I'm going to comment
only because I was asked to (via that mass email).
I'm a bit of a noob really, and I also don't hang around in the social circels much so I don't really know whats going on. All I can say is really the obvious. There is a surprisingly large amount of ill-feeling being released here, it seems to be that it would be hard for C22 to continue in his current position after this. Even in my short time of BlueLight membership (I used to read back in '99, but I didn't think I knew enough to bother joining), I have noticed the massive increase in moderator drop out in recent times, and to me that means something is truely wrong. When I first became an Admin I was shocked by the "icy" feeling the Staff Forum/MPC had; I honestly thought I might get my moderatorship removed if I made a slight faux pas in there.
I don't know the perfect solution to this problem, and I feel that anyone who thinks they do is either unawear of the situation, or is a bit over confident. Personally, whatever happens, I'd like to see things a bit more out in the open, and have things run (even if not physically executed) by several people. Fine if you don't want to trust newbie mods like me, but there are a huge number of mods I would trust with the future of BlueLight. (and something to make the staff forum a bit more loungey would be nice, I really wish I knew my Co-moderators opinions a bit more)
Finally, I don't know whether this makes me a big hippy, or a pussy, or what, but I'm a bit dissapointed at the level of anger, and what is tantamount to hatred, pointed at Catch-22. I mean, you'd have to be a bit of a hard-ass to think that they guy hasn't worked hard. And he's not evil, he will have tried to do what he thinks is best for BlueLight. Now he's obviously made mistakes, judging by the public opinion in here (unless it's just
tall poppy syndrome), but who doesn't fuck up? I just wish people weren't being so mean, you know? If I was him, and I read this, I'd probably be one upset mother fucker. So I hope, Catch, if you ever do read this, that you don't let it get to you too much...
...Maybe I am just a pussy.