I agree largely with what Martijn posted in the €œA Vacation€ thread. I understand the Forum Admin Team€™s decision to not suspend Mark€™s account earlier. To be fair to him, Mark was not breaking any of the forum rules, and so he had no reason to be banned. However just because what he was doing wasn€™t wrong, it doesn€™t mean that what he was doing was right. I hate to be critical, but maybe where this is where the forum rules could more specific. This is where there becomes a divide between the roboteering sections and the vapourbot sections of the forum. So I agree that a set of rules specific to this section would be appropriate.

There are some unofficial rules of FanFic that we expect people to adhere to. Common sense would tell you that stealing other people€™s designs or tournaments is against the €œrules€. However, as this sort of common conduct is not an official rule, it can be abused at ease. Both Tim and Mark have shown this in the past. As unlikely as it is that someone else will successfully abuse these rules again - it€™s a problem that needs to be solved.

As Martijn said, I believe the problem is the divide between the two areas of the forum. As I€™m sure many people know, I do not agree at all with the FanFic section being moderated by someone who has a very limited knowledge of what we do here. That is just my opinion, and I know a lot of others agree with me. But at the end of the day that is down to the administrators. What I am trying to say is that we need someone who properly understands the situation. Mark posting old PTT3 battles in a new thread means very little to you guys. Where as we take it as an offensive action. It is something we just don€™t tolerate.

I hope you understand where I am coming from, and am not in any way criticising the moderation of this area. Last time we requested a moderator for this section, it would not have been appropriate. I believe now is the time to give someone the role of overlooking this area. I thank Shane and Leo for understanding what we do here, rather than laughing it off like many others do. I appreciate your support very much, and I agree 100% that a moderator of this section and also a specific set of rules would work very well. Likewise, I thank Geoff for listening to our suggestions and hope that something can be made of this.

However my only complaint would be that if a moderator is in fact chosen, I believe it should be someone more experienced. No offence is meant to Leo, or whoever else, but I think if this was to go ahead then someone with more knowledge of this game would be required. Should the decision for a moderator go ahead, I too would wish to apply as a candidate. I hope a solution can be worked out from this and I thank everyone for helping out.