I don't feel guilty for what I said about Aly. I didn't say anything about him personally, only professionally. But its ok that you don't agree with it.
I don't think someone can accuse someone of being more powerful than they are is an accusation, its just a mistake. And a mistake that I corrected, but didn't take away any of his responsibility as a person with executive power.
Regarding him doing anything with malfeasance, I never ever said or inferred such a thing. But you do have the right to disagree and I even respect that you are telling me so. I know how I meant ever word and the purpose of doing so, and will be happy to discuss with you or anyone exactly each word. I would love for anyone to ask what I meant, and actually be able to give them the truth. While I realize some people can read words and interpret them differently, I have always been happy to clarify what I meant if I someone asks.
On the part about me lashing out here, I replied to exactly 3 people, 3 people that consecutively responded to each other's points. That started with a comment about me being dishonest, and the next 2 comments only amplified the message and added more to it using the words "he". I did in fact interpret that to mean me.
I did not "lash out" anywhere else. But I felt that 3 people were disparaging me and piling on. This is also on a day where many allegations were thrown around by you and others in discord alleging that there was a "mob" making people do things against their will.
Having said that, I also apologized to one person Toran who denied he meant me. I offered to apologize to you if you simply said I was wrong and you weren't referring to me. And on the original poster, I simply corrected his statement. (which btw was wrong and he had already been told he was wrong but went ahead and made that allegation anyway, but I let that slide).
So yes where I was wrong, I do apologize and it was inappropriate. I am human and I did interpret something a particular way, but I also am willing to apologize and stand corrected if someone tells me I misunderstodd.
To say that I caused strife and negativity today, I can only assume you are referring to my post. You are not clear, so I want to make sure that is how I'm interpreting your insinuation.
I stand by most post today and forever. Its an excecutive's job to understand how their behavior will affect the organization. I was pointing out to him what I saw as a major problem with his vote, lack of understanding of the intensity of the issue, and his communication. You might not like that I saw those issues as issues, and that's perfectly fine. But my words did not come without being prompted by actions that were taken first.
On whether you can not say or not if you were including me, then I will accept that. In fact if you can't say, then I will apologize because that means I didn't come to your mind which is what I had assumed since it was on a thread that was about me.
So I will apologize even though you weren't clear either way, but I will assume you didn't mean me. I did hop on you unfairly and I did personally attack you in response by saying you were a coward by not naming me and I did say it in a dickish way. I do regret that I did that.
As for botting, I am not the one that set the rules of this, yabapmatt did. This has already been pointed out to you in another conversation along with the fact that I don't view this as a anti-bot proposal, instead I see it as an addition of a human vs human mode proposal. I will lose money on a daily basis by this going through, so if that's how you judge my intentions then you can use that as a guide (if you care to know). But I feel that giving new players a place to play without bots and encouraging people that don't feel they can beat bots to have a place to play is important to the growth of the game. You don't have to agree but that's my motive and has been from day 1.
On the rest of it, I understand your point. We see it differently. Not completely different, but to a small degree. If we were getting rid of ALL bots then I would understand, and some people have said that's what they want (that's not me though). And I understand that others feel this will morph into that, but that's again not what I would support. I simply believe there should be at least 1 mode where humans can play humans so that we can attract and retain those humans that get turned off by bots. That doesn't mean I don't want any modes able to be botted and in fact I think it would be fun to have an all bot league where people could compete that way too.
I realize this issue is very sensitive and I realize those that disagree with the proposal want to see it fail. And the converse is true. Both sides are passionate for many different reasons and that's why it has taken this long to even get to this point.
I get it.
You can feel about me however you like and you can blame me for being a vocal supporter. I do apologize for personally attacking you and toran. I did assume you were both referencing me, and my sensitivity to the subject made me lose my composure. I am sorry and for that I hope you will accept it.
Regarding the comments about Aly, you can view that however you like. For your information I did speak with Aly and asked him directly if he felt I personally attacked him. My intention was not to do so, but as I said each person will interpret words in a different way. So while the discussion is between me and him, I certainly understand that you would form an opinion. I'm also willing to discuss if you ever ask.
Again I'm sorry to you for the personal attack, I'm happy that you are part of the community for so long and sticking up for what you think is right. For that you earned my respect @bitcoinsig.
RE: Supporting the Anti-Bot Proposal: A Step Towards Addressing Community Concerns While Keeping Future Possibilities Open