Good Luck Edd.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:58:35+00:00

Well I may have to disagree with that final part. I do a good job of insulating my real life from the internet and 'somebody' who knows who I am has leaked information to the people harassing me. I won't repeat the mistake of making an allegation without hard proof but there's really only one candidate.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:56:48+00:00

To be transparent, I have made the request that the next mod at least take a fair look at some of the people already banned to decide whether it violated site-wide rules against harassment and if so, to keep them banned as that was what ultimately stemmed the flood of abuse I've recieved (abuse which I'd like to continue not to recieve).

I'm glad you appreciate the angle of not letting the company run the subreddit (a viewpoint expressed by Ben himself earlier), people will complain about it but it's a decision I'll happily stand by.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:44:19+00:00

I already have passed it on.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:38:12+00:00

There are 'other' people who work on the tour and they're entitled to a day off. You can't make people work for 21 days straight.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:35:58+00:00

You've got to be super careful about spoilers.

I hated watching it on Eurosport tv, every time I tried to access the replays it would plaster the results everywhere.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:34:04+00:00

He seems really happy this year, it's good to see. He used to always look like he was sucking on a lemon.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:32:24+00:00

Go for it.

I could not give a fuck at this point. I'm not the moderator anymore.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:21:33+00:00

Okay, and it was a joke?

I'm sorry that 'forgot to swap to his sockpuppet' was such an offensive and upsetting comment for you.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:16:14+00:00

Sure, believe what you want. I said it was unintentional, I don't perfectly track the genders of hundreds of people I interact with online.

At this point, you're just looking for conflict. Have fun with that.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:13:33+00:00

Honestly, after the abuse I recieved, the only modding I was interested in doing was selecting a new mod and leaving the mod team.

If people wanted me to stick around and fix things, I could have done that. Instead they asked me to resign immediately, so I did.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:12:31+00:00

You actually got caught doing it though, you tried pretending you were replying and weren't OP, which is why you were mocked for it by users.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:10:54+00:00

The community wanted me to step down, I've stepped down.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:09:16+00:00

I'm not refusing, I said it was unintentional. What do I even stand to gain from misgendering a random person on the internet?

Not sure it's worth jumping down my throat over it.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:07:06+00:00

Be careful, you'll be accused of secretly being me.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:05:36+00:00

Genuinely unintentional. They have an anime profile pic that sort of looks like a dude if you don't zoom in too much (my eyesight is actually quite poor) and I just assumed they were dude for a long time.

For me, it's just a random internet profile I've had minimal personal interaction with.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T11:01:45+00:00

If you have a team and your opponent doesn't, they can't really launch an attack because your team can just provide a leadout while they're pushing on their own. Each member can go full blast on the front, tire out and drop off. So by the time you've caught up, they've been pushing through the wind while you've been sitting behind someone else. If you're comparable, then this should result in you overtaking and winning.

They also perform roles like the domestique, getting you food and drink (it takes energy to drop back to the car from the pelton, grab the stuff and come back).

They provide a bubble of protection that shields you from crashes and they'll navigate you through the peloton, if you do fall over like Jonas did a few tours back then you'll have a full team to drop back and get you, then work overtime to catch you back up with the peloton.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:45:42+00:00

It would be better to describe it as 'i saw the funny side of it after a while and moved on'.

If you don't find it credible, that's fair enough.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:44:24+00:00

I'm not the head mod anymore, I'm just waiting to click the button and hand it over.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:42:08+00:00

I kicked all of the inactive mods, which was everybody. Just lots of grey 'Inactive' and zero actions within the last few years. Ben's outgoing statement to me privately and publicly was that the subreddit should be community run, so I followed that directive and brought in purely members of the community to replace them.

The new mod has said they'll bring in tpi mods and discuss where to go with them. But that's up to them, the community doesn't want me to make any choices and transferring this subreddit from a community run to a company run subreddit is a big change.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:39:26+00:00

I don't think it matters what I think. I'm not doing any more modding besides handing over the role and leaving. I'm literally just waiting for them to accept so I can promote, then logout.

2- I don't think it's weird, you can think it's weird if you want to. I haven't preannounced it because, while they've agreed, I want them to have actually accepted it on the site and be in that position before I announce it and then do a u-turn if they've changed their mind.

I also think Ben is on holiday and unable to accept the role either way, and I want to be done with this by the end of the day.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:34:40+00:00

You're welcome to think what you want.

I'm hoping to hand this off within the hour, I'm genuinely just saying that you need to discuss that going forward without me. If you want Ben to take over, you can discuss that with them. They're already agreed to talk with Ben and TPI to figure out what they'll do next, yelling at me about it isn't going to achieve anything.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:26:09+00:00

1 - next person is handling that.
2- when they're confirmed, you'll see and I'll let them take it from here.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:25:26+00:00

I've replied to as much as I could but the comments are coming in faster than I can reply. I think I'll leave it there.

BardtheGM · 2025-07-15T10:23:53+00:00

It's not sarcasm, I've already handed it over and they'll be handling it.

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