe that this entire issue, as well as all older issues, need to be re-examined.  Not just against Blade, but on all staff, so as to make a fair case.

Yeah, I agree with that.

[The Truth]

@legodac: I completely agree.

[Nwj345™]

After reading through all of your posts and recieving feedback I have decided to keep Blade as an admin. We will however still be making changes to our staff setup so be watching for more polls as we will be looking for your feedback.

This topic will now be locked.

[ab§olute_Z3R0]

Being demoted likely looses him a bunch of those fancy Rep Points, though, possibly making him lose things like the brick and the name color.

Hey, look at me. 0 Rep and I have teh fanciez.


EDIT: Oops sorry for posting after it was locked.

*cough*-Yeah don't do that plz...~Nwj345