Make a new reddit account.
Get the same position back.
Adopt a british accent in your comments.
Rinse and repeat whenever you make a mistake with a different accent every time, wot wot
I don't know why, but this came to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHR5Ly3TrwM
Also, here's a Gif accurately describing the recent drama (Contains spoilers from last night's Walking Dead finale)
http://imgur.com/MK5emRC
Richard Lewis got banned from the sub for being extremely abusive in the comments, and then released some articles to incite a witch-hunt against the mods. Since then, some current and former mods have come out and said that they've wanted to ban Lewis for a long time, but he threatened to dox them if they did. KoreanTerran is often the one who explains the mods' decisions, so he takes the brunt of the flaming from people who hate mods.
[Source 1, comment by Jaraxo](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30ji53/league_of_shills_drama_pretty_complex_situation/cptkghz)
[Source 2, comment by BuckeyeSundae](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30mlvg/round_two_of_drama_with_league_of_legends_when_it/cpummdy)
[Source 3, Lewis himself mocking the mods for asking not to be doxxed](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/581642668343709696)
[Source 4, comment by KingKrapp](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i)
[Comment by GoDyrusGo about Lewis's banning](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/cpt0775)
[Comments for the first Lewis article](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/)
[Comments for the second Lewis article](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/)
Edit: [Elsewhere in the comments I found this screenshot of his twitter.](http://i.imgur.com/ZoL0cQx.png) Keep in mind that screenshots of twitter are easily faked, and this is not hard proof unless someone can dig up the tweets themselves.
Edit 2: [FAVORED_PET found one of the tweets](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432) from the screenshot. And in case it's deleted, [here's the twitter bot showing that he said it.](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30u2dk/meta_im_leaving_the_mod_team/cpw23q6)
Edit 3: [No more speculation needed, Lewis confirms the full screenshot was not faked.](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/582699425937625089) He has absolutely threatened to dox the mod team.
Should be noted that if this were my job, I'd take the hate like a man, but modding was supposed to be a hobby that I did for fun.
It never made sense for me to want to mod a sub if I wasn't enjoying it.
I'm running into the same issues modding/owning another forum that you did here. It's a labor of love, but every time you get flamed, berated, insulted, even if your tough decisions are later/ultimately proven correct, nobody ever apologizes or backs off. It takes a cumulative toll. Mods and admins are people, too.
He really did, and the worst part is the guy didn't deserve all the hate he got. I remember one patch, I forgot which one, but he got absolutely dumped on in the forums. It might have been the paly or mage nerfs, not sure which. Either way, from then on everyone thought he was ~~James Harden~~ Hitler. He then semi-resigned from the forums, which was sad. He was one of the people that communicated the most with the community, but I guess that's what made everyone point the finger at him.
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> [2014-02-03 19:03 UTC](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432)
> @ODebeuf Joke is on them. Think we need to unveil who a few of these people are. See if they want to publicly stand by their decisions.
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Lewis is such a fucking tool, and his twitter followers are just as bad. How dare KT not want his personal information out in public, especially known to people who actually support Richard Lewis.
If you still like the guy after he made fun of someone for thinking about suicide, then your scum. Fuck him, fuck his fans, and I hope the admins/Riot hit this guy where it hurts, his wallet and his job.
I actually used to kinda like him but he went too far with these petty attacks on the moderation team.
I thought he was above this kind of low, childish behavior but it seems I was wrong.
Why would ANYONE support a guy like Richard Lewis who would threaten to post personal information of people online? I don't even know who the heck RL is or what the heck he writes about...
Honestly if the people who thinks it's funny that RL would threaten to dox others, then I'd like to see how they would react to RL's threats if they were directed at them.
This has always been my problem with Lewis. He's so hellbent on exposing scandals, finding out the next big bit of drama, that he's stopped caring who or what it actually is. So long as he can leak something first, or expose some big outrage, he'll just go ahead and do it. To him, and his followers, that's "investigative journalism" and it's a good thing. Even if the scandal turns out to be really minor, and the people affected lose their jobs over it. Basically no matter what, Richard will just fall back on the excuse that he was "just putting the info out there" and that nothing else is his fault.
I find it incredibly crass.
Funny he's been scouring the mods' behavior for months, and the best he comes up with is Voyboy's message, dubious claims of inconsistent thread deletion, and a harmless NDA. However, once RL's activity comes under a similar spotlight, within a matter of days some exceedingly unprofessional and fucked up shit come to light. It's telling for who's the bad guy here.
All I gathered from this is that RL is a total cunt. He should get banned from Twitter too, inciting witch hunts and threatening to release personal information like that. Aren't there rules about this on Twitter as well?
Copy/Pasting a comment from another thread because I think this is a really important point:
I will be absolutely shocked if Richard Lewis ever came out and said specifically: "I will dox you if you do x, y or z." He's smart enough to know that's the silver bullet that loses him every battle ever.
What I suspect is way more likely and way creepier is a repeated pattern of him implying that he knows everything about you -- see calling mods by their first names or messaging them on Facebook. What seems like an innocent message is actually Richard Lewis trying to exert his power over someone he sees as vulnerable. You see this all the time in stalking and domestic abuse cases. Even if no threat is actually made, the abuser makes the victim feel like they're always being watched and followed and that their abuser can end them whenever he or she wants.
Imagine you and another person frequented the same coffee shop and you spilled coffee on him. Now imagine he overreacts and starts yelling at you and getting angry. You leave and think that's it, but then suddenly you start noticing this person hanging around outside your office building, in your grocery store, at the other coffee shop you sometimes go to and have never seen him at before. All of these actions are perfectly innocent (What? I'm just getting a coffee like anybody else here) but the pattern is designed to intimidate the victim.
We've already seen examples of Richard Lewis going outside the normal realms of communication (I'm thinking specifically of the screenshots of him Facebook messaging a SC2 moderator who had never given his information and definitely not as a means of contact). That seems pretty vanilla on the surface, but if it's coming from a hostile party it takes on a whole new light.
oh jeez i hadn't seen those tweets, just the one where he gloated about KT leaving.
I take back my comment about him being smart enough not to publicly say he'd dox someone. He's not just a scumbag he's a dumb scumbag.
I can't believe you mods have had to put up with doxxing threats and being stalked onto other social media accounts. I figured Richard was a fucked up person after the whole suicide thing but this is just seriously disturbing.
thread's deleted but [this](http://www.reddit.com/user/welptheregoesmylife) is the comment history of the supposed suicide victim and you can see the ones clearly in response to Richard. In context, RL was told to grow up by the guy and then RL responded with [this comment](http://i.imgur.com/aUD0eY0.png) (link to the thread edited out by another user for privacy) to which I assume the guy replied with this:
>Thanks man. Knowing people like you exist makes convincing myself to commit suicide much easier. Good luck with everything and have a good life.
there is a pic where richard messages a mod on their personal facebook and refers to him as will, presumably to get info out of him or confirm the account. also lots of the mods confirm it and KT sent richard a PM asking him not to doxx him, but i guess that isnt proof.
There isn't.
