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SoS paid for the servers.Stickymayhem wrote:Who gives a fuck about the law.
MSO has unqualified rights to do as he pleases because this is a video game that he is hosting the server for.
SoS literally abused this in and out of game frequently thanks to this.
Can we just all be fucking normal human beings who don't have to break out the fucking bill of rights in every discussion.
MSO is crowdfunding the servers.
It's not hard to appreciate the difference between paying something and soliciting others to pay for something. When you promise to do something in return for someone else's money, you do not get unqualified rights. Everyone here is a lot happier knowing that MSO isn't one Clinton 2016 election away from going full-SoS or worse, advancing the position that only his personality is holding him back from abusing his position is not a good position to be advancing... especially as a headmin Sticky.
The position that is currently correct,and the one that is best for the future (aka WHY WE HAVE THIS THREAD) is that the host is largely a maintenance role that in return for their service, receives a heightened status on the forums and on administration matters, the ear of the headmins, etc.
Why in the world a Headmin would push the stance of "MSO is literally our god and its only his benevolence that spares us" instead of a more democratic vision of how power is balanced here is just beyond me. MSO is not a god/absolute authority/etc., but as long as a headmin like you takes that stance then he might as well be.