ATTN: Shun Minamoto

I'll be honest, you can color me surprised that this topic exists. I've stayed out of the public light during this for a very good reason, one you took the time to point out. But you've now actively requested that I jump in, so I will.

To start, I'll be keeping most of this entirely professional. I am, in fact, far more of a robot than your post implied you think. Or perhaps you just said that because it was publicly polite? I can't be sure with you. Either way, I think you'll find this is perhaps a more detached response than you were expecting. If not you, maybe the great Hitler Satan can surprise a couple of readers!

Let's start.

It has been asserted, backed up, and agreed upon by my entire staff that you did in fact contribute heavily to an atmosphere of bullying that caused Brianna to jump ship and leave. I didn't blame her in the slightest. It has been a very, very long time since Bleach Gotei has been anything to me but pain. Therefore, I sympathize. I sympathize with the countless others who, especially after tenure as Staff, have turned a place of fun into a place of endless work and abuse.

So let's make it clear that when you challenge Tokiyo's assertion, and lodge complaint against him, you are hereby lodging that complaint against my entire Staff who yet stand steadfast behind his decision. I'll address this as such going forward.

As is necessary with you, I'll be supplementing a lot of what I have to say in response to this with spoilered logs generated from any use of our Chatbox. I will not quote off-site content. It should come as no surprise that I consider you a highly volatile element and, as such, made sure that such things have been preserved until they were needed.

All entries must be read from bottom to top.



I cite this as an example of you being totally okay with bullying people off of Bleach Gotei. More than that, I dare say that you deeply, deeply enjoy it.



I cite the following as further evidence to that fact. Shizuminoru's own problems and behavior aside, you're quite happy to bully away members with your own words and share this hope and enjoyment with others freely.

Naturally the counterargument to this is that "Reima and Shizuminoru aren't Amaya". Of course they're not, but it proves your willingness. We also have you on record for saying nothing less than that Amaya is "a really horrible person", an opinion very similar to that of the one you hold of Shizuminoru and Reima.

Furthermore, you have a tendency to use anything you possibly can to attack members of Staff, a position Amaya has held for quite the long while. A recent incident is your famous anger over the approval of Ezzy's power.

Which is odd, considering the following happened.



Yet you continue to bring it up, leaving out this critical detail, over and over in the future.

I can't help but believe this is very purposeful, given the following.



The 'yesterday' in this log refers to Thursday, 9PM EST. The date was August 27th, twelve days after the above incident wherein you openly admitted the Staff did nothing wrong. Yet here you are, taking an opportunity to call people 'irrelevant yes-men' relating to a subject you apparently dropped nearly two weeks prior.

This conclusively demonstrates that your interest goes far beyond simple criticism. You just like to mock people, like any bully does.

But I have reason to go farther. I dare say that you don't care nearly so much about Bleach Gotei as you claim and, instead, simply enjoy deriding others to make yourself look better. And putting yourself in a more positive light is always on your agenda. I have the following where you say as much yourself.



These are not the words of a man so is so consumed by his desire to point out areas of improvement that he just can't possibly be bothered to consider the ramifications of his behavior on others.

No, these are the words of someone who just likes to put himself on a pedestal above others.

And quite frankly, I doubt you've ever been interested in genuine improvement. Why? Because genuine improvement is only possible when the leader of the community is interested in permitting it, which the following shows you clearly do not believe of me.



After all, if I just 'do' without caring to hear or convince others first, why would I be?

All of this comes together to paint a pretty clear picture: Criticism isn't really your goal, it's what you hide behind to get away with your behavior.

You might try to assert that you'd never, ever try to get away with things like that, but given our previous conversation where you once said to me, "No, that bullshit is the kind of bullshit I try to pull and you can't get away with it because I'll recognize", paraphrased.

Of course, there's also the following.



You enjoy ducking the rules and any obligation to be decent the moment you think you can. Your final comment at the top demonstrates that you don't just enjoy it, but enjoy it deeply.