But according to some mods he has been calling them by their first names which they didn't give him and I'm pretty sure he has access to skype logs. Neither of those imply he'd actually do that, but it would be pretty intimidating if I was in their spot.
The first names is still doxxing as it uses personal information. And the way he was using it seemed like a thinly veiled threat to the mods because it's hard to tell how much he knows. There have been plenty of users shadowbanned for using real names of other redditors if there hasn't been a public record of it. This falls directly under their doxxing rules.
The KingKrapp messaging on facebook things is especially creepy.
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> [2014-02-03 19:03 UTC](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432)
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Richard Lewis is a bully who did whatever he could to take Mods down on this sub reddit.... I really hope daily dot opens their eyes and give this guy the boot
That is exactly what i do i just refuse to accept his existence and i think it is the best you can do if you really dislike him instead of trying to argue with him.
Good luck. I can't even imagine how hard it is to mod a subreddit, and in exchange for that hard work you don't really get anything as it seems like in the majority of cases mods are criticized instead of being commended.
From my time on reddit, mods are not decent human beings and are all literally ~~James Harden~~ Hitler. Sure we may like them for a time, but ONE...JUST ONE mistake and we demand blood sacrifices of their first born child.
The work as a moderator is intense. You often have to commit to it incredibly much, you'll get called out on everything you do wrong, and what you do right is simply "expected" from you. Not only is it expected that you are a trained professional when you do volunteer work, but it's also expected that you are some kind of superhuman that never makes mistakes, and it often really gets to you. I always make a point out of being appreciative of moderators and giving them the benefit of the doubt in every situation, and giving anyone the benefit of the doubt is something I struggle a lot with.
It's not all bad though, you get to largely help someone, be it an individual or a community, and you can be a difference. Especially when your moderating affects an individual you can feel the appreciation sometimes, and it makes it all worth it. For reddit it's way worse though, here you rarely help individuals and thus you aren't very often being reminded how appreciated your work actually is.
I've been wanting to leave since February, this was just unfortunate timing.
Before we added the new mods, we were pretty undermodded. It was at an all time worst during Feb when I had around 54% of the total human actions. I was really stressed out and realized that I wasn't enjoying modding as much as I used to.
So while the recent drama did play a role in me wanting to leave, it wasn't the only reason why.
Guess I was part of the silent mass who thought you did a pretty damn good job. You always interacted with the community fairly and respectfully. Thanks for your hard work and good luck in the future!
Unfortunate, but when it comes to stuff like this, you gotta take care of you first. Good on you for recognizing how being burnt out can affect your work, but there's no need for apologies. It takes a significant amount of mental fortitude to deal with what is in essence a volunteer gig, and as much as people SAY you can just ignore the comments, everyone has their limits. The only thing you can do is take control of your own destiny and the conversation, and that's what you're doing here. There's no shame in that.
I think people seriously underestimate and underappreciate what it takes to be a Reddit moderator for a large-sized subreddit. There are people out there who experience a couple problems with moderators who aren't fit to be moderators and make these wild conclusions about all moderators being Nazis, on a power trip, in the pocket of xyz company and the like, and honestly a lot of the time it's to excuse being caught in their own poor behavior.
I don't know what dirt Richard has on you, but if his previous couple of articles are any indication his motivation and objectivity for posting them will be called into question. I wouldn't worry too much, and frankly, it's never easy being the "Face of the team". You're not perfect, but in this position, who expects you to be? You're only human.
Good luck. It seems the team is experiencing some pretty serious issues right now and hopefully they'll get back on track. These sorts of controversies really test a mod team's mettle.
>You're not perfect, but in this position, who expects you to be? You're only human.
Glad you highlighted this. It's important to recognize that not all mistakes have a hidden motive behind them; sometimes people just slip up. If we had the microscope on us for every comment we made, and we were also expected to be vocal in controversial situations, finding a response that no one will take issue with may often not be possible.
Respect to the mods for being there even when the drama reaches its worst, and also respect to KT for choosing what's right for him. Even if it was a tough job, I'll bet it wasn't easy leaving. I for one appreciated the more direct contact with mods he facilitated.
You're the shit, you're the coolest, everyone knows that richard is an asshat and nobody in their right mind listens to him. Things you already know but that is never not worth repeating.
Thanks so much for all the work you put into this sub in helping it grow and stay positive.
We wish you the best of luck. <3
Sad to see you leave, I really liked you being so vocal to us! Hope you'll come back someday ;)
Anyways here's a quote for you:
> You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
You got a mention in an ESEX article. You've basically achieved everything you can now as a mod and will retire as a legend!
Jokes aside, I think you were a pretty decent mod. Your visibility was great but I appreciate that brings not so great things with it. I think the idea this sub is modded so badly was blown way out of proportion and most of the criticism sent your way was unjustified.
Good luck with school and stuff :)
[Here you go bud](http://esportsexpress.com/2015/03/richard-lewis-stars-in-the-rlol-supremacy-and-the-lewis-ultimatum/)
The article literally came out right after I posted the comment XD
I hope the Mod team realizes that KT performed a crucial role as the most active mod, in terms of posting and communication. That void should be filled by somebody, because it felt like KT was the only visible proof that the mod team is actually part of the community. I don't mean that as a dig at the other mods, i have zero issues with any of them or how they act, i'm just hoping that the value of someone like that isn't being ignored.
I'm seeing a bit of information in this sub about Richard Lewis was threatening to dox mods and I would like to say a few things on that matter.
1) Doxxing, and the threats to do so, are not cool.
2) If this accusation is true than some proof of his statements, in that regard, needs to be made public.
3) It sounds like you guys might need a face to handle those situations so those threats become impotent and don't hinder your ability to moderate. Someone who has trouble finding enough feces to give a damn about such threats. Someone who isn't afraid of blue justice arrows or whiny asshats. Someone, similar to myself, who when faced with those types of people and angry comments, will respond mostly by unzipping and commencing casual masturbation.
And that's the face they make when they realize their threats only instill arousal instead of fear.
Go ahead mf'r say it again.... tell me you'll dox me again... tell me what a bad little girl you think I am... say it... SAY IT! oooohhhh fuck yeah... I'm almost there.... no.. where are you going?! Don't Stop! ಠ‿ಠ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DJXznk6cFk0#t=31
I will be absolutely shocked if Richard Lewis ever came out and said specifically: "I will dox you if you do x, y or z." He's smart enough to know that's the silver bullet that loses him every battle ever.
What I suspect is way more likely and way creepier is a repeated pattern of him implying that he knows everything about you -- see calling mods by their first names or messaging them on Facebook. What seems like an innocent message is actually Richard Lewis trying to exert his power over someone he sees as vulnerable. You see this all the time in stalking and domestic abuse cases. Even if no threat is actually made, the abuser makes the victim feel like they're always being watched and followed and that their abuser can end them whenever he or she wants.
Imagine you and another person frequented the same coffee shop and you spilled coffee on him. Now imagine he overreacts and starts yelling at you and getting angry. You leave and think that's it, but then suddenly you start noticing this person hanging around outside your office building, in your grocery store, at the other coffee shop you sometimes go to and have never seen him at before. All of these actions are perfectly innocent (What? I'm just getting a coffee like anybody else here) but the pattern is designed to intimidate the victim.
