User blog comment:Toon Ganondorf/Series 9 Sweepstake with all robots allocated/@comment-9751413-20170309123536/@comment-979907-20170310082029

Let's address the points as discussed: - No one has a problem with the idea. Well here's the thing. To this moment, not a single person has defended the idea as a good one. That's because it's not. The idea of asking me not to call the idea a bad one because it might hurt someone's feelings is ridiculous. My idea to fix the arena judges system was called a bad one, and I don't hold any grudges. Enough people certainly thought so. - I actually made several attempts to raise this idea during the planning stages. I wrote out the method for implementation and even sent a reminder the night before. Was I blunt? Yes. Because the status quo idea was bad and I was hoping to generate some response. I didn't, and here we are. - This has nothing to do with signing up. This is a demonstration of a more successful model. Those who missed out on the official sweepstake - which I have not sought to cancel or undermine (hence calling this sweepstake unofficial) - are free to join because of how mine is structured. That's their choice. - At no point did I threaten to block Crash for disagreeing with me. He announced his plans to make comments, to which I said he was welcome to do as long as he did not stray into bannable offences. Crash and I go back a lot further than you know Jim and he's been blocked several times for making grossly personal attacks against other users. Most of those have been removed from the Wiki. I would be remiss not to warn him. - I have been an admin and bureaucrat here for eight years and in that time I have an impeccable record. The only user who has an issue with that is Crash, and quite frankly, he's had an issue with me from Day 1. That's why this discussion thread is less about defending the idea as good and more about his grievances from the past, as it always is. I have no intention of censoring the use of my administrative discretion. Crash does not get special treatment just because he doesn't like me. I make more than enough concessions for him, more than he would get from another admin.

At the end of the day, this is about a bad idea that stuck. I'm not happy about it and I don't have to be. If you'd like to continue to discuss, by all means do. I have all the patience in the world.