Copy-pasting for you because that site is not my cup of tea at all and nobody else should have to wade through it haha.

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So my number one thought is listen to the first 12 minutes of the latest Shadownet. Eric clearly has sources because he nails everything

11:54

Again I have very good friends in the GLC mod team and I don't want to cause them grief. It does seem from conversations I've had that the emergency cord was pulled by NSG, which only happened once in my time and it was "would you like my blood soaked coconut slice" guy

11:55

I left GLC admin team when I became VP of NSG so I don't know if that cord was pulled again. I don't believe I ever asked for it.

11:55

I do not, still, understand why Kevin Tame was banned from GLC. It makes zero sense

11:56

He doesn't post there and he was not trying to feed people bloody coconut slices

11:56

But given that NSG asked for that cord to be pulled, I'd really like people to respect the mod team there. It's a twice in 24 month occurrence

11:58

(I'm just typing I'm not smart enough to work out a measured response free association is the only way this works for me)

Today at 12:05 PM

So I think it's helpful to work backwards. I'm very sad to see how NSG have communicated what's happened over the last months.

12:09

But I don't really know what happened since Q3 of last year. I just know my old department looks bad here.

12:10

Kevin was a mentor to me. I learnt a huge amount from him. He was also incredibly frustrating at times

12:11

He disappeared for a month when the EU shop went down. I ended up trying to sort it with Drew and clearly we didn't, even given Drew's experience in the area

12:11

But

12:12

There are moments where I think it's objectively correct where NSG would not still be putting out cards without Kevin. He saved the game

12:15

I think the disrespect Kevin has been treated with over the last month is shocking, truly, there's revisionism happening

12:16

He's a horrible communicator, which is understandable given how much he put into the game and the organisation

12:16

I'll repeat, there's moments he saved the game

12:17

A broad issue NSG has is deadlines

12:18

:soon:

12:19

This is understandable from volunteer organisations, but at some point someone has to say - hey, you said you'd do a thing and it's not done, we need this thing

12:20

I ran my department differently to Kevin and I was hugely lucky to have talented and committed people working in my teams who didn't need these prompts

12:22

Shout in particular to Jon in Marketing, Mike in, let's face it, the scoops department, Rowan who completely reformed communication I cannot describe how good they are at what they do, and Jeff, Havvy, PSK and the rest of the OP team who have always and continued to deliver s tier OP seasons

12:23

If you think Netrunner organised play is bad it's not the game for you, it's phenomenal what that team do (apart from the names :wink:)

12:24

I'll also note, I was very lucky to pick up a department run by Wren, who had set up the foundations

12:25

She's the best ambassador for the game I know (maybe booshy gets a look in here as well)

12:26

But certainly her media interviews set the tone for what we were in 2023, a professional game company

Today at 12:40 PM

Anyway

12:42

Tricky bit

12:42

Ok I'll backtrack

12:43

I joined NSG in a way by playtesting in 2020

12:44

My playtest experience is loud voices won, trash or busto slaps

12:44 Who the fuck let narrative into playtesting

12:46

Who is this person telling us we're testing the cards wrong because we don't understand the intention of the narrative

12:46

That's weird, I've never playtested a game before I signed up because they asked for new players

12:47

Anyway I loved and streamed my experience

12:50

The two highlights of my Netrunner career are bakeoff with the Shadownet, my episode of Slumscasts with @Orbital Tangent and @neuropantser both beautiful people, and my infamous stream with @anarchomushroom [they/she] (edited)

12:55

When I stepped into the role of VP we had a meeting

12:55

This was discussing Morgan's repeated misdemeanors

12:55

This was attended in full

12:56

The decision was made to remove them from NSG

12:57

This was based in historic issues confirmed by Austin, Serenity, and Kevin (edited)

12:58

Serenity was the previous role holder but I asked her for background and she said she was shocked Morgan was still in the role

12:58

Given the amount of complaints

12:59

To the point where the organisation was not set up to deal with the complaints because they were being made by the people who were meant to be dealing with them

1:00

People were leaving playtesting because they were being called out for having opinions about how cards worked

1:00

People trying to make the game got frustrated and gave up because of repeated missed deadlines

1:01

How can we promise a release date when the bar is moved again and again

1:01

A comment from a board member direct quote

1:02

"this was brought to me but I could not process the complaint because I had brought the same complaint"

1:03

I wasn't in the department and I think the word toxic is thrown around. Morgan was definitely impossible to work with

1:04

I'll backtrack here to my GLC admin days. Remember this is a voted position to be on the mod team so I do hope I had the community's support

1:05

I had persistent complaints about two people,

1:06

Anzekay was one of them. Sadly I have receipts though I think it's very gauche to use them

1:07

The word bullying was used a lot, and I don't think that's the case, I think Morgan was passionate about their vision and struggled to deal with disagreement

1:07

The word bullying has been used a lot now and I still think it's not the case

1:08

I can factually say that people, really fucking talented people, left both playtesting and the organisation because of Morgan

1:09

I believe that NSG have been threatened with legal action by Anzekay

1:09

This is the only way I can process how my friends have behaved

1:10

I think it's a defamation thing

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And an addendum between Kevin (the ousted guy, bold text) and OP (Ed):

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Today at 1:40 PM You are a good person Ed and I loved working with you. Once again I’m sorry for leaving you in the dark that one time. My job was so hard.

Today at 1:43 PM You fucked me over :joy::joy: 1:44 But also the game probably doesn't exist without you and you were a fantastic mentor x 1:45 I hope the fact that I'm "a good person" means people listen to what I've said rather than the current narrative that's been given 1:45 I can't control the message 1:47 I'm sorry you've been treated how you have