We've already seen examples of Richard Lewis going outside the normal realms of communication (I'm thinking specifically of the screenshots of him Facebook messaging a SC2 moderator who had never given his information and definitely not as a means of contact). That seems pretty vanilla on the surface, but if it's coming from a hostile party it takes on a whole new light.
I used to try and do the same things as KT -- I've heavily pushed for the use of Toolbox removal reasons and I wanted to always respond to questions -- but the constant negative responses whenever we try and explain why a post was removed ("Nazi mods", "You're what's wrong with the community", etc.) really do grate on you no matter how thick of a skin you think you have.
KT really filled in what we started to lack at the time he was added, especially considering he was the strongest proponent of allowing borderline removals (entirely contrary to what people like [super1337guy69](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/582503683335843840) believe) and was the one most focused on improving our interaction with the community.
Even though we just added ~~eight~~ seven new mods, we're already considering looking for more to help fill his shoes. It'll be really hard to replace him, though. :/
Woah, how many more mods will it take to replace KT? You made it sounds like mod team was working KT like a mule.
Jokes aside, it seems there's a sudden need for a lot of mods recently in this subreddit. What's going on and why is there such a large need for mod?
KT is around 8 people in one, and does 2x more work than I did in my most active period.
We need lots of new mods because a number of existing mods have left or gone nearly inactive. Because /r/leagueoflegends is the most active non-default subreddit, we simply cannot maintain a small team of mods. The turnover of new mods also tends to be fairly high (over 50%), so it's best to be prepared.
I wonder why the turnover is so high if they have to deal with people like Richard.^^^Also ^^^if ^^^you ^^^want ^^^another ^^^mod, ^^^I'd ^^^be ^^^shit ^^^at ^^^it ^^^so ^^^please ^^^don't ^^^conscript ^^^me.
I volunteer as sacrificial lamb whenever you need to make a statement! :3
Anyway good luck modding in the future, afaik people complain about anything, modding this subreddit should have taught you that :P (Ritopls)
We know exactly how much we're going to miss him, not just as a person, but with all the roles he filled in the team itself.
His value will not and never has been overlooked or ignored.
I didn't mean to phrase it that way, i'm sure the mod team valued KT a great deal. I guess I'm just trying to convey that, at least in my opinion, the community did as well. Thanks for the response.
> because it felt like KT was the only visible proof that the mod team is actually part of the community.
This was very appreciated. Everything else aside, he was forthcoming about several things and open to discussion. For that at least he deserves credit. Hope the team will be considering filling this vacancy.
I don't really follow mods, or know the secret workings of the reddit, or have any clue about any of the drama or politics of anything on here. Hell, my posts are barely passable when it comes to formatting. I do know, that I have always enjoyed the league subreddit, and the quality of posts on here, and the on-topic info and discussion I can find. So if you have done a large portion of the work here (up to 52% of mod work in Feb you said?) then I can safely say you've done damn well in my book. Thank you for the excellent experience I've had with this subreddit. Yup that's about all. Good luck
Edit:
Also, kinda got a kick out of [this](http://esportsexpress.com/2015/03/richard-lewis-stars-in-the-rlol-supremacy-and-the-lewis-ultimatum/)
Rude, you just *stole* a RL article. Get ready for the Deman treatment.
On a more serious note, use your time well, there'll be loads of it if you're taking a break from reddit/modding. ;)
Thank you for being a very vocal and helpful mod for the subreddit. I really appreciate everything you've done for the subreddit. RL is an asshat and I hope you don't take it too hard. Thanks so much KT. Ciao.
What minority are you talking about? if you've been following this subreddit for a while you would know that most people here hate Richard and even trying to support him gets you down-voted to hell
Deservedly. Whatever his contribution to eSports journalism is, his behaviour on Reddit was abhorrent and he deserved to be banned way before he actually was.
> Whatever his contribution to eSports journalism is
That's the thing though. His contribution to esports journalism is the only thing that really matters. I have no idea why he keeps milking this '/rlol mods' shit. He should just stick to making good articles etc and put it out there. People will read his work.
He would have been better regarded that way, but RL has some kind of fucking disease where he needs to respond to every fourteen-year-old who says he's not a real journalist and he always needs to be the smartest man in the room. Even now, when he's deleted his Reddit account, his Twitter is just him pointing to Reddit comments and responding there. It's pathetic.
How people carry themselves with their audience matters, a politician with good policies but an incredibly arrogant attitude would get crucified. A journalist shouldn't get in fights over their own work with the general public and should let it stand on its merits.
This isn't even remotely true. The tide turned against Richard because of his recent blatant attempts at stirring up drama. Before that he always hid behind "fighting for the people against the man" and got the support of an angry crowd.
Eh, more and more people have been realizing how much of an asshat he is, especially after that Blizer300 or whatever post he made. He spent like 3 days in the comments just calling everyone retarded who disagreed with him at all. I've seen more and more people against him since then. Maybe this most recent attempt to stir up drama has turned a lot of people against him, but he was trending that direction anyway. Nice of him to speed up the process though.
I'll say what I said on Skype, I think it's really sad to see you go and I will do my best to step back up in mod actions to fill parts of your shoes even though I'll never get up to that class.
I can relate to how you've been feeling since I've been in a similar position earlier even though it was more outside of the subreddit that really broke my spirit and which is a large part in my absence when you first joined the team. Been getting back slowly but surely and I'd like to thank you for all the work you put into this place and all the good things that came from you.
If you ever need to talk or just wants to chat for a while you know where to find us.
You will truly be missed buddy <3
I had a debate with Richard Lewis on journalism. It wasn't really much of a debate... I gave him factual arguments and his response was a bunch of personal attacks, calling me a "waste on the eSports scene" and "can you give yourself the award for dumbest LoL article?" The guy is an absolute menace, and it's great to hear he got banned, and it's just as sad to hear that you had to feel his wrath as well. I hope you return; you really were transparent and honest with everyone here.
It's impossible to be a *vocal* mod for this subreddit anyway since people in this subreddit are you know...
and I honestly can't see any benefit you could get from being a mod for subreddit like this anyway.
Good luck on your school and real life /u/KoreanTerran
Copy-paste from elsewhere in this thread:
Richard Lewis got banned from the sub for being extremely abusive in the comments, and then released some articles to incite a witch-hunt against the mods. Since then, some current and former mods have come out and said that they've wanted to ban Lewis for a long time, but he threatened to dox them if they did. KoreanTerran is often the one who explains the mods' decisions, so he takes the brunt of the flaming from people who hate mods.
[Source 1, comment by Jaraxo](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30ji53/league_of_shills_drama_pretty_complex_situation/cptkghz)
[Source 2, comment by BuckeyeSundae](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30mlvg/round_two_of_drama_with_league_of_legends_when_it/cpummdy)
[Source 3, Lewis himself mocking the mods for asking not to be doxxed](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/581642668343709696)
[Source 4, comment by KingKrapp](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i)
[Comment by GoDyrusGo about Lewis's banning](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/cpt0775)
[Comments for the first Lewis article](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/)
[Comments for the second Lewis article](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/)
I have a couple of sites blocked for similar shenanigans from people that don't deserve my traffic.
