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Effective immediately, Sylhana and Deacon have been removed from the SRF moderation team and banned from SRF for bot support. Both of these individuals have added a lot to the forum and to the mod staff, but both of them have recently come under scrutiny for suspicion of botting, having even had topics started about them in the Exposed Botters section of this forum.
[Deacon's thread] [Sylhana's thread]

Though the evidence posted against both Deacon and Sylhana was not enough to ban them for botting themselves, there is definitely enough evidence for them to be banned for bot support, which according to this forum's rules shares the same penalty.


If we are to support a policy of legitimacy and fair play in this forum and in the game then we have to be able to maintain credibility toward that end. Anyone whose in-game actions are such that another user would even suspect them of botting doesn't belong on this team.

Thank you for your patience on this matter as we discussed it internally and pieced together our own evidence. At this time, SRF is not accepting applications for mods to take the places of those who are no longer with us. When and if the time comes that more help is wanted, we will go from there.

-SG

well, iam sure that sound hypocrit but iam kinda sorry 4 deacon, i did post this evidence under circumstances who was born out of dissapointment from a bro i allways did love, he still is a great guy, keep that in mind pls, but claim legit and isnt without trust and lies is hard 2 ignor >.>

anyway GL 2 ya both, on SRF, iam sure, u did a great job !

regardz Ric, Holy

Yes sad very sad, that your you could not make ur friggin minds up about deacon, either you need better communication or you start treating this like a forum and not a friggin orginasation of power hungry rtards, whos epenis grows larger by the day when they use their "mod stick".

Oh and btw, i'm kinda sick of this forum and i will even give you the excitment to ban me for 7days, as i quite happily use NO-DC client, supplied to me by my good friend Deacon (nick), botter or not he is still a good friend to me ban me, permantly SG, if thats what puts the cream in your pants, i rly dun care, i got the shit i need to read these forums if i really do want

I would like to add, i DO NOT BOT =)never have, and never will, the moment i come to close to it i shall quit the game

Peace out and gg.

Thanks for all your hard work, SG and the rest of the mod team.

It's so easy to critiscize, while it's so hard to appreciate.

First this forums asks to ban botters from the board
we do, change rules, etc
whine whine
then be strict with staff members too
we do
whine whine

Was wondering why Sylhana left. Atleast they didn't run and deny it. Sad to see them go, but this proves how far SRF is willing to take the war on bots atleast. Good luck you 2

Wow you realize you've just banned 2 very helpful people on this forum (especially Sylhana). Who gives a f.uck if they use a no-dc client or bot after all its just a game, and afaik Deacon or Sylhana didn't come here and talk about botting and sh1t so why should you care what they do in game as long as they are helpful on the forum. It should be Joymax's responsibility to ban bots, not yours. I'm really sorry to have seen so many good members go for this reason. But after all you are the admin and I have to respect your decisions, however wrong they may seem.

Syl wanted me to quote that for him.

Good luck to both Deacon and Syl. Regardless of what they didn't do or might have done, they both were great contributors to the forum.

Update their EB posts please, now it's very confusing.. (look at the end posts yourself..)

It's not that confusing:

Sylhana: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:19 am
Deacon: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:30 am

This thread: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:27 am

Although i'm sure SG will edit his posts next time he's on.

I was wondering why Deacon got banned... but i didn't know syhana was banned until i saw her farewell thread. They were very nice members in SRF, maybe if stop supporting bots they might be unbanned .

Does this mean we will see one or two new SRF mods?

@Death, I give a fk. Clearly I'm not the only one.

Not good to see helpful positive members go of course, BUT the correct decision regarding what these forums permit. Not an easy decision to be sure, but respect to those who made it.

im really gonna miss syl, he was a good bloke. But rules are rules, we all live by them and we must abide them. He broke the rules and thus must pay for his actions.

As far as deacon is concerned, no opinion i suppose.

Keep up the good work sg.

Also should syl's thread say something at the end which indicates that he was banned for bot support? or did i miss that already?

I'm getting quite sick of you. You farked him over and you know it. Don't come here and play your silly little angel-act. Your happy about your little scam.

You're the Farking worst botter i've ever seen, and I, and entire oasis knows it, eventhough you said someone else botted your char for you (lol). Though we cannot ban you for it on this forum, i hope some people are working on it.

Allthough, this continuous blasphemy should be bannable imo, your a cock, period, neither holy nor pure, allthough your little act seems to suggest otherwise. I hate cocks, and they are so much worse then botters.

fo Ric. or enrico, w/e makes you feel good.

LMAO well said.

That should answer your Q

Is it just me or did nobody care that much when Luoma got banned??!

And I dun like it without Nick and Rin...

they were fun...

didn't know luoma, and i've been here a while, so no, i didn't really care.

darn soo many ppl getting banned...even mods', its making me SAD i miss everyone who where banned that were popular... but it is the rules... i cant do anything about it. i'm gona miss them, specially Syl a non-flaming, kind, and nice guy/gal

I'd just like to thank the mod team for all the hard work they've been doing to keep the forums going amongst all of the flames and whining of some of the members. It's a tough job, certainly not easy to do what they do, some of the decisions that need to be made.

I'm sure Deacon and Sylhana will be missed by many. I myself never really got to know either of them, but I know they both made some good contributions to these forums. Good luck to you both. However, as others have said, rules are rules.

would everyone who once flamed me becuz i said Deacon and Defiance weren't 100% legit please apologize to me lol?

i've always said it, i'm saying it now and i will always say it: THERE ARE MAYBE 4/5 LVL 80 LEGITS IN WHOLE F*CKING OASIS

AND MAYBE ONLY 100 LVL 80 LEGITS IN WHOLE ISRO.

The hard truth people

appreciate your decission SG. i know it's hard, but we all knew this war against bots would not be easy and fun.

no.

Just to let u all know banning people from a forum for botting wont stop them from botting so your not realy winning any war imo.

Very True!! <Ash>

wrong.

we know we cant arrange a bot-free game
we're trying to arrange a bot-free community

edit: just saw your sig. bye bye

*gives heroo a cookie*

Thank you cin, you've just made my day.