Posted - 2007.07.05 22:36:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Stranger Ranger on 05/07/2007 22:35:49
Edited by: Stranger Ranger on 05/07/2007 22:35:36
[QUOTE=Blitter]First off, rumors have been steadily growing about what has happened with the titan fund. We have not previously officially responded because we hoped to repair the situation. It is now beyond repair.

Remedial has stolen and presumably e-bay’d approximately half the Titan fund isk and we are unlikely to see it returned.

We feel we owe you a FULL timeline of events.

As all but the newest of you will know, back in April Rem was cut off by his parents and needed money to make rent. Considering the massive influence, leadership and time Remedial had devoted to our community; the directorate had no qualms of backing Remedial in asking you the general membership for donations. Thanks to your generosity, he received $2,800.

His rent secure, Remedial then opened the Goonstore. This offered goonswarm branded quality merchandise for his personal profit.

As these events were occurring, due to the pressures of a wedding and law finals, Remedial was finding it harder and harder to spend more time online and more and more the direction of the swarm was being decided and implemented by the directorship, led by Mittani. In May Remedial formally handed leadership over to Mittani, whilst retaining illuminati access.

Slightly before his official resignation, Remedial created a titanfund character on his account to collect donations so that the swarm might produce our own titan. It took many weeks, but 70billion was donated, a testament to the commitment of the individuals in goonswarm. Ten billion of this was removed before the fund was complete to purchase initial minerals.

Soon after, Remedial began to push for goonswarm to become a multi-game organization. With our strong organization and sense of community, this had been a move suggested by several directors in the past, but had previously been rejected by Remedial.

Remedial initially argued that he should be allowed to run the multi-mmo goonswarm, offering to return to expand goonswarm. The senior directors blocked this move. It was worried that, given Remedial had quit (publically) three times and (to illuminati) several additional times previously, his dedication to goonswarm players was in question, and the directorship did not feel they had the time or energy to assume leadership of multiple games the next time Remedial had to quit.

Additionally, his about-face on the multi-mmo concept so close to the substantial profits he had generated so quickly through the goonstore made it possible that his intentions were to expand the goonswarm brand as primarily a money making asset. Whilst this is a cynical and perhaps unworthy thought, it would be naïve to ignore the appeal of easy tens of thousands of dollars to anyone, let alone to a newlywed.

Illuminati became rife with drama, Remedial replied to these allegations that he was not interested in profits but in the well-being and the entertainment of the swarm. Seeking compromise and assurance their worries were unfounded, the senior directors offered Remedial an equal say in the future direction of the swarm, without requiring any actual participation from him. Remedial’s charisma, drive and intuitions have always benefited and entertained goonswarm, and the directorate felt and will always feel somewhat in his debt and the idea of goonswarm branded merchandise is hardly in and of itself offensive or unwanted.

It was however insisted that an undertaking the size of a multi-mmo organization would entail a more diffuse leadership – for our organization, our commitment and most likely our sanity. Remedial replied:



Remedial is an emotional man, and we assumed that once his initial irritation has passed he would contact us again, perhaps to help the swarm in an active role, an advisory role or even just to hang out.

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