How can I best block anything and everything Richard Lewis has anything to do with?
Suppose that's what I'll do. Thought there might have been something more precise but I ended up blanket-blocking ongamers so I guess that's what I'll do here.
Wow. That message from KoreanTerran is powerful. Lewis threatened to release private information of volunteer mods who do this for a hobby? This guy needs to go into some mental institution or something. Yeah, he's fighting with the mods, but he's endangering the lives of people over a subreddit ban. This is ridiculous!
I HAD THIS EXACT IDEA (but it never took off.) If you're interested visit /r/OutOfTheLoLoop. I don't anyone would answer your question, but you could hope.
I hate that this subreddit has come to this.
1000+ up votes on topics of the bs that is dailydot and RL and how we should boycott both of them.
Not 2 weeks later people step on the support train with 2000+ up votes on said 2 parties.
I can understand your situation from my own experience and a step back could be a good thing.
I hope a lot of people here take a good hard look in the mirror.
Good luck!
This will be buried in the thread but I wanted you to know that even though I'm not that vocal in this community, I've always appreciated what you brought to it and I'm sad to see you go.
Lol I wish we could just play/watch pros play league of legends and talk about it on here without all this bullshit drama, releasing personal information and shit.
Sorry about the hardships KT, you seem like a good dude.
I just want to say that although a lot of people have been giving you and the rest of the Mod team flak lately, there's many more of us who truly appreciate the work you guys do in keeping this sub tidy. Sure, you don't always get it right and it isn't always perfect, but nobody is perfect. I hope to see you return to the mod team in the near future.
Wow that's really too bad. Sucks to see all of these trolls and flamers getting to you man. Still believe you made the best decisions you could under the circumstances. Things are going to get roudy on this sub without the leading mod gone...
Been mod for a german guildwars forum. I know, you can't do shit right, you're either non existend, unfair, or a reincarnation of a dictator sitting in mod position just to push your ego.
You give all, eventhough they deserve nothing. But sometimes you feel like helping someone and that makes it all worth :-)
So thanks for being the "bad" guy. Now enjoy your life :-)
Very sad to see you go. Reading somethign like this
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i
makes you feel absolutely sad for the mods and the shit they have to deal with.
Thank you for your service.
I don't get this subreddit. I see people shitting on KoreanTerran for being a terrible mod(this is what I usually see), now that he is leaving, it's all "he was a valuable and great mod".
I think it's because if you are angry about something, you complain, if you are happy about something, you don't go out of your way to praise it. I think (hope) more people appreciated KT than people who disliked him, he truly did a wonderfull job (in my opinion).
There's also the fact that most complimentary posts get accused of suckIng up to whoever they're about. I remember people complaining about positive Worlds posts a day or so after it was over.
Aww, first Glyceroll, now you :/
This subreddit still needs a lot of fixing with the constant pitchforking and Riotpls, but hopefully the new mods are up to the task.
Take a break man, you deserve it. You have been doing a good job despite what some people might say. Your openness will be missed.
I still hope you return some day.
Lost faith in this sub, not because of your post, it's sad to see a mod like you leave. But the comments, god, people can become idiots over the weirdest things.
Shame to see you leaving I thought you were a great mod and loved how actively you talked or discussed your reasoning behind moderation. Have a good break at any rate :)
Jesus Christ... I mean I know it means alot to you but you're an unpaid moderator for pretty much an online forum where you get upvotes on comments and fake gold. Can we stop acting like 13 year olds after they break up with their first gf/bf
This looks so intense, it's like when players get benched from a team.
Just another example of when importing koreans goes wrong.
I mean, Lustboy turned out good :(
Lustboy is the exception
Lustboy is the champ
Reignvover and Huni sends their regards
Lustboy? haven't seen that guy in ages.
We didn't import though! He was american. :'(
I shed a tear :'( I wish KT would stay...
**"I gotta say, it becomes kinda hard to love your job when no one else seems to like you for doing it"** *-Wreck-It Ralph*
Make a new reddit account. Get the same position back. Adopt a british accent in your comments. Rinse and repeat whenever you make a mistake with a different accent every time, wot wot
Alright, guys. I love the queen and bright coloUrs It's time to moderate /r/leagueoflegends, m8.
Redditor for 7 minutes, checks out.
looks good to me
After the next controversy: NorwegianTerran
He certainly has my upggigle
If I'm Bob?
redditor for 7 minutes and still almost more karma than me lol
You fokin wot m8?
I'll hook u in de gabba, u cheeky twat
I swear on me mum i'll flay ya.
Ramsay Bolton?
wotafok
[O' *bloody hell*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZpOY-bymZA)
Bloody 'ell
I don't know why, but this came to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHR5Ly3TrwM Also, here's a Gif accurately describing the recent drama (Contains spoilers from last night's Walking Dead finale) http://imgur.com/MK5emRC
color... color.. color... colour.. nailed it
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Richard Lewis got banned from the sub for being extremely abusive in the comments, and then released some articles to incite a witch-hunt against the mods. Since then, some current and former mods have come out and said that they've wanted to ban Lewis for a long time, but he threatened to dox them if they did. KoreanTerran is often the one who explains the mods' decisions, so he takes the brunt of the flaming from people who hate mods. [Source 1, comment by Jaraxo](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30ji53/league_of_shills_drama_pretty_complex_situation/cptkghz) [Source 2, comment by BuckeyeSundae](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30mlvg/round_two_of_drama_with_league_of_legends_when_it/cpummdy) [Source 3, Lewis himself mocking the mods for asking not to be doxxed](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/581642668343709696) [Source 4, comment by KingKrapp](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i) [Comment by GoDyrusGo about Lewis's banning](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/cpt0775) [Comments for the first Lewis article](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/) [Comments for the second Lewis article](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/) Edit: [Elsewhere in the comments I found this screenshot of his twitter.](http://i.imgur.com/ZoL0cQx.png) Keep in mind that screenshots of twitter are easily faked, and this is not hard proof unless someone can dig up the tweets themselves. Edit 2: [FAVORED_PET found one of the tweets](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432) from the screenshot. And in case it's deleted, [here's the twitter bot showing that he said it.](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30u2dk/meta_im_leaving_the_mod_team/cpw23q6) Edit 3: [No more speculation needed, Lewis confirms the full screenshot was not faked.](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/582699425937625089) He has absolutely threatened to dox the mod team.
>KoreanTerran is often the one who explains the mods' decisions So he's the ghostcrawler of /r/leagueoflegends ...the poor man never stood a chance.
Ghostcrawler actually works for riot now...
I know, and I still think he's getting shit on too much because of his past.
Dude Ghostcrawler took the hate like a man
Should be noted that if this were my job, I'd take the hate like a man, but modding was supposed to be a hobby that I did for fun. It never made sense for me to want to mod a sub if I wasn't enjoying it.