So we've established that you mostly want to be an ass and find gratification in seeing if you can get away with it. I would like to remind you that two major voices in all of this are Jian and Robert, people who otherwise get along with you and are far from whatever perceived clique you think I possess. Which leaves two options: Either I really do have mind control powers (hello, 2012!) or the common denominator here is you. And you wonder why my entire Staff stands united behind what Tokiyo said and refuse to rescind those words?

Really?

No, you just think your best course of action is to demand that it and, given your propensity for putting on a show to get attention, you doubled-down on it. This is an aspect of your personality that anyone who knows you beyond a superficial level can back up. How many times have many your friends told me, straight, that you're a vindictive, petty man when things don't go your way? More times than I can remember.

But I'll let that one go and not back it up, no need to drag other people's names into this mess. We'll continue.

So instead, let's examine you more directly as a person. Let's examine your behaviors and tendencies, as reviewed by yourself. I'll start with a nearly-famous comment you've made.

This was no joke, given your illegal vandalism of Naruto Gakure shortly thereafter. For once, you showed an ability to follow-up on a threat. All, of course, under the banner of controlling information that would be put to use on your own community--the one that never surfaced. From what I hear, it was because your constant rage and negativity following the events of March drove away many of your online friends from the project.

So what does all of this really suggest that we do, Colin? That's a good question. When choosing a course of action I like to look to the past and see how similar circumstances were approached before and if the methods used are still practical today.

I think a good example is Garra. I hope he's doing better these days. It was a shame he had to be peeled away from Bleach Gotei, an action even you supported at the time, because of his completely out of control behavior. Rare that we ever have to do that, even if it was for a limited amount of time on his end. Since then, we've seen little improvement with him.

So on the Garra front, what are some of your more recent thoughts? I happen to have them below.



No, Colin, you're not very different. And this is as well conclusive evidence that you, in quite the satisfied manner, take a deep pride in how you behave. I bet you're fully conscious of it and the reason you continue is simply because you enjoy it.

Because you're better than most everyone else and the world simply has to be informed.

It's this attitude that I happen to know you've been called out on before that is at the root of the issue.

So to respond to this complaint, Colin, I'm afraid I'm going to stand with the rest of my team here. Given the excessively huge nature of this response, and that I do not have the time to engage you in another of our back-and-forth verbal brawls, I won't be responding. We'd hurl novels at each other, a form of combat reserved for friends dicking around in the library. My decision has been made and I believe I've adequately addressed this issue as a whole.

You're obviously not going to like it, but before you begin a public or private scene over the matter I will remind you of one last thing: Your initial link is to a Policy Change starkly against the current spirit of Bleach Gotei. Staff, like any other member, should not be subject to any abuse--no matter your absent intentions or supposed well-meaning. No matter the subject, Site Discussion or not. This Quarantine board is a move in the right direction, I'd say.

What isn't against the current spirit of Bleach Gotei, and what makes how Garra was handled impractical for this situation, is that I can abide by your request: Your ability to write your characters on Bleach Gotei will not be hindered. But at the same time, my response is more than just answering your formal complaint.

It is about you, as a whole, and the rather colorful, violent, and wildly up-and-down swinging history you've written for yourself here on Bleach Gotei.

A famous disagreement of ours was always the idea of public announcement of punishments. As you know, Colin, I am strongly opposed to any such thing. Like any private organization I prefer to keep matters of dirty laundry tucked into a neat little HR file. This is something I do passionately stand by.

My staff, however, collectively decided otherwise. In the face of that, I'll be going ahead and instituting something similar. You may find it comforting to know that something you've wanted for a while has come to pass.

To reiterate what's in the linked content: It's clear that you are no longer able to interact with the entirety of Bleach Gotei in a positive manner. You are hereby being reduced to Roleplay Only access, which includes all in-character boards and the Metagame section. You are also not permitted in the chatbox, a minor inconvenience given your liberal use of Skype.

But don't worry, you have company, and you're all fully able to do something about this situation. It's not permanent unless you want it to be.

In order to moderate this thread as closely as it will need to be, posts will be approved on a as-requested basis in order to keep this relevant and civil. One-image meme posts won't be accepted, for example.