Within the community, things have begun to change. Many would refer to this time as the dark days of Atmosphir. Within the past weeks, two moderators have left the community, new rules have been established, and tensions are growing.
Long-time moderator Munchy365 has been stripped of his titles and demoted to a standard member of the community. In addition, he has received a temporary ban. When this was brought to light, many began to ask why. For a time, the moderators of the community remained silent. Stories began to originate from Munchy himself, who kept in contact with several members of the community. On November 15, 2009, head moderator Adz made a statement which explained the events of the following day.
In short, Munchy was banned for leaking information to Daisukii, another member of the community, who has since been banned. This information was meant to be kept safely stored in the Moderators section of the forums, where only moderators and Minor Studios staff may enter. Of course, there is much more to the story than that. For more information, please read the full story here: http://www.atmosphir.com/forum/index.php?topic=10662.0
Another member of our community, PizzaBoy, has made the decision to leave Atmosphir for the time being. In a message to the community under an alternate account, PB said this: “The combined stress of several real life events combined with stress from recent events here are becoming difficult for me to handle. Deleting my account was a decision I made to attempt to relieve some of this stress. I may return later this year or early next year depending on how things go. If the state of things in my head does not improve, I may not return. I do not expect to remain a moderator if/when I return. I apologize for any trouble I have caused with this.”
The community, although sad to see him go, must respect PizzaBoy’s decision, and understand that he has done this for a reason.
A full announcement regarding these two events can be found here: http://www.atmosphir.com/forum/index.php?topic=10662.0
Dave has also made the decision that office tours will no longer be offered when visiting Minor Studios in San Francisco. Although this is sad news, he has promised that he is more than willing to meet with players for a cup of coffee or lunch if they happen to be in the area.
Despite these sad events, there have been good events as well. Today, Swordsman761 and DuffyZeEmu joined the Atmosphir Editorial Team, the committee responsible for choosing the Level of the Day on the Atmosphir news page. The team welcomes the newcomers, and promises that readers should be expecting great things in the future. Excitement for the next update, also known as Project Stratosphir, also continues to mount as December draws closer.
Stay with us, Atmosphirians. Great things are coming.
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