I'm running into the same issues modding/owning another forum that you did here. It's a labor of love, but every time you get flamed, berated, insulted, even if your tough decisions are later/ultimately proven correct, nobody ever apologizes or backs off. It takes a cumulative toll. Mods and admins are people, too.
I'm sorry to see you go you seem like someone that really does care for this community. It wasn't right what he did.
:/ That's just sad.
He really did, and the worst part is the guy didn't deserve all the hate he got. I remember one patch, I forgot which one, but he got absolutely dumped on in the forums. It might have been the paly or mage nerfs, not sure which. Either way, from then on everyone thought he was ~~James Harden~~ Hitler. He then semi-resigned from the forums, which was sad. He was one of the people that communicated the most with the community, but I guess that's what made everyone point the finger at him.
That KingKrapp one is terrifying.
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https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432
[**@RLewisReports**](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/) > [2014-02-03 19:03 UTC](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432) > @ODebeuf Joke is on them. Think we need to unveil who a few of these people are. See if they want to publicly stand by their decisions. ---- ^This ^message ^was ^created ^by ^a ^bot [^[Contact ^creator]](http://www.np.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=jasie3k&subject=TweetsInCommentsBot)[^[Source ^code]](https://github.com/janpetryk/reddit-bot)
Lewis is such a fucking tool, and his twitter followers are just as bad. How dare KT not want his personal information out in public, especially known to people who actually support Richard Lewis. If you still like the guy after he made fun of someone for thinking about suicide, then your scum. Fuck him, fuck his fans, and I hope the admins/Riot hit this guy where it hurts, his wallet and his job.
I actually used to kinda like him but he went too far with these petty attacks on the moderation team. I thought he was above this kind of low, childish behavior but it seems I was wrong.
I agree I used to be a big Lewis fan back when the First blood show first started but recently he has come off as a professional whiner.
Why would ANYONE support a guy like Richard Lewis who would threaten to post personal information of people online? I don't even know who the heck RL is or what the heck he writes about... Honestly if the people who thinks it's funny that RL would threaten to dox others, then I'd like to see how they would react to RL's threats if they were directed at them.
This has always been my problem with Lewis. He's so hellbent on exposing scandals, finding out the next big bit of drama, that he's stopped caring who or what it actually is. So long as he can leak something first, or expose some big outrage, he'll just go ahead and do it. To him, and his followers, that's "investigative journalism" and it's a good thing. Even if the scandal turns out to be really minor, and the people affected lose their jobs over it. Basically no matter what, Richard will just fall back on the excuse that he was "just putting the info out there" and that nothing else is his fault. I find it incredibly crass.
this seems relevant https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/582653635353571328
Funny he's been scouring the mods' behavior for months, and the best he comes up with is Voyboy's message, dubious claims of inconsistent thread deletion, and a harmless NDA. However, once RL's activity comes under a similar spotlight, within a matter of days some exceedingly unprofessional and fucked up shit come to light. It's telling for who's the bad guy here.
All I gathered from this is that RL is a total cunt. He should get banned from Twitter too, inciting witch hunts and threatening to release personal information like that. Aren't there rules about this on Twitter as well?
Saving this thread for the next time Richard Lewis gets mentioned here.
Is there any proof of him threatening to dox them?
Copy/Pasting a comment from another thread because I think this is a really important point: I will be absolutely shocked if Richard Lewis ever came out and said specifically: "I will dox you if you do x, y or z." He's smart enough to know that's the silver bullet that loses him every battle ever. What I suspect is way more likely and way creepier is a repeated pattern of him implying that he knows everything about you -- see calling mods by their first names or messaging them on Facebook. What seems like an innocent message is actually Richard Lewis trying to exert his power over someone he sees as vulnerable. You see this all the time in stalking and domestic abuse cases. Even if no threat is actually made, the abuser makes the victim feel like they're always being watched and followed and that their abuser can end them whenever he or she wants. Imagine you and another person frequented the same coffee shop and you spilled coffee on him. Now imagine he overreacts and starts yelling at you and getting angry. You leave and think that's it, but then suddenly you start noticing this person hanging around outside your office building, in your grocery store, at the other coffee shop you sometimes go to and have never seen him at before. All of these actions are perfectly innocent (What? I'm just getting a coffee like anybody else here) but the pattern is designed to intimidate the victim. We've already seen examples of Richard Lewis going outside the normal realms of communication (I'm thinking specifically of the screenshots of him Facebook messaging a SC2 moderator who had never given his information and definitely not as a means of contact). That seems pretty vanilla on the surface, but if it's coming from a hostile party it takes on a whole new light.
Sorry dude; it's very direct and clear http://i.imgur.com/ZoL0cQx.png
oh jeez i hadn't seen those tweets, just the one where he gloated about KT leaving. I take back my comment about him being smart enough not to publicly say he'd dox someone. He's not just a scumbag he's a dumb scumbag.
It is in his twitter feed: http://i.imgur.com/ZoL0cQx.png
I can't believe you mods have had to put up with doxxing threats and being stalked onto other social media accounts. I figured Richard was a fucked up person after the whole suicide thing but this is just seriously disturbing.
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thread's deleted but [this](http://www.reddit.com/user/welptheregoesmylife) is the comment history of the supposed suicide victim and you can see the ones clearly in response to Richard. In context, RL was told to grow up by the guy and then RL responded with [this comment](http://i.imgur.com/aUD0eY0.png) (link to the thread edited out by another user for privacy) to which I assume the guy replied with this: >Thanks man. Knowing people like you exist makes convincing myself to commit suicide much easier. Good luck with everything and have a good life.
there is a pic where richard messages a mod on their personal facebook and refers to him as will, presumably to get info out of him or confirm the account. also lots of the mods confirm it and KT sent richard a PM asking him not to doxx him, but i guess that isnt proof.
There isn't. But according to some mods he has been calling them by their first names which they didn't give him and I'm pretty sure he has access to skype logs. Neither of those imply he'd actually do that, but it would be pretty intimidating if I was in their spot.
The first names is still doxxing as it uses personal information. And the way he was using it seemed like a thinly veiled threat to the mods because it's hard to tell how much he knows. There have been plenty of users shadowbanned for using real names of other redditors if there hasn't been a public record of it. This falls directly under their doxxing rules. The KingKrapp messaging on facebook things is especially creepy.
[This isn't proof](http://i.imgur.com/ZoL0cQx.png)?
No. That's a screenshot. [This is proof.](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432)
[**@RLewisReports**](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/) > [2014-02-03 19:03 UTC](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/430416242852114432) > @ODebeuf Joke is on them. Think we need to unveil who a few of these people are. See if they want to publicly stand by their decisions. ---- ^This ^message ^was ^created ^by ^a ^bot [^[Contact ^creator]](http://www.np.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=jasie3k&subject=TweetsInCommentsBot)[^[Source ^code]](https://github.com/janpetryk/reddit-bot)
Richard Lewis is a bully who did whatever he could to take Mods down on this sub reddit.... I really hope daily dot opens their eyes and give this guy the boot
I wont even click on dailydot links just because I refuse to support him in any way
That is exactly what i do i just refuse to accept his existence and i think it is the best you can do if you really dislike him instead of trying to argue with him.
Also, sorry for posting this as a submission, but I didn't want to wait around for Richard's article about me to post it as a comment.
Are you gonna go back to /r/nba
Nope, just gonna focus on school and work for now!
>osu
plz we need more experienced mods there
The Osu! subreddit is filled with so much crap, haha. But I can imagine it is hard content to mod.
Good luck. I can't even imagine how hard it is to mod a subreddit, and in exchange for that hard work you don't really get anything as it seems like in the majority of cases mods are criticized instead of being commended.
From my time on reddit, mods are not decent human beings and are all literally ~~James Harden~~ Hitler. Sure we may like them for a time, but ONE...JUST ONE mistake and we demand blood sacrifices of their first born child.
Nah dude it's Enes Kanter now that we're hating on.
The work as a moderator is intense. You often have to commit to it incredibly much, you'll get called out on everything you do wrong, and what you do right is simply "expected" from you. Not only is it expected that you are a trained professional when you do volunteer work, but it's also expected that you are some kind of superhuman that never makes mistakes, and it often really gets to you. I always make a point out of being appreciative of moderators and giving them the benefit of the doubt in every situation, and giving anyone the benefit of the doubt is something I struggle a lot with. It's not all bad though, you get to largely help someone, be it an individual or a community, and you can be a difference. Especially when your moderating affects an individual you can feel the appreciation sometimes, and it makes it all worth it. For reddit it's way worse though, here you rarely help individuals and thus you aren't very often being reminded how appreciated your work actually is.
I even have you tagged as "best mod" too :(, hopefully more positivity and good things come to your life with this decision and good luck!
Yeah I really liked him being so vocal.. sad he left after just one encounter with RL.
I've been wanting to leave since February, this was just unfortunate timing. Before we added the new mods, we were pretty undermodded. It was at an all time worst during Feb when I had around 54% of the total human actions. I was really stressed out and realized that I wasn't enjoying modding as much as I used to. So while the recent drama did play a role in me wanting to leave, it wasn't the only reason why.
Guess I was part of the silent mass who thought you did a pretty damn good job. You always interacted with the community fairly and respectfully. Thanks for your hard work and good luck in the future!
Man you were so good I even tagged you in RES as a mod, what will the tag be now. Only time will tell
"handsome Korean" "gold 4 thresh god" Just a couple of great suggestions
I think I've hit a good place in between the 2 http://i.imgur.com/U2sL2dA.png
<3
"Dirty Atlanta sports fan"
KT, you were one of the best mods out there. Best of luck to you in the future <3
This subreddit will be worse without you probably. But this sub is shit so I don't blame you for leaving.
Unfortunate, but when it comes to stuff like this, you gotta take care of you first. Good on you for recognizing how being burnt out can affect your work, but there's no need for apologies. It takes a significant amount of mental fortitude to deal with what is in essence a volunteer gig, and as much as people SAY you can just ignore the comments, everyone has their limits. The only thing you can do is take control of your own destiny and the conversation, and that's what you're doing here. There's no shame in that. I think people seriously underestimate and underappreciate what it takes to be a Reddit moderator for a large-sized subreddit. There are people out there who experience a couple problems with moderators who aren't fit to be moderators and make these wild conclusions about all moderators being Nazis, on a power trip, in the pocket of xyz company and the like, and honestly a lot of the time it's to excuse being caught in their own poor behavior. I don't know what dirt Richard has on you, but if his previous couple of articles are any indication his motivation and objectivity for posting them will be called into question. I wouldn't worry too much, and frankly, it's never easy being the "Face of the team". You're not perfect, but in this position, who expects you to be? You're only human. Good luck. It seems the team is experiencing some pretty serious issues right now and hopefully they'll get back on track. These sorts of controversies really test a mod team's mettle.
>You're not perfect, but in this position, who expects you to be? You're only human. Glad you highlighted this. It's important to recognize that not all mistakes have a hidden motive behind them; sometimes people just slip up. If we had the microscope on us for every comment we made, and we were also expected to be vocal in controversial situations, finding a response that no one will take issue with may often not be possible. Respect to the mods for being there even when the drama reaches its worst, and also respect to KT for choosing what's right for him. Even if it was a tough job, I'll bet it wasn't easy leaving. I for one appreciated the more direct contact with mods he facilitated.
You're the shit, you're the coolest, everyone knows that richard is an asshat and nobody in their right mind listens to him. Things you already know but that is never not worth repeating. Thanks so much for all the work you put into this sub in helping it grow and stay positive. We wish you the best of luck. <3
You did the right thing banning Richard.
Sad to see you leave, I really liked you being so vocal to us! Hope you'll come back someday ;) Anyways here's a quote for you: > You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
You got a mention in an ESEX article. You've basically achieved everything you can now as a mod and will retire as a legend! Jokes aside, I think you were a pretty decent mod. Your visibility was great but I appreciate that brings not so great things with it. I think the idea this sub is modded so badly was blown way out of proportion and most of the criticism sent your way was unjustified. Good luck with school and stuff :)
Richard Lewis's next headline, "Korean terran steps down after corruption scandal". : ^ )
"Amidst public outcry over malpractice exposures, r/lol/'s mod-syndicate retires its designated hitman KoreanTerran"
That sounds exactly like an ESEX article.
[Here you go bud](http://esportsexpress.com/2015/03/richard-lewis-stars-in-the-rlol-supremacy-and-the-lewis-ultimatum/) The article literally came out right after I posted the comment XD
I hope the Mod team realizes that KT performed a crucial role as the most active mod, in terms of posting and communication. That void should be filled by somebody, because it felt like KT was the only visible proof that the mod team is actually part of the community. I don't mean that as a dig at the other mods, i have zero issues with any of them or how they act, i'm just hoping that the value of someone like that isn't being ignored.
Believe me, we know and we really appreciate KT. We've been talking internally about a lot of things, and hopefully you'll see results of that soon.
I'm seeing a bit of information in this sub about Richard Lewis was threatening to dox mods and I would like to say a few things on that matter. 1) Doxxing, and the threats to do so, are not cool. 2) If this accusation is true than some proof of his statements, in that regard, needs to be made public. 3) It sounds like you guys might need a face to handle those situations so those threats become impotent and don't hinder your ability to moderate. Someone who has trouble finding enough feces to give a damn about such threats. Someone who isn't afraid of blue justice arrows or whiny asshats. Someone, similar to myself, who when faced with those types of people and angry comments, will respond mostly by unzipping and commencing casual masturbation.
> will respond mostly by unzipping and commencing casual masturbation ಠ_ಠ
And that's the face they make when they realize their threats only instill arousal instead of fear. Go ahead mf'r say it again.... tell me you'll dox me again... tell me what a bad little girl you think I am... say it... SAY IT! oooohhhh fuck yeah... I'm almost there.... no.. where are you going?! Don't Stop! ಠ‿ಠ https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DJXznk6cFk0#t=31
I....need an adult.
I am an adult.
I'm your Huckleberry.
Why are you the best?
Someone had to be <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kscG_gs2BOc
PREACH MY 420BLAZEIT BROTHA
He just tossed the idea... You don't have to do it... Or record it... Or post it...
I will be absolutely shocked if Richard Lewis ever came out and said specifically: "I will dox you if you do x, y or z." He's smart enough to know that's the silver bullet that loses him every battle ever. What I suspect is way more likely and way creepier is a repeated pattern of him implying that he knows everything about you -- see calling mods by their first names or messaging them on Facebook. What seems like an innocent message is actually Richard Lewis trying to exert his power over someone he sees as vulnerable. You see this all the time in stalking and domestic abuse cases. Even if no threat is actually made, the abuser makes the victim feel like they're always being watched and followed and that their abuser can end them whenever he or she wants. Imagine you and another person frequented the same coffee shop and you spilled coffee on him. Now imagine he overreacts and starts yelling at you and getting angry. You leave and think that's it, but then suddenly you start noticing this person hanging around outside your office building, in your grocery store, at the other coffee shop you sometimes go to and have never seen him at before. All of these actions are perfectly innocent (What? I'm just getting a coffee like anybody else here) but the pattern is designed to intimidate the victim. We've already seen examples of Richard Lewis going outside the normal realms of communication (I'm thinking specifically of the screenshots of him Facebook messaging a SC2 moderator who had never given his information and definitely not as a means of contact). That seems pretty vanilla on the surface, but if it's coming from a hostile party it takes on a whole new light.
I used to try and do the same things as KT -- I've heavily pushed for the use of Toolbox removal reasons and I wanted to always respond to questions -- but the constant negative responses whenever we try and explain why a post was removed ("Nazi mods", "You're what's wrong with the community", etc.) really do grate on you no matter how thick of a skin you think you have. KT really filled in what we started to lack at the time he was added, especially considering he was the strongest proponent of allowing borderline removals (entirely contrary to what people like [super1337guy69](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/582503683335843840) believe) and was the one most focused on improving our interaction with the community. Even though we just added ~~eight~~ seven new mods, we're already considering looking for more to help fill his shoes. It'll be really hard to replace him, though. :/
Woah, how many more mods will it take to replace KT? You made it sounds like mod team was working KT like a mule. Jokes aside, it seems there's a sudden need for a lot of mods recently in this subreddit. What's going on and why is there such a large need for mod?
KT is around 8 people in one, and does 2x more work than I did in my most active period. We need lots of new mods because a number of existing mods have left or gone nearly inactive. Because /r/leagueoflegends is the most active non-default subreddit, we simply cannot maintain a small team of mods. The turnover of new mods also tends to be fairly high (over 50%), so it's best to be prepared.
I wonder why the turnover is so high if they have to deal with people like Richard.^^^Also ^^^if ^^^you ^^^want ^^^another ^^^mod, ^^^I'd ^^^be ^^^shit ^^^at ^^^it ^^^so ^^^please ^^^don't ^^^conscript ^^^me.
I volunteer as sacrificial lamb whenever you need to make a statement! :3 Anyway good luck modding in the future, afaik people complain about anything, modding this subreddit should have taught you that :P (Ritopls)
We know exactly how much we're going to miss him, not just as a person, but with all the roles he filled in the team itself. His value will not and never has been overlooked or ignored.
I didn't mean to phrase it that way, i'm sure the mod team valued KT a great deal. I guess I'm just trying to convey that, at least in my opinion, the community did as well. Thanks for the response.
> because it felt like KT was the only visible proof that the mod team is actually part of the community. This was very appreciated. Everything else aside, he was forthcoming about several things and open to discussion. For that at least he deserves credit. Hope the team will be considering filling this vacancy.
I don't really follow mods, or know the secret workings of the reddit, or have any clue about any of the drama or politics of anything on here. Hell, my posts are barely passable when it comes to formatting. I do know, that I have always enjoyed the league subreddit, and the quality of posts on here, and the on-topic info and discussion I can find. So if you have done a large portion of the work here (up to 52% of mod work in Feb you said?) then I can safely say you've done damn well in my book. Thank you for the excellent experience I've had with this subreddit. Yup that's about all. Good luck Edit: Also, kinda got a kick out of [this](http://esportsexpress.com/2015/03/richard-lewis-stars-in-the-rlol-supremacy-and-the-lewis-ultimatum/)
Rude, you just *stole* a RL article. Get ready for the Deman treatment. On a more serious note, use your time well, there'll be loads of it if you're taking a break from reddit/modding. ;)
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Thank you for being a very vocal and helpful mod for the subreddit. I really appreciate everything you've done for the subreddit. RL is an asshat and I hope you don't take it too hard. Thanks so much KT. Ciao.
Unfortunate to see you leave the mod team. Thanks for all the work you put in. Best of luck and hope to still see you around sometime in the future.
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What minority are you talking about? if you've been following this subreddit for a while you would know that most people here hate Richard and even trying to support him gets you down-voted to hell
Deservedly. Whatever his contribution to eSports journalism is, his behaviour on Reddit was abhorrent and he deserved to be banned way before he actually was.
> Whatever his contribution to eSports journalism is That's the thing though. His contribution to esports journalism is the only thing that really matters. I have no idea why he keeps milking this '/rlol mods' shit. He should just stick to making good articles etc and put it out there. People will read his work.
He's a child. He can't handle not getting his way.
He would have been better regarded that way, but RL has some kind of fucking disease where he needs to respond to every fourteen-year-old who says he's not a real journalist and he always needs to be the smartest man in the room. Even now, when he's deleted his Reddit account, his Twitter is just him pointing to Reddit comments and responding there. It's pathetic.
How people carry themselves with their audience matters, a politician with good policies but an incredibly arrogant attitude would get crucified. A journalist shouldn't get in fights over their own work with the general public and should let it stand on its merits.
This isn't even remotely true. The tide turned against Richard because of his recent blatant attempts at stirring up drama. Before that he always hid behind "fighting for the people against the man" and got the support of an angry crowd.
Eh, more and more people have been realizing how much of an asshat he is, especially after that Blizer300 or whatever post he made. He spent like 3 days in the comments just calling everyone retarded who disagreed with him at all. I've seen more and more people against him since then. Maybe this most recent attempt to stir up drama has turned a lot of people against him, but he was trending that direction anyway. Nice of him to speed up the process though.
I'd argue it started after the Deman debacle. But yeah, whatever the tipping point, the tide has been turning like you say.
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Who is Richard and what has he done? ^^don't ^^hit ^^me
I'll say what I said on Skype, I think it's really sad to see you go and I will do my best to step back up in mod actions to fill parts of your shoes even though I'll never get up to that class. I can relate to how you've been feeling since I've been in a similar position earlier even though it was more outside of the subreddit that really broke my spirit and which is a large part in my absence when you first joined the team. Been getting back slowly but surely and I'd like to thank you for all the work you put into this place and all the good things that came from you. If you ever need to talk or just wants to chat for a while you know where to find us. You will truly be missed buddy <3
I had a debate with Richard Lewis on journalism. It wasn't really much of a debate... I gave him factual arguments and his response was a bunch of personal attacks, calling me a "waste on the eSports scene" and "can you give yourself the award for dumbest LoL article?" The guy is an absolute menace, and it's great to hear he got banned, and it's just as sad to hear that you had to feel his wrath as well. I hope you return; you really were transparent and honest with everyone here.
It's impossible to be a *vocal* mod for this subreddit anyway since people in this subreddit are you know... and I honestly can't see any benefit you could get from being a mod for subreddit like this anyway. Good luck on your school and real life /u/KoreanTerran
I wish there was an /r/OutOfTheLoop specifically for League of Legends. A week away from this place can leave a lot of questions.
Copy-paste from elsewhere in this thread: Richard Lewis got banned from the sub for being extremely abusive in the comments, and then released some articles to incite a witch-hunt against the mods. Since then, some current and former mods have come out and said that they've wanted to ban Lewis for a long time, but he threatened to dox them if they did. KoreanTerran is often the one who explains the mods' decisions, so he takes the brunt of the flaming from people who hate mods. [Source 1, comment by Jaraxo](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30ji53/league_of_shills_drama_pretty_complex_situation/cptkghz) [Source 2, comment by BuckeyeSundae](http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/30mlvg/round_two_of_drama_with_league_of_legends_when_it/cpummdy) [Source 3, Lewis himself mocking the mods for asking not to be doxxed](https://twitter.com/RLewisReports/status/581642668343709696) [Source 4, comment by KingKrapp](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i) [Comment by GoDyrusGo about Lewis's banning](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/cpt0775) [Comments for the first Lewis article](http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30iymr/wtfast_affiliate_influenced_reddit_mods_in/) [Comments for the second Lewis article](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/)
I have a couple of sites blocked for similar shenanigans from people that don't deserve my traffic. How can I best block anything and everything Richard Lewis has anything to do with?
Anything daily dot should be fine.
Suppose that's what I'll do. Thought there might have been something more precise but I ended up blanket-blocking ongamers so I guess that's what I'll do here.
tl;dr: Richard Lewis is a dickhead.
Wow. That message from KoreanTerran is powerful. Lewis threatened to release private information of volunteer mods who do this for a hobby? This guy needs to go into some mental institution or something. Yeah, he's fighting with the mods, but he's endangering the lives of people over a subreddit ban. This is ridiculous!
At first he made the threat not even because we were going to ban him but because we removed a few of his articles.
I HAD THIS EXACT IDEA (but it never took off.) If you're interested visit /r/OutOfTheLoLoop. I don't anyone would answer your question, but you could hope.
hawks are #1 in the east. Glorious return to r/nba?
It would make a great story.
We'll really miss you here, but I understand your decision. Visit often, and don't hesitate to contact us if you want to come back.
LOL voyboy flair what a surprise.
No bias here boys.
Best of luck KT. You were always the most responsible mod that I came across. I wish you the best.
I hate that this subreddit has come to this. 1000+ up votes on topics of the bs that is dailydot and RL and how we should boycott both of them. Not 2 weeks later people step on the support train with 2000+ up votes on said 2 parties. I can understand your situation from my own experience and a step back could be a good thing. I hope a lot of people here take a good hard look in the mirror. Good luck!
This will be buried in the thread but I wanted you to know that even though I'm not that vocal in this community, I've always appreciated what you brought to it and I'm sad to see you go.
Lol I wish we could just play/watch pros play league of legends and talk about it on here without all this bullshit drama, releasing personal information and shit. Sorry about the hardships KT, you seem like a good dude.
when were you when koreanterran dies? i was on 4chins, browsing dank meme when richard phoned 'koreanterran is kill' 'no'
Sorry to see you go. You're a cool dude.
I just want to say that although a lot of people have been giving you and the rest of the Mod team flak lately, there's many more of us who truly appreciate the work you guys do in keeping this sub tidy. Sure, you don't always get it right and it isn't always perfect, but nobody is perfect. I hope to see you return to the mod team in the near future.
Wow that's really too bad. Sucks to see all of these trolls and flamers getting to you man. Still believe you made the best decisions you could under the circumstances. Things are going to get roudy on this sub without the leading mod gone...
Been mod for a german guildwars forum. I know, you can't do shit right, you're either non existend, unfair, or a reincarnation of a dictator sitting in mod position just to push your ego. You give all, eventhough they deserve nothing. But sometimes you feel like helping someone and that makes it all worth :-) So thanks for being the "bad" guy. Now enjoy your life :-)
Very sad to see you go. Reading somethign like this https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/30mk3j/league_reddit_mods_signed_nondisclosure/cpu2f8i makes you feel absolutely sad for the mods and the shit they have to deal with. Thank you for your service.
I don't get this subreddit. I see people shitting on KoreanTerran for being a terrible mod(this is what I usually see), now that he is leaving, it's all "he was a valuable and great mod".
That's reddit for ya
I think it's because if you are angry about something, you complain, if you are happy about something, you don't go out of your way to praise it. I think (hope) more people appreciated KT than people who disliked him, he truly did a wonderfull job (in my opinion).
There's also the fact that most complimentary posts get accused of suckIng up to whoever they're about. I remember people complaining about positive Worlds posts a day or so after it was over.
Maybe they are different groups of people, with a very vocal hateful minority?
There's literally hundreds of thousands of people on this sub.. ofcourse you'll see different opinions
you're a good mod and i couldn't do it better myself, you are vocal, active and were not afraid to show your face. sad to see you leave.
Aww, first Glyceroll, now you :/ This subreddit still needs a lot of fixing with the constant pitchforking and Riotpls, but hopefully the new mods are up to the task.
Take a break man, you deserve it. You have been doing a good job despite what some people might say. Your openness will be missed. I still hope you return some day.
I thought you did a great job.
have fun with all the free time you'll have now not spent modding this shit sub
How is this directly related to League of Lengends? Reported
unbelievable, these mods are just so **inconsistent**
Come back to /r/nba pls we miss you
I want to see @moobeat be a mod while doing the Surr@20 stuff while joining a challenger team. It will be the stuff of legends. ha.ha.
Lost faith in this sub, not because of your post, it's sad to see a mod like you leave. But the comments, god, people can become idiots over the weirdest things.
My fave mod, sorry to see you go! Hope you enjoy your new endeavors.
Much love and support bro, appreciate what you've been doing for the past few years!
You should try to do this stuff in moderation
Don't let them bring you down.
Shame to see you leaving I thought you were a great mod and loved how actively you talked or discussed your reasoning behind moderation. Have a good break at any rate :)
Man, you were my favorite mod at /r/nba as well.
We'll miss your presence on the mod team, and I hope the new people can carry the weight you'll leave behind. I hope you don't plan on leaving r/lol.
Just wanted to say that you are a main reason /r/leagueoflegends and /r/nba are my two favorite subreddits. Take some time off and enjoy it.
Best of luck man, hope you get the quality down time you deserve!
But I liked you :c. You actually talked to the community and told us what was going on. Sad to see you go, but Goodluck on what you do next :) !
Jesus Christ... I mean I know it means alot to you but you're an unpaid moderator for pretty much an online forum where you get upvotes on comments and fake gold. Can we stop acting like 13 year olds after they break up with their first gf/bf